Episode 67 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

First up, we welcome back Richard and Lyn.

You were on the show last time. Remind us what happened, Lyn.

-We got knocked out in the second round.

-Second round.

What was the question?

It was films the cast of Friends have made since leaving Friends.

Ah, yes.

-That was a really tough round.

-It was for us.

I'm still struggling now, even after I know the answers.

What are you hoping's going to come up today, Lyn?

Anything but sport, really.

-Any sport at all.

-No sport.

-OK.

-Thank you.

Can I ask a question? Do you know much about badminton?

-No.

-Uh-oh.

LAUGHTER

-Richard, where are you from? Remind us.

-Watchet in Somerset.

Watchet!

LAUGHTER

OK. Right. Watchet in Somerset.

-What do you like to get up to down there?

-Watch films, play music.

-I like a lot of music.

-What kind of music do you like?

-David Bowie,

-what have you.

-Splendid.

-I was at school with David Bowie.

Get out of town.

He was a year above me.

-He was the year above you at school.

-Yes.

Do you remember him?

Vaguely. He was quite a quiet, introverted sort of person.

-That was nowhere near Somerset, that must have been London.

-Bromley in Kent.

That's right, yes. Richard, Lyn, lovely to have you back on the show,

very best of luck today.

Next, we welcome back Lucy and Charlotte.

You were also on the show last time.

Remind us what happened with you, Lucy.

It wasn't pretty.

We had a football question and it was football stadiums.

ALEXANDER GASPS

I decided that Hampden Park is in Hampden.

Yes? Charlotte,

we're going to put all that behind us because today is another day.

What are you hoping comes up today?

What's going to be a brilliant, peachy question for you?

21st century musicals.

-Wow.

-Yes.

-A little wry look from you there after that.

What in particular?

What's your favourite musical of all 21st century musicals?

A musical called Spring Awakening. It's quite obscure.

-Spring Awakening?

-Yes.

We look forward to seeing much more of you today than we did last time.

Very best of luck. And next, we welcome Miriam and Geoff.

-How do you two know each other?

-This is my lovely wife.

-Splendid.

-And where are you from, Miriam?

-Whitstable.

-North Kent.

-Yes.

-North Kent.

-How did you meet, Miriam?

-We met at church

and I saw the back of Geoff's head and I thought,

that man is going to be my husband.

-And then, he was!

-It's a pretty good back of head.

LAUGHTER

Geoff, were you aware? Could you feel something going on?

-I could sense a presence. The eyes boring in.

-Wow.

-That's, I think, very nice.

-It's unique, isn't it?

-Yes.

-You've been married for how long?

-About four years.

-About four years.

What do you like to get up to, Miriam, in Whitstable? What are your hobbies?

We are part of our church, so we're quite involved in our church.

We play a bit of tennis.

In the church?!

LAUGHTER

-Not in the church.

-Right.

-Um...

-We like to go for walks along the beach.

-Yes.

-Got a lovely beach in Whitstable.

-Certainly have. Very good.

Lovely to have you here. Very best of luck.

Finally, we've got Andrew and Phil. How do you two know each other?

We met at a party about ten years ago.

I think we were probably just very, very drunk.

We've been with each other ever since, really.

And where are you from, Andrew?

Originally Worcestershire, but I live in London now. Vauxhall.

-Phil, how about you?

-Kentish Town.

-In London.

-Originally from Wiltshire.

What are you hoping comes up today, Andrew?

-Words ending in something that I know words ending in.

-OK.

-Theatre would be good.

-Theatre.

Do you get to see a lot of plays?

-Yes, we go about twice a week to the theatre.

-Do you?

-We did see Spring Awakening.

-Did you?

-Yes.

Was it any good?

Awful.

-LAUGHTER

-Really?

-Sorry.

-Wow.

Best of luck, Andrew and Phil. Lovely to have you here.

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

There is of course only one person left for me to introduce.

If obscurity were part of your diet,

you are about to get your five a day.

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

Hiya.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Very good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-How are you?

I'm very well.

Excellent. Two returning pairs today.

I think, I think today's going to be an absolute shoo-in

for Richard and Lyn. Do you know why?

It may only be because there's a huge disadvantage for Lucy and Charlotte

and for Andrew and Phil on today's show. Have you spotted what it is?

-Is it sport?

-No, the fact they've got the perfect angle to look at the back of Geoff's head.

LAUGHTER

And I think, I think it's going to be distracting.

You can see them now, drawn to it like moths to a flame,

so I think it will be hard to concentrate.

OK, look forward to that. Thank you, Richard.

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

In order to get to the final round and win the jackpot,

all our contestants need to do is find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

The fewer people that knew the answer, the fewer points they score.

What everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer.

That's an answer 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.

Today's jackpot starts off at £13,250.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

APPLAUSE

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whoever has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

OK. Our first category today is...

Eurovision.

Eurovision. 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

Eurovision participants who have had a UK number one single

as they could. Eurovision participants who have had a Eurovision number one single.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any act which has represented any country

in the Eurovision Song Contest up to the end of 2011

who's has also had a number one hit in the UK chart.

As always, that is according to the Official Charts Company.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Richard and Lyn, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you get to go first.

-Lyn.

-I'm going to say Sandie Shaw.

Sandie Shaw, says Lyn. Let see if it's right

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Sandie Shaw.

Absolutely right.

16.

APPLAUSE

It's a great score, Lyn. 16.

-Sandie Shaw.

-Good answer, Lyn. Safe start.

She represented the UK in 1967 with Puppet On A String.

That was a number one single.

Also had number ones with Long Live Love

and There's Always Something There To Remind Me.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Lucy, you looked very happy when this came up, Eurovision.

I think I can make a pretty good educated guess, I hope.

Let's see. What are you going to say?

I'm going to go with country of origin and say Westlife.

Westlife.

Charlotte looks...

LAUGHTER

I'm going to be kind and say she looks uneasy.

-Westlife.

-Yes.

I hope it comes up, otherwise she's never going to speak to me again.

Westlife.

I think that could be right. Westlife, says Lucy. Let's see if it's right

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

No!

AUDIENCE GROANS

Bad luck, Lucy. That's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

Yes, never represented any country in Eurovision, I'm afraid,

though they have had a lot of UK number ones.

Do you know how many UK number ones Westlife have had?

17.

-Off the top of my head, I think it's 14. That's a lot.

-That's a lot.

-Can I say something really disappointing about Westlife?

-Yes.

I met them once and...

-That is disappointing.

-Isn't it?

LAUGHTER You must have been gutted.

-And they're really nice.

-Of course they're nice.

Really, some of the nicest people you could wish to meet.

I was quite disappointed. I was wanting them to be obnoxious.

-Anyway, there we are.

-There it is.

Westlife, never represented any country at Eurovision. YET.

-Yet, exactly. Exactly.

-Bad luck, Lucy.

That earned you 100 points and the ignominy of Charlotte.

So, we move to you, Miriam.

Remember, we're looking for any Eurovision participant

who has had a UK number one single.

This is a tricky one. I have no idea

but I'm going to guess Sinead O'Connor.

OK, Sinead O'Connor. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Sinead O'Connor.

AUDIENCE GROANS

-Bad luck, Miriam.

-I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Sorry, Miriam. You've made Charlotte very happy.

Has never represented any country at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Now then, Andrew, something tells me...

you're probably not on the most solid ground here.

I've got a really good answer but I can't think of her name...

LAUGHTER

Hang on, let me just unpack that.

"I've got a really good answer," but I can't think what that answer is?

I know what she looks like and what she sang

but I am blowed if I know her name,

so, I'm going to go with Brotherhood Of Man.

Brotherhood Of Man. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Ten.

APPLAUSE

Not a bad score, particularly for your fallback answer.

Ten points for the Brotherhood Of Man.

Well played, Andrew. Represented the UK in 1976

with Save All Your Kisses For Me.

That was number one, as was Angelo and Figaro. Three number ones.

Very good indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Andrew and Phil there, with the best score of the pass.

Lyn and Richard looking very safe there on 16.

Miriam and Geoff and Lucy and Charlotte, both pairs on 100,

so, Geoff and Charlotte, you'll have to duke it out

to see which of you knows the most about Eurovision.

We'll come back down the line.

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

OK, we're looking for Eurovision participants who've had a UK number one single.

Phil. You are on ten at the moment.

The high scorers on 100 are Geoff and Miriam and Charlotte and Lucy.

If you can score 89 or less, you are through to Round Two.

I've got a strange feeling

I'm going to say the name Andrew was trying to remember.

-But we'll see. Mary Hopkins.

-Mary Hopkins.

-Andrew, was that the name you were trying to remember?

-No.

-Oh.

LAUGHTER

Here is your red line. Nice and high.

You get below that red line, you are through to Round Two.

Let's see if Mary Hopkins is right

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

AUDIENCE GROANS

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

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

which takes your total up to 110.

Now then, Geoff.

-Yes.

-Geoff, Geoff, Geoff. How good is your Eurovision?

I've got a couple of safe ones in my head but also kind of wild.

Let me put it all into context for you,

Andrew and Phil are the high scorers on 110. You're on 100,

which means if you score nine or less,

you go sailing through to the next round.

Yes, so I think I'm going to have to go for a bit of a gamble.

I'm going to go with Gina G.

What do you think, Miriam?

He knows better than me.

-He most certainly does.

-LAUGHTER

-In everything.

-Gina G, says Geoff. Is it right?

How many people said Gina G?

It's right.

Oh, it's looking very good.

You've done it! One!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

One for Gina G, for goodness' sake.

There you are. Takes your total up to 101.

Geoff and Miriam, you're through to the next round. Very well done.

-Richard.

-Well done, Geoff. Just one point, or Ooh, Aah, Just A Little Bit might be a better way of putting it.

That was the song she did in 1996 and that was also her only UK number one single, to date.

To date.

Who's to say she's not going to stage a comeback any time soon?

Indeed. Now, Charlotte, OK,

the high scorers on 110 are Phil and Andrew.

You are on 100.

A score of nine or less will see you through to the next round.

Remember, we are looking for Eurovision participants

who have had a UK number one single.

OK, I'm going to go with... Oh, yes. I'll say Blue.

-Blue.

-Yes, it's going to be high.

-There is your red line.

Below that red line, Blue will see you through to the next round.

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

It's right.

You've done it! You've done it, very well done.

APPLAUSE

Blue scores you two.

Takes your total up to 102. Very well done,

Charlotte and Lucy, you are in Round Two.

-Richard. Blue.

-Low score, isn't it?

-Yes.

Blue represented the UK in 2011.

Didn't have a number one with the song they played at Eurovision

but had three other UK number ones.

Thanks very much.

Now then, Richard, this ought to be plain sailing for you.

You're on 16, the high scorers on 110 remain Phil and Andrew,

which means a score of 93 or less will see you into Round Two.

-You can talk us through all your options if you like.

-Er...

I know Cliff Richard had one and Lulu.

Cliff Richard.

Cliff Richard, you're going to go with, very best of luck.

Is it right and how many people said Cliff Richard?

Very well done, you've done it.

23 for Cliff Richard. It takes your total up to 39.

Well done, Richard, he's represented the UK twice,

with Congratulations, and with Power To All Our Friends.

He's had 14 number one singles, like a one-man Westlife!

-Amazing!

-Shall we take a look through?

Firstly, let's clear up Andrew and Phil's dilemma.

We have people who are very unfortunate on this show sometimes.

I think this is an absolute case in point - you said Mary Hopkins.

You are one letter away from being in the next round.

Yeah, Mary Hopkin.

She had a number one single with Those Were The Days

before she was in Eurovision for the UK.

So, 100 points but it's not the same sort of 100 points

as Sinead O'Connor or Westlife!

-If she'd said "Westlif"?

-"Westlif", I would have accepted.

Before we look at the Pointless ones,

some of the low scoring ones - Sonia would have been low scoring.

Celine Dion who represented Switzerland would have been a low-scoring answer.

But let's look at the Pointless ones here.

See if people at home got any of these.

Julio Iglesias represented Spain in 1970,

later had a number one with Begin The Beguine.

Esther Ofarim who had a number one with Cinderella Rockefeller,

she represented Israel in 1963.

Olivia Newton-John represented the UK in 1974.

The New Seekers also represented the UK.

There's Mary Hopkin, I'm afraid.

Tatu with All The Things She Said, represented Russia in 2003.

Las Ketchup.

They obviously did The Ketchup Song

but also had a song called Bloody Mary for Spain

and Nicole who had a number one with A Little Peace

represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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

There will be some people at home who got pretty much all of those.

That's unlucky, isn't it? Mary Hopkin and Mary Hopkins.

-Really unlucky.

-I s-ed up!

You s-ed up?

It's good. Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of the first round, the pair leaving the show with the highest score,

it's Andrew and Phil.

I'm so sorry.

And such a good answer as well with Brotherhood Of Man.

A lovely low score from Andrew.

And Mary Hopkin would have been Pointless.

A Pointless answer would have added £250.

Away from £250 in the jackpot.

So, you can leave with your heads held high.

Meanwhile, Phil and Andrew, we have to say goodbye, I'm so sorry,

but we'll see you next time, we look forward to that very much. Thanks so much.

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

Sadly, at the end of this round, another pair will be leaving us.

Our category for Round Two is... Quotes.

Can you decide in your pairs who will go first

and who will go second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, our Round Two question concerns famous last lines.

-Richard?

-A good round, this, but quite tough as well.

We'll show you the famous last lines of some famous films

and also the years when those films were released.

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

An incorrect answer will be 100 points.

12 in all if you have a go at home.

-I suspect no-one will get all 12. That is my challenge.

-Even at home?

-Even at home.

-Wow.

-It's tough.

Yes, I'm looking forward to this.

We're looking for the films from which these famous last lines come.

And we have got:

OK, there are the last lines, six last lines for you.

Lyn, you need to pick the most obscure one you know the answer to

and hope it scores as low as possible.

This is not a good one for me.

There's only one that I think I know.

"There's No Place Like Home", Wizard Of Oz.

"There's no place like home," the Wizard Of Oz, says Lyn.

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

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

34, not bad. Richard?

Well done, Lyn, spoken by Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, of course.

Now then, Charlotte.

Um, well, yeah, I should probably know more of them than I do.

I'm going to go with "And he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning,"

and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Let's see if To Kill A Mockingbird is right

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

It's right.

2!

APPLAUSE

Two, that scores you, that's your second score of two, Charlotte, very well done.

To Kill A Mockingbird.

Well played, Charlotte, that last line is narrated by the older Scout.

Geoff, you are the last person to have this board,

so you can talk us through the board, if you like.

OK, I think I know three left on there.

You can supply the answers to all those.

I think the top one is Back To The Future,

I think "Kevin, what did you do to my room?" is Home Alone,

cos it's Miriam's favourite film,

and I think "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly," is Psycho.

Let's go with "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly," Psycho.

Psycho, you're saying for the bottom quote.

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

It's right.

Very, very well done indeed, Geoff.

APPLAUSE

That scores you 1, the best score of the pass.

Psycho.

Well played, Geoff, very good answer.

The back of Geoff's head is good, the front is not bad, either, is it?

You were absolutely right about the others.

"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads," is Back To The Future,

spoken by Doc, for 13 points.

"Kevin, what did you do to my room?" absolutely was Home Alone,

that would have scored 8,

that would have been driving some at home mad.

And the last one on the board, for 5 points, Xander,

"All right, Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up?"

It's what's-her-face in Sunset Boulevard.

Absolutely right, Sunset Boulevard.

-What IS her face?

-It was spoken by what's-her-face.

-What is her face?

-Norma Desmond.

Norma Desmond, that's right, yes.

OK, very good, let's take a look at the scores.

We're halfway through the round.

So then, Geoff and Miriam

looking very, very strong on 1, that was a cracking answer.

Charlotte, great answer from you, you're also looking strong on 2.

And then, Lyn and Richard, nothing wrong with your answer

in the first pass, however it was a high scorer.

So, Richard, we've got to hope you know a really low-scoring answer on the next pass.

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

OK, we're going to put six more famous last lines on the board,

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time...

Now, remember, we are looking for the names of the films

from which these famous last lines came

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

Miriam, the high scorers are Richard and Lyn on 34, you're on 1.

So, a score of 32 or less from you will see you into the head-to-head.

I'm going to take a total guess and go for,

"Hello everybody, this is Mrs Norman Maine."

I have no idea, I'm just going to guess at the Marilyn Monroe film

Gentleman Prefer Blondes but I've no idea.

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

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - is it right, how many people said it?

-Bad luck, Miriam, bad luck.

-I knew it.

An incorrect answer, scores you 100 points, takes you up to 101.

Richard.

Yeah, sorry, Miriam, from 1953, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,

and the last words of that are, "I must get my roots retouched."

Obviously.

Lucy, the high scorers on 101 are Miriam and Geoff.

You're on 2, which means

a score of 98 or less will see you into the head-to-head.

I don't think I'm going to have a best friend by the end of today...

LAUGHTER

I'm going to go with an absolute guess and really, really hope

it's not blatantly obvious, and say Beauty And The Beast -

"It was beauty killed the beast."

And she's shaking her head, and I really regret saying that now.

You've got eyes in the back of your head Geoff could have done with...

LAUGHTER

..all those years ago.

OK, right, so you are saying Beauty And The Beast

for "It was beauty killed the beast."

Is it right, Beauty And The Beast,

and if it is, how many people said it?

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

which takes your total to 102.

-Richard.

-Do you ever get the feeling

you're going to see a documentary in a year's time called "It Was Charlotte Killed Lucy"?

LAUGHTER

Richard and Lyn, you're on 34.

The high scorers are Lucy and Charlotte on 102.

If you score 67 or less you are through to the head-to-head.

What do you think of that board behind me, Richard?

-I think I know three of them.

-Brilliant, talk us through them.

"Hang on, lads, I've got a great idea," I think is the Italian Job.

"It was beauty killed the beast," was King Kong,

and "After all, tomorrow's another day," I can't think of it,

but it's a Clark Gable, it's the big film.

I'll say "It's beauty killed the beast," King Kong.

King Kong, "It was beauty killed the beast," says Richard.

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

Absolutely right.

And you are through to the head-to-head, very well done.

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, a solid performance from Richard and Lyn.

6 takes your total up to 40, sees you into the head-to-head, Richard.

Well played, the last line of King Kong, spoken by Carl Denham.

"Hang on, lads, I've got a great idea," you're right,

it's Michael Caine in the Italian Job, 22 points.

We should end this show on something like that,

with Charlotte just about to kill Lucy...

LAUGHTER

..just deciding whether to or not.

Lucy saying, "Hang on, Charlotte, I've got a good idea."

LAUGHTER

Richard, you're absolutely right about "After all, tomorrow's another day,"

other than the name of the film, which is Gone With The Wind.

That would have scored 19 points.

Do you want to have a go at any of these? "Well, nobody's perfect?"

-Some Like It Hot.

-Absolutely right, would have scored 8 points.

"Love means never having to say you're sorry"?

-Is it Love Story?

-It is Love Story, absolutely right,

would have scored you 14.

And "Hello, everybody, this is Mrs Norman Maine,"

that was from A Star Is Born.

It would have scored you 1 point, the best answer on the board.

Very well done if anybody at home got all 12.

Brilliant, thank you very much, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two, the pair with the highest score

to whom we have to say goodbye, I'm afraid, Charlotte and Lucy.

-LAUGHING:

-Charlotte...

Oh, dear, oh, dear.

LAUGHTER

Will you forgive Lucy?

-No!

-Probably not.

Wow, are you getting separate trains to your different universities?

We're going to the theatre tonight!

LAUGHTER

Lucy, I suggest you get the drinks, is all I'm going to say.

I mean, mainly so you know what's in them.

LAUGHTER

Lucy and Charlotte, thank you so much for playing,

it's been lovely having you on the show.

APPLAUSE

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

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

APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Richard and Lyn, Miriam and Geoff,

you are now only one round away from the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot, which today is standing at £13,250.

APPLAUSE

Now, obviously only one pair can play for that money,

and to decide which it's going to be you are now

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

For each question you'll be shown five options on the board.

Each pair needs to give just one answer

but you are now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is score less than the other pair

and you will win that question.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Let's play head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

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

Olympic Years, Richard.

We're going to show you five photographs

of memorable moments from Summer Olympic Games,

you just have to tell us in which year they were taken, very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much, let's reveal our five memorable moments,

and here they are. We have got...

There we are, five memorable moments from Summer Olympic Games,

you just have to supply the year.

Now, Richard and Lyn,

because you played best throughout the show so far you get to go first.

I think C might be 1936.

C, 1936, say Richard and Lyn.

Now then, Miriam and Geoff, you can do

all your thinking out loud, if you like now.

Yeah, C was the one I think I knew.

You think E is 2000.

-So we'll go E, 2000.

-E, 2000 you are saying.

So, we have C, 1936, from Richard and Lyn.

Let's see if that is right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said C, 1936.

OK, it's right.

Ooh, look at that! Lovely low score, 12.

APPLAUSE

12 for 1936.

Now then, Miriam and Geoff, you've gone for 2000 for E.

Let's see how much you score for 2000 for E, how many people said it?

It is right.

It's going to be close...

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Which means, after one question, Richard and Lyn, you are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Well played, Richard and Lyn,

that is Jesse Owens in 1936 in Berlin winning

the running board jump, as it was called then.

Also won golds for the 100m, 200m and the 4x100 Relay.

And in 2000 that's Cathy Freeman winning the 400m gold in Sydney.

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

A is Allan Wells, he won the 100m in Moscow in 1980.

That would have scored you 8 points.

-Do you know B?

-I'm going to take a guess, 1984.

It is 1984 in Los Angeles, that's Zola Budd and Mary Decker,

just before Mary Decker slipped,

and that's also Maricica Puica in the back there, who won the gold.

That would have scored you 9 points.

And D - do you know D?

I could try and work it out, but I... I can't be bothered.

LAUGHTER

It's Princess Anne and it's in the Montreal Olympics, 1976.

It would have scored you 4 points.

She was the only person in the 1976 Olympics

who didn't have to have a sex test.

OK, here comes your second question.

Now then, Miriam and Geoff,

remember this is the question you have to win to stay in the game.

Your second question concerns...

Richard, Hamlet.

We're going to show you five clues to facts about Shakespeare's play,

Hamlet, can you tell is the answer to the most obscure, please?

OK, let's reveal our five facts about Hamlet, and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time...

There you are, five facts about Hamlet, Miriam and Geoff,

you get to go first.

Um, we're going to take a guess, the only one we could even guess at,

which is the actor, we're going to say Kenneth Branagh.

OK, Kenneth Branagh say Miriam and Geoff,

the actor who played Hamlet in Zeffirelli's Hamlet in 1990.

Richard and Lyn, you can talk us through the rest of the board, if you like.

I think we only know two.

Alas, poor Yorick, it's a skull, I think he holds,

and the country, he's Prince of Denmark.

-Shall we go for Denmark?

-We'll go for country, Prince of Denmark.

Prince of Denmark, you're saying.

So, Miriam and Geoff have said Kenneth Branagh was the star of the 1990 film.

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

Bad luck.

And, Richard and Lyn, you are going to go for Prince of Denmark.

It just has to be right, of course,

if you get this right you are straight through to the final.

Very best of luck. Denmark, is it right?

Of course it's right, and you are through.

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Very well done indeed, Richard and Lyn,

after two questions you are through to the final 2-0. Richard.

Well played again, Richard and Lyn.

Kenneth Branagh has played Hamlet in the past,

but the Zeffirelli film - do you know this?

-No.

-It was Mel Gibson.

-Oh, of course it was!

Absolutely, and that would have scored you 10 points.

You'll be good at this.

So, the prop that Hamlet holds, Richard has given us.

-That's your skull.

-Absolutely, would have scored 62 points, that.

-The character who drowns?

-Ophelia.

-Absolutely right.

Would have scored you 14,

-and the seaport in which most of the action is set?

-Elsinore.

Absolutely right, best answer on the board, 4 points.

Well done if you got those at home.

Thanks very much, Richard, so, the losing pair

at the end of our head-to-head, I'm afraid, Miriam and Geoff.

But the good news is you'll be back again next time.

You made it all the way through to the head-to-head this time,

who knows where you'll stop next time?

We'll look forward to that very much indeed.

Miriam and Geoff, thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But, for Richard and Lyn, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Richard and Lyn, you've fought off all

the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £13,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well, listen, the rules are very simple.

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

We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.

You only have to find one

and you will go home with all that £13,250 worth of jackpot.

First you've got to choose a category,

and you have a choice of five options and they are...

Sitcoms?

-Yeah.

-Do you reckon, or not?

Yeah, go for that.

-Modern sitcoms, please.

-Modern sitcoms.

Let's find out what your question is.

Here it comes, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

people who have played themselves in Life's Too Short as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for name of any person who's credited with

playing themselves in the 2011 comedy series Life's Too Short,

starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Warwick Davis.

Obviously we won't accept any of those three names

but anyone else who played themselves in the 2011 sitcom Life's Too Short.

Very best of luck.

OK, thank you very much.

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

All you need to win that £13,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-Johnny Depp was in it.

-Yes, did they have Sting in one of them?

-They might have had Sting in it.

-I think they did on one of them.

OK, Sting.

I know on his earlier ones they had David Bowie

in one of his earlier ones, Ricky Gervais.

Going back again, on a theme.

Is that Life's Too Short, though?

I don't know. I can't think of anything else.

Can you think of any others on there?

Think of who guested on it.

Yeah, I know.

Depp and possibly Sting, Johnny Depp.

Can't think of anyone else that was on it.

He was doing the rounds, wasn't he?

-He was auditioning for films and what have you.

-Yeah.

-Brad Pitt didn't come on it, did he?

-No, no, I don't remember Brad Pitt.

We'll have to say a third name.

Say David Bowie, I think, I can't think of any other.

So that's David Bowie...

10 seconds left.

..Johnny Depp and Sting.

-That is the only three.

-I'm not really sure about Sting.

-No, I'm not 100%.

-Yeah, OK.

OK, your time is up. I now need your three answers.

Johnny Depp, Sting, David Bowie.

Of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Probably Sting.

-Sting, yeah.

We'll pop him last. Which is your least likely, do you think?

-David Bowie, I think.

-David Bowie, we'll put him first.

And we'll put Johnny Depp in the middle.

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

We have got David Bowie, Johnny Depp and Sting.

OK, we were looking for people who've played themselves

in the sitcom Life's Too Short.

David Bowie, your least confident answer.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win

that £13,250 jackpot.

What would you do with £13,250, Richard?

We would like to go on a cruise off the east coast of the States,

do New York and Boston, etc.

Well, very best of luck. OK, let's see if David Bowie is right,

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

Bad luck.

Bad luck, an incorrect answer, as it turns out,

so not a pointless answer.

But I think you weren't really sure about David Bowie anyway,

so that's fine.

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

We're looking for people who've played themselves in Life's Too Short.

Your next answer, Johnny Depp, you said immediately,

so we're pretty confident about that.

Has to be pointless, of course, to win that jackpot of £13,250

but let's see how many people said Johnny Depp. Is it right?

OK, it's right.

Now we have to see how many of our 100 people watched Life's Too Short

and remembered that Johnny Depp had been in it.

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

8!

APPLAUSE

8 for Johnny Depp.

You have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is riding on Sting.

Looking for people who've played themselves in Life's Too Short,

your third and final, most confident answer was Sting, let's see

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

It's right. This for £13,250.

You said Johnny Depp, that went down to 8.

You've now gone with Sting, let's see where this stops.

Still going down...

Oh!

-AUDIENCE:

-Oooh!

2!

Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!

Oh, I'm sorry.

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £13,250,

which rolls over on to the next show

but you have been brilliant contestants, and you do of course

get to take home the Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.

APPLAUSE

Come on then, Richard, what were the pointless answers?

You played faultlessly throughout, so I am sorry.

First, some other low-scoring ones - Les Dennis was a low scorer,

Helena Bonham Carter, Shaun Williamson, Liam Neeson had a very,

very funny cameo, he was a low-scorer, but let's look at

the pointless ones, there'll be some names you recognise, I suspect.

Ewen McIntosh, who's Keith in the office, a friend of the show.

Fred Fairbrass from Right Said Fred, Keith Chegwin was in it -

he was also in Extras.

All of those pointless, well done if you said any of those.

Richard Fairbrass - also from Right Said Fred -

Sophie Ellis-Bextor was in Life's Too Short, Steve Carell...

and Victoria Hollins, the BBC London newsreader.

All those pointless, very well done if you said any of those.

Unfortunately, Richard and Lyn, we have to say goodbye, but it's been wonderful

having you on the show, thank you both so much for playing, great contestants.

Thank you very much, thoroughly enjoyed it.

APPLAUSE

So, nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over

onto the next show, when we will be playing for £14,250.

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.

APPLAUSE