Episode 27 Pointless

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

-Let's meet today's players.

-APPLAUSE

Welcome, Faith and Lorraine.

You are our first pair today. How do you know each other?

I'm Faith's mum,

so we've known each other for all of HER life, anyway.

-A good 19 years.

-Where are you from, Faith?

From Bracknell, but I spend most the year in Cardiff. I'm studying there.

-At university?

-Yeah.

-What are you reading?

-Religion and theology.

OK. She's stuck her head on the block there.

-Any theology questions.

-Set myself up a bit.

-Faith! Great name for the course!

-So my lecturers tell me.

-Lorraine, what do you do?

-I'm a housewife.

I look after my four children.

And what hobbies do you have, Lorraine?

I like to read, play a bit of online poker and...

-Do you play online poker where you actually gamble?

-Yes.

-I don't dare do that.

-That's what I do pretty much the whole way through the show.

-OK!

-Faith and Lorraine, very best of luck.

-Thank you.

-Welcome, Simon and David. How do you know each other?

-We work together.

-What do you do, David?

-I work in a credit risk department.

-Where are you from, Simon?

-I'm from Leeds.

-David?

-Burnley, but I live in Leeds.

What do you like to get up to, David?

I play a lot of sports, watch a lot of sports, occasionally go out drinking.

-Might you be able to answer questions on food and drink?

-If it's the ales and beers of the north.

-You're quite loyal to local beers?

-They make better beers up north.

I'm not going to argue! Simon, what's a good area for you?

Maybe science or the elements or something like that.

-OK.

-I know some of those.

-Some music as well.

-What music do you particularly like?

I like the older stuff - Bob Dylan, Eagles.

OK. Well, very best of luck, Simon and David. Next, we welcome Alan and Gareth.

-How do you know each other?

-Well, he's my dad.

So we've known each other 31 years to the day today.

Just work out what that means.

-Happy birthday, Gareth.

-Thank you. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Very good.

-And you are spending it on Pointless.

-Yes.

-Well, many happy returns of the day.

-Thank you.

-Many happy returns.

-What do you do, Alan?

-I'm retired. I know it's hard to believe!

-Yes, been retired for three years.

-What did you do?

-I was a graphic designer.

-Gareth, what do you do?

-I work for a small animal hospital...

An animal hospital that's not yet a very big one or...?

-A hospital for small animals. Yes.

-What's the cut-off level?

LAUGHTER Big dog.

-Big dog.

-A big dog would be the cut-off level. No small horses. No.

Even if it's smaller than a big dog? I have seen them smaller than dogs.

-Cats and dogs, essentially.

-Well, welcome to the show, Alan and Gareth.

Finally, welcome Paul and Shane. How do you know each other?

We work together in a school.

Oh, yes. I see. You work in a school. In a teaching capacity?

-Y-yes, we do.

-Good, well, Paul and Shane.

-Paul, what do you teach?

-Languages. I'm also a form tutor.

-Shane, what do you teach?

-I teach maths. I really enjoy teaching it.

I enjoy teaching it in different ways to normal kinds of maths teachers.

How do you do it?

I do kind of a weekly event for the school news

where I sing a brain teaser, a Benton's Brain Teaser.

-Do you have any examples?

-Well.

Saying that, I've actually written a brain teaser.

-OK. A teaser?

-Yeah. Are you ready?

"Here we are with Shane and Paul. Let's hope today we're on the ball.

"I am a singing mathematics teacher Coming with a sum I hope will beat you.

"Alexander, Richard and the Pointless staff

"Switch on your brains and get amongst it.

"Start off with five. Add on seven.

"Square what you've got. Multiply by three.

"Have you got the answer? I'm not done yet. Cut this in half and you tell me.

-"What have you got?"

-216.

Yes! Come on! APPLAUSE

I'm still timesing 144 by three.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, that was good.

-That WAS good.

-He's like Eminem meets Carol Vorderman.

-Yeah.

Listen, Paul and Shane, it's great to have you here.

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

There's one person left to introduce.

If knowledge is power, stand back. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-If knowledge is power, stand back?

-Yeah.

-What does that mean?

-You're all-powerful.

-Why stand back?

-Because of the power.

-It's terrible.

Don't get too close. Don't fly a kite near the power.

-LAUGHTER

-That's what I'm saying.

-You're talking about electricity, rather than power.

-Yes. Yeah.

-Anyway, are you well?

-Well, all right.

-Good.

It's one of those rare occasions, very rare, when we've got four new pairs all at once.

Difficult to pick a winner. However, it is Gareth's birthday.

If anybody deserves a win, it's him. Round two today is going to be a lot of fun.

Don't know if it's going to be fun for you guys, but fun for us and everyone at home.

All our questions have been put to 100 people. We are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.

To be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

our players need to score as few points as possible.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at...

AUDIENCE: Whooo!

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer.

You cannot confer with your partner.

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.

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

Our first category is...

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

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

So, our question concerns...

..19th and 20th century events and their decades. Richard.

We're going to show you a list of events.

Tell us in which decade did that event take place.

An obscure answer scores fewer points. 100 points for an incorrect answer.

14 in all to have a go at at home. Pens at the ready.

Thank you, Richard. Now, Faith and Lorraine.

-You all drew lots and today you go first.

-Lucky me(!)

-Lucky us(!)

Lucky you, Lorraine!

We are looking for the decades in which these events took place, and we have got...

..I'll read those one more time...

..There are our seven events.

Lorraine, find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew

and supply the decade in which it happened.

-19th or 20th centuries.

-OK.

There's only one on there, or two, that I think I know.

One I'm slightly more certain of.

That is the fall of the Berlin Wall.

I hope that was in the '80s.

-Which century?

-1980s. Sorry.

-No, that's OK. 1980s.

Let's see if that's right.

If it is, how many people knew that answer. 1980s.

It's right.

-Better than 100.

-Yeah.

-Not bad. 49.

9th November 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall.

-David, is this a good area for you?

-It should be. I studied history at university.

-It should be!

-I might play a bit safe, though.

First British female Prime Minister, Thatcher in '79. So, the 1970s.

1970s for the first British female Prime Minister.

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

It's right!

APPLAUSE

You played it safe. Maybe too safe. That's quite a high score. 58.

Yes, Margaret Thatcher in 1979.

-The easy answers have been stripped from the board.

-True.

The birthday boy, Gareth.

The two I knew for sure have gone.

I'm going to go for the UK food rationing ending,

which I'm presuming was a little bit after the war ended, so the 1950s?

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

It's right. Very well done, Gareth.

APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-Well played, Gareth. That process started in the late '40s.

The final end of rationing of meat and bacon was 1954.

Shane, we're looking for the decades in the 19th or 20th centuries

when these famous events took place.

Because I don't think the Scottish Parliament has been founded for long,

I have to go for the 1990s, the Scottish Parliament founded.

The 1990s. Let's see if it's right.

If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

-It's right!

-Yes! Come on!

Best score so far - by a margin!

-Come on!

-Very well done, Shane.

-17.

-Well done, Shane. Let's look at the rest of the answers, though.

Napoleon died on St Helena in the 1820s.

-The California goldrush begins.

-1840s?

-Absolutely right.

The Lumiere brothers' first public film showing?

-1890s?

-Correct answer. Best answer on the board as well.

Very well done if you got all those.

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

Shane and Paul, 17 is where we find you.

We come up to 42 for Gareth and Alan.

Up to 49, Lorraine and Faith.

Then up to 58, David and Simon.

You're the high-scorers. Simon, pressure on you to find a low answer

and hope that'll be enough to see you through to the next round.

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

We're going to put seven more events on the board. We have got...

..I'll read those all one more time...

..We are looking for the decades in which these events took place

in the 19th or 20th centuries.

You're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Paul the high-scorers are Simon and David.

You're on 17, which means a nice score of 40 or less

will see you through to the next round.

OK, I THINK I know when Queen Victoria was born.

I'm going to go for the 1810s. I think it was in 1819.

-You're saying in the 1810s.

-Yeah.

-Here is your red line.

Below that with the 1810s, and you are through to the next round.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said the 1810s.

Very well done, Paul.

That sees you through.

It's a great answer!

Seven takes your total up to 24.

Well played, Paul. Got the year right as well.

-Born 24 May 1819 in Kensington Palace.

-Thank you very much.

Alan, you're on 42. The high-scorers are still Simon and David on 58.

A score of 15 or less will see you comfortably into the next round.

What's the board look like to you?

It's not looking too bad.

I think I'm going to go for...

Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb.

I think that was the 1920s.

The 1920s, Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb. Is that right?

If so, how many people said it?

It's right.

You've done it! Well done! Just!

-APPLAUSE

-You are comfortably through.

Very, very well done. Takes your total up to 56. Richard.

-Another good answer. November 1922.

-Simon.

You're the high-scorers.

We are looking for the decades in which these events took place

in the 19th or 20th centuries.

We might be in territory of taking a risk, with the scores as they are.

If I say...

first British women given the right to vote,

-the 1910s?

-The 1910s.

For the first British women given the right to vote.

Is it right and, if it is, how many people said the 1910s?

Absolutely right, Simon. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

A cracking score takes your total up to 66.

-Richard.

-Terrific from everyone in this round so far.

1918 women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote.

Faith, you are on 49.

The high-scorers on 66 are Simon and David.

A score of 16 or less will get you through to the next round.

I think that the first test tube baby was the '60s or '70s.

But I think I'm going to go for...

the 1960s for the first successful test tube baby.

First test tube baby, 1960s says Faith.

Very best of luck. That is your red line.

If it goes below that you are through to the next round.

Is it right, the 1960s for the first test tube baby? If so, how many people said it?

Oh! Bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. I think you know why.

You score the maximum of 100 points. That takes your total up to

an unbeatable 149. Richard.

Yes, it was Louise Brown. She was born in 1978, I'm afraid.

Let's take a look at the board. Everyone knew England won the World Cup in the 1960s.

-Hong Kong was returned to China.

-1990s.

-1990s. Absolutely right.

Krakatoa's major eruption? That's the toughest answer up there.

-Don't know.

-Very well done anyone who said 1880s. Best answer.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of the first round, our losing pair with the highest score,

it's Faith and Lorraine.

The Berlin Wall was a high scorer.

-I left her an impossible job. She would have known the ladies voting.

-I knew a couple.

Very bad luck, but we will see you again next time.

Thanks very much, Faith and Lorraine. Great contestants.

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 will leave at the end of this round.

Anyway, our category for round two is...

Can you decide who's going first and who's going second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

words ending in Z-Z-Y

-as they could. It's going to be fun!

-Yeah, it is!

Any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends Z-Z-Y.

No hyphenated words and no proper nouns, please. Very best of luck.

So, then, Simon. What is the most obscure word ending Z-Z-Y that you can think of?

I can't think of too many, to be honest.

"Fuzzy", I think.

"Fuzzy" says Simon. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, how many of our 100 people said "fuzzy"?

It's right.

19 looks pretty good to me. "Fuzzy", Richard.

The definition is "covered in fuzz, forming a mass of tight curls".

LAUGHTER

There you go. Right. Alan.

What is the most obscure word ending in Z-Z-Y?

I'm going to say a word. I hope it's in there. I've used it many times.

"Scuzzy".

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

Nicely done, Alan.

Good score!

-"Scuzzy", Richard.

-Yes. "Dirty, grimy or murky."

-Believed to have come from North America in the 1960s.

-Really?

I thought it was an abbreviation of "disgusting".

They think maybe it comes from a combination of "scummy" and "fuzzy".

Or an abbreviation of "disgusting".

-Apparently, not.

-I'm saying it surely does.

-I don't see why I should be any less of an authority.

-Hold on.

Let me get the OED on my pretend phone.

LAUGHTER

Hi, it's Richard. Yeah.

-LAUGHING:

-Yeah! No. Oh, yeah! You old dog!

I'm here with Xander. We're talking about "scuzzy".

Yeah. You don't need to know why.

He's saying that it comes from "disgusting".

-LAUGHS

-He is, isn't he? All right.

I'll talk to you later. Bye.

-Apparently not.

-LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Alan, that's a great answer.

Shane, we come to you.

A nice obscure word ending in Z-Z-Y.

I'm going to go for types of liquids I like to drink, and go for "fizzy".

-"Fizzy".

-Yeah.

-"Fizzy" says Shane.

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

It's right.

Ooh!

Shane! I think a lot of people like to drink those liquids.

-58.

-It's a big score, but it's one of the first ones you think of.

-I suppose.

-If you do more raps, you should call yourself Fizzy Rascal.

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

Alan and Gareth, very good

with that derivative of "disgusting", "scuzzy".

Lovely low score there. Up to 19 for "fuzzy" for Simon and David.

Then up to 58 for "fizzy".

Paul, you know what you've got to do. We need a brilliant word ending in Z-Z-Y.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

Splendid. So we're looking for words ending in Z-Z-Y.

Paul, you're the high-scorer, quite a long way ahead of the field.

-I'm going to go for "snazzy".

-"Snazzy".

Let's see how many people said it. Is it right?

Yup. It is.

It's a brilliant answer, Paul. It's a pointless answer!

Exactly what you needed. Adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes it up to a lovely round £6,000.

It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at 58.

Will it be enough?

-I hope so. Richard.

-Great play, Paul. Means "stylish or flashy".

That's another American term, first recorded in 1931.

Gareth, you're on 12. The high-scorers are Paul and Shane.

If you could score 45 or less,

you'd be safely through to the head-to-head.

A nice obscure word ending in Z-Z-Y.

I think I'm going to go for...

..it's the same name as my girlfriend's cat, which is "jazzy".

You get below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

You've done it.

-APPLAUSE

-17 takes your total up to 29.

-"Jazzy", Richard.

-It can refer to jazz or can mean much the same as "snazzy".

David, it's all in your hands. Have you got a good answer?

I was going to go for something obvious like "frizzy". I'll just see if "bizzy" is on there.

There is your red line.

Below that, "bizzy" will see you to the next round.

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

It's right!

You are through to the next round.

Hooray! Very well done!

That takes your total up to 28.

-Richard.

-Yeah, colloquial term for a policeman.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers. There's a few of them.

"Huzzy", another way of saying "hussy".

"Nazzy" is a Yorkshire term for being drunk.

"Pozzy" is British military slang for jam or marmalade.

-You might have got "showbizzy".

-Ah!

And we've already had "snazzy" from Paul.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

it's the teachers, Paul and Shane.

You'll have to come up with a pointless rap.

-May have "fizzy" in it.

-Oh, dear.

We will see you again next time. I'm sure you'll go a lot further.

-Great contestants. Paul and Shane.

-APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Alan and Gareth, Simon and David.

You are now only one round away from the final and a chance to play for that jackpot which stands at...

AUDIENCE: Whooo!

Only one pair can play for that money. You now go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Now, you are allowed confer. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question.

It concerns...

-LAUGHTER

-Famous moustaches. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of people with moustaches.

-Tell us who they are, please.

-You say "moust-OSH".

-Yeah, what do you say?

-I say "moust-ARSH".

-Let's call the whole thing off.

-It's almost identical.

-"Moust-OSH".

I'm struggling to hear the difference.

-"Moust-ARSH".

-Yeah.

-"Moust-OSH".

-OK.

-"Moust-ARSH", "moust-OSH".

So, five people with moust-OSHES. Here they come.

We reveal them. You have to name them. We have...

..My favourite so far...

..There they are. Five wonderful moustaches.

Alan and Gareth, you've played best throughout the show so far.

So you get to play first.

LOW VOICE: That's Daley Thompson.

I think we'll go for B, which is Daley Thompson.

B, Daley Thompson.

Simon and David, you can confer out loud, if you need to any further.

We think we know a couple of them.

We think a couple might be obvious, A and D.

-So shall we say E, which is Peter...

-Mandelson.

-Peter Mandelson for E.

-You're going to say Peter Mandelson for E.

We have Alan and Gareth saying B, Daley Thompson.

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

It's good. It's right.

46! Ooh!

That's what you've got to beat with Peter Mandelson,

who you are identifying as moustache E.

Is that right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Yup. You've done it.

Very good.

Very well done, which means, after one question,

Simon and David are ahead, one-nil. Richard.

Peter Mandelson. One of the few men to be sacked from Cabinet twice.

The first one is the man who was originally to play Indiana Jones

but wasn't allowed out of his TV contract playing Magnum.

There's Daley Thompson, 46.

C, quite clearly the best answer on the board.

Best moustache!

He said there are no facts, only interpretations.

-Would have been a terrible Pointless player.

-Yes.

D, of course...

Nietzsche the best answer on the board. First time I've said that.

Here comes our second question. Alan and Gareth, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Our second question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five clues to facts about Top Of The Pops. Which is the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Top Of The Pops. They are...

..I'll read those one more time...

Simon and David, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

Co-host of both first and final, Jimmy Savile.

Jimmy Savile, you are nominating as the co-host of both the first and final weekly episode.

Alan and Gareth, you can do your thinking out loud, if you need to.

Yes, I think it began around about 1964.

It was originally recorded in Manchester, perhaps?

I think the dance troupe, it's either Legs & Co or the other lot.

-Pan's People.

-Pan's People, yeah.

We're going for the Led Zeppelin song. It's Whole Lotta Love.

So, we have Jimmy Savile and we have Whole Lotta Love.

Simon and David said Jimmy Savile was the co-host.

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

It's right.

36 for Jimmy Savile. Alan and Gareth have named Whole Lotta Love

as the Led Zeppelin song performed by CCS as the theme.

36 is the score you have to beat.

It's right.

Yup! You've done it!

That did what it needed to. That evened the scores.

Alan and Gareth, Simon and David, you are drawn, one-all.

-Richard.

-Alan, I'm going to let you go through the rest of the board.

-The dance troupe is...?

-Is it Pan's People?

-It is.

-The city it was originally recorded?

-Manchester?

Absolutely right.

-The year it began?

-1964.

-Very, very well done.

Did the whole board. Best answer on the board.

APPLAUSE

OK. Here is your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

It concerns...

-Richard.

-I'll show you a list of five capital cities.

They're all in anagram form. Can you work out the anagrams and tell us the most obscure?

Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five anagrams of capital cities...

..And read as a sentence, "Hasten more stonking animal saunas."

LAUGHTER

There are the five anagrams. Alan and Gareth, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

I think the bottom one is Nassau, capital of the Bahamas.

Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, say Alan and Gareth.

Simon and David.

The second one will be Rome.

The third one is Kingston.

I think the one underneath is Manila.

-I can't think what the top one is.

-What do you reckon?

-Manila.

Manila, please.

You're going to say Animal, Manila.

So, we have Saunas, Nassau.

And Animal, Manila.

In the order they were given, Alan and Gareth have given us Nassau.

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

Very well done.

I wouldn't want to call this at all.

13 is the score you have to beat. Manila, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

-Oh!

-AUDIENCE GROANS

Wow!

Very, very well done, both pairs. Great answers.

Which means Alan and Gareth are through to the final, two-one.

-Richard.

-Two very good answers. One answer could have won you the point.

It's not More, because that's Rome and would have scored you 99.

A fairly spectacular score. Stonking is Kingston, Jamaica.

Have you worked out Hasten yet?

Yes, Athens.

The best answer on the board.

Very, very well done if you got all five of those, if you got Athens.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Simon and David.

Hardly "losing pair". The "just defeated" pair, Simon and David.

You'll be back next time.

I'm sure you'll do just as well, if not better.

Thanks so much, Simon and David. Great contestants.

But for Alan and Gareth, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Alan and Gareth.

You've seen off the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win a perfect birthday present, Gareth,

in the shape of our Pointless jackpot, which stands at...

AUDIENCE: Whooo!

The rules are very simple. To win all that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had one pointless answer today. Find one more and you will leave with that £6,000 jackpot.

First, choose a category from these five choices...

..Are there any birthday presents in there?

I'm a big film fan, but it's quite vague.

It's modern film that I'm more interested in.

If you want to go for Film, it's fine by me.

At the risk of embarrassing myself completely, I'll go for film.

-We'll go for film!

-We'll go for film.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

-Richard.

-Any feature film that's had a general cinema release up to the start of 2012

for which either Matthew Broderick or Sarah Jessica Parker received an acting credit.

No TV films, documentaries, that sort of thing.

Voiced performances do count. So, any Matthew Broderick OR Sarah Jessica Parker films.

Thank you very much.

You have one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £6,000

is for just one of those to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

-Your time starts now.

-Gareth, you're on your own.

OK. I know quite a few, actually. I'm just trying to think.

-It doesn't have to be all three of one? It can be a mixture of the two?

-Mm-hm.

We've got Sarah Jessica Parker, Hocus Pocus. That's quite obscure.

All the Sex And The City will be high scoring.

Matthew Broderick did a film called Election, which is an indie film.

Godzilla, I think he was in, but that might be too high.

Will people remember he's in it?

-Ferris Bueller was his most famous one.

-Election would be...

Election. Hocus Pocus for Sarah Jessica Parker.

What was her recent one?

That was...? She did one with Hugh Grant which I can't...

..I can't remember the title of, though.

Ten seconds left.

-So what are we going for? Election, Hocus Pocus...

-And her recent one.

I Don't Know How She Does It.

-I think...

-There's your time up.

We were looking for Sarah Jessica Parker or Matthew Broderick films.

I now need your three answers.

OK, well, Matthew Broderick was in a film called Election. Election.

The others are Sarah Jessica Parker, which are Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus.

Which was quite a while ago now, and...

-I Don't Know How She Does It.

-I Don't Know How She Does It.

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

-Election, I think.

-We'll put that one last.

-Which is your least likely?

-Probably the most recent one is going to be fresh in people's minds.

-I Don't Know How She Does It.

-Yeah.

-We'll put that first.

Let's put those up on the board, and here they are...

..We were looking for Sarah Jessica Parker or Matthew Broderick films.

The one you think is least likely to be a pointless answer is I Don't Know How She Does It.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £6,000 jackpot.

Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many people said I Don't Know How She Does It.

It's right.

If this goes down to zero,

you are leaving with a birthday present of £6,000.

Into the teens.

Into single figure... Oooh!

Six.

So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer. You have two more shots at today's jackpot of £6,000.

What would you do with the £6,000, Alan?

I'd buy that new acoustic guitar I've promised myself for years.

-It's been hanging in the window of the shop?

-Yes.

Me nose pressed up against it.

-What about you, Gareth?

-I'm getting married this year, actually.

-Congratulations.

-So a lot of it will go on that.

-A nice honeymoon as well.

-Very good indeed.

Very, very best of luck. We are looking for Sarah Jessica Parker and/or Matthew Broderick films.

Let's hope nobody said Hocus Pocus.

This has to be right, has to be pointless and you will leave here with £6,000.

Hocus Pocus. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Your first answer, I Don't Know How She Does It, went down to six.

If this goes down to zero,

you leave with £6,000.

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

Election, though. You were quite clear that was the most obscure.

I think it's quite... It's sort of an indie film. It wasn't very big.

-It wasn't a big budget thing.

-How long ago was it?

Ten years?

We're looking for Sarah Jessica Parker or Matthew Broderick films.

Your last shot at the jackpot of £6,000.

Everything riding on Election. Is it right? How many people said it?

Election.

Come on! OK. Your first answer went down to six.

Your second answer went down to three.

This you had no hesitation putting as your last answer.

Oh, no!

No!

Never mind.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-I was sure that was going down.

Me, too.

You didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot of £6,000,

which rolls over to the next show, but you've been amazing contestants.

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

APPLAUSE Thank you.

They didn't put a foot wrong throughout the show.

The film with Hugh Grant was Did You Hear About The Morgans?

-That's it.

-That would have scored you one point.

-That would have been worse.

-Let's look at the pointless ones. They're pretty tough.

Deck The Halls, Matthew Broderick, an Xmas film with Danny DeVito.

Failure To Launch, probably the most famous, with Matthew McConaughey.

Family Business is Matthew Broderick as well.

Mars Attacks! she's in.

Mrs Parker And The Vicious Circle, Matthew Broderick's in that.

Smart People, Sarah Jessica Parker.

Next two, Sarah Jessica Parker,

and Torch Song Trilogy with Matthew Broderick.

-Well done if you got any of those.

-Oh, well. We got the trophy.

Exactly. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Alan and Gareth.

It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

Unfortunately, Alan and Gareth didn't win our jackpot today,

which means on the next show, we will be playing for £7,000.

AUDIENCE: Whooo!

-Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

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