Episode 29 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

Welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers

are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

First, we welcome Mike and Simon. How do you know each other?

We met at school, 17 years ago.

We have a very similar sense of humour, like the same kind of music.

We hit it off from the start, basically.

-Not dissimilar glasses.

-Yep, we're cool dudes!

-What do you do, Mike?

-I'm an employment coach.

That means I work with unemployed people to help with CVs

and help them get into work.

-Very good. And you, Simon?

-I work in educational recruitment.

I work with primary school teachers

and school staff to help them find work.

Mike, what would you like to see come up today?

Ideally, science, but science is a broad discipline

so maybe some biology.

Right. Simon, what would be your favourite category?

I do like music from the '80s, both alternative and pop.

I'll listen to a Smiths album,

then whack on a bit of Ram... Wham!, even!

A bit of Ram? I was thinking very, very good(!)

Best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you here.

Next, we welcome Dean and Michelle. How do you know each other?

We've been together for about 14 years.

We met in the pub that I worked at.

I was looking for a lodger. Dean needed somewhere to live,

so he moved in and we fell in love!

Aw! Very sweet, indeed. And still lodging together?

-Yes.

-Excellent. Whereabouts is this, Dean?

-In Sheffield. South Yorkshire.

-Sheffield. What do you do, Dean?

-I'm a driver for an air-conditioning company.

-Right.

I deliver air-con all around the country.

-How far afield do you go?

-250 to 300 miles a day.

So you'll be very good at British Isles geography?

-Around the Sheffield area.

-Sat Navs, maybe, yeah!

That's the trouble with Sat Navs.

-You stop taking things in.

-In the Sat Nav, and off I go!

-Best of luck, both of you. Great to have you on the show.

-Thanks.

And we welcome back Avril and Gill.

You were on the last show. Everyone gets two chances at the final.

-Remind us how you did.

-I wasn't very good on the musicals!

I definitely knew more about shoes than I did musicals!

Yes.

-We got through to the second round.

-Not bad, though, not bad.

What do you do in your spare time, Avril?

We do carnival.

It's, like, what we do, is we bring out carts in November.

-They're illuminated.

-Cold carnival.

-Cold carnival, yes.

-So it's a club that does this?

-Yes, lots of different clubs.

It's Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival. Seven carnivals over ten days.

We spend all year fundraising, making a cart, making costumes,

to stand still in the freezing cold on November nights!

-So it's a night-time carnival.

-Yes.

-Is this in Bridgwater in November?

-Yes.

-Oh, I'm not around!

-That is... What, this November? I can't!

-Every November.

I can't do it next November, either!

November's a busy time for me.

-Ah, that's frustrating.

-Well...

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

-Thank you.

Finally, we welcome John and Kathy. How do you know each other?

We met on the internet, Alexander.

On the internet? Whereabouts on the internet?

Why do I even ask that?!

It was in a Welsh rugby chat site. So fairly specific. Fairly specific.

Yes. Very good. So clearly, both massive rugby fans.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Do you play, John?

I started playing again last year, but only touch rugby.

I'm getting on a bit now!

It's quite a brutal sport.

-You'd be surprised.

-Kathy, do you play?

-I have played, yes, around pregnancies and other things!

-I see.

-But more of a supporter?

-Very much, yes.

-Very good.

What would you like to see come up, Kathy?

My reading's a bit out of hand.

Always has been. I'll pretty much read anything!

I once got dumped because I was in a cafe with a boyfriend

and he was talking and I was reading my bus ticket!

Then I turned it round and read the rules and regs.

When I looked up, he'd gone. I was dumped!

Oh, dear! John, what would be good for you?

I think characters from the '80s version of Grange Hill.

-If that came up!

-Yeah!

-OK!

Anything more specific than that?

-I want to unleash my Gonch Gardner on the show!

-Right.

-You remember Gonch?

-No, I don't remember Gonch.

Don't remember Gonch? Pogo Patterson? Zammo?

-Oh, right! Yes.

-Come on! Ro-land.

Tell you what, it's not a bad idea

for a float in the Bridgwater Carnival!

Grange Hill from the '80s.

If you're doing that, I could move a few things around!

We'll give that a good think for next year!

Well, John and Kathy,

welcome to the show. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

We'll find out more later in the show.

Only one person left to introduce. He's read every book in the book.

-He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya!

-How are you today?

-Extremely well, thank you. How are you?

I'm very well. We've given away a lot of money recently.

We've had a lot of jackpot wins. Don't let that put pressure on you.

Only one returning pair, Avril and Gill, our carnival queens!

It's a fairly open field, I think. Good news for Dean.

Round Two is air-conditioning delivery routes of South Yorkshire!

Thanks, Richard.

We put our questions to 100 people before the show.

But we're 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

that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Marcus and Clint won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

Right. Let's play Pointless!

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

and you cannot confer. The team with the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated.

An incorrect answer will score the maximum of 100 points.

So try and avoid those.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Organisations. Decide in your pairs who's going first and then second.

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

Let's see what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many trade unions as they could.

Richard, surely that should be trades unions?

It can be trade unions or trades union.

Splendid. Good. OK. Richard, what do we need to know?

The name of any union affiliated with the TUC,

the Trades Union Congress, as of April 2011.

Where the unions are better known by abbreviations or acronyms,

-we'll accept those.

-OK. Mike and Simon,

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

Mike,

do you know your unions?

RICHARD CHUCKLES

Um, possibly. I'm struggling to think of them now,

but hopefully, they'll come to me.

I'll just go with an easy...

-UNISON.

-UNISON.

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

It's right.

Not a bad score. 31 for UNISON.

Yes, Europe's biggest public sector union.

1.3 million members. UNISON. Formed from NALGO, NUPE and COHSE.

Also the original names of the Teletubbies!

Thanks, Richard. OK, Dean.

We are looking for a nice obscure trade union.

I'm struggling a bit.

But, er...

National Union of Teachers.

National Union of Teachers.

Let's see if it's right. You hope to score as few points as possible.

National Union of Teachers.

Is it correct and, if so, how many people said it?

It's right.

Best score so far, Dean.

-NUT, Richard.

-Yeah, established in 1870,

now Europe's biggest union for teachers.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, then, Avril.

What is the most obscure trade union you can think of?

I don't know anything about trade unions at all.

So I can just guess...

National Union of Rail Workers.

-National Union of Rail Workers.

-Yeah.

I really don't know any trade unions.

National Union of Rail Workers. The "NURW"!

Let's see if it's right and, if so,

how many people said National Union of Rail Workers. Good luck.

-No, bad luck.

-I'm sorry!

-I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

I don't know anything about them!

-Sorry, that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry!

-Richard, "NURW".

-Sorry, Avril. There's no NURW.

I won't give the real name of the rail workers' union,

-in case anyone else wants to have a go.

-I will!

No, I won't.

John, we're looking for a nice obscure trade union.

Well, I think my father was a member of this back in the early '90s.

Whether it's still affiliated, I'm not sure.

But I'll take a punt at the National Association of Head Teachers.

National Association of Head Teachers. The "NAHT"!

Let's see if it's right and, if so,

how many people said National Association of Head Teachers.

Bad luck, John. That is also an incorrect answer,

-so you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

-Sorry, John.

Not affiliated to the TUC, the NAHT.

OK. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores, as they stand.

26 is our low score in this pass.

Dean and Michelle

looking very strong indeed.

Then up to 31, where Mike and Simon are.

Then Avril and Gill, and John and Kathy are on 100. So...

Kathy and Gill, you'll have to duke it out

between you to see who stays for the next round.

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

OK, we are looking for trade unions, or trades unions, if you like.

Kathy. You are the high scorers, on 100, along with Gill and Avril.

You'll have to find a lovely low-scoring answer

if you want to survive this round.

Well, they've amalgamated so many now, I don't really know where I am.

But I was for a time a member of the National Union of Journalists.

The NUJ. National Union of Journalists.

Sounds good. Let's see if it's right and, if so,

how many people said National Union of Journalists.

It's right!

Down, it goes. Still going down.

Oh, very well done, indeed!

Good shout!

Very well done, indeed. That's exactly what we required of you.

-That takes your total up to 101. Richard?

-Well played, Kathy.

You're right back in the game.

From 1907, there's been an NUJ, and still is now.

Very well done. Now, Gill, the high scorers are Kathy and John, on 101.

If you want to be sure of a place in the next round,

you need a pointless answer.

Well, I used to be a member of this union.

I don't know whether they still are.

That was SOGAT.

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

You hope to score as few points as possible.

SOGAT.

Bad luck, Gill. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer.

That takes your total up to 200.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Gill.

SOGAT was the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades,

but it's since merged into another union on our list.

Ah, right.

OK. Now, Michelle, we are looking for trade unions.

Michelle, you are on 26.

You are through to the next round, whatever happens,

because you will not overtake the high score of Gill and Avril on 200.

Which is handy, because I don't think I know any!

Except for...I'm going to say Unite.

I don't know if I'm getting that mixed up with the other one,

-but that's my answer.

-OK, you are saying Unite.

Yep.

Sounds good. No red line for you. You're through.

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

It's right.

Not a bad score at all. Takes your total up to 47.

Well played, Michelle. Unite is formed by TGWU and Amicus.

Amicus is actually where SOGAT went.

OK.

Simon. You have an opportunity here maybe to find a pointless answer.

There must be some here. Whatever happens,

you're through to the next round.

I'm possibly setting myself up for a fall here.

I did have a couple in mind.

But one that I think might have been missed, as well as the NUT,

the National Union of Teachers, I'm pretty sure there's NASUWT,

the National Union for Women Teachers.

Although I could be wrong. As I work in educational recruitment,

it could be very embarrassing!

But I'll give it a punt and go with NASUWT.

NASUWT.

-N-A-S-U-W-T.

-Yep.

Let's see if it's right and, if so,

how many people said it. You're through, whatever happens.

Maybe you can find a pointless answer.

N-A-S-U-W-T.

It's right.

It's right.

Down, it goes. Nine.

Not pointless, but a very good answer. A great score.

Takes your total up to 40.

-Richard?

-Well played, Simon. The NASUWT.

It formed as part of a merger of the NAS and the UWT.

That's how that happened.

There are a lot of pointless answers here.

If this was 1970s Pointless, everyone would have swept the board!

Let's look at some pointless ones.

BECTU, the broadcasting union.

COMMUNITY was pointless.

The FBU, the Fire Brigades Union, was pointless.

MU, the Musicians Union.

National Association of Probation Officers, pointless.

Nautilus International, that's what you should call a union!

That's the Merchant Navy union. Well done, if you said that.

Prospect, Unity and WGGB, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.

All pointless. Well done, if you said any of those.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, at the end of Round One,

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

-That's a surprise(!)

-Oh, dear!

-Did you know any of those on the board?

-No.

-No.

-No.

Very tough. Very hard to think of them when the pressure's on.

I'm afraid, Avril and Gill,

this is the end of the line. We have to say goodbye.

You've been excellent contestants. Thank you for playing.

For the remaining pairs, time for Round Two.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.

One team will leave at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

Our Round Two question today concerns...

Singers known by one name. Richard?

I'll show you six songs on each pass.

We asked 100 people which singers,

known by one name, originally released these songs.

An obscure answer will score fewer points.

A wrong answer scores 100 points.

12 songs, in all. 12 singers to guess across the two passes. Best of luck.

Thank you. We're looking for singers with one name who sang these songs.

I'll read those one more time.

Boom Bang-a-Bang. Boombastic.

Hot in Herre - I'm almost tempted to have "sic" written after that!

All Kinds of Everything.

Just Like a Pill. The Real Slim Shady.

There they are.

Now then, Mike.

As ever, we're after the answer the fewest of our 100 people knew.

What do you think?

OK. Um... I'm actually probably going to go safe again.

I'll go Just Like a Pill - Pink.

Pink, you're saying. Pink - Just Like a Pill.

Let's see if it's right and, if so,

how many people knew that answer. Pink.

It's right.

Ooh, a lot of people knew that.

-Pink, Richard.

-Yeah, Pink, real name - Alecia Beth Moore.

A number one single in 2002.

Very good. Now, then, Dean.

Um, I think I know four of them.

I think I'm going to show my age here and go Boom Bang-a-Bang, Lulu.

Boom Bang-a-Bang, Lulu, you're saying. At the top of the board.

Let's see if it's right and, if so,

how many people said Lulu for Boom Bang-a-Bang.

It's right.

Very good. 24.

Decent score. Boom Bang-a-Bang, Lulu. Richard.

A Eurovision entry and a number two hit in 1969.

Marie Macdonald Maclaughlan Lawrie, or Lulu.

We're looking for singers known by a single name who sang these songs.

Kathy, is this a good category for you?

Yes, it is.

You can fill in all the gaps for us, if you like.

-Hot In He-rre...

-That is the right spelling, apparently.

I don't know that, but I know the rest.

Boombastic, Shaggy.

All Kinds of Everything, Dana.

And The Real Slim Shady is Eminem.

I'm going to pick All Kinds of Everything, by Dana.

All Kinds of Everything, by Dana.

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

It's right.

Still going down.

Very well done, indeed. The best score of the pass.

14, Kathy, for All Kinds of Everything, Dana.

Well done. Right about all of those and you picked the right one.

That was the lowest score you could have got.

The Real Slim Shady, Eminem.

Scored a fairly hefty 78.

Boombastic is Shaggy.

Scored 52. Hot in Herre,

yes, that's how you spell it,

scored 31 points. That was Nelly.

The best answer was Dana. Well done, if you got all six.

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

Brilliant low score for you, Kathy. Well deserved, 14. Up to 24

for Dean and Michelle. Then up quite a hike to Mike and Simon on 66.

So, Simon, you have your work cut out on this next pass.

Best of luck. Can the second players

please take their places at the podium.

Six more songs on the board. Here they are...

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for the singers known by a single name

who recorded these songs.

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

-John, Kathy did fantastically well with the last board.

-She did.

What does this board look like to you?

I think I know three or four on there.

I'm going to show my age as well

and go for Never Ending Story, which I think is Limahl.

Never Ending Story, Limahl. There it is, third one down.

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

The high scorers, on 66, are Simon and Mike.

If you score 51 or less, you're through to the next round.

51 or less. That's the red line. Below that, you're through.

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

It's right.

Well done, you're through to the head-to-head.

Great score. Takes your total up to 26.

Very good. Richard?

Well played. From 1984, Limahl. He was the lead singer of Kajagoogoo.

-Do you know why he's called Limahl?

-I can't remember.

It's an anagram of his surname, which is Hamill.

-I don't think that's enough justification, do you?

-Yeah.

I tried to think of an anagram of your surname,

but you don't have enough vowels. "Strongarm" is the best I can do.

-That's it?

-Yeah.

So, then, Michelle.

Um, I know a couple, but I think they'll both be quite high.

But anyway, I'll go for It's Oh So Quiet, and Bjork.

It's Oh So Quiet. Bjork. The high scorers, on 66, Simon and Mike.

You have to score 41 or less with this answer.

You say Oh So Quiet, by Bjork.

Below that red line, you're through to the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

Ooh, that was a popular choice! 67!

Takes your total up to 91. Michelle and Dean,

you have become the high scorers. Richard?

Yes, a big score, from 1995, for Bjork Gudmundsdottir.

-Gudmundsdottir?

-Yeah.

-Why did she just call herself Bjork?

-That's weird, that.

-Yeah.

Lots of Icelandic people only use their first name.

The surname tends to be the name of your father

and then "son" or "dottir".

Thanks, Richard. Simon?

The high scorers are now Michelle and Dean, on 91. You're on 66.

All we need from you is a score of 24 or less

and you're in the head-to-head.

-You said music was a strong point.

-It is, yes.

There's definitely a few there that I can see.

Chasing Pavements is definitely Adele,

because it's on all the time at work.

But I think - it's from 1998, I believe -

I'm going with the fact that

it's slightly an obscure name that might throw people,

I'll go with Usher, for You Make Me Wanna.

You Make Me Wanna - Usher.

What do you think, Michelle?

I think we're going off!

We'll have to find out. Below that red line,

Usher will have got you to the head-to-head.

Let's see if Usher did indeed sing You Make Me Wanna.

He did.

Yep, you're through! Very well done, Simon.

That's 14. Takes your score up to 80.

-Richard?

-Well played, Simon.

You're right, from 1998.

A number one single from then.

You Make Me Wanna - Usher.

Sounds like the sort of thing you'd say when a friend gets married.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board, on that bombshell.

Whenever Wherever.

-Do you know that one?

-No.

-That's Shakira.

-That would have scored 51 points.

-Yes, I did know that.

Ah. Chasing Pavements, quite right, is Adele.

Phenomenal success in the last few years.

And do you know Warwick Avenue?

-Duffy.

-Duffy. Exactly right. Would have scored 40 points.

Big scoring round. Never Ending Story the best score on that board.

So, between you, the best score on both boards.

Well done, if you did that at home.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two,

the losing pair, with the highest score, is Dean and Michelle.

Dear, oh, dear. Oh, So Quiet.

Who'd have thought it would be such a high score?

I'm surprised it was that high.

Bjork Gudmundsdottir is the person you have to thank

for leaving the show at this early stage.

-The next time she's in Sheffield...

-She had better just watch her step!

It was brilliant having you on the show. We'll see you next time,

when I'm sure we'll see more of you.

-Thanks for playing, Michelle and Dean.

-Thank you.

For the remaining two pairs,

things will get more exciting now, in the head-to-head.

Well done, Mike and Simon, John and Kathy. You're in the head-to-head.

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

which stands at £1,000.

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

But you may now confer.

Give 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 the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

Here's your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard?

-Any of the nine cities in which

the stadia that hosted the 2010 World Cup are situated, please.

OK. Mike and Simon, because you played best in the show so far,

you get to go first. We are looking for cities in which

the stadia for the 2010 FIFA World Cup were situated.

Simon and Mike, can we have an answer?

Yeah. Again, we're going to play it safe.

We have an idea of a couple of obscure ones, but we're not sure,

so we're going with Johannesburg.

Johannesburg. OK. John and Kathy?

We've got a few ideas, but not entirely sure,

-so we're going for Durban.

-Durban.

OK. We have Johannesburg and we have Durban.

Mike and Simon said Johannesburg.

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

Down, it goes.

So, Mike and Simon, 40 for Johannesburg.

John and Kathy have said Durban.

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

It's right.

And it'll win the point for you, too. Down to 22 for Durban.

Well played, John and Kathy.

After one question, John and Kathy are up one-nil. Richard?

Well played. There's nine, in all.

A few obscure ones. The big cities, but a few obscure ones.

Let's take a look.

Bloemfontein scored five,

where England lost to Germany, with Lampard's disallowed goal.

Rustenburg scores ten.

That's where England drew one-all with the USA,

with Robert Green letting in that howler!

Second question. Mike and Simon,

you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard?

-Any celebrities who reached the final of Strictly Come Dancing,

whether they won it or not,

from the first series up to the 2010 series, please.

OK. Thanks very much. John and Kathy, you go first, this time.

We have an answer?

-Natasha Kaplinsky.

-Natasha Kaplinsky, you are saying.

-Mike and Simon?

-I think we had a couple of ideas.

There were a couple of cricket players

and we're going for Mark Ramprakash.

Mark Ramprakash. OK.

Let's see if either of those are right and what they scored.

John and Kathy have gone for Natasha Kaplinsky.

How many people said Natasha Kaplinsky. Is it right?

It is right.

Low score - 15!

Natasha Kaplinsky.

Mike and Simon have said Mark Ramprakash.

15 is quite a low one.

Do you think you can beat that?

Yeah, rock'n'roll! No, I'm not sure!

-It'll come in at about 99 now! But I'm not sure.

-OK.

Let's find out. You have to win this to stay in the game.

Mark Ramprakash. How many people said it? Is it right?

It's right.

Oh, you've done it! Very, very well done!

13 for Mark Ramprakash!

Very, very close, indeed! That means after two questions, it's one-all.

Mark Ramprakash won Series 4, Natasha Kaplinsky won

the first series. Let's look at all the finalists.

How did you do at home? A couple of pointless answers.

OK. Here's your third question.

Whoever wins this will go into the final and play for the jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Public schools. Richard?

-Any of the famous original nine public schools,

as enshrined by the Public School Act of 1868.

The original nine famous public schools, please.

OK. Mike and Simon, you go first this time.

-You have an answer?

-We think we're going to go for Harrow.

Harrow. OK. Harrow.

-John and Kathy?

-We're going to go for Marlborough.

OK. We have Harrow, from Mike and Simon,

and Marlborough, from John and Kathy.

This will decide who goes through to the final.

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

It's right.

36. So, John and Kathy are saying Marlborough.

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

Bad luck! I'm afraid Marlborough is an incorrect answer.

So after three questions,

Mike and Simon are through to the final two-one. Richard?

Well played, guys. Sorry, John and Kathy. Let's look at all nine.

These are the original ones. There was an Act in 1868

that enshrined public schools. These were the nine at the time.

Shrewsbury, Merchant Taylors',

both pointless.

St Paul's, originally

next to the cathedral, scored one.

Charterhouse, two.

Westminster, six points.

Winchester College, the first school of all. 1382, that started.

That scored ten. Rugby School, 15,

would have won you the point.

Harrow, 36, and Eton at the top... They'll love that, won't they?

-..on 86. They win everything, don't they?

-They certainly do.

So the losing pair, at the end of the head-to-head, is John and Kathy.

Very, very bad luck there.

A cracking answer, Natasha Kaplinsky,

narrowly beaten by Mark Ramprakash.

Durban, a very good answer in the first round of our head-to-head.

You've been unlucky there. But we will see you again next time,

when you come back for your second chance to reach the Pointless final.

Thanks for playing, John and Kathy.

For Mike and Simon, it's time for our Pointless final,

and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,000.

Congratulations, Mike and Simon. You've fought off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.

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

An answer none of our 100 people could think of.

We haven't had any pointless answers today.

Find one now and you'll go home with that money.

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

I think there's only one on there we can go for.

Yeah. I'm tempted to say composers, because I used to play piano.

If you go composers, you're on your own!

-We'll go, um...

-Silver screen.

-Silver screen, yeah.

Silver screen. Let's see what the question is.

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

-James Stewart films. Richard?

-We're looking for

any feature film made for cinema release in the UK

for which James Stewart received an acting credit.

No TV films, short films,

or documentaries, but voice performances do count.

OK. Thank you, Richard.

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

All you need to win that £1,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-There's three.

-Hang on...

Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

There was Harvey, where he was an alcoholic,

and he saw a bunny rabbit.

-Obviously, It's A Wonderful Life.

-That's the only one I know.

So if you know any more than that...

I can't think... North By North-West.

No, that wasn't him.

-He was in Vertigo. OK, we'll go for Vert...

-Whatever you wish, mate.

-I don't know any of these!

-The one I'm sure of is Vertigo.

-You want to stop the clock?

-Yeah.

-OK. Stop the clock.

-I'm going for Vertigo.

-Vertigo.

-Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

-Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

-And Harvey.

-And Harvey.

Which is your most confident shot at a pointless answer?

I'm 110% on Vertigo. Um...

Are you doing it on certainty, or...?

Mr Smith Goes to Washington will be the one that gets it.

-If it's pointless.

-So put that last?

-Put that last.

-Mr Smith Goes to Washington is last.

-Vertigo, first?

-Vertigo, first.

And Harvey, therefore, in the middle. OK.

Let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.

James Stewart films.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win the £1,000 jackpot. Let's see Vertigo.

First, if it's right, and secondly, how many people said it.

Good luck. Vertigo.

OK, it's right. That's the first thing.

This was your least confident answer.

Down, it goes.

If this goes down to zero, you'll leave with £1,000.

15. Not a pointless answer,

but I think you were expecting that.

A very famous film, Vertigo. Only 15 of our 100 people knew it.

-Encouraging, in many ways.

-We're on the right tracks!

-Maybe.

Two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your next answer, Harvey.

Remember, we are looking for James Stewart films.

This also has to be right and it has to be pointless to win the jackpot.

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

OK, this is your second shot at that £1,000 jackpot.

Vertigo went down to 15.

How far down will Harvey go?

Into the twenties, into the teens.

If it goes down to zero...

Oh, look at that!

You're going in the right direction. 15, down to eight. Good.

This is very good. Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £1,000?

-A weekend on the alcohol, I think!

-On the lash!

-OK.

-I'd take my girlfriend on a nice weekend. A romantic weekend.

I hope she's watching this!

OK. We're looking for James Stewart films.

You said this was the answer that would do it for you.

It has to be pointless,

if you're going to win that jackpot of £1,000.

Here goes. Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

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

Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

It IS right.

That's the first thing it had to be.

Vertigo went down to 15.

Harvey went down to eight.

If this goes to zero, you leave with £1,000.

Down, it goes. Single figures...

Four!

Well, a perfect sequence of numbers.

Halving, all the time.

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

so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000,

which rolls over to the next show.

But you have been brilliant contestants

and you take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.

-Richard?

-Well played. Three good answers.

There are plenty of pointless answers. How did you do at home?

An American Tail was his last ever movie.

He voiced over Wiley.

Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation, nominated for a Golden Globe.

The Man From Laramie was a Western version of King Lear.

An Anthony Mann Western.

The Murder Man, his film debut.

The Shop Around the Corner was remade as

You've Got Mail, with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Two Rode Together, a John Ford Western.

Vivacious Lady, with Ginger Rogers.

Where The River Bends, with Rock Hudson.

You Can't Take it With You, an Oscar-winning film,

the first film he did with Frank Capra.

That was a pointless answer. Well done, if you said any of those.

You were very quick to give your answers.

Is that because you knew you wouldn't remember any others?

There was a few I was thinking of. The Anthony Mann Westerns.

But my dad's a big Jimmy Stewart fan and does a good impression of him.

The films that we watch always stick in the memory.

-Yeah.

-It was unfortunate, we just picked the wrong ones.

-You knew some of those?

-Two Rode Together, yeah.

-The one with Rock Hudson.

-Bend in the River.

I remember Rock Hudson doing a film with Jimmy Stewart.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Mike and Simon.

Thank you so much for playing. Very good.

Thank you.

So nobody's won our jackpot today,

so it rolls over onto the next show, when we'll be playing for £2,000.

Join us to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile,

-it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!

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