Episode 63 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Dan A and Dan S. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second and final chance.

Dan A, remind us how you know each other.

From university. We were next-door neighbours in our first year.

Very good. Dan, what happened last time?

We got kind of unstuck on books which were made into musicals and the authors of them.

It was quite a tricky round, we thought.

Dan S, what do you hope is going to come up today?

-Maybe cartoons this time.

-Cartoons?

-That'd be good.

Now, Dan A, we discovered last time

-you are vice captain of your college rugby team.

-Yeah.

-You have an improvisational comedy troupe.

-Yeah.

Give us something else from the deep well of Dan A.

Well, I was born in Hong Kong.

-You didn't tell us THAT last time!

-No!

-OK, south-east Asia.

-Something new for this time!

-OK, you kept quite a lot back there.

Dan S, what are you hoping is not going to come up today?

Again, sports.

Though US geography came up last time,

so shouldn't come up again, thankfully!

OK. Well, it's great to have you back on the show.

You were second round last time.

This time, surely, surely, head-to-head!

-All the way!

-All the way to the final? So says Dan A.

Right, very, very best of luck. We'll take you up on that.

Next, we welcome Richard and Gail. Now, how do you two know each other, Richard?

Gail's my wife. 26 years we've been married.

We met at a bus stop.

She felt sorry for me with my little carrier bag and my sandwiches in it.

-And she's not been sorry for me ever since, have you?

-Well, nearly!

We used to work for the same factory office.

And we didn't know each other at the time,

but then we met at the bus stop and I used to feel really sorry for him,

with his little white plastic bag!

-She thought I was a down-and-out!

-I did actually!

Ahh! Richard!

OK. So, what would you like to see come up today?

Musicals and sports.

Musicals and sports. Richard, what would be great for you today?

Well, I like cricket, cycling and perhaps Morrissey. Something of Morrissey.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

-Big Morrissey fan?

-Yeah.

Anything in particular you'd not like to see come up?

Films. Anything other than what was on the Saturday morning pictures, I'm struggling.

-OK.

-Will catch an early taxi home!

Excellent. Good for you. It's great to have you on the show.

Welcome to Pointless, Richard and Gail.

And next, we welcome Paul and John. How do you two know each other, Paul?

We played football together for about ten years

and we now live together.

-And where's that, John?

-In Leeds.

John, what do you do?

I install fireplaces and solid fuel fires.

Excellent. And Paul, you?

Civil servant, working for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.

My favourite department of the civil service(!)

That's nice. Well, welcome. Welcome!

Well, do you want to sit down at all? Do you want a snack?

A cup of tea would be nice, please.

Yeah, maybe get a bit of a slice of sponge for you.

Nice beard he's got as well. A very handsome man!

-Yes!

-Very interesting beard.

-Well-groomed.

-Yeah, really well-groomed!

Well-dressed, looking good, man's man. The kind of man you wouldn't catch at a bus stop

with a carrier bag full of sandwiches.

LAUGHTER

I have been there!

Paul, what do you like to get up to when you're not

Revenuing the Inland?

Read plenty of books, fantasy novels, a lot of fantasy.

John, do you have an ideal Pointless category?

When we can confer, Lord of the Rings.

LAUGHTER

But for me, football, Leeds United, anything like that'd suffice.

Paul and John, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-Enjoy it. Best of luck.

-BOTH: Thank you.

And finally, we welcome back Judy and Claire.

You were also on the show last time. Judy, remind us how you know each other.

Friends from way back, school days, secondary school.

-Remind us how far you got last time.

-We got to the head-to-head.

You did well! You covered yourselves in glory.

Judy, remind us, what do you do?

I'm a cook...

a homoeopath...

a mother.

A mother... That's enough! Sorry!

Claire, what do you do?

I'm a behavioural specialist teacher,

but I also am a qualified aromatherapist, which I didn't mention before.

-You neglected to mention THAT last time!

-I did!

You're both from Wales, Mumbles, we discovered last time.

Judy, what are you hoping's going to come up today?

Maybe food, plants, medicinal herbs.

Very good! Well, listen. You made it through to the head-to-head last time.

Please, head-to-head this time and maybe final. Let's hope.

Best of luck. Nice to have you back on the show.

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

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

He's just been cleared of tax fraud.

LAUGHTER

-It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard!

-Hiya.

Hello.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-That's not true, of course.

-It's not, no.

No, I was convicted. How are you? Are you well?

-Yeah, I'm very well.

-Excellent.

I think it's going to be a cracker today.

We've got two returning pairs, but both very strong.

The Dans, double Dan, and Judy and Claire both did very well last time.

Judy and Claire especially in the head-to-head. It's going to be tough going for our two new pairs.

Fortunately, Paul and John have Paul on their team, which is, I mean...

He am da man!

I know we're joking about, but he actually is.

Like a lot of those Revenue people!

Looking forward to you getting the jackpot, my friend.

LAUGHTER

-Richly deserved. Tax-free as well!

-I was going to ask you that.

-We don't tell no-one.

-Yeah! Listen, Paul.

-I'm not going to say anything, you win that.

-It's just between us.

And, of course, our other new pair, Richard and Gail. Now, round one is going to be very interesting

for Richard particularly cos Richard likes sports but hates films.

Looking forward to that! Thanks.

All our questions were put to 100 people before the show,

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

To stay in and have a chance of winning our jackpot,

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

Now, what everyone's trying to do, of course, 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 quid to the jackpot.

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

So, today's jackpot starts off...

at £8,500.

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.

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

If you give me an incorrect answer,

you'll score the maximum of 100 points.

So, try and avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category today is...

GROANS AND LAUGHTER

Film. Can you 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.

OK, and our question concerns...

sports films.

-LAUGHTER

-And their sports.

Sports films and their sports. Richard?

-Yes, what do you think, Richard?

-Called a cab.

Yes, on each pass we'll give you the name of seven films

and the years in which they were released.

You have to tell us on which sports are these films based, please.

An obscure answer scores fewer points,

an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

14 films in all, which sport are they all mainly based on?

Thanks very much, Richard.

Dan A and Dan S, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you are going first.

We're looking for the main sports featured in these sports films.

And we have got...

I'll read those again.

I think there are a few obvious ones on there,

so hopefully this is going to be a less obvious one.

I think I'm going to go for Blades of Glory,

for ice-skating, or figure skating?

Blades of Glory for figure skating, you are saying.

Blades of Glory, figure skating, says Dan A.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how money people knew that. Figure skating.

It's right.

-34.

-APPLAUSE

34, not a bad score.

Richard.

Well done, Dan. With Will Ferrell.

-It's funny, actually. Have you seen it?

-No.

Like most Will Ferrell films, you think, this will be terrible, and it's very good.

-It's actually great.

-Yes.

-Brilliant. Now then, Gail.

Yes, call the cab, I think.

I think I will go for A League Of Their Own.

I think Madonna was in it, I can't remember.

It must have been a good film(!)

Is it basketball?

A League Of Their Own, basketball,

says Gail. Basketball for A League Of Their Own.

Is it right? How many people knew that answer if it is?

Ooh! Bad luck, Gail.

That scores you 100 points, I'm sorry.

OK, John, we're looking for the main sports featured in these films.

Is that a good category for you?

Yes, I'm happy. I'm very happy.

I'm going to go for League Of Their Own as well

and I think it's baseball.

Baseball, says John, for A League Of Their Own. Let's see if that's right

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

That's more like it.

-41.

-APPLAUSE

41.

Absolutely right. It's about the formation of the all-American girls'

professional baseball league during the Second World War.

And Madonna is in it, you're right, Gail. And Tom Hanks, Geena Davis.

-Quite a good film.

-Quite a good film?

-Despite Madonna being in it.

-LAUGHTER

-Now then, Judy,

we are looking for the main sports featured in these films

and you are the last person to have this board,

so you can do your thinking out loud if you like.

It's not great. Um...

I knew Blades of Glory. Wimbledon, obvious.

Friday Night Lights, no idea.

Blackball could be snooker,

or it could be one of those funny American games, like pool or something.

-GENTLE LAUGHTER

-Is that..? Oh.

Calcium Kid, I've heard of, but I keep thinking of the Milky Bar kid...

And I don't think shooting, shooting is a sport,

but I don't think, with 11-year-olds...

LAUGHTER

When I said "do your thinking out loud", I guess...

LAUGHTER

So that leaves me with Men With Brooms.

I'm going to go curling, Men With Brooms.

Men With Brooms, curling, says Judy.

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

It's absolutely right, Judy, very well done.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

16!

APPLAUSE

There you are. 16.

As so often happens, when you're forced into a position,

usually at the end of the line, you do end up making quite a good guess.

Absolutely right. It's about a Canadian curling team.

Leslie Nielsen is in it, amongst others.

16, very good score. Let's go through the rest.

Everyone did well to avoid Wimbledon.

Other than Gail, it would have been a better answer for you.

It scores 91 points.

Let's take a look at the rest. The Calcium Kid

is an Orlando Bloom movie from 2004 about boxing.

-What happened to Orlando?

-What happened to him?

He became one of the biggest grossing movie stars on the planet.

Oh, yes.

Friday Night Lights? Do you know it?

Darts? I've no idea.

It's not, it's American football.

There's an American TV series about it as well.

It's based on a book called Friday Night Lights,

which, if you like sport or America, is a brilliant book you should get hold of.

Right. Brilliant. Blackball, do you know that?

-With Paul Kaye.

-I would say...

-Playing the bad boy.

-Oh, Paul Kaye! It's bowls.

It is. Bowls. Absolutely right, would've scored one point,

so well done if you said that.

Thank you. We're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at those scores.

Judy, 16. Great answer, great score.

Then we come up from 16 to 34, where we find the Dans,

then up to 41, where we find John and Paul.

And then quite a hike up to 100, where we find Gail and Richard.

Richard, if you can possibly find a low scoring answer,

you should seize it with both hands

and hope it's enough to get through to the second round.

Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players take their places at the podium.

OK, we're going to put seven more sports films on the board

and here we have got...

I'll read those one last time...

Remember, we're looking for the main sports featured in these films.

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

Claire, Judy's left you in a strong position.

And also, so have Richard and Gail.

They are on 100, you're on 16, which means if you can score 83 or less,

83 or less, you are definitely in the second round.

This is a tricky one for me, unfortunately.

I could have a good guess, at one of the obvious ones there,

but I'm going to have a stab at Tin Cup,

which I think is baseball.

Tin Cup, baseball, says Claire.

Tin Cup, baseball. Here is your red line.

Get below that line, you're in the next round for sure.

Tin Cup, baseball. Is it right? How many people said it?

Ooh, bad luck, Claire.

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

takes your total up to 116.

However, the round is not yet over. Anything could still happen.

Paul, the high scorers are Claire and Judy on 116, you're on 41.

So a score of 74 or less,

-you're through to the next round.

-I think I know a couple on there.

Hopefully Tin Cup will get us through,

so I'll go for that one again and say golf.

Tin cup, golf, says Paul.

Let's if that's right and if it is how many of our 100 people said Tin Cup, golf.

There's your red line.

Absolutely right.

Yes, you're through.

Good answer, 26.

-APPLAUSE

-Takes your total up to 67.

-Richard.

-Well played, Paul.

Kevin Costner, who plays a faded golf pro,

who attempts to qualify for the US Open to steal his rival's girlfriend.

Richard, we are looking for sports prominently featured in these film.

You're not the high scorers at the moment.

The high scorers are Claire and Judy on 116.

You're on 100, so if you can score 15 or less, Richard,

you are through to the next round.

I don't know whether to take a guess, an educated guess,

or go halfway ground.

I think I'll go halfway ground. Secretariat, horse racing.

Secretariat, horse racing, says Richard.

Secretariat, horse racing.

Is that right? How many people said it?

There's your red line, quite low.

Let's see how many of our 100 people knew Secretariat was horse racing.

It's right.

Oh, you've done it! Seven.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Very well done indeed, Richard.

Seven for Secretariat, takes your total up to 107.

You are through to the next round, Richard.

Very well played. With Diane Lane and John Malkovich.

Secretariat being one of the most famous racehorses in US history.

Now then, Dan S, the high scorers on 116 are Claire and Judy,

you're on 34, which means 81 or less, through you go.

What's that board looking like behind me?

I've got a feeling Goal, probably going to be football,

but might not be 81.

The others, I've no idea.

The Champ sounds like boxing.

I'd kick myself if Goal was less than 81,

but I don't see it happening.

So I'm going to go for The Champ and boxing.

The Champ, boxing.

There's your red line, Dan S. Tantalisingly high.

You've got to be right with The Champ, boxing.

Is it about boxing and if it is, how many people said it?

The Champ, boxing.

That's right and you're through. Very well done, Dan S.

-60.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

60 takes your total up to 94. Well played. Richard.

Well played. Funnily enough, Goal would've seen you through as well,

because it only scored 65 points. Quite right, it's football, but 65.

Of those others, Like Mike is about basketball.

It's essentially a pair of magic sneakers,

would've scored three points.

Miracle is the story of the US ice hockey team

when they beat Russia in the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Would have scored you one point

and Wondrous Oblivion, even for Pointless, is an obscure answer.

-Any idea at all?

-I don't know.

It's pointless, it's a cricket film. Cricket film.

Well done if you got that, particularly well done.

Thanks, Richard, so at the end of the first round,

the losing pair with the highest score, Claire and Judy. Claire and Judy,

and THAT with Men With Brooms.

A cracking answer, the lowest score in the first pass.

We have to say goodbye to you.

It's great having you on the show, thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Bye.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

Obviously there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head

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...

the UK charts.

The UK charts.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

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

Let's find out what the question is, here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many acts who had a UK number one album in 2011.

We're looking for the name of any of the 23 groups or solo artists

who had a UK number one album in 2011. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Dan S.

I might go for the fairly obvious one and say Adele.

The little-known Adele, says Dan S.

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

Well, it's right.

52.

APPLAUSE

52 for Adele.

She broke every record in the book in 2011 in single and albums charts.

Gail?

This is a bit of a toughie for me, but I can think of, um,

and this is going to be really popular, Amy Winehouse.

Clever. Amy Winehouse.

Let's see if that's a correct answer

and if it is, let's see how many people said Amy Winehouse.

It's right.

Eight.

APPLAUSE

Once again, a cracking answer from the Gail and Richard team.

Amy Winehouse, Richard.

Well played, Gail. She had two number one albums in 2011.

Back To Black for the third time and Lioness Hidden Treasures,

-the posthumous album, also number one.

-John?

Not good on charts in 2011.

I'm going to take a risk,

I'm sure they had an album out last year, and I'm sure if it did,

it will have gone to number one.

I'm going to say Arctic Monkeys.

Arctic Monkeys, says John.

Let's see if the Arctic Monkeys is correct and if it is,

how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

Very well done indeed, John!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's the green of the pointless answer.

It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot, takes the total to 8,750.

It also scores you nothing. Brilliant.

Very well played. Their fourth album, Suck It And See,

went to number one last year, as did all their previous albums.

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

John and Paul, nothing. You scored nothing. That's brilliant.

Then up to eight, where we find Gail and Richard,

then up to 52, where we find Dan and Dan, so Dan A,

you've got to hope somebody gets a massive score and you have an obscure answer

that's going to score you, ideally, nothing.

We'll come back down the line.

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

We are looking for artists who had a UK number one album in 2011.

Paul, the high scorers on 52 are the Dans.

If you can score 51 or less with your answer,

you're through to the next round.

I've got two answers. It's not a great category.

One is a shot in the dark, like John's.

The other is probably more popular.

I think I might go for the more popular one.

If it were out last year, I'll say Rihanna.

Rihanna, says Paul. Rihanna.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Rihanna?

Here's your red line, get below that,

you are definitely in the head-to-head. Rihanna.

It's right.

You are in the head-to-head.

30.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

30 for Rihanna, takes your total up to 30.

Well played. She had two number-one albums as well,

-she had Loud and Talk That Talk.

-OK. Now then, Richard,

we're looking for artists with a UK number one album in 2011.

I'm going to go for Coldplay with my fingers crossed.

Coldplay, that's a great name for an album!

LAUGHTER

You're on eight, Richard.

You're on eight thanks to Gail's brilliant answer in the first pass.

The high scorers are the Dans on 52,

so if you score 43 or less with Coldplay,

you are through to the head-to-head for sure.

There's your red line, that's what 43 looks like.

Coldplay, says Richard.

It's right.

And you are in the head-to-head. Very well done indeed.

Look at that, 13.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 21.

Very good indeed. Richard.

That's a good low scoring answer, very well done.

Now then, the Dans,

I have terrible news for you.

Adele has made so many people's years better,

apart from yours.

I know. Well, I can't say much better,

but I want to give something back to the groups on the show,

so I'm going to go for an obscure one hopefully.

One that may have got one.

I quite like her as an artist, so I'm going to go for Kelly Rowland.

Dan A is saying Kelly Rowland.

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

No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you're already the high scorers.

Bad luck, bad luck, Dan A.

An incorrect answer, which scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to a majestic 152. Richard.

At least you tried to get a pointless answer for everybody else.

Her album, Here I Am, got to 43,

those giddy heights. Let's look at some of the pointless answers.

Only five pointless answers here. We've heard one of them, the Arctic Monkeys.

Example had a number one album with Playing In The Shadows,

Kasabian's album, Velociraptor!, that was a pointless answer.

Nero, the British dubstep band, had a number one album last year,

as did the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Some low scorers, James Morrison, Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, Steps,

had a number one album last year.

-Why weren't we informed?

-Number one?!

-Yes,

it was a greatest hits compilation.

-Their second greatest hits compilation.

-Wow. Good for them.

Exactly. Will Young, Susan Boyle, Ed Sheeran. Michael Buble,

his Christmas album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds,

all fairly low scorers, those ones. Let's take a look at the top answers,

the ones most of our 100 people said,

the worst answers you could've given. Take That, with 24.

Rihanna with 30 and we've already seen the top answer as well,

which is Adele, with 52.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round two,

the losing pair with the highest score,

it's the Dans.

Dear oh dear. Adele.

-Quite well known.

-Yes.

You were round two last time, round two this time. What a shame.

It's been great having you on the show, Dan and Dan.

Thanks for playing. Sorry to say goodbye now.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

even more exciting now, as we enter the head-to-head.

Well, congratulations, Paul and John, Richard and Gail.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot, currently at £8,750.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Obviously only one pair can play for that money

and to decide which pair it's going to be,

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

What that means is the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for the jackpot and you are now allowed to confer.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

Commonwealth flags.

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five flags now

belonging to Commonwealth nations. You have to identify the most obscure. Very best of luck.

OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five Commonwealth flags

and here they are. We have got...

So there we are.

Five Commonwealth flags. Paul and John,

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

Right.

-OK?

-Yes, not great for us, but we're going to go for D.

Er, South Africa?

D, South Africa, you are saying.

Paul and John are saying D, South Africa.

Richard and Gail, you can do your thinking out loud if you like.

-Well, um...

-Talk us through the board if you like.

I think A is Canada. I think C's Jamaica,

not sure on E.

We think that's Malaysia, don't we?

We think it may be Malaysia, but we're going to go for B,

-which we hope is...

-Sri Lanka.

-Sri Lanka.

-B, you are saying Sri Lanka.

-Yes.

So we have, Paul and John are saying D, South Africa.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said D was South Africa.

Yes, of course.

41.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

41 for South Africa.

Richard and Gail are saying B is Sri Lanka.

B, Sri Lanka.

Let's put it to the test.

Is it right? B, Sri Lanka. How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Yes, you've done it.

14.

APPLAUSE

That's a great answer, Richard and Gail, and it earns you the point.

After one question, you are ahead 1-0. Richard.

Well played, and you took us through the rest of the board fairly successfully as well.

Let's take a look at the scores.

A absolutely is Canada. What do you reckon that would score?

That's going to be in the high 90s.

Yes, 96. B, Sri Lanka.

C, absolutely right, Jamaica.

Would've been a good answer, would've scored 28 points.

Actually, the best answer on the board is E.

You're right, it is Malaysia,

and that would score you four points,

so very well done if, like Richard and Gail, you got all those at home.

Thank very much, Richard.

OK, here comes your second question. Paul and John,

you need to win this question to stay in the game.

Good luck. Here it comes. It concerns...

Booker Prize-winning novels.

Yes, we're going to show you five authors

and the initials of their Booker Prize-winning novel.

Can you name the novels, please?

So, let's reveal the five Booker Prize-winning novels

in initial form.

And here we have...

So there you are.

Five Booker Prize-winning authors,

with the initials of the books with which they won their prize.

Richard and Gail, this time you go first.

-What were you going to say?

-You go, go on.

We'll go for Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains Of The Day.

The Remains Of The Day, you are saying. Kazuo Ishiguro.

Paul and John, you can take us through the board,

do your thinking out loud.

Salman Rushdie is Midnight's Children.

I think Hilary Mantel is Wolf Hall.

I'm not sure about the Roddy Doyle novel, or Yann Martel.

So, the lowest score of the two we know is,

if it's right, Hilary Mantel and Wolf Hall.

You're going to say Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall.

So we have The Remains Of The Day, and we have Wolf Hall.

Richard and Gail, The Remains Of The Day. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

Down it goes, look at that. 11.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Richard and Gail.

Now then, Paul and John,

this is the question you have to win if you're going to stay in the game.

You're saying Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall.

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

let's see how many people said it. Wolf Hall.

It's right.

11 is what it has to beat.

Oh, you've done it. Wow, very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

Very well done.

That means after two questions, you are 1-1. Richard.

Nicely played. Good head-to-head.

If you'd said the other one you knew, Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children,

you would've been knocked out as well, because it scored 12 points.

Roddy Doyle is Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

That would've scored ten. Do you know the Yann Martell one?

-Life Of Pi.

-Life Of Pi.

Absolutely right, the best answer on the board with eight points.

OK, here is your third question.

This is the decider. It concerns...

..the Swinging Sixties.

-GENTLE LAUGHTER

-The Swinging Sixties.

-This plays into your hands, Paul and John, doesn't it?

-Can't wait.

LAUGHTER

-Yes, warning, Arctic Monkeys may not be an answer in this one.

-Yes.

We're going to show you five questions

about the decade known as the Swinging Sixties.

-Can you give the answer to the most obscure?

-Thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Swinging Sixties

and we have...

I'll read those one last time...

Paul and John, you go first again this time.

We haven't got a clue.

We think we might know the second one down,

but we think it will be pretty high.

We're going to have another stab and say the US magazine

and say Time magazine.

You're going to say Time magazine. Time magazine.

Richard and Gail?

-Go for the one you said.

-We were thinking of Lady Chatterley's Lover

for the novel in 1960, or Jean Shrimpton for The Shrimp.

-That's for The Shrimp. Go for the novel. Go on.

-Yes?

-Yes.

OK. OK, we'll go for Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Lady Chatterley's Lover,

the novel involved in a high-profile obscene publications trial in 1960.

OK, Lady Chatterley's Lover.

In the order they were given though, Paul and John said Time magazine

was the one that dubbed London the Swinging City.

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

It's right.

It's right.

Wow, six.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Six, that scores.

Richard and Gail have said Lady Chatterley's Lover

is the novel involved in the obscene publications trial in 1960.

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

Absolutely right.

But will it beat six? This is the decider.

-Ooh, 23!

-APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, Paul and John.

If that was a guess, it was a very good one,

because it means after three questions,

you are through to the final 2-1. Richard.

Very well played. Was that your call, John?

-Yes.

-Time magazine?

-I'm sure it was probably Paul.

LAUGHTER

Nothing could have beaten Time magazine,

so there's nothing you could have done. The model,

The Shrimp was Jean Shrimpton.

Would've scored 16 points, better answer than Lady Chatterley's Lover, but wouldn't have won you the point.

-UK Prime Minister for the majority of the '60s?

-Harold Wilson.

Absolutely right, from '64 to '70.

Would have only scored 11 points though.

And the act that had the most number one UK singles?

-The Beatles.

-Absolutely right and that would've scored 59 points.

Terrific head-to-head, both teams there.

Absolutely. So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Richard and Gail.

You've played so well, though, throughout the show.

Nothing wrong at all with any of your answers.

Who would have known that Wolf Hall

would whip that away from under your noses?

I'm afraid we say goodbye to you, Richard and Gail.

Looking forward to next time, when I'm sure you'll do as well,

if not better. Thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But, for Paul and John, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Paul and John. You fought off all the competition

and you've 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...

APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple.

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

We've had your one pointless answer only on the show today, John.

You only have to find one more to go home with that money.

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

They are...

I think we're torn between Spanish Pop or Movie Stars.

I think we'll go Movie Stars.

You're going to go Movie Stars.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Daniel Craig films as they could.

Daniel Craig films. Richard.

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

for which Daniel Craig 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.

You have one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £8,750

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Good luck. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

-Munich.

-Yeah.

What's the one set in the war?

Defiance.

-Defiance.

-Is he in that?

-Yeah.

There's one where an air balloon crashes, I'm sure.

But I can't think of the name.

Don't know.

-Quantum of Solace.

-Quantum of Solace.

What's the other Bond one?

Casino Royale.

Daniel Craig.

-We watched one the other day.

-Did we?

-Yeah.

-Did we?

Yeah, I'm sure we did.

Can't remember it.

-What happens in it?

-I can't remember.

-Let's go with them three. Munich.

-Defiance.

-And Quantum of Solace.

Five seconds left.

OK, that's your time up.

We were looking for Daniel Craig films, I now need to your three answers.

-Defiance.

-Defiance.

-Munich.

-Munich.

Quantum of Solace.

Quantum of Solace. Which is your best shot, do you reckon,

at a pointless answer?

-Defiance.

-Defiance.

We'll put Defiance in third place.

Which is your least likely?

-Quantum of Solace.

-OK, we'll put that first.

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

We've got...

We were looking for Daniel Craig films.

Quantum of Solace was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that jackpot of £8,750.

OK, Quantum of Solace.

Is it right and if it is, how many people said it? Quantum of Solace.

Of course it's right.

Now, where will it stop?

It's still going down.

Broken the 50 mark, down into the 30s into the 20s.

27.

APPLAUSE

27 for Quantum of Solace.

Not a pointless answer,

but I don't think you were expecting that to be pointless.

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

£8,750, what would you do with that? Declare it.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah. Fill out a form.

I turn 30 soon so I'd like to go away

cos I'm not looking forward to turning 30 so...

It's fine. Honestly, it's fine. John, what would you do with that?

Credit card bills that need paying off first, then,

if there's anything left over,

probably just blow it.

LAUGHTER

-Put it all on red.

-Yeah.

OK, very good. Well, best of luck with your two remaining answers.

We're looking for Daniel Craig films. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Munich.

This has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot.

For £8,750, let's see how many people said Munich.

It's right.

We went down to 27 with Quantum of Solace.

Munich going down, passes Quantum of Solace,

down into single figures. Down it goes.

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Oh-ho-ho!

That's a great answer - two.

That is a great...

Think how pleased you'd be with that in normal gameplay.

That's fantastic. Two. It's a great answer, great low score.

Sadly, it's only pointless answers we're interested in in this last round

which means you only have one more chance to win

today's jackpot, £8,750.

-OK, right.

-Defiance.

Come on. We are looking for Daniel Craig films.

Your final answer, Defiance.

You had no problem putting this last.

-No.

-OK, to win that jackpot, £8,750, this has to be correct,

has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things, you leave here with £8,750.

Come on. Defiance has to be pointless.

Let's find out.

OK, right. We've started the run.

Quantum of Solace stopped at 27.

Munich stopped at two.

Can Defiance defy both of those and go all the way down to pointless?

Down it goes, still going.

-Oh, no!

-APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, Paul, John,

you didn't find that all-important pointless answer

so I'm afraid to say you don't take home today's jackpot of £8,750

which rolls over to the next show,

but you've been brilliant contestants.

An absolutely fantastic performance on the show

and you do, not much of a consolation,

but you do at least get to take our Pointless trophy

and you've been fabulous. Very, very well done.

APPLAUSE

-That's pretty hard luck, isn't it?

-That is really hard luck.

You played terrifically well. Two great answers there as well.

I'm so sorry about that. The only thing I can think of with a balloon is Enduring Love.

-That's it.

-Oh, no.

-Maybe there wasn't an accident, then.

-Oh, no, there was an accident.

-Oh, right.

-Yeah, and he's in it.

And it's a pointless answer.

Sorry. Let's look at the other pointless answers.

It's on the first page of them so we'll get it out of the way.

A Kid In King Arthur's Court, he did that before he made it big.

There's Enduring Love, based on the Ian McEwan novel.

Fateless, a Hungarian film.

He's one of the few non-Hungarians in that.

Flashbacks of a Fool with Emilia Fox.

The Hugh Hudson film I Dreamed of Africa

with Kim Basinger.

Infamous, the Truman Capote film he was in

just before he was in the Bond movies.

Obsession.

Renaissance, which is a black and white, French sci-fi animation.

I can't believe you didn't say that.

And The Jacket, with Keira Knightley.

The Mother was also a pointless answer, with Anne Reid.

Such tough luck, guys. I'm so sorry.

But well done to anyone who got any of those at home.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye,

Paul and John, but it's been brilliant having you on the show.

You've been fantastic. Thank you so much for playing. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, Paul and John didn't win our jackpot today

so it rolls over which means on the next show

we will be playing for...

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

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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