Episode 12 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you! Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, where the obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

First up, we welcome Steve and Dan. How do you know each other?

We met at work. We were going for an interview for a job.

Dan got the job ahead of me! So it didn't start in the best circumstances!

I hated his guts even before I met him!

Then I met him and decided he was quite a nice bloke.

-So that's why he got the job.

-Yeah, exactly.

-How long ago was that.

-Two-and-a-half years.

-Have you been promoted so you're on a par?

-No, I'm virtually his PA!

-And I'm only six years older than him!

-So not too galling! Whereabouts is this work, Dan?

-In Hastings.

-Hastings in Sussex.

Very good. And what do you do, Dan?

-I'm an accountant.

-An accountant. Steve, you're a thwarted accountant?

-Deputy accountant, yeah! Thwarted!

Vice accountant! Very best of luck on the show. Next, welcome back Tony and Vicki.

You were here before. Everyone gets two chances at the final. This is your last chance.

-Remind us how you did.

-OK-ish. Got to the head-to-head.

And I let Tony down on music, of all things!

-Which is my strong subject.

-UK Christmas number ones.

-Yep.

Dear, oh, dear. Mind you, Tony, you gave us antimony, in the first round.

-I'm chemistry, yeah. Can we have it again?

-That would have been a hopeless UK number one!

Yes, a great answer. A lovely pointless answer.

-Vicki, what would you like to come up this afternoon?

-TV, or famous people.

Tony, what about you? You were dazzling at chemistry.

I'm hoping for some Roman history. Any chance of that, Richard?

Um... No!

Well, very best of luck to you. Lovely to have you back.

And we welcome back Gina and Ross, also here last time.

Remind us what happened.

It didn't go very well. We went out in the first round on chemistry.

-Carbon dioxide!

-It was hideous!

-Carbon dioxide.

-Not an element!

-You did really well.

-Thanks.

Ross, what would you like today?

-Football, this time. Something sporty.

-Sporty.

-Yeah.

-Gina,

what would play to your absolute strengths?

Something literature-related.

I did a creative writing degree, I'm in a book group.

I love to read.

-It's lovely having you back. Best of luck. Promise me you'll go further than first round!

-Definitely.

Splendid.

Finally we have got Juanita and Cheryl. How do you know each other?

We've been sisters since I was born!

-By mutual consent. Brilliant!

-I don't know if it was mutual!

-She wasn't too pleased!

-I didn't have a say in it!

-Juanita, do you have any Spanish in you?

-I wish I could say I did!

-Unfortunately not.

-Juanita was a name your parents loved.

It was an actress, but probably long before your time!

-I don't know. Try me!

-1952.

-Long before my time! What do you do, Cheryl?

-At the moment,

I'm a museum assistant at the Robert Burns Centre in Dumfries.

Fantastic!

-Juanita? How about you?

-I work in a further education college.

I don't teach, I help students to learn!

-It's much more fun.

-I like that. A nice distinction.

"No, no, I don't teach. But I do help them to learn."

-I don't have to follow the rules because I'm not a lecturer.

-You're a maverick!

-Do they ever have to throw the book at you?

-Often, but I throw it back at them!

-I bet you do.

Welcome to the show. It's lovely to have you here. We'll find out more about all of you later.

There's only one person left to introduce.

He ain't heavy, he's my Pointless brother, friend, Richard.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon, Richard.

Should be a good show. Two returning pairs. Tony and Vicki were very strong

and very unlucky not to go all the way to the end game.

And we probably didn't see the best of Gina and Ross.

Gina got caught out on a subject she doesn't know as much about as other things!

So very strong pairs for our new pairs to have a go at.

-Any rounds we can particularly look forward to?

-We've got one of our new Round Ones

-where we split the subjects.

-You'll love this. A new Round One.

You have to play tactically in that round.

A tactical round. We put our questions to 100 people before the show. But this is Pointless,

so we want the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game, all our players need to do is score as few points as possible.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,

one that none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Dave and Andy won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at...

Right. Let's play Pointless.

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they score the maximum 100 points. So avoid those if you can.

In this round, we'll show you two related question categories.

The first category will be played on the first pass.

The second category will be played on the second pass when we come back down the line.

So as always, it's crucial who goes first and who goes second.

Let's reveal the two categories.

Water and land. These are geographical categories. Water and land.

Water will be played on the way up. Land will be played on the way down.

Can you decide who's going first and who's second.

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

Let's see what the first question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

The correct answers will be natural waterfalls found on planet Earth.

The incorrect answers will not be waterfalls.

Thank you. Steve and Dan, you all drew lots earlier. Today you get to go first.

For each question, we're going to give you a list of seven possible answers on the board.

Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

I'll read those one more time.

At least one of those answers is pointless. But there is also at least one incorrect answer there.

One of those will score the maximum 100 points.

Steve.

I know a couple that definitely are. But there's one whether I should try and risk it.

I'm going to go for it.

I'm going for Devil's Appendix.

-Devil's Appendix.

-If it's a wrong answer, it really is a wrong answer!

It's a brilliant answer. Let's see. Devil's Appendix.

Is it right. How many of our people said Devil's Appendix?

It's right! Well done, Steve.

Very well done indeed.

Yes!

That's superb. It's pointless.

It adds £250 to the jackpot.

It scores you nothing. What a start to the game! Brilliant, Steve.

Great start, Steve. Worth the risk. It's one of Britain's tallest waterfalls, in Snowdonia.

Just behind the Devil's dictionary, at the back of that!

Thanks very much. Now, Tony.

Six more potential waterfalls on the board.

-Is this a good subject for you?

-I know a few, but they may be high-scoring.

I guess we need to take a bit of a risk.

It's not one I've heard of before, but I'll try Iguazu Falls.

Iguazu Falls.

One up from the bottom.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Iguazu Falls.

It's right.

Look at that! Very, very well done, Tony!

Another pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Fabulous. It also scores you nothing. Richard.

Blimey, what a start! Tony, two shows in a row with a pointless answer.

Iguazu Falls are on the border of Brazil and Argentina.

You see them in all sorts of films.

Recently they were in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

-In The Mission, all sorts of things.

-Made in Dagenham, as well.

-Made in Dagenham, yeah.

Very good.

OK. Well done, wow, look at that. Two pointlesses on the trot. Ross, no pressure!

-Yeah!

-No pressure.

I feel it would be silly now there's two pointless answers on the board.

So I'm going to go safe and say...

..Victoria Falls.

Victoria Falls. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Victoria Falls.

It's right.

Not a terrible score, but in the context, quite substantial! Richard.

Better than scoring 100, though. The largest falls in the world.

-On the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia.

-Thank you, Richard.

So, Cheryl. Remember, we're looking for waterfalls of the world.

I know that Angel Falls is definitely one but I think it might be a high score.

It's whether to gamble. I'm going to gamble and say the one that doesn't say Falls.

Because I'm awkward!

Hawryluk.

You're going for Hawryluk. There it is at the top.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Hawryluk. Good luck, Cheryl.

-Oh, dear!

-If you're going to fail, fail spectacularly!

-A piece of "hawry luk" there!

-I'd have said that.

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points.

-Bad luck. Hawryluk.

-Sorry, Cheryl.

Not a falls. Joseph Hawryluk, an American who swam across Niagara Falls

in the '50s. Let's take a look at all the answers.

Angel Falls was a fairly safe answer, but not a huge scorer.

It would have got you 27 points, the tallest falls in the world.

One of those two is an incorrect answer, Alexander.

What do you think? Which one is a real waterfall?

I'll give you a clue. One is a film and one is a waterfall off the A5 in Wales.

-Let's go Swallow Falls for the A5 in Wales.

-Exactly right.

That would have scored six points. Well done if you got that at home.

Seraphim Falls is a Liam Neeson film.

-Not a real waterfall.

-Thank you very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's see the scores as they stand.

Well, look at that! Steve and Dan on nothing, Tony and Vicki on nothing.

Two fantastic scores there. Then up to Ross and Gina on 63.

Which was standing out quite a way, then to your rescue came Cheryl and Juanita

with their 100. So, yes,

if the contest is between anyone, it's between Gina and Juanita in this next pass.

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

So, for the second pass, the category is land.

Let's see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard?

-Nothing really to add here. All the correct answers will be deserts.

-Has that helped focus anyone's mind at all?

-Mine!

-So you know what we're doing?

-A little bit.

-Excellent.

There's a choice of seven answers on the board.

At least one of those answers is pointless and there's also at least one incorrect answer on the board.

An incorrect answer scores the maximum of 100 points.

So, then, Juanita.

I think I know three of them, two of which will be high-scoring.

So I hope that the third one is right. It's Mojave.

Mojave. There it is. Three up from the bottom. Mojave.

You are, sorry to say, the highest scorers.

You have to hope you'll score as low as you possibly can.

There's no red line for you to come under. Is Mojave right and if so, how many people said it.

It's correct!

Very well done, Juanita, single figures!

Let's hope that is good enough.

-Scores nine, takes your total to 109. Richard?

-Well played.

That puts the pressure on Gina. It's in California,

much of it under the jurisdiction of the US military.

Gina, we come to you. Juanita has put the pressure on you by scoring only nine.

You're on 63. They're the high scorers on 109.

You want to score 45 or less with this.

I only know two, which I think will be high scoring.

So I don't know whether to just take a risk.

Because we'll probably go out anyway if I don't.

So I'm just going to go for is it Sonoran?

Sonoran.

There you are. Second one down.

Sonoran, you're saying. There is your red line. Below that, you're in the next round.

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

Well done, Gina, it's right!

You are through to the next round!

-I'm so glad!

-Very, very well done indeed.

That scores you two and takes your total to 65.

The writing, I'm afraid, is on the wall for Juanita and Cheryl.

-65. Sonoran.

-That's a good, low-scoring answer. Very well done.

It covers bits of Arizona and across the border into Mexico.

OK. Thank you very much. And so, Vicki, we come to you. Remember,

we're after deserts of the world.

As has happened before, Tony has left you in such a strong position

-it doesn't matter what you score.

-Thank goodness!

Even if you score 100, you're through to the next round.

I'll just go for a strange one, then.

I don't know any of them, so I'll go for - I can't say it - the third one.

-Mawsynram.

-Yes!

I'm not sure I can say it, either!

Mawsynram. Let's see if it's right.

There's no red line for you. You're through.

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

A-ha!

That's an incorrect answer so you score the maximum of 100 points

taking your total up to 100, Vicki.

Worth a go. Mawsynram is in India and is one of the wettest places on the planet!

-They have over 17,000 millimetres of rain a year!

-Very good.

Thank you, Richard. So, then, Dan and Steve.

We come to you. Steve scored pointless on the first pass.

Dan, there's another pointless on that board. See if you can find it.

I'm going to go for Kanafeh.

Kanafeh. OK. No red line. You're through, whatever happens.

Kanafeh. Is it right, and if so, how many people said Kanafeh.

Ooh, how about that? That is an incorrect answer, so you also score 100 points. It doesn't matter.

You're through to the next round. Your total is 100.

Again, worth the risk, though.

Kanafeh is actually an Arabian dessert! LAUGHTER

With cheese and syrup and pistachio and filo pastry.

Sorry about that! Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

There was a pointless answer, if you'd said it.

Chihuahuan. That would have added £250 to the jackpot. Well done if you said that.

That's in Texas and across the border into Mexico.

El Paso is in the Chihuahuan Desert.

Gobi was a big scorer. It would have got you 50 points.

And Kalahari wasn't a bad answer to give, because it only scored 26!

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score

I'm sorry to say is Juanita and Cheryl.

Oh, dear!

-C'est la vie!

-C'est la vie! Yes, I'm afraid.

It's been fantastic having you on the show. Leaving at the end of the first round is a great shame.

We'll see you again next time, though,

when I hope you'll be with us for much longer.

But thanks very much for playing. Fantastic contestants.

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

Only room for two pairs in our head-to-head,

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

Our category for Round Two is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's second.

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

And our second round question concerns...

-Richard?

-In each pass we'll show you six singles that have sold over a million copies in the UK.

We've asked 100 people which act was responsible for those singles.

The more obscure answers will score fewer points but an incorrect answer scores 100 points.

There are 12 in all for you to have a go at at home.

Thanks, Richard. We want the artists who released these UK million-selling singles.

And we have got...

I'll read those one more time.

We're after the names of the artists who released these singles.

So, Steve.

I'm going for the band that had a long career and did really well for themselves!

I think Pure and Simple was Hear'Say.

Hear'Say. Hear'Say you say for Pure and Simple.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

Very well done.

Very good score. 20 for Hear'Say. Richard?

Well played, Steve. Hear'Say, the band formed from the first of the Popstars series.

They had just hundreds of hits!

Albums. Still selling out arenas to this day(!)

Vicki, we come to you.

Now, then. Five songs left on that board.

I think you will know all of those.

I'm a bit concerned about the fifth one.

Cos there's a lot of songs called that.

-I'm going to go for Barbie Girl and Aqua.

-Barbie Girl, Aqua.

-I know, it's awful, isn't it?

-Yeah.

It's probably a good low score, but you have just admitted that you knew...

I have! Sorry!

Barbie Girl, Aqua. Is that right, and how many people knew that answer?

It's right.

20 is the one to beat. 46 for Aqua.

46. Not a bad score, all the same.

Number one in 1997 for the much underrated Danish band Aqua.

-Aqua, oh!

-Did a lot of good stuff.

-Brilliant.

Some good albums.

Gina. We're after the artists who released these UK million-selling singles.

I'm going to take a risk and hope that it's right.

Think Twice. No Doubt.

Think Twice. No Doubt.

Is it right and if so, how many people said it. Think Twice, No Doubt. Good luck, Gina.

Bad luck, Gina. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry. Richard?

Sorry, Gina. At least No Doubt is an ironic incorrect answer!

I'll go through the board. Their biggest hit was Don't Speak,

-which is the same syllables.

-Maybe I was thinking that.

Think twice, next time!

Sorry!

Let's fill in the board. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 57 points.

Think Twice is actually Celine Dion.

Her first number one single. Scored 34 points.

Rock Around The Clock, not a big scorer. Bill Haley and the Comets, scored 45.

And Believe was the Cher version.

That scored 28 points.

The best answer on the board is Pure and Simple. A good one to go for first.

Thanks, Richard. Let's see the scores halfway through the round.

Pure and Simple, the best score there. Up to 46 for Vicki and Tony.

Gina and Ross on 100. Bad luck. But Ross, luckily, I think you know this stuff.

It may be enough to save your bacon. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

OK. Six more UK million-selling singles on the board.

I'll read those one more time.

We want the artists who released these singles.

Try to find the one that the fewest of our people knew.

Ross, you are the high scorers on 100, but you also happen to be brilliant on this.

You'll know all of these. So, then.

I just think it has to be Spaceman, Babylon Zoo.

Babylon Zoo, Spaceman. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

No red line for you, you are the high scorers.

Spaceman, Babylon Zoo.

Well done. It's right.

Down it goes.

Very good. 14.

14 is a low score. Takes your total up to 114.

Is that low enough, I wonder.

-Richard?

-Well played, Ross. A debut single from 1996 by Babylon Zoo.

It's featured on a jeans advert.

A brilliant first ten seconds that was on the advert, and a disappointing rest of the song

which wasn't on the advert!

Yes, indeed. Tony.

114 is the high score. Ross and Gina, just behind you there.

You're on 46. If you can score 67 or less, you're in the head-to-head.

How is this as a category for you? I imagine pretty good.

Not bad. I'd have preferred soul music.

I Just Called To Say I Love You, Stevie Wonder.

Here's your red line. Below that red line,

I Just Called To Say I Love You, by Stevie Wonder

will see you through to the head-to-head. Good luck.

Yep, you're through.

Very, very well done indeed.

-That scores 46. Takes your total up to 92. Richard?

-Well played,

very good answer. Stevie Wonder's only solo number one single, that one.

-That's absurd, isn't it?

-Yes, he had Ebony and Ivory with Paul McCartney, but otherwise none at number one.

-That WAS absurd.

-Well, I think it was beautiful!

Dan, Dan, Dan. You're last to have this board, so talk us through all of them!

Fill in the blanks and pick the one you want to submit.

Before you do that, I remind you the high scorers are still Ross and Gina

on 114. You're on 20, so if you score 93 or less,

you're through to the head-to-head.

The top one is Human League.

Then The Village People.

At the bottom, it's Kylie Minogue.

But I think the lowest will be Natalie Imbruglia with Torn.

-Natalie Imbruglia you think is the lowest.

-Out of all of those.

-Torn, Natalie Imbruglia.

How many people said it?

You're through to the head-to-head. Well done.

That takes your score up to 60.

Richard?

Well played, Dan. Another debut million-seller, from 1997.

Here's the rest.

Don't You Want Me, the Human League, scoring 30.

YMCA, The Village People, 58.

And Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Kylie Minogue.

That scored 56.

So Babylon Zoo the best answer on the board, Ross,

but I know it's no consolation.

So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, Gina and Ross.

What have you learnt from your two appearances on Pointless?

Well, I'm not always right, which...

he'll be glad to hear me say!

It's been brilliant having you here. Thanks for playing. Brilliant contestants. Thanks.

For the remaining two pairs, things get more exciting now in the head-to-head!

Well done, Steve and Dan, Tony and Vicki. You're in the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it to today's final and play for the jackpot

which currently stands at...

Head-to-head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer and you may now confer.

Just find an answer which scores less than the other pair to win that question.

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

OK. Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

We're looking for any of the seven men who have won

each of the singles' titles at the Australia Open, US Open, French Open and Wimbledon

over the course of their careers, completed the career Grand Slam.

That's prior to April 2011. See how many you can get at home.

Thanks, Richard. Steve and Dan, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.

Male tennis career Grand Slam champions.

-Have you got an answer?

-Yes, we have.

Very good indeed.

We know one that's certain but we think it might be a high scorer.

There's one that we know he won three definitely

and possibly all four.

-So we're going for Andre Agassi.

-Andre Agassi you are saying.

Andre Agassi. Tony and Vicki.

-I'm thinking Rod Laver.

-Who I've never heard of cos I'm too young!

-And...

-I'm going to go with you cos I know the obvious ones.

-Sure?

I said Andre Agassi as well. Then I was thinking of Bjorn Borg and so on.

-We'll go with you.

-Rod Laver.

Rod Laver. We have Andre Agassi. We have Rod Laver.

In that order. Steve and Dan, you've gone Andre Agassi.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Andre Agassi. Good luck.

It is right.

How far down is it going?

29, Andre Agassi.

Not a bad score at all.

Tony and Vicki. Rod Laver. Do you think it's a right answer, Tony?

I hope it is!

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Rod Laver.

Well done, Tony. Look at that.

Very well done, indeed. Still going.

That's an excellent score. Eight beats 29.

So, after the first question, Tony and Vicki are up one-nil.

-Richard?

-Well played, Tony. He won 11 Grand Slam titles in all.

He won two true Grand Slams, which is winning all four in one year.

A pointless answer here as well. Let's have a look at all of them.

Don Budge who won all four titles in 1938. A pointless answer.

Well done if you said that.

Thank you, Richard. Here is your second question.

Steve and Dan, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Songs from Oliver! Richard.

Simply any song from the original stage soundtrack version of the 1960 musical Oliver!

There we are. Tony and Vicki, you start.

OK.

You have an answer?

I've got half of each song, the title!

We're going to go with You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.

You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.

Sounds good to me. Steve and Dan. Songs from Oliver!

My sisters used to watch this all the time as kids.

Where Is Love?

Where Is Love? You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.

And Where Is Love?

Steve and Dan, you have to win this point, remember,

to stay in the game. Tony and Vicki say You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.

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

It's right.

38 for Pick A Pocket or Two.

Steve and Dan have said Where Is Love?

This has to go lower than 38

or we say goodbye to you. Where Is Love? Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

Well done, you've got it.

So ten for Where Is Love beats 38 for Pick a Pocket or Two.

-After two questions, you are one-all. Richard?

-Well played, Steve and Dan.

There was a host of answers that would have beaten that. Let's see how people did at home.

My Name, one point. Well done if you said that.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So here is your third question.

Whoever wins this will be in the final, playing for the jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Richard?

The G8, or Group of Eight is a global political body

consisting of eight of the world's most industrialised nations. Any of those nations, please.

OK. Steve and Dan, you kick off this time.

-Yeah, OK. I don't know. I'm with you.

-OK.

I just... I'm going to go with Italy.

Italy.

OK. Italy, Steve and Dan have said.

Tony and Vicki, what are you thinking?

-Germany, definitely.

-Go on.

-But I'd risk France as a lower score.

-Whatever you think.

-France.

-You're going for France.

OK. We have Italy, we have France.

In the order they've been given, Steve and Dan have said Italy.

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

It's right.

33 for Italy. Tony and Vicki have gone for France.

You have to go lower than 33.

France. Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

82 for France, a very popular choice there.

Steve and Dan beat that with 33, which means after three questions

Steve and Dan are through to the final.

Yeah, unlucky, Tony and Vicki.

It's probably easier to work out five or six, but it's those last few.

There's one answer that would have beaten Italy.

So if you had said Canada.

That would have seen you through.

So at the end of the head-to-head, the losing pair I'm afraid is Tony and Vicki. Well!

You've been in the head-to-head in both Pointlesses,

each time thwarted at the last minute.

This is where we say goodbye to you.

-Thank you, you've been brilliant contestants.

-Thank you.

For Steve and Dan, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win a jackpot of £1,500!

Congratulations, Steve and Dan. You've beaten the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot which stands at £1,500.

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

that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had two pointless answers today. Just find one more

and you go home with that money.

First, choose a category from these three options.

Literature is probably our weakest subject.

It's mine, definitely.

CONFER QUIETLY

-Films?

-OK, films. Yeah, films.

-The Oscars, sorry.

-The Oscars.

You're going for The Oscars.

Let's see the question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard?

-We want any British-born actress who's been nominated for an Oscar

in an acting category but has never won.

Any British-born actress who's been nominated for an Oscar but never won.

That's up to the start of April 2011.

You have up to one minute to find three answers.

All you need to win that £1,500 is for just one answer to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

Helena Bonham Carter.

-Helen Mirren?

-She's won one for The Queen.

And also Kate Winslet. What's that lady that was in The Railway?

-Has she been nominated?

-Don't know.

British-born. We need to go much further back.

Liz Taylor has won one.

Did she win one?

-I'm really struggling here.

-It is a struggling one.

Anyone in the '90s that was... Kate Winslet.

What about British but went to America?

-Kate Winslet?

-She's won one, yeah.

-This is... This is not good!

-No!

It always goes to American actresses. Jenny Agutter?

Yeah. I wonder if she was nominated?

-Five seconds left.

-Dame Judi Dench?

I think she's won one. Go with Judi Dench.

OK. There is your minute up.

We are looking for unsuccessful British actresses at the Oscars.

I now need your three answers.

Jenny Agutter, we'll go for.

Jenny Agutter.

-Dame Judi Dench?

-I think she's won one.

-Let's put her down.

-Judi Dench. Dame Judi Dench.

Judi Dench.

And has Helena Bonham Carter won one?

Did she win one for Remains of the Day?

-I need your answer.

-Helena Bonham Carter.

-Helena Bonham Carter. OK.

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

-Shall we say Jenny Agutter?

-Let's put her last. Jenny Agutter.

Who's your least likely?

-I think Helena Bonham Carter has won one.

-Least likely, Helena Bonham Carter.

We'll put her first and Judi Dench in the middle.

There they are.

Unsuccessful British actresses at the Oscars.

This is the answer you had the least faith in, to be pointless.

You only need one pointless answer to win that £1,500 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Helena Bonham Carter.

Is it right, how many people said it.

It's right.

It's right. That's the first thing it had to be.

The second thing it has to be is pointless.

It has to go all the way down to zero. If it does, you win £1,500.

Five!

That was our best chance.

Five!

-That's a great score.

-We've changed our order. That was our best answer!

It's not pointless. This was your least confident answer.

Two more chances to win today's jackpot. 1,500 quid. What would you do with that?

We'd take our families away for little breaks.

-Somewhere.

-Lovely.

-Yes, for all of us.

Very good indeed. Good luck.

Here is your second answer. Judi Dench.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Judi Dench.

Bad luck. That is an incorrect answer so you only have one chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is resting on Jenny Agutter.

Hmm!

-Are you fans of Jenny Agutter?

-In American Werewolf in London, yes. She was...

-Yeah.

We're looking for unsuccessful British actresses at the Oscars.

Jenny Agutter. You said this was the answer you were most confident with.

Let's see if that confidence was well-placed.

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

Bad luck!

-Bad luck.

-We gave it a go.

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer

so you don't win today's jackpot which rolls over to the next show.

-You've been brilliant contestants and you take home our Pointless trophy.

-Thank you.

Richard?

Three good answers. Judi Dench has been nominated six times

but did win Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love.

Jenny Agutter never nominated. She won a BAFTA for Equus but never nominated at the Oscars.

There's a bunch of pointless answers. See how you did at home.

Angela Lansbury was nominated in 1962 for Manchurian Candidate.

Deborah Kerr, nominated five times but never won.

Imelda Staunton nominated for Vera Drake and lost out to Hilary Swank

in Million Dollar Baby.

Janet McTeer in Tumbleweed lost out to Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry.

Joan Plowright lost out to Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.

Miranda Richardson, nominated for Tom and Viv. Never won an Oscar.

Pauline Collins nominated for Shirley Valentine. Samantha Morton, beaten by Charlize Theron.

And Sophie Okonedo, nominated for Hotel Rwanda.

Well done if you got any of those at home.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. It's been brilliant having you on the show. Thank you.

Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over. On the next show we'll be playing for...

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-So it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me. Goodbye!

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