Episode 14 Pointless

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.

First up, we welcome Sarah and Leanne. You are our first pair. How do you two know each other?

We used to go to school together and we now go to uni, but we're still friends.

-Sarah, have you been a team before?

-I do quizzes at university,

but this is the first one where I've actually cared about the outcome.

Thank you. That's good.

That's very nice indeed. What do you do when you're not studying, Leanne?

-Well, I like to do dance. Street dance. I'm in my university competition team.

-Wow.

-Do you throw people off your hands? I know all about street dance!

-Yes, you do!

-Do your back flip over the podium. It's amazing.

-I will do it.

-I will.

-No, I've just been told there's not enough time. Maybe at the end.

-OK, end of the show.

-Sorry.

-LAUGHTER

-And very best of luck. Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome back Jon and Paul. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-We are brothers.

-And where are you from, Paul?

-Lancashire.

-What happened last time?

A bit of a car crash, really.

-Literature and authors with three names.

-Authors with three names! A tough one.

-That was really tough.

-And your answer was...?

-Antony Worrall Thompson apparently isn't an author.

Oh, dear. We had a lot of fun with him after you'd left.

-After we left.

-Yeah.

I have high hopes for you two. High hopes.

-I think you were thwarted most unfairly.

-We let you down, we let our parents down.

And, most importantly, we let ourselves down.

-Listen, you are ambassadors for Lancashire. You get out there and do well.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

And we welcome back Adam and Pippa. Remind us how you know each other.

We're engaged to be married.

-Did you tell us that last time?

-No.

-I don't think we did.

-When are you getting married?

-Next week.

-Really? Wow. OK. That's amazing.

-Where are you getting married?

-New York.

-I tell you, Richard...

-Just talk amongst yourselves.

-You're not going to say we should get married in New York?

LAUGHTER

-I'd take that as a no.

-No, I'm saying the Church of Pointless,

-perhaps we could hold ceremonies here.

-That's a lovely idea.

-You could be some sort of registrar.

-Yeah, possible.

-We could do Pointless weddings.

-Do you mind if we still choose New York?

-Pointless weddings.

-That would be brilliant.

-Amazing.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you.

-And finally, David and Lesley.

-How do you know each other?

-We're brother and sister.

-From where?

-I've come down from Hull and Lesley from Sleaford.

-Where's Sleaford?

-Lincolnshire.

-Lincolnshire. What's a great category for you, David?

I'm really strong on history, not so bad on politics. But what I'd really, really love to come up

-is winners of the Golden Apricot at the Yerevan Film Festival.

-Wow.

You remember this. We did it two shows ago.

-That's extremely disappointing.

-You'd have been amazing.

-Where's the Golden Apricot awarded?

-In Yerevan in Armenia.

-Right.

-For films?

-It's a film festival.

-And you win a golden apricot?

-And a silver apricot as well.

-Do you know who won a Lifetime Achievement award there in 2008?

-No, I'm afraid not.

-Oh, David!

-You'll struggle in Round 3.

Shame.

Very best of luck to you, David and Lesley.

We'll find out more about all of you. There is only one person left.

He's like trivia in a suit. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya. Hello.

-A lively bunch, aren't they?

-Aren't they?

-Should be quite a show.

Jon and Paul were very unlucky.

Paul being a teacher, it's always awkward when a teacher lets themselves down.

But they might do better this time. Adam and Pippa were great. It would be fitting if they did well,

as our first Pointless married couple. But all four pairs are in with a chance.

Thank you, Richard. All our questions were put to 100 people,

but we want the obscure answers they didn't get.

All our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew.

Every time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won it last time, so we add another £1,000. Today's jackpot starts off at £4,500.

Right. Let's play Pointless.

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

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

you score the maximum 100 points.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...Football.

Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many one-word football clubs as they could.

One-word football clubs. Richard?

Any football club in the top four divisions of English football who have a one-word name.

No Cities or Uniteds. We'll allow FC or AFC, but one-word names.

And that's as of the 2011-2012 season. Very best of luck. A round people love or people hate.

OK, now then, Sarah and Leanne, one-word football clubs.

-Sarah, you are just bursting with ideas for this.

-Oh, yeah.

I've got one word in my head, but it's not football teams.

Um, OK. I'm just going to have a punt

with...

-Norwich.

-Norwich.

Oh, no. That's... It's OK, I know it's... Oh, no.

Norwich says Sarah. Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 people said Norwich.

-Oh!

-Bad luck, Sarah.

That's an incorrect answer. That means you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

-Norwich City, I'm afraid.

-Yeah, as soon as I said it.

Bad luck. I'm sorry. Paul, something tells me you're going to be quite good at this.

I think I've fallen on my feet. My wife is a very keen football fan, a season ticket holder for Burnley.

Let's see if that's correct and how many said Burnley.

It's right.

It's very right. Look at that.

Ah! Brilliant, Paul.

A correct answer and a lovely low score. Four for Burnley.

-I bet that feels better, Paul.

-It certainly does, yeah!

In the Championship. Started out as a rugby team called Burnley Rovers, which we wouldn't have accepted.

Often called Burnley Nil. That's the only...

-Pippa.

-Yes.

-Remember, we are looking for teams in the English football leagues with one-word names.

I can think of a couple. I'm going to play it safe with Adam's team that he supports

-and I'm going to say Everton.

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

It's right.

35.

-35 for Everton.

-Well played, Pippa. In the Premiership, at time of recording.

You never know.

Thanks, Richard. David, what's the most obscure one-word football club you can think of?

This is where my parents spent their honeymoon - Bournemouth.

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

It's right!

Four! Very well done. The joint-lowest score so far.

-Richard...

-Burnley four, Bournemouth four. A very good answer.

In League One, currently.

We're halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores. Tied lowest scores.

Paul and Jon, David and Lesley all on four. Then we go up to 35,

and then I'm sorry, Sarah and Leanne, up on 100. What has to happen, Leanne,

is you have to think of a pointless answer and hope someone scores 100.

That's not going to happen, is it?

It may. Very best of luck!

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

-OK, we are looking for one-word football clubs. Lesley, is this good for you?

-Not too bad.

Not too bad. I've got a few in mind. I think they could be fairly high-scoring,

-so I'm going to go round the coast, like David did, and I'm going to go for Blackpool.

-Blackpool,

says Lesley. You are the low scorers on four. The high scorers are Leanne and Sarah on 100.

If you can score 95 or less, you are through. That's what 95 looks like. There's your red line.

Below that, through you go. Is it right?

It's right and you're through.

Very well done. That scores you eight and takes your total to 12.

-Richard?

-Safely through, Lesley. Relegated from the Premiership on the last day of 2010-2011.

But they've still got one word in their name.

Now then, Adam. You're on 35. The high scorers are on 100.

If you score 64 or less, you are through. Something tells me you're pretty comfortable on this.

-I have one or two in mind.

-Yeah.

-My answer is going to be Wimbledon. AFC Wimbledon.

Is it right? How many people said Wimbledon?

It's right.

And you are through.

Three!

Our new lowest score. Very well done. That takes your total to 38.

-Richard?

-Well played, Adam. They formed when the original Wimbledon went to Milton Keynes.

-Supporters set up AFC Wimbledon. And they're now a League team.

-Amazing.

-It's a lovely story.

Jon, we are looking for teams in the English Football Leagues with one-word names.

You're on four. The high scorers are Leanne and Sarah, still on 100.

95 or less will see you through.

-I think you've got a good answer here.

-Not really.

Blackpool was stolen from me.

And my brother stole the other one and I'm going to go for...

-Liverpool.

-Liverpool. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right. You're through.

48.

48 for Liverpool takes your total up to 52.

-Liverpool, Richard.

-A safe answer, but all you needed.

-Very well played.

-Thanks.

-Now then, Leanne and Sarah,

-I have sad news for you.

-I know.

-Even before you've answered, you are the high scorers.

Nonetheless, maybe there's a pointless answer.

Maybe.

-Do you follow football?

-I'm really annoyed. I should have gone first as I knew all of them

that everyone else has said. And now it doesn't really matter, does it?

I'll just go for a random place.

-Huddersfield?

-Huddersfield.

-Yeah. I don't...

OK, Huddersfield. There's no red line for you.

Is it right? How many people said Huddersfield?

Oh!

Bad luck! That's an incorrect answer and you score the maximum 100 points.

-You are, though, in our illustrious 200 Club.

-Yes!

-Welcome.

You'll each get a badge and a scarf for that. Richard?

Congratulations, Leanne. Huddersfield Town. For future reference.

There's four pointless answers. Some people might have all four.

Let's look at all four names. There's Brentford in London,

then Morecambe and Rochdale. They're both Lancashire.

And Stevenage, who very recently changed their name from Stevenage Borough. Well done on those.

Let's look at the top scorers that most of our 100 people said.

There's Liverpool that we had from Jon. Chelsea would have scored you 57.

And Arsenal, up the top on 69.

Lots of other names on the list - Portsmouth beat Southampton, Millwall beat Watford.

-Quite a few names up there.

-Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair is Leanne and Sarah.

I've been to Morecambe's stadium. I've been to the ground.

-Sarah...Sarah...

-LAUGHTER

-At least we're in the 200 Club.

-And, best of all, we get to see you again next time.

Meanwhile, thanks so much for playing. Brilliant.

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 team leaves after this round.

Our category for Round Two is... Celebrities.

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

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

OK, our Round Two question concerns...famous people who were born with another name.

-Richard?

-On each pass, we'll give you six birth names of famous music or movie stars.

You have to tell us the name by which they're better known.

A nice obscure answers scores fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

-12 in all for you to get at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

So the better-known stage names of these famous people.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one more time.

There are your names.

We are looking for the better-known stage names of these famous people.

Jon, what does the board look like to you?

It's quite tricky, actually. On the face of it, you think, "Yeah, OK,"

but looking at those I'm not feeling too confident.

So I'm going to go for Marion Morrison.

-And I'm going to say John Wayne.

-Let's see if that's right and how many knew it. John Wayne.

It's right! Very well done, Jon.

41.

41.

-Richard?

-Safe again, Jon. The famous American movie star. Won a Best Actor Oscar for True Grit.

Adam.

Marion's gone.

I could be about to embarrass myself here, either by giving the right answer or it being a wrong answer.

The fact I know the answer. Robert Van Winkle, or Vinkle, however it's pronounced.

-I'm going for Vanilla Ice.

-Vanilla Ice. Could be brilliant. Is it right and how many knew it?

Well done! It's right.

Oh, it's a great answer! Look at that - four!

Very, very well done.

So well done, it almost makes up for knowing about Vanilla Ice.

There's a certain generation who know everything about him. Ice Ice Baby was his big hit.

The first hip hop number one on the Billboard chart. It may be more rap than hip hop.

And I use the term rap fairly loosely.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Lesley, you're trying to find the stage names of these famous people.

I thought, "Yay! I know celebrities," and now I think, "No, I don't know any celebrities."

-But I think Georgios... Panayiotou... The second one.

-Georgios Panayiotou?

Yes, yes, him. I think he's George Michael.

Georgios Panayiotou. George Michael. Let's see if that's right

and how many people knew that.

Yep, it's right! Well done.

-Oh, down it goes. 30.

-That's OK.

-Not bad at all. 30 for Georgios Panayiotou, George Michael.

-Well done, Lesley.

Absolutely right. The lovely George Michael. Let's fill in the rest.

-Do you know these? Nicolas Coppola?

-That's Nicolas Cage.

-It is.

Would have scored you 17. Anna Mae Bullock?

-Tina Turner.

-Yes! I did know that.

-Simply the third best answer - 14.

-And Frederick Austerlitz?

-Freddie Starr.

-Fred Astaire!

-Fred Astaire. You got there. Nine points.

Well done if you got those. Robert Van Winkle, best answer.

We're halfway through.

Adam and Pippa looking fantastic on four. Great answer from you, Adam. Looking strong.

Then up to 30 to Lesley and David, then up to 41 where we find Jon and Paul.

You, Paul, will have to find a really good answer to make sure you go through. Very best of luck.

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

OK, we're going to put six more famous people up on the board and these are their given names.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are. David, a score of 10 or less would see you into the Head to Head.

We're looking for the better-known stage names of these famous people.

I know four of them on this board. I'm going to go for Archibald Leach, Cary Grant.

Archibald Leach, Cary Grant, says David.

If you get below the red line, you are in the head-to-head.

Cary Grant, Archibald Leach, is that right, how many people knew that answer?

It's right.

Very well done. 17.

17 takes your total up to 47.

APPLAUSE

-Archibald Leach?

-Absolutely right, Cary Grant. Never won a Best Actor Oscar.

They gave him an honorary one in 1970.

Pippa, 4 is your score. The high scorers are David and Lesley on 47.

42 or less, you're in the head-to-head.

I don't know any of them.

I'm going to take a total stab and say George O'Dowd is George Clooney?

George Clooney, you say for George O'Dowd. Here's your red line.

Below that, you're in the next round. George O'Dowd, is it George Clooney, how many people said it?

Pippa, bad luck.

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

That takes your total up to 104.

-Richard?

-Unlucky, Pippa. Still in the game, though.

I'm just sensing a subtle rewriting of the wedding vows.

Adam is just adding one sentence. That's all.

Paul, Pippa and Adam are on 104. You are on 41. If you score 62 or less, you are through to the next round.

I really don't know. I'm going to go for George O'Dowd and he is better known as Boy George.

Boy George, is it right, how many people said Boy George?

It's right.

Well done. You are through to the head-to-head.

-APPLAUSE

-46 for George O'Dowd, Boy George. It takes your total up to 87. Richard?

I thought for a terrible moment you were going to say George O'Dowd was Antony Worrall Thompson's real name.

You pulled back from the breach. Let's look at the rest of the board.

-Robert Zimmerman?

-Bob Dylan.

-Yes, would have scored you 24.

-Paul Hewson?

-Bono.

Absolutely. That would have scored 9.

David Robert Hayward-Jones?

-He mentioned Robert Zimmerman in a song.

-It's David Bowie.

-It is David Bowie, yeah - David Jones.

3 points. And Christopher G Wallace is a pointless answer. Do you know that?

-No.

-Very well done at home if you said Notorious B.I.G.

After Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score, Pippa and Adam. It wasn't going that way at all.

-The worrying thing is there is a Boy George song on our wedding playlist.

-Not any more, there isn't!

-It's off.

-Certainly not.

-As long as it's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, you should be fine.

Listen, Pippa, Adam, lovely to have you on the show.

And very, very best wishes for next week and indeed for ever.

-Thanks.

-Thank you very much.

Brilliant contestants, Pippa and Adam!

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

Congratulations, David and Lesley, Jon and Paul. You are one round away from the final

and the chance to play for the jackpot which stands at £4,500.

APPLAUSE

Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair it will be, you now go head-to-head.

For each question, you'll be shown five options on the board.

Each pair needs to give just one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.

If you score less than the other pair, you win that question.

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

OK, here is your first question and it concerns...

-Letters of the Greek alphabet, Richard?

-We'll show you five upper case letters of the Greek alphabet.

You have to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people recognised.

OK, let's reveal our five Greek letters.

And here they are.

OK, so there are our five Greek letters

and we want their names.

You'll each pick one, the one the fewest of our 100 people would know.

David and Lesley, you've played best during the show, so you go first.

-We definitely know what B is.

-I know what B is.

-OK.

We'll go for B - omega.

B, omega, you are saying. B, omega.

OK, Jon and Paul, can you pick a letter and name it?

-Go for "A" as beta.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

We're not sure on this one, really.

We think it may be... Our best bet is "A" as beta.

"A", beta.

So, David and Lesley said B was omega.

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

It is right.

68.

-We knew it.

-Jon and Paul have said "A" - beta.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our people said "A" was beta.

Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means after one question,

David and Lesley have taken the lead, 1-0.

It's proof that Greek letters are easier to recognise when they are the logos of watch companies.

That's far and away the highest answer, omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet. "A" is sigma.

It would have scored you a fairly low 15.

C is psi. It would have scored you 8.

D is theta and that would have scored you 11.

And the last one of all,

you might have guessed from the shape, it's delta.

It would have scored 22 points. Very well done if you got all of those.

Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Jon and Paul, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Our second question concerns...

We'll show you the names of five national parks in the UK,

but we've only included the first two letters and the last two letters

with dashes for letters in between.

Can you recognise the most obscure park, as given to our 100 people?

OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five national parks with missing letters and here we have got...

I'll read those again with the first and last letters.

Jon and Paul, you go first this time.

We know a few, but again it's just trying to pick out the most obscure.

We're going to have a stab at the top one - Brecon Beacons.

Brecon Beacons, you're going for. You have to win this question.

Let's hope that does it for you.

David and Lesley, what are you going to say? You can talk us through the board if you like.

Well, we both know the bottom two.

Snowdonia and New Forest.

-I think the second one, is it "Cairgorms"?

-Cairngorms, yeah.

Cairngorms, the second one down.

OK, Cairngorms. So we have Brecon Beacons and we have Cairngorms.

I wouldn't want to call this!

Jon and Paul, you've said Brecon Beacons.

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

It's right.

-23.

-APPLAUSE

23 for Brecon Beacons.

David and Lesley have said Cairngorms for the second one down.

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

23 is the score you have to get lower than.

-It's right.

-Well done.

-How far down is it going to go?

Oh, look at that - 36 for Cairngorms.

Very, very well done. Jon and Paul, that's exactly what you had to do.

After two questions, you are even again, 1-1. Richard?

Well played, both teams. One answer would have won the point.

It's the PE...ST, which is the Pembrokeshire Coast.

That would have scored 13 points.

New Forest is the next one down, in Hampshire. That scored 51.

And Snowdonia at the bottom for 64.

That whole board is a reminder of quite how beautiful the UK can be.

OK, here comes our third question.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final and will be playing for the jackpot.

Our third question concerns...

The miners' strike, Richard?

We'll give you a list of clues to facts about the 1980s miners' strike

but which ones do you know and which is most obscure?

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues about the miners' strike.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are. David and Lesley, you go first again.

I don't know the bottom one.

-I know the Prime Minister.

-I know the middle one.

-Go for that.

-We'll go for the full name of the breakaway union - Union of Democratic Mineworkers.

The Union of Democratic Mineworkers, the UDM, say David and Lesley.

Now then, Jon and Paul, you can talk us through the board if you like.

OK, the top, I guess, is Arthur Scargill.

The second one down is Billy Elliot.

The fourth one down would be Margaret Thatcher.

-And in which year did it end, I don't know. Do you know?

-No.

So we either pick one of the three which we know or do we hazard a guess...?

-We can't hazard a guess.

-Can we not?

-No.

Arthur Scargill then, President of the NUM during the strike.

We will say Arthur Scargill.

We have David and Lesley saying UDM stands for the Union of Democratic Mineworkers

and Jon and Paul saying that Arthur Scargill was the head of the NUM during the strike.

OK, David and Lesley, Union of Democratic Mineworkers, is that right, how many people said it?

It's right.

Oh, it's a good answer.

-Look at that - 19.

-Well done.

-Only 19 people knew that.

So we have two questions here.

Is Arthur Scargill right and if it is, is that going to go down lower than 19?

Only one way to find out - Arthur Scargill, is it right?

It's correct.

48.

48 for Arthur Scargill, so after three questions, David and Lesley are through to the final, 2-1.

-Richard?

-Well played, David and Lesley. Jon had the right idea that the answers you knew wouldn't win.

If you had guessed the year it ended, what would you have said?

I honestly don't know. I think I would have said '85.

-Well, that would have seen you through to the final.

-Aw!

'85 would have scored you 8 points and the rest of them wouldn't have seen you through to the final.

-I shouldn't have said that, should I?

-No, no.

-A quiet journey home.

-The film, of course, is Billy Elliot, but that would have scored you a hefty 65.

The Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher, as you say,

which is the biggest score at 66.

Well done if you got all five and if you got all 15 in that head-to-head.

Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, is Jon and Paul.

-The drinks on the train back home might be on you, Paul.

-Maybe.

-Yeah, big time.

Jon and Paul, you have done phenomenally well and you can be very proud of your performances.

Thank you so much, Jon and Paul, great contestants.

Well done.

For David and Lesley, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, David and Lesley. You've fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at an impressive £4,500.

APPLAUSE

The rules are simple. All you need to win that money is to find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. Find one now and you go home with the money.

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

Hmm, maybe Sporting Awards. What would you favour out of those five?

Any of the middle three, probably Film Directors.

-You want to do Film Directors?

-If you're OK with that.

-Yeah.

-Fantastic.

-You'll go for Film Directors?

-Yes.

-Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Oscar-nominated UK-born film directors as they could. Richard?

We want any film director born in the UK who has been nominated

for the Academy Award for Best Director since 1971 all the way through to the 2011 ceremony.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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

All you need to win that £4,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-We are.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

-Right, then...

-Well, there's Alfred Hitchcock.

-He'll be probably quite well known.

-He'll be very high, yes.

It's not turning out to be quite such a good category.

-Hugh Hudson, who did Chariots Of Fire, might be quite a good one.

-Yes.

-I don't think Terence Davies has been nominated.

-We could put him to one side.

-Yes.

-And slip him in if we have to.

-David Lean is another one.

-OK.

-That will be another quite high-scoring one.

-Not necessarily.

-No, not necessarily.

It's since 1971 as well, so let's try and think...

-I'll try and push some brain waves.

-You'll have to because I've just about exhausted it.

I don't know any. So what do you want to go for?

-David Lean.

-David Lean is a good one.

-Hugh Hudson.

-He's a good one.

-And Alfred Hitchcock.

-We'll have Alfred first.

-Yeah. We'll get it right.

-I think so.

-Are you happy with that?

-Yes.

-OK.

Before the clock has run its course, you've got your three answers.

We were looking for UK-born Oscar-nominated directors. What are your answers?

-Alfred Hitchcock.

-Yeah.

-David Lean.

-Yeah.

-Hugh Hudson.

-I suspect that's the order...

-That'll be the order we put them in.

-Hugh Hudson is your most confident punt?

-If he's been nominated, he's most likely to be pointless.

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

We were looking for UK-born Oscar-nominated directors.

Your first answer was Alfred Hitchcock. You suspect this is right, but probably not pointless.

I'm not even sure it's right, to be quite honest, thinking about it now.

It'll have to be pointless if you want it to win your £4,500 jackpot. It's your first shot.

Alfred Hitchcock, is it right, how many people said it?

There you are, not even right.

-Not to worry.

-Not a pointless answer but you still have two more chances.

-He was only holding a space for you.

-Yes.

-You'd have been surprised if it had been right and pointless.

-I would've been surprised if we'd won.

-What would you do with £4,500?

-I would buy two life-sized Daleks.

-Would you?

-Yes.

-Good.

-I can hear my wife drawing up the divorce papers, but I would buy two life-sized Daleks.

Lesley?

My children are desperate for Disneyland, Florida,

so that would be a big chunk to help us on our way.

OK, very best of luck. You have two more answers that might win that jackpot for you.

We are looking for UK-born Oscar-nominated directors.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, David Lean.

-We're certain he's right.

-Not as certain as I was.

It has to be right and it has to be pointless if you're to win that jackpot of £4,500.

David Lean, is it right, how many people said David Lean?

It's right.

-That's a start.

-You were incorrect with Alfred Hitchcock.

David Lean is right and he's still going down, into the 20s, the teens.

Into single figures... 9.

-APPLAUSE

-9 is good.

9...

Well done.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. How did you come across Hugh Hudson?

-I just thought of who directed Chariots Of Fire.

-It won plenty of Oscars.

-Exactly.

Let's hope you're right and it's pointless. A couple of life-sized Daleks are riding on this.

No. No!

To win that jackpot of £4,500, this has to be correct and pointless.

Hugh Hudson, is it right, how many people said it? Best of luck.

It's right. Very, very well done, David.

Your first answer was incorrect, your second answer went down to 9.

Hugh Hudson - you said this was your most confident answer.

Still going down...

-Yes, you've done it!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Very, very, very well done.

-Thank you very much.

-Very well done. Superb.

-Well done!

Congratulations. Hugh Hudson was a pointless answer

which means you go home with the jackpot of £4,500.

Well done.

APPLAUSE

That's amazing.

-Richard?

-We don't see a team like that often. First show, aced every single round,

then a pointless answer and you were right - it was for Chariots Of Fire, the 1981 film, nominated for that.

Hitchcock's last nomination was 1960 for Psycho.

Let's look at some other pointless answers. People at home will have got these.

Adrian Lyne was nominated for Fatal Attraction,

Alan Parker for Mississippi Burning and Midnight Express, Anthony Minghella for English Patient...

John Madden directed Shakespeare In Love, John Schlesinger won for Midnight Cowboy,

Ken Russell nominated for Women In Love.

Kenneth Branagh nominated for Henry V, Peter Cattaneo directed The Full Monty

and Stephen Frears was nominated for The Grifters.

There's Charles Crichton, Mike Figgis, Peter Yates, but Hugh Hudson is the most important. Well played.

Thanks once again to our winning players, David and Lesley, who go away with today's jackpot of £4,500.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye for me.

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