Episode 4 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a warm welcome to Pointless,

the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

Firstly we welcome back Dale and Mary. This is your second chance to reach our Pointless final.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. Remind us what happened last time.

Dale, in your own words.

-Shall I let the boss speak?

-He's not allowed to speak.

-It was one of your own words that got you into trouble.

-I know. I've suffered since!

-Oh, dear.

-Yeah.

"Lult". Words ending in "ult".

-Dale?

-Lult! Yep.

I got it mixed up with "lull".

-Yeah. Ah, well.

-I got stuck.

Listen, that was last time. Today's a new show.

-What do you hope will come up today?

-Anything to do with music, films.

-Even geography.

-Or literature.

-Or literature.

-Yes.

-Very best of luck to you this afternoon. Good luck.

-Thanks.

Next, welcome back Hayley and Daryl, also on the show last time.

This is your second time. Remind us what happened to you.

We got to the head-to-head. We were doing OK. We were drawing with the other people.

-Then we got a U2 question.

-We just didn't know at all.

-So we guessed. Daryl guessed. It was Daryl!

-An intelligent guess.

-But a guess.

Yeah, U2 - You, Too.

-Never mind. It was a good guess.

-Yeah.

-A good guess.

-Just unfortunate.

-Just unfortunate.

-What do you do for a living, Hayley?

-I'm a youth worker.

-Youth worker.

-And you, Daryl?

-I'm a railway technician/ engineer.

-She colours in all the underground maps!

-Ignore her! I don't work on the underground.

-Do you wear a fluorescent jacket?

-Yeah, I wear all orange trousers and orange jacket.

-Smart.

-And a hard hat.

-Which bit of railway do you work on?

-The Swindon area, where I live.

-Right.

I gather it's incredibly well looked-after. The best railway in the country.

-The cleanest railway ever.

-They do say.

They do say. Very good. Great to have you back. Best of luck this afternoon.

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

This bundle of joy is my eldest of three children, Stacey.

What about the other two? Did they not pass the stringent Pointless test?

They weren't bullied into it like I was!

No, I actually wanted to come on the show and dragged him along.

-It was your choice?

-I just wanted to see Richard!

-I can go home a happy girl now.

-She's only human. Only human.

Well, now you've seen him, how does he measure up?

Measure up? About seven foot!

Not far off!

-Very good. What do you do, Fred?

-I'm a police officer, in the Intelligence Department.

Very good. I'm not going to make any gag about that.

I'm not going to say anything! I imagine you work very hard!

-Stacey, what do you do?

-I'm a student, doing a Masters degree in forensic psychology.

Oh, you're a crime-fighting duo!

That's fantastic. Of course you've grown up hearing about forensics.

I always wanted to be a psychologist, but the criminal stuff comes from him.

Very interesting. You could be the subject of a fantastic long-running Sunday evening drama!

Brilliant. Father and daughter. The father a hard cop who doesn't play by the rules - I'm guessing.

-The daughter a forensic psychologist.

-Who DOES play by the rules.

-Does play by the rules.

-Yes!

-That's a hit. I'm watching that!

-Best of luck. Great having you on the show.

And finally we welcome Trevor and Alan. How do you know each other?

Alan and I grew up on the same estate in Dumfries, Scotland.

We've been friends for almost 50 years.

We're part of a working group called The Intrepid Explorers.

How far afield from Dumfries have you walked, Alan?

We've walked up the north of Scotland, down to the Lake District,

-but mainly in Galloway.

-Right.

-Where it's nice and quiet.

-Lovely.

If you walk in the Lake District, you meet thousands of people.

-You do.

-But in Galloway it's nice and peaceful.

Very good. Trevor, what would you love to see come up today?

Absolutely no doubt, Tamla Motown.

-That's it.

-That's your thing. Richard?

-Just that?

-Well, you can throw in a few others!

-OK.

-What about you, Alan?

-Maybe history, sport, football.

The local team, Queen of the South is the only team mentioned in the Bible.

-"The Queen of the South shall rise up."

-Do they rise up?

-I'm afraid not, no!

-Their time will come, Alan!

I don't want to disappoint you, but there are more teams mentioned in the Bible.

-Really?

-Ooh!

-There's Bury.

Mentioned a number of times in the Bible!

There is... It is!

There is Reading, or used as the word "reading".

And there's also generally a reference to "a man's field",

so Mansfield also in the Bible!

-Very good!

-Boo!

Sorry!

Well, that's you put straight, isn't it?

There's also a mention of Hamilton Academicals, but that's...

Just towards the end of Revelations, that is!

Right. I'll look it up!

It's brilliant having you on the show. We'll find out more about all of you later.

There's only one person left to introduce, a big fish in an obscure pond.

-He's my Pointless friend, Richard!

-Hiya!

-Richard, good afternoon.

-Good afternoon. How are you?

-Very well, thanks. Are you?

-Very well. We've got two returning pairs today.

Hayley and Daryl were in the head-to-head last time.

It usually means you go one further the next time.

And Dale and Mary. Dale let Mary down very badly! Very badly.

So I suspect, for the sake of their marriage, he'll do better today.

Two very strong new pairs as well.

We've got someone from the Intelligence Division here!

The good thing, Fred, if you get knocked out early, fellow officers will be very gentle with you.

No ribbing. No-one will mind. It's almost as bad as being a teacher on this show.

You have to go back to school and everyone's awful. Going back to the police station must be bad.

But I'm sure you won't put a foot wrong!

But a good show. The first round is one that may trip a few people up.

-Round One.

-Round One. OK. Be careful, Round One.

We put all our questions to 100 people earlier but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

So to have 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.

Nobody won the jackpot last time so we add £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £4,500.

Let's play Pointless!

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

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

Try and make sure it's not you.

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

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

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...

Richard?

The correct answers in this round are all Italian terms used in musical notation

to show how a piece should be played. They can refer to the speed, volume or interpretation.

Italian terms in musical notation. Very best of luck.

Right, Dale and Mary, you drew lots before the show and today you get to go first.

You lucky things! In this round you get a choice of seven possible answers

in each pass. The first set of seven reads like this.

At least one of those answers is pointless.

But be careful because at least one of those answers is wrong.

Pick a wrong one and you score the maximum 100 points.

Dale. You know music well.

You played in a band for how many years?

Many years, but not classical.

Maybe you have some Italian terms there to tell you how to play?

Yes.

I think I'll go with allegro.

You're going with allegro.

As always, the most obscure answer scores the fewest points. That's what you want. Allegro.

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

It's right.

32.

Not a bad score for Dale. 32 for allegro. Richard?

A fairly safe start from Dale.

To be played in a brisk or lively manner from the Italian for cheerful.

OK. Hayley?

Hayley. I have a feeling you'll be quite good at this.

I took music as an A-level.

I think pizzicato, I'm going to go for.

Pizzicato.

Yes.

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

It's correct.

That's a great score, Hayley.

-Pizzicato.

-Well played, Hayley. It's the plucking of a stringed instrument that's usually bowed.

Now, Fred, we are looking for Italian musical terms.

We've had allegro and pizzicato.

There are certainly more on the board that are correct.

There's at least one pointless answer.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking of eating most of those!

Or watch them play football.

-Yeah.

-But music's not my stuff.

I don't want to let Stacey down, but I'll plump for canestrato.

Canestrato.

It's nice with chips!

OK. You're going for canestrato.

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

Bad luck, Fred!

Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer so it scores the maximum 100 points. Sorry, Fred.

-Richard.

-Sorry, Fred. Probably would be nice with chips. It's an Italian cheese!

OK, so we come to you, Trevor. You're the last to have this selection of musical terms

and pretend musical terms. So you can talk us through them.

Well, Roberto Baggio was an Italian footballer.

Placido Domingo was a singer.

Glissando, I don't know.

Well, it's either a car parked or a term for Italian football,

I'll go for adagio.

You're going for adagio. OK.

Very good reasoning there.

Let's see if adagio is right and if so, how many people said it?

Adagio.

It's right.

Very well done, Trevor. A lovely score.

17 for adagio.

-Richard?

-Adagio - played at a slow, leisurely pace. Well done.

You cleverly avoided the wrong answers.

Let's take a look at the rest and see how you did at home.

Baggio, as you say, an Italian footballer. Roberto and also Dino Baggio.

Of the other two,

they are both pointless answers.

Very well done if you said placido, which means placid and tranquil.

-And glissando, which is a gliding scale.

-Slide.

-Well done.

-Both of those pointless answers.

-Very good. Thanks, Richard.

Let's look at the scores half-way through the round. Best score from Hayley with ten.

Then up to Trevor on 17. Lovely score.

Up to 32, Dale and Mary. Then Fred. You were trying hard to do the right thing.

I'm afraid it cost you dear. You're on 100 points.

-Stacey, I hope you know your Italian musical terms.

-No pressure!

No pressure! OK, can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK. Seven more answers on the board. We're after Italian musical terms.

We have got...

I'll read those one more time.

I can tell you at least one of those answers is pointless,

but at least one of those answers is incorrect, so try and avoid those.

-Now, Alan. Didn't Trevor do well?

-Mmm, very well.

What are you going for? Do you know your musical terms?

Not too well, I'm afraid, but I'll go for andante.

Andante. OK. Andante.

The high scorers on 100 are Stacey and Fred.

You're on 17, so if you score 82 or less, you're through to the next round.

Here's your red line.

Well done!

Whoa! 16!

Very well done, Alan. 16 takes your total to 33.

Well played, Alan. Safely through. Moderately slow, andante, from the Italian for walking pace.

Now, then, Stacey. We are looking for Italian musical terms.

There's one I recognise, but I think it's quite a popular answer.

I'll go for the one that I think is right, and that's crescendo.

Crescendo. There you are.

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

Crescendo.

Wow!

That's superb, Stacey. Well done!

Six points. Let's hope that's good enough.

Your total is 106. Richard?

Yes, very low score for crescendo. Maybe people thought it was the end of a piece rather than a direction.

-It means getting louder, from the Italian for growing.

-Daryl.

You are on ten. The high scorers are still Stacey and Fred on 106.

If you can score 95 or less, you are through to the next round.

How good is your music?

Well, I did music GCSE, but that was a while ago.

GCSE music should be enough to cover most of these. I hope so.

Do you think you can find a pointless answer on that board?

I don't want to chance it cos I don't want to get a wrong answer.

So I'd rather go safe.

OK. Very sensible.

-I'd like to go for forte.

-Forte.

OK, you're going for forte.

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

Just below the pink one.

Well done.

Very low score for forte, 26, taking your total to 36.

-Richard?

-Well played, Daryl. Forte meaning loud, of course.

Pianoforte meaning soft/loud.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Mary.

The high scorers are still Stacey and Fred on 106.

You're on 32. If you can score 73 or less with this, you're through to the next round.

What are you thinking? Talk us through the board.

Tutti I'm thinking all I can think of is Tutti Frutti.

I don't think that's got anything to do with music, but it might have!

Legato, I don't know, it sounds like a stocking.

Escamillo. That could be a mushroom.

-Scorretto.

-I hope God was like this when he was naming things!

"Um... Sea. Air. Birds."

"Mushroom. Mushroom." That doesn't quite work!

Oh, dear. OK. Legato.

You're going for legato.

Could be a brilliant answer. Let's see. Legato.

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

There's your red line. If you get below it, you're in the next round.

Well done!

You're through to the next round.

You might be adding some money to the jackpot.

Very, very well done indeed.

Legato takes your total up to 40.

-Richard?

-Well played, Mary. You dodged a bullet there.

Legato is a smooth linking of notes, the opposite of staccato.

Of the other three where you could have done serious harm,

the rest of those are either pointless or incorrect.

Alexander? Do you want a go?

Tutti is "for all" when you've had a ripieno, which is a few people playing. Tutti means the whole lot.

Right. Tutti is for all instruments or voices, a pointless answer.

-The other two?

-The other two I think are incorrect.

Yes, Escamillo is a character from Bizet's opera, Carmen.

-And Scorretto is the Italian for incorrect, or false!

-Brilliant.

-I rather hoped somebody would pick it, but they didn't.

-Thanks.

At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score is Stacey and Fred.

-Fred, you were trying to do the right thing with canestrato.

-I'll have to eat it!

I bet it's delicious. Any information on that cheese, Richard?

-I don't have any...

-Is it a hard cheese, which would be appropriate, considering!

Well, the consolation for us is we get to see you next time, which will be great.

In the meantime, we have to say goodbye. You've been great contestants.

For the remaining pairs, it's time for Round Two!

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

Try and make sure it's not you. Our category for Round Two

this afternoon is...

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

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

Our Round Two question concerns...

Richard?

We'll give you a list of sitcom characters. We asked 100 people which sitcom did they appear in.

An obscure answer scores a few points, an incorrect answer scores 100 points.

Thanks, Richard.

We are looking for sitcom characters and their sitcoms.

I'll read those one more time.

So, then, Dale, there are your six sitcom characters.

You just have to find the com to sit them in.

-It's not an easy one.

-Not as easy as you'd think, is it?

Did you think when it came up, "Ah, this will be easy."

I thought Eric Morecambe, that sort of thing.

OK, I'll take an educated guess.

Ben Harper. Worst Weekend.... No, Worst Week Of My Life.

Ben Harper, Worst Week Of My Life.

There was a half-nod from Mary.

OK. It's a guess. Ben Harper, Worst Week Of My Life.

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

Bad luck, Dale! Unfortunately, that's a wrong answer. You score a maximum of 100 points. Richard?

Sorry, Dale. I won't say the show in case Hayley or Trevor want a go.

Ben Miller was in Worst Week Of My Life.

-He was.

-Your comedy partner. You're the straight man?

-Very much the straight man.

-He's good.

-Isn't he?

-Very funny.

I like it when he does stuff by himself, like that show.

-Yeah.

-Know what I mean?

-Yes.

-You see what he's all about.

-What he can do when he's not held back!

-Brilliant.

Right, now.

Hayley. Hayley.

How good are you on sitcoms and the characters they're in?

I'm really pleased cos the only one I recognise is Ben Harper.

So I was praying it would still be there! I'm pretty sure it's My Family.

Ben Harper, My Family. There it is at the top.

Ben Harper, My Family. Is it right? You're pretty sure.

If it is right, how many people knew Ben Harper was in My Family?

It's right.

39 for Ben Harper.

Richard?

Ben Harper was a big score.

They did 11 series of My Family, a very successful show.

Very good. So we come to you, Trevor.

You're the last person, so you can talk us through all the characters.

-How good do you feel about this?

-I have an answer.

Dorien Green, no. Tim Canterbury, no.

Gary Sparrow. Betty Spencer was Frank Spencer's wife.

But she was the nurse about whom Arkwright had continual lustful thoughts,

Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours.

Gladys Emmanuel, Open All Hours.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Gladys Emmanuel, Open All Hours.

Well done, Trevor.

29! Great answer. Best score of the pass.

-Open All Hours, Richard?

-Well played, Trevor.

Played by Linda Barron. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

There's one very low score. Betty Spencer, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

Michelle Dotrice. That would have scored a hefty 43 points.

Dorien Green is the neighbour from Birds of a Feather.

Dorien would have scored 61 points. A phenomenal score.

Gary Sparrow was Nicolas Lyndhurst in Goodnight, Sweetheart.

A time-travel comedy on BBC One. That would have scored 16.

And the best answer is Tim Canterbury.

That is better known as Tim from The Office.

That scored one point. Well done if you said Tim Canterbury.

Thank you, Richard.

Half-way through the round. Let's see the scores as they stand.

Trevor, the best score of the pass, 29.

Up to Hayley, 39, and then up to Dale. Bad luck. It was a good guess.

Sadly a wrong guess and it's cost you 100 points.

So, Mary, you know what you've got to do on the next pass.

Back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

Six more characters on the board. Here they are. We have got...

I'll read those once more.

We're looking for the TV sitcom in which these characters first appeared.

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

Alan, how's that field looking to you?

I'm not confident at all. Nora Batty is the easy one.

And I have not got the name of the series in my head.

Which is terrible! I'll have to have a guess and say Alec Callender, Rising Damp.

Alec Callender, Rising Damp, you're saying.

There's your red line. If you get below that red line,

you're in the next round.

Alec Callender, Rising Damp. Is it right? How many people said it.

You knew that was an incorrect answer, so you score a maximum 100 points.

-Your total is 129. Richard?

-I won't give the answer in case the others want a go at that.

If you come up with the other answer, put your hand up so we know when the penny's dropped!

Now, then, Daryl. The sitcoms these characters appeared in.

You are on 39. The high scorers are Alan and Trevor on 129.

If you can score 89 points or less, you're through to the head-to-head.

I recognise more on this screen than I did on the other.

-Yes.

-But I'm...

-Is this a good category for you?

I thought it was. Now I'm looking at the names, the same problem as Alan.

I can't quite match them up with their programmes.

But I'm almost certain that Alice Tinker is the Vicar of Dibley.

Alice Tinker, Vicar of Dibley. Hayley's confident.

Is it right and if so, how many people said Vicar of Dibley.

There's your red line.

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

37 for Alice Tinker.

Takes your total up to 76.

Richard, Vicar of Dibley.

Well played, Daryl. Head-to-head for the second show in a row.

Played by Emma Chambers, the verger.

So, Mary, this is where it all gets decided.

The high scorers are Alan and Trevor on 129.

You have to score 28 or less to get through to the head-to-head.

What do you think about this category?

Well, there's five up there, and I know four of them.

That's terrible news for Alan and Trevor.

Talk us through, then pick the one you want to submit.

Well, Daisy Steiner, never heard of her.

Nora Batty is Last of the Summer Wine.

Thank you!

Timothy Lumsden I think was in Sorry.

Richard Bucket is in... I can't remember the name now!

I was going for Alec Callender but I can't remember if it's May to September or May to December.

So I think I'm going to go for Timothy Lumsden in Sorry.

Timothy Lumsden, Sorry, is what you are going to say.

As I say, 28 points or fewer, you're in the head-to-head.

Below that red line, you stay.

Above that red line, you go. Timothy Lumsden, Sorry.

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

It's right.

Will it go down low enough?

Yes, it will! 26!

Very well done!

Very well done. Bad luck, Alan and Trevor.

126 is a good enough total to see you through.

That's cutting it fine! Ronnie Corbett played Timothy Lumsden in Sorry.

-Last of the Summer Wine - did it come back to you?

-No, it didn't!

It was a pretty big score, Last of the Summer Wine.

It would have scored you 76 points.

Very popular show. Richard Bucket was in Keeping Up Appearances.

That would have scored a hefty 42.

Alec Callender was May to December. That would have scored 12.

And Daisy Steiner was the best answer. Well done if you got this.

Do you know Daisy Steiner?

-Um, is it Spaced?

-Played by Jessica Stevenson in Spaced.

That would have scored three points, so well done if you got that.

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

I'm afraid is Trevor and Alan.

What are you going to take away and bring back to your next appearance?

I'm taking him away!

-Make sure you bring him back!

-I will bring him back!

I'll bring him back!

Any tactics?

-It's the luck of the draw. We'll be back for the next round and we're happy to do that.

-Good!

We're delighted we'll see you again. Thanks for playing.

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

Congratulations, Hayley and Daryl, Dale and Mary.

You're in the head-to-head. Only one pair can make it to the final

and play for the jackpot which stands at £4,500!

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

Each pair just needs to give me one answer and you may now confer.

Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.

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

Let's play Pointless!

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard?

-Any country that has hosted at least one summer and one winter Olympics.

There are six countries on that list. Some at home will get all of these.

A sovereign state which is a UN member. Six countries that have hosted summer and winter Olympics.

Thanks very much, Richard. Hayley and Daryl, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

-Up to you. Go for it.

-America. We'd like to go for America.

-You go for America.

-Yes, please.

OK,

Dale and Mary, Hayley and Daryl have said America. You can confer out loud.

We don't really do sport!

-I don't know any others. Shall we just say Canada?

-Mm-hmm.

-We'll say Canada.

-You say Canada.

We have America, we have Canada. In the order they were given,

Hayley and Daryl, America. Is it right and if so,

how many people said America?

Well done!

32 for America.

Dale and Mary have gone for Canada.

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

Will it go lower than America?

Yes, it will! 27. Very good!

27 beats 32.

So after the first question, Dale and Mary are up one-nil. Richard?

Well played. Canada's hosted a summer Olympics in Montreal and two winter in Calgary and Vancouver

up to 2011. The USA have had four of each. Four summer, four winter.

Let's look at all six answers.

The best answer was Italy.

That scored four points.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.

Hayley and Daryl, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Non-eponymous Charles Dickens novels. Richard?

Any full length novel by Charles Dickens which doesn't include the name of a character in the title.

Only full-length novels, not journalism or short novels.

So we wouldn't accept A Christmas Carol or The Chimes or Sketches by Boz.

So any full-length Charles Dickens novel without a character's name in the title.

This time, Dale and Mary get to go first.

I'm not really sure on this. I've got loads of books but they're more modern.

-Take your time.

-I'm not sure if he wrote it, but A Tale of Two Cities.

A Tale of Two Cities. Very good.

OK. Hayley and Daryl.

-We thought of A Tale of Two Cities. Then Hayley thought...

-Great Expectations.

But I'm not sure Charles Dickens wrote it. But it's all we've got.

I believe in Hayley. I trust Hayley.

I've got faith in you.

Great Expectations.

Great Expectations it is.

A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.

Hayley and Daryl, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Dale and Mary, very best of luck. You've gone for A Tale of Two Cities.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said A Tale of Two Cities.

Well done.

24 for A Tale of Two Cities.

Do you think that's good enough?

I don't know.

How about you, Hayley, Daryl?

I just don't know.

You've gone for Great Expectations.

Is it by Charles Dickens, and if it is, will it beat 24 points?

Great Expectations. How many people said it?

Oh, bad luck!

A good answer, but not good enough, I'm afraid,

which means after two questions Dale and Mary are through to the final.

-Richard?

-Another very close one. Well played, Mary.

Those were the top two answers on the board. People at home would have scrabbled to get all six.

Let's see. Six in all. Let's see the more obscure ones.

Very well done if you got all six of those.

Thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head are Hayley and Daryl.

This is the end of the road for you.

-You've done incredibly well.

-And we've had fun.

-So much fun.

You've made the head-to-head in both shows.

And they're such great people, so we don't mind at all.

-We're glad they're going through.

-Very glad.

-It's been lovely having you on the show. Thanks for being great contestants.

-Thank you.

But for Dale and Mary it's time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £4,500.

Congratulations, Dale and Mary. You've beaten the competition and won our Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

There it is. Now, the rules are very simple.

To win, all you need is a pointless answer,

one that none of our 100 people could think of.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one now

and you go home with that money. First, choose a category from these options. They are...

-It can't be footballers.

-Can't be footballers, no.

-I think we know more about politicians than comic strip books.

-OK. Politicians.

Shall I make it your choice, then I won't get blamed!

-It's a long drive home! Politicians.

-Yes.

OK, you're going for politicians. Let's see the question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Blair Babes as they could. Richard?

When Tony Blair first led Labour to election victory in 1997

he brought with him 101 female MPs who were dubbed the "Blair Babes".

We're looking for any of those 101 female MPs as of 2nd May, 1997.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

You have one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £4,500

-is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-OK.

Your 60 seconds start now.

We've got Blair Babes.

-Who? Any?

-I'm trying to think.

-Who was...

-I can't think of any!

What about the Speaker of the House? Is that a politician?

-Betty Boothroyd.

-Betty Boothroyd? She's not a Blair Babe!

-She's too old!

-They don't have to be young, just one of the ones...

-Who's the one who caused trouble

with the...

-Tessa Jowellett?

-That's one of them.

Hugh...

-Begins with an H.

-I don't know who you mean.

I can't think of any name.

Who's the one who caused trouble with...

-What, with her husband?

-Yeah, with her husband.

I don't know her name.

-Harriet Harman.

-That's one.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Harriet Harman.

-Tessa Jowell.

-Is it Jowellett?

-Five seconds.

Tessa Jowell and...

There is your minute gone.

Goodness!

That was a tough one! That's time up. Looking for Blair Babes.

-I now need three answers from you.

-OK.

Well, um...

We were going to say Betty Boothroyd, although Dale says she's not a babe!

And we're going to go with Tessa Jowellett.

-And Harriet Harman. Right?

-Yeah.

OK, those are your three. Betty Boothroyd,

-Tessa Jowellett. And Harriet Harman.

-Harriet Harman.

-Of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless?

-I think Tessa.

-We'll put Tessa Jowellett last.

-OK. And your least likely, shall we say Betty?

-Betty.

-Betty Boothroyd.

OK. Betty, if you're watching, I think you are a babe!

OK, let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.

OK. We were looking for Blair Babes.

You said this was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer

to win that £4,500 jackpot.

OK. Betty Boothroyd. Big question, was she a Babe?

Is it a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said Betty Boothroyd.

This is your first shot at that £4,500 jackpot.

-Bad luck.

-I didn't think that was.

That is not a correct answer or, indeed, a pointless answer.

So you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

OK, we're looking for Blair Babes.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer which was Harriet Harman.

Harriet Harman. This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £4,500.

-It's right.

-That's something!

It's right. It just has to go all the way down to zero

and if it does, you leave here with £4,500.

Bad luck.

26 people said Harriet Harman.

So only one more chance to win today's jackpot. How confident are you feeling?

-Not at all.

-You said this was the answer you had most faith in

to be pointless.

This is for the jackpot of £4,500. Tessa Jowellett.

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

Bad luck!

Unfortunately, it's incorrect which means you haven't found a pointless answer.

So you don't win today's jackpot of £4,500.

That will roll over to the next show.

You've been fantastic contestants. You take home our Pointless trophy.

Thank you.

Richard?

Let's clear up a couple of those incorrect ones. It's not Tessa Jowellett, it's Tessa Jowell.

It would have scored one point if you'd said Tessa Jowell.

Betty Boothroyd would have been a very popular answer, but as Speaker, she's not officially a Labour MP.

She's not counted.

There were a huge amount of pointless answers. Out of 101 MPs, there's 75 pointless answers.

Harriet Harman far and away the most popular answer.

Only Hazel Blears scored double figures apart from her.

She scored ten. Let's see some of the pointless ones.

There are some big names, but I suspect people at home may have named local MPs as well.

Barbara Follett, wife of Ken Follett, the author.

Claire Ward, the youngest MP at that election,

MP for Watford, Dawn Primarolo, a minister from '97 through to 2010.

Estelle Morris, Secretary of State for Education.

She was a pointless answer. Gwyneth Dunwoody, Julie Morgan,

wife of Rhodri Morgan, Welsh first minister.

Margaret Hodge, Patricia Hewitt.

A high-ranking cabinet minister.

And Ruth Kelly who joined the cabinet at 36, also Education Secretary.

Some big names would have won the money. Well done if you got any at home.

Thank you, Richard.

You recognised Patricia Hewitt. She was slightly there in your answer.

-Yes.

-Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you.

-It's been fantastic. Thank you both for playing.

-Thank you.

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

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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