Episode 17 Pointless

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless.

Let's meet today's players.

So first we welcome back Joe and Hazel. You were here last time. Remind us how you did.

-We went out in the second round.

-You had a double 100.

-Yes.

-Go out in style!

-We went for it.

-You certainly did.

What would you like to see come up?

-Em, maybe musicals.

-Do you go and see musicals a lot?

Well, I've been to The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables, as I call it.

-How about you, Joe? What do you like to do?

-The same. I've been to nearly every musical in London.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-You're a bus conductor and black belt in three martial arts.

Do you have time for anything else?

I got married. This is my second wife.

You clearly do have time for other things.

-I heard a rumour you were Head Steward at West Ham.

-Yes. 30 years.

-What did that involve?

-Keeping the people in order. Any problems, I slipped in.

-You must be just about the hardest man in England.

-No...

-If you're Head Steward at West Ham.

-Wow.

-Yeah. It's great to have you back on the show, Joe and Hazel. Very best of luck to you.

Next we welcome back Hannah and Jess. You were also here last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-Remind us what happened last time.

-The question was Demi Moore films.

And we both had one answer each, but they both got taken beforehand, so we got 200 points.

-That was a really tough first round.

-Yeah!

-We learnt last time that you bake cakes.

-Yes.

-Not just any cakes.

-Speciality cakes.

-Yes. We've been busy since the last show.

-Have you?

Yes, we have managed to rustle up a few cakes in our spare time of our favourite Pointless presenters.

Wow, look at that! Martin Keown and Velma from Scooby-Doo! Look at that - wow!

-There.

-You like?

-How much icing sugar did you use on those ears of mine?!

-You're both a bit tanned and stripy.

-Yeah.

It's got a touch of the Wayne Rooney about it, that one.

If someone brings a knife out, I might feed you one of your ears.

Oh, couldn't eat a whole one!

-Em...

-Pretty good, though.

-Yeah, pretty...

Oh, look at that. That could be on Crimewatch.

-"Here is our cake-fit."

-If you witnessed a crime, they'd ask you to bake a picture of the suspect.

Yeah, that could work.

-They're very good.

-Very good.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Wonderful to have you back on the show. Very best of luck.

Next we welcome Fred and Mark. How do you two know each other?

-We've known each other for 42 years, is it?

-42.

-We're father and son.

-Fred, what do you like to do?

-Er, my passion is... fly fishing.

-Trout or salmon?

-Trout.

-Trout.

I make all my own flies and I'm passionate about Sheffield United.

As you can hear, an enormous representation from Sheffield United in the audience this afternoon(!)

-Listen to that roar(!)

-Oh...

Hold them back for us, Joe. Come on.

Now then, Mark, what about you? Are you also Sheffield United?

-Sheffield Wednesday.

-No!

-Yes.

-Look what you do to your father!

I know, it hurts him. He's not happy, but that's how it worked out.

What?! You had a choice. At what age did you tell your dad you'd gone over to the dark side?

I remember it quite clearly.

It was when Wednesday beat United 4-0 on Boxing Day.

-You jumped ship, there and then?

-The day his pocket money stopped!

-I wasn't having him wasting it.

-Very best of luck to you.

-And finally, Danny and Katherine. How do you know each other?

-We're brother and sister.

She's my sister/babysitter.

-I'm glad you put sister first! What do you do, Danny?

-I'm a fireman on a military base.

-And, Katherine, how about you?

-I'm a company PA for a marketing company in Newcastle.

-I basically do what my boss tells me to do.

-That's the job!

Yeah.

What would you like to see come up?

I think... I quite enjoy films, so maybe actors and actresses, something like that.

-Very good. How about you, Danny?

-Laurel and Hardy films.

-Laurel and Hardy films.

-I like them.

-Stan Laurel, a Tyneside man.

There's a statue of him in North Shields. I think he grew up there for four or five years.

Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you later.

There's only one person left to introduce. He's an obscure bull in an obvious china shop.

-I don't know what that means. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hello.

We've got two returning pairs. Thanks for the cakes.

They didn't do themselves justice and neither did Joe and Hazel.

An absolutely open field today, I suspect. Should be interesting.

-I am going to feed you one of your ears later.

-Pff, OK.

I'll eat one, you can eat one.

We won't need to eat for a week!

Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people,

but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get. To stay in the game,

score as few points as you can.

What everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Then we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won it last time, so we add another £1,000

and 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.

Whichever team has the high score will be eliminated. An incorrect answer scores a maximum 100 points.

Try to avoid those if you can.

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

This is our exciting new Round One. Two related question categories.

The first category is played on the way up and the second one back down on the second pass.

It's crucial who goes first and who goes second.

Let's reveal the two categories.

Flora will be on the way up and fauna will be on the way back down on the second pass.

Can you all decide who is going first and who's going second?

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

Ok, let's find out what the first question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...to name as many houseplants as they could.

-Houseplants. Richard?

-Yeah, all the correct answers are common houseplants,

-plants that are kept indoors.

-Wow. Hold onto your hats.

OK, Joe and Hazel, you all drew lots and this afternoon you get to go first.

For each question, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers.

Your first set of seven reads like this...

HE READS LIST

I'll read those one more time.

At least one of those answers is pointless, but be very careful

because at least one is incorrect and will score you the maximum of 100 points. So, Hazel,

-what do you think of that board?

-Not too bad.

-There's one, two I know. So I'll go for aspidistra.

-Aspidistra.

As always, the most obscure answers score the lowest points.

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

Well done, Hazel. That's right.

Down it goes. Still going down. 11 - well done!

Good score. 11 for aspidistra. Richard?

Well played. Sometimes known as the cast-iron plant. It can survive almost anything.

OK, thank you. Now then, Hannah. We are looking for houseplants.

Were you pushed into flora or did you choose it? Did Jess want fauna?

I think Jess wanted fauna, but I wasn't particularly good at either.

-Flora it is.

-Yeah.

I only know one, so I'll go for spider plant.

Spider plant you're going to say. Let's see if it's right

and how many people said it.

It's right.

55.

Quite a high score, but it is right. Spider plant, Richard.

-Pretty big score, but better than 100. A very common plant. Very good as an air purifier.

-Is it?

It absorbs formaldehyde from flat pack furniture and computers...

-I had no idea we had so much formaldehyde.

-Those of us with spider plants don't.

Those of us without them are very well-preserved.

OK, Fred, we come to you.

It's very early in the game and one of those is really obvious.

One of them may be a little less obvious.

I don't really want to risk a gamble at this point in the game,

-so I'm going to say... money plant.

-Money plant.

Let's see if that's a good answer and, if it is, how many people knew it. Money plant.

Well done, it is, Fred.

Down it comes.

22.

Not a bad score, Fred. 22 for money plant. Richard?

Well played, Fred. Good score. Also known as the lucky plant or the friendship tree.

-Sounds awesome.

-Doesn't it?

-What a plant.

I'll take any of those.

Right, Katherine, we come to you.

Before you give your answer, Danny has brought a good luck charm.

-What is it?

-My daughter Sophia insisted I brought him along for good luck, so there he is.

-What's his name?

-Nibbles.

-He hasn't got a name badge.

-No.

He'll get his 15 minutes of fame.

Nibbles, nice to have you on the show.

Now channel that, Katherine, and try to find a pointless answer.

-Em...

-Do it for Nibbles.

-For Nibbles. Mother-in-law's Tongue.

Mother-in-law's Tongue. OK, there it is, second one down.

Is Mother-in-law's Tongue right and how many said it? Good luck.

It's right. Very well done.

Down it goes. Seven - that's a great score.

Well done, Katherine. Well done, Nibbles.

Mother-in-law's Tongue, Richard. I'm guessing it's smooth and lovely.

It's actually slightly spiky and sharp. Very good answer. Best answer of the round.

No one knows exactly why it's called that, but I suspect it's the slightly tongue-shaped sharp leaves.

Let's go through the rest of them. Pelargonium - if you said that you got a pointless answer.

South African plant.

Warbonnet Fern and Thumbergia. One of those is pointless and one is incorrect. What do you think?

-Em, I'm going to say Thumbergia is pointless.

-You are absolutely right. Thumbergia is pointless.

Warbonnet Fern, which sounds believable,

is actually one of the plants from Avatar, with blue leaves.

Thank you very much, Richard. Halfway through, let's look at those scores.

Katherine and Danny, very good on 7. Lovely low score.

Then up to Hazel and Joe on 11. Lovely answer, aspidistra.

Then Fred and Mark on 22.

And then up to 55 for Hannah and Jess. Jess, you'll have to hope

you have a brilliant fauna answer.

-Fingers crossed.

-We can't say goodbye to you this early on.

There might be more cake for us.

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

OK, for the second pass the category is fauna. Let's see what that question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many species of butterfly as they could. Richard?

All the correct answers are going to be species of butterfly.

All the incorrect answers will not be species of butterfly.

I think I've got that. As with the first pass, we'll give you seven possible answers.

And those seven answers are...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one more time.

At least one of those answers is incorrect and at least one is pointless.

Try to avoid the incorrect ones. Now then, Danny, you have a wonderful low score of 7,

thanks to Katherine. Thanks to Nibbles, really.

High scorers on 55 are Jess and Hannah. So if you score 47 or less, you're through.

I can only recognise two out of the seven.

-I'll say Red Admiral.

-Red Admiral you're going to say.

Let's see if that's right.

Below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Is Red Admiral right and how many people said it?

It's right.

69.

That's quite a high score. It takes your total up to 76. Richard?

Very big score, very common butterfly. Native to the UK, North America and some bits of Europe.

So, Mark, species of butterfly is what we're looking for.

Did you choose this category?

-Or did Fred choose flora?

-I opted out of flora.

-Right.

OK, so by default here we are.

It's a bit obvious, but peacock.

You're going to go peacock. The high scorers are Danny and Katherine.

You want to score 53 or less. Let's see if peacock is right and how many said it.

It's right.

Well done, Mark. You're through.

Down it goes. 11.

That's a great answer, Mark. It takes your total to 33.

-Richard?

-Well played. Another quite common butterfly in the UK.

-So then, Jess.

-Yes.

-The pressure is on.

The high scorers on 76 are Danny and Katherine.

You have to score 20 or less to avoid becoming the high scorers.

-I think I'm going to gamble. The one I know will be high scoring.

-It has to be a low scorer.

I'll go for the Southern Gatekeeper.

The Southern Gatekeeper. This is a complete punt.

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

Good luck.

Well done, Jess! That's brilliant. That's right.

Down it comes.

You are through to the next round. And it's a pointless answer as well!

There we are. That adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £2,500.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at 55.

-Very, very well done. Richard?

-Well played. Genuine relief.

Found in southern Europe and North Africa.

-It's a good name.

-Isn't it? Very Ghostbusters.

-Southern Gatekeeper.

-Yes.

-Did you have a Southern Gatekeeper at West Ham, Joe?

-No way.

Remember, we're looking for species of butterfly.

The high scorers on 76 are Danny and Katherine.

You are on 11. You have to score 64 or less.

-Anything over that and we say goodbye to you. What'll you go for?

-Cabbage White.

-Cabbage White, OK.

Very good. Is it right and, if so, how many people said it?

You've done it! You're through.

39. Very, very well done.

39 for Cabbage White takes you to 50 and that sees Danny and Katherine off the show. Richard?

Well done, Joe. Very common in the UK. Their caterpillars wreak havoc in vegetable gardens.

Let's take a look at the others. Bow Tie was an incorrect answer,

although the Russians have the same word for bow tie as for butterfly.

And the Duke of Burgundy and Prince Yamadori. One is pointless, one is incorrect.

-What do you think?

-I think Duke of Burgundy is...a butterfly.

You're very good. It was a pointless answer.

And well done if you knew Prince Yamadori is a character in Madame Butterfly.

Thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Danny and Katherine.

Bad luck. Mother-in-law's Tongue was a brilliant answer. Red Admiral was very expensive.

I just don't know my butterflies. I'll have to bring Nibbles back.

Bring him back next time. Thank you so much for playing. You've been wonderful contestants.

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

There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team leaves after this round.

The category for Round Two is...

Famous Families.

Can you all decide who is going first and who's going second?

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

OK, our Round Two question this afternoon concerns famous brothers.

Famous brothers. Richard?

I'll show you six famous people. We asked 100 people who is their equally famous brother.

More obscure answers score fewer points. Incorrect answers score 100.

-There are 12 famous brothers to get at home.

-OK, thanks, Richard.

We are looking for the equally famous brothers of these people. And we have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one more time.

Joe, there are six famous people. I'm looking for the most obscure famous brother of one of them.

-Well, Roy O Disney, he would be Walt Disney.

-OK.

You're going to give me Walt Disney. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.

Roy O Disney, Walt Disney.

Well done. It's right.

51.

51 for Walt Disney. Richard?

Well done, Joe. Walt's older brother, Roy.

I think you're being very kind saying "equally famous" brother in the case of Roy O Disney.

-Yeah, Walt Disney may be slightly...

-He's just got the edge on Roy there.

-On Roy O.

So then, Hannah... Hannah, we come to you.

-Famous brothers. Of those brothers on the board, how many do you think you know a famous sibling?

-One.

Yeah, it took me a while to remember his name,

but I think Ed Miliband's brother is David Miliband, though I'm not sure.

You're saying David Miliband for Ed Miliband's brother.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer - David Miliband.

60.

Quite a high score, but a lot better than 100. 60 for Ed Miliband, David Miliband.

Yes, Ed Miliband, the younger brother. David Miliband is correct.

Not the Glenn "Mili-band", as you might be expecting.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, dear.

Now then, Fred, remember, we are looking for the famous brothers of these people.

Of the four that's left up there, one I definitely know.

And it's the Jeff Bridges one. I think I know, but I'm not sure if it's his brother or his father.

But I'm going to take a punt on it and say Lloyd Bridges.

Lloyd Bridges you're saying for Jeff Bridges and you're hoping that's his brother, not his father.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer - Lloyd Bridges.

It's right.

33.

33 for Lloyd Bridges.

-Richard?

-You got very lucky there, Fred. Lloyd Bridges is the father.

Beau Bridges is the brother, but he was born "Lloyd Bridges", so we're giving that to you.

Beau Bridges is just a professional name.

You dodged a bullet there, Fred.

Let's look at the rest of the board.

Jack Charlton, the brother is Sir Bobby Charlton, but would have scored you 75.

Orville Wright's brother is Wilbur Wright, the pioneers of flight, would have scored 16.

The best answer is Jakob Grimm. His brother is Wilhelm.

-It would've scored you 2 points. Very good answer if you got that.

-Thank you, Richard.

OK, let's take a look at those scores.

Fred and Mark, that deft answering there with Lloyd Bridges

earned you 33 and the best score of the pass.

Then we go up to 51, Joe and Hazel,

then up to 60 for Hannah and Jess.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

We're going to put six more famous names on the board and here they are.

I'll read those again.

We are looking for the famous brothers of these people.

You want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

So, Mark, Fred has left you in a very strong position.

The high scorers are Jess and Hannah on 60. If you can score 26 or less, you are through to the next round.

Yeah, I recognise quite a few of those, actually.

I think the safest option without going for broke is Ben Affleck.

Ben Affleck, brother of Casey you're saying? Ben Affleck...

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

Oh, a high score there.

70, that scores, taking your total up to 103.

-Richard?

-Yeah, a very big score there, Casey Affleck, the younger by three years.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Jess, you're on 60.

The high scorers are now Mark and Fred on 103,

which means if you can score 42 or less, you are in the head-to-head.

I'm going to have to go with...

Yeah, I'll go for David Attenborough for Richard Attenborough's brother.

Richard Attenborough's brother David, you are saying.

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

Ooh!

Another massive score.

82, that has scored you, taking you up to 142. Richard?

Yes, a huge score, but a hugely successful pair of brothers in different fields.

Hazel, we come to you.

You are on 51. The high scorers on 142 are Jess and Hannah,

which means you only have to score 90 or less.

There's only one I know and I think it's Mark Spinks, the swimmer.

Mark Spinks you're saying for Michael Spinks?

-Yeah.

-Here's your red line coming in. You'll see how high it is.

If Mark Spinks can get you below that line, you are through to the head-to-head. Very best of luck.

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

Oh!

Bad luck, Hazel.

That is an incorrect answer which, I'm afraid, scores you the maximum of 100 points.

A massive relief for Jess and Hannah. That takes you, I'm afraid, unbeatably up to 151. Richard?

-Sorry, Hazel, it's Mark Spitz, the swimmer, you're thinking of.

-Yeah.

Michael Spinks, a boxer, as is his brother Leon.

Probably the most successful brothers in boxing history.

-You wouldn't know Harry Windsor's brother?

-No.

-If I said Prince Harry...

-Oh!

-But you know what? An awful lot of our 100 made the same mistake.

Harry Windsor is William Windsor's brother - 48 points. A lot of people were put off by Harry Windsor.

David Suchet's brother is John Suchet, the newsreader. Would have scored you 23.

And Bobby Farrelly is part of the Farrelly brothers' movie directing team with his brother Peter.

-Would have scored you 1 point. Well done if you said that.

-Thanks, Richard.

-After Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score is Joe and Hazel.

-Never mind.

You say "never mind", but what about us? You have to leave us now.

-That's OK.

-We thought you'd be with us till the final.

-I didn't know the question, so...

Thanks very much for playing. You've been excellent contestants.

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

Well done, Fred and Mark, Hannah and Jess, you are in the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at £2,500.

APPLAUSE

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

For each question each pair gives me one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.

An answer that scores less than the other pair will win that question.

The first pair to 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 countries with a J in their name as they could.

Countries with a J in their name. Richard?

We're looking for any of the eight countries in the world that has a J anywhere in its name.

By country we mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state.

We're taking all of the spellings from the English language page of the UN's website as of April 2011.

Thanks. Fred and Mark, cos you've played best throughout the show, you go first.

We are looking for countries with a J in their name.

WHISPERING

OK, Fred and Mark, you seem to have reached an answer.

We're going to say Fiji.

Fiji. Hannah and Jess?

We're going for Djibouti.

Djibouti. Very good.

We have Fiji and we have Djibouti.

Mark and Fred have gone with Fiji. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Fiji.

It's right.

Oh, very well done. Very well done.

10 for Fiji.

Hannah and Jess have gone with Djibouti.

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

Look at that. That's wonderful.

-APPLAUSE

-That is a fantastic answer.

2 for Djibouti beats 10 for Fiji, so after the first question, Hannah and Jess are up 1-0.

-Richard?

-Djibouti, of course, ruled by Sheikh Djibouti(!)

-He's the...

-LAUGHTER

As I say, there are eight in all. I suspect a lot of people at home will have got seven of them.

But I don't think anyone will have got the eighth one.

There is a pointless answer - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,

which means "state of the masses" or "people's republic".

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Well done if you said that. You should come here. You'll win a lot of money.

Tajikistan would have scored 1, there's Djibouti on 2, Fiji on 10,

Azerbaijan on 12, then Jordan 31,

Japan 56 and Jamaica at the top on 69. But Djibouti, very good answer.

Thanks very much, Richard. OK, here is your second question.

Fred and Mark, you'll have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Harry Callahan films as they could.

-Harry Callahan films. Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking for any feature film

for which Clint Eastwood received an acting credit as Harry Callahan.

As always, no short films or TV films. Just feature films.

There are five films on the list.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Hannah and Jess, you go first this time.

I have no idea.

-I thought he did westerns.

-Yeah.

Say a western.

-The Good, The Bad And The Ugly?

-Yes.

-I'll have to push you for an answer.

We can only come up with one. We're thinking of westerns. We've come up with The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

OK, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

Fred and Mark, you can confer out loud if you like.

-It's the Dirty Harry series.

-I think it is, yeah.

-Is there a film called Dirty Harry?

-Yeah.

-Dirty Harry.

OK, Fred and Mark are saying Dirty Harry. We have The Good, The Bad And The Ugly from Hannah and Jess.

Hannah and Jess said The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

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

Yeah, I think you might have guessed that is incorrect, so, Fred and Mark,

you only have to be correct with Dirty Harry to win this question. Dirty Harry, is it right?

Yeah, you've done it. You're still in the game.

APPLAUSE

That means, after two questions, you are absolutely even - one-all.

-Richard?

-Five Dirty Harry films. Let's take a look at all of them.

The bottom three all scored the same points - The Enforcer, The Dead Pool and Sudden Impact, all on 14,

Magnum Force 17 and Dirty Harry itself up on 68.

-Well played, guys.

-Thanks, Richard. OK, your third question.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final and will play for that jackpot. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many US states on the Gulf of Mexico as they could.

US states on the Gulf of Mexico, Richard?

Five US states lie on the Gulf of Mexico. We want the most obscure. See if you can get all five at home.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Fred and Mark, you're to answer first.

WHISPERING

OK, we have an answer from Fred and Mark. What's it going to be?

We're going to go for New Orleans.

OK, New Orleans. Hannah and Jess?

Um... I think we're going to go for...

-Florida?

-Yeah, OK.

-Yeah, Florida.

Florida. OK, we have New Orleans and we have Florida.

So Fred and Mark have said New Orleans.

Whoever wins this point goes through to the final.

New Orleans, is it right? How many people said it?

Bad luck, Fred and Mark. That's an incorrect answer. Hannah and Jess,

you merely have to be correct with your answer and you are through to the final to play for that jackpot.

Let's see, Florida, is it right? That's all it needs to be.

Yeah, well done. Hannah and Jess, you are through to the final.

-59, as it happens, for Florida.

-APPLAUSE

But it merely had to be right. Which means, after three questions, Hannah and Jess are through 2-1.

-Richard?

-Very well played. Fred and Mark, New Orleans is not a state. It's in Louisiana.

Let's look at all five states that border the Gulf of Mexico.

Mississippi scored 23, Alabama 24, Louisiana 31,

Texas 53 and Florida 59.

Well done if you got all five.

Well, thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Fred and Mark.

You've been fantastic contestants.

We will see you again next time for your second and final chance when I'm sure you will do even better,

-but thank you very much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

But for Hannah and Jess, it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,500.

Congratulations, Hannah and Jess. You've fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £2,500.

APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple.

To win that money, you just have to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had one pointless answer on the show. You only have to find one more to go home with that money.

First, you've got to choose a category from these three options.

What would you like to go for?

-I don't know.

-I'm leaning slightly towards British Musicians.

-That could be any kind of music. Hopefully, something we know would come up.

-Could be good.

-Yeah.

-We'll go for British Musicians.

British Musicians. Best of luck. Let's see what that question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

-to name as many...

-Oh!

-..David Bowie UK top 40 studio albums as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any studio album released by David Bowie before April 2011 that reached the UK top 40.

Collaborations, greatest hits or compilations don't count.

Just any of his studio albums that made the UK top 40 as a solo artist.

Very good. You have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £2,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

What was the one you were thinking of?

-Pin Ups.

-OK.

-And Space Oddity, I think, is an album.

-That'll be quite popular.

-Yeah.

-What else can we get?

-No more!

What's the most recent one? He's done one in the last couple of years.

It had a really boring video where things were flying.

I can't remember. We've got to think of something else. Is Ziggy Stardust an album, self-titled?

Yeah, I think it might be. That's popular, yeah.

-What other songs are there?

-Oh, Labyrinth, the Labyrinth soundtrack.

-Would he have done all of it, though? Yeah?

-Maybe.

I don't know if soundtracks count.

Greatest hits don't count.

Maybe that doesn't count.

What else can we get?

So it's Pin Ups...

The other one.

-Space Oddity?

-Yeah.

-And shall we chance it with Labyrinth?

-Yeah. Should we ask?

-Yes, we'll just chance it.

OK, there is your minute up.

We were looking for David Bowie top 40 albums. I need three answers from you.

-I think we're going to go for Space Oddity.

-Space Oddity.

-Pin Ups.

-Pin Ups.

-And the Labyrinth soundtrack, if it exists.

-And the Labyrinth soundtrack?

-Yes.

-Of those three answers, which do you think is your most confident shot at a pointless answer?

-We'll go for... Yeah, we'll go for Pin Ups.

-Yeah.

OK, we'll put that last. Which is your least likely pointless answer?

Maybe the Labyrinth soundtrack because that might not count.

OK, we're going to put them up on the board in that order and here they are.

There they are. We were looking for David Bowie top 40 albums. This was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £2,500.

Labyrinth, let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it. Very best of luck. Labyrinth...

Bad luck. That is not a pointless answer, so you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£2,500 - what would you do with that?

-I don't know. Go on a holiday?

-Yeah.

-I'd like to see Europe, I think.

-That would be good.

-Very good indeed. Well, very best of luck.

We were looking for David Bowie albums.

Your next answer - Space Oddity...

This has to be pointless if you're to win that £2,500.

Let's see how many people said Space Oddity.

Well, it's right.

This is your second of three shots at the jackpot of £2,500.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you'll be leaving us with that money. Down it goes.

7.

APPLAUSE

7. You only have one more chance to win the jackpot. Who's going to be watching you at home?

I think my little brother Sam will probably be screaming at the TV right now.

-Is he a David Bowie fan?

-Yeah, he really likes his music.

-He would really know?

-Yeah.

Best of luck. We're looking for David Bowie albums.

This was the answer you had most faith in to be pointless.

Pin Ups, we are saying.

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

It's right.

Firstly, it had to be right. Secondly, it has to be pointless.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £2,500.

Down it goes. Still going...

-Oh, no!

-APPLAUSE

Oh, bad luck! I was convinced that was going all the way down.

You didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500,

which rolls over on to the next show, but you get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.

Thank you. APPLAUSE

So, Richard... Ooh!

Yeah, I'm so sorry. You made us a cake and that's how we repay you.

-Can I have a punt?

-You can have a punt.

-Can I try...?

Tonight?

-OK.

-Eternity?

-OK.

-Never... Take those two, anyway.

Let's look at all the pointless answers. There are some big albums on this list.

Black Tie White Noise was a No.1 album. Earthling and Heathen both top 10 albums later in his career.

'Hours...' Hunky Dory, a pointless album.

One of his most famous albums, got Life On Mars on it. Scary Monsters And Super Creeps has Ashes To Ashes.

-There we are.

-Tonight would have won you the jackpot.

-Scary Monsters and Hunky Dory on the...

But not Pin Ups. It's very unlucky. Well done if you got those at home.

We have to say goodbye to you, Hannah and Jess, but thank you so much for playing.

Thank you. APPLAUSE

Nobody has won our jackpot today, so it rolls over to the next show

when we will be playing for £3,500.

CHEERING

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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