Episode 46 Pointless

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and a warm welcome to Pointless, where popular answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

First we welcome back Andy and Matt. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your final chance.

-Remind us how you did last time.

-Second round.

Second round. What was it?

-Famous fathers.

-Famous spawn of famous fathers.

Oh, dear. What are you hoping is going to come up this afternoon?

-Food and drink.

-Food and drink!

What particular areas of food and drink do you feel comfortable...

Curry!

-HE LAUGHS

-We have had curries.

-Yeah?

-OK. Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

Next we welcome back Scott and Lee. It's also your second time here.

-Remind us how you did.

-Went out in dramatic style in the first round.

It was tough. Shoelace. It was words ending in A-C-E.

But this afternoon it's going to be a different story.

-The only way is up.

-You're actually right.

The only way is up from the ignominy of last time.

It was a tough round. Scott, what would you like to see come up this time?

Um...current music, celebrities, TV, film.

OK. Well, we'll see what we can do. Very best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you here.

Now we welcome next Tabitha and Van.

-How do you two know each other?

-We met at a party.

Tabitha was wearing a spectacular purple coat,

-and I had to make her my friend.

-How fantastic.

-Were you wearing a unicorn on your hat on that day too?

-I don't know.

It's a blurry memory, but I do remember the purple coat.

-Tabitha, what do you do?

-I am a manager

for a contemporary art gallery in London.

-Van, what do you do?

-I'm a literary manager at a theatre in London.

-Which theatre? Can I ask?

-I work at the beautiful, award-winning Finborough theatre.

I know the Finborough theatre. Oh, it's a lovely theatre.

-It's a very intimate space.

-It is. I've performed there.

I could've just gone round to both the people's houses and done it from there.

-Best of luck.

-Your support is gratefully received.

Finally we welcome Sandra and Peter. How do you two know each other?

We've been together for over two years. We met on a blind date,

which was set up by my best friend Stella,

-who happens to be Peter's cousin.

-Ah! Good for Stella!

-I know!

-Very good. Peter, what do you do?

-I'm a police officer in Manchester.

-How is it up there?

-Everything all right?

-Yeah. It's a lot better than it used to be.

-That's the best way to describe it.

-You're not there, though.

-You've left them in the lurch.

-They'll manage without me.

-There's quite a few of us.

-OK.

We'll find out more about all of you later. There's only one more person for me to introduce.

If obscurity were a crime, he'd be banged up for life.

-He is my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

Should be a good show today. We've got two returning pairs.

Scott and Lee didn't do themselves justice on the last one.

Good news, Lee, is there is a wildlife question coming up.

It's also slightly food related, as well,

but Tabitha and Van, who are covering all the colours of the bottom bit of the rainbow,

aren't they, and I think, with a unicorn on your hat,

-surely you've got to be going all the way.

-Yay!

LAUGHTER

We put all our questions to 100 people

before the show, but this is Pointless,

so we're after the answers they didn't get. Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people gave, and each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that. So today's jackpot starts off

at £2,250.

Right! Let's play Pointless!

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer,

and you cannot confer. The team with the highest score at the end

will be eliminated. OK - our first category this afternoon is...

Wildlife.

Can you decide 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. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many types of penguin as they could.

As many types of penguin. Food related! I see what you mean.

-Richard?

-All the questions in this round

are going to be species of penguin. It's a very cute category,

but I have to say, looking down here, very, very difficult.

OK. Thank you very much.

Andy and Matt, you all drew lots before the show,

and you get to go first. I've got good news for everyone.

We're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board

in each pass. Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless,

but be very careful, because at least one of them is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one, and you will score a maximum of 100 points.

Now, then, Andy. Penguins!

I'm going to take a guess. I'm going to go for the top one,

erect-crested.

Erect-crested. There it is, right at the top of the board.

Let's see. Is erect-crested penguin correct,

and if it is, how many people said it? Good luck.

Well done, Andy. Very good indeed.

Good low score. Oh, look at that! Very well done indeed!

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Erect-crested penguin is a pointless answer.

That's 250 quid to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £2,500,

and it scores you nothing. Very well done on all counts.

Well done, Andy. Great start to the show.

It's got a yellow crest around its head, which can be lowered or raised.

OK. We are looking for types of penguin. Scott?

I don't know any of them for sure. I'll have to take a guess

-with chinstrap.

-You're going to take a guess with chinstrap.

There it is, two up from the bottom. Chinstrap penguin.

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

Good luck, Scott.

It's right, Scott! Very well done.

Down it comes. Look at that! Nine! Very well done, Scott.

Nine points for the chinstrap penguin.

Very well played, Scott. It's got a white face and white belly,

with a little black ring here like a chinstrap.

Nine points, Scott. Very well done. Now then, Van.

-Er...

-Surely you know about penguins. Come on!

Er... I'm going to have to take a risk.

The unicorn says gentoo penguin.

Gentoo penguin. The unicorn has spoken. Let's see -

It could be lying, but let's go with it. Why not?

You might have told me. I didn't know that unicorns sometimes lied.

Dude, it's a unicorn. If you could see them,

-they'd be infinitely less deceptive.

-LAUGHTER

We're going to have to take five minutes to think about that.

LAUGHTER

Let's see if the unicorn speaks the truth...

..or otherwise. Gentoo penguin. Is it right, and if it is,

how many people said it? Good luck, Van.

Very well done.

Seven points for gentoo!

Whoo-hoo!

-Very well done, Van. Seven points.

-Well done, Van. Well done, unicorn.

The gentoo has got a prominent tail, which sweeps behind it,

and it's the fastest swimmer of all the penguins.

Thanks very much, Richard. Sandra, we are looking for types of penguin.

I'm going to have to go for a limb, and I'll go for jacquet.

-Jacquet?

-Yeah.

One up from the bottom, the jacquet. It's just ridiculous.

There's only one on there that anyone could genuinely say

with their hand on their heart they knew was a penguin,

and it's jacquet. So, let's see - is jacquet right,

and if it is, how many people said jacquet? Good luck, Sandra.

Oh, no!

Oh, dear, oh, dear!

I've never heard anything sound more like a penguin in my life.

But unfortunately a jacquet is not a penguin, evidently,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

I can only apologise. Richard?

Sorry, Sandra. That's tough luck.

Luc Jacquet is the director of the 2005 film March Of The Penguins.

That's why we put his name up there.

There is one that you must know, which is the king penguin.

38 points, second largest of all penguins.

The Adelie also is a penguin.

That would have scored you six points.

All very low scoring, these. The fiordland is a New Zealand penguin,

believe it or not. Would've scored you one point.

Very well done if you got those, and if you got erect-crested,

which is the best answer on the board.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

We're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores.

On no points at all, Andy and Matt. Very, very well answered there.

Then we come up to Van and Tabitha on seven.

Very well done. Up to Scott and Lee on nine. Very good.

And then Sandra and Peter way out ahead on 100 there.

Peter, try and score as low as you possibly can,

and who knows, maybe we will see you in the next round.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK. We're going to put seven more answers on the board.

We have got...

At least one of those answers is pointless,

and at least one of them is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

So, Peter, you're way out front on 100 points.

You have to score as low as you possibly, possibly can.

That could be a list of anything, as far as I'm concerned.

I'm going to go for the one that you pronounced so beautifully,

which I would pronounce as "the one second from the bottom".

-LAUGHTER

-The one... Very sensible.

-Magellanic?

-The Magellanic penguin.

-The Magellanic penguin.

-HE SIGHS

What you are hoping is that that is a pointless answer.

-Yeah.

-That will keep your score at 100.

It will also add 250 quid to the jackpot. Let's see if that is right.

Does it exist, and how many people said it?

Good luck.

Very well done, Peter.

-Very well done indeed!

-CHEERING

You've done everything you had to do there.

That adds 250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to 2,750,

and it scores you nothing, leaving your total at 100. Well done.

Very well played, Peter. Named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan,

who first spotted them in 1520. Also known as the Patagonian penguin,

-which is slightly easier to pronounce.

-Somewhat easier.

OK. Now, then, Tabitha, you are on seven points.

The high scorers are Peter and Sandra on 100 points.

-If you can score 92 or less...

-OK.

-..you are through to the next round.

I don't have a magic unicorn to help me...

-More's the pity.

-I'm going to have to do this on my own.

Um... I'm going to take a stab in the dark.

-Lorillard?

-The Lorillard.

-Is that how you pronounce it?

-I pronounce it "lorry-ard".

-What do I...

-Well, the first one on the list, then.

OK. Lorillard. Here comes your red line.

If you can get down below that red line,

you are through to the next round.

Lorillard merely has to be right, I would say at this stage.

Let's see if it is, and if it is, how many people said Lorillard.

-Oh, no!

-Oh, I'm so sorry!

Oh, no!

Unfortunately Lorillard is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to 107. Richard?

I'm so sorry. Griswold Lorillard is the man

who is believed to have introduced the tuxedo, or penguin suit,

to the world.

-Lee...

-I love you anyway.

We've had one incorrect answer. We've had one pointless answer.

There's nothing to say there isn't one more of each of those.

The high scorers are now Tabitha and Van on 107.

If you can score 97 or less,

-you are through to the next round.

-OK.

I think I know one breed of penguin, and it's on the board,

so I'm going to go for that. I'm going to say emperor.

Scott is absolutely behind you, you'll be pleased to hear.

OK. Well, if you can get below that red line,

you are through to the next round, Lee. Very best of luck.

Emperor penguin. Does it exist, and if it does, how many people said it?

Well done. You're through.

62, that scores you, giving you a total of 71.

-Rich?

-Well done, Lee. Safe and sound.

It's the largest of all the penguins, the emperor.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, then, Matt, Andy,

come what may, you are through to the next round.

-It doesn't matter.

-The only one that I know

is the one that's just been taken,

so I'm going to have a complete stab in the dark,

try and find a pointless answer.

I'll go with cobblepot.

Cobblepot. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said it. Cobblepot.

Oh!

Sounds as like a penguin as anything I've ever heard.

It obviously isn't. I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

Couldn't matter less. You're through to the next round.

-Richard?

-Yeah. Unlucky, Matt.

Oswald Cobblepot is the real name of The Penguin

-in the Batman franchise.

-Oswald Cobblepot.

-Excellent.

-Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

They are all penguins, the ones that are left.

The African penguin, of course, that would have scored you 13.

The Macaroni penguin is actually the most common of all penguins

in the world. Would have scored you six. And the Galapagos penguin

would have scored you seven.

Very well done at home if you said the Magellanic.

-That's the best answer on the board.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score...

-I'm sorry.

-It's the trio - Tabitha, Van and the unicorn.

We know more about penguins. We're leaving enriched.

Yeah, exactly. And you're leaving us enriched

with the promise of your return next time.

-Yeah.

-Will the unicorn be making a reappearance, Van?

-On request.

-Do you have any other unicorns,

-or just the pink one?

-I have an elephant and a small bird.

-No, no, no, no, no.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Well, we will see you next time, when hopefully you will do better.

Thank you so much for playing. Wonderful contestants. Thank you.

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

Only two pairs can make it through to the head to head,

so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round.

OK. Our category for round two this afternoon is...

animation.

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

-You go first.

-I'll go first.

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

OK. Our round-two question concerns...

I'm about to show you a list of villains from animated Disney films.

We asked 100 people to tell us which film each of them first appeared in.

Richard? We'll show you six villains on each pass.

The more obscure the answer, the fewer points you'll score.

If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.

-There's 12 in all. See how many you can get at home.

-OK. Thank you.

We are looking for the Disney films in which these villains first appeared.

And we have got...

So, Matt, there are the villains.

Pick one, the most obscure one you can find,

and tell me which Disney animation it comes from.

I've not got a clue.

Captain Hook, er... I'm going to say Peter Pan.

-You're going to say Peter Pan?

-Yeah.

Captain Hook. You're saying Peter Pan. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Peter Pan.

Well, it's right. Well done, Matt. Ah!

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Yeah.

OK.

Well, that's 11 better than wrong.

Think of it like that. Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Richard?

That was some very short-lived joy for Matt there.

Went from just sort of very happy to...

within about 0.3 seconds. Yeah, from 1953, Disney's Peter Pan.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Lee,

Disney villains - how comfortable are you feeling with this?

Not particularly comfortable. Um...

I'm going to go for Scar in The Lion King.

Scar, The Lion King.

OK. Well, Scott seems to think that's a good answer.

Let's see if it's right, Scar from The Lion King,

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

It's right.

45.

Almost exactly half of Matt's score there. Scar, Richard.

Yeah. From The Lion King, from 1994.

Jeremy Irons did the voice of Scar.

-Peter?

-Um...

I'm thinking Gaston sounds French.

That's probably from something like The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

But I think Ursula is from The Little Mermaid.

-I'm going to go with Ursula.

-Is that right, and if so,

how many people said it? Ursula, Little Mermaid.

Well done. It's right.

29.

Best score of the pass, Peter. 29 for Ursula, Little Mermaid.

Yeah. Very, very well played, Peter.

Let's take a look at the rest of them.

Gaston is from Beauty And The Beast, would have scored you 21 points.

Edgar is from The Aristocats, would have scored you two points.

And the best answer is Frollo. Do you know what Frollo is from, Xander?

-I'm afraid I don't.

-He's from The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

He scored one point. Well done if you said that. Best answer on the board.

Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.

Peter and Sandra on 29. Very nice low score there.

Then we come up to Lee and Scott on 45,

and then up to Matt and Andy. 89 points there.

So the contest is between Scott and Andy,

particular onus on Andy. You'll have to find a really good answer

in the next pass. Can the second players please take their places?

OK. We're going to put six more villains on the board,

and here we are. We have got...

We are looking for the film each of these villains first appeared in,

and you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

There's a couple I've not heard of on the list,

so I'm going to go for one I do know,

which is one of my nephew's favourite films,

and I'm going for Jafar, from Aladdin.

Jafar from Aladdin, you are saying.

The high scorers are Andy and Matt on 89.

You want to be scoring 59 or less with this answer.

There's your red line. If Jafar gets you below it,

you are through to the head to head. Let's see if Jafar is right,

and it is indeed from Aladdin, and how many people said that.

It's right. You're through to the head to head. Look at that. Just!

APPLAUSE

48, that scores you. Takes your total up to 77.

-Jafar, Richard.

-Yeah, well done, Sandra.

From 1992, Aladdin.

Excellent. Now, then, Scott, the high scorers remain Andy and Matt

on 89. You are on 45. If you can score 43 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round. What do you think?

I was going to say Jafar. I do like Disney films,

but I want to make sure I don't get one wrong.

I know it'll be quite high, but it'll be right,

and that's Cruella De Vil, with 101 Dalmatians.

Cruella De Vil, 101 Dalmatians. All right, Scott.

There's your red line. If Cruella can get you below it,

you are through to the head to head. Good luck, Andy and Matt.

Good luck, Scott and Lee.

Cruella De Vil, 101 Dalmatians. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

Ooh!

Oh, exactly the same short-lived euphoria that Andy had.

In fact exactly the same. You scored 89.

That takes your total up to 134.

Andy and Matt, you are back in the game.

-Not for long.

-Richard?

Er, yes, same score. Very big score.

I think 1961 was the animated film,

and they did a live-action one with Glenn Close as well,

so a very well known Disney villain.

OK. Thank you very much, Richard.

Andy, the high scorers are Scott and Lee now,

on 134. You've been cast a lifeline.

Do you think you can do it? If you score 44 or less

-with this answer, you are through to the head to head.

-Right.

Well, I knew one on the board, and that was Cruella De Vil.

Madame Medusa... Sounds like it could be a magical animation

or something, but... Stromboli...

Oh, I've really got no idea.

Maleficent, and I'll go Finding Nemo.

Maleficent, you're saying. Finding Nemo.

You have to score 44 or less. There is your red line.

If you're below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Let's see if Maleficent is from Finding Nemo,

and if it is, how many people said it.

Maleficent, Finding Nemo.

Mmm, bad luck, Andy.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 189.

-Richard?

-Yeah, sorry, Andy. Not from Finding Nemo.

It's from Sleeping Beauty,

Maleficent, a long time before Finding Nemo.

Would have scored four points. A very good answer, if you got that.

There's one more biggish scorer on the board, which is Kaa,

who is from The Jungle Book.

That would've scored 19. Then Stromboli.

Do you know what Stromboli is from?

-It's from Pinocchio, I think.

-It is. Very well played.

It would've scored you three points. Madame Medusa is a pointless answer,

so well done if you got Madame Medusa. She's from The Rescuers.

The Rescuers, from 1977.

OK. Thanks, Richard. So at the end of round two,

after quite a lot of to-ing and fro-ing,

our losing pair with the highest score is Andy and Matt,

189. Oh, dear, Matt! Andy! A real shame to be saying goodbye to you.

It's been brilliant having you on the show.

Thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, things will get even more exciting

as we enter the head to head.

Very well done, Sandra, and Peter, Scott and Lee,

you've made it through to the head to head.

Obviously only one pair can play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,750.

You'll now go head to head on the best of three questions.

For each question you need to give me one answer,

and you are now allowed to confer. That's the good news.

Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair,

and you will win that question. The pair who get to the best of three

will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

OK. Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Scrabble tiles worth one point as they could.

We're looking for any tiles in traditional Scrabble

that have a face value of one point. There are ten answers on the list.

Sandra and Peter, you've played best so far,

so you get to go first.

SHE WHISPERS

THEY WHISPER

Er, we're going to go for the letter N for November.

N for November.

Very good. Scott and Lee?

-We're going to guess.

-We'll say E.

-Yeah, I'll go with E. I've no idea.

-Go with E?

-Yes.

OK.

We have N. We have E.

Sandra and Peter are saying N. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

N for November.

Oh, look at that! 17 for N!

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Very well done.

Scott and Lee have gone for E. Is it right,

and if it is, how many people said E?

It's right.

Ooh, yes. You're right.

E. That's a high score for E. So after our first question,

it's one-nil to Sandra and Peter. Richard?

Well played. There's actually only one answer that would have beaten N.

I expect a lot of people at home got it. Let's see what it was.

L would have been 16 points. N is 17,

R, 22, T, 38, S, 41.

And then it's all the vowels - U, 42, O, 52,

I, 54, E, 57, and A scored you 64.

That was the most popular answer on the board.

OK, thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.

Scott and Lee, you have to win this to stay in the game.

If Sandra and Peter win this, they are straight through to the final.

Very best of luck. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Usual Suspects actors.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any of the five actors

who were brought together in the police line-up

-in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

-Scott and Lee, you go first.

-THEY WHISPER

I'm not sure if it's the film I'm thinking of, to be honest.

OK. So I'm going to answer Andy Garcia.

Andy Garcia.

Sandra and Peter, you can now talk out loud.

-SHE LAUGHS

-One of us hasn't seen the film,

and one of us has got a memory like a sieve.

The only sort of person who could've been in a film like that,

I would say John Travolta, maybe, but I think that's the wrong film.

-I'll say John Travolta.

-So we have Andy Garcia and John Travolta.

Andy Garcia, say Scott and Lee. You have to win this question

to stay in the game. Good luck. Andy Garcia.

Bad luck. Bad luck.

Sandra and Peter, you are saying John Travolta.

-Yeah.

-Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said John Travolta.

Bad luck. Both of you were incorrect there.

-Richard?

-Let's take a look at all five of them.

It's a wonderful film. Kevin Pollak would have scored you eight,

Stephen Baldwin would have scored you 12,

Benicio del Toro would have scored 14,

Gabriel Byrne, 21, and Kevin Spacey won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar

and would've scored you 31.

Here is your third question. Scott, Lee,

you have to get this question. You have to win it to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many prime ministers who served for five years or less

-as they could. Richard?

-We're looking for any British PMs

since 1900 who served for five years or less.

That can be in one term or across consecutive terms.

We won't accept David Cameron as an answer.

There are nine names on the list as of the start of 2011.

OK. Sandra and Peter, you go first again this time.

THEY WHISPER

Er, we're going to have a punt at Edward Heath.

Edward Heath, you are saying. Edward Heath.

Scott and Lee, you can now talk out loud.

Gordon Brown did less than five years.

But that's a high score, isn't it? We need older, and I...

-I honestly don't know.

-But if theirs is wrong

and ours is at least right...

Um, yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-He seems quite sure.

-This is a friendly game.

-THEY LAUGH

Will we go for what we know is right?

-Yes, OK.

-Can we just do Gordon Brown?

OK. We have Edward Heath, we have Gordon Brown.

Sandra and Peter have said Heath. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

If you win this point, you are through to the final.

It's right.

23!

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

23 for Edward Heath.

Scott and Lee, this just has to beat that.

It has to go lower than 23,

otherwise we say goodbye to you.

Very best of luck. Let's see if Gordon Brown's right,

and if it is, how many people said Gordon Brown.

It's right.

Ooh, it's a high score.

53 for Gordon Brown. So, after three questions,

Sandra and Peter are through to the final, two-nil.

Very well played, Sandra and Peter.

There's lots of good answers on this list.

Lots would have won it, and there's a pointless answer.

Well done if you said Henry Campbell-Bannerman,

who was Liberal prime minister from 1905 to 1908.

His predecessor, the Conservative Arthur Balfour,

would have scored you one point. Andrew Bonar Law,

who was only prime minister for 209 days,

that's the shortest serving of anyone since 1900.

He scored two points. Alec Douglas-Home, just under a year,

362 days, Alec Douglas-Home, seven points.

Neville Chamberlain, who left in 1940, would have scored you eight.

Let's take a look at the higher scorers.

Anthony Eden, who resigned over the Suez Crisis, 12.

James Callaghan, 20, and we've already had those two answers

from you guys - Edward Heath, 23, and Gordon Brown, just over two years,

-would have scored you 53 points.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head to head, it's Scott and Lee!

Guys, I'm sorry. You've done so well.

We're pleased to have got this far. They're really nice, so we're pleased for them.

That's very gracious of you to say that.

You've come through. It's been a hard-fought game, this one.

We said we'd do better than last time.

And, boy, did you achieve that!

It's been lovely having you on the show. Brilliant contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for Sandra and Peter, it's now time for our Pointless final,

and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,750.

Many congratulations, Sandra and Peter.

You've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,750.

Now, the rules are very simple. To win that money,

all you have to do is find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had two pointless answers today.

-Peter, you came up with one of them, with Magellanic.

-Oh, yeah.

-That penguin we all now know.

-LAUGHTER

You only have to find one more now to go home with that money.

You've got to choose a category from these three options.

What do you think?

-OK.

-I'm thinking MPs is something that we don't know much about.

-No.

-Regardless that we got the prime minister before.

It was one of the top answers. Cricket...

I don't think is our strong suit either.

I don't know anything about cricket at all, unless you do.

-Can you put the next page up?

-LAUGHTER

We're going to plump for British singer-songwriters.

OK. Well, let's find out what that question is.

Good luck. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Kate Bush singles as they could.

-Kate Bush singles. Richard?

-We're looking for any top-40 UK single

by Kate Bush, or which featured her as an artist,

up to the start of 2011. We won't accept EPs.

So any Kate Bush single up to the start of 2011.

OK. You have up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you have to do to win that £2,750

is come up with one answer that is pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

SHE WHISPERS

-Running Up The Hill.

-Wuthering Heights.

It's Me, I'm Cathy.

Was there one called The Man With The Child In His Eyes?

-Yeah, that was recently, as well.

-Was it? All right.

-Yeah.

-Um... I'm struggling now.

I don't know any others.

-Was there anything else?

-It's Me, I'm Cathy.

-That's Wuthering Heights, I think.

-Er...

Was there Wuthering Heights Two, or...

Um...

I think we stick with those three, do we?

-Running Up The Hill.

-Man With The Child In His Eyes.

-Not The Child In Their Eyes, was it?

-No. With The Child In His Eyes.

And Wuthering Heights, which will be popular.

I can't think of any others.

No. 15 seconds.

Happen to be looking through your iPod before?

I can't think of any others. I think we should go with those three.

-Yeah.

-Five seconds left.

-I think we've got three.

-OK. We'll stop the clock there,

with a couple of seconds left on it. OK.

Your time is up. We were looking for Kate Bush singles,

and I now need three answers from you.

-Wuthering Heights, an obvious one.

-Wuthering Heights.

-The Man With The Child In His Eyes.

-The Man With The Child In His Eyes.

-Running Up That Hill?

-And Running Up That Hill.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless?

-The Man With The Child In His Eyes.

-The Man With The Child In His Eyes.

We'll put that last. Which is your least likely?

-Wuthering Heights.

-OK. We'll put that first.

We'll just put those up on the board in that order.

And there they are.

OK. We were looking for Kate Bush singles.

This was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £2,750 jackpot.

HE SIGHS

Let's see if Wuthering Heights is right, and how many people said it.

It has to be right, and it has to go down to zero.

It's right.

We will learn a couple of things here.

-Oh! Wow.

-APPLAUSE

I was just about to say, we will learn how much our 100 people know

about Kate Bush, and as I was saying that,

we learnt. 58 people said Wuthering Heights.

Very popular answer there, obviously therefore not pointless.

So you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£2,750. How would you spend that?

-HE LAUGHS

-Sandra wants to buy a motorbike,

and I want to use it to go on the holiday

that Sandra's got planned. No, I want to buy a motorbike,

and Sandra wants to use it for a holiday.

-Guess which one we're going to do.

-You could do a bit of both!

-A motorbiking holiday.

-He's already got one motorbike.

-Oh, I see. Sandra, do you ride a motorbike?

-No.

-I've been on Peter's motorbike once.

-And never to be repeated?

Possibly not. We'll see.

Oh, dear. Have you got speakers in your helmet

-so Peter can talk to you?

-No.

-That would make all the difference.

-Would it?

-That would make all the difference.

It would. We'd just be having the holiday then, I think.

LAUGHTER

OK. Well, we are looking at Kate Bush singles.

You had least confidence in that. You knew it wasn't pointless.

That was just to fill that space.

Let's hope nobody said Running Up That Hill.

This has to be correct, and it has to be pointless,

for you to win that jackpot of £2,750.

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

Good luck. Running Up That Hill.

It's right.

Well, we went down to 58 with Wuthering Heights.

This is going to do considerably better, I should think.

Down it goes, into the 20s. Teens.

-Oh! 13.

-APPLAUSE

13 for Running Up That Hill.

It's all moving in the right direction.

Massive drop between 58 and 13.

Similar drop between that and Man With The Child In His Eyes,

and we are looking really very strong indeed.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

£2,750. That holiday-slash-motorbike...

-THEY LAUGH

-..is one question away.

You said this was the answer you had most faith in

to be pointless. The Man With The Child In His Eyes.

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

Very, very best of luck. If this goes all the way down,

you leave here with £2,750. The Man With The Child In His Eyes.

It's right.

It's right.

You've gone from 58 down to 13.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you will be leaving with... Oh, no!

APPLAUSE

Well, it went in the right direction.

-It just didn't go far enough.

-No.

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

so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,750,

which will roll over onto the next show.

But you have been fantastic contestants,

and you do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy.

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

-So, Richard?

-Yes. Unlucky, Sandra and Peter.

You played ever so well throughout the show.

Other big-scoring answers are Babooshka, Hounds Of Love,

Don't Give Up, all by Kate Bush, George Bush's more maverick sister.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

I hope you don't recognise any of these.

And So Is Love, Breathing, December Will Be Magic Again,

which was her Christmas single in 1980.

All of those are pointless. Experiment IV,

she recorded with Nigel Kennedy. Love And Anger, Moments Of Pleasure,

all those were pointless. Her cover version of Rocket Man,

a number-12 hit, that was pointless. Gershwin's The Man I Love,

and The Red Shoes, all of those pointless.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

-Did you recognise any of those?

-Not really, no.

Nuh-uh! Well, unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you,

but thank you for playing. It's been great having you on the show.

-Brilliant contestants. Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over onto the next show,

-when we will be playing for £3,750.

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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