Episode 7 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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Now, welcome back, Pete and Declan,

you are our first pair on the show again.

You were first last time.

-We were indeed.

-What is it with that podium? You must love it.

-It's an unlucky podium.

-It can be, it can be.

-It was!

-But remind us how you know each other, Pete and Declan.

I'm his son, and...

yeah, that's about it, again.

Second time.

I'm his father.

-There we go. It works that way, doesn't it?

-Yeah, it does.

-Very good. Remind us what happened last time.

-We were going really well

until Declan had to answer questions.

LAUGHTER

US state capital. Do you know what?

I couldn't answer a single one of those. I was useless.

-Well, great to have you back. Best of luck.

-Thank you.

We welcome back Caroline and Andy, who were also on the show last time.

Remind us what happened.

I had to answer a question, that's where it all went wrong.

Awful at films.

Footloose. You should see that film.

And then forget it.

Yeah, Patrick Moore and Demi...

Patrick Swayze and Demi...

LAUGHTER

Patrick Moore and who were in Ghost?

-They are brother and sister, you know that?

-Patrick and Demi Moore?

-I didn't know that.

-Yeah.

If she puts her monocle in, you can see it instantly.

-I knew she was Roger Moore's sister, but Patrick Moore as well?

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-Amazing.

-And Dudley.

-And Dudley.

-Anything you'd like to come up this afternoon, Caroline?

-Maybe...

-Bad zombie films?

-Bad zombie films?

-Do they have to be bad?

-That's the specialist subject, really.

-Troma films, that kind of thing?

-Just terrible...

-Even worse than that?

-Pretty bad, yeah. The worse the better, really.

Great to have you back. Let's hope we see a lot more of you today.

Next we welcome Jane and Andrew. Now, how do you two know each other?

Well, Xander, we've been married for ten years.

-Ah.

-Oh, 11 years.

Oh!

Are we going to be hearing that noise a bit this afternoon, Jane?

You put a foot wrong there, Andrew.

-11 years?

-Yep.

-We met on the internet.

-Did you? And where have you come from?

Well, this week we've come from West Wales, Pembroke Dock.

Where were you from last week?

LAUGHTER

-Well...

-Pembroke Dock?

-Yep.

Still Pembroke Dock? Very good indeed.

Jane, what are your hobbies?

-I do card-making.

-You make cards?

Yes, I make cards.

-Greetings cards?

-Yes.

-That's not the Welshest accent I've ever heard.

It's the new Pembrokeshire accent.

-Is it? The NEW Pembrokeshire accent?

-The new Pembrokeshire accent.

They're all from the Deep South, are they?

-Where are you from, Jane?

-I'm from New Orleans originally.

You're from... You see, we still call it New Orle-ans,

we will still insist on calling it New Orle-ans.

It's dripping into our vernacular. Occasionally people say New Orleans.

-Or New Awlins.

-N'awlins.

-N'awlins.

Andrew, what do you do?

Well, I'm a computer engineer, self-employed,

but at this moment in time,

-I'm also the Mayor of Pembroke Dock.

-You're the Mayor of Pembroke Dock?

What would you like to see come up today, Andrew?

-What's a good topic for you?

-A good topic for me would be...

-American state capitals.

-Ach!

Star Trek?

Star Trek? Very good.

Great to have you on the show. This is an amazing mixture of...

-It's a good group.

-Star Trek and...

-A good group.

-Welcome to the show. Best of luck. And finally,

we have Melika and Melissa. How do you two know each other?

We've been going to the same school for about seven years, so met there.

-You could hardly fail. How old are you now?

-18.

-18.

That's a very rude question, shouldn't ask that.

We waited until she turned 18 and applied the day after.

Very good, well done.

-Can't wait to get on.

-You may be our youngest contestants yet.

It's like a driving test. You do it on the day of your 17th birthday.

Yeah. People get their provisional Pointless application forms...

So they have to play the game with their mum, for three or four months.

After a while...

-They can do it on their own.

-Yeah, come on it for real.

-So you're still at school?

-Yeah.

-Hoping to go to uni?

-Hopefully. I want to do psychology next year.

-Wow.

-So your sights are set?

-Yeah.

-Very, very good.

You hope your admissions tutors aren't watching,

or maybe are. Maybe you can dazzle them.

It'd be great, if Pointless replaces the UCAS form as admission to...

-Not a bad idea.

-It's not.

Put that in my big book of terrific ideas.

-We have a book, haven't we?

-We have.

I haven't shown it to you, but every time, I go and write it down.

-Lot of publishers interested.

-Yeah. There would be.

-It's lovely to have you here, Melika and Melissa.

-Thank you.

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

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

On his winter holiday you can find him teaching the Swiss how to yodel.

He is my Pointless friend... I know. He's Richard.

-I know.

-Hello. Hiya.

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I don't often question your introductions, bizarre as they are,

but I genuinely, genuinely think

you need to take a really good, long hard think before the next show,

about those introductions, because that is not good enough.

No, it's actually beneath you.

-I think you're capable of better.

-But you see the point I'm getting at?

Yeah, I teach the Swiss to yodel.

Two returning pairs today - Pete and Declan, unlucky last time,

Caroline and Andy, also unlucky, I think they should do well.

A real mixed bag of contestants. It should be a lot of fun today.

Thank you, Richard. All questions on Pointless were put to 100 people before the show,

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

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

our players need to score as few points as possible.

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

an answer none of our 100 people gave.

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

No-one won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at...

£4,000.

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OK, let's play Pointless.

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In the first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated. If anyone gives an incorrect answer, they score 100,

so try and avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

Words. Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many words ending in "U-S-H" as they could. Richard.

We're looking for words in the Oxford English Dictionary

that end in the letters "U-S-H".

No hyphenated words or proper nouns

and we won't allow the word "ush" itself.

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

Pete and Declan, you all drew lots before the show

and this afternoon, you get to go first.

Mind goes blank, Alexander.

It's going to be a high score,

but the only one I can think of

is crush.

OK, crush is what you are going to give us.

Pete, let's see if that's right,

and if so, how many of our 100 people said crush.

It's right.

32.

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32, it's not too high.

Could be a lot worse.

-Crush, Richard.

-Yeah, tough on that first podium as well.

Can mean a drink, can be an infatuation, can be a crowd. Crush.

Thank you very much. Andy,

What's the most obscure word ending in "U-S-H" you can think of?

I can't think of too many.

But I'm going to go for plush.

-Plush?

-Yes.

Very good. Let's see if plush is right

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

It's right.

21.

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-It's all good. Plush, Richard.

-Yeah, luxurious or sumptuous.

I love looking at everyone's faces, people who haven't gone yet.

They're dead behind the eyes,

-just going through a dictionary in their heads.

-Yeah.

-As are you, I think.

-No, this is me all the time.

OK, Jane. U-S-H.

I'm going to have to say rush.

That's the only thing I can think of.

OK, rush, says Jane.

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

It's right.

56.

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56 for rush.

-Don't need me to tell you what rush means, surely.

-No, I do, actually.

It's a Canadian heavy metal band or an ex-Liverpool footballer.

Thank you very much.

And Melissa. Remember we are looking for words ending in "U-S-H".

I think it's going to be quite high, but I'm going to go with flush.

Flush. Let's see how many people said flush.

It's correct!

-25 for Flush.

-Pete - you feeling a bit happier about your answer?

-A very high-scoring first pass.

-Yeah, it really was.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand. Best score of the round,

21, Andy and Caroline.

25, Melissa and Melika.

Up to 32 for Pete and Declan,

then 56 for Jane and Andrew. Andrew, you'll need a really good...

I think you've got one!

That looks like a man who's found a brilliant word.

That looks like a Mayor with an answer, to me.

Yeah.

OK, can the second players please take their places?

OK, we are looking for words ending in "U-S-H". Melika.

I can't think of many, so I think this might be quite high.

I'm going to go for shush, like "Be quiet."

OK - shush, says Melika.

The high scorers are Andrew and Jane on 56,

which means if you can score 30 or less,

you are through to the next round for sure.

Below that red line,

you're through.

Shush - how many people said that?

It's correct!

You've done it.

15. Best score so far. Takes your total up to 40.

Well played, best answer yet. Shush.

It's also the name of the librarians' union. LAUGHTER

Andrew. We are looking for words ending in "U-S-H".

You're the high scorers, on 56.

We need a great answer from you.

Well, I thought of thrush.

-Thrush. OK...

-SOME GIGGLING

No red line for you,

you're the high scorers.

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

It's right!

13, best answer so far. Takes your total up to 69.

Not bad at all. Puts pressure on the last two pairs at least.

Caroline, we are looking for

words ending in "U-S-H".

The high scorers are Andrew and Jane on 69 -

you are on 21,

which means 47 or less is enough to see you through.

I'm going to go with... hush.

Hush, says Caroline.

If you can get below the red line,

you are through.

How many people said hush?

It's correct!

53, Caroline and Andy.

Yeah, big score, hush.

That's also the name of the breakaway librarians' union.

LAUGHTER

Declan, we come to you.

The high scorers are Caroline and Andy on 74 -

if you can score 41 or less,

through you go to the next round.

I think I'm going to go for mush.

Mush. OK - mush, says Declan.

Let's see if it's right,

and how many people said it.

Below that red line - through to the next round. Mush.

It's correct!

Oh... 57 for mush.

That takes your total up to 89.

-Richard.

-Unlucky, Declan - huge amounts of high scores there.

We've had a lot of the biggest scorers on the list, actually.

Let's see some of the pointless answers.

There are some quite surprising words on there.

Airbrush is the first one - we have airbrush make-up now,

because we're in HD. Sprayed onto our faces, like we're cars.

Power-hosed. Three people holding it.

Cartoush, which is a type of bedgown.

Downrush, that's a pointless answer. Paintbrush, pointless answer.

Hairbrush would have scored you one point as well.

Rosebush, pointless answer. Saltbush, also pointless.

Spicebush, pointless.

Tiddlypush, of course(!) LAUGHTER

That was pointless. And whush. Lots of pointless answers there.

-Is that how you spell whush?

-It's

-a

-way of spelling it.

You can also spell it W-O-O-S-H, or W-H-O-O-S-H. Should you wish.

Thank you very much, Richard.

As you say, a very high-scoring round there.

At the end of that, our losing pair with the highest score -

I'm afraid it's Pete and Declan.

89.

It's not the highest score

we've ever said goodbye to people for,

but for a word round, quite often

we get some quite nice low scores.

Yeah, we deserve to go.

You say that, Pete. That sounds like a forced stoicism.

-I don't believe you.

-I'm very sad.

What are you going to take away from your Pointless experience?

We just had a great time.

Well, it's been lovely having you on. Thank you so much for playing.

Declan and Pete, everyone.

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

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

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

OK, our category for Round Two is...

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

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

Our Round Two question concerns...

Poets and their first names.

We're going to show you a list of six famous poets - all you have to do

is give us their correct first names.

An obscure answer will score you fewer points, but a wrong answer will score you 100.

There will be 12 poets in all.

OK, thanks very much. So we are looking for the first names of these poets. And we have got...

I'll read all of those again.

-There we are. Andy, nice board of poets for you.

-Yeah.

-How is that looking to you?

-OK...

There's two that I think I know.

Well, as always you're looking for

the one that you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Yeah. Erm... I'm going to say, Philip Larkin?

Philip Larkin. OK. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

-27. Richard.

-Well done, Andy, that's very handy.

LAUGHTER I shouldn't really start that.

-It could be a rod for your own back.

-Yeah. But it was very handy.

It was. Good answer.

Andrew. We're looking for

the first names of these poets.

I think John Donne.

John Donne, there he is at the bottom.

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

let's see how many people knew that that was his first name.

It's correct.

Good answer, Andrew. 17.

Well, this is easy. Well done, Andy, that's very handy.

Metaphysical poet. Ended up as an Anglican priest -

certainly didn't start out as one.

Melissa. You are the last person to have this board.

You can take us through all of these poets

and supply their first names.

Well, I can't do all of them, but...

Byron - I only know his name as Lord Byron,

and I don't actually think Lord is his first name.

I can't think what his first name is.

And the only other one I know is Ayres -

and I think it's Pam Ayres, so I'm hoping it's fairly low.

You're going to go for Pam Ayres. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Popular answer.

63 for Pam Ayres.

A big score, but if you're on the end podium, better than getting 100.

Let's take a look at all the answers. Angelou is Maya Angelou,

the American poet. Would have scored you 18.

Byron, it's very low, because I think people know him

as Lord Byron.

It's George Byron. Which would have scored 2.

Pam Ayres will be glad to know that

3,100% more people know her first name than Byron's.

She will be pleased.

And Swinburne - five people said it was Walter, but he's a jockey,

but one person knew it was Algernon.

Very well done if you said that at home, or got all six as well.

We're halfway through the round,

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

17 is the best score showing -

Andrew and Jane looking very strong there.

27, Andy and Caroline.

Then 63 - Melika, you're going to have to find some really good

obscure poetry knowledge

for the next pass. Good luck with that.

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

We'll put six more poets

up on the board, and we have got....

I'll read through those one more time.

Remember, we are looking for

the first names of these poets, and you want the one

that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now, Melika,

you are the high scorers on 63, so you've got to find

a nice obscure one. But you get the pick of the board.

Well, there's one I think

might be right, but I'm not sure.

One I know's going to be high,

so I'll go for Heaney, and Seamus.

OK, very good. There's no red line,

because you are the highest scorers.

Let's see if Seamus Heaney is right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

21, that's a great score.

Very well done. Let's hope it's good enough -

it takes your total up to 84.

You might have kept yourself in the game.

He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995, Seamus Heaney.

Very good. Thank you...

I mean, I wasn't damning him with faint praise -

that was brilliant that he won the Nobel Prize.

He also came out in praise of Eminem recently.

-Yes.

-Said he sent a voltage around a generation, Eminem.

Very good.

Jane, on 84, our high scorers are Melika and Melissa.

You are on 17 -

should you score 66 or less, you are through to the next round.

We're looking for the first names

of these poets. What are you thinking?

I'm thinking this is going to be bad. Very bad!

-Oh, that just sounds so good in her accent!

-Yeah, it does.

Oh...

I have no clue!

-Do you want to sing a song about it, maybe?

-No.

-Oh.

I think I will just guess at a name.

I mean, it's a first name.

Might be a popular name.

So I'm going to go with Wordsworth, and say...

John. Cos I have no idea.

-John Wordsworth.

-Yes.

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

Your red line - if John Wordsworth can get you

below that red line, you are through

to the next round. Very best of luck. John Wordsworth.

-Bad luck, Jane!

-I knew.

-I think you did know.

I bet there has BEEN a John Wordsworth.

There was a Bishop Wordsworth... That's all I know.

LAUGHTER

There we are. I'm afraid that scores

the maximum of 100 points,

so I'm afraid that takes your total up to 117.

Caroline.

The high scorers are now Jane and Andrew on 117.

You are on 27 -

that means 89 or less

will see you through to the head-to-head.

-You can also finish off the board.

-I feel like I should be able to,

cos I studied most of them at uni, but I honestly can't remember

the majority of the names!

Plath - the only Plath I know is Sylvia Plath,

but as a poet...? Don't know. Shelley -

either Mary or Percy.

Probably Percy.

Marvell, I've no idea.

Wordsworth...

is William, I think.

Auden is definitely initial W,

but I've no idea what it stands for.

I've managed to convince myself

I don't know any of them now!

I'm going to go for...

William Wordsworth.

William Wordsworth, says Caroline.

OK, here's your red line -

nice and high. Below that red line

you are through to the head-to-head.

William Wordsworth - is it right, how many people said it?

It's right!

71, for William Wordsworth. Very, very high score.

Takes your total to 98 -

good enough to see you through.

Yeah, William Wordsworth, big score,

but perfectly adequate.

He wrote, "I wandered lonely as a cloud,"

whereas John Wordsworth wrote "I wandered lonely as a... I dunno."

He wasn't a poet, you see.

Let's look through them. You should have trusted your instincts,

it is Sylvia Plath, of course -

that would have scored you 31 points.

Percy Shelley, he's the poet.

That would have scored you 18.

Auden - do you know his first name?

Well, it's going to be something fun, like...

I wouldn't say fun, don't get your hopes up!

It's not going to be like a night at the circus.

It's going to be Wilberforce, or something like that.

It's Wystan. So well done if you said that.

And Marvell is a pointless answer,

but I would bet my house that you know that.

-Andrew.

-Andrew Marvell, exactly.

Another metaphysical poet.

-Very well done if you got that whole board.

-Splendid.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score -

it's Jane and Andrew. Bad luck.

That was a tough board for you.

-It was.

-How was the first board for you, was that easier?

Yeah, that was quite a bit easier.

Well, it was tough, that one. But we will see you again next time -

what guiding principle are you going to take away

from your experience today?

Study up on literature or poetry?

But any sort of tactics about who should go first,

where's the best podium...?

-Have you got a bit of podium envy?

-No, as long as I'm on the ground...

-OK. We do have a floating podium available...

-No, this is fine.

Would have preferred Andrew to go first all the time.

-So that's going to be your tactic next time?

-I'd like it to be.

Very good.

Well, we'll see you next time,

-and I hope you go a lot further.

-Thank you.

Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing, Jane and Andrew.

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For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get

even more exciting in the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Melika, Melissa, Caroline and Andy,

you've made it to the head-to-head. You are now only one round away

from the chance to play for that jackpot, which stands at £4,000.

Only one pair can play for the money, and to decide

which pair it's going to be, you are now going to go head-to-head.

Now, for each question, you'll be shown five options on the board.

Each pair needs to give me one answer,

but you are allowed to confer.

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.

Here is your first question. And it concerns...

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five photographs

of famous performers who started their careers as child stars.

You just have to pick the most obscure.

OK. Thank you very much.

So let's reveal our five former child stars, and we have got...

OK, there they all are.

Former child stars, the lot of them.

Melika and Melissa, you have played so far,

so you get to go first.

There are five former child stars -

we want you to name the one that

you think the fewest of our 100 people would have known.

I know A is Macaulay Culkin, that's all I know.

E, I think that is...

Oh, what's her name? She was in ET.

I don't know any of the others.

We're going to go A, Macaulay Culkin.

A, Macaulay Culkin. OK.

-Caroline and Andy?

-We're going to go

C, Haley Joel Osment.

C, Haley Joel Osment.

OK - in the order they were given,

Melika and Melissa have said Macaulay Culkin.

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

let's see how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

50 for Macaulay Culkin.

Caroline and Andy

have gone for Haley Joel Osment.

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

let's see how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

And it wins.

Down it goes, brilliant...

6.

That's a great answer.

So, after one question, Caroline and Andy are ahead 1-0. Richard.

Haley Joel Osment starred in The Sixth Sense. Very well played.

Macaulay Culkin was in Home Alone.

Now, B is Mickey Rooney. That would have scored you 40 points.

We've seen Haley Joel Osment there,

D would have scored only 11 points - it's Shirley Temple,

who after leaving acting went into politics,

was an American ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.

And Melissa, you've said E was in ET, and you're absolutely right -

Drew Barrymore. Would have scored 23 points though,

so still wouldn't have won you the point.

Haley Joel Osment looks like he now plays county cricket.

Yeah. Or like he's playing a young Prince William

in an American made-for-TV movie.

LAUGHTER

Here comes your second question. Now, Melika and Melissa,

-you have to win this question to stay in the game.

-Hopefully.

OK. No pressure. Here it comes.

Our second question concerns...

-Wine. Richard.

-We're going to give you five clues to facts about wine -

you just have to give us the most obscure fact you can find.

Thank you very much. Here come our clues

to facts about wine. And they are...

I'll read those all one more time.

So there are our five clues to facts

about wine. Caroline and Andy, you go first this time.

You want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

THEY CONFER

Melika and Melissa, you can confer as well, if you like.

OK. Erm... I think we're going to go for the French term for a restaurant

wine expert, and hope that it's...

I don't know how to say it, I think it's a Somalier?

-Somalier, you're going to say.

-Mmm.

-OK.

OK, we're going to go with the branch of study that deals

with wine, and say vinology?

-Vinology.

-OK, the French term for

restaurant wine expert, as you said, is...

What I TRIED to say! Is it Somalier...?

-Sommelier, I will take that. Yup.

-Sorry.

-I will take that.

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

let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

22.

Melika and Melissa have gone for vinology, the study of wine.

Let's see if that's right,

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

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.

Which means after two questions,

Caroline and Andy are through to the final, 2-0.

Very well done. Richard.

Yeah, vinology sounds like it should be right, it's actually oenology.

Would have scored you 6 points, would have been a very good answer.

The large bottle equivalent to two regular wine bottles is a magnum.

That was a fairly high scorer, that was 42.

The Greek god of wine - I think you were thinking of going for Bacchus.

That's the ROMAN god of wine. It's Dionysus.

Would have scored 9 points.

And the Latin phrase meaning "truth in wine"

is "in vino veritas", and that would have been 21 points.

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

Melika and Melissa.

I thought that was really tough, the child stars one.

You actually gave the name of the only one I knew.

I recognised Haley Joel Osment...

-He's not really changed from childhood.

-No. Still looks the same.

I couldn't place what he'd been in.

I thought he might have been that guy from Harry Potter, just been on the pies.

LAUGHTER

But I'm glad it wasn't.

Well, we will see you again next time. Have you got any tactics

-you're going to bring to bear next time?

-Swot up on wine!

Yeah. Maybe...drink.

LAUGHTER

Well, not for Melika - maybe I need to help the side a little bit more.

You've done so well. I wouldn't change what you've done.

And next time let's hope we'll see you all the way

through to the final. Thank you so much, Melika and Melissa.

APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING

But for Andy and Caroline, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Well, congratulations, Caroline and Andy -

you have fought off all the competition, and you have won the coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,000.

WHOOPING

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

We haven't had any on the show today. You only have to find one now and you will take that money home.

First you've got to choose a category,

and you've got five categories to choose from, and they are...

What do you reckon?

-You don't like any of those, do you?

-No, I don't fancy the look of them.

Erm... I'd prefer either Film or UK Pop Duos.

Yeah, I'd say those two.

-Which one?

-I don't have any preferences, to be honest.

Shall we go for Film?

-Yeah, go on. Yeah.

-Oh, go on. We get a trophy!

-Exactly.

-We'll say Film.

-You've got a coveted Pointless trophy!

-I'm so happy with that, seriously!

-So we're going to go for Film?

-Yeah.

Hesitantly, but Film it is. Let's find out what our question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

stars of The Great Escape as they could. OK. Richard.

Yeah, any actor who played one of the Allied prisoners of war

in the 1963 film The Great Escape, and are mentioned in the credits.

Very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £4,000 is for one of them to be pointless.

We will put 60 seconds on the clock, and your time starts now.

-OK, I know Steve McQueen's in it. That's the only one I know.

-Yep.

This is going to be a long minute!

-I don't know...

-Can you think of any other actors at that time?

-'60s?

-I always think of like, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen...

-I honestly don't know.

-I really don't know.

-Do you know any actors from that period?

-Peter Sellers?

Peter Sellers? No, Peter Sellers isn't in it. Erm...

We're just going to have to go with, like...

-Just guess people around that time.

-Yeah. I don't know anybody.

Who was in that awful film my dad made us watch the other day,

-The Guns of Navarone...?

-Oh, I don't know.

We're going to have to say, Steve McQueen...

James something?

-I literally am guessing just names.

-Ten seconds.

-No idea.

-Paul Newman...

-Paul Newman, and James...

Walters.

OK, your time is up. You have three answers, by the sound of things.

-Neither of us have seen The Great Escape.

-OK...

-You should see it.

-It's one of those things that you should.

-Definitely now.

-That's really tough, though. It's horrible.

Having to make up answers for a film

you haven't seen. Well, you sound like you're sure of one answer?

-And the other two... you've drafted in.

-Pure guesses.

One of them probably isn't even a person.

OK. I now need your three answers.

We were looking for stars from the film The Great Escape,

-who played Allied prisoners.

-Steve McQueen for one...

Who's the one in Escape to Victory?

-No...

-Er... Paul Newman.

-Paul Newman.

-And...

-The one you made up?

-James Walters.

-That well-known actor.

-What's become of James Walters(?)

-I know!

-He was so good in all those films in the '60s. And then...

That's showbiz.

-OK, which of those is your strongest suit?

-Newman, seeing as he exists?

Newman does exist, but... We'll put Newman. He's probably not in it...

If he were - could be a brilliant finale. We'll put him last.

-Which is your least likely?

-James Walters.

Poor James Walters. OK, we'll put him up there at the top.

So James Walters, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman.

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

OK, we were looking for actors who played the Allied prisoners in The Great Escape.

Your least confident answer, your made-up answer, is James Walters.

Shall we just see if that's a right answer,

and how many people said James Walters?

James Walters...

No.

Well, we're not surprised.

Unfortunately not a pointless answer, so two shots left. They could both be right.

They could both be pointless. What would you spend four grand on?

I'd put it towards my Masters.

Yeah. That'd go a long way.

I'd probably get a copy of The Great Escape...

LAUGHTER

-You could probably get a deluxe edition for that.

-Maybe get Blu-ray!

-I don't have a player, but, you know...

-One step at a time!

OK. Well, best of luck. Actors who played the Allied prisoners in The Great Escape -

Let's hope your next answer is correct, and nobody said Steve McQueen.

Is it right, how many people said it? Steve McQueen.

Well, it's right. It now has to be pointless for you to win...

67. Wow.

Listen, we are moving in the right direction.

67. All we need now,

is for Paul Newman to have had a little walk-on part

as a prisoner of war in The Great Escape, in such a way

that most people forgot about it.

OK, your third and final answer, Paul Newman.

You said this was your most confident answer.

That wasn't saying very much!

Well, to win the jackpot of £4,000,

it has to be correct and it has to be pointless. Let's see -

is it right, how many people said Paul Newman?

No! Bad luck.

Well, there we have it.

Unfortunately it was a very tough question for you.

If you've never seen the film!

If you've never seen the film, getting one out of three ain't bad.

Unfortunately you didn't manage to find a pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win

today's jackpot of £4,000, which will roll over onto the next show.

But you have been fantastic contestants, and you do take home

our coveted Pointless trophy. So very well done.

CHEERING AND WHISTLING

-So Richard...

-Yeah, no Paul Newman, I'm afraid, no James Walters either.

James Garner is in it.

Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, all sorts of people.

There are seven pointless answers here.

If you got any of these at home, I doff my imaginary cap to you.

There's a couple you might have got, but I think they're pretty tough.

Angus Lennie - he played Ives, The Mole, one of the bigger parts.

Jud Taylor, who played Goff.

Lawrence Montaigne, who played Haynes, both pointless.

Nigel Stock played Cavendish, The Surveyor.

Robert Desmond, he played Griffith, The Tailor. Tom Adams was Dai Nimmo.

And William Russell, who played Sorren, AKA Security.

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

So you could have had really good answers

and still be in the same position you're in now.

We do have to say goodbye to you, Caroline and Andy,

but it's been fantastic having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing.

APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING

Unfortunately, Caroline and Andy didn't win the jackpot today,

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

WHOOPING

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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