Episode 50 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the aim of the game

is to score as few points as you possibly can.

Let's meet today's players.

Now, welcome Nick and Rob, you are our first pair on the show.

How do you know each other, Nick?

We work together in London for an online advertising firm,

doing sales and forecasting and stuff like that.

Very good indeed. Rob, whose idea was it to come on the show?

It was definitely mine, I'm afraid.

-And Nick was the obvious choice?

-Yeah, I'd say so.

Do you sit next to each other?

We do, we fire questions at each other throughout the day.

Lots of people at work have said our conversations have been pointless

in the last few weeks, so we'll find out.

There you are. Nick, what would you like to see come up today?

History or music, something along those lines.

Music - any particular era of music?

Big Country or Def Leppard.

It's pretty niche.

-Can you be specific on history?

-Again, it's quite limited.

I've studied in depth the Lancashire cotton industry in the 1920s, so...

If you had been here last show, my friend, you would have tidied up.

That was amazing. Round One, Def Leppard,

Round Two, The Cotton Industry, Round Three, Online Sales.

-Yeah, that was weird, wasn't it?

-No, that didn't work.

Great to have you on the show, Nick and Rob, very best of luck.

Next, we welcome Claire W and Colum,

you were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final,

this is your second and final chance.

Remind us what happened, Claire W.

It was great British Olympians and their sport,

which I didn't know anything about.

-You're a Canadian?

-Yes.

Canadian by birth, but you've lived here for eight years.

That's asking a lot of you, I think.

I'm not really into sport anyway, so it was a lose-lose, really.

What's going to come up today that will be brilliant for you?

Music, film, maybe the off chance of a bit of a Star Trek genre.

-Big on Star Trek?

-Yes.

Colum, do you have any interesting hobbies?

I watch quite a few B-movies, I do a bit of writing as well,

I'm in a writer's group.

What sort of things do you like to write?

Mainly comedies, I can't do serious stuff at all.

Half-hour comedies, or are you wanting to write films?

No, I've done half-hour comedies before.

My first one should be performed in the next month, hopefully.

Very best of luck to you, Claire and Colum,

great to have you back on the show,

let's hope we see you go further than last time, this time.

Next we welcome Claire R and Kay. How do you two know each other?

We met a few years ago at university in Aberdeen,

and we've been best friends ever since.

-What you do, Kay?

-I'm currently on maternity leave.

-I had a baby last year.

-Congratulations, how old now?

She's eight months old now.

-It's a she?

-Yes.

Girl babies sleep, boy babies don't.

Normally, I'm in financial services

as a corporate communications manager.

-Excellent. Claire, what do you do?

-I'm a book editor.

I work freelance for a number of different companies,

including publishing companies and magazines, it's very varied.

Excellent. Literature, surely, would have to be a strong point for you?

We'll see at the end of the show!

Kay, any particular strong areas for you?

I also studied English, so words. I quite like words and literature.

-Music.

-Any particular kind of music, any era?

I like a lot of different music, but I'm a big Beatles fan.

OK, very, very best of luck to the pair of you,

it's great to have you here.

Finally, we welcome back Dave and Erica,

you were also on show last time.

Dave, remind us how you know each other.

We're married.

Erica, what happened last time?

Politics, opposition leaders, I'm afraid. Not good.

Post-war opposition leaders.

But today, I have every confidence we're going to see much more of you.

Dave, what do you do?

I'm in IT during the day,

and I do music stuff, which is what I really love to do.

What sort of music stuff do you do?

I'm a producer and songwriter, and I play in a few bands.

Erica, what do you do?

I'm a graphic designer, but also currently on maternity leave.

-Congratulations, how old is your baby?

-Also eight months.

-Boy or girl?

-Girl.

-Also sleeping?

-Pretty much, yes.

Well, welcome back to the show, Dave and Erica,

it's great to have you back, best of luck,

let's hope we see more of you this time.

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

There's only one person left to introduce.

At the pick-and-mix of obscurity, he's bagged a good selection -

and of course, he's eaten a few without paying for them.

-It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

-I confidently predict it's going to be a cracking show.

-I think so.

You can tell by the quality of the returning pairs

by how unlucky they were to get knocked out.

We've two pairs who were fairly unlucky to get knocked out.

I think the two new pairs also look good.

I think it should be a cracker. The first two rounds, as well,

they're rounds where everyone will know answers,

so it's one of those ones, who knows the obscurest.

It is not going to be no-one knows anything.

It's going to be a real ding-dong battle in those first two rounds.

-A cracker - you heard it here first.

-Good, look forward to that. Thank you, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people

before the show. We are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game and a chance of winning our jackpot,

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

What everyone's looking to do is to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Neil and John won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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

This first round, each of you must give me one answer,

and 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 100 points.

Do try and avoid those if you can. OK, our first category today is...

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

who's going second?

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

OK, our question concerns...

Animated characters and their partners, Richard.

On each pass, we'll show you the names of seven animated characters.

Each of them is famous for being in a double act.

You have to name the character they are most closely associated with. Seven on each pass.

Give an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. Wrong answers, as always, 100 points.

So, 14 in all to have a go at at home.

-Very best of luck, everybody.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Rob and Nick, you drew lots before the show, and today, you go first.

We are looking for the name of the character with which

these are most closely associated with.

And, we have got...

I'll read them all again.

There they all are. Now then, Rob, how does that board look to you?

Erm...

Yeah, I think I know some of them!

I'm going to play reasonably safe,

because I don't want to get 100 points on the first go.

I think I'm going for Muttley's partner being Dastardly.

Dastardly. Dastardly and Muttley, says Rob.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer. Dastardly.

It's right.

69.

APPLAUSE

We won't know if that's a high score or a low score

until everyone's scored.

I suspect it might be a high-scoring round. Richard.

A perfectly good start, Dick Dastardly - or to give him his full name, Richard Milhous Dastardly.

-Really?

-Yeah.

He was given Nixon's first two names, what about that!

-Now then, Colum, is this good for you?

-Not too bad.

I know a couple of them. Erm, I'll probably go for the top one

-and go Beavis.

-OK, you're going to go for Beavis

as the partner of Butt-Head. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said Beavis to Butt-Head.

It's right. 71.

APPLAUSE

Our two scores so far pretty close together. 71 for Beavis.

There's your answer as to whether it's a high score or not.

A pretty high-scoring round. Good answer, not 100.

Beavis and Butt-Head created by Mike Judge, the American animator.

We want you to name the character

with which these cartoon characters are most closely associated.

Kay? How does that look to you, that board?

Not as bad as I thought it would be when the category came up.

Exactly!

-I'm going to go for Ren and Stimpy.

-Ren and Stimpy, says Kay.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people knew that answer.

Ren and Stimpy.

Oh, very well done.

Very well done. Look at that, 28!

APPLAUSE

28, breaking the mould of our previous high scorers. Richard.

Very good answer, Kay, good start. Ren is a psychotic Chihuahua.

Stimpy being a rather good-natured cat.

Dave, you're the last person to have this board,

you can talk us through all the blanks.

Erm... I don't know Boo Boo, Dum Dum.

I've heard of Bullwinkle J Moose, but I don't know who his partner is.

I'm going for Itchy as Scratchy's partner.

You're saying Itchy is the partner of Scratchy.

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

Well done. 58.

APPLAUSE

Good answer.

Everyone's going to know answers on this round, it's just which ones are scoring the most or the least.

Itchy and Scratchy, good answer.

It's the Tom and Jerry take-off on The Simpsons.

Let's take a look through the rest of the board. Now, Boo Boo is...

Do you want have a go at these?

-Yogi Bear.

-Yogi Bear, absolutely right.

That would have scored 51. Bullwinkle J Moose?

I don't know that one.

-Rocky and Bullwinkle.

-Oh, of course.

Rocky, 11 points. And Dum Dum is a pointless answer.

You'd have to be a very specific age to get this right.

-That specific age being around about 41.

-Our age. I remember Dum Dum, I can't...

-Dum Dum was the partner of Touche Turtle.

-Touche Turtle, of course.

So, very well done if you got that at home.

If you did, we're much the same age.

-Yeah, touche away!

-Touche away.

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

Look at that, Kay, 28,

what a fabulous answer.

There we go quite a long way up, where we join the high scores.

First, Dave and Erica on 58,

and then Rob and Nick on 69,

and then up just squeak to 71,

where we find Colum and Claire W.

You're pretty closely grouped up there,

particularly Rob and Nick and Colum and Claire.

Nick and Claire, you have the tussle on your hands

to decide who stays with us and who leaves at the end of the round.

Good luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, so we're going to put seven more animated characters on the board,

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

Now, remember, we want you to name the character with which

these cartoon characters are most closely associated.

Erica, you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

You're on 58, Erica.

The high scorers on 71 are Claire W and Colum,

which means if you score 12 or less,

you're definitely in the next round.

OK, I'm not sure I'm going to score less than 12. I know a couple.

I'm going to have to go for Penfold as Danger Mouse, I think.

Penfold, Danger Mouse says Erica. Very good indeed.

There is Penfold in the middle of the board.

There is your red line. If you get below that red line,

you are definitely in the next round.

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

45.

APPLAUSE

45, takes your total up to 103.

Judging by the rest of the round, it's not a bad score at all.

Danger Mouse voiced by David Jason, and Penfold by Terry Scott.

-I used to love Danger Mouse.

-Loved Danger mouse.

-Ah...

-Ah...

It used to be at 5:15 they put on cartoons rather than quiz shows.

-I know.

-They should do that again, shouldn't they?

LAUGHTER

Now then, Claire R and Kay, you are on 28.

The high scorers at the moment on 103 are Erica and Dave.

If you can score 74 or less, you are through to the next round.

What are you thinking, Claire R?

Not bad, actually.

I was a bit worried when this board came up, but I know a few of them.

-I think I'm going to go for Lilo and Stitch.

-Lilo and Stitch.

There it is, three from the bottom. Lilo and Stitch, says Claire.

There is your red line. Below that red line, through to the next round.

Lilo and Stitch, how many people said that?

It's right. And you've done it,

you're through. 59.

APPLAUSE

59, very well done,

which takes your total up to 87. Richard.

Lilo and Stitch, a Disney animated film in 2002.

They had a couple of TV series

and a couple of straight-to-video sequels as well.

So remember, we want you to name the characters with which

these cartoon characters are most closely associated.

Claire W, you are on 71. The high scorers on 103 are Erica and Dave.

That means a score of 31 or less will see you through

to the next round.

That's not going to happen!

-Really?

-Yeah, because the top one's been bugging me. I can't remember.

It's a tough board, this one. I knew many more on the...

It's on the tip of my tongue, but I'll have to go for an obvious one,

which is hopefully slightly less obvious than the other one, so I'm going to go for Timon and Pumbaa.

Timon and Pumbaa. Timon and Pumbaa, says Claire W.

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

There is your red line. Below that red line, through to the next round.

You've done it! 26.

Very well done indeed, takes your total up to 97.

97. Timon and Pumbaa.

That passes for a very low score in this round. Well played.

Timon and Pumbaa. They sing Hakuna Matata in The Lion King

and they went on also to be in other Disney animations.

Thank you.

Now then, Nick, you're on 69.

The high scorers are still Erica and Dave on 103.

That means a score of 33 or less will see you through.

You're the last person, Nick, so fill in all the blanks if you like.

Probably not going to happen. Erm, Gromit, obviously, is...gettable.

You can give us the answers if you like.

That will be Wallace, but that won't get us through,

so I'd have to have a stab in the dark.

I'd guess Miss Bianca would be something to do with Wacky Races,

though that might be nonsense,

so I'll have to go for Dixie and Top Cat.

Dixie and Top Cat, says Nick.

Let's see, here's your red line.

If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Dixie and Top Cat. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh, bad luck, Nick.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 169. Richard.

Unlucky, Nick, you were left with some tough choices there, I think.

Dixie's partner is actually Pixie, as in Pixie and Dixie and Mr Jinks.

Mr Jinks used to say, "I hate those meeces to pieces."

Those meeces being Dixie and Pixie.

-Now you hate those meeces to pieces as well.

-Absolutely.

-Let's go through the rest of the board.

Now, Miss Bianca is actually from The Rescuers from 1977, a Disney film,

so a very low score.

Two points if you said she was partnered with Bernard.

Two points. Very good answer if you got that.

Gromit, you're right, was Wallace, but it would have scored 93.

Even in a round of high scores, that's a big one.

Now, for one point, again, perhaps a slightly older vintage,

who was Morocco Mole's partner in crime?

I have...no idea. Morocco Mole?

Yeah, very well done at home if you said Secret Squirrel.

Secret Squirrel. Number one.

Very good.

OK, thanks, Richard.

So at the end of the first round, our losing pair with the highest score, it's Nick and Rob with 169.

-Oh, dear, that was a killer, that last board.

-It wasn't great, was it?

Anyway, we say goodbye to you now, but we will see you again next time.

Nick and Rob. Great contestants. Thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

OK, obviously there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,

so one of the pairs here will be leaving us at the end of this round.

OK, our category for Round Two is...

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

-I'll go first.

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

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many UK Cities With A Y In Their Name as they could.

-Richard.

-Yeah, we're looking for any UK city with a Y in its name.

Obviously we won't count the word "city" as part of its name.

If you want to play along at home, there are 10 cities in the UK that have a Y in their name.

See how many of those you can get while our contestants are having a go at this round. Very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

-Now then, Claire W.

-Ooh...

-Oh, no! Oh, it's tough. Only been resident for eight years.

-Yeah.

I can think of loads of towns, but I've got one city stuck in my head,

and it just won't go, so I'm going to have to go with it.

York, I think, is a city, I hope.

York, says Claire W. York. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said York.

It's right.

54. Not bad at all, Claire.

APPLAUSE

54 for York.

Er, yeah, it's got a Y in its name, right at the beginning there. That's why it's not called Ork.

Now, the St Peter's School in York, they don't burn a guy on Bonfire Night. Do you know why?

-No.

-Because that's where Guy Fawkes went to school.

-Ah.

-Yeah, the third-oldest school in Britain.

-There we are.

Kay.

I'm racking my brains.

I'm not even sure if it's a city, but I'll try Yeovil.

-Yeovil, in Somerset.

-Mm-hm.

Yeovil, says Kay. Let's see if Yeovil is right

and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Yeovil.

Oh, bad luck, Kay!

That's really hard. I'm afraid that's incorrect -

it means you score 100 points. I'm sorry. Richard.

-Sorry, Kay, not a city. But on the upside, it does have a Y in its name.

-It does!

LAUGHTER

Now then, Erica.

I think I can think of a couple. I'm going to go for Coventry, I think.

Coventry, says Erica. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Coventry.

It's right.

Ooh, very well done indeed, Erica! That's great. Nine for Coventry.

-Richard.

-Well played, Erica. Terrific answer.

It appears in the Domesday Book, Coventry, but as Covantreu, so we wouldn't have accepted that.

-Wow, -E-U-X?

-Just -E-U.

-Wow.

There you go. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Erica and Dave looking very, very strong indeed on just nine.

Then we go up to 54, where we find Claire W and Colum.

And then up to 100, where I'm afraid we find Kay and Claire R.

-So, Claire R...

-Mm-hm.

-You just keep thinking, turning over.

Find a really nice low-scoring city with a Y in it.

OK, we're going to come back down the line.

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

OK, remember, we are looking for UK cities with a Y in their names.

-Dave.

-Yeah. There's, erm... There's a few that I can think of.

But I'm going to go for Plymouth.

Plymouth. I thought you might go for that. Plymouth.

Of course, you're from Plymouth.

Now then, here comes your red line. It's nice and high.

The high scorers are Claire R and Kay, on 100.

You are on nine, which means a score of 90 or less will see you through.

Plymouth, says Dave. Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right, and you're through.

11! Very, very well done indeed.

Takes your total up to a lovely round 20.

Well done, Dave. That fell nicely for you. Erica, you weren't tempted to go for Plymouth?

I was, but embarrassingly wasn't sure if it was definitely a city.

It definitely is. Normally I do, but, Dave, perhaps you should give us a fact about Plymouth.

I live in it.

LAUGHTER

Claire R. This is the moment of truth.

-Yeah.

-We need a brilliant low-scoring city in the UK

with a Y in its name.

I have been racking my brains very hard.

I'm not even sure this is a city, but it's the best I can do. Londonderry.

Londonderry, says Claire. Let's see if that's right.

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

Londonderry. Could be a brilliant answer.

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

No.

It's right. Very well done indeed.

Five.

Exactly what we needed from you - Claire That takes your total to 105.

Will it be enough to see you through to the head-to-head? Richard.

Brilliant answer, might have kept yourself in it.

The second-largest city in Northern Ireland, Londonderry, or Derry.

It's going to be the UK City of Culture in 2013.

Splendid. Thank you, Richard.

Now then, Colum. The high scorers are Claire R and Kay on 105.

You're on 54, which means a score of 50 or less

will see you through to the next round.

Have you had lots of brilliant answers taken by other people?

I can only think of towns, to be honest, so I'm a little worried.

-I'm going to hope my spelling's right on this one and say Torquay.

-Torquay.

-Torquay, and you are just praying that that's a city.

-Mm.

Right, well, there is your red line, Colum.

If you get below that, you are through to the next round. Torquay.

It all hangs on Torquay's city status, doesn't it?

OK, let's see. Torquay, how many people said it, is it right?

No...! Bad luck, Colum.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

I think we probably know the reason why.

That scores you 100 points

and takes your total up to an unbeatable 154. Richard.

Sorry, Colum, your spelling is exemplary, but, again, not a city.

But let's take a look at all of them.

Let's start with the lowest answers, the best you could have given.

Right at the bottom, Newry, with one point.

Then how about Newcastle-upon-Tyne?

If anyone got that, very well done. Four points.

Ely, in Cambridgeshire, would have scored you four points.

Other ones you could have gone for - Derby, Salisbury,

Canterbury and York, right at the top of the pile.

They're the 10 cities with a Y in their name.

Very well done if anyone got all 10.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid Colin and Claire W.

This wasn't meant to happen at all.

Being from Cornwall, my geography goes Cornwall and the North,

-so I was always destined to do terribly on this one.

-Oh, dear.

Well, I'm afraid you were always destined to be Round Two.

Never have you made it into the head-to-head, which is a real shame.

Anyway, it's been great having you on the show, thank you so much, Colum and Claire W.

APPLAUSE

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

Now, congratulations, Dave and Erica, Claire and Kay,

you are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,000.

Now, only one pair can play for that money,

and to decide who it's going to be, you are now going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

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

Well, it would be quite hard to call this.

Claire and Kay, you were very lucky to get through, you got through DESPITE Yeovil.

Dave and Erica, arguably the hometown, Plymouth, twinned with Pointless, pulled you through.

So it could be anyone's game. Very best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

People Whose Surnames Are Professions In The Canterbury Tales.

Yes, more simply, we're about to show you five photographs of famous people.

Just tell us their surname, please.

All their surnames are professions of storytellers in the Canterbury Tales,

but just give us the surnames of these famous people.

Oh, this is good. I like this. Thanks, Richard.

Now, let's reveal our five famous people who have surnames

that are mentioned in the Canterbury Tales, and here they are.

OK. All these people's surnames are professions

mentioned in the Canterbury Tales.

Now then, Dave and Erica, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

-It is. I'm sure it is. OK.

-DAVE LAUGHS

We're going to go for your good friend, B, Miller.

B, Miller.

There he is. B, Miller.

-Claire and Kay.

-Erm, we're going to go for C, which is John Squire.

OK. C, Squire.

So we have B, Miller, and we have C, Squire.

Dave and Erica went with B, Miller.

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

It's right.

Wow, 18.

Not bad at all. Claire and Kay, you have gone for Squire.

You've said C is Squire.

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

18 is what you have to beat.

Absolutely right.

Yep, you've done it.

Oh, fantastic!

Claire and Kay, that's brilliant. That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot. It takes the jackpot up to £1,250.

It scores you nothing

and it means, after one question, Claire and Kay, you are up one-nil. Well done. Richard.

Very well played. John Squire, the guitarist from the Stone Roses of course.

I suspect if you're the correct age to have got a pointless answer with Touche Turtle,

you're also the correct age to get a correct answer with John Squire.

And, yes, Ben Miller with 18.

I'm going to go on record as saying...I'm a fan of his work. LAUGHTER

I really like him.

-You a fan?

-I am.

-Have you worked with him?

-Er, yeah, I have a couple of times, yeah.

Have you worked on that Trouble In Paradise show he does?

-No.

-RICHARD LAUGHS It's so good, that!

Have you worked with him on that Worst Week that he does, the sitcom?

-Er, no, no.

-I love that!

-No, I haven't...

-You haven't worked with him on that? What have you done with him?

Erm...Armstrong And Miller, we did, yeah.

Oh.

Oh... No, no, no... Y-Yeah. Oh, I lo... Armstrong And Miller.

Oh, that's good. Yeah. Oh.

That's good. But it must be... What's it like working with him?

-Amazing.

-He's amazing. He can literally drag anyone up, can't he?

-Yeah.

-Have you seen the sketch he does, the Airman?

-Yes.

-Oh, he's funny in that.

-Yeah?

-He is. He's really good in that.

He is good. Stand-out.

-Is there any way you could get me his autograph?

-I will do my best.

Very envious you've got to work with him. Love that guy.

Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

A is Peter Cook. So, Cook, that would have scored you 27 points.

-D.

-Marlene Pardoner.

-It's not, I'm afraid, it's Aretha Franklin.

The Franklin's Tale.

-Of course.

-So that would have scored you eight.

And the biggest score, actually. Beats Ben Miller, beats Peter Cook.

-Christopher Reeve. And that would have scored you 43.

-Very good indeed.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your second question. Dave and Erica, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Very best of luck. Here it comes.

It concerns...Butterflies.

Butterflies. Richard.

We'll show you the names of five butterflies seen wild in the UK, but we've left out some letters.

Can you fill in the missing letters and give us the name of the butterflies, please?

OK, five butterflies with missing letters, and here they come. We have got...

I'm going to read out the letters that are there, but obviously the dashes stand for missing letters.

I'll read them one more time.

So there we are. Five butterflies with missing bits.

Claire and Kay, you go first this time.

Erm, we're going to go for painted lady. The last one.

Painted lady. The last one, painted lady.

Dave and Erica, remember you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Talk us through any of those other butterflies.

I think the second to last one's something beauty,

but I don't know the first bit.

The only other one we had apart from painted lady

-was red admiral, so it's going to have to be that, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Red admiral?

-We think that's what it is.

OK, so we have painted lady from Claire and Kay

and red admiral from Dave and Erica.

Claire and Kay have said painted lady. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

Painted lady, 17.

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Dave and Erica, 17 is what you have to beat to stay in the game.

Red admiral, you are saying.

The one in the middle of the board. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many people said red admiral.

Yep, it's right.

Will it beat 17 or will we say goodbye to Dave and Erica?

Yes, I'm afraid we will. 38.

Which means, after only two questions, Claire and Kay, you are through to the final two-nil.

-Richard.

-Yeah, well played, Claire and Kay. Let's go through the rest of the board.

The top one is the peacock butterfly, as you might expect.

That would have scored you 27.

Do you know the second one? Can you make any word fit that?

Erm...

No.

-Brimstone.

-Brimstone.

-The brimstone.

Now, the brimstone would have scored you six.

The male brimstone has yellow wings,

and some people say that's where we get the name butterfly from.

Apparently from its distinctive yellow wings.

And...you're absolutely right, it is something beauty.

I wonder if anyone at home's got that.

-I've got it now.

-I've been spending ages trying to fill it in. What do you think it is?

-Camberwell beauty.

Camberwell beauty, absolutely right. That would have scored three points.

So that's the best answer. Very well done if you said Camberwell beauty.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, Dave and Erica.

Did you know any of those other butterflies?

-No.

-No. Sorry.

-And beauty, you were there. Camberwell?

-Halfway.

-Might you have got that?

-I don't think so, no.

-Only if it had been a Plymouth beauty.

-We'd have been fine.

Well, it's been lovely having you on the show, Dave and Erica.

-Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

But for Claire and Kay, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Claire and Kay! You have fought off

all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.

Well, you're newcomers to the show.

This is your first and only Pointless.

-Quite often, it's returning pairs who come through to the final.

-Yeah.

Lowest scorers in Round One, you survived Yeovil-gate in Round Two.

-I'll never live that down.

-Oh. Nor will Yeovil, to be fair.

-No!

-And then straight through the head-to-head two-nil.

Very impressive. So, it all rather depends on the categories you get.

What would you like to see? What would be a really good category?

-Well, films.

-Films would be good. I'm always pretty strong on geography, so that would be OK.

OK, film and geography. Right, well, the rules are very simple.

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

We've had one pointless answer today, from you in the head-to-head.

You only have to find one more now and you will win that jackpot.

Firstly, you've got to choose your category, and you can choose from these five options. Good luck.

-What are you thinking? I don't think I can do Classic Lit.

-I think British Actors.

-I think so.

Yeah, we'll go for British Actors, please.

British Actors it is, OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Jude Law Films as they could.

It's come back to film. Richard.

We're looking for any feature film on general release for which Jude Law

has received an acting credit, up to the start of 2012.

As always, no TV films, short films or documentaries,

but voice performances do count, and very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers, and all you need to win that £1,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-My mind's gone completely blank.

-OK, Alfie.

-Closer.

-Closer. The Holiday.

-Oh, that's a terrible film.

-Yeah, it's terrible, but he was definitely in it.

-Yeah.

-He was in...

I think Alfie will be quite high. What else?

Right, so we're going back, like early films, like '90s.

-Erm...

-Closer's a good one. Holiday.

-What else was he in? Was he in something classical?

-Any animations or anything like that?

He's not been in Sherlock Holmes?

Was he not in the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes?

Yeah, but I think that might be quite high.

What's some older stuff? What was he in with Sienna Miller?

-Is he in Love Actually?

-No, he's not in Love Actually.

-Sienna Miller... I don't...

-I thought they met...

-Well, we've got three.

-Yeah.

-What's the time? 17.

-So we've got Alfie.

-Alfie, Closer and The Holiday.

-I don't think they're pointless.

-No, I don't.

-10 seconds left.

We've done our best. That's all I can think of.

Just trying to think if he's in... OK.

-Right, we've got three.

-OK, you have your answers. Very good.

We were looking for Jude Law Films. I now need your three answers.

OK, we're going to go for Closer, The Holiday and Alfie.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Closer.

-Probably Closer.

-OK, we'll put that last.

-Which do you think is your least likely?

-Maybe Alfie.

-Alfie.

We'll put that first.

OK, let's pop those answers on the board in that order. Here they are.

We have got Alfie, The Holiday and Closer.

OK, so we were looking for Jude Law Films.

Alfie was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £1,250,

so let's see how many people said Alfie.

It's right.

It's right. Now, if this goes all the way down to zero,

you will be leaving here with £1,250.

Down it goes.

Ooh, 22.

-APPLAUSE

-Ooh.

Alfie, though, not a pointless answer.

That was just holding a place, though, wasn't it? You weren't expecting that to be pointless.

Now then, our jackpot is £1,250. What would you do with that?

-Kay.

-Probably go on...a holiday!

-SHE LAUGHS

-So, yeah.

-Very good. Claire?

Yeah, we've got friends in Spain who we don't get to see often enough,

so I think we'd just pop over for a wee trip.

Excellent. Good, good, good. Now, we were looking for Jude Law Films.

Let's hope one of your two remaining answers will see you off to Spain.

Your next answer is The Holiday.

This has to be correct and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £1,250.

Let's see how many people said The Holiday.

It's right.

So Alfie took us down to 22.

The Holiday, taking us down through the 40s, through the 30s,

through the 20s.

If this goes all the way down to zero, £1,250 is yours.

-Nine for The Holiday.

-APPLAUSE

Nine. It's all moving very much in the right direction.

Which means you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot,

£1,250. We were looking for Jude Law Films.

Your final answer and your most confident shot at a pointless answer is Closer.

Well, maybe this will be pointless. Maybe this will win that jackpot of £1,250.

This has to be correct, has to be pointless. Let's find out.

Closer. How many people said it?

OK, so Alfie took us to 22. The Holiday took us down to nine.

Can Closer take us down to zero? And, if it does,

you will leave here with £1,250.

Oh, no! Three!

-That's just bad luck.

-That really is bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250,

which will roll over on to the next show.

You've been brilliant contestants and you do of course get

-to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done for that.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-Yeah, unlucky, Claire and Kay. You played very well throughout.

I think the Sienna Miller film you were thinking of that he was in, er, is Alfie.

-Oh, OK.

-Oh, right.

-So, there you go.

Have you got any answers?

Er, Talented Mr Ripley?

-Talented Mr Ripley would have scored five points.

-Oh, for heaven's sake.

Erm...AI.

-AI...would have scored you seven points.

-Oh, for heaven's sake.

Let's look at some of the pointless ones. There's a couple of big films.

-Contagion, a big blockbuster from 2011...

-Ah, yeah, yeah.

-..with Matt Damon amongst others,

eXistenZ, with Jennifer Jason Leigh,

Final Cut, with lots of the Primrose Hill set in that.

He plays someone called Jude who's died. Set at his funeral.

I Love You, I Love You Not, Love, Honour And Obey,

where again he plays Jude and Sadie Frost plays Sadie.

Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, with Kevin Spacey,

that was a pointless answer.

Rage, pointless. Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, pointless.

Some people might have got that.

And The Wisdom Of Crocodiles, where he plays a modern-day vampire.

Very, very well done if you got any of those pointless answers at home.

We do have to say goodbye to you, Claire and Kay, but it's been brilliant having you on the show.

You've gone straight through Pointless all the way to the final.

-Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-It's been awesome.

But unfortunately Claire and Kay didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over, which means on the next show we will be playing for £2,250.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time 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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