Episode 35 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Emma and Mel. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your last chance. Remind us what happened.

We got through to the head-to-head. But we struggled with Black Seas and yellow songs!

-So no more colours, please! That would be great.

-No more colours.

-Yellow songs. You were good on yellow songs.

-Not good enough!

-Well, you were right.

-Yes, we were right.

-Black Sea was more elusive.

-It was a problem!

What would you like to see this afternoon?

I think we'd like a bit of science.

-A bit of science.

-Yeah.

-What particular bit of science?

-Anything, really.

-Really? Any of the disciplines.

-Not astro-physics, maybe, but kind of general science.

-Uh-oh!

OK.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you.

-Brilliant to have you back.

James and Steve, welcome to you. Where are you from?

-From West Yorkshire.

-How do you know each other?

We're colleagues. I'm an admin assistant for a building company.

Basically Richard's job but less glamorous.

Less glamorous?

-Blimey!

-I don't get to work with Alexander either. It's a big disadvantage.

Let me tell you now, it ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Yes, it is! It is. Brilliant.

He's quite difficult. (He's got a temper!)

Yeah.

And Steve is the catering manager of the canteen.

Very good. What would you like to see this afternoon, James?

-Definitely James Bond films.

-Really.

-Anything to do with that.

Steve, what would you like to see today?

Geography. My dad's a retired geography teacher. So I've inherited that.

-You inherit the love of it.

-Best of luck to the pair of you. Welcome to the show.

Next we welcome Leon and Sarah. How do you know each other?

We've known each other 11 years and been married nine years.

Lovely. Where are you from?

-We're from Loughton in Essex.

-Loughton, Essex.

-What do you do, Leon?

-I work for Transport for London

and I'm an education officer.

Now, what's that? Who do you educate?

I work with all the London schools

and I promote sustainable transport.

So I encourage walking and cycling instead of the school run with a lot of 4x4s.

-Very good. How about you, Sarah?

-I work for Essex County Council in the Record Office.

-I'm a heritage education officer.

-Very good.

What are the heritage sites in your bit of Essex?

There's lots. Colchester Castle... Um...

It's like an advert. An advert for Essex.

"Come to Essex. There's Colchester Castle..."

Essex is such an ancient, ancient county. Masses going on - underground!

-What would you like to see come up today, Sarah?

-Hopefully some music questions. Maybe some film as well.

-Any particular areas of music?

-I like Michael Buble.

I don't know if I'd be any good on any questions about him, but I like his music.

Best of luck to you. Great to have you here. And finally,

we welcome Jenny and Jeannie. How do you know each other?

We live in the same village in Cambridgeshire.

-Which village?

-It's called Houghton. A twin village, Houghton and Wyton, between Huntingdon and St Ives.

-Twin villages.

-Yes, we meet in the middle.

There's a common market square and that's where the two villages separate and join.

-Any great rivalry?

-Ooh, yes!

-Yes?

-Oh, yes.

-Which end of the village are you from, Jeannie?

-I'm from Houghton as well.

-Phew!

Jenny, what do you do?

I'm retired.

I used to work as an admin assistant in Social Services.

And I retired just over a year ago.

-Oh, how nice. Very good. Getting used to time on your hands.

-Wonderful.

And how do you like to fill your time?

-I play Mahjong twice a week.

-Do you? How long have you played that for?

Ooh, soon after I was married

-I was introduced to the game of Mahjong.

-Amazing.

It's so addictive, evidently.

In Hong Kong and around there, they play it the whole time.

And in Wyton they play that game "Throw the stick against the wall". That's their game.

That's my favourite game. I love that!

Very good. Best of luck to the pair of you.

We'll find out more about you later.

Only one person left to introduce. If you're looking for the needle of obscurity

-in the haystack of fact, he's your man. My Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya!

Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-Are you well?

I am, thank you, yes. How about you?

-Yes, so-so.

-Really?

-No, I'm lying. I'm very well.

-Good.

-I'm terrific.

-Are you?

-Terrific. I am pumped about the show.

-Yes, so am I.

-We've only got one returning pair, Emma and Mel.

They did very well last time and got to the head-to-head. May be tough to beat for our others.

A lot of people have asked for a lot of things. Round One is something nobody's asked for.

But it's one of those big production number, big high-octane Round One.

It'll be quite something. If you've got seatbelts, put them on now!

Can't wait. We put all our questions to 100 people earlier.

But we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game, our players need to score as few points as they can.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer, that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Jo and Nick won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts at £1,000.

Let's play Pointless!

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

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

OK. Our first category is...

Can you decide who's going first and who's going 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 types of bread as they could!

-Richard, what about that?

-It's going to be quite something. All the correct answers are types of bread.

It can be leavened or unleavened.

Everyone at home OK? Shall we do this?

-Come on!

-Let's do it.

-Let's do types of bread.

-Types of bread. Emma and Mel, you drew lots and today you get to go first.

In this round we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.

Your first set of seven answers, your first bread board(!)

Reads like this.

I'll read those one more time.

At least one of those answers is pointless.

At least one of those is incorrect. Pick an incorrect one and you score the maximum 100 points.

Emma?

-Bread.

-I think I'm going to go for sourdough.

Which I believe is... I don't know what it is, but it's bread, I think.

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

It's right.

That's a cracking score. Six for sourdough. Richard?

Well done, Emma. Good start. Sourdough.

It gets its distinctive taste from a mix of wild yeast and bacteria! Mmm!

-Yummy!

-Bacteria.

Now, then. James.

I was going to go with sourdough, I must admit.

So slightly annoyed! I know three of them are certainly breads.

Not sure about the other three.

So I'll go with the most obscure of the ones I know.

And that's rye.

Rye. OK. You say rye.

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

Perfectly respectable score there, James.

14 for rye.

Well played. Pumpernickel is the most famous example of rye bread.

OK, now, then. Leon.

Types of bread.

I'm a bit disappointed white or brown isn't up there.

I could lie and say I was going to go for sourdough, but I had no idea what that was.

So I'm going to guess, it'll have to be a guess,

with barmbrack.

Barmbrack. There it is. Top of the board. Barmbrack.

What do you think, Sarah?

I went to college in Stockport

and the little rolls are called barm cakes.

Ah!

With that kind of backing, how could you possibly fail?

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

Very well done.

Very well done.

It is! Look at that! Very well done!

Splendid work, Leon. A pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes the total up to £1,250.

-And it scores you nothing.

-Good.

-Brilliant. Richard?

Well done, Leon. It's an Irish bread filled with fruit and candied peel, used at Halloween.

Nothing to do with barm cakes.

-Not connected.

-Now, then, Jeannie.

Types of bread. You're the last person to have this board.

You can talk us through and do your thinking out loud.

I'd like to be able to talk through. Melonpan, never heard of it.

Elswick doesn't sound like a bread to me.

I know focaccia is a bread.

But I don't know whether to gamble that melonpan might be.

But I'm a coward. Focaccia.

Focaccia, you're saying.

Focaccia. Let's see if it's right and how much it scores.

Not bad at all! Very well done, Jeannie. That's a great score.

-Six for focaccia. A low score.

-A very low score.

A flatbread infused with olive oil. Let's look at the rest of the board.

Ciabatta is a bread. That scored 25.

You were right to avoid Elswick. That's the name of the road in the sitcom Bread!

An incorrect answer. You should have said Melonpan. Well done if you said it at home.

Melonpan is a pointless answer. It's a Japanese bread

where they have regular dough and cover it in a layer of cookie dough.

-Why are we not getting melonpan over here?

-Why not?

-Sounds amazing!

Very good. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

Very, very impressive low scores all around.

Leon and Sarah looking great on zero.

Jeannie and Jenny, Emma and Mel hogging the middle of the scoreboard with six.

And a bit ahead of the field is James and Steve on 14.

So Steve, luckily you're in catering so you should be at home here!

So you can find a nice rare bread on the next pass. No pressure at all!

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

OK, we'll put seven more answers on the board. Types of bread.

I'll read those one more time.

There is at least one pointless answer on that board, and at least one incorrect answer.

Try and avoid the incorrect ones if you can. Jenny?

What do you think about that as a line-up?

I'm thinking... I will play safe.

I will go for...

naan.

The high scorers are Steve and James on 14.

You want to score seven or less with naan.

Is it right and if so, how many people said it. Here's your red line.

Very low. Let's see if naan can get you there or thereabouts.

Ooh!

42 that scores you.

Taking your total up to 48. I suppose curry being our national dish...

-Can't be surprised naan scores that high. Richard?

-Absolutely.

Everyone likes a naan bread cooked in a tandoor oven. A naan bread.

-Lots of different types.

-Thank you, Richard. So, then, Sarah.

-Yes.

-Sarah.

-I'm sure about two of them.

-And all the others I'm very frightened of.

-It's a very scary-looking board!

Like characters from Lord of the Rings!

I won't get a pointless answer, I'm fairly confident of that.

So I think I'm going to go with soda bread.

There's your red line. Get below that red line and you're through to the next round.

Is it right and if so, how many people said soda bread?

You're through!

Very well done, Sarah. That did exactly what it needed to do.

26, it scored you.

-Takes your total to 26. Richard?

-Well played, Sarah. Good team performance.

It's leavened using baking soda.

Hence the name.

So, Steve, we are looking for types of bread. Oh, yes!

The high scorers are Jenny and Jeannie on 48.

If you can score 33 or less, you're through to the next round.

Hmm. I was dreading this, actually.

As I cook for 70 hungry Yorkshire men in a stoneworks,

there isn't many breads that are needed beyond white and bread!

Brown bread is just not needed in my place!

I'm a bit the same. I knew two definitely. The other four, I'd be guessing at one.

And I'm not sure, so again I'm going to plump for brioche.

Brioche. There it is. Three down.

Brioche. Here's your red line.

Below that red line, brioche will have got you through to the next round.

Let's see if brioche is right and if it'll get you low enough.

It's right.

Yep, you've done it!

Very well done! Four!

Four for brioche. Takes your total to 18.

-Richard?

-Brioche. Well done. They use eggs and butter

to make a brioche, a soft roll.

Now, then. Oh, Mel.

We've got to the exciting point where the only things left on that board...

-I know them all!

-Should you eat them or put them under the bonnet of your car?

Yeah. Yeah. No, I really don't have a clue on any of them.

The three that I knew are the three that have gone.

So it's time for a big guess!

There's no thinking at all. As I was thinking,

which one looked the nicest, which one could I say.

That's daktyla.

-Daktyla.

-Yeah.

-There's your red line.

-What do you think, Emma?

-It's either wrong or...

-Or right!

-..or pointless.

-Yeah.

-I've not got a clue.

-Very best of luck.

It's right! Very, very well done, Mel!

I think this can only go in one direction!

Yes!

Very well done. A pointless answer. It adds another £250 to the jackpot.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total in single figures! Six. Richard?

Sorry, Jenny and Jeannie. Daktyla is a Greek bread.

It's cut in the shape of fingers, which is where it gets its name.

Let's look at everything on the board.

Tugrik. What do you think?

I can't... I'm not... I don't think so. I don't think so.

You're right, it's another type of bread - the currency of Mongolia!

-The Tugrik. Markouk?

-I think that probably is a bread.

-Very good.

A flattened bread from the eastern Mediterranean. Pointless.

Farriner. Pointless or incorrect?

Well, farine is flour. So farriner should be a bread.

It's the name of the man who owned the bakery on Pudding Lane.

Where the Great Fire of London started.

-Ah!

-Farriner.

-Well, there you are.

So at the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score is Jenny and Jeannie.

Dear, oh, dear!

I guess it was naan bread. The highest score in the whole round

by a margin.

-You thought you were being safe.

-Yep.

-And a bit exotic?

That's taught you a lesson. You've been pulled up hard.

So we have to say goodbye to you.

But we'll see you again and look forward to that. Thank you for playing, Jenny and Jeannie.

For the remaining pairs, it's Round Two.

There's only two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

Decide who's going first and who's going second.

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

Our Round Two question concerns...

-You like?

-Yes, I do like! Richard.

We'll show you six fictional robots or super-intelligent computers

from TV, film and literature.

We asked 100 people in which work did they first appear. An obscure answer scores fewer points.

An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

Where they've appeared across a series, just give the first one in that series.

There are 12 fictional robots and computers for you to guess at home. Best of luck.

The films, TV shows or literary works that feature these robots and computers.

And we have got...

I'll read those again.

So there they are, Mel. Is this a good category for you?

There's a couple on there that I think I know.

I think I'm going to go Noo Noo,

Teletubbies.

Noo Noo, says Mel. Teletubbies.

Is it right, and how many people said it?

It is right. Well done.

Nothing wrong with that. 19 for Teletubbies.

Well done, Mel. Noo Noo is the shiny vacuum cleaner that clears up all the Tubby mess!

-Their words, not mine!

-James?

We're looking for the films, TV shows or fiction that featured these robots and computers.

Yeah, well I know the top four.

I'm fairly sure.

While Mel was saying her answer, I remembered who Bender was.

I'm going with him. Yes. Bender.

-And in Futurama.

-Futurama. Steve thinks that's right. Let's see if it is.

Bender, Futurama. Is it right, how many people knew it.

Well done, James.

-Not bad. 21 for Futurama.

-Well played. Bender, the hard-drinking robot from Futurama.

And Leon, you're the last person to have this selection of robots and computers.

You can fill in the gaps, if you like.

Hal 9000 I was thinking along the lines of The Black Hole, something like that.

Optimus Prime I think is too obvious

as it's around The Transformers films.

I think Johnny-5 was from Short Circuits,

or Short Circuit.

So I'm going to attempt Johnny-5,

-Short Circuit.

-Short Circuit.

Johnny-5, Short Circuit.

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

It's right!

Very well done. The lowest score of the pass.

-Good work, Leon. That scores you 12.

-Wow, Leon,

you sure know your fictional robots, Short Circuit from the '80s.

Let's fill in the rest of the board. K9, obviously, is Dr Who, 55.

Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots on The Transformers, 35.

And Hal 9000 is from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

-And would have scored you 20 points.

-Thanks, Richard. We're half-way

so let's take a look at the scores.

Leon, brilliant answer from you.

Then up to 19 for Mel and Emma.

And 21 for James and Steve.

Again, Steve, you're the high scorers, so you have to find an obscure answer

to be with us for the head-to-head.

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

OK. Six more robots and computers on the board.

Here they are. We have...

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for the films, TV shows or literary works

that feature these robots and computers.

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

I think I'm going to go with Data

-and Star Trek.

-Data, you say, and Star Trek.

-The Next Generation.

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

Below that red line you are definitely in the head-to-head.

It's right.

26, that scores you. Takes your total up to 38.

Let's hope that's enough to get you through. Richard?

Well played, Sarah. Star Trek, Next Generation.

Brent Spiner, who played him, released an album called Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back!

Very good. Now, then, Steve.

The high scorers on 38 are now Sarah and Leon.

You're on 21. If you can score 16 or less, you're in the next round.

Your mind plays tricks. I think I know three of them.

Again, it's knowing which one is the least popular.

I think I'm going to have a go at Kitt,

Knight Rider.

Kitt, Knight Rider, you say.

If Knight Rider gets you below that red line, you're in the head-to-head.

Best of luck. Kitt, says Steve, Knight Rider.

It is right!

Down it goes. Ooh!

34 that scores you, taking your total up to 55.

-Richard?

-Kitt stands for Knight Industries 2000, driven by David Hasselhoff.

Whatever happened to him?

Emma and Mel, you're on 19. The high scorers are now Steve and James on 55.

If you score 35 or less, you're in the head-to-head for a second time.

-What do you think, Emma? Talk us through these if you like.

-I know two.

Kryten is Red Dwarf. Marvin the Paranoid Android is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Rosie the Maid rings a bell,

but I can't think where from.

Never heard of Twiki.

So I think I'll go for Kryten because it's shorter

and people might forget it easier.

Kryten, Red Dwarf.

OK, Kryten and Red Dwarf. Here's your red line.

It's quite low.

OK. Kryten, Red Dwarf. Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right!

You've done it! Look at that! 28!

Wow!

28, that scores, taking your total up to 47. You're in the head-to-head.

-Richard?

-Well played. Safely through. Here are the others.

Rosie the Maid is from The Jetsons.

That scored eight points. Well done if you said that.

Twiki is from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. That scored four.

-And Marvin the Paranoid Android was a pointless answer.

-No!

-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

-How extraordinary!

Yeah, like that's going to stop him being paranoid!

-Yeah.

-No-one even knew about him.

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of Round Two,

the losing pair is James and Steve. Bender and Kitt!

Two perfectly reasonable answers. Not terrible scores.

But the combination of the pair of them puts you ahead of the field.

What will you take away from your experience? What tactics will you bring back?

-Wear a better shirt!

-Steve, there's nothing wrong with your shirt!

It's a very smart shirt. We'll see you next time.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Steve and James.

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

Very well done, Emma and Mel, Leon and Sarah. You're in the head-to-head.

Obviously only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot

which currently stands at £1,500.

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

But you may now confer. Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair

and you'll win that question. The first pair to win two questions plays for the jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

OK. Here is your first question.

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

We're looking for any of the five professional club teams that Gary Lineker played for

during his football career.

See if you can get all five at home.

Thank you very much. Emma and Mel,

you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

That was quick! I think I know one.

-So we'll have to go with that. Tottenham Hotspur.

-Spurs, OK.

Tottenham Hotspur say Emma and Mel. Leon and Sarah?

You can do any other conferring out loud.

I thought he played in some Japanese team for a while after Tottenham.

He played for England!

Everton. Yeah, England. Everton or Leeds...

I'll leave it to you cos you'll know better than I do.

Do you want to go for Everton?

Yeah. Try Everton.

Everton it is. OK, Leon and Sarah say Everton.

So we have Tottenham Hotspur and we have Everton.

-Was that a shot in the dark?

-Very much.

OK.

Let's find out. Emma and Mel. Spurs.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right!

56.

56. Tell you what, though, it's right!

Which might be all it needs to be at this stage.

Leon and Sarah, you have gone for Everton. Everton.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right!

And it wins you the question!

Look at that!

28!

Well done!

Very well done. Somewhere in the back of your mind you knew that.

-No!

-A splendid piece of pointless knowledge and it wins you the point.

Leon and Sarah are up one-nil. Richard?

You know more than you let on, Leon. You knew Tottenham and Everton.

And you knew he played for a Japanese club.

Let's see if anyone at home got all five clubs that Lineker played for.

Nagoya Grampus Eight. He spent two years there.

Well done if you got that at home.

Everton, only spent one season there. Scored 30 goals, though.

Barcelona scored 41. Started in his home town of Leicester City, 44.

And Tottenham Hotspur at the top with 56.

Thank you very much, Richard. OK, here is your second question. Emma and Mel,

you have to win this to stay in the game.

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

We want the names of any of the five Liberal Democrats in the coalition cabinet as of April 2011.

That's according to the UK Parliamentary website.

Any of the five Lib Dems in the coalition cabinet.

OK. Leon and Sarah, you get to go first this time.

-OK. We're going to go with Menzies Campbell.

-OK.

Menzies Campbell, you say. Emma and Mel, what are you going for?

-Danny Alexander.

-Danny Alexander.

OK. We have Menzies Campbell and we have Danny Alexander.

Leon and Sarah. Menzies Campbell. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.

Bad luck. Bad luck. That's incorrect.

Danny Alexander say Emma and Mel.

At this stage, all it has to be is correct.

-Confident?

-Yeah.

Let's see if it is correct. Danny Alexander.

Well done!

Very good low score of 12.

All it had to be was correct.

And it was. So after two questions, you are one-all.

Well played, Emma and Mel. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.

There's five in all.

Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore.

Danny Alexander on 12. Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

Vince Cable, Business, Innovation and Skills, 33.

And the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, scored 82 points.

Thank you very much. Here's your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard?

-Any musical staged in London's West End

for which Michael Ball has received an acting credit, up to April 2011.

OK. Emma and Mel, you go first this time.

-Emma and Mel.

-OK. Not too sure.

I think I have two, but I'm not 100% sure.

So I'm going to have to go Hairspray.

Hairspray. Hairspray.

Leon and Sarah, if you need to chat, you can do it out loud now.

-We've got three that we're...

-Three definites.

Yeah.

Tell us what they are, then pick one.

Aspects of Love. Sunset Boulevard. We knew Hairspray as well.

But for some reason something in me thinks

he might have been in the earlier years of Phantom of the Opera.

-I think we should play safe, though.

-Really?

Yes!

I would say Sunset Boulevard. Yeah?

-Which was...

-Aspects of Love.

-..Love Changes Everything.

Yeah, that was Aspects of Love.

-OK. Aspects of Love, I guess.

-Yeah?

-Aspects of Love.

Aspects of Love, you are saying. We have Hairspray, we have Aspects of Love. Emma and Mel say Hairspray.

Is it right, and if so, how many people said Hairspray?

It's right.

Ooh, look at that!

35 for Hairspray.

Leon and Sarah are going for Aspects of Love. Best of luck.

This will decide who goes through to the final. Aspects of Love. Is it right

and if so, how many people said it.

It is right.

Yes, you've done it. Well done.

Six beats 35. Which means,

after three questions, Leon and Sarah are through to the final, two-one.

Well played. It was a close-run thing, though. If you'd said Sunset Boulevard,

you'd have scored 100 because he wasn't in it.

Phantom of the Opera, he played Raoul in that.

That scored 42 points.

Both answers would have seen you out. So Aspects of Love, perfect. Let's see the answers.

A couple were pointless. Stephen Sondheim's Passion and Kismet were pointless.

Well done if you said those. He was Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The Woman in White.

Aspects of Love, six. Les Miserables at 16.

Hairspray, he dragged up as Edna Turnblad in that. 35.

And Phantom of the Opera, the biggest answer, 42.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head

I'm afraid is Emma and Mel.

Well, your consistency has been admirable, I have to say.

You've come through to the head-to-head in both shows.

Three correct answers.

Absolutely faultless.

Faultless gameplay.

Sadly, at the last minute, you were just beaten.

This is where we say goodbye. Thanks for playing. Great contestants.

But for Leon and Sarah, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.

Congratulations, Leon and Sarah. You fought off the competition and win our coveted Pointless trophy!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

The jackpot stands at £1,500.

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

that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had two pointless answers today. You only have to find one more now.

First, choose a category from these three options.

-Cricket is a definite no.

-Really?

-I don't know anything about cricket.

But short of Bond or Sherlock Holmes, we don't know much about crime novels.

No. I think possibly we should go with European actors.

-But they could be anything.

-We know more about films than anything else.

But they could be French art films, they could be Italian...

Yeah, they could be, but you never know!

OK. European actors.

-OK. European actors.

-We'll enjoy it, can't you tell?

A subject about which you confess you know nothing!

Best of luck. Let's see what the question is.

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

Antonio Banderas. Richard?

Any film made for cinema release for which Antonio Banderas has an acting credit.

Up to May 2011. We won't accept short films, TV films. But voice performances do count.

With foreign language films, we'll take the original title or the English title. Good luck.

You have one minute to come up with three answers. All you need is for just one answer to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

We could go for any Shrek film.

-We could go for Puss in Boots, that's a new release.

-It's not out yet, though.

So why don't we go for Shrek the Third?

Maybe. There's Mask of Zorro.

Yep. And the second, was he in the second one?

Return of Zorro? I don't know.

I don't know the title.

There was the one - he was a gun-slinger.

Mexico.

-I can't think of the title.

-I don't know.

Any other... Wasn't he...

There's some comedies he's been in as well.

-Has he been with Catherine Zeta Jones in more than the Zorro films?

-I don't know.

Time's running out. Has he been in any other animation films?

Not that I can think of. I can't think of any more!

-Five seconds remain.

-Go with Shrek the Third.

-Mask of Zorro.

OK. There is your minute gone. Wasn't long, was it?

We were looking for Antonio Banderas films. I now need your three answers.

OK. Definitely Shrek the Third.

Shrek the Third.

-The Mask of Zorro.

-The Mask of Zorro.

-Shrek.

-Shrek.

-Shrek.

-Yes.

Of those, which is your most confident shot at the pointless...

-Mask of Zorro?

-Yeah.

-Mask of Zorro we'll put last.

-Yep.

-Your least likely? Shrek?

-Shrek.

-From what you were saying.

Let's put them up on the board.

Here they are.

OK. Let's put your first one to the test.

This was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless to win that £1,500.

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

This is your first shot at that £1,500 jackpot.

Oh!

Ooh.

-He came in on the second one.

-Ah, yes!

He was not in Shrek, evidently.

Not a pointless answer, so only two more chances to win the jackpot.

What would you do with £1,500?

Probably buy our son a little play house.

He loves playing in the garden.

-Very good.

-And have a nice holiday.

We've held back from a decent holiday for a couple of years.

-That would be nice.

-Maybe to Ireland, to try that Irish bread!

Barmbrack. Ooh, a barmbrack holiday?

Come on, you've got to win in that case! Come on!

We're looking for Antonio Banderas films.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer. This has to be right and pointless to win the jackpot.

Shrek the Third.

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

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

Secondly, it has to be pointless.

If this goes down to zero, you leave with £1,500.

Exciting.

Ooh, 21!

So not a pointless answer.

You only have one final shot at the jackpot.

Everything now hangs on The Mask of Zorro.

We're looking for Antonio Banderas films. This was your most confident answer.

Let's hope it's right. Let's hope it's pointless.

This for the jackpot of £1,500.

Mask of Zorro. Is it right, how many people said it.

It is right.

This for £1,500.

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

you leave here with that money.

Oh, bad luck!

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

So you don't win today's jackpot of £1,500 which rolls over to next show.

But you have been brilliant contestants and you take home our Pointless trophy.

-Richard?

-Well played, guys. Unlucky in that final round.

The follow-up to Mask of Zorro was Legend of Zorro. That scored four.

He's in the final three Shrek films, but they all scored big points.

The gun-slinging Mexico films, maybe Desperado

and Once Upon a Time in Mexico were both very big scorers.

The Spy Kids, Evita, Assassins, all scored quite high.

Here are some of the pointless ones.

Hope you don't know them.

Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever, recently voted on the web the worst film of all time!

He was in that. Bordertown with Jennifer Lopez.

Femme Fatale, a pointless answer.

Four Rooms with Madonna and Tim Roth.

My Spy with Meg Ryan. Original Sin.

That was with Angelina Jolie.

Play It To The Bone, Woody Harrelson.

Terra Nova and the recent Woody Allen film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.

All pointless answers. Well done if you got those.

-Thank you, Richard. Did you know those?

-No.

-Not a dicky-bird!

Tell you what, Ecks vs Sever! I'm going straight home to watch it!

We have to say goodbye to you, Leon and Sarah. Thank you so much for playing.

Well done.

Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over. So next show, we'll be playing for £2,500.

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

-Bye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye!

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