Episode 61 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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 can. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Andrew D and Andrew B. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second chance.

Andrew D, remind us how you know each other.

We work together. Have done, on and off, for about eight years.

-And, Andrew B, where are you from?

-From Barry Island in South Wales.

What sort of hobbies do you have, Andrew D?

-I run a bit for charity.

-Very good.

I was a qualified football ref, but I haven't done that in a while.

-How long ago since your last match?

-It's a few years now.

When I left the football refereeing, I pretty much started running, so...

I swapped one for the other.

Did you not do any running when you were refereeing?

Not a lot, just kind of turned around. "Oh, that's fine."

Turn around, go, "Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. What? What?

"Right, off. That's it."

All the abuse, though - I couldn't handle that.

-It really hurts when it comes from 14-year-olds.

-Oh, yeah.

I bet. Well, Andrews, welcome back to the show.

As a returning pair, obviously, statistically,

you tend to do better, so let's hope we see more of you today.

And next, we welcome Sue and Paul. Now, how do you two know each other?

Next month I'm marrying Sue's daughter,

so she will be my mother-in-law,

-assuming everything goes to plan.

-Is this news to you, Sue, or...?

THEY LAUGH

-You knew about this?

-Yes, I knew that.

-You knew that.

-Where are you from, Sue?

-We're from Huddersfield.

-From Huddersfield.

And what do you do, Paul?

I'm currently a househusband.

I kicked the wife out to work and look after our 20-month-old son now.

-Sue, what do you do?

-Nothing.

-Ah, fantastic.

-Absolutely nothing.

-What did you used to do?

-I was a secondary head teacher.

-Wow.

-AUDIENCE: Ooh.

-Listen to that.

-Everyone just goes, ooh, wow.

-Everyone just sat up straight then.

Yes, didn't they?

LAUGHTER

What subjects would you like to come up?

I think you're pretty well-equipped to deal with whatever comes up.

Do you have a dream round? Have you seen a category and thought, "Aah"?

My dream Pointless round would be 1960s' children's TV...

-Ah.

-..programmes, theme songs.

LAUGHTER

Really?

Well, who knows what Mr Osman has in store for us,

but very, very best of luck and welcome to the show.

And next we welcome Graham and Ashleigh.

Now, how do you two know each other?

We are husband and wife.

And how long have you known each other, Ashleigh?

-Since we were 14, so about 12 years.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Ah!

Then we got married three years ago.

-Lovely and where are you from, Graham?

-Glasgow.

From Glasgow. And what do you do, Graham?

-I'm a solicitor.

-A solicitor.

-Yes.

Any particular area of the law you specialise in?

To do with renewable energy, wind farms, things like that.

Wow. Well, good place to be, up in Scotland, for that.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-It's certainly windy, so ideal.

The highest ever recorded ground level wind was in Fraserburgh.

-Really?

-Not terribly far from Glasgow.

-No.

I think it was something like 128mph.

-Let's hope high wind speed comes up today.

-Well, let's hope, eh?

Fantastic.

There's quite a lot of wind going on here, I'm afraid, sorry.

Well, very, very best of luck to you, Graham and Ashleigh.

It's great to have you on the show. And finally,

welcome back, Sally and Robert.

You were on the show as well last time.

Sally, remind us how you know each other.

We've been married for 18 years.

Now, Robert, we discovered last time that you have

a paperclip collection.

Er, sadly, yes.

Which, as I explained to you, all started when I moved employments

back around about 1970 and found that, in my new employment,

I was receiving lots of correspondence from outside,

which I hadn't done previously,

and all these unusual paperclips were fastening papers together.

And I just decided to hang on to all the different ones I saw.

Wow! Well, I think we've probably said enough about that.

LAUGHTER

Now, Sally, what do you hope is going to come up today?

Erm, penguins.

-Yup.

-Yup.

-LAUGHTER

Erm, '60s, '70s pop music.

Anything else you'd like to see come up?

Food, perhaps, cos I'm a part-time cook,

-so hopefully I'll know a bit about food.

-Food and drink, good.

Very best of luck, Sally and Robert.

You made it all the way through to the head to head last time.

Maybe you'll go there and beyond this time, let's hope.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show as we go along.

Only one person left for me to introduce.

He's that rarest of birds, the lesser spotted word-pecker.

He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

Yeah, yeah.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Lesser spotted word-pecker.

-That's very clever.

As in wordy-word-pecker. Now, I tell you what,

I have Alan Sanders from Tadworth in Surrey to thank for that.

-He sent that in.

-He sent that in, did he?

-Yup.

-Thanks, Alan.

-Lesser spotted...

-LAUGHTER

-How are you? Are you all right?

-I'm extremely well.

-Good.

I'm going to make an admission to you, I'm quite sleepy.

-Are you?

-You know when you've got a great book?

-Yeah.

-And you can't put it down?

-Yeah.

I've got a brilliant book and, literally, I was awake all night

-cos I couldn't put it down.

-Really?

And I brought it with me. Do you want to see it?

Yeah, I'd love to see it.

It is... It's Robert's collection of paperclips.

LAUGHTER

Come and have a little... I have got to tell you, it's quite...

Oh, it's gripping, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

If you see there, there's an orange one.

LAUGHTER

That's a blue one, there.

Robert, I hope you don't mind, I've been talking to

the Weinstein brothers in Hollywood about turning it into a movie.

LAUGHTER

-They are very, very interested.

-Good.

-They are very interested.

-Maybe even Bruce Willis as a paperclip salesman.

-Yeah, yeah.

Can sort of see it, can't you? Sandra Bullock falls in love with him,

-but he's too obsessed with his paperclips.

-Yeah.

And if you want to know any more information about paperclips,

please consult a medical professional now.

LAUGHTER

-Wow. Well, thank you very much indeed.

-I'll pop that safely away.

I'll get through the show quickly

and then maybe you can get your head down.

OK, well, thanks so much.

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

but we are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game and be in with a chance of winning,

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

Now, what everyone is trying 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.

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

So today's jackpot starts off at £6,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of round

will be eliminated. If you give me an incorrect answer,

you will score the maximum of 100 points.

So do try to avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category today is...

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

who's going to go second.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Richard Gere films as they could.

-He'd be good in the paperclip film.

-He'd be amazing.

We won't accept Robert's paperclip film

as an answer for this round, by the way.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Richard Gere has received an acting credit, prior to the end of 2011.

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

but voice performances do count. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Andrew B and Andrew D, you all drew lots

-and today you are going to go first.

-Yeah.

-Andrew B?

-Yeah, I got a few, sort of, ones.

I think they'll be quite high-scoring.

But I'm going to punt for one.

Erm, Unfaithful.

-Unfaithful.

-Yeah.

How much of a punt is that? You're pretty sure he's in it?

-I'm pretty sure.

-Unfaithful, OK.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Unfaithful.

APPLAUSE

A great answer, Andrew.

Lovely low score, 3 points for Unfaithful.

Well played, Andrew.

From 2003, Richard Gere plays a man who tries to kill

the man his wife is having an affair with.

Tries to kill him with a sharpened paperclip.

LAUGHTER

Sue, what is the most obscure Richard Gere film you can think of?

Well, I'm pretty lousy at films, erm,

but it does so happen that my favourite film stars Richard Gere.

It might have a high score, I'm sorry, Paul, if it does.

-An Officer And A Gentleman.

-An Officer And A Gentleman, says Sue.

Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

Not bad.

An Officer And A Gentleman, Richard.

Yes, from 1982. Features Up Where We Belong, which won the Oscar.

Don Simpson the producer said he loved the film,

but get rid of Up Where We Belong - it's not a hit.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-He was incorrect, wasn't he?

-Yeah.

-Cos it was a hit.

-Thanks.

Now then, Graham,

what's the most obscure Richard Gere film you can think of?

The most obscure film I can think of is also the only one I can think of

and I'm pretty sure that he is in, no pun intended,

Pretty Woman.

OK, Pretty Woman, says Graham.

Let's see if that's right.

How many people of our 100 people said it?

57, Graham.

APPLAUSE

-Pretty Woman.

-Yes, a correct answer, so not 100 points but a big score.

With Julia Roberts, very famous film.

-Now then, Sally, Richard Gere. Are you a fan of Richard Gere?

-No.

I think we're going home.

-Can you think of any Richard Gere films?

-No.

-Can you picture Richard Gere?

-Yes.

I know the Officer And A Gentleman, that's it.

Erm.

The Zombie Walks The Earth.

LAUGHTER

So, Sally...

OK.

So, instead of, instead of guessing a film that exists

that might have Richard Gere in it, you're going to make up

the implausible name for a film that's never going to be made.

-The Zombie Walks The Earth.

-Yes.

-OK.

Let's see if it's right.

LAUGHTER

The Zombie Walks The Earth.

-Oh, it's wrong!

-Yeah, I know.

Unfortunately, Sally, that scores you 100 points.

I'm sorry, Sally, an incorrect answer.

We're halfway, let's take a look at scores.

The Andrews looking so good there on 3.

Great answer from you, Andrew B.

Then we go up to 37 where we find Sue and Paul.

Then up to 57 where we find Graham and Ashleigh

and then up to 100 where we find Sally and Robert.

Now then, Robert, I'm really hoping you know a good,

low-scoring Richard Gere film cos we can't say goodbye to you

at the end of this round - it wouldn't be right. Best of luck.

Can the second players, please, take their places at the podium.

So we are looking for Richard Gere films, Robert.

Well, this is an absolute awful round for me, I have to confess.

I don't know any.

I'll say The Deer Hunter.

The Deer Hunter. Was Richard Gere in that?

I'm sorry, Robert.

-200 club.

-You are in the 200 club. Good dance, Sally.

Unfortunately, incorrect answer scores you 100,

takes your total up to, as Sally says, 200.

-Richard?

-Sorry, tough category for you.

The good news about The Deer Hunter is it was actually a film.

LAUGHTER

Thank you, Richard. Now then, Ashleigh, good news,

you are through to the next round whatever happens.

You'll never overtake Robert and Sally's high score of 200.

So, with that in mind, let's have a Richard Gere film.

I only know one, so I'm pleased that no-one's said it already,

which is Runaway Bride.

Let's see how many people said the Runaway Bride.

It's right.

APPLAUSE

13 for the Runaway Bride takes your total up to 70.

Yeah, very good answer. From 1999, that was his second film

with Julia Roberts.

She plays a serial jilter and he's a reporter on her trail.

Now then, Paul, you're already through to the next round.

But just for our amusement, I would like to see who's going to get

the lowest score between you and Andrew. It's Paul and Andrew D.

A little side bet here. Maybe there could be a paperclip in it.

All I'm saying. So then, Paul, Richard Gere films?

This is a good round for me.

I've got three or four good answers, I think.

So I will say

The Mothman Prophecies.

Have I said that right?

LAUGHTER

Paperclip for Paul.

LAUGHTER

The Mothman Prophecies - sounds brilliant. Let's see if it's right.

If so, let's see how many people said it.

No red line for you - you're already through.

Absolutely right, Paul.

Oh, very, very well done. 4.

APPLAUSE

4 for Mothman Prophecies

takes your total up to 41.

From 2002, The Mothman Prophecies. Once again, plays a reporter.

Now then, Andrew D. Oh, Paul scored 4

4with The Mothman Prophecies. What you going to do, Andrew D?

I'm going to get it wrong.

I had two answers ready and they've gone the last two.

No! You had The Mothman Prophecies. Ah!

-I keep picturing him dressed in some kind of...

-Hang on now, hang on now.

LAUGHTER

That's in private.

-Yeah.

-A colonial American soldier outfit, I don't know why.

-Oh, right, yes. OK, phew! Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

I honestly have absolutely no idea now, so I'm going to say...

Little Women.

LAUGHTER

Little Women.

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

No red line - you're through to the next round anyway.

No.

Bad luck, Andrew D.

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

Takes your total to 103, but it couldn't matter less.

You're in the next round anyway. Richard.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers.

Let's see if you got any of these at home. Quite a recent one, first.

Brooklyn's Finest from 2009, Dr T And The Women, the Robert Altman film.

Plays a Texan gynaecologist in that.

Plays the title role in King David - that was pointless as well.

Looking For Mr Goodbar with Diane Keaton.

No Mercy, where he plays a Chicago cop.

His first ever film - Operation Undercover. All of those pointless.

Red Corner, The Cotton Club, of course,

and The Honorary Consul also would have been a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Let's take a look at the worst answers, the most popular answers.

We've seen a couple of them already, actually.

Chicago with 15 was the third-highest answer of all.

An Officer And A Gentleman that Sue gave us was 37.

That's the second-highest answer.

By process of elimination,

that leaves Pretty Woman as the biggest answer of all - 57 points.

Thank you very much, Richard. At the end of the first round,

the losing pair with the highest score - it's Sally and Robert.

Dear, oh, dear!

-Head to head in the last show.

-Yep.

-Mm-hmm.

And this time, 200 club.

Can I just say, we've loved having Robert and Sally with us,

-so I've got a little gift for Robert.

-Oh, have you?

-Yeah.

-A paperclip?

Here's the Richard Gere question, yeah, and that's all yours.

-That is all yours.

-Aww!

-Thank you.

-For your collection.

-As seen on BBC One.

-Right.

-Thank you.

-Very kind of you. Thank you.

Very good. Thank you both for playing.

Lovely having you on the show. Sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.

Robert and Sally. Great contestants, thank you.

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

Obviously, there's only going to be room for two pairs

in our head-to-head round, so one of the teams in front of me

will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK, so our question concerns...

UK Railway Stations And Their Locations. Richard.

On each pass, we'll show you the name of six main-line stations in the UK.

Tell us the town or city that you would find them in, please.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.

An incorrect answer, though, is 100 points.

12 in all to guess at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. So, we are looking for the UK towns or cities

in which these railway stations are located. And we have got...

I'll read them one last time.

There they are. Six railway stations.

We just need the town or city in which they are located.

Andrew D, you're looking for the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

What do you make of that lot?

I think I've got one.

Erm, I'd like to say Ninian Park, Cardiff.

Ninian Park, Cardiff, says Andrew D. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

27.

APPLAUSE

That gives us a nice local station there for you.

Very good, 27 for Ninian Park in Cardiff.

Well played, Andrew. Ninian Park, of course,

was the former home of Cardiff City.

Paul.

OK, well, I know one.

It's quite obvious, though, so I'm going to take a punt,

have a bit of a risk, and say Meadowhall is Sheffield.

Meadowhall, Sheffield.

I'm just going to re-enact the two looks your mother-in-law-to-be

has just given you.

The first one was this...

LAUGHTER

The second one was this.

LAUGHTER

So, Meadowhall, Sheffield, says Paul.

Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right. Very well done, Paul.

37.

-APPLAUSE

-37 for Sheffield.

Richard.

Meadowhall, named after the huge shopping centre it serves

up in Sheffield.

Now, then, Ashleigh.

So, remember, we are looking for the UK towns or cities in which

these railway stations are located.

OK. I think St Pancras is in London.

I'm sure that'll be quite a high score.

The Pleasure Beach, I would guess, was in Blackpool.

Preston Park, I don't know.

I'm going to go for Anderston, which is in Glasgow.

Anderston in Glasgow.

Isn't it great how railway stations serve so many local communities.

Ashleigh from Glasgow is taking a massive punt on Anderson.

She thinks it's in Glasgow.

Let's see if that's right

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

Ooh, very good!

-Well done, Ashleigh.

-APPLAUSE

5 for Anderston.

-Richard.

-Well done, Ashleigh.

It's actually the best answer on the board as well.

Been a station on that spot since 1896.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

St Pancras, absolutely right, is London. Would've scored you 79.

The Pleasure Beach is Blackpool.

That would've scored 58.

Now, Preston Park, do you know Preston Park?

We've got a sizeable contingent from the South Coast in the audience.

-AUDIENCE MEMBERS:

-Brighton.

-Brighton.

-Is it in Brighton?

-It is in Brighton.

-Absolutely in Brighton, and would've scored 6 points.

-Very good.

Excellent. Well, thanks very much, Richard.

We're halfway through, so let's look at our scores.

That played very nicely into your hands, didn't it, Ashleigh?

And clever you, being from the place where the lowest score came from.

Very good, 5 points.

Then up to 27 where we find the Andrews, and then up to 37

where we find Paul and Sue. The lowest scorers in the first round

find themselves the high scorers halfway through this round.

So, Sue, you know what you have to do if we're going to see you

beyond this round. Best of luck.

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

OK, we're going to put six more railway stations on the board,

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read them all one last time.

Now, remember, you're looking for the town or city in which

each of these railway stations is located. And obviously,

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

Graham, you're on 5.

Lovely low score. Sue and Paul are on 37.

If you can score 31 or less, you are in the head to head.

Yes. Well, I recognise two of them,

but the one which I'm going to go for is Waverley, is Edinburgh.

LAUGHTER

Waverley, Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Waverley. Has a ring to it. Says Graham.

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

There's your red line. Below that, you're in the head to head.

You've done it! 27.

APPLAUSE

27 for Edinburgh Waverley takes your total up to 32.

Well played, Graham. That fell very nicely, didn't it?

-Waverley station, Edinburgh.

-Now then, Sue.

You're on 37. You're the high scorers.

What we require from you, if we're going to see you beyond this round,

is a very low-scoring answer. We're looking for the UK towns or cities

where you'd find these railway stations.

I know three of them, and I don't think any of them will be pointless.

Or even particularly low-scoring.

It's just a matter of which one will be lowest.

So I'm going to go for Temple Meads, Bristol.

Bristol Temple Meads, says Sue.

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

No red line for you, because you're the high scorers.

Bristol Temple Meads.

Yep. Absolutely right.

Ooh!

-48, Sue.

-APPLAUSE

And that's a high score. Takes your total up to 85.

Yeah, Temple Meads in Bristol.

The only fact to know about Bristol Temple Meads

is last time I was there, they didn't give enough change for my paper.

-Yeah. Can you believe it?

-Wow.

They gave change for a fiver and I gave a tenner.

-And, you know, there it is.

-Wow.

-And you know what?

-Have you ever heard me talk about that?

-No, no.

-Because I don't make a fuss.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah, you don't make a fuss.

Thanks very much, Richard. Andrew B.

The high scorers are now Sue and Paul on 85. You're on 27.

If you can score 57 or less, you're through to the head to head.

There's one I can take a punt on, but I only really know one.

So, just fingers crossed that it's lower than 57.

I'm not sure it's going to be.

I'm going to say Lime Street, Liverpool.

Liverpool Lime Street, says Andrew B. Liverpool Lime Street.

Here's your red line. Below that, you're in the head to head.

Is Lime Street in Liverpool and, if it is, how many people said it?

-Ooh!

-AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Oh, and this is exciting!

This is exciting!

That scored you 58.

You are tied on 85. Excellent.

APPLAUSE

OK, we have a lockdown tie situation here.

So, as it's a tie, the tied pairs have to give me one more answer each

and the pair that gets the highest score will be eliminated.

You can now confer, that's the good news. So then,

the Andrews are going to go first.

THEY WHISPER

Think we'll go for Headingley, Leeds.

Headingley Leeds.

Let's see if that's right

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

Headingley Leeds.

Absolutely right.

37.

APPLAUSE

That takes your total up to 122.

Now then, Sue and Paul, they're on 122,

they're 37 points ahead

so 36 or less will see you into the head to head.

THEY WHISPER

You can talk out loud if you like.

Complete and utter guess,

but we'll go Priory,

Bath.

Priory Station, Bath. Let's see if that's right

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

There's your red line.

Oh, bad luck.

Bad luck, Sue and Paul.

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 185. Richard.

Yes. Unlucky, Sue and Paul.

Priory's the best answer on the board.

One point for anybody who said Dover.

Dover Priory.

Great Victoria Street,

any idea on that?

That's Belfast.

That would have scored four points, also a very good answer.

Very well done to anybody who got all 12 of those.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, Sue and Paul.

Bad luck. That was very exciting having a tie.

It shows how close it was run.

But I'm afraid you did end up with the highest score

so this is where we say goodbye.

But we look forward to seeing you again next time.

Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

For the remaining pairs, it's even more exciting as we enter the head to head.

Congratulations, Graham and Ashleigh, Andrew D and Andrew B, you're only one round from the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot which currently stands at...

APPLAUSE

Only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair, you'll go head to head on the best of three questions,

which basically means the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

And you're now allowed to confer, that's the good news. Let's play the head to head.

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

flags of international organisations. Richard.

For our first head-to-head question,

I'm going to show you five pictures of flags of international organisations.

Can you name the organisation and pick the most obscure one?

Now, let's reveal our five international organisations' flags. And they are...

So, there they are, our five flags of international organisations.

Now, Graham and Ashleigh,

you've played best throughout the show, so far,

so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

I don't think B or E cos I knew those.

-OK.

-Do we have an answer?

We know a couple of them and we're taking a slight punt

and we're going to say C

is the Arab League.

C, the Arab League, you are saying.

Now then, the Andrews.

Not very good for us, to be honest.

Probably know...well, we definitely know two of them, but...

Quite high-scoring.

If the guys aren't sure they're 100% right, we'll just make sure we are right.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

B, the EU.

B, the EU.

So, we have C, the Arab League from Graham and Ashleigh

and B, the EU from the Andrews.

Graham and Ashleigh, the Arab League for C.

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

The Arab League.

Very well guessed, that's a great answer.

-Nine.

-APPLAUSE

Nine for the Arab League.

And the Andrews have gone for B, the European Union.

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

It's right. Is it going to go down?

There's your answer, 67 for the European Union.

Was that a complete guess?

It was based on what's in the middle looked like Arabic text,

so that was really all.

Good enough, it won you the points.

Graham and Ashleigh are ahead 1-0. Richard.

There is an answer that would have beaten the Arab League up there.

Let's go through all of them.

You recognise the flag, don't you?

Do you know what D is?

I have absolutely no idea.

The best answer would have scored you one point.

It's the flag of the Commonwealth.

Wow.

-Have you ever seen that in your life?

-Never.

I guess the C is for Commonwealth.

And the last one on the board is the United Nations.

-That's a handsome flag.

-That's a nice flag.

Well done if you got the Commonwealth flag at home. Write in and tell us how.

GIGGLING

So here is your second question

and the Andrews, our returning pair,

we need you to win this question if you're going to stay in the game.

Our second question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you the names of five poets laureate,

but we're only giving you their initials. Can you identify them, please?

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five poets laureate in initial form.

Here they are.

I'll read them all one more time.

Andrew and Andrew, you go first this time.

We're not sure at all, Alexander, of any of them.

But AM, Arthur Miller.

OK, Arthur Miller. Graham and Ashleigh.

-You can talk us through the board if you like.

-We know two.

We know JB, John Betjeman.

And I think we'll go for AM as well, I think it's Andrew Motion.

AM, Andrew Motion.

So, we have Arthur Miller, AM, and Andrew Motion, AM.

Only one of them can be right. The Andrews had said Arthur Miller.

Let's see if it's right.

This is the one you have to win to stay in the game.

No, bad luck.

Graham and Ashleigh, all you have to be is correct and you are through to the final.

AM, Andrew Motion, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right. You are through to the final.

APPLAUSE

18, but all it had to be was right and it was.

Graham and Ashleigh, you are through to the final 2-0.

Very well played.

Andrew Motion was the only poet laureate ever to retire.

Every single other one has died in office apart from him and John Dryden, who was fired.

Let's take a look at all the answers.

CC is the only one I can't get.

Appointed in the 1730s.

JB is John Betjeman, absolutely right.

And the person who took over from Andrew Motion was Carol Ann Duffy.

She has just been commissioned to write a poem for the 2012 Olympics.

She's having a terrible time trying to find a rhyme for "javelin".

LAUGHTER

How about, "Put some gravel in"?

"It's only seven months since they put the gravel in.

"Oh, and here comes so-and-so to chuck a javelin."

"And over there they've started the discus.

"Hmmm, the sweet-smelling hibiscus."

LAUGHTER

Very appropriate. "My favourite event is the 3,000 metres steeplechase.

LAUGHTER

"Da-da-da, all over the people's face."

LAUGHTER

-Enough of this.

-Pretty good, though.

Carol Ann Duffy is taking notes and is furiously scribbling away.

And she thought she was wasting time watching Pointless!

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head to head is the Andrews,

our returning pair. You came, you saw, you were defeated.

It's the end of the road for you, so we have to say goodbye.

Thank you so much for coming on, great having you.

APPLAUSE

But for Graham and Ashleigh it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Graham and Ashleigh, you've seen off the competition

and you've won our coveted trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot, and it stands at £6,500.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

You played very well. You got through the first round not badly.

In the Richard Gere round some people really came a cropper.

The lowest scorers in the next round

courtesy of Edinburgh and Glasgow,

and then a 2-0 clean sweep in the head to head.

Very well done indeed. The rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any today,

but you have to find one now to go home with that money.

First you have to choose a category.

You have a choice of five options. They are...

We don't know anything about detective fiction or politics

or artists or explorers, so that makes the decision quite easy,

-so we'll go for rock bands.

-Yeah.

Rock bands it is. Very best of luck. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many of The Who's

UK top 40 singles. Richard.

Yes, any single released by The Who which reached the UK top 40 singles chart prior to the end of 2011.

Just singles, no EPs or albums. Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £6,500 is for just one of those answers

-to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

WHISPERING

There's one called Won't Get Fooled Again, I think.

Right, we'll go with that.

WHISPERING

Quadrophenia or something like that?

-I don't know.

-Pinball Wizard.

-That's quite obvious.

Well, not My Generation, Pinball Wizard, Won't Get Fooled Again.

There's one on an album my dad's got called Baba O'Riley,

but I think that's an album song. I can't think of any more.

-I would say the same.

-What's in Quadrophenia apart from Pinball Wizard?

That Elton John one.

-We'll just go with those three?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-You've got your three.

-Are you sure you're happy to stop the clock?

-Yes.

-Right you are, OK.

We were looking for The Who's top 40 UK singles.

I now need three answers from you. What are you going to give me?

Pinball Wizard.

Won't Get Fooled Again.

Baba O'Riley.

-Baba O'Riley.

-I might have made that up.

That's what people say usually when they give pointless answers.

OK, well, very best of luck.

-Which of those is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Baba O'Riley.

We'll pop that last.

-And your least likely, I'm guessing, is going to be Pinball Wizard?

-Yes.

-Pop that first.

We'll put them on the board in that order.

OK, we were looking for UK top 40 singles from The Who.

Pinball Wizard was your first answer, your least confident shot.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £6,500 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Pinball Wizard.

Well, it's correct, a good start.

Next thing it has to be is pointless. Down it goes.

You've made it beyond the halfway mark.

APPLAUSE

Sadly not a pointless answer.

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

That is probably their most famous single.

That was kind of holding a space.

It's looking very good for Baba O'Riley, isn't it?

Maybe it's looking good for your next answer, Won't Get Fooled Again.

Now then, if Won't Get Fooled Again or Baba O'Riley

wins you £6,500, what would you like to do with that?

Well, we've got a one-year-old daughter

and we're currently in a flat,

so we'd like to move out to a house with a garden for her to play in.

That wouldn't quite buy a house in Glasgow, but it would be a nice help for a deposit.

Fingers tightly crossed.

OK, your next answer has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

If it is right, let's see how many people said it.

Won't Get Fooled Again.

Very well done, it's right. Pinball Wizard took us down to 36.

How far down is Won't Get Fooled Again going to take us?

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Four. That is fantastic, four for your second answer.

We are on track for something spectacular here, I would say.

I think it's an album track. We'll find out.

If it is and it was in the top 40 in the UK,

there is a very good chance you might be leaving here with £6,500.

We're looking for UK top 40 singles from The Who. Your final answer.

Your most confident shot at a pointless answer,

something that came from the back of your mind, one of your dad's albums.

You've got to hope it's a Who album, not a Lonnie Donegan one, you were looking at the wrong one.

-It does sound like it.

-OK, this is your most confident answer.

Is it right? How many people said it for £6,500?

No!

Oh, bad luck.

APPLAUSE

I thought that had the authentic pointless answer ring to it.

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

so you don't win today's jackpot of £6,500, which will roll over onto the next show.

But you have been great contestants and you take home our trophy. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Ashleigh is absolutely right about why she is wrong, as well.

Baba O'Riley is the opening track on Who's Next,

the album, not a UK top 40 single, I'm afraid.

Funnily enough, Pinball Wizard not the best-known song.

My Generation pipped it by two points, 38 points.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless ones here.

From 1966 A Legal Matter. 16 years later Athena. Dogs also pointless.

Join Together was a top ten hit in 1972.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye, Graham and Ashleigh.

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

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, Graham and Ashleigh didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolled over,

which means on the next show we will be playing for...

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Join us again to see if somebody can win it.

-Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.