Episode 56 Pointless

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

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

First we welcome Polly and Sam. How do you two know each other?

We are both teachers. Well, I've just given it up, but we met across a crowded staff room.

-Ahh! Your eyes met...

-Well, Sam's a PE teacher and I was a drama teacher.

-I had to learn about sport, then hang out...

-Could you tell? Does he always wear a tracksuit?

Shorts, whatever the weather.

Shorts, whatever... Seriously?

-Seriously.

-Polly, you've stopped? You've hung up your teaching gown?

Yes, so to speak. I've decided to totally change career and start a baking business.

-Ohh! Hello!

-Down in Devon, cream teas...

-Very good indeed. Well, now.

-So what would be brilliant for you?

-Em, well, we've both travelled a fair bit,

-so geography questions would be quite good.

-Sam, what about you? What would be a good subject?

I guess science-type subjects. I did science A levels. Failed them all, but I like science.

I guess sport-related questions would be good. Not horse racing.

Not horse racing? OK. That's a sport you actively avoid.

-I'm not really built for it.

-OK. Or even watching it.

-Not really, no.

-Very best of luck to you. Lovely having you on the show.

Next, we welcome back Alan and James. You were on last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-James, what happened?

-I happened. Alan did well on the first sweep,

but because we were in podium one, I had the last chance and I was left with an incorrect answer

-or a pointless answer.

-Yes.

-I had to guess, I picked one.

It was the wrong one. Alan would have picked the other,

as he has informed me on a constant basis.

-OK...

-See that smug face?

-It's like that.

-Since the last show.

-So what are you hoping for, James?

-Music would be good, film,

TV would be good, current affairs. I'd like to avoid history, if possible.

-That wouldn't be a great one.

-Avoid history. Alan, will you pick up the loose history balls?

I ought to be able to. My wife's a history teacher,

but it really hasn't rubbed off on me, so no.

OK, well, very best of luck. Now welcome, Dee and Colin. How do you two know each other?

We've been married for four years

and we met when, at just over 40, I'd decided to start my life and go to a ten-pin bowling league.

I'd been league bowling for a while and we were running the league

-and Dee turned up and we hit it off, didn't we, from the start?

-Yeah.

And from that humble beginning, we've both taken ten-pin bowling instructors' courses

and we both coach at county level.

-Do you play with the bumpers up?

-No! Never!

-It's only fun if you see how many times it can bounce off the bumpers.

-Fourteen!

You're the man.

-Awesome.

-We're not worthy!

-No!

That would be impressive.

-I would love to take ten-pin bowling coaching.

-So would I!

-See us after!

The trick is, Richard, what you do afterwards.

-You're not bringing your back leg across.

-What?!

-He's bowling off the wrong leg.

-I'm bowling off the wrong foot?

-That's it.

-Like that...

-With some finesse.

-Finesse?

-You have to have some finesse.

There you are!

Bravo!

Strike!

Wow. Look at that. Anyway, very warm welcome to the show, Dee and Colin.

And finally we welcome back Jo and Danni from last time. What happened?

-I don't believe it, but we got stumped by Victor Meldrew.

-We had a One Foot In The Grave question.

-We did and, unfortunately, sitcoms are not... Not One Foot In The Grave.

-It was a classic sitcom,

-but you either watched it or you didn't.

-Exactly.

Never mind. You did very well. Jo, what would you like?

-I'd love music. '70s music. The glam rock era.

-That's your era.

-It is, yeah. My teenage years. Or else musicals.

-Musicals.

-I love musicals.

-Mum's obsessed with musicals.

-Do you head up to London to see musicals in the West End if you can?

-I'm up there as much as I can.

-What's your favourite recently?

-My favourite is Phantom of the Opera.

-Phantom of the Opera.

-I've seen that over 120 times.

-120?! That is... Yes, that's verging on the pathological.

-It is.

Do you like it?

I like it. Les Miserables I've seen 40 times.

-Wow.

-And when Aspects of Love was on,

I didn't get to see that as many times. That was only about 25.

-Wow. Just the 25 times.

-Yeah.

My goodness.

Danni, what would you like to see come up?

-Possibly sport. I enjoy running. No football.

-No football. Some running questions.

I enjoy netball as well. Tennis. I could probably cope with tennis as well.

Well, very best of luck. It's great having you on again.

We'll find out more about all of you as we go along. Only one person left for me to introduce.

-In the search for obscure knowledge, he is the light at the end of the tunnel. It's Richard.

-Hiya.

-Afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-What a line-up we've got today.

Goodness me. We've met a few before. Jo and Danni went through to the Head to Head last time.

We met Alan and James. They didn't stay long, but I suspect were hiding their light under a bushel.

There will be a little bit of film and music in Round 3.

Round 1 is something a PE teacher should do well at.

If you do badly, it might make you look bad in front of your pupils.

OK.

We put all our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless,

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

just score as few points as you possible can. Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people gave. Then we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £5,500. There you are.

Right. Let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

they will score the maximum of 100 points so try to avoid those.

Our first category this afternoon is...Sports Programmes.

Sports Programmes. Can you all decide who is going first and who is going second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many presenters and team captains on A Question of Sport

-as they could. Richard?

-Anyone who's been a presenter or team captain for at least one full series

of A Question of Sport. That's right from the beginning up to April, 2011.

No guest hosts or guest captains.

Thank you, Richard. Polly and Sam, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

So Polly... A Question of Sport.

Obviously, I watch this by default, but I watched it when I was younger.

And I remember that Emlyn Hughes was a captain, so I'll go with Emlyn Hughes.

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

Yes, it's right!

Down it goes. 20. Very well done, Polly!

-Emlyn Hughes, 20 points.

-Very well played, Polly.

He had two stints as team captain. From '79 to '81 and '84 to '88.

Now then, James.

We're looking for regular presenters and team captains from A Question of Sport.

I do know the fairly recent line-up, so I'll have to go with something that I know is correct.

-I'll have to go for Ally McCoist.

-Ally McCoist says James.

Is it right and how many people said Ally McCoist?

It's right.

25.

-Not bad at all. 25 for Ally McCoist.

-Yeah, well played, James.

-Team captain and Scottish footballer.

-Thank you. So, Dee, do you watch A Question of Sport?

I used to watch it a lot with my dad. It was his favourite programme.

We've started watching it quite recently as well.

One of the captains on it is one of our favourites, but I'm not going to go for him.

-I'll go for Bill Beaumont.

-Bill Beaumont, very good. Let's see if that's right

and how many people remembered it.

It's right.

Come on...

-29.

-That's all right.

-Evidently, a well-remembered team captain.

-He was there a long time.

'82 to '96. He had many rivalries, including, of course, with Emlyn Hughes.

OK, now then, Danni. A Question of Sport.

I've got a feeling I'm going to leave Mum in an awful position! I wanted Ally McCoist,

but he's already gone, so I'll play it a bit safe and go with Sue Barker.

Danni is saying Sue Barker. Is that right and how many people said it?

It's right, but it's very right. 48 people said Sue Barker. Richard?

Yeah, she took over presenting in 1997, Sue Barker.

We're halfway through, so let's look at the scores as they stand. The best answer was from Polly.

Polly and Sam looking strong on 20, then we go up to 25 where James and Alan are found.

Then 29 for Dee and Colin and then up quite a way to Danni and Jo

on 48. So yes, Jo, as Danni said, you have a bit of a hole to dig yourself out of,

but very best of luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

Remember, we are looking for regular presenters and team captains on A Question of Sport.

Now, Jo and Danni are the high scorers on 48. Jo, you have to score as low as you possibly can.

Right. I've got two names and I think I'm going to go for... John Parrott.

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

It's right.

Oh, the best answer yet! 12!

-12 takes your total up to 60.

-Well done, Jo. Good answer. The Liverpudlian snooker player.

-Took over after Bill Beaumont left.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Colin, the high scorers are on 60. You're on 29.

If you can score 30 or less, you are definitely through to the next round.

-We're looking for presenters and team captains from A Question of Sport.

-I'm a little bit torn

whether to go obscure and risky or not quite so obscure.

-That might also be risky, remember.

-Well, yeah. I think I'll go with that, though. Willie Carson.

Willie Carson. There is your red line. If you get below that...

It's about Willie Carson's height.

..you are through to the next round. Let's see if that's right and how many said Willie Carson.

It's right.

-Come on, come on!

-Keep going.

Yes, you've done it! Well done.

13. Another great answer. That takes your total up to 42.

-Richard?

-Well done. Another person with a rivalry with Bill Beaumont.

-Splendid. Now then, Alan,

you're on 25. The high scorers on 60 are Jo and Danni, so if you can score 34 or less, you are through

to the next round. So regular presenters and team captains on A Question of Sport.

I'm going to go... I think when I was younger I watched at home

and I think another rivalry with Bill Beaumont was Ian Botham.

Ian Botham. There is the red line.

Below that, you are in the next round. Ian Botham - is that right and how many people remembered it?

Very well done! You've done it! Oh, very good. 13, Alan. Superb.

That takes your total up to 38.

-Richard?

-Well played, Alan.

-Another rivalry with Bill Beaumont.

-Splendid.

Now then, Sam, you are on 20. The high scorers on 60 are Jo and Danni.

If you can score 39 or less, you are definitely through.

I think this is just so up your street that you might even find a pointless answer.

I've got a good idea for one, but the pressure of 1,500 schoolchildren

plus 120 teaching staff laughing at me if I get this wrong is ramping up I can tell you.

-That said, I'm going to go for Henry Cooper.

-Henry Cooper!

There's a red line there. Sam, below that red line, through to the next round.

If this is pointless, a tickertape parade.

Please can that happen. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Henry Cooper.

Very best of luck.

It's right! It's only right, Sam!

Obviously, you're through.

Oh! It's five!

It's not pointless, but it's the best answer of the entire round.

-Fittingly, it's five. It takes your total up to 25. Very well done.

-Yeah, very well played, Sam.

One of the original team captains. We'll look at the best answers.

That original line-up was the one to go for. Let's take a look.

David Vine, the original host, was a pointless answer.

Gareth Edwards, team captain from '79 to '81, Welsh rugby player. He scored one.

Cliff Morgan was the other team captain opposite Henry Cooper. Those are the best answers.

Let's look at the most popular answers. Bill Beaumont, there we go, 29.

Phil Tufnell, 43. One of the current captains.

And right at the top, Sue Barker was the biggest score of all, 48. Phil Tufnell beat Matt Dawson.

-Sorry, Matt.

-Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score - I'm sorry, Jo and Danni.

Head to Head last time, but I'm afraid Sue Barker did for you.

She just does things like that.

Lovely answer from you, Jo. John Parrott. Wonderful.

-Completely let down.

-Never mind.

-This was slightly a One Foot In The Grave moment for you.

-Absolutely.

-Ah, well. You have played phenomenally well.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye. Lovely having you, Jo and Danni. Thanks so much. Great contestants.

But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round 2.

There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head so one team will leave at the end of this round.

Try to make sure it's not you. Our category for Round 2 is... Fiction. Fiction.

Can you all decide who will go first and who's going to go second?

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

OK, so our Round 2 question concerns imaginary places and their creators.

-Imaginary places and their creators. Richard?

-We'll show six imaginary places on each list.

We asked 100 people to tell us which author originally created them.

A nice obscure answer scores fewer points, an incorrect answer scores 100 points.

Six imaginary places on each pass. 12 in all to guess at home.

Thank you very much. We are looking for the authors who created these imaginary places.

HE READS LIST

I'll read through those one more time.

There they are. There are the fictional places. Now, Sam,

I want the most obscure author you can think of who has created one of these places.

Annoyingly, I have read Gormenghast,

but I can't remember who wrote it.

Em, so...

-I'm going to go with Discworld, Terry Pratchett.

-Terry Pratchett, Discworld, you are saying.

Sounds good to me. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer. Terry Pratchett.

It's right.

22.

Very well done, Sam. 22 for Terry Pratchett, Richard.

Yeah, well done, Sam. A flat world rested on the back of four elephants on the back of a giant turtle.

-It's imaginary.

-Phew!

-Don't panic.

-Phew-ee! Thank you very much, Richard.

-Alan, do these places mean anything to you?

-I've heard of all of them.

It would help if I could remember the authors, though. I think... I'll have to go with Narnia,

which is CS Lewis.

CS Lewis, Narnia. OK. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew CS Lewis.

43.

-43. Yes, that is quite high. Richard?

-Yeah. Correct.

-But quite high. First appears in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

-Very good. Thank you.

Now then, Dee, we come to you. You're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through it

-and supply the authors.

-I'd like to! The only two I knew have gone.

Toad Hall, I've heard of it. I can't remember the author.

Sorry, hon.

It's not the right author. A total... Robert Louis Stevenson, but I just don't know the answer.

OK, Robert Louis Stevenson for Toad Hall. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many knew it.

Oh!

Oh, bad luck, Dee. I'm afraid that's incorrect and you score 100 points.

-Richard?

-Yeah, quite a tough board, I think.

There's lots of famous places, but who created them is the question.

Toad Hall. Not Robert Louis Stevenson. That's Kenneth Grahame. It would have scored eight.

-Oz. Do you know who wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

-No.

His creation is much more famous than he is. It would've scored you 2 points. It's L Frank Baum.

Good answer in a pub quiz.

Gormenghast Castle?

-Any ideas at all? Sam, have you read it?

-No.

-It's Mervyn Peake. It would have scored you 1.

And Cloudcuckooland is a pointless answer.

-Very well done at home if you said Aristophanes.

-Aristophanes.

-It's a Greek political satire.

-Well, thank you very much, Richard.

We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

On 22, Sam and Polly looking extremely strong,

up to 43, Alan and James, quite high,

but you've been thrown a lifeline by Dee with her 100 points,

so Colin, you have to find a really obscure answer on the next pass and hope that gets you through.

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

OK, we're going to put six more fictitious places on the board and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

We are looking for the creators of these fictitious places

and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now then, Colin...

I know all of these places, but I can only think of two authors

and I think I'm going to have to go with an obvious one because we can't afford to get another one wrong.

I'm going to go with Rohan and JRR Tolkien.

OK, Rohan, JRR Tolkien, you're saying.

Rohan, JRR Tolkien, let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

-Down, down.

-Down it goes.

-Down, down.

-Very well done, Colin.

It's the best score so far.

That's a great answer, as it turns out.

-Richard, Rohan?

-Yeah, Rohan lies just north of Gondor, just north-west of Mordor.

-Yes.

-The sunny side, obviously.

Yeah.

Very good. OK, thank you. James...

-Yes.

-The high scorers are Colin and Dee on 110. You're on 43.

That means you have to score 66 or less. Do you think you can do it?

I am a bit worried, if I'm honest.

-This is music to Colin and Dee's ears.

-I know what Lilliput is from.

I cannot think of the author.

And Wonderland, I believe...

..that it's Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll for Wonderland.

-Lewis Carroll...

-I think.

-..for Wonderland.

-I think it's Lewis Carroll.

-Here comes your red line.

-If you go below that red line with Lewis Carroll, you are through to the next round.

-OK.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Lewis Carroll for Wonderland.

It's right.

And you are through to the head-to-head. Very well done, James.

Correct.

15 points. It takes your total up to 58. Very well done. Richard?

Yeah, well done, James. From Alice's Adventures In Wonderland from 1865.

Splendid. Now then, Polly...

You are on 22. The high scorers on 110 are Colin and Dee.

That means if you can score 87 or less, you are through to the next round.

-You can also fill in all the blanks on the board if you like.

-Yes, if I knew them.

I know Lilliput is Gulliver's Travels, but I cannot for the life of me remember who the author is.

I've no idea about Utopia or Island of Hearsay,

so the only one I'm guessing at is I think Baskerville Hall...

I'm wondering if it's from Hound Of The Baskervilles,

so I'm going to go with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but I really don't know

Conan Doyle, you are saying for Baskerville Hall. There's your red line. It's nice and high.

Let's see if Baskerville Hall is Arthur Conan Doyle and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Best of luck.

Yes, it is and you are through to the head-to-head. Very well done.

-Brilliant.

-Down it goes... 25.

It's a great answer. It takes your total up to 47.

Richard?

Yeah, fittingly, that was rather well deduced, Polly.

Let's take a look at the rest of the answers. It was quite a tough board.

Lilliput?

-Jonathan Swift.

-Absolutely, from Gulliver's Travels. Jonathan Swift, 9 points.

-Utopia?

-Sir Thomas More.

Yeah, would have scored you 2 points. And Island of Hearsay, do you know that?

-Kingsley.

-Yes, it's from The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley.

It's pointless, so very well done if you said that.

-Anybody who got all 12, you can congratulate yourself. That was two tough boards.

-Very tough boards.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, Colin and Dee.

-I let him down, I'm afraid.

-Not at all.

-No, you didn't.

The creations are much more famous than their creators.

-Everybody knows all of the places, then you think, "Who created that?"

-Yeah.

The good news is we will see you again next time. There's consolation, I promise!

We'll see you again next time. Colin and Dee, brilliant contestants! Thank you very much for playing.

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

Well done, Polly and Sam, Alan and James, you are in the head-to-head.

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

which currently stands at £5,500.

APPLAUSE

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

If your answer scores less than the other pair, you win that question.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Alfred Hitchcock films with one-word titles as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any film for which Alfred Hitchcock received a directing credit prior to 2011

which has one word in its title. As always, no TV films, short films or documentaries.

There are 18 films on this list.

Thank you very much. Polly and Sam, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

OK. I think he did a film called Rope.

You are saying Rope. Very good. Alan and James?

I can think of lots of Hitchcock films with more than one word.

-I can only think of one with one word.

-Yeah, but it is his most famous film...

-I cannot think of any others.

-..which is Psycho.

-I won't go with that unless we haven't got a better answer.

-I don't know any others.

-North By Northwest...

-The Birds is The Birds, it's not just Birds.

I think we're going to have to just say Psycho and be aware that we're not going to go through,

unless Rope is a wrong answer.

So we have Rope, we have Psycho, Polly and Sam saying Rope.

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

It's right. It's right.

Oh, it's a low score.

Look at that. That's brilliant!

A spectacular score there, Polly.

Very, very well done, Polly and Sam.

Alan and James, well, you went with Psycho.

It's not looking good, is it?

-Only a pointless answer is going to beat Rope.

-It's unlikely.

Psycho - let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it. Maybe everyone forgot it!

Psycho...

It's right.

Oh, 51.

49 people didn't get it.

There we are. Very well done, Polly and Sam.

After one answer, you are ahead 1-0.

-Richard?

-Very good answer. Rope was his first colour feature of 1948.

There is a pointless answer up here, but it's a very, very obscure one.

In 1930, when he made his film Murder,

he simultaneously shot a German version of the same film with a German cast.

That film is called Mary. It's a pointless answer, so very well done if you got that.

Saboteur scored 1, Sabotage, based on Conrad's Secret Agent, scored 1.

There's Rope, brilliant answer, Polly, 1 point.

Lifeboat, shot entirely in a lifeboat, scored 1, Frenzy, his penultimate film, also 1.

Topaz scored 1, Suspicion 1, Spellbound 1, it had the Salvador Dali dream sequence,

Downhill and Champagne, both silent movies, would have scored you 2.

Blackmail would have scored you 2.

The last page - Notorious 5,

Murder 5, that's the one that Mary was a version of,

Rebecca from Daphne du Maurier's novel 7, Marnie 9,

Vertigo 17, and Psycho way out in the lead with 51.

-Very well done if you got some of those low-scoring ones.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Here is your second question. Alan and James, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Boney M UK Top 40 singles as they could.

-Boney M UK Top 40 singles.

-Yeah, any single released by Boney M

which reached the UK Top 40 prior to April 2011, please.

-Unbelievably, there are 16 names on this list.

-60?

-16.

-I was going to say, "60, wow, they were busy!"

-I wouldn't want to read them out.

Now then, Alan and James, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

We're going to go for Mary's Boy Child.

Mary's Boy Child, say Alan and James. Very good.

-Polly and Sam?

-We've got a number of options.

I think that's quite a good answer. Um...

-So we could go...

-There's Ra Ra Rasputin.

-Rasputin, Daddy Cool, Brown Girl In The Ring.

What do you reckon?

-I think Daddy Cool.

-Yeah, we'll go Daddy Cool.

-Daddy Cool.

Alan and James, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Polly and Sam, if you win this, you go straight through to the final.

Alan and James, Mary's Boy Child, let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said Mary's Boy Child.

It's right.

Oh, very good. 27.

What do you think?

It's not great. I thought less people would have said that.

27 is quite high for Mary's Boy Child. We then have Daddy Cool from Polly and Sam.

Daddy Cool, is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

Where is it going to stop?

Yeah, you've done it.

15 for Daddy Cool.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Polly and Sam.

That means after only two questions, you are straight through to the final, 2-0. Richard?

Well played. Daddy Cool was their first hit in 1976.

And Mary's Boy Child was Christmas No.1 in 1978.

One of the top ten selling singles in the UK of all time, Mary's Boy Child.

-Wow!

-Let's take a look at all the Boney M singles.

We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) was a pointless answer.

Ma Baker - Somebody Scream is a remix of Ma Baker that they did with a group called Horny United.

That was pointless.

I'm Born Again and Gotta Go Home are pointless answers. Gotta Go Home was a double-A side with El Lute.

Boney M Megamix from 1992, that was pointless.

That's all the pointless ones. Let's take a look at some of the more familiar ones.

Big scores for Boney M.

-Very big.

-Very memorable songs.

-Indeed.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm sorry to say, Alan and James.

Gutted. I knew Sunny. I couldn't remember if it was definitely them that sang it. That's frustrating.

It's been fantastic having you on the show, Alan and James. Very well done indeed. Great contestants!

APPLAUSE

But for Polly and Sam, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £5,500!

Congratulations, Polly and Sam. You have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £5,500.

APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple. All you need to win that money

is to find a pointless answer 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 will go home with £5,500.

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

I'm terrified because I'm a drama teacher.

I might get Theatre wrong. I'm going to be shot as I was a drama teacher.

-If it's British Olympians and I get it wrong...

-Yeah.

-Which one do you want to go for?

-I think Theatre because I've been to the theatre once or twice.

-Theatre.

You're going to go for Theatre.

OK, what would you like it to be in Theatre?

All I'm scared of is that it will be something I should know and I'll be humiliated on national television.

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

-to name as many Olivier Award-winning actors as they could.

-Oh, no!

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking for anyone who has won the Olivier Award for Best Actor or Best Actress

from 1985 right up to the 2011 ceremony, please.

So either Best Actor or Best Actress.

-That doesn't include Best Actor or Actress in a Musical.

-Thank you.

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

All you need to win that £5,500 is for just one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-Kevin Spacey.

-But has he won it?

-There's the, um...

-I don't think... I think...

'85, '85.

-So, I'm trying to think of some actresses.

-Judi Dench?

She's too obvious. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson might have won it.

-Ian McKellen?

-We could try him. John Hurt maybe.

Who's the guy who was Picard in Star Wars?

-Baldy guy.

-Patrick... Patrick...

-Stewart.

-Stewart, yeah.

-Um...

-The baldy guy!

-Yeah.

Yeah, cos they did, um...

-They did Waiting For Godot.

-That's it, yeah.

Who else? It's got to be more obscure than that cos surely people will know...

-Not many people will know that many Olivier Award-winners.

-I know. And from 1985 as well.

-Maggie Smith?

-That's a good shout.

Which three are we going to go with?

-Patrick Stewart.

-Five seconds.

-Yeah.

-John Hurt?

-Yeah. And Maggie Smith is a good shout.

Your minute is up. We were looking for Olivier Award-winning actors.

I now need your three answers.

-OK, we're going to go Patrick Stewart.

-Patrick Stewart.

-We're going to go with... Maggie Smith.

-Maggie Smith.

-And...

-Let's go with John Hurt.

-OK, John Hurt.

-There are your three answers.

-Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I'm not sure any of them are right!

-Patrick Stewart?

-We'll put Patrick Stewart last.

-We'll put him last. Which is your least likely?

-Maggie Smith.

-We'll put her first. Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they come.

Cracking cast!

Look at that!

Let's hope they are all correct answers and pointless.

OK, we were looking for Olivier Award-winning actors.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £5,500.

This is your first one, Maggie Smith. You had least faith in this being pointless.

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

Oh!

Well, what an oversight!

That's all I can say, Olivier Awards Committee, if you're watching.

Maggie Smith, one of our great theatrical dames? Never won an Olivier Award. Who knew that?

Never won a Best Actress, anyway, Olivier Award.

So that is not a pointless answer which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £5,500?

I'd put it towards setting up my business, my baking business.

-Very good.

-I think we'd probably go on holiday as well.

-Holiday first, baking business when you come back.

OK, so we are looking for Best Actor winners of the Olivier Awards.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer - John Hurt. It has to be right and pointless.

If it is both of those things, you win £5,500. Let's see if it's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said John Hurt.

Oh, no!

That's unbelievable. John Hurt, Maggie Smith?

Two incorrect answers. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot of £5,500.

Everything is resting on the great Patrick Stewart.

Let's hope he is great.

-He is great.

-Let's hope he is Olivier great.

-Let's hope he is Olivier great.

OK, this is your last answer. It has to be pointless, otherwise you leave here empty-handed.

Patrick Stewart, please be correct and pointless.

Oh, no!

-Oh, no.

-Oh, that's unbelievable!

-APPLAUSE

-Never mind, Polly.

Oh, bad luck. Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer,

so you don't win £5,500, which will roll over on to the next show,

but you have been brilliant contestants and you get to take home our Pointless trophy.

-APPLAUSE

-Bad luck, Polly.

-Oh, Richard!

-I think that might be our unluckiest end round of all time.

You gave us about the only three people who haven't won an Olivier Award!

Maggie Smith and Patrick Stewart have been nominated, but haven't won.

All sorts of pointless answers - Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Julie Walters, Rachel Weisz.

More importantly for you, Ian McKellen was a pointless answer and so was Kevin Spacey.

Oh, no! Oh, no!

-You said both of them. I'm so, so sorry.

-He will never forgive me!

Let's take a look at some of the other names.

You managed to just about pick the only famous actors who haven't won.

There's Antony Sher as well, all sorts of people. That's terrifically unlucky.

You've been brilliant. It's been lovely having you on the show. I'm ever so sorry.

Oh, dear! You mentioned two of those - Ian McKellen, Kevin Spacey.

-I know.

-Never mind. Never mind.

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Polly and Sam.

But it's been fantastic having you on the show. You've been brilliant. Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

when we will be playing for £6,500.

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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