Episode 39 Pointless

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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the aim is to score as few points as you can. Let's meet today's players.

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Welcome, Lee and Ashley. You're our first pair. How do you know each other?

We met when I started working at a clothes shop in Cambridge. Ashley trained me.

We started doing football coaching together.

What do you do now, Ashley?

-I'm a football coach and just finishing university.

-How about you, Lee?

-I'm at the University of Brighton, training to be a PE teacher.

-Sport is going to be great for you.

-It gives us great pressure if we get sport or football.

-What else would be good for you?

-Music should be OK.

-And some film questions.

-Favourite bands?

-If a Craig David question came up, big fan.

-OK.

-So you're the person!

-It's me. I'm that guy.

Very best of luck to the pair of you. Next, we welcome Ray and Rich.

-How do you know each other?

-I used to be a football manager. Youth team.

This 13-year-old lad came along and wanted to join the team.

He met my 11-year-old daughter and 28 years later, he's my son-in-law.

-Aw! That's fantastic. Ray, what would be great for you?

-Horse racing.

-Flat or national hunt?

-Either. And fish.

-Fish.

-Used to keep tropical fish.

I got fed up with that, so I then built myself a waterfall and a pond.

-And chucked the lot in there!

-Now I just keep cold water fish.

So fish and horse racing. Rich, what would be good for you?

-Again, probably movies, that would be good.

-OK, very good.

Rich and Ray, lovely to have you here.

Next, we welcome Nell and Victoria. How do you know each other?

We met at university back in 2003. Bangor University.

-And what were you studying there?

-I was studying psychology.

-I was doing English.

-So literature is going to be great?

-Yeah. Perhaps. We'll see.

-What do you do now, Victoria?

I'm training to be a children's nurse.

How much more training do you have to do?

Many, many hours. I have to spend 2,300 hours in practice. So...a long time.

-Wow! 2,300 hours?!

-Yeah.

-Blimey!

-It'll be worth it.

-It'll be fantastic! That's a lot of hours.

-Nell, how about you?

-I work down at Bexhill College in Sussex.

I teach students who speak English as a second language.

-What would be good for you?

-Victorian literature. Anything on dodos.

-Anything on dodos!

That's every day on Pointless.

-Victoria, what would be lovely?

-ABBA. Anything ABBA.

-Yeah.

-ABBA singles, albums. I've been revising.

-How do you revise ABBA?

-Just listening to a lot of ABBA.

-And calling that revision?

-Yeah!

Lovely to have you on the show. Finally, we've got Ed and Natalie.

-How do you know each other?

-We're actually married.

-You're actually married. What about that!

-Where have you come from?

-Worcester.

-And what do you do there?

-We both work for the police.

You are both part of the long arm of the law. Did you meet through work?

We did. It was a works do and nobody else turned up,

so we got to know each other.

Wow! Almost like Ed had planned it!

-It's my charm.

-Yeah, yeah. No-one else turned up.

When you're not defending the law, what do you like to get up to?

I've recently discovered astronomy.

I've been watching Professor Brian Cox. I like the stargazing episodes.

Got myself a telescope. I'm hopelessly looking at the skies.

Wouldn't it be awesome

if you witnessed a crime on a celestial body?

Wouldn't that be amazing? Astronomer Cop!

What? A crime on Uranus? Is that what you're saying?

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-Lunar Cop!

-Lunar Cop. That's quite good!

-You should play Ed.

-OK. I will play Ed.

-And Keira Knightley as Natalie.

Very good. Very good indeed.

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

There's one person for me to introduce.

He's having a foot massage under the desk from an aggressive masseur,

so if you see him wince, you'll know why. It's my Pointless friend Richard.

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-How are you?

-I'm very well, thanks.

-Four new pairs this time.

It's happened a lot recently. It's a completely open field.

Good news for Lee and Ed. They might like our first question.

They asked for geography. You could pick any winner. Everyone is from the south coast.

Lee and Ashley are from Eastbourne. Ray and Rich from Bournemouth.

Nell and Victoria from Hastings.

Ed and Natalie from Worcester, which spoils it,

but they can do whatever they want cos they're cops.

They're maverick cops. They don't play by the rules.

-The rules are - live on the south coast. Do they live on the south coast?

-No!

-I don't think so!

-They don't play by the rules.

-It's easy for them.

-We, on the other hand, have got county hall on our back.

-I've got the DA on my back.

He wants you to win this show within 45 minutes. Or it's my ass on the line!

-Do you think one of them's a good cop and one is a bad cop?

-I think they're both excellent cop.

-We'll find out, won't we?

-We certainly shall. Thank you.

All our question have been put to 100 people.

We are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

All our players need to do is score as few points as possible.

What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer,

an answer no-one gave.

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £6,250.

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-Right. Let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK, our first category today is:

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first

and who's going second?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many UK cities outside England as they could.

-UK cities outside England. Richard.

-We're looking for the name of any city in Scotland, Wales

or Northern Ireland, as at the start of 2012.

There are 16 names on the list. See how many you can get at home.

So there are 16 cities and between you, you need to find half of them.

Lee and Ashley, you drew lots and today you get to go first.

-Ashley, you are first up. Is this a good category for you?

-It's OK.

With the football knowledge as well, thinking about different teams.

It's just trying to make sure I know which ones are towns and which are cities.

I've got an answer. It might be a bit safe, but I'm going for it.

I'm going for Swansea.

Swansea, says Ashley. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Swansea.

It's right.

-24, not bad.

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-24, Richard.

-Yes, made a city in 1969.

Another example where sport teaches you geography. Swansea City.

-Currently in the Premiership.

-Now then, Rich.

I'm thinking I'm going to go along the same lines

and I'm going for Cardiff.

-Cardiff.

-Yeah.

-OK. Rich is saying Cardiff.

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

It's right.

-46.

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-46 for Cardiff.

-Yes, made capital of Wales in 1955. Before then, it didn't have an official capital.

Didn't have a capital? No. OK.

Well, Victoria, we've had two pretty safe answers so far.

Time to push the boat out. Time to go out on the thin ice.

I can't use any sport examples here. I hope this is right.

I'm going for Bangor.

-Bangor.

-Yes.

-Bangor.

Oh, this is good, I think. It might be terrible. But we'll see. Bangor, sounds good to me.

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

It's a great answer, Victoria!

-Fantastic! Six!

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Spectacular answer.

-Bangor, Richard.

-Remind us where you went to university?

-Bangor.

-That's pretty handy, isn't it?

-Yep. Who needs sport!

-It was the only city in Wales till 1905. Then Cardiff became one.

-OK, thank you very much.

Ed, we are looking for any city in the UK that is not in England.

-Right.

-Come on.

-I'm going risky.

I'm pretty sure it is a city, and it's still in Wales.

I think St David is a city. One of the smallest cities in the UK.

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

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. You score 100.

-I'm sorry. Richard.

-Sorry, Ed. I'll fill you in on why at the end of the round.

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

Victoria, that university education has paid off!

-I knew it would come in handy one day.

-Lovely low score of six.

Then we come up to 24, where we find Ashley and Lee.

Then up to 46, where we find Rich and Ray.

And then up to 100, where we find Ed and Natalie.

Natalie, you know what you have to do in the next pass.

A lovely low score and you have to hope that someone else scores big.

That might be enough to see you through.

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

Natalie, we are looking for the name of any city in the UK that is not in England.

-As Richard said, there are 16 of them.

-There might be!

-So far, we've had three.

-I don't know many of them.

This is really not good for me. I'm going to have to take a guess with Inverness.

Inverness, says Natalie.

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

Let's see if Inverness is right and how many people said Inverness.

It's right.

-13.

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That's a great score.

That's our second lowest score of the round, in fact.

-Takes your total up to 113.

-Well played.

-You might have kept yourself in it. It was made a city in 2000 for the Millennium.

-Now then.

Nell, the high scorers are Natalie and Ed on 113.

You are on six, which means even if you score 100 points, you're still through to the next round.

Yep. I'm safe, so... I'm sure it's a city.

-I'm going to go for Stirling in Scotland.

-Stirling, says Nell.

There's no red line for you, as you're already through to the next round.

Stirling, let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

Yep, absolutely right.

-Oh, very well done. Seven!

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Takes your total up to 13. That's a great score.

-Richard.

-Another good answer.

-Made a city in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

-Thanks.

-Ray, we're looking for any non-English city in the UK.

-Right.

You're on 46, the high scorers are on 113.

-A score of 66 or less will see you through.

-I'm going for Brechin.

Brechin, says Ray.

-Is that because you know it's a city?

-Yeah.

-OK.

OK, if you get below that red line, Brechin has seen you through to the next round.

Is it right, how many people said Brechin?

Oh, no! Ray, that's an incorrect answer.

I'm afraid that means you score 100 points.

That takes your total up to 146, which means we will be saying goodbye at the end of this round.

Lee and Ashley won't overtake that score. I'm sorry. Richard.

It's a Scottish town. Brechin City is the football team.

That's terrifically bad luck. That's why I assume you were going for it.

-It turns out football just leads you a merry dance.

-I take it back about football teaching you geography.

-It doesn't.

-Perhaps someone can explain why Brechin City are called that.

When that comes in, you can say, "Brechin news!"

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-I'll do that.

-OK. Now then, Lee.

I can't really think of any ones that may be pointless.

-I can take a gamble now.

-There are only 16, so there may not be any pointless ones.

I'm just going to say Dundee. It might be fairly low.

-Are you sure it's a city?

-Fairly sure.

-You're on 24.

Even if it's wrong, you won't overtake Ray and Rich.

OK, Lee says Dundee. Is it right? No red line. You're already through.

It's right.

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18 for Dundee. Takes your total up to 42. Richard.

Very good answer. And a further episode of my interesting facts

about Scottish cities, the first ever public dissection of an elephant in the UK took place in Dundee.

And I've got some Brechin news. Brechin often calls itself a city cos it has a cathedral,

but it's not actually a city.

The football team's called Brechin City, but not a city.

Just to clear up Ed's answer as well, couldn't give it to you.

It's St David's.

So the one letter, that's very much the letter of the law you overlooked!

That letter being S. But you got through anyway.

So I don't feel so bad.

There are no pointless answers. Let's take a look at the low scorers.

Lisburn in Northern Ireland would have scored one.

Armagh scored two. There's St David's on three.

If anyone was trying to complete the 16, we've had the answers here,

also Newry, Newport, Londonderry or Derry,

Aberdeen, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

-That completes your 16.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of the first round, our losing pair is Ray and Rich.

That was tough with Brechin. That was a great answer actually.

Although, it wasn't. But you know what I mean. You gave it for the right reason.

I think Brechin have ideas above their station. Come on, Brechin.

You went out and took a colossal risk

and through no fault of your own, it's Brechin's fault entirely!

We have to say goodbye to you, Rich and Ray. We will see you again next time.

I hope we'll see much more of you. Thanks for playing. Brilliant contestants.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.

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

so one of the teams will be leaving us at the end of this round. Our category for round two is:

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

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

So our question concerns:

-Richard.

-Yes, on each pass,

we will show you the names of six sculptures or art installations.

We need you to tell us the artist behind them.

As always, an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

12 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

So we are looking for the artist responsible for these sculptures and installations

and we have got:

They spent a long time doing The Discus Thrower.

I'll read those all one more time.

There are the six works of art. What we need from you are the artists.

As always on Pointless, you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. Lee.

Other than literature, this is probably the worst subject for me.

I don't know any of them.

I'm going to have a guess and say My Bed by Turner.

OK, Turner, you are saying, My Bed by Turner.

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

Bad luck, Lee. That's an incorrect answer, which scores you 100 points.

Nell, we're looking for the artists responsible for these sculptures or installations.

Yes. This isn't too bad for me. I think I know who did My Bed.

But I can't resist going for Lobster Telephone

because I actually did my Masters dissertation on this artist.

I'm going to say Salvador Dali.

Salvador Dali, Lobster Telephone, says Nell.

Let's see if that's right and how many people knew Salvador Dali.

Yup.

-Wow! Nine.

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Nine for Salvador Dali. Richard.

This show's a little bit like Slumdog Millionaire for Nell and Victoria!

First, where Victoria went to university and now what Nell did for her degree.

Very good answer. He's buried under a crystal dome in the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres in Spain.

Thank you. We are looking for the artists responsible for these sculptures and installations.

You're the last person to have this board. Take us through it.

I can't do that. I can give you one answer, I think.

-My Bed, Tracey Emin.

-Tracey Emin, My Bed. Sounds good to me.

Let's see if that's right and how many people knew Tracey Emin.

It's right.

-39.

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-39, that scores you. Richard.

-Well played, Natalie. Good answer.

Sold for £150,000 to Charles Saatchi. That must be pretty comfortable.

-Yeah(!)

-Let's go through the rest of them.

The Angel Of The North only scored 15. That's Antony Gormley.

The Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is Edgar Degas.

The Stringed Figure, that's Barbara Hepworth.

And the Discus Thrower is a pointless answer. It's Myron.

Well done if you got all of those, particularly the pointless one.

Thank you. We're half way through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Nell and Victoria, once again, lovely low score there.

Looking strong on nine. Then 39 for Natalie and Ed. Lee and Ashley, 100.

Quite a long way ahead. Ashley, the pressure's on you.

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

We're going to put six more sculptures or installations on the board.

Here we have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

You are looking for the artists responsible for these sculptures

or installations and the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Ed, you're on 39. The high scorers are Ashley and Lee on 100.

A score 60 or less will be enough to see you through.

It's not a good subject for me. But there is one I think I know.

I should know. But after my last performance, I'm a bit cagey.

I'm going for David and Michelangelo.

David, Michelangelo, says Ed.

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

Here's your red line. Below that red line, you are through to the head to head.

It's right.

And you're through to the head to head.

-Very well done, 34.

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That takes your total up to 73. Richard.

Approximately 5.5 metres high and six tonnes in weight.

Commissioned for a buttress in the Cathedral of Florence.

Thank you.

Victoria, we're looking for the artists responsible for these sculptures and installations.

You're on nine. The high scorers on 100 are Ashley and Lee.

A score of 90 or less will see you through.

I'm really not sure.

I'm going to have a guess with Brillo Soap Pads and Andy Warhol.

You're going to say Brillo Soap Pads Box, Andy Warhol.

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

There's your red line. Andy Warhol, is it right, how many people said it?

It's right and you're through.

-18.

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Takes your total up to 27. Very well done.

-Andy Warhol.

-Sailing through to the next round. Well played, both of you, as a team.

Now then, Ashley. The bad news is you're already the high scorers.

You will be leaving us at the end of this round.

However, have a punt at something on that board.

The good news is I have absolutely no idea of any of these.

So a bit less pressure on me.

I'm going for a wild guess and go Walking Man, Rembrandt.

Walking Man, Rembrandt. Rembrandt, says Ashley.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. There's no red line.

Bad luck, Ashley. An incorrect answer.

It scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 200. Richard.

Rembrandt, like Turner, more of a painter than a sculptor.

The Walking Man in 2010 became the expensive sculpture ever sold at auction.

£65 million. And it's Giacometti.

It would only have scored four points as well.

Mother And Child Divided. That's the two halves of the calf in the formaldehyde.

-Oh, it's Damien Hirst.

-Would have scored seven points. The Statue Of Liberty?

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, would have scored one point.

-And Orbit is a modern sculptor.

-I think I do know this.

It's a pointless answer, so well done anyone at home who said Anish Kapoor.

-Yes.

-Two fairly tough boards,

but a couple of easy ones and some harder ones there.

-Second board much harder than the first, I'd have said.

-Yeah, that second board is tough.

If anybody got all six of those, you've done very well indeed.

At the end of round two, the pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, is Ashley and Lee.

That was a pig of a round for you. You didn't know either of those. That second board was really hard.

I actually knew two on the second board.

-But we still would have been out. So no matter.

-No matter.

We will see you again, Ashley and Lee. Thanks very much for playing.

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But for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting,

as we enter the head to head.

Congratulations, Nell and Victoria, Ed and Natalie.

You are now only one round away from the final.

And a chance to play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £6,250.

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

you're going head to head on the best of three questions.

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

Nell and Victoria, you've had some good subjects that have fallen well for you.

Ed, arguably, you've been unlucky with St David being disallowed.

But you have been consistently low scoring.

It will be a very interesting third round. Let's play the head to head.

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Here comes your first question. And it concerns:

I like the way we've gone the long way round detective there. Crimesolvers.

-There's different types of crime solvers.

-There are. Ask Ed and Natalie.

-Exactly.

We're going to show you five pictures of actors and actresses

who are famous for playing a fictional crime solver.

Can you give us the surname of the crime solver they play?

OK. Any of these on the moon? That's all I want to know.

No, none of them, which means this is absolutely wide open for us.

Brilliant. OK, let's reveal our five crime solvers and we have got...

So there we are. There we have five crime solvers.

Nell and Victoria, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

-OK.

-So it's the surname of the character we're after.

We'll be really bad on this round.

Not our strong suit at all,

but we think C is Lacey from Cagney and Lacey.

C - Lacey.

Now then, Ed and Natalie.

-Not good for us either.

-Really?

Surely, I thought this was playing to your strengths.

-It's fictional, see.

-Really?

We're not good, but I think we'll have to just go for B.

I'm hoping it might be Starsky.

OK. B - Starsky.

So we have C - Lacey, from Nell and Victoria.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said C - Lacey.

It's right.

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35.

Not a bad score at all.

And our law enforcers have said that B was Starsky.

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

Bad luck. Bad luck.

After one question, Nell and Victoria are ahead 1-0.

Yes, no luck needed there. Good answer.

Let's take a look at all five though.

A is Helen Mirren,

known for playing Jane Tennison from the crime suspect series.

That would have scored 14 points.

B is George Peppard who later found fame to a certain generation

as John Hannibal Smith from the A-Team, but he played Banacek, who solved locked room mysteries.

He'd have scored you 2 points.

That was the best answer on the board.

We've already seen Tyne Daly there as Lacey. D is Telly Savalas as Kojak.

That would have scored you a massive 86 points.

And E is Patricia Routledge as Hetty Wainthropp

from Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. 17 points there.

Well done if you got all five of those.

OK, here comes your second question, Ed and Natalie.

You have to win this question to stay in the game. Here it comes.

It concerns the Phantom of the Opera.

The Phantom of the Opera.

-Richard.

-Yes, for this question we're going to give you five clues

to facts about Phantom of the Opera. Which of these is the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Phantom and here they are.

I will read those one more time.

There you are. Five clues to facts about the Phantom of the Opera

and, as always, you're looking for the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Ed and Natalie, you go first.

-Do you know?

-Nothing. I know Andrew Lloyd Webber.

OK, Ed and Natalie, you have two win this question to stay in the game.

We're going to go for the city it was set in.

We don't really know, but we're going to go for Vienna.

You're going to say Vienna, the city in which it is set.

Now then, Nell and Victoria, you can also submit an answer

for the city in which it is set, if you like,

if you have a different answer.

I'm not sure which city it is set in.

I think the author of the novel, I want to see Gaston Leroux,

but I'm not sure.

I think Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the musical

-and the musical sequel is Tomorrow...

-Love Never Dies.

Love Never Dies. So shall we go for Love Never Dies?

I'm not completely confident on the author of the novel.

We both thought that it may be Love Never Dies,

so we're going to go with that one.

OK, Nell Victoria going to name

the 2010 musical sequel as Love Never Dies.

Ed and Natalie have said Vienna is the city it is set in.

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

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means Nell and Victoria, you only have to be correct with this answer. Love never dies.

Is that right and if it is, how many people knew that was the name of the 2010 musical sequel?

Yes, you've done it.

Six.

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Great answer. Great score.

It means, after only two questions, you are straight through to the final. 2-0. Richard.

Again, no luck needed. Terrific answer.

You're quite right about the author, as well. It was Gaston Leroux.

That would have scored you four points and it would also have won you the point there.

The composer of the 1986 musical is Andrew Lloyd Webber.

That would have scored 29 points. That seems very, very low.

The show has grossed over five billion now.

It's not only the most successful musical of all time,

it's the most successful entertainment venture of any form of all-time.

-Bigger than any film, any computer game ever made.

-Wow!

-Yeah, that's not bad going, is it?

-Didn't know that.

And it is set in Paris.

It's in Paris would have scored 31 points.

And the actor who played the Phantom in the 2004 film,

considerably more famous now than he was then, actually, Gerard Butler.

Would have scored two points. Did you know that?

I didn't know that at all.

Well done if you went through that board. That's a tough board.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, at the end of the head-to-head the losing pair I'm afraid

it's Ed and Natalie.

Oh, dear, you were trounced there.

Nell and Victoria, they came and they whipped you. Yeah.

-Tough categories, there.

-Yeah.

I thought they were really... the Crime Solvers, I mean,

speaking as a non crime solver myself, I really thought that was very difficult indeed.

Um, Starsky was a better answer than I'd have given.

You know your way around Pointless. You've made a good account of yourselves.

You've done awfully well throughout the first two rounds.

When we see you next time, we will expect great things.

Ed and Natalie, thanks for playing. Great contestants, thank you.

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But for Nell and Victoria it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Nell and Victoria.

You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless Trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at 6,250 quid.

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Well, by hook or by crook, you've made it through here

very easily indeed.

I mean, your university town did help you in the first round.

Lovely low score.

Your dissertation helped you in the second round but still, lovely low score from both of you.

And then in the head-to-head, it could have been a bit tougher.

There were two quite tough categories.

But you were helped by the other pair getting two wrong answers,

so whatever it is,

-something has worked brilliantly.

-The perfect opponent.

-I would say.

Well, whatever it is, it has all fallen brilliantly

into your laps so far. Now, the rules for the final are very simple.

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

We haven't had any on the show today.

You only have to have one now and you will leave with that jackpot.

First, you've got to choose a category. Here are your options.

You can choose from:

-I think it's between two.

-Yeah.

I love my 60s music but I don't know how many I could name, really.

I'm inclined towards literary characters.

-No idea about golf, so...

-Yeah.

-I'm confident if you are?

-Literary?

Yeah? Can we have literary characters, please?

OK, literary characters it is. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many characters

from George Orwell's Animal Farm as they could. Richard.

Yeah, we're just looking for any of the main characters in George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, please.

Very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £6,250 is for

just one of those answers to be pointless.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

There's Napoleon, who is the pig.

-Napoleon the pig, OK.

-There's a horse.

There's the horses, what's the... the guy who owns...

The farmer, yeah.

Erm, is it Johnson, Farmer Johnson?

-Eh...

-I, uh...

-Erm...

-So, Napoleon the pig?

-The Farmer Johnson.

-There's the dogs, as well.

-The horses?

-The girl horse?

-Yeah.

I can't for the life of me think of her name.

I don't know any other names. Um...I haven't read it for years.

I think it's, I want to say Farmer Johnson. And Napoleon. And...

What other animals are there in there?

-I've only read the first few pages.

-It's mainly the pigs, isn't it?

Because they all sleep in the bed.

Can you think of any more pig names?

Percy?

-Ten seconds.

-OK, so we think we know Napoleon.

-Napoleon, Farmer Johnson.

-Can you think of any more of the human characters?

-Mrs Johnson?

You know, the farmer's wife?

OK, there's your minute up. We were looking for characters from George Orwell's Animal Farm.

I now need your three answers.

Well, we'll go for Napoleon. That's the only one I know for definite.

-Napoleon?

-And we'll go off for Farmer Johnson and Mrs Johnson.

Farmer Johnson and Mrs Johnson? OK, three perfectly good answers.

Of those three answers, which would you like to put last?

Which would be your best shot at a pointless answer?

If it's right, Mrs Johnson because Napoleon's going to be popular.

OK, Mrs Johnson. She goes last. Which shall we put first?

Napoleon, because he's definitely.

Napoleon first and then Johnson the farmer in the middle?

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

Napoleon... Farmer Johnson and Mrs Johnson.

OK, we were looking for characters from George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Napoleon, your first answer, was your least confident shot

at a pointless answer.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot, £6,250.

So, let's see how many people said Napoleon.

Well, it's right. It's right.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with £6,250.

Still going down. Napoleon. Stops at 21.

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot,

but you kind of knew that was going to be pointless. Everyone knows Napoleon.

OK, we are looking for characters from George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Let's hope your next answer is correct. It's a bit of a punt.

You seem to remember it from somewhere.

Yeah... I could have made it up.

-It's been years.

-It has to be pointless if you are to win that jackpot of £6,250.

-What would you do with £6,250?

-Spend it.

LAUGHTER

OK... Any idea what you'd spend it on?

Well, I kind of want to do another MA in Victorian Literature.

Victoria's going to rack up some debts with her training,

-so she'll be smart and put it in the bank.

-Yeah.

-Nothing too exciting!

-OK, well, very, very best of luck.

For £6,250, let's see how many people said Farmer Johnson.

This will also let us know what your third answer is looking like.

Best of luck. Farmer Johnson, is it right? How many people said it?

Oh, no, bad luck!

I'm afraid you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot,

Everything is now riding on Mrs Johnson.

-She might have a different name.

-Maybe she comes in and helps.

Mrs Johnson, we're looking for characters

from George Orwell's Animal Farm, your third and final answer, Mrs Johnson.

Slightly depending on what happened with your previous answer,

this was going to be your best shot at that jackpot of £6,250.

It has to be right, it has to be pointless. Let us find out.

Mrs Johnson, is it right? And if it is, how many people said it?

-Oh!

-Shocking.

Unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £6,250, which rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been brilliant contestants.

Wow, what a show you've had.

And you do of course take home our pointless trophy.

So very well done.

Yeah, you played terrifically throughout, you've done ever so well.

And the farmer and his wife, it's not Farmer Johnson and Mrs Johnson,

it's Mr and Mrs Jones.

So not a million miles away, although both would have scored you points.

You were wondering about the horses, Boxer and Clover are the horses,

and some of the pigs - Old Major, Snowball, Squealer.

All of those would have scored points. But let's look at the three pointless answers.

Bluebell, one of the dogs who gives birth to puppies that Napoleon confiscates.

Minimus, the poetical pig.

And one of the other dogs in this story, Pincher.

All are pointless answers. Well done if you got any at home.

Really tough luck, you played so well.

Well, unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you, Nell and Victoria,

but it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you both so much for playing, you've done so well. Brilliant.

Well, unfortunately Nell and Victoria didn't win today's jackpot,

so it rolls over,

which means on the next show we will be playing for £7,250.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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