Episode 57 Pointless

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Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless

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

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Welcome, Pat and Tony. You're our first pair on the show. How do you two know each other?

-I'm Pat and this is my youngest son, Tony.

-Where have you come from?

-Leytonstone in East London.

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-Very popular choice amongst the audience!

-Tony, how about you?

-This is my mum and I've moved out of London.

-I'm from Chelmsford in Essex.

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Yes. Are we going to do this after every place?

-Tony, what do you do?

-I'm a civil servant.

-Can I ask which department of the civil service?

-Yeah, I work for the prison service.

-I see. Pat, how about you?

-I'm a retired dogsbody.

A retired dogsbody. And how many years of dogsbodying have you...?

-Oh, about 40.

-Right. Any favourite moments in the dogsbodying?

-Yes, I certainly liked doing wardrobe.

-Wardrobe?

-In theatricals.

-You did theatrical wardrobe?

-Yes.

-Very good indeed.

-Whereabouts?

-Mainly at seaside pantomimes, Blackpool, Chesterfield, places like that.

-Very good.

-That must have been enormous fun.

-It was great fun.

-What would you like to see come up this afternoon, Pat?

-EastEnders.

-It does from time to time. Very good.

-Tony, what would you like to see come up?

-Some history, some sport. Definitely football.

-Anything to do with food because I like it - eating it and cooking it.

-Very good.

Very best of luck to the pair of you.

-Next we welcome Jonny and Stephen. Where are you two from?

-From Blackwood in Gwent.

-How do you know each other?

-We've been friends since primary school.

We went through secondary school together, played football with each other and for Cardiff City Academy.

Stephen became a professional footballer, I went into the armed forces. Now we're back home, retired!

-We're doing something we don't really want to do.

-What do you do, Stephen?

I'm a retained firefighter and I'm hoping to go to university in September to do Physiotherapy.

And the football, is that just a sideline now?

I'm still playing part-time in the Welsh Premier League,

but I'm 30 now, so my knees are starting to pack in and I'm getting a bit of a belly.

-Hence the physiotherapy?

-Yeah, I'm very interested in physiotherapy.

And Jonny, are you still in the armed forces?

No, I left the armed forces after six years. I joined in 2000 and left in 2006 to be with my family.

Now I'm an electrician working out of Cardiff.

-So were you with Signals?

-Royal Signals, yeah.

What would you like to see come up this afternoon?

Anything to do with sport, football mainly. We're both strong at that.

Pop music. Random pop music.

Any era of pop music you want to pick out?

-'90s. We do have a bit of trivia '90s, yes.

-Very good.

-Stephen, how about you?

-Sport, obviously.

-Football, you're going to be hard to beat on that.

Science and a bit of geography.

-Welcome to the show. It's great to have you here.

-Thanks very much.

Next we welcome Libby and Lotti. How do you two know each other?

Lotti started dating my fiance's ex-flatmate and we just sort of started to hang out.

-Brilliant. Excellent. OK, good.

-It's like a relationship sudoku, isn't it?

-Yes.

-How long ago was that?

-About a year ago?

-Yeah.

You only met a year ago and already you feel up to doing Pointless together. How interesting!

We love Pointless. I had a day off work and went, "Have you seen this quiz show? It's awesome."

-You went, "It is."

-We watch it every day.

-You watch it regularly?

-Yes.

-Very good. Lotti, you'll be familiar with it.

What's the sort of question you've seen on Pointless

and you think, "If that came up, we would go through to the final"?

I saw one where you had to name authors of children's books and I knew all of those.

-They come up from time to time.

-And anything about cooking.

-Do you cook a lot?

-We do.

-We cook together.

Welcome to the show. Very best of luck.

Finally, we welcome Dee and Colin back to the show. Everyone gets two chances to reach our final.

Remind us what happened last time.

We did brilliantly in the first round and we thought we were in with a good shot here,

but with the placing in the second round, they stole my answers.

-These were fictional places and their authors.

-That's right.

-Yes.

-Dee, what will come up that's good for you?

-I'm quite happy with movies.

-Any music, '70s, '80s and '90s. A bit of rugby. We like our rugby.

-We'd like a rugby question.

As we discovered last time, you not only met bowling, bowling has sort of become your lives.

-You coach people in bowling.

-We do.

-What do you do when you're not bowling?

-A bit of photography.

We're part of the RSPB. We joined that this year,

so we combine the two, going round the bird sanctuaries.

-You photograph birds?

-Photographing, yeah.

-Very, very long lenses?

-Yeah, long lens.

Very best of luck with that and this afternoon, Colin and Dee.

We'll find out more about all of you as we go along.

There's only one person left to introduce. He is our beacon in the twilit world

-of the half-known and the ill-remembered. He is my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Thank you.

-Hiya.

-How are you, Richard?

-I'm very well. Did you say "twilight"?

-Twilit.

-I thought you said "toilet".

-No, twilit.

-I thought you were accusing me of being in a toilet world.

On this one occasion, I'm not accusing you of that.

We've only got one returning pair. That's Dee and Colin who did pretty well last time.

They taught us how to tenpin-bowl.

-Do you remember your finishing position?

-That?

No, it's that, isn't it?

-Where does that hand go?

-It comes up to my ear.

-That's right.

-Perfect.

-Look at that!

-Spot-on.

-That's it.

-Love it.

-Oh, look at that. Yes!

Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people,

but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get. To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot,

all our players need to score as few points as they can.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer

and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £6,500.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

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

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score 100 points.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.

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

OK, let's find out what our first question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many solo artists with a UK number one album in the 1990s as they could.

Solo artists in the 1990s with a UK number one album. Richard?

Yeah, any solo artist who's had a number one album in the UK charts

from the very beginning of 1990 to the very end of 1999.

Greatest hits albums will count, live albums will count. The only rule is it must be a solo artist.

Thank you very much, Richard. Pat and Tony, you all drew lots before the show

and this afternoon, you go first.

So, Pat, solo artists with a UK number one album in the 1990s?

I'm a '60s girl myself, but I'll take a punt on Cliff Richard.

Cliff Richard.

-You're just hoping any decade from about the 1840s on...

-That's right.

-I was around then(!)

-Cliff Richard, you're going to say.

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

It's right.

Very well done, Pat.

9.

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That's a brilliant answer. 9 for Pat for Cliff Richard.

Well played, Pat. Cliff Richard will never let you down. In 1993, he had a number one with The Album.

Splendid. Now then, Stephen, the 1990s, good period for you?

-It was.

-That's what you said.

A few going on in my head at the moment, some obvious ones,

but I'm going to take a bit of a gamble, I think, and go with, um...

I'm not sure if he's definitely had a number one album, but I'm going to go with Peter Andre.

Peter Andre. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it - Peter Andre.

It's right. Very well done, Stephen.

It's brilliant. Look at that!

Pointless! Great answer. Very well done, Stephen.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot and it takes the total up to £6,750.

It scores you nothing. Very well done indeed, Stephen.

Well played, Stephen. Peter Andre has released a pointless album.

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-Who'd have thought?

In 1996, he had a number one hit with Natural.

-There you go.

-They weren't all good, the '90s.

No. There we go.

-Now then, Lotti.

-Yes.

-1990s UK number one albums by solo artists.

-I was very young.

I'm not very good at this.

I'm struggling with solo artists. I can think of hundreds of bands from when I was a child,

but not any solo artists. I had one, but I'm not sure if it was 2000 or 1999.

So I'm going to go with Dido, but I'm not sure at all.

Dido...

Let's see if Dido is right and if it is, let's see how many people said Dido. Very best of luck, Lotti.

Bad luck.

I'm afraid Dido is an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

-Richard?

-Unlucky, Lotti. Dido has had two number one albums, both in the noughties.

-Oh...

Now then, Dee, I think you might have a blinder.

Not so much a blinder. I'm racking my brain because I'm really a '70s and '80s girl.

But, uh...

There's one artist that I know has been quite prolific over many of the decades.

-I'm going to plump for Phil Collins.

-Phil Collins?

-Yeah.

Phil Collins, says Dee for the '90s.

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

Well done, Dee. That's a brilliant answer.

-Come on.

-And down and down it goes.

Look at that - 2. That's amazing!

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That's a fantastic answer, Dee. 2 for Phil Collins. Richard?

Yeah, very well played, Dee. He had three number one albums in the '90s.

Greatest Hits, Both Sides and But Seriously which was very early on in that decade.

Thank you. Let's look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.

Best score of the pass, Stephen and Jonny, looking fantastic on nothing,

then we go up to 2 where we find Dee and Colin,

then up to 9 and Pat and Tony.

-And then I failed.

-Then we go up to 100, I'm afraid, Lotti. Lotti and Libby on 100.

Libby, you'll have to find a brilliant answer on the next pass and hope somebody else trips up.

Otherwise, we'll have to say goodbye to you. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we are looking for solo artists who had a UK number one album in the 1990s.

-Colin, how well did Dee do there?

-Fantastic. Unfortunately, she stole the answer I had lined up.

But I think I'm going to take another punt, another survivor of an earlier band.

And I'm going to go with Sting.

-Sting...

-He was pretty prolific as well.

-He certainly was.

Sting, you say. There's your red line. If you get below that red line with Sting, you're home and dry.

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

Very well done. You've done it, Colin.

Oh, and you have done it. Look at that!

Fantastic. 3.

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-Very well done, Colin.

That takes your total up to 5.

Well played, Colin. He had a number one in 1991 with Soul Cages,

also later in the decade, a Greatest Hits, but that was with The Police. Soul Cages, '91.

Libby, we are looking for solo artists who had a UK number one album in the 1990s.

You know what you have to do. We need preferably a pointless answer from you.

I thought of one about a minute ago, but I'm taking a bit of a gamble. I'm going to say Ricky Martin.

Ricky Martin... There's no red line for you. You have to hope you'll go as low as you can.

Let's see if Ricky Martin will do it for you.

Is it right, how many people said it?

No!

Unfortunately, a wrong answer, I'm afraid, Libby, which means you score the maximum of 100 points

which takes your total up to 200 points, I'm sorry to say. Richard?

Libby, the bad news is Ricky Martin didn't have a No.1 album in the '90s

but the good news is Ricky Martin didn't have a No.1 album in the '90s!

OK, now then, Jonny. Stephen scored nothing, absolutely nothing.

Do you think you can equal his score?

I don't know. I don't want to sort of commit myself.

I think I'll go with Gabrielle.

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

There's no red line because even if you score 100, you still won't overtake Libby and Lotti's 200.

Gabrielle, is it right, how many people said it?

Oh!

Bad luck. An incorrect answer. That scores you 100, but you are through to the next round.

-Richard?

-Good risk to take, given you were definitely through already.

She did have a couple of top ten albums in the '90s.

Tony, you are also through to the next round. Whatever you score,

you will not overtake Libby and Lotti on their high score of 200.

Why not have a punt and see if you can find another pointless answer?

I couldn't think of anything, being an '80s boy. That was my time for music.

But being as I was a Whammy, I'll go with George Michael.

You're saying George Michael. Again no red line, Tony. You are through, come what may.

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

It's right.

14.

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-14 for George Michael. It takes your total up to 23. Richard?

Well played, Tony. He had three No.1 albums in the '90s -

Listen Without Prejudice, Older and a Greatest Hits collection.

There's a whole bunch of pointless answers up here.

Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill, Bruce Springsteen had a couple of No.1 albums,

Diana Ross had a Greatest Hits.

Enya with Shepherd Moons, Fatboy Slim, You've Come A Long Way, Baby, Jane McDonald had a No.1 album.

Meat Loaf, Morrissey with Vauxhall And I, and Prince had two No.1s as well.

-We've heard Peter Andre, just added £250 to the jackpot.

-What about the high scorers?

Let's take a look at the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Madonna on 19. Tied at the top, Robbie Williams would have scored you 20, as did Michael Jackson.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score is Libby and Lotti.

-But what a score!

-At least we failed equally.

-At least we did it brilliantly.

You did incredibly well. You are now members of that august body of people known as the 200 Club.

-Yes!

-So a very, very warm welcome to that. We will see you next time.

In the meantime, thank you very much for playing. Libby and Lotti, lovely having you on the show.

But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.

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

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

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

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

And our question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each pass, we'll show you the names of six countries

as they're known in their own native languages.

We asked 100 people to tell us the English name of that country.

An obscure answer will score fewer points, but an incorrect answer will score 100.

-There will be 12 in all. Very best of luck at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

So we are looking for the English names of these countries.

I will read those one more time.

There are the countries in their own languages. We need the English names for them.

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

Now then, Tony, how does that look to you?

I watch a lot of international football, so, yeah, I've got the translations on there, I know a few.

I'm happy. I'll go with Magyarorszag as Hungary.

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

It's right. Very well done, Tony.

34.

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34.

I imagine football has taught 34 out of our 100 people that as well.

Yeah, I remember these from my sticker annuals when I was a kid, all the World Cup sticker annuals.

Magyarorszag, the Mighty Magyars, the Hungarian football team.

Thank you very much. Now then, Jonny. Jonny, again football is a keen interest of yours.

I imagine you're having no problem at all with this board.

I've got two safe ones and one I possibly know just from a bit of history,

just recognising an end of a word.

I'm going for the one which I'm not quite sure on.

I'm going for Oesterreich and I think it's Germany.

Oesterreich, Germany, you're saying.

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

Bad luck, Jonny. That's an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard?

-I won't give the correct answer in case Colin wants to have a go at that one.

Colin, you can fill in all the gaps if you like, then submit your favourite one as your answer.

As the boy said, there's a couple of obvious ones - Italia, Italy, and Polska, Poland.

I've got an idea Ellas might be Greece and Sverige might be Sweden,

but I'm going to go with Oesterreich as Austria.

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

Yes!

68.

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-68, quite a high score.

-Richard?

-Yeah, a pretty big score. Gives Jonny and Stephen some hope.

You'd have been better off with the other two answers you gave.

Sverige, which is Sweden, would have scored you 51,

and Ellas, which is Greece, would have scored you 16.

-I just wasn't quite sure.

-Yeah. Sometimes written "Hellas" as well.

Those other two certainly are obvious. Polska, Poland, would have scored you 96.

And one of those rarest of rare things on Pointless,

-Italia for Italy would have scored you 100. We don't have that very often.

-We certainly don't, no.

Thank you. We're halfway through, so let's look at the scores. Tony and Pat look strong on 34.

Double that and we end up at 68 with Colin and Dee.

And then up a little bit more to Jonny and Stephen on 100.

So, Stephen, you need a really good obscure answer to save your bacon and even may not be enough.

Very best of luck. We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players take their places?

OK, we're going to put six more countries in their native language on the board.

-And we have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one more time.

Remember, we are looking for the English names of these countries

and you want the one the fewest people knew. Dee, the high scorers are on 100.

You're on 68. If you can score 31 or less, you are definitely through to the next round.

There's two or three I'm fairly certain of and a quite obvious one.

-I'm going to go for Nippon, which I think is Japan.

-Nippon, Japan. Let's see if it's right

and how many people said it. Here's your red line.

Below that you are through. Nippon - how many people said that?

-Oh, 61.

-But it was right.

-It was right.

61 takes your total up to 129.

Will that be enough to see you through? Richard?

Yes, it's going to be a close one. Nippon. Japanese scholars coined the phrase

meaning "origin of the sun".

OK. Now, Stephen, we're looking for the English names of these countries and the high scorers now

are on 129. You're on 100, which means if you can find an answer

-that scores you 28 or less, you are through.

-Yeah. There's a couple that are obvious.

There's one I'm going to go for. It's a stab in the dark, really.

I'm not 100% sure, so I could be completely wrong and look a fool,

but I'm going to go for Suomi as Somalia.

Suomi, Somalia, you're saying.

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

Here's your red line. Quite low. Get below that and you're through.

Is it right?

Bad luck, Stephen. I'm afraid that's incorrect and you score the maximum 100 points.

-That takes your total up to 200. An unbeatable 200. Richard?

-You had to go for it.

I won't give the correct answer in case Pat wants a go at that one.

Now, Pat, you are through.

However, for fun,

-submit the answer you'd like to give.

-I'm going to go for Suomi, Finland.

-Suomi, Finland, says Pat.

-From my stamp album.

Very good. No red line. Let's see, though, if Suomi is Finland.

It is. That's a great answer, Pat.

Down it goes to 25.

Takes your eventual score up to 59.

-Richard?

-Yeah, very good answer. From your stamp collection?

-That's right.

Who said philately would get you nowhere?

Let's take a look at the rest. Espana, Spain, would have scored 96 points. Deutschland, Germany.

It would have scored 85. Rossiya, unsurprisingly, is Russia. Another big score with 79.

-Hrvatska, because they've qualified for a World Cup...

-Croatia.

-It is.

Very well done. Nine points. Well done if you got that.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Stephen and Jonny. Bad luck there.

-Osterreich. The minute you heard someone say Austria...

-It was obvious then.

I'm so sorry. However, we will see you again next time and see much more of you.

In the meantime, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

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

Very well done, Pat and Tony, Dee and Colin. You've made it through to the Head to Head.

Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £6,750.

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

Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair.

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

OK. Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Best Picture Oscar winners of the 21st century

-as they could. Richard?

-We're looking for the full title of any movie awarded Best Picture

at an Oscar ceremony between the years of 2000 and 2011.

See how many you get at home.

Thank you very much, Richard. Pat and Tony, you've played best and get to go first.

-Yeah, we've got one.

-OK, what do you say?

-Million Dollar Baby.

-Million Dollar Baby.

-OK, now then, Dee and Colin...

-We're struggling a bit, to be honest.

We're going to try a risky one. Saving Private Ryan.

Saving Private Ryan. OK, we have Million Dollar Baby and Saving Private Ryan.

Million Dollar Baby. Is that right?

It's right.

Oh, it's very good. Look at that - three!

Very well done, Pat and Tony.

Excellent answer. Three for Million Dollar Baby.

Saving Private Ryan say Dee and Colin. It has to be right and then it has to beat three.

Here we go. Saving Private Ryan. Is it right? How many people said it?

Ohh...

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's wrong. That means Pat and Tony are up one-nil. Richard?

Saving Private Ryan was too early and Shakespeare In Love won that year.

Million Dollar Baby was in 2004. Clint Eastwood won Best Director, Hilary Swank won Best Actress

and Morgan Freeman won Best Supporting Actor. Let's look at al the winners.

There's a pointless answer - The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King.

American Beauty would have scored one, No Country For Old Men two,

Million Dollar Baby on three, as is Chicago and A Beautiful Mind.

There's The Departed on three, Crash on four,

Slumdog Millionaire seven, Hurt Locker 10, Gladiator 11 and The King's Speech on 46.

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

Dee and Colin, you have to win this. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Sebastian Faulks novels as they could. Richard?

Any full-length novel written and published by Sebastian Faulks prior to May, 2011.

No short stories or anthologies. Just his full-length novels.

OK, Dee and Colin, you go first this time.

This will be a fairly short round. Neither of us know any Sebastian Faulks novels.

-Not read anything by him at all.

-A Day At The Seaside.

-I don't know.

A Day At The Seaside.

-No idea.

-Pat and Tony, a Sebastian Faulks novel.

We don't know one, either!

Can't even guess at one.

Murder.

-A Day At The Seaside and Murder.

-LAUGHTER

-This subject is murder!

-OK...

So, Dee and Colin, A Day At The Seaside by Sebastian Faulks.

Let's see if that's right and how many people thought so.

No.

What about Murder by Sebastian Faulks?

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

-Congratulations. We're as good as each other!

-OK.

After two questions, Pat and Tony still up one-nil. Richard?

Poor old Sebastian Faulks. Sitting at home thinking, "I like Pointless."

-"I'll have a break from my...seventh novel."

-Eleventh novel.

-Eleventh!

-"I'll settle down and watch Pointless."

-He shouts to the family and presses Pause.

"They're doing me on Pointless! I wonder what they'll say.

"Which of my novels do they like best?" The whole family coming down the stairs.

"What is it?! You're on Pointless! Quick! Dad's on Pointless!

-"Quick!"

-Fifteen of the Faulks clan now all sitting there on sofas. He's just pressing un-Pause.

He's on live replay. "Everyone now, absolute quiet. Ssh! Dim the lights.

-"Pull the curtains, dim the lights. There's a reflection on the screen."

-"Ring everyone we know!"

"I can't see Tony's face when he's going to say my novel."

And then...look what you did!

-Rub it in a bit more!

-I thought he played for Man United!

-Midfielder, yeah. He's good.

That's not helping! You're thinking of Sebastian Veron! Let's take a look at...

The good news for Sebastian Faulks is there's no pointless answers.

Two for On Green Dolphin Street, Girl At the Lion D'Or and Fool's Alphabet were three,

Devil May Care, his James Bond novel, scored four, as did A Trick of The Light.

Engleby scored six, A Week In December seven, Human Traces eight, Charlotte Gray 12, Birdsong 17.

Sorry, Sebastian. Sorry, Sebastian's family.

OK, well, here's your third question. Again, Dee and Colin, you have to win this one.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many UK cities beginning with C as they could.

-UK cities beginning with C.

-Any of the seven officially recognised cities that begin with C.

-See how many you can get at home.

-OK, Pat and Tony, you go first again this time.

-Well, we know all the popular ones. We're trying for something low.

-Are they cities or big towns?

-That's the faultline in this one.

-And they don't need a cathedral any more to be a city.

-Canterbury.

-Yes, go on, then.

-Canterbury.

Canterbury. Canterbury say Pat and Tony.

Dee and Colin, a city beginning with C?

We think probably Coventry is a correct answer, but it might score higher.

The other thing we are thinking is maybe Chester, but now...

I'm concerned that that might not be a correct answer.

Coventry's football. Coventry City Football Club.

-Do we go out in a blaze of glory with Chester?

-Yeah.

-We'll take a punt on Chester.

-We'll be brave.

You're going to go for Chester. We have Canterbury and we have Chester.

OK, Pat and Tony went with Canterbury. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

42.

42.

So the question really is whether or not Chester is a city.

-You think if it's right it will go lower?

-Hopefully.

Is Chester right and, if it is, how many people said it? Good luck.

It's right!

Can it...? Oh!

Oh, ho, ho!

49.

Wow. So Canterbury beat Chester. Many congratulations, Pat and Tony.

You are through after three questions, two-nil. Richard?

Unlucky, Dee and Colin. Two answers would have beaten Canterbury.

Seven in all. See how well you've done. Chichester in West Sussex would have scored you 17.

Carlisle would have scored 39. Canterbury 42, Cambridge 43.

Chester 49, Coventry 50 and Cardiff right at the top on 74. Very well done if you got those.

Thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm so sorry,

Dee and Colin, it's you.

Round 2 last time. Head to Head this time.

You played extremely well.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye, but thanks for playing Dee and Colin, thank you.

But for Pat and Tony it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £6,750.

Congratulations, Pat and Tony. You have fought off the competition and won a coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and it stands at £6,750.

The rules are very simple. Just find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people got.

We've had one pointless answer today and you only need one more.

First, choose a category from these three options.

They are...

-The military could be war or it could be ranks.

-Yeah.

-If it's ranks, I'm OK.

If it's wars, we need Dad! We'll think about that.

-Olympians. How are you on that?

-No.

-Well, Hollywood Legends.

-It's got to be.

-I think so. You watched all the old movies.

-Yeah, we'll go with that.

-Hollywood Legends.

OK, Hollywood Legends. Let's find out your question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Humphrey Bogart films as they could.

Humphrey Bogart films. Richard?

Any feature film made for general cinema release for which Humphrey Bogart received an acting credit.

OK, there you go. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need

is for just one answer to be pointless. 60 seconds start now.

-Farewell My Lovely.

-OK.

-Casablanca.

-Yeah.

-African Queen.

-Maltese Falcon.

-Maltese Falcon.

What was the one you said that I didn't know?

-Farewell My Lovely.

-Go with that.

-That was remade with Robert Mitchum, but I'm sure Bogart did it first.

-I know he did Sam Spade.

-Yeah.

So that's a punt, that's a punt. So Farewell My Lovely.

-OK.

-African Queen?

-Yeah, if you like.

-What was the last one you said?

-Maltese Falcon.

-Those are your three?

-Yes, we'll go with that.

OK, well, stop the clock. Very good.

I now need your three answers.

-Farewell My Lovely.

-Farewell My Lovely.

-That's a bit of a punt.

-Em, African Queen.

-African Queen.

-And The Maltese Falcon.

-OK, there we are. Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-If it's right, Farewell My Lovely. If it's wrong...

-We'll put it last.

-And your least likely?

-I think The African Queen.

-Let's put them up in that order.

And here they are.

There they are. We wanted Humphrey Bogart films.

-This was your least confident shot.

-Yes.

-Remember, you only need to find one pointless answer

to win that £6,750 jackpot. Let's see if The African Queen is right and how many said it.

Best of luck. ..It's right.

It's right. If this goes down to zero, you leave here with £6,750. Down it goes into the 20s.

Into the teens - 18!

So obviously not a pointless answer, but it's a very well-known film.

Only 18 people got it. It's looking pretty good for your next two answers.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£6,750. What would you do with £6,750, Tony?

I would get my eyes lasered so I didn't need glasses!

And I'd buy all my daughters new football boots.

Very good indeed! Pat?

I would take everybody that I know and love on holiday.

Brilliant. Very good indeed. Well, let's hope that these two remaining answers

will allow you to do that. Next is The Maltese Falcon.

Again, this has to be right and it has to be pointless to win.

Let's see if it is. How many people said The Maltese Falcon?

Is it right?

It's right. We went down to 18 with The African Queen.

Let's see how far we go down with The Maltese Falcon.

Down into the 20s... 18 again!

Can't fault you on your grouping. That is fantastic. Look at that.

Straight through the hole you made with the first answer. Not a pointless answer.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

-Everything is now hanging on Farewell My Lovely, which you think is a Robert Mitchum film.

-Yes.

-But you think was also...remade... with Humphrey Bogart?

-I'm pretty sure I'm wrong on that.

-We should have gone To Have And Have Not.

-You loved this answer!

I know I did, but women are fickle, aren't they?

Farewell My Lovely. This is your last shot at today's jackpot.

Let's see if it's right and how many people said Farewell My Lovely. Very best of luck.

Oh, no!

I was sure that was going to go down for you. Unfortunately, it didn't, so you didn't win the jackpot.

You haven't found the pointless answer so today's jackpot will roll over to the next show.

-You have been fantastic contestants and you do get to take home our trophy.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-So, Richard...

-Unlucky. You know your films. You're right about Farewell Mt Lovely.

There was a version in the '40s, but not Humphrey Bogart.

If you'd said To Have And Have Not, it would have scored two points.

Good answer, but wouldn't have won.

Let's look at some pointless answers. All Through The Night, Battle Circus,

he plays an army surgeon, Dark Victory, where he plays a horse trainer,

Passage To Marseille, Racket Busters, The Barefoot Contessa,

possibly the best-known pointless answer, The Desperate Hours, his penultimate film,

The Road To Frisco and You Can't Get Away With Murder. Very well done if you got those.

-Oh, The Barefoot Contessa. You knew that one.

-I did.

I didn't wear shoes for about a year after I saw that film.

Oh, dear. I'm so sorry. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. You've been brilliant.

-Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

So nobody's won our jackpot. It rolls over to the next show where we'll play for £7,750.

-Join us then to see if somebody can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And from me.

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