Episode 45 Pointless

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Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless

where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

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So first we welcome back Kate and Jim. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach our Pointless final. Remind us how you did.

-Terribly.

-It was Round 1.

Kate, have you not forgiven him yet?

I have said some very simple, clear words.

OK. OK, Kate, what would you like to see come up this first round?

I'm not terribly academic, but a bit of gardening, a bit of food.

OK. Jim, how about you?

Anything really, Alexander. I've reached the age in life when I do know everything.

But also the age when I can't remember any of it.

-OK, well, the very best of luck to the pair of you. It's lovely having you back.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome Scott and Lee. How do you two know each other?

Scott's my eldest son. He lives with me in Redhill in Surrey. My younger son Daniel is watching from home.

-Did he not make the grade?

-He's a little bit scared, to be honest.

-What's he scared of?

I've never met a bigger puppy than...

-You?

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-What do you do, Lee?

-I'm a pensions analyst.

-Where do you do that?

-In Reigate.

-In Reigate.

-I've been at the same place since I left school, so 26 years now.

Blimey! How about you, Scott?

I work for a finance company to do with car finance. I look through the deals for people.

Very good. What do you hope will come up this afternoon?

-Celebrities or current music.

-Celebrities or current music. Who's your favourite current band?

At the moment, I like Adele, Bruno Mars and Cee Lo Green.

Excellent. Lee, what do you like doing in your spare time?

I swim, I like being out in the countryside and I'm a massive Laurel and Hardy fan.

-Let's hope Laurel and Hardy come up this afternoon. Best of luck. It's great to have you here.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome back Orla and Becs. Remind us how you did last time.

We got through to the head-to-head last time, but got knocked out by sport and geography

-which are perhaps our weakest subjects.

-Scottish sport!

-Scottish sport at that!

-What do you hope is going to come up, Orla?

-I'd quite like food and drink to come up again.

-Becs is so good at that.

-Becs is good with the food.

-I worked in a cocktail bar, so hopefully I've got the drinks side covered.

-How about you, Becs?

-Teen celebrities.

-Teen celebrities?

-Justin Biebers and Miley Cyruses.

-Any of that coming up?

-Justin Bieber? Yeah, yeah.

No, hold on. We did a Justin Bieber special last week, didn't we?

We did. Everything on the show was to do with Justin Bieber. It was brilliant.

-No-one got a single answer for the whole show, did they?

-No.

Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Finally, we welcome Andy and Matt. How do you two know each other?

-Brothers.

-They looked in together, only Andy didn't say anything.

-If they'd both said "brothers", that would have been eerie.

-It would've been.

-Where have you come from?

-Manchester. Stockport.

-What do you do, Andy?

-I'm a teacher, I'm a geography teacher.

-I'm currently working...

-For me.

-For my brother, yeah.

Cos Matt is a school(!)

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-Matt, what are you?

-I'm a schoolteacher.

Schools employ me to take care of some naughty kids.

Apart from geography, what would you like to come up?

I've been travelling a fair bit,

so some questions around Southeast Asia, something like that, Asian food. That could be quite good.

OK. Matt?

Sport, music. That's quite... That's about it, really.

Very best of luck. It's nice to have you here. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's only one person left to introduce. He only knows the obscure route up the knowledge mountain.

-He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-How are you this afternoon?

-I'm extremely well. How about you?

Yeah, very well. Very exciting show last time.

We've got two returning pairs. Orla and Becs got through to the head-to-head last time.

History tells us if you get through to the head-to-head, usually you get to the final next time.

Nobody tell that to Kate because I think Jim's life will be a misery if they don't get to the final.

Thank you, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

-Scott and Kerri won our jackpot last time...

-Ohh!

-Our record-breaking jackpot.

Sorry to break it to you, guys, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

In Round 1, each of you gives me one answer. You cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score 100 points.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

Words. Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?

Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "ace" as they could.

-"Ace". Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking for any word that has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary

that ends in the letters A-C-E.

As always, we don't allow hyphenated words or proper nouns.

There are over 200 words in the OED that end A-C-E.

Kate and Jim, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

Jim, we are looking for words ending in "ace". What's the most obscure one you can think of?

I think it has to be a long word, so it's "commonplace".

Commonplace.

Very, very good.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible. Let's see how many of our 100 people said "commonplace".

Very well done, Jim. Look at that!

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-Yes.

Nothing humdrum about that.

That is a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking the total up to 1,250.

And it scores you nothing.

Very well done, Jim.

Yeah, great start, Jim. Fantastic. A fairly commonplace word, but no points at all.

Cos there's 200 of these words, there's a lot of pointless answers.

Thanks, Richard. Let's see if we can build up that jackpot. Scott, we come to you.

What's the most obscure word ending "ace" you can think of?

-I can't think of many good ones. I'm going to say "mace".

-You're saying "mace".

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with "mace".

Let's see if it is a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it. Good luck.

Yeah, this is right.

Oh, 62.

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62 for "mace", Richard.

Yeah, big score, Scott, but at least you can be certain it's a word. "Mace" has all sorts of meanings.

Thanks very much, Scott. And so, Orla, we come to you.

Yes. I'm struggling to think of any particularly long and obscure ones,

so I'm going to go with "trace".

Trace. OK, well, "mace" was 62.

Let's see how "trace" does. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Is "trace" a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it?

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-40 for "trace".

Yeah, another pretty big score which is good news for Scott and Lee in the next pass.

-Now then, Andy...

-I think I'll play relatively safe and go for a middle-ish-length word.

Neck-lace. Necklace.

OK...

Safe in the sense of what?

I'm thinking any word that ends in "ace" is pretty safe.

-That's true.

-So I would go for a big, long one, but "necklace" is the one you're submitting.

-I can spell that.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said "necklace". Good luck, Andy.

What about that?

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Very, very well said, Andy. "Necklace" scores you 1.

Well played. I think it scores so low because you don't pronounce "ace". It's "neck-liss".

-Indeed.

-That's a very good answer.

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Jim and Kate on nothing! Kate, keep that up and you should be through to the next round.

Then we come to Andy and Matt on 1. Brilliant score - "necklace"!

Then we come to Orla and Becs on 40. Not bad at all.

Scott and Lee on 62. You are slightly exposed there.

But you've got Orla and Becs not very far behind you.

So the competition will be between Becs and Lee, I reckon, in this next pass to see who will be leaving us.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we are looking for words ending in "ace", A-C-E.

-Matt, you are on 1, courtesy of Andy's brilliant "necklace".

-Yes.

The high scorers are Lee and Scott on 62.

If you can score 60 or less, you are through to the next round.

I'll play relatively safe. I've got two in mind.

I'll go with "deface".

Deface?

OK, there is a red line.

Below that, you are through to the next round.

Let's see if "deface" is right and if it is, how many people said it.

You are through to the next round. Well done.

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-Very, very good indeed.

You equal Andy's low score. It takes your total up to 2.

-Richard, "deface"?

-Well played, Matt. Very good.

-Becs, we come to you.

-"Deface" was my second one.

-Oh, no.

-So I'm hoping my first one is better.

-Well, so am I.

The high scorers are Lee and Scott on 62.

-If you can score 21 or less, you're in the next round.

-I hope so.

-I'm going to go for "grimace".

-"Grimace..."

Can I stick my neck out and say...

that's surely pointless?

We'll see.

We'll see if "grimace" is right and if it is, we'll see how many people said it.

There is your red line. If "grimace" gets you below it,

you are in the next round.

Let's see. I reckon it's pointless.

It's good enough to get you through.

It's not pointless though.

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That scores you 9. Brilliant score. It sees you through to the next round and takes your total up to 49.

An expression of embarrassment, annoyance or pain, but not pointless.

I know. Necklace - 1, grimace...

-Amazing, isn't it?

-..9.

-It's so not like you to be wrong!

-I know.

-It's weird.

-Lee, I think you've got a word there.

-I have.

-I think you've got a good word.

You are the high scorers on 62.

-Yeah. No pressure(!)

-And you need to score as little as you possibly can with this answer.

-What are you going to go for?

-Shoelace.

Let's see if "shoelace" is right and if it is, how many people said it - "shoelace".

Bad luck.

That is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to an unbeatable 162.

-Richard, "shoelace"?

-Sorry, it's hyphenated in the Oxford English Dictionary. It's a very tricky one.

-I think that's tough luck.

-OK, now then, Kate...

Jim, by far the stand-out best scorer in this whole round,

the WHOLE round.

In the whole of Round 1, only one person got a pointless answer.

The highest scorers are Lee and Scott on 162.

It doesn't matter what you score,

so why not try and score a pointless answer and equal Jim?

-OK.

-Otherwise, you will never hear the end of it.

-Fine.

Peace.

-Have you been sitting on that all this time?

-I have.

-The peace bomb.

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-Let's see if it's right. Wouldn't it be great if it was pointless?

-It would be fabulous.

The only person who's saying "no" is Jim.

"Peace", is it right? And if it is, let's see how many people said it - "peace".

How far down is this going to go?

Oh, 4!

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-Well done!

-Thank you.

Very well done, Kate. "Peace" scores you 4. Richard?

Great answer, Kate. Again one you don't think of immediately because it doesn't sound like it ends "ace".

You could have matched Jim and his "commonplace"

if you'd said "uncommonplace". It's also a pointless answer.

Let's have a look through some of the other pointless answers.

Jim gave us "commonplace" already, "hyperspace" a pointless answer.

"Dogface" also a pointless answer.

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"Pigface" isn't an insult. It's an Australian fruit-bearing plant.

-"Meatspace", which is the term they use in the virtual world to describe the real world - meatspace.

-No?

-Yeah.

-Meatspace?

-Yeah.

"Cardiace" also a pointless answer.

"Enterbrace", which means two people embracing. It's a hug, essentially.

"Fallace", which is the same as "fallacy", and "whatsisface".

"Whatsisface" is a wonderful answer. Very well done if you got that at home.

Let's look at the most popular answers, the most obvious ones.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of Round 1, the losing pair is Scott and Lee.

Bad luck. Lee, we wouldn't accept "shoe-lace".

I mean, the injustice of this I haven't got over yet!

-We'll be back.

-Yeah, you will be.

You will be. And next time, I think we shall see you prosper.

-Hopefully.

-I'm banking on it. Lovely to have you on the show. Thanks so much for playing.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.

Only two pairs can make it to the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving at the end of this round.

The category for Round 2 is...

Famous People. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns...

In this round, we're about to show you a list of famous people.

We asked 100 people to tell us the name of their famous fathers.

-Richard?

-We'll show you six famous people on each pass. The more obscure answers score fewer points.

An incorrect answer will score 100 points. See if you can get all 12 of them at home.

Thanks, Richard. We are looking for the fathers of these famous people.

Here we go. We have got...

I'll read those one more time.

OK, so, Kate, there are the famous people.

I want you to tell me the most obscure famous father of one of those people you can think of.

I'm going to go for...

..Cherie Blair's father, Tony Booth.

Tony Booth. OK, let's see if that's right and if it is,

how many people knew that Tony Booth was Cherie Blair's father.

It's right.

30.

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That's not a terrible answer by any means. 30 points for Tony Booth.

-Richard?

-Well played, Kate. Most famous for his role in Till Death Us Do Part.

Thanks very much. Now then, Becs...

-What are you thinking about that board?

-This is embarrassing.

I said I know my Miley Cyruses, but I cannot think of her dad's name.

And I don't know any others.

Um...

I'm going to say something like...

..Billy Ray Cyrus, but I know it's wrong.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Billy Ray Cyrus.

It's not wrong.

Anything but wrong.

47, that scores you. Well done, Becs. Very good.

Billy Ray Cyrus, Richard?

-Much more famous to a certain generation, Billy Ray Cyrus, for Achy Breaky Heart.

-Yeah.

Well done, Becs. Wow! Now, Andy...

-Famous fathers of these people. That's what we're looking for.

-Right...

Not my strong point, this. Um...

I've heard of three of the four and I cannot think of a famous father for any of them.

So...

just because they played father and son in a film, in Meet The Parents,

I'm going to go for Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman.

I know it's wrong, but it's all I can think of.

OK, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman...

Let's find out.

Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman. Is that right and if it is, how many people said that? Good luck, Andy.

Bad luck. Bad luck.

As you suspected, that is an incorrect answer,

which scores you 100 points.

-Richard?

-Unlucky, Andy. It's worth a guess. Let's take a look at the whole board.

Ben Stiller is the lowest answer on the board.

His father is the American comedian Jerry Stiller.

He's been perhaps most famously in Seinfeld as George's father. Would've got you 3 points.

Kate Beckinsale's father was the wonderful Richard Beckinsale,

the late Richard Beckinsale from Porridge - 32 points.

Angelina Jolie's father is Jon Voight - 21 points.

And Lucy Davis from The Office. You know her father?

Better known as Lucy Carrott.

She's Jasper Carrott's daughter. Would've scored you 10 points.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Kate and Jim, 30 points, a very good, low position to be in.

Not very far ahead of you, Becs and Orla on 47.

Andy and Matt, I'm afraid you are exposed out in front there on 100 points.

So what has to happen, Matt, is you have to find a pointless or low-scoring answer in the next pass

and hope that either Orla or Jim makes a massive error.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we'll put six more famous people on the board and here they come. We have got...

I'll read all of those one more time.

We are looking for famous fathers and you want to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-What do you think, Matt?

-I think I know most of them, really, there.

I'm going to take a punt at one. I'm going to say Shaun Wright-Phillips - Ian Wright.

Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ian Wright. You are the high scorers on 100 points, so there's no red line.

You have to hope this goes down as far as it can.

Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ian Wright. Let's see how many people knew that answer.

33.

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33. That takes your total up to 133. Richard?

Well played. Shaun Wright-Phillips is Ian Wright's adopted son and they've both played for England.

-It's very impressive.

-Very.

-And his brother Bradley Wright-Phillips is also a professional.

Orla, you are on 47. The high scorers are Matt and Andy on 133.

You need to score 85 or less and you are through to the next round.

This is a nightmare question for me.

I grew up without a TV, so my popular culture references are pretty lame.

I'm going to take a punt

on Tony Curtis being Jamie-Lee Curtis's father.

OK, you need it to be right and you need it to go down to 85. That's all that's required.

Here is your red line coming in.

If Tony Curtis is right and takes you below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Let's find out if Tony Curtis is Jamie-Lee Curtis's father and if so, how many people said it. Good luck.

It's right and you are through to the head-to-head. Well done, Orla.

48, that scores you.

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-It only had to go below 85.

That takes your total up to 95. Richard?

-Yeah, Jamie-Lee Curtis is the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

-Very well done.

You are through to the head-to-head. Again.

Jim, you are through to the head-to-head, come what may. You're on a low score of 30,

courtesy of Kate's brilliant answer in the first pass.

You can talk us through everyone. I'm sure you will be able to.

Well, I haven't a clue who Lily Allen is, I don't know Norah Jones and Liv Tyler is a complete mystery to me.

Let me re-phrase that. I think this is going to be tough for you, Jim.

Yeah.

Well, Emilio Estevez's father is, of course, Martin Sheen.

Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen you're saying. There is no red line. You're through.

The red line for you is down there somewhere.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Martin Sheen for Emilio Estevez.

There we are. Well done, it's right.

23.

It takes your total up to 53.

You are through to the next round.

Note how Kate still doesn't kiss him when he kisses her.

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-Not even... Not a flicker.

Very well played, Jim. I will take you through the rest of the board.

Liv Tyler's father is Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith. That would've scored you 30.

Lily Allen's father is the actor Keith Allen.

That would've scored you 25.

-And do you know who Norah Jones's father is?

-Ravi Shankar.

-Yes.

Best answer on the board - 3 points. Well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score, sorry, Andy and Matt, it's you.

What have you learnt from your first time on Pointless that you'll bring to bear next time we see you?

The order. The other way round, I would have got the question right.

-I think he would have got a question right.

-Bring all this knowledge and much more back next time we see you.

-Great contestants. Thanks for playing meanwhile.

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But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done, Kate and Jim, Orla and Becs. You've made it through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at £1,250.

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You will go head to head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair gives me one answer and you can confer.

Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.

The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many actors in Fawlty Towers as they could.

Actors in Fawlty Towers. Richard?

There were 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers in all.

We want any actor or actress who appeared in six or more episodes. There are eight names.

We want the names of the actor or actress, rather than the character.

Thanks very much. Kate and Jim, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

WHISPERING

OK, we've reached a consensus, Kate and Jim?

Andrew Sachs.

Andrew Sachs is the answer you are going to submit. Now, Orla and Becs,

Andrew Sachs has gone. You can take us through the rest of the cast.

-The only one I knew was Basil Fawlty, John Cleese.

-John Cleese.

But Orla's brilliant.

I think his wife, the actress was called Prunella Scales?

-And that is what you are going to go for?

-Yes.

So we have Andrew Sachs, we have Prunella Scales. Kate and Jim went for Andrew Sachs.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Andrew Sachs.

It's right.

Down it comes. Andrew Sachs...

37.

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I didn't think it would be that low.

37. Orla and Becs have said Prunella Scales.

-Orla said it.

-Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Prunella Scales.

It's right.

It's right.

And it beats Andrew Sachs. Wow, 29!

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-29 for Prunella Scales. That wins...

-She's the one that didn't have a TV!

-I know.

-Exactly. Didn't own a TV. It turns out she knows everything!

So after the first question, Orla and Becs are ahead 1-0. Richard?

Yeah, well played, Orla. She played Sybil Fawlty. Let's have a look at all eight answers here.

Renee Roberts and Gilly Flower played the two old ladies, Mrs Tibbs and Mrs Gatsby.

They were both pointless answers.

Brian Hall was in the second series as Terry the chef. He scored 1.

Ballard Berkeley was the Major, also 1 point. Very well done if you got those.

-Ever come across anyone else in your long life called Ballard?

-No, it's great.

-Brilliant.

-It's a lost age.

-Ballard!

-Connie Booth, the co-writer with John Cleese, 21 points,

Prunella Scales 29, Andrew Sachs 37

and John Cleese way out on top there with 79 points.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, Orla and Becs, very well done.

Here is your second question.

Kate and Jim, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it is. Good luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Republican US Presidents as they could. Republican US Presidents. Richard?

Yes, we're looking for Republican US Presidents from the end of World War Two up to the start of 2011.

Thanks very much. Now then, Orla and Becs, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

OK, um... We're not really sure.

But I think George W Bush was a Republican President and so we're going to have to go with him.

-We don't have any better answer.

-OK, George W Bush.

Kate and Jim, George W Bush has gone.

We're going with Richard Nixon.

Richard Nixon. OK, so we have George W Bush and Richard Nixon. Let's take them in the order they were given.

Let's see if George "Dubya" Bush is right and if he is, how many people said it.

Very well done.

It's right. 41.

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41 for George W Bush.

Now, Kate and Jim have gone for Richard Nixon. You have to win this point to stay in the game.

This has to go lower than 41.

Richard Nixon...

Let's see how many people said Richard Nixon.

It's right, obviously.

Yes, very well done.

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So Richard Nixon takes it down to 19 and beats George W Bush,

so after two questions, you are absolutely level pegging, one each.

-Richard?

-Well played, Kate and Jim. There's six answers on this list, so well done if you got all six.

Two answers would have beaten Nixon. There's Dwight D Eisenhower on 10,

Gerald Ford 13, Richard Nixon 19.

There's George Bush Senior on 25, Ronald Reagan on 40

and George W Bush was indeed a Republican. Who knew?

41 people. 41 people knew.

Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, so you're absolutely level. We have our third question now.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final to play for that jackpot.

OK, here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Guy Ritchie films as they could.

Guy Ritchie films.

-Richard?

-Yeah, any feature film made for cinema release for which Guy Ritchie got a director's credit

up to the start of 2011. There are six films on the list.

OK, Kate and Jim, you go first.

WHISPERING

OK.

OK, Kate and Jim, you look like you're resigned to a less than satisfactory answer here.

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

OK, Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels has gone, Orla and Becs.

That was one of two we could think of,

the other being Snatch, so that's what we'll go with.

OK, you're going to go with Snatch. So we have Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and we have Snatch.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final.

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, is that right, and if it is, how many people said it?

38.

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38 for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

Orla and Becs have gone for Snatch.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Snatch.

It has to go lower than 38. If it does, you are through to the final.

Well done. It's right.

Yes, you are through to the final.

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So, after three questions, Orla and Becs are through to the final 2-1. Richard?

Yeah, good head-to-head. There were quite a few answers that would have won it for you.

Let's look at the answers. Swept Away, a re-make of an Italian film.

It won the Golden Raspberry for Worst Film, Worst Director

and Worst Actress for Madonna.

Would have scored you 3 points, Revolver 4, RocknRolla 10.

His Sherlock Holmes movie, which was very good, 13,

Snatch 30, and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, the biggest answer, on 38.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's Kate and Jim.

We have seen the best of you, I think, this game.

We've seen some fantastic answers. I think Kate has forgiven you, Jim. I think she has.

-Nearly.

-Good.

-Keep working on it and hopefully all should be well. Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you very much.

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But for Orla and Becs, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.

Congratulations, Orla and Becs. You have fought off all the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

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You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.

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Now, the rules are very simple.

To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had one pointless answer on the show today. You only have to find one more to win that money.

Firstly, choose a category from these three options.

I think it's safe to say Cricket and MPs are out,

so it's going to have to be Musical Theatre.

Let's find out what the question is. Good luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Stephen Sondheim musicals as they could.

Stephen Sondheim musicals. Richard?

We are looking for professionally produced musicals

for which Sondheim is credited with writing the score and the lyrics.

Anthologies, film scores and plays which Sondheim has just written the music for will not be accepted.

-This is up to the start of 2011.

-OK.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £1,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-I don't know any.

-I don't know any.

-So let's think of some musicals.

-Dreamboats And Petticoats?

-I wouldn't have thought so.

-Cats?

-I'm thinking perhaps Rent. I don't really know what genre musicals are at all,

but Rent is one that comes to mind.

Um... Any that Andrew Lloyd Webber hasn't done.

I honestly don't know.

-What did you say? Dreamboats And Petticoats?

-Yeah. We might as well.

Mamma Mia perhaps? I don't know.

-Yeah, I...

-Any others that you can think of?

-They're ones I know aren't Andrew Lloyd Webber.

-I'm trying to think of ones I've seen.

-How about the one that's on at the moment?

-Priscilla Queen Of The Desert?

-Go for that, Rent and...

-Dreamboats And Petticoats?

-Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's not...

OK, your minute is up.

We were looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals. I now need three answers from you.

-We're going to go with Rent.

-Rent.

-We're going to go with...

-Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.

-Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.

-Yes.

-Mamma Mia, did we go with? Let's say Mamma Mia.

-And Mamma Mia.

But that's Abba music. That's a silly answer.

Can we change that answer? It doesn't matter.

It's going to be wrong.

OK, of those three answers, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Rent.

-We'll put Rent last.

-Yes.

-Which is your least likely?

-Probably Mamma Mia.

-We'll put Mamma Mia first.

We will put them up on the board in that order, so here goes.

There they are.

-OK, so we were looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals.

-Yes.

This was your least confident answer - Mamma Mia.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,250 jackpot.

Let's see if Mamma Mia is right first and if it is, let's see how many people said it - Mamma Mia.

-SHOUTS OF "Aw!"

-Thanks!

-We knew that.

-We did know that.

-You worked that one out.

Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £1,250?

-Buy a nice bag.

-Yeah, go shopping.

-Good.

-Not a lot.

-Very good.

We are looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer and that it is right - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.

This has to be pointless.

It has to be right for you to win that £1,250 jackpot.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.

Oh, bad luck.

-It's all right.

-I'm afraid that is also an incorrect answer.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. How are you feeling?

-Not particularly confident.

-Not optimistic at all.

-Not vastly confident.

We are looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals. You said this was the answer you had the most faith in.

It has to be right and pointless. If it is, you will win £1,250.

Let's see if anybody said Rent.

Is it right...and if it is right, how many people said it?

It has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot. Rent?

Ohh!

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Maybe cricket(!)

Bad luck. Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250.

It rolls over to the next show, but you have been fantastic contestants

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

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Yeah, sorry, Orla and Becs, but Sondheim would kill to write Mamma Mia, wouldn't he?

-He'd be delighted.

-Perhaps our silliest answer.

There's only five pointless answers out of all of his musicals, so let's take a look at them.

-From 1964, Anyone Can Whistle...

-Oh, yeah(!)

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-You see? It's obvious when you hear them.

-I can't believe we didn't get these.

-Merrily We Roll Along won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Musical.

Pacific Overtures, another multi-award-winning musical.

Passion, which opened in the States in '94 and in the UK with Michael Ball in 1996.

And The Frogs which was first performed at Yale University with Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver.

-You didn't know any of those?

-No.

-Imagine if you'd known them all!

-I'm glad that we just didn't have a clue, rather than...any of them.

-Exactly.

There's great credit in that.

Unfortunately, we say goodbye to you, Orla and Becs, but it's been great having you on the show.

-Thank you for playing. Wonderful contestants.

-Thank you. APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means on the next show we will be playing for £2,250.

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-Join us next time to see if someone wins it. It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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