Episode 34 Pointless

Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, putting obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome, Jenni and Andy. You are our first pair. How do you two know each other?

We met because we're both interested in amateur dramatics.

-We're in a group on Hayling Island.

-That's where you've come from?

-Just outside Portsmouth.

-What's Andy's best role been?

-Ugly Sister in Cinderella!

-OK. Andy, Jenni's?

I would probably say Maggie in Hobson's Choice.

-So theatre is great for you. Maybe musical theatre?

-Yeah.

OK, very good indeed.

What do you do, Jenni, when... Somebody said to me the other day, "I used to tread the floorboards"!

-That's what I do every day!

-What do you do when you're not treading the floorboards?

I work in a doctor's surgery. I issue the prescriptions for the poorly people.

-Andy?

-I'm a police officer. For the last 5-6 years I've been seconded to the Youth Offending Team

where we work with young people who've been sentenced at court and oversee their community orders.

Lovely to have you here.

Next we welcome back James and John. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-This is your second chance. Remind us how you know each other.

-We both went to uni together.

-Remind us what happened last time.

-I had a complete nightmare.

-Yes.

-Out in the first round.

-Tough round.

John, what would you like to see come up this afternoon?

British sitcoms. I watch a lot of Formula 1 as well so a bit of motorsport.

I should hold my own on that.

And I think... I think I could hold my own on UK politics as well.

Great to have you here. Very best of luck. Next, we welcome back Brian and Lisa.

-You also were on last time. How do you know each other?

-Father and daughter.

What happened to you last time?

-We got to the Head to Head.

-You didn't do badly.

What are your interests, Brian? Do you have any clever little niche interests?

-These can feed into people's Pointless expertise.

-We don't have much time, but we travel a lot.

And I'm a sort of mild adrenaline junkie. We like to go to odd places and do odd things.

-What's the oddest place you've been?

-Probably the Arctic Circle.

-Have you?

-We stayed at the ice hotel for our 25th wedding anniversary.

-Lisa, have you been?

No,it was their 25th anniversary, so I wasn't invited.

-They've taken me everywhere. Vegas was my favourite.

-Win today and take your winnings to Vegas!

-I will!

-Great to have you back. Very best of luck to you.

Finally, we welcome back Adrian and Amy. Three returning pairs.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-We're husband and wife. We've been married for 11 years.

-And where are you from?

-We're from Belfast.

-From Belfast.

-And what happened to you last time?

-A question on sport got us absolutely 200'd out!

-But, as we discovered last time, you know everything there is to know about zombies.

-I do.

They didn't come up. Sometimes they come up and come up and come up...

-They just keep coming.

-Yeah. Adrian, do you have any outlandish hobbies?

I've recently got into mountain biking, so I've been out in a few of the forests trying it out.

-Very good. Amy, do you go out with Adrian on his bike?

-Certainly not!

I record a talking newspaper for the blind. So that would be one of my hobbies.

It's lovely to have you back. Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you.

There's only one person left. If obscurity were a dog, he'd be a thoroughbred

with a lovely, shiny coat... and some unsavoury habits.

-LAUGHTER

-It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya. Hiya.

We've got three returning pairs and only one new pair.

Every time that's happened - four times - the new pair has won.

So looking good for Jenni and Andy. Although, James and John,

if we take them at their word, they'll have a spectacular first round. John knows UK politics

and James said the same thing last time.

-Well, we're about to find out.

-We'll look forward to that very much. Thanks, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,

but we are after the obscure answers they couldn't get. For a chance to win our jackpot,

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. Each time that happens we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Now Fred and Paul won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

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

Give me an incorrect answer, you score the maximum 100 points.

Try to avoid those if you can. OK, our first category is... the Government.

The Government. Can you decide who goes first and who goes second?

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

OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Labour members of Cabinet from 1997-2010 as they could. Richard?

Yes, any MP or peer who had a seat in Gordon Brown's or Tony Blair's Cabinets, please.

We won't accept Gordon Brown or Tony Blair or the names of any Attorney Generals

but any Labour Cabinet Minister under Tony Blair or Gordon Brown.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

OK, Jenni and Andy, you all drew lots and today you get to go first.

-Andy, there's a bit of a smile...

-It's a grimace, I think!

-Is it?

It is. I'm struggling to think of many. The only one that's popped into my head,

and I'll have to go with it, is Jack Straw.

OK, let's see if Jack Straw is right and, if it is, how many people said Jack Straw.

It's right.

Wow! Seven.

Seven. For Jack Straw.

-Wow. That little heard of politician.

-That won't be the last unexpectedly low score in the round.

One of only three men to have served continually from 1997 to 2010.

Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Secretary of State for Justice.

A fine, upstanding man with a long, honourable record and seven people... Seven!

There's a lot of low scores.

Wowee. Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard. And so, John,

what is the most obscure Labour member of the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 that you can come up with?

OK, I'm going to have to go for Alistair Darling.

Alistair Darling. Is that right and how many of our people said it?

It's right.

Seven!

Seven of them knew Alistair Darling. I suspect it was the same seven.

-Richard?

-He was one of the other people who served continually from 1997 to 2010 in the Cabinet.

-Jack Straw, Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown.

-Thanks, Richard. Now, Lisa,

we are looking for Labour members of Cabinet from 1997 to 2010.

I'll say a name that I see on the telly who's important.

Boris Johnson. He's important.

OK, Boris Johnson. Is it right? How many people said Boris Johnson?

No! Bad luck, Lisa.

I'm afraid BoJo, no no. That scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-An incorrect answer. Richard?

-Very, very much not a member of the Labour Cabinet.

-He should be!

If there are any politicians watching, this is quite humbling.

There's got to be some brilliant pointless answers and a lot of them.

-There are a lot of pointless politicians on this bit of paper.

-LAUGHTER

OK, here we go. Hear that, Adrian? Pointless politicians.

Let's have a pointless answer. A member of the Labour Cabinet between 1997 and 2010.

-I'm going to say John Prescott.

-John Prescott says Adrian. Let's see if that's right,

and how many people said it.

It's right.

15!

15 for John Prescott, which goes to show - if you want to be remembered, hit some people.

He was Deputy Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007.

Thanks. We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores.

So, seven and seven, our low scorers are tied - Andy and Jenni, John and James.

Then we go up to 15 to Adrian and Amy. Then we hike up to 100 to find Lisa and Brian.

-Which means, Brian, your only hope is that somebody else scores 100 and it's not you.

-Not looking good.

You have to find a pointless answer.

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

We're looking for Labour Cabinet members from 1997 to 2010.

You want the one the fewest of our 100 people could think of.

Amy, Adrian did pretty well with 15. The high scorers are on 100.

A score of 84 or less will see you into the next round.

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam?

Mo Mowlam. Here's your red line. Nice and high.

If Mo gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round. Is it right and how many said it?

You're right!

Wow! One!

One for Mo Mowlam!

Takes your total up to 16. Very well done. The lowest so far.

-Mo Mowlam!

-Minister for the Cabinet Office, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,

-played by Julie Walters on TV.

-Whaddya gotta do?! What do you gotta do, Richard?

-I don't know what you gotta do.

-Now, Brian, you know what you have to do. You're on 100.

-The only name that popped into my head, and I don't think he's Labour, is Kenneth Clarke.

-Kenneth Clarke

says Brian. There's no red line as you are already the highest scorers.

You just have to hope this is a brilliant and obscure answer.

How many people said Kenneth Clarke was a member of the Labour Cabinet between 1997 and 2010?

Oh...bad luck, Brian.

I'm afraid that's incorrect and you also score 100 points. You're in the 200 Club.

-Richard?

-Probably the longest-serving current Conservative Cabinet member.

Right, come on. Here we go. James, we come to you, a journalist, one of the great, vibrant young minds.

You are on seven. The high scorers are on 200, Brian and Lisa,

-so even if you score 100 points you are still through.

-The ones I know are unlikely to be pointless,

so in a stab for a pointless answer I'm just going to name a random Labour MP

-and go with Mike O'Brien.

-Mike O'Brien.

-Yeah.

James is saying Mike O'Brien. Is that right and, if it is, how many people said it?

Bad luck, James.

But that was a good tactic, but an incorrect answer which scores you 100 points

-and takes your total to 107.

-Perfectly worthy guess. He was a Minister, but not in Cabinet.

OK, Labour Cabinet members from 1997 to 2010. Now, Jenni...

-I'm going to say Clare Short.

-Clare Short says Jenni.

Let's see if that's right and how many said it. You're through anyway.

Even if you score 100, you won't overtake Brian and Lisa, but for fun how many people said Clare Short?

It's right. Very well done, Jenni.

Very, very well done indeed!

-Wow!

-Two points for Clare Short, takes your total up to nine.

To be a brave person who stands up and resigns on a point of principle

and only two people remember you.

Secretary of State for International Development until she resigned over the Iraq War.

All sorts of big names on this list. David Blunkett got four, Peter Mandelson got four,

Margaret Beckett got one.

Let's look at some pointless answers. Andrew Adonis, the former Transport Secretary,

Andy Burnham, who ran for leader, Charlie Falconer,

the former Lord Chancellor Derry Irvine, Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland,

Frank Dobson, also at Health, Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary,

Margaret Jay, Alan Milburn, another Health Secretary.

Jack Cunningham, James Purnell, Patricia Hewitt, all pointless.

Let's look at the big hitters, the ones everyone remembers(!)

In third place, Ed Balls with 13. Going to be pleased with that. Mainly for the surname, I suspect.

Ed Miliband, 13. He'll be pleased he beat his brother, David. David got 12.

-And right at the top, John Prescott, 15.

-Wow.

-15.

OK, thanks, Richard. The losing pair with the highest score - Brian and Lisa.

-If you're going to go down, go down in a blaze of glory.

-In a blaze, certainly.

-Of something!

-Well, it's 200.

-We're happy.

-You're happy.

-We're fine.

-I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye. Thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

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

OK, there's only room for two pairs in our Head to Head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two is... fiction.

It's fiction. Can you all decide who is going to go first and who's going second?

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

OK, so our question concerns... quartets and their fourth members.

-Quartets and their fourth members. Richard?

-This will cheer us up.

We'll show you three parts of fictional foursomes from TV or books.

You tell us who the fourth member is. Six on each pass, 12 in all. We might see some higher scores.

OK, thank you, Richard.

So we are looking for the fourth members of these fictitious foursomes and we have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

OK. There are six quartets. You have to provide the missing member of those quartets

and you're trying to find the one the fewest people knew. Andy...

I know a couple of them. Some of them I should know more of.

So I'm going to go for... Stan, Kyle and Eric

-and I'm going to say Cartman.

-Cartman you are saying.

Let's see if Cartman's right and how many people knew that answer.

Wow.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points. An incorrect answer. Now then, John,

-that's taken the pressure off some.

-Somewhat. I know a few of them.

Having seen that last round, I'll go for Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny

and hope most of the 100 made the same mistake.

Let's see if Kenny's right and how many knew Kenny was the missing quarter.

It's right.

10! Very well done.

Bad luck, Andy. That should have been yours.

-10 is John's instead.

-Well played, John. He dies in most episodes of South Park.

Six of our 100 made the same mistake that Andy made.

OK, Amy, you're the last person, so you can talk us through it.

I know a couple of them.

Rose, Dorothy and Blanche were The Golden Girls, but I can't remember the last one.

Faceman, BA and Murdock were the A Team. That would be Hannibal.

Mike, Vyvyan and Rick - the Young Ones. And I don't know the fourth.

But I think I'll try Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello - the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -

-and that would be Michelangelo.

-Michelangelo is the missing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle says Amy.

Is that right and how many people said it?

It's right.

27!

-27 for Michelangelo. Richard?

-Well done, Amy. You took us through the groups fairly well.

You should have gone for Hannibal as that would have scored you 19 points.

-An even better answer. Mike, Vyvyan, Rick and...

-Neil!

-Neil the hippie. Would have scored 11.

-Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and...

-I can't remember. The missing one is Harry Potter's house.

It's harder than it looks. It's Gryffindor.

-Gryffindor!

-It scored 33.

-And Rose, Dorothy and Blanche are the Golden Girls.

-I don't know.

-So a pretty obscure question.

-'80s sitcom.

-Yeah.

-Scores as many as Jack Straw and Alistair Darling.

Seven points if you said Sophia, who was Dorothy's mother.

-Very well done if you got all six.

-Thank you. We'll look at the scores.

John and James looking very strong on 10. Lovely answer there with... I've already forgotten! Kenny!

And then we go up to 27, Amy and Adrian.

Then up to 100 for Andy and Jenni. Bad luck there, Andy. You have to hope somebody makes a mistake

and Jenni finds a really good, low-scoring answer.

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

We're going to put six more quartets on the board and here they come.

I'll read those all one more time.

So there we are. Adrian, you're on 27. The high scorers are Jenni and Andrew on 100,

which means 72 or less will see you through to the next round.

I think I'll go with Flopsy, Mopsy, Peter

and Cottontail.

Cottontail, you are saying, the missing member of that quartet.

Let's see. There is your red line. Below that red line, you are in the head-to-head.

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

Yeah, it's right.

You've done it.

30.

APPLAUSE

-30 takes your total up to 57. Richard?

-Well played.

-Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail are Peter Rabbit's sisters in the Beatrix Potter book.

-Thank you.

James, you're on 10. Jenni and Andy are on 100,

which means 89 or less sees you through.

I'm a child of the '90s and I'm hoping

at least 11 people that you've asked weren't children of the '90s

and can't name Po as one of the four Teletubbies.

-OK, Tinky-Winky, Dipsy and Laa Laa, you think Po is missing.

-Yeah.

-There's your red line.

It's nice and high. Let's see if Po can do it for you. Po, how many people said it?

It's right and you are through.

71.

Quite a high score, but it did what it needed to do.

It takes your total up to 81. Richard?

71 for Po which is the same score as the top eight Labour Cabinet Ministers put together.

-Put together!

-Now, Jenni,

the sad news is you are the high scorers even before you've given your answer,

so no matter how good your answer is, we'll be saying goodbye to you at the end of this round.

I think Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha might be Sex And The City,

but I've never watched it and I don' know the names of the characters.

Jo, Beth and Meg, were they the Little Women?

Peter, Susan and Edmund, I think was The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe but I don't know the fourth one.

I'll have to guess the Mr Fantastic, Human Torch and the Invisible Woman...

Was there an Iceman?

-Iceman?

-OK, you're going to add Iceman to Mr Fantastic, Human Torch and the Invisible Woman.

There's no red line because you are the high scorers.

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

Bad luck, Jenni. That was a very good effort, but I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

It scores you 100 and takes your total up to 200. Another member of the 200 Club!

-Richard?

-You've taken us nicely through most of the categories.

-Naming the fourth one is the hard thing.

-It's a tough board.

The fourth member of the Fantastic Four is The Thing. 7 points, that's the best answer on the board.

Jo, Beth and Meg are the Little Women and the other one is Amy.

It would have scored you 10.

Peter, Susan and Edmund, absolutely right, they're the Pevensie children in the Narnia books.

Their sibling is Lucy. It would have scored you 21.

Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha are Sex And The City.

And very much the leader of their group is Carrie Bradshaw. Would have scored 26 points.

-Very well done if you did well on those two boards.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score, Jenni and Andy.

That was a tough round and that board was very hard.

You've broken our jinx. The pair that go through to the final will be a returning pair.

That's the first time that's happened for donkey's years.

-We'll see you next time. Jenni and Andy, great contestants!

-APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Adrian and Amy, James and John.

You are only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at £1,000.

APPLAUSE

Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair it's going to be,

you go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot and you are now allowed to confer.

Let's play head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Here is your first question and it concerns...

Precision instruments, Richard?

We'll show you five photographs of instruments used to make precise calculations or measurements.

-Can you name the most obscure?

-Here come your five precision instruments and we have got...

OK, there are your five precision instruments.

Adrian and Amy, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

WHISPERING

E, the protractor.

E, protractor, say Adrian and Amy.

E, protractor. James and John, you can talk out loud.

Do you think it's worth going for C which we know is right, but guessing at D which will beat E?

No, let's play it safe.

We'll say C and it's a spirit level.

C, a spirit level, say James and John.

So we have E, protractor, from Adrian and Amy.

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

It's right.

Quite a high score - 57.

APPLAUSE

57 for protractor. James and John have said C, spirit level.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it. 57 is the score you have to beat.

It's right.

That's high - 86.

APPLAUSE

You said, "Let's play it safe." Why?

He talked me out of it. I was desperately trying to think of what D was.

-It was on the tip of my tongue.

-Yeah, he said that he didn't know.

I thought everyone uses protractors from schools and they always have done.

-Not everyone has used a spirit level.

-No, fair enough.

Sadly, the logic didn't bear out and Adrian and Amy are up 1-0.

-As a matter of interest, what do you think D was?

-I was going to say something like... It's gone now.

If it's any consolation, it wouldn't have won you the point. It's a plumb line and would have scored you 59.

-Wow!

-I didn't know that.

-But a huge score, spirit level.

That is 8,600% higher than Margaret Beckett.

LAUGHTER

"A", you can use them to measure your head. They're callipers.

They would have scored you 33.

And B is a compass,

which would have scored you 76.

So, callipers, very much the best answer. Well done if you said that.

Thanks, Richard. Here comes your second question.

James and John, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Our second question concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll give you five clues to facts about the Isle of Wight. Which of these is the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Isle of Wight.

I'll read those one more time.

We have five facts about the Isle of Wight and you want to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-James and John?

-We played it safe last time, so we'll have a bit of a...

We'll guess at the year Jimi Hendrix played.

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

-Yeah, I'll go 1973.

-1973, say James and John for the year Jimi Hendrix played the Isle of Wight Festival.

Adrian and Amy?

I think it was '72.

Do you want to take that risk?

I think the jagged stacks of chalk rock are The Needles, but I'm not certain.

No, you go.

We'll go with Jimi Hendrix and '72.

You're saying '72 for Jimi Hendrix playing the Isle of Wight Festival. It's all hanging on Jimi Hendrix.

James and John are saying '73, Adrian and Amy '72.

Let's see. 1973, is that right, how many people said it?

No. Bad luck.

Adrian and Amy have said 1972 for the Isle of Wight Festival with Jimi Hendrix.

Is that right? All it has to be is right. If it is, you win the point and go through to the final.

Oh, no.

Bad luck.

Both wrong answers, so after two questions, Adrian and Amy are still ahead 1-0. Richard?

Yeah, he died in 1970, God bless him!

LAUGHTER

The Isle of Wight Festival was his last UK performance. It was in 1970 when he played that.

That would have scored you 6 points.

You should have gone with The Needles, actually. You should have trusted Amy.

That would have scored you 42 points and seen you into the final.

-Do you know the location of the annual regatta?

-Cowes.

-Yes, it would have scored you 46.

Roman name for the island, I didn't know this one.

5 points if you said Vectis.

-And the film director?

-Anthony Minghella.

-Yes. He won an Oscar for The English Patient.

It would have scored 4 points. Very well done if you got all of those.

Here comes your third question. James and John, you have to win this to stay in the game. It concerns...

LAUGHTER

-Richard?

-We'll show you a list of five musicals alongside one of their famous songs.

We've missed a word out of each of the songs. Can you supply the word?

OK, so here are our songs from musicals with a missing word and we have got...

I'll read those songs one more time.

There are your five songs from musicals. Adrian and Amy, we are back with you.

There is one that we went to see a few years back.

I think we'll go for Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Kiss Me, Kate.

Brush Up Your Shakespeare, say Adrian and Amy.

-Now then, James and John, do you know any of those?

-Yeah, very surprisingly, we do.

-Let's Go Fly A Kite?

-Yeah. Ol' Man River.

-Ol' Man River.

-Hushabye Baby?

-Hushabye Baby. Ol' Man River, I'm thinking.

-I think Let's Go Fly A Kite.

-I'm backing you.

We'll go with Let's Go Fly A Kite.

Let's Go Fly A Kite, say James and John. We have Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Adrian and Amy.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Brush Up Your Shakespeare.

Yeah, fantastic.

Very good indeed.

-APPLAUSE

-11 points for Brush Up Your Shakespeare.

James and John have said Let's Go Fly A Kite from Mary Poppins.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it. You have to beat 11 points.

If you don't beat 11 points, we say goodbye to you and Adrian and Amy go through to the final.

It's right.

Oo-ee!

Wow!

-APPLAUSE

-Let's Go Fly A Kite is very popular.

It scores 79, which means after three questions, Adrian and Amy are through to the final 2-0. Richard?

Yes, the highest answer on the board. Brush Up Your Shakespeare is a very good answer.

-Only one answer would have beaten it, the song from Annie. Do you know that one?

-Easy Chair.

-No, it's not.

-Good guess, though. Easy Street.

-Easy Street.

-That would have scored you 8.

You would have been a bit better off going with Ol' Man River from Show Boat.

-That would have scored 69 points. It's not Hushabye Baby from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

-Hushabye Mountain.

Absolutely right. That would have scored 23. I bet there's lots of musical fans out there.

-I imagine some people went straight through that board. Very well done if you did.

-Thank you, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is James and John.

-You've made it to the head-to-head which is very good.

-We did much better this time.

-The Isle of Wight!

-Isle of Wight...

-Isle of Wight/Jimi Hendrix.

-I know.

-But if the zombies...

He'd have had to be a zombie to play in 1973!

LAUGHTER

Dear, oh, dear. Never mind. Thanks so much for playing, James and John!

APPLAUSE

But for Adrian and Amy, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Adrian and Amy. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £1,000.

APPLAUSE

Best of luck. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today, but if you find one now, you will leave here with £1,000.

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

Iconic Actors, I think.

-I think Iconic Actors.

-Yeah.

-Iconic Actors?

What's the worst that can happen?

This(!)

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Steve McQueen films as they could. Richard?

Yeah, any feature film made for cinema release for which Steve McQueen received an acting credit.

No TV films, short films or documentaries or uncredited performances,

but voice performances do count.

You have one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot of £1,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Ready.

-Yeah.

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

-OK, Steve McQueen.

-Any ideas?

-Bullitt, he was in that.

The Great Escape, obviously.

-The Towering Inferno.

-What about that one they use in the ad with the balloon?

The one with the balloon?

-Was that not a film?

-That might have been another film.

-King Rat might have been one.

-Really?

-I think so.

I've never heard of it.

Was he a voice in the Cars movie,

in the Disney film?

-No.

-Are you sure?

-I think he might have been dead by that stage.

-OK.

I think Bullitt,

King Rat as an obscure one

and...Towering Inferno.

-OK.

-OK.

You're happy with those. We'll stop the clock.

We were looking for Steve McQueen films. I need your three answers.

-We'll go with Bullitt.

-Bullitt.

-King Rat for some reason.

-King Rat.

-And The Towering Inferno.

-And The Towering Inferno.

Of those three, your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I think King Rat.

-King Rat. We'll pu that last. Your least likely?

-Towering Inferno.

-Towering Inferno.

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

We were looking for Steve McQueen films. Towering Inferno was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,000, so let's see if Towering Inferno is right

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

Yeah, it's right.

If this goes down to zero, you will leave here with £1,000 in your back pocket.

Down it goes into the teens, into single figures...

-8. 8.

-APPLAUSE

Not bad.

It's a great score. You'd be very proud of that in normal game play.

Unfortunately, in the final round we need pointless answers,

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

What would you do with £1,000, Amy?

I have an ambition that I'd like to go ringside at a world title fight.

-Adrian, how about you?

-We're renovating the house

-and we could do with a couple of steel beams, so that's what we'd spend it on.

-Steel beams!

We are looking for Steve McQueen films. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Bullitt.

This has to be right and pointless for you to win that £1,000. How many people said Bullitt?

It's right.

OK, we went down to 8 with Towering Inferno.

Let's see how far down we go with Bullitt.

If this goes down to zero...

-Oh! Rather better known, Bullitt.

-APPLAUSE

32.

So, also not pointless, which means you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot of £1,000.

Your third and final answer was King Rat. You said this was your most confident shot at being pointless.

But obviously, it does have to be right for you to win that jackpot of £1,000.

This has to be right and pointless. King Rat - did anyone say it, is it right?

Bad luck.

-Bad luck, Adrian.

-APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, you didn't find that vital pointless answer, so you don't win the £1,000

which rolls over to the next show, but you were brilliant contestants and you win the Pointless trophy.

Excellent. APPLAUSE

-Richard?

-Tough luck, guys. Steve McQueen does have some association with King Rat, a 1965 film.

George Segal was the main part, but Steve McQueen turned it down.

If he hadn't, you might have won some money. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

There's only six pointless answers.

An Enemy Of The People, the film version of the Ibsen play.

Baby The Rain Must Fall, plays an ex-con musician, Hell Is For Heroes, a World War Two movie.

Soldier In The Rain, a comedy, The Great St Louis Bank Robbery where he plays a bank robber in St Louis,

and The Honeymoon Machine as a navy lieutenant.

Very unlucky, guys. Well done if you got any of those at home.

We have to say goodbye to you, Adrian and Amy, but it's been great having you on the show.

-Thank you both so much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

Sadly, Adrian and Amy didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means on the next show we will be playing for £2,000.

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me.

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