Episode 9 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

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

So first we welcome back Lydia and Ron. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.

We did OK on bears, weirdly enough.

Fictional bears, yes.

But the absolute worst category that could come up came up and that was rock music and guitars.

At least the worst category's gone and we're back to fight.

You had Andy Summers in The Killers which I think is a fabulous, winning combination.

Ron, what are you hoping will come up this afternoon?

That I get something I really know something about.

-You picked Barnaby as a bear. That was a pointless answer.

-Yeah.

We got our strategy wrong. The guitar heroes, I should have gone first on that.

-Great to have you back. Best of luck.

-Thank you.

And next we welcome Christine and Ron, our second Ron in two pairs.

So, Ron S, you shall be.

Christine, how do you two know each other?

Ron's my granddad, so I've known him all my life, in fact.

-Is she an exemplary granddaughter?

-She is, but we have an advantage over the other contestants.

-There's three of us.

-Oh, I see. Many congratulations.

-Thank you.

-Many congratulations. What do you do, Christine?

-I work for a charity called Carers UK.

-Very good. And how about you, Ron?

-I'm a retired professional singer.

-You're a singer?

-Yes.

-You're not the retiring kind, surely?

-You've got a song bursting to come out at all moments?

-If you want me to sing, I will.

-That's not what I said.

-LAUGHTER

-Yes, I do.

-So maybe a pointless answer, we might get a burst into song from you. Surprise us.

Very best of luck. Lovely to have you on the show.

Next we welcome back Adam and Sally Ann. This is your second chance to reach the final.

Remind us what happened last time.

We did quite well. We got to the head-to-head and just collapsed. You were throwing UK politics at us.

We threw some really challenging questions at you.

-Tory Chancellors, you gave us Gordon Brown.

-Do you have to tell everybody?

-I know.

-What would you like today, Sally Ann?

-I'd like travel and I wouldn't mind music as well.

-Adam, how about you?

-A little bit of Australiana. Birds maybe, something like that.

-Some Australiana!

-LAUGHTER

We've never used it before and we're not using it today.

Well, whatever comes up, it's great to have you back

-and maybe you'll make it to the final.

-I hope so.

-Very best of luck.

Finally, we've got Betty and Sophie. How do you two know each other?

We met at uni. We do Illustration at Lincoln.

-Ah! There are lots of things to illustrate round there.

-Yes, lots.

-Cathedrals, hills.

But when you're not in Lincoln learning to illustrate, what do you like to do, Sophie?

Just general student activities. I play a couple of musical instruments.

-What do you play?

-The flute and the melodica.

-That's the thing with the keyboard?

-Yeah.

-We had one when we were little. Some of the keys fell off.

-But yeah, that was great fun.

-Yeah.

-And how about you, Betty?

I like to sit in my bright pink armchair and drink a lot of tea.

-We all like to do that.

-It has been christened The Throne or Gareth.

Tell us BRIEFLY why.

-The guy I bought it from was called Gareth.

-OK, very good.

-Yeah.

That is how I name all of my furniture.

You should meet Catriona. She's lovely.

-Fabulous.

-Is that your toaster?

-No, microwave.

-Of course.

-Indeed.

Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's only one person left to introduce. He is the nemesis of the internet search engine.

-He ranks the least popular most highly. He is my pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE

-Well, Richard, ahoy there.

-Hello to you. Are you OK?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-We've got two returning pairs today.

One of them, Lydia and Ron, got knocked out quite early, so I suspect they'll want to do better.

Adam and Sally Ann got to the head-to-head, which is a good sign.

It'll be interesting to see who wins today. We have a new Round 1 today.

-It'll be interesting to see how they play it.

-We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

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

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew

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

No-one won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £4,750.

APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

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

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

If you give me an incorrect answer, you score a maximum of 100 points.

In this first round, we will show you two related question categories.

The first category will be played on the first pass, the second category will be played on the second pass,

so it's crucial who goes first and who goes second.

It's very exciting, a new round! OK, let's reveal the two categories.

We have...

So Boy Bands will be played on the first pass and Rock Bands will be played on the second pass.

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

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

OK, so our first category is Boy Bands. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Westlife UK top 40 singles as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any single released by Westlife or which has them as a featured artist,

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

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

Lydia and Ron, you all drew lots before the show and you go first.

Now, Lydia...

I do have one answer. I think quite a lot of people will know it,

but I think it's right and that's Uptown Girl.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Uptown Girl.

It's right.

Still going down... 16. Very well done, Lydia.

Uptown Girl scoring you 16. Richard?

Well played, Lydia. It's the Comic Relief song from 2001, one of their many No.1s.

Thank you very much. And so, Christine, we come to you. Westlife...

-Are you a Westlife fan?

-Not really. I think I can come up with one, though.

And I think...You Raise Me Up?

You Raise Me Up. You're hoping that will score you as few points as possible.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said You Raise Me Up.

It's right.

14.

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done, Christine.

14 for You Raise Me Up. Richard?

Another No.1 single, this time from 2005. Good answer.

OK, Sally Ann, Westlife, we come to you, possibly the biggest fan of Westlife.

My mind has gone absolutely blank about Westlife songs.

I love the group and I just can't...

The only song I can think of, I don't know whether they sang it, but I think they did, is Mandy.

-Adam, what do you think?

-I have no idea.

-Have you heard of Westlife?

-I have just.

Let's see if Mandy is a correct answer and if it is, how many people said Mandy.

It's right.

Very well done, Sally Ann.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done, you. That scores you 11.

-Richard?

-Well played. The scores just keep getting better.

Another No.1 single, a cover of the Barry Manilow song, from 2003.

So, Sophie, we are looking for UK top 40 hits from Westlife.

I think I'm going to go with... I remember they did this with Mariah Carey, I think - Against All Odds.

Against All Odds. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Well done, down it goes. Fantastic!

-APPLAUSE

-Look at that!

That's a wonderful answer. It scores you only 2 points. Against All Odds, Richard?

Yeah, well played, Sophie. It was with Mariah Carey from 2000.

-Guess what number it got to?

-1.

-No.1. Exactly right.

11 of their first 13 singles got to No.1.

-Wow!

-Who do you prefer? Westlife or Boyzone?

There's... There's not... There's not much in it.

Up to this point, did you think they were the same group...?

Westlife have released some pointless singles. Let's see if any Westlife fans got these at home.

-Very well done if you got any of those at home.

-Thank you, Richard.

Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

Sophie and Betty on 2, Sally Ann and Adam on 11,

Christine and Ron S on 14, Lydia and Ron W on 16.

Ron, rock bands, you'll have to pull one out of the bag.

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

So for the second pass, the category is Rock Bands. Let's just see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Status Quo UK top 40 singles as they could.

-Status Quo, Richard?

-Very much the Westlife of the '70s, Status Quo.

-Oh, yes.

We're looking for Status Quo singles that have been in the UK top 40 prior to April 2011.

Again if it's a double-A side, we'll count either of those.

It's Status Quo by themselves or as a featured artist. Best of luck.

Very good. So, The Quo, it is, Betty. The Quo.

-Are you now wishing you'd done boy bands?

-No, cos I hate them.

-Rock and a hard place!

-Oh, to be back in Gareth now!

LAUGHTER

The high scorers are Ron W and Lydia on 16. You are on 2.

If you can score 13 or less, you are through to the next round.

All we need from you is a UK top 40 single from The Quo.

I think there was a song that they did on an advert for a well-known supplier of household goods.

Mm-hm.

Is it Whatever You Want?

Let's see if that's right. There is your red line.

If Whatever You Want gets you below it, you are in the next round.

-OK.

-Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Whatever You Want.

Well done. It's right.

Down it goes... 24. Not a bad score at all.

-APPLAUSE

-Not bad at all, Betty.

That takes your total up to 26.

That may be enough to keep you in the game. Richard?

Well played. Top ten hit from 1979. That's what Pointless is about -

getting that nugget of something you know at the back of your head.

-Very good. So then, Adam?

-I'm struggling. Put it that way!

I'm going to have to make something up and I'll go with...

Love Me.

-That's my...

-Love Me?

-It could be a good song, couldn't it?

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

The high scorers are Betty and Sophie on 26.

There is your red line there.

If Love Me is by Status Quo and you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Good luck. Love Me...

Bad luck, Adam.

I'm afraid that is incorrect, so you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 111.

-Richard?

-Yeah, it wasn't so much an answer as a cry for help.

Yeah, not a Status Quo single. Sounds like it could be one,

but we're not accepting answers that sound like they could be Status Quo singles in this round.

Now then, Ron S, you are on 14. The high scorers are Adam and Sally Ann on 111,

which means if you can score 96 or less with your answer, you are through to the next round.

The only one I can think of is Rockin' All Over The World.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Rockin' All Over The World.

Well done, Ron.

44. That's good enough.

It takes your total up to 58.

Richard?

Well played, Ron. It was a No.3 hit in 1977,

but probably more famously opened Live Aid in 1985.

Thanks very much, Richard. And so, Ron W...

Remember, we're looking for UK top 40 hits from The Quo.

I was going to have what Ron S had, but he's put me under pressure now.

-This might be a lifeline for Adam and Sally Ann.

-Yeah.

-They are the high scorers on 111. You are on 16.

You need to score 94 or less.

-I'm not sure, but I think they did something called Down The Dustpipe.

-There is your red line, Ron.

If Down The Dustpipe gets you below that, you are home and dry.

If it's wrong,

you are down the dustpipe.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Down The Dustpipe. Good luck, Ron.

You're right and you're through to the next round. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £5,000.

It scores you nothing - your second pointless in two shows,

and it leaves your total at 16.

-Very well done, Ron. Richard?

-Fantastic. Down The Dustpipe was one of their first singles from 1970.

No.12 hit. Very well done.

Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers. Some people at home will have got some of these.

Roll Over Lay Down was a pointless answer and Running All Over The World

which was a re-release of Rockin' All Over The World.

Very well done if you got a pointless Quo answer and a pointless Westlife answer.

That must be a very, very small group of people, I suspect.

At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score is Adam and Sally Ann.

But you have done phenomenally well.

You made it through to a nail-biting head-to-head in the last show.

-I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.

-That's OK. We've had a fantastic day.

-Thanks to everybody.

-It's been lovely having you here. Thanks for playing. Great contestants.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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 be leaving us after this round.

OK, our category for Round 2 this afternoon is...

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

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

OK, our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns...

-Richard, wow!

-We should pause in case anyone's at home in the kitchen and you want to call them in.

Just say, "Look, they're doing UK postcodes."

We'll show you six postcodes on each pass.

We've asked 100 people which towns belong to those postcodes.

Tell us the town or the city at the centre of that postcode area.

The more obscure answers will score you fewer points. An incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

Thanks very much, Richard. We are looking for the towns or cities at the centre of these postcodes.

And on our list we have got...

I'll read those again.

Now then, Ron, there are the postcodes.

You are going to give me the name of a town or city

at the middle of the most obscure one you know.

I'll go for the PR...

Preston.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer. PR, says Ron W - Preston.

Oh, it's right. Well done.

41.

APPLAUSE

Not a bad score. 41 for Preston. Richard?

Yeah, well played, Ron - Preston. This is rather a good round.

Like a cryptic detective puzzle, trying to work out what they are.

-Could you get all six of those?

-I could have a pop at them.

-You could have a pop at them, but would it be right?

-That's the thing.

Christine, are you going to have a pop at one of those? You're going to have to.

Geography is probably my worst subject ever,

but for some reason, I seem to know quite a few of the postcodes.

I don't know why.

I'm going to go for TQ and I think it's Torquay.

TQ, Torquay, at the top of the table there.

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

Yep, it's right.

64.

-APPLAUSE

-Quite a high score there - 64.

-For Torquay.

-A pretty high score, Christine - 64 for Torquay.

It could be nothing else with TQ in it, I guess.

So then, Betty, we're looking for the towns or cities that lie at the centre of these UK postcodes.

-I'm not promising any miracles, but I do like snail mail.

-Yeah.

So I'm going to make a bit of a guess

and HU...

Possibly maybe Huddersfield? Is that right? Tell me if it's right.

-Do the points.

-That's the one you're going with? HU for Huddersfield?

-Yeah.

-OK, very good.

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

Oh, bad luck, Betty!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Bad luck.

-HU, not Huddersfield, Richard?

-Sorry, Betty. It's a tough round. It's Hull.

Would have scored you 34 points, that.

-Have a go at the rest of the board.

-I was thinking G was Guildford.

-It's Glasgow.

-Of course it's Glasgow. Would have scored you 32.

-LU?

-Luton?

-Luton is the correct answer. That's 57, a big score.

-And DE?

-Derby?

-Derby is the right answer, yeah.

26. Derby is the best answer, so well done if you said that at home.

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

Ron W and Lydia, 41. Who would have thought that would be the lowest score in this pass? But it is.

Then up to 64 for Christine and Ron S.

Then Betty and Sophie, oh!

-Sophie, I really hope you work for the Post Office in your spare time.

-Yeah, me too.

OK, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We'll put six more postcodes on the board and here they are.

-We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for towns or cities at the centre of these postcodes.

And you want the ones that the fewest people knew.

-Sophie, you're the high scorers on 100 points.

-Yes.

-We need a low score from you.

-Right. I don't know any of them.

-Looking good(!)

-Yeah, promising(!)

I'm going to go for EX and Exeter.

EX, Exeter. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. Good luck.

It's right.

Oh! It's a high score, I'm afraid, Sophie.

71.

And I'm afraid that takes your total to an unbeatable 171.

-Richard?

-Yeah, that's a big score for Exeter.

Founded by the Romans as Isca Dumnoniorum, when presumably ID was its post code. But EX now.

Thank you very much. So, Ron, we come to you. The good news is you are in the Head to Head.

You'll never overtake Sophie and Betty's high score there.

So why not have some fun and see if you can get a really low score with the pressure off?

FY...

I'll go for...Filey.

-Filey. Filey in Yorkshire.

-Yes.

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

Filey.

No! Bad luck. Mind you, that was a fun punt to take.

As it happens, it's incorrect. It scores you 100 points and takes your total to 164.

-FY.

-Yes, I won't tell you the correct answer in case Lydia wants to have a go.

-So then, Lydia, again. You're through to the Head to Head.

-OX I'm guessing must be Oxford.

FY I don't know. BT...I think might be Brighton.

MK is Milton Keynes, I'm guessing.

But I'm going to go for IV. I'm wondering if it's St Ives.

Ohh.

St Ives. Very good.

Let's see if IV is St Ives and how many people said it.

-Ohh.

-Well, no, we'll all learn something. Thank you. That scores you 100 points,

but it doesn't matter. Your 141 sees you through.

-Richard?

-Let's look at all of them.

-Alexander, have a go. Some are obvious. OX?

-Oxford.

-It is Oxford, yeah.

-It would have scored 84, though. MK?

-Milton Keynes.

Exactly right. Would have scored 50. Now IV. Not St Ives.

Well, it was either going to be...

Iver in Buckinghamshire, but that wouldn't have a thing.

-Inverness in Scotland is the only one I can think of.

-Lydia just said the same thing.

It is Inverness. It scored 33.

-BT. Anybody?

-Belfast?

-Belfast is exactly right.

It would have scored 15. And FY. Not Filey.

I do not know.

Very well done at home if you said Blackpool.

-Is there any reason...?

-Yes, it's Fylde it's named after, but Blackpool is at the centre.

So it scores 7 points The best answer on both boards. A very good answer.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair is Betty and Sophie.

Want to know the worst thing? I was born and bred in Milton Keynes.

-Oh, that is bad.

-LAUGHTER

I don't know what to say.

-We've had fun.

-We've had lovely fun. I can't bear to have to say goodbye after only two rounds.

However, good news - you'll be back again next time and I'm sure you'll do much better.

It's been fabulous having you. Tremendous contestants. Thank you.

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

Very well done, Lydia and Ron W and Christine and Ron S.

Obviously, only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at...

£5,000.

You're going head to head on the best of three questions. Each pair gives me just one answer,

but you're now allowed to confer. Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair.

The first pair to get to the best of three 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 A-Team actors as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any actor who has played any of the four members of the A-Team -

Hannibal, BA Baracus, Murdock and Face - in either the 1980s TV series or the 2010 movie.

So there are 8 answers in all.

OK, Richard, thank you very much. Lydia and Ron, you've played best so far so you get to go first.

A-Team actors.

-OK?

-Yeah.

-We have an answer?

-Yeah.

-What's it going to be?

-Peter Graves.

Peter Graves. I've never heard of him! But that could be brilliant.

-Christine and Ron, Peter Graves has gone.

-I have no idea of any of the TV series at all,

but I've got a feeling that Bradley Cooper is in the film.

-I think that's his name. What do you think?

-Mr T's the other one.

-He was on the television.

-Go for that?

-Go for Mr T.

-Go for Mr T.

-If you're not sure.

-I'm not sure if he's on it or not.

-Yeah, we'll go for Mr T.

-You're going for Mr T.

So we have Peter Graves from Lydia and Ron W and Mr T from Christine and Ron S.

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

Bad luck. Bad luck.

Peter Graves, an incorrect answer. So Christine and Ron, you merely have to be correct. Mr T you said.

Is it right and how many people said it? ..Of course, it is right.

Down it goes, surprisingly low. 38.

Very well done. After one question,

-Christine and Ron S are up on-nil. Richard?

-Well played.

Should have listened to Christine, though. Bradley Cooper was a much better answer.

Peter Graves, I think you're getting mixed up with George Peppard. There's a physical similarity.

-George Peppard played Hannibal. Peter Graves was the pilot in Airplane.

-Oh, I see! Yes, yes.

Let's look at all eight answers.

Sharlto Copley played Murdock in the film, the 2010 film.

Very well done if you said that.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson played the BA Baracus role.

There's Bradley Cooper. He played Face in the 2010 film.

Dwight Schultz was the original Murdock and would have scored 12.

Dirk Benedict, the original Face, 15. Liam Neeson, who was Hannibal in the film, would have scored 20.

George Peppard, there he is, 31.

And Mr T right at the top with 38. Well done if you got an obscure one.

Thank you very much, Richard.

-So here is your second question. Lydia and Ron W, you have to win this to stay in the game.

-Yes.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many coronation decades as they could. Coronation decades. Richard?

Any decade in the 20th century in which the coronation of a British monarch took place.

Thanks very much.

OK, Christine and Ron S, you go first this time.

-1950s.

-You're going to say the 1950s.

-Yes.

OK, 1950s.

-Now Lydia and Ron W.

-Well...

I know that Queen Victoria popped her clogs, passed away, in 1901,

so I'm guessing someone must have taken over. One of the Georges, I expect. So the 1900s.

The 1900s. OK, so we have the 1950s and the 1900s.

1950s say Christine and Ron S. Is it right and how many people said it?

71. It's right,

but a popular choice.

Lydia and Ron W are saying the 1900s. Let's see if that's right.

It's right. Edward.

It beats 71. Down it goes. 23.

23, well done. That wins it for you. So after the second question it's one point each.

Very good answer. The coronation of Edward VII was 1902.

There's four answers, in fact.

1910s, that was George V in 1911. 1900s was Edward VII.

1930s, that was George VI in 1937 and the '50s, of course,

-with Elizabeth II in 1953.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

So here is the third question. Whoever wins this is through to play for that £5,000 jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many countries that border Brazil as they could.

Countries that border Brazil. Richard?

Any of the countries on mainland South America that have a land border with Brazil.

There are nine of those countries, meaning a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.

-See how many you get at home.

-OK, thank you very much. Countries that border Brazil.

Lydia and Ron W, it is your turn to go first.

Are you sure, though?

OK, we'll take Ron's answer. If he's wrong, it's his fault.

-Em, Paraguay?

-Paraguay.

OK, Paraguay.

Christine and Ron S?

Geography - my favourite subject(!)

-My worst!

-That's what I mean. I was being sarcastic.

-I can't even find my way home.

-Argentina? Argentina is my best guess.

-Chile?

-Chile or Argentina.

-Let's go for Argentina.

-Argentina.

-OK, Argentina.

So we have Paraguay and Argentina. Lydia and Ron W said Paraguay. Let's test that first.

Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right.

Down it goes.

Oh, very well done. 18.

18 for Paraguay.

-Christine and Ron have said Argentina. How do you feel?

-Very bad.

-Not very confident.

Not very confident. OK. Is Argentina right and how many people said it? Good luck.

Well, it's right.

Will it go down as far as Paraguay? 43.

43, beaten by 18. So after three questions

Lydia and Ron W are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?

Very well played. Virtually every country borders Brazil, except Chile and Ecuador.

Let's see the list here.

Guyana is the best answer there with one, Suriname with 2, Venezuela 13,

Paraguay 18. A very good answer. Only three beat it.

Colombia 18,

Uruguay also 18, Bolivia 23, Peru 41, Argentina top of the board there with 43.

OK, thank you, Richard. So the losing pair is Christine and Ron S.

-What would you like to see next time?

-Egyptology, from the 6th AD.

LAUGHTER

It's been brilliant having you. We will see you again next time.

Thanks, meanwhile. Great players.

But for Lydia and Ron, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £5,000.

Congratulations, Lydia and Ron. You fought off all the competition to win our Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. And the jackpot stands at £5,000.

The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had one pointless answer today and that was yours, Ron. You came up with Down The Dustpipe.

What a song to come up with! You only need one more pointless answer.

Firstly, choose a category from one of these three options:

-What do you think?

-Neither of us knows anything about golf.

-So it's the other two.

-British actresses?

-Are you sure? Because I think I could do American novelists.

-If you're certain.

-It could be something we don't know.

-I've got a chance with British actresses.

-British actresses.

OK. British actresses. Let's find out the question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Maggie Smith films as they could. Maggie Smith films.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release prior to April 2011

for which Maggie Smith has received an acting credit or a voice credit. No documentaries, short films, TV.

So any film starring Dame Maggie Smith prior to April, 2011.

Thank you very much, Richard.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win £5,000

-is for one of those answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

I think she may be in Vanity Fair.

-I don't know if I've seen her in Vanity Fair.

-I think so,

but I might be completely... Oh, what's that one?

Something Park. I can't remember.

What were her films?

-Oh, gosh. She's in The Secret Garden.

-Yeah.

-And Vanity Fair.

-And The Little Princess.

-Sorry?

-The Little Princess.

-What shall we go for? Vanity Fair.

-The Secret Garden.

-The Secret Garden. And Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

-Yeah.

OK, we'll stop the clock there. Stop the clock.

We were looking for Maggie Smith films. I now need three answers. Give me three answers now.

-All right. Secret Garden.

-Secret Garden.

-Gosford Park?

-Gosford Park.

-And...

-The Prime of...

-I can't say that.

-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

-Good.

-Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer.

-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. OK, we'll put that last.

-Which is your least likely?

-Gosford Park. I'm not sure if it's a film. It just came out.

-OK.

I'll put Gosford Park first, then The Secret Garden and then The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

OK, let's put them up in that order and here they are.

We were looking for Maggie Smith films. This was your least confident answer.

You only need one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £5,000.

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

Well, you're right. It is a film.

And down it goes. This has to go all the way down to zero to win the jackpot.

Into the teens, single figures...

Six!

Very well said!

That's a great answer. Unfortunately, not a pointless one.

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

-£5,000 is a whopping jackpot. What would you do with that?

-Spend it!

I would really like to buy a Bedlington terrier.

-I'm passionate about dogs and a Bedlington terrier looks a bit like a lamb.

-Like a lamb.

-You'd like a Bedlington terrier.

-Yes.

-Ron, what would you do?

-I won't get my hands on the money!

-They're not cheap!

-OK.

-LAUGHTER

We're looking for Maggie Smith films. Let's hope nobody said your next answer The Secret Garden.

There it is.

Let's see if Secret Garden does indeed star Maggie Smith and how many people said it.

The Secret Garden.

It's right. It's right.

Your first answer went down to six.

This has to go all the way down to zero

-to go home with that £5,000. Down it goes!

-Oh!

APPLAUSE

Oh, God.

I thought that was going to go all the way down. One person - not such a secret garden after all.

Not a pointless answer. You only have one more chance.

There is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. That's the one you decided to put last.

This has to be pointless if you're going to leave with that jackpot of £5,000.

Let's find out. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Is it right and how many of our 100 people said The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie? This is your last shot.

Well, it's right.

You scored six with Gosford Park. You scored one with Secret Garden.

If this goes all the way to zero, you leave with £5,000...

I knew it.

Unfortunately, 21. Yes, that's not a pointless answer, I'm sorry to say.

You won't be leaving with today's jackpot of £5,000, but you've been fantastic.

-You do, of course, take home our Pointless trophy.

-APPLAUSE

We get the trophy.

-So, Richard...

-Let's look at the pointless answers.

Some surprising names up here. Becoming Jane, about Jane Austen.

California Suite, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for that.

Death On The Nile, Evil Under The Sun also. Well done if you got them.

The next page is amazing. All three of those were pointless.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Prisoner of Azkaban would have won £5,000.

Let's look at the next page. Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang, The Pumpkin Eater and Travels With My Aunt.

Well done if you got those at home. Really bad luck with The Secret Garden.

-And you knew some of those films.

-I thought everyone would name the Harry Potter ones. Clearly not.

Oh, dear. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you. It's been fabulous having you.

-Brilliant contestants. Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

So nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over onto the next show,

where we'll be playing for £6,000.

-Join us next time. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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