Episode 60 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.

I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Now, first we welcome back Kat and Gemma.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your last chance.

Remind us what happened.

We got to the head-to-head but unfortunately Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was our undoing.

-"We Are Statues, a new song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

-If only!

-Kat, what do you like to do in your spare time?

-Sport is a big part of our sort of our day-to-day life

because my husband is a professional cage fighter, so that takes up...

-What? You didn't tell us that last time!

-Wow.

-He's a professional cage fighter?

-Yep.

-How do you fight a cage?

LAUGHTER

It's not as easy as it looks!

-I always imagined that it happened on a cage that was sort of suspended above a baying crowd.

-Yeah!

Wouldn't that be brilliant, if it were lowered in literally a cage?

I'm sure I've seen it in some sort of futuristic film.

-It's a good idea.

-It's a cracking idea.

-We'll start that, promote it ourselves.

-Suspended cage fighting.

-Yes!

I think Richard would beat you. Sorry.

I'm not saying we're going to fight! I'm saying we're going to promote it.

There's only one way to find out, isn't there? Come on.

-This is kind of shaped a bit like...

-Come on. Come on, now. I don't know why this would help.

Do you know what? After this many episodes, I would love to deck you.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

-Oh, you would be CONSUMED with remorse.

-Just a...boof!

I could just see you flying back into that column.

Red X comes up as you fly into it.

Urrrgghh! "A hundred"!

And then I'd come at you and then go...miss, and then trip over there.

-"Pointless"!

-I'll just... LAUGHTER

Yeah, yeah, OK. Yeah.

-Lovely to have you back, Kat and Gemma. Let's hope we see you all the way to the final.

-Fingers crossed.

Next we welcome Tim and Anna. Now, how do you two know each other?

-Um...I'm her stepdad. She's my favourite stepdaughter.

-Only stepdaughter.

But favourite only stepdaughter.

-Definitely favourite.

-Where have you come from, Tim?

I'm originally from London and now I'm in Milton Keynes.

Yep, and I was in Milton Keynes and now I'm in London.

-Tim, what do you do?

-Um, I'm a currently unemployed IT manager,

but what I'm trying to do at the moment, I'm trying to set up a business baking cakes.

-You've gone from IT...to cakes?

-To baking cakes, yes.

You see, that's brilliant. It's a massive industry now.

-Cupcakes.

-No, absolutely not.

-Not cupcakes?

-No.

-Oversubscribed?

I'm trying to fill the niche of people who want cakes made in the shape of their pets.

So I make dog cakes and things like that.

-Wow.

-Could you make me a fishcake? LAUGHTER

Never heard that one before(!)

-Well, very best of luck. So how far have you got on setting up this business?

-How far have I got?

-Yeah.

-Um, I've got a couple of cake tins. And a...

-And an oven.

And an oven, and a humungous bag of flour. But I have the ambition.

You have the ambition and now you've just announced it to a peak-time afternoon audience.

-Yes.

-Fantastic. Well, very best of luck.

-If I hold my business card up.

-Brilliant. Now, Anna.

-Yes.

-What do you do?

-I work in recruitment for a fashion retail company.

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

-Anything to do with fashion, that would be fantastic.

-Great.

Celebrities and possibly film, but I know that makes me sound a little bit...

I don't know, like I'm leaning on one side of things, but I'm hoping those come up.

-Very best of luck to the pair of you.

-Thank you.

And next we welcome back Marco and Martin.

You were also on the show last time. Remind us what happened.

Er, we went out on that one due to the fact that Craig Bellamy is Welsh and not Irish,

-so I kind of blame him, really, a bit.

-Yeah, no, entirely his fault.

What are you hoping is going to come up, Marco?

Um...Welsh football is obviously a speciality of ours, but I think we'll go back to films.

We're OK with films. We were in a happy place there.

You were good on films. First round, that was a great round for you.

-Martin, anything else you'd like to throw in.

-Possibly music.

I used to DJ part-time, weddings, birthdays, that kind of thing,

so the cheesier the better, really.

-Very good. You say you used to?

-Yeah, I haven't done it for a while now, no.

-Well, he's got a little bit more on his plate now.

-I have.

Ah, of course, yes! You have twins. In fact, both of you...you're both fathers of twins.

Not with each other, obviously.

-No.

-Although it looks like we're both expecting a couple more.

-Yes, mine are almost a year.

-Mine are 14.

-Wow. Wow.

So are you forever handing out handy tips, then, Marco?

That's right, yeah. I think he's just about got the hang of it now.

Marco and Martin, it's great having you back. Let's hope we'll see you beyond the second round this time.

Finally we've got Min and Alison. How do you two know each other?

Er, we met at school. I'm not telling you how many years ago, but we've been friends ever since.

-So what do you do now, Alison?

-I'm in international marketing, market research.

-Um, and, Min, what do you do?

-I'm a dog behaviourist.

Oh, come on!

There's cage fighters, people making cakes out of dogs, there's this.

-I'm beginning to think this is one big practical joke on you and I.

-Yes, I think it is.

Erm, what's that mean?

If people have got barking or difficult dogs, they're having problems with a little doggy,

that perhaps it pulls a bit too much or meets and greets a bit too enthusiastically

or savages, you know, other little doggies...

-What it really wants is a cake.

-Probably, yeah.

I mean, I must talk to Tim later!

-But I go and sort the doggies out for them.

-You're a dog whisperer.

I'm a dog whisperer, yes.

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

-Serial killers, preferably.

LAUGHTER

-O...K.

-Oh, dear.

Um...OK, serial killers. Anything else?

Um...lemurs?

Serial killers and lemurs! OK.

Anything else, Alison, you'd like to throw in the mix?

Um...maybe Blackadder?

I have a dog called Baldrick, so a bit of Blackadder wouldn't go amiss.

Very good indeed. Well, let's hope it does.

Very best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you here.

We will find out more about all of you as the show goes on.

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

A man who lives at Number 1 Obscurity Avenue. Ring top bell.

-He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hiya.

-Hiya.

-Afternoon.

-The top of the afternoon to you.

-What a great line-up of people.

What a line-up, certainly!

Should be a cracking show, shouldn't it? I don't believe a word of what I've heard,

-but...if half of it's true, it's spectacular, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-We've got two returning pairs.

Kat and Gemma made it to the head-to-head last time, so you would suspect they'd do well,

and Marco and Martin got to the second round, so it should be a very tough show, but a big jackpot.

-Should be an absolute cracker, I think.

-Hear, hear.

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

To stay in the game with a chance to win, our players need to score as few points as they can,

but what everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer, an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

so today's jackpot starts off, as Richard says, at the massive figure of £10,250.

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 will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they score the maximum of 100 points, so try and avoid those.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

-You go first.

-Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, and who second.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "..inch" as they could.

"..inch", Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary online edition

that ends "..inch". As always, no hyphenated words or proper nouns,

places or people's names.

We won't accept the word "inch" itself, I'm afraid,

and in case of doubt occasionally we might ask you to spell your answer.

-Very, very best of luck.

-OK, thank you very much indeed.

Right, Kat and Gemma, you all drew lots before the show and this afternoon you get to go first.

Remember, we are looking for words ending in "..inch".

I'm going to have to try and go for something that I know is safe

and hope that Kat's got some time to think about it and think of an absolute...belter, basically.

Erm, so I'm going to go with "cinch".

That's so weird, it's exactly what I was thinking of. "Cinch."

You're hoping to score as few points as possible. Let's see if "cinch" is a correct answer,

and, if it is, how many people said "cinch".

It's right.

-Not bad. 34 for "cinch". Richard?

-Yeah, well played, Gemma.

-If something's a cinch, it's simple, easy. It's a cinch.

-Very good. Tim.

-Um...I'll say "bullfinch".

-Like the way you're thinking there, Tim.

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

Very well done, Tim, that's a great answer. 4 for "bullfinch".

-Richard?

-Yeah, terrific answer, Tim. Very well done, great start.

Bullfinch. It's a bullfinch.

No-one knows why they're called bullfinches.

They've got quite a thick neck but, apart from that, nobody knows.

Martin.

I'm going to stay in a similar area...and go with "chaffinch".

I see quite a lot of birds coming up, Richard.

"Chaffinch". Let's see if that's right. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

How many people said "chaffinch"?

It's right.

20 for "chaffinch".

Yeah, pretty good answer, Martin.

Chaffinch obviously another very popular British bird.

That gets its name for eating chaff, because you often find them in barns.

Alison.

Oh...I think I'm going to stick with the bird theme,

and I'll go with "hawfinch".

-"Hawfinch".

-"Hawfinch".

-"Hawfinch".

-"Hawfinch".

-Right, OK. Well, let's see.

This could be a spectacular answer. You're saying "hawfinch".

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

Very well done, it's right.

And it's pointless! That's an excellent answer. Very well done, Alison.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £10,500, and it scores you nothing.

That's a great answer, Alison. Very well done. Richard.

Brilliant answer, Alison, very well played.

If you ask a Cockney what a hawfinch is, he'll say, "It's about that."

LAUGHTER

Now, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Alison and Min, you are on nothing. Fantastic score.

Tim, who introduced us to this bird line - well done, thank you -

you scored 4 for that, great score.

Then we go up to 20, where we find Martin and Marco,

then up to 34, where we find Gemma and Kat.

So, Kat, we need an absolutely genius answer from you in the next pass.

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

We're looking for words ending in "..inch".

Min, the high scorers are Kat and Gemma on 34.

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

Well, given that Alison was so brilliant,

I think I've got the leeway to play it quite safe.

So I'm going to say "winch".

There is a red line.

Below that, through to the next round. Let's see if "winch" is right and how many people said it.

It's right.

44 for "winch", Min. That takes your total up to 44.

Yeah, not a bad tactic, Min, but probably a few more points than you would have liked.

-Winch, any sort of pulley that hoists things up. A winch.

-A winch.

Marco, we come to you.

The high scorers are now Min and Alison on 44. You're on 20.

If you can score 23 or less, you are through to the next round.

I'm going to stay on the bird theme, and I'm going to go with goldfinch.

"Goldfinch", says Marco.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed.

3 that scores you. Very well said, Marco.

Takes your total up to 23. You're through to the next round.

Yeah, well played, Marco. Everyone's going for very similar answers but they all seem to be working.

There's a James Bond film where one of the villains looks after goldfinches,

so...he's a "goldfincher". HE SIGHS

-It's not easy, you know, this.

-No, it's not, it's not.

Anna, you're on 4. The high scorers are Min and Alison on 44.

If you can score 39 or less, you are through to the next round.

OK. Erm, pretty much all of the answers I've thought of have already come up.

I don't know that many birds, so how many people have said birds I've never heard of is fantastic.

Erm, pretty much the only word I can think of now is "clinch",

as in clinching a deal.

There's your red line. Now then, Anna, if your "clinch"

can get you below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

And you've done it. Very well done, 20 for "clinch".

20 for "clinch" takes your total up to 24, you're through to the next round.

-Richard.

-Yeah, very well played, Anna.

"Clinch." It's an English word that ends "..inch".

"Clinch." Kat.

You're on 34, the high scorers, on 44, are Min and Alison.

If you can score 9 or less, you are through to the next round.

9 or less.

Erm...well, my bird knowledge is pretty nonexistent,

so I'm going to have to just cut that option off, and, er,

"clinch" was one of my options, so the only other word that

I can think of was actually a film, The Grinch, with Jim Carrey,

so I'm assuming "grinch" is a word.

If it's not then I can't think of anything else, so...I'm just going

to have to go with "grinch" and hope that nobody else thought of it.

There's your red line. If you get below that red line with "grinch", you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Go, go, go.

That was a great answer. "Grinch" scored you 19.

-Takes your total up to 53. Richard.

-Yeah, valiant effort.

A spoilsport or a killjoy, really, and famous in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

It's a very good answer but not quite low enough.

Er, there are a few more birds out there.

"Finch" itself would have been a big scorer. "Greenfinch" would have scored 3 points.

There's another couple of finches on this pointless answers list.

There's the hawfinch that we had from Alison, brilliant answer.

The piefinch, a regional word for chaffinch, would have been pointless.

The rosefinch, that was pointless.

"Scrinch", that's a pointless answer, to sit closely or squeeze together.

"Skinch", to restrict the supply of something.

"Swinch", to toil or labour.

"Topinch", which literally means to pinch,

it comes from Shakespeare's Merry Wives Of Windsor.

"Unclinch", different way of saying "unclench".

And "wrinch", which also... it's a variant spelling of "rinse".

Let's see the ones that the most of our 100 people said.

"Winch" actually the third biggest of all, but saw you through to the next round, so good answer, 44.

"Finch" itself would have scored you 64, and, right at the top,

"pinch", on 82.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round One, the losing pair, with the highest score, it's Kat and Gemma.

Oh, dear, at 53! Not a bad score at all, and yet here it is.

-The high score at the end of the round. You were through to the head-to-head last time.

-I know!

-And very nearly through to the final.

-You win some, you lose some, but taking part,

-I suppose, is... Well, actually no.

-No!

-We wanted to win.

No, it's bitterly disappointing. And disappointing for us.

-We have to say goodbye to you. You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you so much.

-BOTH: Thank you.

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

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

so one of the teams now will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our Round Two category this afternoon is...

television.

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

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

OK, so our Round Two question this afternoon concerns

TV detectives and their shows.

TV detectives and their shows. Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you a list of six TV detectives on each pass.

We asked 100 people, "In which TV series did these detectives first appear in?"

Give us an obscure answer and you'll score fewer points, but an incorrect answer and you'll score 100.

It's going to be 12 detectives in all, 12 series to guess at home.

Thank you. We are looking for the TV shows in which these detectives first appeared, and we have got...

Now, there we are.

-Anna.

-This is not going to go well. I literally know nothing about detective shows,

despite my gran being an avid watcher.

I should have watched some with her sometime, so I'm going to get this completely wrong.

I don't know a single one!

Erm...I'm going to go...

DI Burnside and...Midsomer Murders. That's the only detective show I can think of.

Midsomer Murders you're saying for DI Burnside.

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

Ooh, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, Anna, I'm sorry.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

Yeah, sorry, Anna, your grandmother will be screaming at the television as we speak.

I won't give the correct answer in case Martin or Alison have a go.

-OK, now, Martin. Martin. Is this a good topic for you?

-It's better.

I know these. At least one of these. So I am going to go...

for the bottom one, DI Sam Tyler, and that's Life On Mars.

Life On Mars for Sam Tyler, you're saying.

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

It's right.

15.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Martin, 15 for Life On Mars. Richard.

Yeah, good answer, Martin.

John Simm, of course, plays DCI Sam Tyler, and Philip Glenister as Gene Hunt.

A sort of time-travel cop series.

Very, very good indeed.

Now, Alison, you're the last person to have this board,

so you can go through and supply all the answers if you like, and then submit one at the end.

Unfortunately I can do absolutely nothing of the sort.

Erm...I know I know James Hathaway,

and when you tell me

I shall know the answer,

and the same with Jack Regan,

but...I have not a clue.

And I KNOW James Hathaway, I think he's in Oxford,

and he's been on recently, and he's in a second series.

I can't remember the name of the series!

Erm...I'm going to go for James Hathaway, Midsomer Murders,

and I know it's wrong, it's the other one.

James Hathaway, Midsomer Murders, you're saying.

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

Nooo.

Bad luck, Alison, I'm afraid another incorrect answer,

which means you also score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Alison. Now Anna's gran is screaming at YOU through the TV set.

-Yes!

But you're absolutely thinking along the right lines.

-It is in Oxford. He is the sidekick to Lewis. Lewis.

-I knew it!

-Played by Laurence Fox. Would have scored you 13 points.

-I knew it!

DI Burnside, played by Christopher Ellison, first appeared on The Bill.

Would have scored you 53 points.

Jack Regan was John Thaw's character in The Sweeney.

Would have scored you 28.

DCI David Bilborough was Christopher Eccleston's character in Cracker.

Would have scored you one point,

and DI Peter Carlisle is a pointless answer.

He was played by David Tennant in the cop musical Blackpool.

Very well done if you got that pointless answer.

OK, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.

Martin and Marco looking extremely strong there on 15,

and then Anna and Tim and Alison and Min on 100.

So, yes, it's going to be between you, Min and Tim,

to tussle it out, see who'll be leaving at the end of this round.

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

We're putting six more detectives on the board, and here they are.

We have got...

We are looking for the TV shows in which these detectives appear,

and obviously you're trying to find the one that

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, Min, you're joint high scorers. Is this board going to help you?

I think...I hope so.

I think...

DI Maggie Forbes...was...in...

The Gentle Touch?

DI Maggie Forbes, The Gentle Touch, says Min. How many people said The Gentle Touch?

It's right, Min. That's a brilliant answer.

Oh, very well done indeed! Look at that, 9.

9 for The Gentle Touch takes your total up to 109. Richard.

Yeah, well played, Min, got yourself right back into the game.

Played by Jill Gascoine, of course. Then went on to be in CATS Eyes, but Gentle Touch first.

Now then, Marco, our high scorers on 109 are Min and Alison.

You're on 15.

If you can score 93 or less,

you are straight through to the head-to-head.

How simple could it be?

-Indeed.

-Don't recognise any of them definitely,

so now I'm starting to really struggle,

and it's...from the back of my mind somewhere, I'm going to go for

Superintendent Stanley Mullett,

and I'm going to go for Z Cars.

Superintendent Stanley Mullett.

Z Cars.

Marco, there's your lovely high red line, look at that.

It's a walk in the park, just down from the pink line down to the red line.

Do you think Stanley Mullett and Z Cars are going to get you there?

Absolutely not.

-What do you think, Martin?

-No.

-"Don't know" or "no"?

-No.

-I could be mistaken, however...

-No.

-No.

Superintendent Stanley Mullett, is it right for Z Cars?

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

Noooo! Bad luck, Marco, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which takes your total up to 115.

Ooh, it's all getting very close indeed as we come to the end of this second round.

-Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Marco. Tough round.

I won't give you the answer in case Tim wants to have a go.

-Phew! So, then. Tim, it's all in your hands.

-Right.

The scores are ranged - 115, Marco and Martin, 109, Min and Alison, and you on 100.

You have to score 14 or less to stay in the game.

-How much do you know about TV cop shows?

-Um...not a lot.

-Less than Anna did.

-Right.

Luckily, however, there was one that I've got half of a brain cell

in the back of the mind going,

and luckily none of the other guys have had a go yet,

so I'm going to say, DCI Jane Tennison,

was she in Prime Suspect?

-OK, you're saying Jane Tennison, Prime Suspect.

-Yes.

That has to score you 14 or less or we say goodbye to you.

Very best of luck, Tim.

Let's see if Prime Suspect, Jane Tennison, is right, and, if it is, how many people said it.

It's going to be very, very close, I think.

Ohhh!

Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! You needed to score 14. You scored 16.

Oh, Tim, look at that!

Oh, never mind.

That's very exciting, but I'm afraid you are the high scorers.

-Richard.

-Tim, that's really, really unlucky.

Great answer, just didn't quite score you few enough.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

The first thing we can do is solve the mystery of Midsomer Murders,

because the real original cop from that is up there,

DCI Tom Barnaby, played by John Nettles.

Would have scored you 49 points.

Superintendent Stanley Mullett, not from Z Cars.

He's actually Frost's boss in A Touch Of Frost.

Would have scored you 12 points. Inspector James Japp.

He was the perennially put-upon inspector in the Poirot stories.

Would have scored you 17. And DC David Briggs is a pointless answer.

That was from the spoof series Detectives.

He was played by Robert Powell in that alongside Jasper Carrott.

No points. Very well done if you said that. VERY well done if you got all 12. Very tough round.

Very tough indeed.

Well, thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of Round Two the losing pair,

with the highest score, I'm afraid, Tim and Anna.

Oh, what a shame. Well, you saved everyone in the first round, Tim.

I did.

But for your finch tip, I think we would have seen some very, very high scores in that first round,

-so that was a very selfless act.

-Thank you. It happens.

Not entirely selfless, because you picked it yourself first, but a great first round.

We will just have to look forward to seeing you again next time.

Tim and Anna, great contestants, thanks so much for playing.

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting now, as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done, Marco and Martin, Min and Alison, you've made it to the head-to-head.

Obviously only one pair can reach the final and play for that jackpot,

which currently stands at a massive £10,500.

-AUDIENCE: Whooo!

-Yeah!

Now, for each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer. But you are now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win the question.

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

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Christina Aguilera UK top 40 singles

as they could. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any single released by Christina Aguilera

or which has her as a named featured artist that has reached the UK top 40 prior to May 2011.

Lot of answers on this list and a lot of big scores as well.

-14 top ten hits on this list.

-Wow. OK. Well, thanks very much, Richard.

Marco and Martin, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

Christina Aguilera, top 40 singles.

Dirrty was one of hers.

Do you know any?

Yeah? Yeah.

OK, we're going to go for Lady Marmalade.

Lady Marmalade.

Very good, Lady Marmalade has gone. Min and Alison?

-Well, we've got a total of... We're sorting through...

-One between us?

One between us.

So we're going to say that one, and I hope it's the right one,

and it's called Dirrty.

Dirrty. OK, we have Lady Marmalade and we have Dirrty.

Marco and Martin, Lady Marmalade, is it right, how many people said it?

-It's right.

-Is it top ten?

Oh, it's a good score. Look at that, 11!

11 for Lady Marmalade.

Min and Alison, you've gone for Dirrty.

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

It's right.

54.

Well, that means, after one question, Marco and Martin are ahead one-nil. Richard.

Two correct answers, but Marco and Martin, that's a good one. She had a number one hit with Lady Marmalade,

alongside Mya and Lil' Kim and Pink as well.

There's three pointless answers, all top ten hits but all collaborations.

Tilt Ya Head Back, which she did with Nelly. Tell Me, with P Diddy.

And Nobody Wants To Be Lonely with Ricky Martin.

Keeps Gettin' Better would have scored you 1,

Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) would have scored 1,

Not Myself Tonight, 3, Ain't No Other Man would have scored you 5,

The Voice Within, 5, Hurt, 7,

Car Wash, 7, Can't Hold Us Down, 8,

What A Girl Wants, 10, I Turn To You, 11. And the big scorers here,

there's Lady Marmalade, 11, Candyman, 14, Fighter on 20,

Beautiful, 49, Genie In A Bottle, 52,

and Dirrty, with Redman, on 54.

Thank you very much, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.

Now, Min and Alison, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Ricky Gervais films as they could.

Ricky Gervais films. Richard.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Ricky Gervais has received an acting credit prior to May 2011, please.

No short films, TV films or documentaries,

but voice performances do count.

-OK, thank you very much. Now then, Min and Alison, you go first this time.

-Any idea?

-Any Ricky Gervais film?

-No, all I know is The Office.

Erm...we've really got no idea.

Erm...I think he might have been in that Russell Brand film,

but I'm not sure of the name of it.

I think it's called something like...

Show Me The Way To The Greek?

Show Me The Way To The Greek. OK, I'll take that as your answer.

Marco and Martin.

Night At The Museum 1 and 2, The Invention Of Lying, but I think the one...

-Stardust as well.

-Stardust as well, yeah.

But I think the one we're going to go for, when he played a dentist who could see the dead, er, Ghost Town.

Ghost Town.

So we have Show Me The Way To The Greek and we have Ghost Town.

In the order they were given, Show Me The Way To The Greek,

is it right, how many people said it?

Bad luck, Min and Alison,

which means, Marco and Martin, you merely have to be correct and you are through to the final.

It's just him, I've not seen the film!

-Do you think that's the right name?

-I think so. I'm doubting myself a bit but I'm going to stick with it.

OK, well, let's find out. Ghost Town. Is it right? That's all it needs to be.

It is right.

Very well done.

Ooh, it's a great answer, look at that.

Oh, 11! Very well done indeed, Marco and Martin.

Very well done. That means, after only two questions,

you are through to the final in straight sets, two-nil.

-Richard.

-Yeah, well played, Marco and Martin, good answer.

It's Get Him To The Greek, the name of the Russell Brand film, and Ricky Gervais is not in it, I'm afraid.

-Oh, well.

-But do you know who is?

Christina Aguilera.

-Plays herself in that film.

-My nemesis.

-Er...

-Yeah, your nemesis! You never knew Christina Aguilera was your nemesis, did you?

-I didn't.

Until now. Quite a good nemesis to have.

Let's take a look at all the answers up here.

For Your Consideration, a Christopher Guest film, he was in that.

Dog Eat Dog, a very early thing, he played a bouncer in that in 2001.

Valiant, he was the voice of Bugsy in that animation,

would have scored you 3 points.

Stardust, the fantasy adventure, would have scored you 5.

He wrote with Stephen Merchant and starred in Cemetery Junction,

would have scored you 6.

Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian, the sequel, 9.

There's Ghost Town, 11. The Invention Of Lying on 14,

alongside the original Night At The Museum.

Very well done if you got either pointless answer.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's Min and Alison.

That was a very tough, tough head-to-head for you, wasn't it?

-It's just the way the subjects come up.

-It is, exactly, yes. Unfortunate.

-Did you know some of those films when they came up?

-No.

I knew Night At The Museum, but I didn't know he was in it,

which sort of made it...

It makes it somehow easier, doesn't it? Well, I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye.

You've been fantastic contestants, you've played excellently so far.

We will have to look forward to seeing you again next time.

But, meanwhile, Min and Alison, thank you very much.

But for Marco and Martin, it's now time for our Pointless final

and a chance to win that jackpot of £10,500.

Well, congratulations, Marco and Martin.

You've fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, and at the end of today's show,

you may have noticed, the jackpot stands at £10,500.

AUDIENCE: Whooo!

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

an answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had one pointless answer on the show today. Find one more and you will leave here with that money.

First, though, you've got to pick a category,

and you can choose from these three options.

Ooh, no.

Right, soul divas I think we can safely say is out.

Shall we stick to what we know? American actors.

We'll stay with what's got us here. American actors.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Ben Affleck films as they could.

-Ben Affleck films. Richard.

-Straight into another film question, guys.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Ben Affleck has received an acting credit prior to April 2011.

No short films, TV films or documentaries,

but voice performances do count. Very, very best of luck.

OK, you can have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

And all you need to win that £10,500 is for just one of those answers

to be pointless.

-Your 60 seconds start now.

-OK, what have you got?

-I've got Dogma.

Dogma is in. Think of anything with Matt Damon in.

That's what I'm trying to think. Daredevil, is that Ben Affleck?

Daredevil was, but it's probably going to be well known.

-Good Will Hunting was Matt Damon. Did Ben Affleck appear in that at all?

-Don't know.

-Um...what else?

He was with J-Lo as well. What was that absolutely rubbish film?

-Oh, yes, yes, yes.

-Was it Maid In Manhattan? Not Maid In Manhattan.

-Come on, what was it called?

-I know what you're thinking.

-Go on, you think on that one.

-You come up with something else, then!

-I'm trying to.

-Anything with Ben Affleck.

-Daredevil. Would he be credited for Team America?

-He wouldn't be, cos he's a puppet, but...

-But who did voice for it?

Exactly. I don't think I know.

It might be worth a shout if we can't think of anything else.

Like I say, Daredevil won't be worth it. So, Dogma...

-Shall we go for Team America?

-Yeah.

And then...well, I've got Good Will Hunting.

-Unless you've got something else.

-Five seconds left.

That other one wasn't Gigli, was it?

-It's worth a shout.

-OK. There is your minute up.

We were looking for Ben Affleck films.

-I now need three answers from you.

-OK, we're going to go for...

-Dogma, yeah?

-Yeah.

-Dogma.

-Dogma.

-Team America?

-Yeah.

-Team America: World Police.

-Team America.

And Gigli, which you've just plucked out, which is as good as anything.

-Yeah.

-Gigli.

-Gigli.

Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Dogma, because...

-We're sure he's in it!

-BOTH: Dogma.

We'll put Dogma last. What is your least likely pointless answer?

-Gigli, because I may have made it up.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Gigli, cos you may have made it up.

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

Three good answers. We were looking for Ben Affleck films.

You said this was your least confident shot at that pointless answer. Gigli.

Now, remember, you only have to find one pointless answer and you will win that £10,500 jackpot.

To get the ball rolling, let's see if Gigli is right

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

This for £10,500.

It's right. It's right. You weren't sure if you'd make it up.

Turns out you didn't. It exists. Ben Affleck's in it.

Now, it's right, the next thing it has to be is pointless.

It goes down into single figures!

Oh, 4.

-4. OK.

-Well done, mate. Good answer.

Well, unfortunately not a pointless answer, but, oh, it's a good score!

OK, you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot, £10,500.

-What would you do with £10,500?

-Go on holiday, I think.

Yeah, we talked about it. If we won the money together,

then we'd take our families together on a group holiday.

Fantastic.

Well, let's hope that one of these two remaining answers will get you on that holiday.

OK, your next answer is Team America.

This has to be right and it has to be pointless.

-You're not sure if it isn't somebody impersonating him?

-Yes.

-Yes, exactly.

-OK, let's see.

This has to be right and, if it is, it has to be pointless.

And if it's both of those things you will win £10,500.

Let's see, Team America, is Ben Affleck in it?

And how many people said it? Team America. Very best of luck, guys.

OK, OK. Fine. We weren't sure about that one anyway.

That was just...holding the place.

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

but luckily it's on Dogma, which you had no hesitation in putting forward

as your most confident shot at the pointless answer. OK.

Dogma has to be right and it has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things, you walk away here right now with £10,500 in your back pocket.

OK. Dogma. Is it right, how many people said it?

Very best of luck, guys. Dogma.

It's right. It's right.

Now, if this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £10,500.

Down into the teens. Single figures. Will this go down to zero?

Oh, no!

Wow.

Only three people had Dogma, but that's three too many, I'm afraid.

Unfortunately you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £10,500.

But you have been fantastic contestants, and you do of course

-get to take home our Pointless trophy, so there's that.

-Exactly.

Unlucky, guys. Three good answers. Yeah, Team America: World Police, it's an impersonation of him.

There's actually a love song in Team America with the lyrics -

"I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school".

Although he's actually rather good in some of these pointless answers.

I suspect you'll recognise a few.

The Town he directed and starred in recently, he's very good in that.

-Chasing Amy, a Kevin Smith film, was pointless.

-I'd never have got that.

Kevin Smith who obviously directed Dogma as well.

Forces Of Nature with Sandra Bullock, that was a pointless answer.

Changing Lanes with Samuel L Jackson, that was pointless.

Mallrats, another Kevin Smith film, pointless answer.

Hollywoodland, he won a Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for that.

But one more board, Smokin' Aces,

State Of Play, the remake of the British TV series,

and Clerks II, yet another Kevin Smith film.

Three very good answers and you've played so well on both shows.

Well, unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you,

Marco and Martin, but it's been just brilliant having you on the show.

-Thank you both so much for playing. Brilliant.

-Thanks very much.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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