Episode 28 Pointless

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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Welcome back, the Marks - Mark R and Mark W.

You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final,

and this is your last chance. Remind us what happened.

Well, it would've all been OK. We were asked to name countries

having X, Y or Z in them, and if we'd been asked the question

30 years ago, we would've been fine.

But we were naming countries that are no longer.

However, today's a new day.

What's going to be a great subject for you, Mark R?

I don't know. Because of my job,

I think probably religion, but I've travelled a lot as well,

so geography, maybe, despite the last time.

For those who didn't see, Mark R is a church leader.

And Mark W, how about you?

Er, strong subject... Sport's a good subject,

um, and potentially politics as well,

because I'm very actively engaged in the local community.

I'm the youngest magistrate in Sheffield.

-You're a magistrate?

-I'm engaged with my community,

-so politics is...

-How long have you been on the bench?

-For about a year and a half now.

-Wow!

That's very impressive indeed. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

-It's great to have you back.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome back Linda and Dave. You were on the show last time.

-Remind us what happened to you.

-We were doing quite well.

Got to the head-to-head. Never listened to my girlfriend here

on geography, telling me to say Newcastle.

I put Northampton was a city.

-Yes.

-I'll listen to her next time.

-Dear, oh, dear!

-He didn't listen to you.

-He didn't.

-Listen to Linda!

There's a slogan!

So, what do you get up to in your spare time, Dave?

I sing in a punk-rock band called the Amazing Space Frogs.

-LAUGHTER

-The Amazing Space Frogs?

-Yeah!

-How long have you been doing that for?

-On and off, 30-odd year!

Really? Right back from the time of punk rock?

The first group we ever supported was the Cure.

-Really?

-Threw 'em off the stage!

They're multimillionaires now, and I work for the council.

LAUGHTER Something went wrong!

Linda, what do you like to get up to in your spare time?

I like to go to karaoke, and I do follow the band

when they are playing locally. Sometimes drive the band.

Started off as being a bit of a groupie. Now I'm a roadie!

LAUGHTER

What would be brilliant for you to come up this afternoon?

-I think the human body.

-Ooh, we haven't had that for a while.

Yes, human body would be great. Dave, how about you?

-Cartoons!

-Cartoons?

-Kids' cartoons.

-Or Gerry Anderson.

-He's still a kid at heart.

Well, let's hope they all come up. It's great to have you back.

-Thank you.

-Next we welcome Marcus and Clint.

-Where are you two from?

-From the Brighton area.

-Hove, actually, or Hangleton, really.

-Or Mile Oak.

LAUGHTER

-It gets confusing.

-This is a bit like a police interview.

Yeah, isn't it? There's something very dodgy going on there.

-Where are you really from, guys?

-Mile Oak?

Hangleton? Brighton? Hove?

-Ish.

-LAUGHTER

Marcus, what do you do?

I work for the Department for Work and Pensions,

dealing with reviews and benefit claims, that sort of thing.

Very good indeed. And, Clint, you're in the same department?

A different department, but that's where we met

about 12 years ago. I attached myself onto him and didn't let go.

LAUGHTER He struggled for a while, but, um...

Is that a fair assessment of how things worked, Marcus?

Yeah. When I first met Clint, I found him actually quite irritating.

But over the years I've got to know him a little bit bitter,

got to go round with him a bit more, and now I find him irritating.

LAUGHTER There's a huge amount of irony there,

-which he doesn't seem to get.

-Yeah. Yeah.

What he's saying, Clint, is he adores you.

He'd be lost without you.

-He should be someone I could look up to.

-Well, he is.

-Well, he isn't.

-Oh, I see what you mean.

Suddenly it's turned into Brokeback Mountain.

LAUGHTER

Well, very, very best of luck on the show.

And finally we've got Avril and Gill.

-How do you two know each other?

-We met in the local village pub.

My brother used to take her to work, and he forgot one day

and had to come back for her, and she came up to me

and said, "Tell your brother not to forget me in the morning!"

I said, "Well, who are you?"

We went on holiday about ten days after that,

and we've been best mates ever since.

-How long ago was that?

-27 years.

Wow! Very good indeed! 27 years of friendship.

-Will it survive Pointless, I wonder?

-Don't think so!

-Well, now. What do you do, Gill?

-I am a customer advisor

-for a supermarket.

-And, Avril, how about you?

-I'm starting a new job.

-Oh, very good.

Yeah. In two days' time.

-What is it?

-It's accounts,

-in a garage in Bristol.

-Well, very, very best of luck.

And what better start to that new job

-than to win the Pointless jackpot?

-Wouldn't that be nice?

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

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

He prowls the Serengeti of knowledge,

always ready to pounce on stray, obscure facts and figures.

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

-Hiya.

Hiya!

What a line-up we have today,

is the polite way of putting it, I would say.

We've got two returning pairs, both of whom did quite well.

Linda and Dave got to the head-to-head. They're a strong pair,

and very well matched. The two Marks will want to go further,

so I think it might be quite tough for our two new pairs,

but should be a good show. Round two is one of those questions -

when we ask what do people want to turn up,

they always want musicals, and it never happens,

but today it's happening, and, coincidentally,

no-one has said musicals. I can never, ever please anybody.

-Ah, well.

-Ah, well.

We put all of our questions to 100 people before the show,

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

For a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they can.

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 this time, so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

Right! Let's play Pointless.

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

Our first category this afternoon is...fashion.

Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

THEY WHISPER

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many types of footwear as they could.

-Richard?

-The correct answers will all be types of shoe,

boot or sandal. Um...pretty exciting stuff.

-Yeah!

-Types of sandal...

-Whoa!

-Everybody at home, are you up for this?

-Yeah!

-Everybody up for it? Little cup of sugary tea?

Footwear! Right, Mark and Mark...

Mark and Mark, you all drew lots before the show,

and this afternoon you get to go first.

In this round, you will be delighted to hear,

we will give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

At least one of those answers is pointless,

but be very careful, because there is at least one incorrect answer,

and if you pick it, you will score a maximum of 100 points.

-Now, Mark W...

-I recognise a few of those,

but as I'm first on the money, I'm going to go for one

I'm pretty sure is correct, which is mules.

Mules. There they are, one up from the bottom.

Let's see if that's right, and let's see how many people said mules.

-It's right.

-That's a good start.

THEY LAUGH

Down it goes. Still going down.

-11!

-APPLAUSE

Very solid, respectable score. 11 for mules.

-Richard?

-Well done, Mark. A backless shoe with a closed toe.

Becoming increasingly popular among men,

apparently. A male mule.

A mule sneaker.

LAUGHTER Do you think?

Not for me.

You like something with a bigger heel, don't you?

-I like a court shoe.

-LAUGHTER

So, now, then, Linda,

types of shoe. I think you might be rather a fan of footwear.

Not really. I like comfort.

I'm not going to pick the most obvious answer.

Ghillies. I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think they are.

Very best of luck. Let's see if ghillies is right,

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

Well done! Very well done, Linda.

Down it comes! Very well done indeed!

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That's a pointless.

That means it adds £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £2,500, and it scores you nothing, Linda.

-Very well done. Richard?

-Yeah, well done, Linda.

It's an Irish dance shoe, a ghillie. LAUGHTER

OK, Clint. We are looking for types of footwear.

Wonderful.

-I thought you'd like this.

-I was hoping it would come up.

THEY LAUGH

Er...

Toying between a couple.

All right, let's go for... We'll go for mukluks.

Mukluks. What do you think mukluks might be?

I'm hoping it's not some bizarre name you put up there

just to make a mug out of somebody like me,

and that it is actually a pointless answer, or something very low.

Only one way to find out. Mukluks. Is it right, and if it is,

how many people said it?

Very well done, Clint.

Mukluks. Let's see how far that goes down.

Oh! It's just like Marcus said. It's very good.

That's pointless! It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £2,750.

-It scores you nothing. Richard?

-Yeah, well done, Clint.

It's a soft boot made of reindeer or sealskin.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, then, Gill,

you are the last person to have this board,

so you can talk us through all the gaps.

Well, I know wellingtons is a boot.

And Chelsea's a cake,

and, um...

I think I'll go with...

..Derby.

-Derby.

-Yeah.

OK.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible

with Derby. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said Derby.

-It's right!

-Yes!

It's right.

Down it goes! Oh! Very well done, Gill!

-Phew!

-That's a fantastic answer.

Phew! It scores you one.

Very well played, Gill. Very well played, everybody.

A very low-scoring round. Let's look at the rest of the answers.

Do you want to take a guess at what wellington would score?

I think it might even be up there in the three figures.

-Could almost be.

-Almost right. It's so close.

It's 46. LAUGHTER

How was that scoring 46?

That would score more in "cities of New Zealand" than in this round.

True.

The Chelsea boot is a boot with an elasticated side panel.

Would have scored you a fairly low six,

and a vachetta, which is a leather lining rather than a shoe itself,

that was the incorrect answer.

So very well done if you said mukluks or ghillies,

and really well done if you knew what either of them were.

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores.

Well, we have drawing bottom scorers there,

Clint and Marcus and Linda and Dave on pointless answers. Brilliant.

Then we go up just one point to Gill and Avril,

and then we go up quite a hike to 11, where the Marks are residing.

Who would have thought 11 would be the high score

at the end of this pass? But it is, which means Mark R,

you have your work cut out. We'll come back down the line.

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

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

We are looking for types of footwear, and here they are.

At least one of those answers is pointless,

and at least one of those answers is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you'll score 100 points.

Now, Avril...

Yeah. There's only two I don't know,

but it's picking which one of the others

is going to get the lowest score.

I think I'll go for espadrilles.

Espadrilles. OK, espadrilles.

There is your red line. Below that red line, you are home and dry.

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

It's right.

You've done it! Very well done!

Well done! Two!

APPLAUSE

You have equalled the low score of Gill with one,

taking your total up to two. That's a very impressive total.

As famously worn by Don Johnson in Miami Vice - espadrilles.

Called espadrilles because they used to be made with esparto,

-which is a grass rope.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Marcus, you are on nothing.

The high scorers remain Mark and Mark.

If you score ten or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round.

Somewhere in the depth of my knowledge,

I'm sure there's a shoe called a winklepicker.

-Have you ever worn such a thing?

-No.

Oh, please!

Oh, for you!

There is your red line. Below that red line,

you are through to the next round for sure.

Winklepicker. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right!

And you've done it!

Four!

Four for winklepicker takes your total up to four. Richard?

A shoe with a long, pointed toe, popular in the 50s.

Dave, nobody has found the pointless answer on this pass.

Linda found a pointless answer with her ghillies.

I know! I was going to say espadrilles.

When that went, I thought, "I'll go for winklepickers." That's gone.

I'm going to go for plimsolls.

Plimsolls. OK.

The high scorers remain Mark and Mark on 11.

You want to be scoring ten or less. There is your red line.

Below that red line, through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Ooh!

18!

-APPLAUSE

-18!

Oh, well!

That takes your total up to 18. Is it enough, I wonder,

to see you through to the next round?

Richard?

Just thinking how you would describe what a plimsoll is.

It's a sandshoe. There's a Plimsoll line on a boat, isn't there?

There is, and plimsolls are named after those lines

because... You know the little line of rubber that binds the sole

-to the upper? Looks like a Plimsoll.

-Is that true?

-Yeah!

-Looks like a Plimsoll line?

-Looks like a Plimsoll line.

That's why you're watching Pointless.

Either that, or you've lost the batteries in your remote control again.

Now, then, Mark.

Linda and Dave are the high scorers now on 18.

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

-and we say goodbye to Dave and Linda.

-Yes.

-Talk us through the board, Mark.

-Well, I know that brogues are shoes

and I know that moccasins are shoes.

But I'm going to go...

..for tanker.

I'm picturing rather a big shoe.

I'm hoping it's what people wear on tankers.

-LAUGHTER

-There is your red line, Mark.

Below that red line, through to the next round.

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

-It's right!

-Oh, yes!

Oh, very well done, Mark!

Very well done. I think we know where this is going to. Yes, it is!

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

-That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes the total up to a nice round 3,000.

It scores you nothing, and leaves your total at 11.

-Very well done indeed. Richard?

-Well played. Chose the right one.

Not worn on tankers. They were originally worn on tanks,

and they're a boot with no laces. Just got a leather strap.

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

If you'd said moccasins, you'd have got through to the next round,

because that would have scored five. You're right to avoid brogues.

That would have scored 24 points, and, by a process of elimination,

Driscoll is the wrong answer.

James Driscoll was the creator of the '80s animated TV series The Shoe People.

Remember The Shoe People? They had PC Boot, Trampy and Baby Bootee...

who, of course, are now N-Dubz.

LAUGHTER

Thank you, Richard. At the end of round one,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Linda and Dave!

We have to say goodbye to you. This is your second chance.

But thank you so much. You've been brilliant contestants.

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Thank you.

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 will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Your category for round two this afternoon is...

musicals!

Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

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

And our round-two question concerns...

songs and their musicals. Songs and their musicals, Richard.

We'll show you six songs on each pass.

We asked 100 people, from which musical were these songs taken.

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

but an incorrect answer will score 100 points.

There'll be 12 songs in all, 12 musicals to guess at home.

We're looking for the original musical,

-not any parodies or musical satires.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

We are looking for the musicals from which these songs are taken.

Those are the songs. We are looking for their musicals.

You're looking for the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Now, Mark...

-I'm going to go with Hakuna Matata

and The Lion King.

Hakuna Matata, The Lion King, you're saying?

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

The Lion King. Yes, of course!

-43!

-APPLAUSE

Quite a high score, but better than 100.

-Richard?

-Yes. Song by Timon and Pumbaa in The Lion King,

a Swahili phrase meaning "no worries".

Now, then, Marcus...

I've got, um....

I think there's four that I've got an idea of.

However, I'm not that confident,

so I'll play fairly safe and go for Any Dream Will Do,

Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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

It's right.

24!

Good enough.

Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Absolutely right. Started as a pop cantata

for St Paul's school choir in the '60s,

and went on to be an international smash.

Gill, you're the last person to have this selection of songs.

Supply us with any of the musicals that you can name.

-The only two I knew have gone.

-Ah!

I think All That Jazz is Chicago,

but I don't know.

Yeah. All That Jazz, Chicago.

All That Jazz, Chicago. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

Chicago.

There we are. 33. Very, very well done, Gill.

A score right in the middle of the two previous scores. Richard?

Well played. It's the opening number, sung by Velma Kelly.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome... Know that one?

-Cabaret.

-Cabaret. It's the opening song of that. 14 points.

-Springtime For Hitler?

-The Mel Brooks thing.

Um...

-The Producers!

-The Producers. Well done.

Too Darn Hot is the best answer on the board, just one point here.

Well done if you got it. Do you know that?

-It's from Kiss Me Kate.

-Oh, it is!

-Based on Taming Of The Shrew.

Very well done if you got that. Would have scored you one point.

Very good indeed. Let's take a look at the scores.

24 is our bottom score.

Marcus and Clint looking very strong as a result of that.

Then up to 33, where Gill and Avril are,

then up to 43. Mark R,

you're going to have to pull one out of the bag.

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

We're going to put six more songs on the board. Here they are.

We are looking for the musicals in which these songs featured,

and you want the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now, Avril,

you're not looking... I wouldn't say you're looking thrilled.

No, but there is one there, and I really, really know it,

and I love the film of it, and I cannot think of the name!

I can picture it. I can actually picture them singing it.

I'm going to have to go for a different one.

Er, I'll go for Master Of The House in Oliver!

-Master Of The House and Oliver!

-Oliver!

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

There is your red line, nice and low.

Master Of The House and Oliver!, says Avril.

-Ooh!

-Ooh...

-Bad luck, Avril!

-Sorry!

-That's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 133.

Oh, there's a lifeline for Mark R, if ever I saw one!

-Richard?

-Yeah. Sorry, Avril. I won't give you the correct answer,

just in case Clint or Mark want to have a go at the same one.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Clint, we're looking for the musicals

in which these songs feature. The high scorers, on 133 -

they're way out of your reach. Even if you score 100 points,

you will not overtake Avril and Gill's high score.

So... So, that was a reprieve, was it?

-You must know some of these!

-I know nothing about musicals,

but bizarrely, I knew five of the list that went before.

But here I was struggling, and just for three seconds I remembered it.

The Worst Pies In London, Sweeney Todd.

Sweeney Todd! Very well said. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

No red line, because you're already through. Sweeney Todd.

Very well done!

-16!

-APPLAUSE

16 for Sweeney Todd. Takes your total up to 40.

-Richard?

-Well done, Clint.

From 1979. That song sung by Mrs Lovett,

who was played by Angela Lansbury in the original production.

Splendid. Now, Mark R, 43 is your current score.

The high scorers, on 133, are Avril and Gill.

If you can score 89 or less...

you are through to the head-to-head.

-OK.

-So, fill in the gaps for us.

Um, Glitter And Be Gay, I've got no idea.

Memory...

is from Cats, I think.

My Favourite Things is from The Sound Of Music.

There Is Nothin' Like A Dame I feel I should know,

but I can't remember it. I'm going to go with Master Of The House,

because that's from my favourite musical, which is Les Miserables.

Les Miserables. Let's see if that's right.

You do have a red line. Below that red line,

you are in the head-to-head, and you're saying Les Miserables.

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

It's right, and you are through.

Nine! It's a great score.

Nine takes your total up to 52.

-Richard?

-Yeah, very well played, Mark.

Still running in London after 25 years.

Over 10,000 performances. Isn't that amazing?

-It had very mixed reviews at first.

-We went to see it.

-Did we?

-I was furious!

-Oh, I remember!

-No, it was before I knew you.

-What?

-This was just before I knew you.

-You are kidding me.

-Yeah. I must have been 16.

Well, who did you go with? LAUGHTER

It was a couple of people I call Mum and Dad.

-THEY LAUGH

-Caroline Quentin was in it.

-Was she?

-Yeah! Who then played my screen wife

on, er...in...

-Life Begins.

-Life Begins.

That's a bit...

Ah, we all remember that. ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-There you are.

-When is that coming back?

-I'm afraid that's gone to the, er...

-I used to love Life Begins.

Mike Bullen. Cracking show.

Let's fill in the rest of the board, shall we?

Memory, of course, is from Cats. Would have scored you 31 points.

There Is Nothin' Like A Dame. Alexander, you can probably...

-I have a feeling that's South Pacific.

-It is. 22 points.

My Favourite Things, from The Sound Of Music, would have scored you 37,

and Glitter And Be Gay, that's a tough one.

That's from a Leonard Bernstein musical.

-Oh, is it?

-Yeah. It's from Candide. It would have scored one point,

so that's the best answer on the board. Well done if you said that.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round two,

the losing pair with the highest score is Avril and Gill.

Oh, Avril, bad luck, bad luck!

Master Of The House. You knew it was Les Miserables, didn't you?

I did, but I was thinking of Nancy in, um...

-in the pub scene in Oliver!, and -

-Oom-Pah-Pah,

-is what you're thinking of.

-But I knew the South Pacific one.

That was the one that I really wanted to get.

That was the one that I couldn't bring to mind.

Ah! You've done brilliantly, though. Thank you very much for playing.

-Great contestants.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Well done, Marcus and Clint, Mark R and Mark W.

You've made it to the head-to-head. Only one pair can reach the final

and play for the jackpot, which, in case you've forgotten,

-currently stands at £3,000.

-AUDIENCE CHEERS

For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer.

You are now allowed to confer. Find an answer that scores less

than the other pair, and you will win that question.

The first pair to win two questions will play for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

OK. Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many 2011 Rugby League teams as they could.

We're looking for any team who took part in the 2011 season

of the Rugby Super League, please.

OK. Now, then, Marcus and Clint, you've played best so far,

so you get to answer first. We are looking for 2011 Rugby League teams.

-Of all the sports!

-THEY LAUGH

THEY WHISPER

OK. Marcus and Clint seem to have reached a kind of consensus.

This is one of those things where, if I've got this wrong,

he will remind me about it for the next 40 years.

We'd probably do better if we couldn't confer.

-Catalans.

-You're going to say...

-Catalans.

-OK. Catalans.

And the Marks.

There is also Harlequins, but they've just joined...

-Is that Union?

-It's Rugby League as well.

In 2011? Go for that. If that's definitely Rugby League...

That's probably the least one, though.

-I'd be happy to go with Harlequins.

-Go with Harlequins.

OK. Harlequins. We have Catalans. We have Harlequins.

Marcus and Clint said Catalans. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Catalans.

-Look at that!

-APPLAUSE

Seven for Catalans!

The Marks have gone with Harlequins.

Harlequins. Is it right,

and will it go low enough, if it is right,

to beat Catalans on seven? Let's find out. Harlequins.

It's right! It's right.

Harlequins going down... Oh! 16.

Close, very close.

But, after one question, Marcus and Clint are ahead one-nil. Richard?

Harlequins a very good answer. Previously London Broncos,

but Catalans was a great answer.

There's one answer that would have won you the point,

a team that's based in Wrexham. It's Crusaders.

Well done if you said that at home.

HE READS BOARD

And Wigan Warriors up at the top on 35.

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

The Marks... You have to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Baldwin actors as they could.

Baldwin actors.

Looking for the first names of any of the four famous Baldwin brothers,

all of whom became Hollywood actors.

Thank you very much, Richard. Baldwin brothers.

The Marks go first.

OK. We only know... Well, I should know more than one,

but I can only think of one, so we're going to go with Alec Baldwin.

Alec Baldwin. Marcus and Clint, over to you. Alec Baldwin has gone.

I believe he's married to Courtney Cox, or was. Stephen Baldwin.

Stephen Baldwin.

The Marks have gone for Alec Baldwin.

Let's see if that's right, and how many people said Alec Baldwin.

It's right.

63!

APPLAUSE

Now, Marcus and Clint, you've said Stephen Baldwin.

If this goes below 63, you are straight through to the final.

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

It's right. Yep! There it is. You're through.

-Down it goes. 23.

-APPLAUSE

23, which means, after only two questions,

Marcus and Clint are through to the final two-nil.

-Richard?

-Yeah, well played, Marcus and Clint.

Not only is Courtney Cox not married to Stephen Baldwin,

she's never been married to any of the Baldwin brothers,

which is quite something, isn't it?

Let's look at all four answers. You got the two more obvious ones.

There's Daniel, the only Baldwin brother not to have been nominated

for a Razzie for Worst Actor. The other three all have.

That would have scored you six. William or Billy Baldwin, 12,

Stephen, who's in The Usual Suspects and Celebrity Big Brother, on 23,

and Alec Baldwin on 63.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

-I'm afraid it's Mark and Mark.

-Films got us again.

Films got you again. Well, you made it to round two last time.

You've gone one round further this time,

but you were up against Marcus and Clint.

You had two fantastic answers there. So, yes, bad luck,

but thanks very much for playing. You've been brilliant contestants.

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

But for Marcus and Clint, it's now time for our final,

and the chance to win our jackpot of £3,000.

Congratulations, Marcus and Clint. You've fought off the competition

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

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,000.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

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 gave.

We've had three pointless answers on the show today.

In fact, Clint, it was your mukluks that set the ball rolling

back in round one, that exciting footwear round.

-LAUGHTER

-Cast your minds back.

You only need one more pointless answer now,

and you will leave here with that money.

First, choose a category from these three options.

Composers is going to be, um, oldie stuff,

Tchaikovsky stuff that we don't know.

Spy fiction I don't know anything about. Do you?

Not particularly, no.

And American rock... Not my speciality,

-but it's music.

-Spy fiction, you're not going to know...

Spy fiction, I know nothing. It'll have to be American rock.

-Yeah, yeah.

-American rock.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many R.E.M. UK top 40 singles as they could.

-R.E.M. top 40 singles, Richard.

-We're looking for any single release,

or which had them as a named featured artist, which reached the UK top 40

prior to April 2011, please.

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

and all you need to win that £3,000 is for just one to be pointless.

-Your 60 seconds start now.

-I don't think it's a pointless answer,

-but do you know any?

-No. You just go.

-Orange Crush.

-OK.

-Er...

Men On The Moon. Is it Men On The Moon?

-Maybe Man On The Moon.

-I'm trying... Strange Currencies,

-What's The Frequency Kenneth...

-Strange Currencies.

I think people are going to know these ones.

Oh, trying to... I've got loads of their singles!

I've got about four of their albums. Top 40... It's a strange thing.

They weren't big for a long time,

then they had a load of singles, which everyone's going to know,

and then they tailed off. I don't know any of the tailed-off stuff.

Stuff from the middle everyone else will know.

Strange Currencies, Orange Crush...

What's The Frequency Kenneth... Everyone's going to know that.

Man On The Moon.

-Strange Currencies...

-Five seconds.

Orange Crush...

There is the minute gone.

OK, time's up. We were looking for R.E.M. top 40 singles.

I now need your three answers.

-Um... What's The Frequency Kenneth.

-What's The Frequency Kenneth.

-Orange Crush.

-Strange Currencies.

-Strange Currencies.

-And Orange Crush.

-Of those three, which is your best pop

-at a pointless answer?

-Orange Crush is the only chance we've got.

Orange Crush we'll put last. What's your least likely?

-What's The Frequency Kenneth.

-What's The Frequency Kenneth,

we shall put first. Let's put them up on the board in that order,

and here they are.

There they are.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £3,000.

Let's discover how much our 100 people know about R.E.M.

Your least confident answer was What's The Frequency Kenneth.

This has to be correct, and it has to go down to zero.

Let's find out. What's The Frequency Kenneth. Is it right?

How many people said it?

OK, this is your first shot at a pointless. It's right.

What's The Frequency Kenneth, an R.E.M. top 40 single.

Down it goes. If this goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with £3,000. Into single figures! Seven.

APPLAUSE

OK. Not a pointless answer. Not a pointless answer.

However, only seven of our 100 people

got What's The Frequency Kenneth.

So let's hope nobody said your next answer, which is Strange Currencies.

We went down to seven with What's The Frequency Kenneth.

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

for you to win that jackpot of £3,000.

What would you do with £3,000?

I'm sure both our wives would find things to spend the money on,

-so I doubt that we'll see any of it.

-My missus has got anything...

If we were lucky enough to win anything,

she's got it all earmarked. I might be able to sneak £100 off.

And I might get let out for a night down the pub.

THEY LAUGH

OK. £3,000 is hinging on your second answer, Strange Currencies.

If this is right and goes down to zero,

you will be leaving here with that £3,000 jackpot. Let's see.

Strange Currencies - is it right? How many people said it?

Strange Currencies.

It's right.

It's right. This is your second shot at that jackpot of £3,000.

What's The Frequency Kenneth went down to seven.

Will this go down lower? Yes, it will!

Down it goes! Yes!

Yes! Yes!

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

-Very well done!

Very, very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

Come here.

Oh, congratulations!

You managed to find that all-important pointless answer,

which means you do go home with that jackpot of £3,000. Richard?

Strange Currencies was a very good answer indeed.

A top-ten single from 1995, Strange Currencies.

Orange Crush would have scored you five points.

There's another bunch of pointless answers.

Let's see if you got any of these at home.

Animal, which was on their Best Of album, Bittersweet Me,

from New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Crush With Eyeliner was a pointless answer.

Electrolite was pointless, as was Electron Blue.

Imitation Of Life, another top-ten hit, was pointless.

Lotus, Radio Song and Tongue, all of those were pointless.

Leaving New York was pointless as well.

Well done if you got any of those at home, and well done, guys.

Very, very well deserved.

Fantastic. Thanks once again to our winning players,

Marcus and Clint, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000.

Very, very well done.

Join us next time, when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test

-on Pointless. Goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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