Episode 1 Pointless

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Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

A warm welcome to Pointless, the show where obvious answers

mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

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First, we welcome back Jane and Isobel. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-Jane, remind us what happened last time.

-It was the Lord Of The Rings.

I spent too much time on the set with Brad Pitt last year and forgot to go and see the films.

-I knew absolutely nothing.

-Remind us how you two know each other.

We've been teaching on and off together for about 30 years

and we had classrooms next door to each other for ten years.

And we are the scariest teachers in the corridor.

While one of you is actually teaching them properly,

the one next door...you could hear it rumbling through the...

There was nothing rumbling through!

They're getting English from every angle there!

It's lovely to have you back on the show. Very best of luck.

We welcome Paul and Mark. How do you know each other?

Well, we met first day of school, upper school,

so we've known each other 27 years now.

-Been firm friends ever since.

-Well, friends. It depends.

-Sometimes they're firm.

-OK. Where was that?

It was in Northampton, Kingshall Upper School.

-And you're still Northampton dwellers?

-I am, yes.

-I'm not.

I live up Saddleworth now. I've been there for 11 years now.

What are you hoping is going to come up? What's going to be great for you?

-I'm hoping for music, TV.

-Any particular kinds of music?

Anything from 1985 to 2005 would be good for me.

-Indie music, rock music.

-Good. Paul, what's going to be strong for you?

-Kids' TV.

-Have you got kids?

-I've got kids. I've got a few.

Nothing against it.

Everything's Rosie, I love that show.

I do tend to see a lot of it at the moment, unfortunately.

Lovely to have you on the show, Paul and Mark.

Best of luck to the pair of you. Next, we welcome Ryan and Ayesha.

They were also on the show last time. Remind us what happened.

We got as far as the head-to-head. And it was one apiece.

Very creditable showing.

It was the third question to win it and we talked ourselves out of it.

-Facts about planet Earth.

-That's right.

-Anything you're particularly hoping for today?

-Film and sport for me.

-Film and sport. Ayesha?

-I would like food and drink, maybe.

-Something on Friends.

-It's lovely to have you back on the show.

Very best of luck today. Finally, we welcome Kay and Richie.

How do you know each other?

Well, we met a couple of years ago on a night out

and took an instant disliking to him.

He had a full-on suit, pocket watch.

-Full-on suit!

-Monocle.

-The whole nine yards.

-Bowtie.

-Bowtie.

-Bowtie!

-And I thought he was in fancy dress.

And I confronted him

and he said, "No, this is just how I am."

You say you took an instant dislike to him, if you had, I don't think you'd have gone up to him.

-Probably. I think it was...

-There must have been an affection there.

Richie, I think that's very good of you. Little bit affronted

you didn't feel you have to dress up for us today. There we are. What do you do, Richie?

I'm a DJ by night and during the day, I'm a pawnbroker.

I work at a pawnbroker, even.

For a split second there, I wondered where that was going. You...

Very best of luck, Kay and Richie. It's great having you on the show.

We'll find out more about you later. There's only one person left for me to introduce.

For this show, he's prepared a dance for every pointless answer.

-I can't wait to see it. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hello.

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Should be a cracking show today. Question one is rather lovely today.

-Is it?

-Question one's got some lovely right answers, some lovely pointless answers as well.

It's the sort of one everybody will be able to have a crack at.

Excellent. We look forward to that. All of our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

In order to be in with a chance of winning our jackpot, our contestants

need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

The fewer people who got that answer, the fewer points they score.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, an answer none of our 100 people gave

and each time that happens, we add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

Today's jackpot starts off at:

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

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In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.

OK, our first category today is:

Words.

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many:

-It's brilliant.

-Admit, you're already trying to think of one, aren't you?

-I've got one.

-Sshh!

We're looking for any word which has its own entry in the Oxford

Dictionary of English which both begins and ends in a P.

As always, no abbreviations, proper nouns or hyphenated words.

-Very best of luck at home as well. There's quite a few words out there.

-Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Jane and Isobel, you drew lots before the show and today you are going to go first.

Isobel, you have stepped up to represent your team first.

A word beginning and ending in a P.

I'm afraid the only one that comes to mind is what I see

when I look in the mirror, which is plump.

-Plump.

-AUDIENCE: Aw!

Your lovely plump lips!

Let's see if that's right

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

It's a good answer, Isobel. Plump...

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-..you plumped for. It scored you 13.

-Yes, having a full, rounded shape.

One of the many words that sounds lovely said in a Scottish accent as well.

There aren't many words that don't sound lovely in a Scottish accent.

Plump. Very well done. Thank you, Isobel. Paul?

I'm going to go for my favourite vegetable, that's a parsnip.

-Is it really your favourite vegetable?

-Yes.

-Well done for having a favourite vegetable!

That's good. OK. Parsnip.

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

Look at that! Five!

I can see why it's your favourite with a lovely low score like that.

-It's treated you well, parsnip. Scores you five.

-Well played.

-Your tactic, whatever the question, was to say your favourite vegetable. You just got lucky.

-Exactly.

-Ryan?

-I'm going with prop.

-Prop, says Ryan.

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

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15.

-For prop.

-Yeah, a pole or a beam used as a temporary support.

Have you got any in your head?

I've got a good one but I'm a little bit... I'm going to keep thinking.

-OK, I'll test you at the end of the round.

-Now then, Kay.

I can only think of one.

I can think of two but I'm not sure if the other one is a word.

-Best not go with that one. Pulp.

-Pulp.

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

Ten! Not bad at all.

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-Ten for pulp.

-Well done. Pulp is a soft shapeless mass of material.

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

Look at that. Paul and Mark, parsnip.

-How many other times has a parsnip helped you out?

-You'd be surprised!

Fabulous. Lovely low score of five.

Then up to ten, where we find Kay and Richie. 13, Isobel and Jane.

And then up to 15 where we find Ryan and Ayesha.

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

OK, we're looking for words that begin and end in P.

-Richie, how well did Kay do with pulp?

-I thought it was fantastic.

An exemplary answer. The high scorers are Ayesha and Ryan on 15.

A score of four or less will keep you in the game.

-No pressure.

-I'm going with a risky one. Polyp.

-That was my one.

-Was it?

-Yes.

-OK.

-Polyp.

Sounds like a good one to me, Richie.

Here is your red line, very low. But polyp sounds like the kind of word that might get you down there.

Let's see if it is. How many people said polyp?

Nine!

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-A nine for polyp, takes your total up to 19.

-Polyp, a small growth.

Ayesha, the high scorers are now Richie and Kay on 19. You're on 15.

A score of three or less will prevent you from becoming the high scorers once again.

The three answers I did have have all gone in quick succession.

One after the other. I'm going to go with pimp.

Pimp. OK, here is your red line. It's low.

Four! Very well done.

Four, takes you up to 19.

You are joint high scorers with Richie and Kay. Richard. Pimp.

Pimp. How best at 5:20 to describe pimp on a daytime TV show?

I'm going to say it's like a cross between a pixie and an imp!

A pimp. Lovable little fellows. Have you seen a pimp at the bottom of your garden?

Go and pat him on the head.

Mark, a lovely low score from Paul,

courtesy of the parsnip on the first pass.

Joint high scorers are Ayesha and Ryan and Richie and Kay on 19.

If you score 13 or less, through you go to the next round.

I've got a couple in mind. One, I'm not sure is a real word,

so I'm going to play it safe, which may be dangerous, and go pop.

How many people said pop?

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38 people said pop out of 100. That takes your total up to 43.

-That's really playing it safe.

-Isn't it?

-Pop means all sorts of things.

-Pop, commercial music, fizzy drinks. A light explosive sound.

-Yeah.

-A father in America.

-Yeah.

An inadvisable answer on a daytime quiz show.

Now then, Jane. We come to you. You're on 13.

The high scorers are now Paul and Mark on 43.

A score of 29 or less will keep you in the game.

-I think you can do that.

-I think I'm going to have to take a risk because the scores are fairly low.

The two I have in mind are parts of well-known phrases.

It's which one I go for. And hope it's there.

I'm going to go for primp, as part of primp and preen.

That was another of mine. Yeah. Primp. Let's see. How many people said it?

Well done, you've done it. Very good indeed.

Six for primp, takes your total to 19. Great answer.

Very well played, Jane. Primp is of course the prince of the pimps,

at the bottom of your garden. What was the other one you were thinking of going on for?

-Pomp, as in pomp and ceremony.

-That's what's interesting about this round,

there's all sorts of people at home will have got all sorts of answers,

there are some very well-known words on the pointless answers list. And pomp is one of them.

-Another one of mine.

-Pointless answer, pomp. We'll take a look at a few of the pointless ones.

Let's take a look at the first page first.

Palmtop was a pointless answer. A computer you can hold in your palm. Paradrop is a delivery by parachute.

-Partnership is a pointless answer. Richie, where did you used to work?

-At a pawnbroker.

-Pawnshop's a word, isn't it?

-Absolutely.

It would have also been a pointless answer.

Payslip, which is what they give you at the pawnshop,

also a pointless answer.

Penmanship, which is what is on your payslip at the pawnshop.

Unless you do it by palmtop.

Pillowslip, playgroup, and premiership.

Also presidentship, principalship. Lots of words ending in "ship".

Procuratorship. Let's take a look at the worst answers.

These are the ones most of our 100 people said.

The worst answers you could have given, Mark.

In third, it was plop with 21.

In second, Mark, you will recognise this, pop.

-What do you reckon is top of the list?

-Pup? Pip?

-Absolutely right.

Pip pop plop, which is the sound that short-lived breakfast cereal

-we marketed made. It's weird it didn't catch on.

-Thank you.

At the end of the first round, the pair with the highest score leaving us, Paul and Mark.

AUDIENCE: Aw!

Paul, parsnip, yay. Lovely low score. Mark, pop, not so good.

-You used the word "safe".

-Yes.

We'll see you again next time. We look forward to that. Thanks for playing. Mark and Paul.

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

And so we are down to three pairs. In order to field two pairs for the head-to-head, one of the pairs

in front of me will be leaving us at the end of this round.

That was very exciting. All three pairs scored 19 in that round.

You are absolutely evenly matched.

Normally, I like to say which is the pair to beat at this stage.

And I cannot call it. Well done. Very best of luck with round two. Our category today is:

Television. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, our round two question concerns:

Fictional doctors, Richard.

On each pass, We'll show you the names of six fictional doctors.

Tell us the TV series with which they are most famously associated.

Give us an obscure answer, score fewer points, give us an incorrect answer, 100 points.

12 fictional doctors to have a go at home. Good luck.

OK. We are looking for the TV series with which these fictional

doctors are most closely associated and we have got:

I'll read those one more time.

There we are. Six fictional TV doctors.

-Isobel.

-I, luckily, watch Grey's Anatomy, which is where Christina Yang appears.

Christina Yang, Grey's Anatomy. That is what Isobel is submitting.

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

Absolutely right.

-Look at that! Six!

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That's a great score, Isobel. Very well done.

-How glad were you to see that name come up on the board?

-Very glad.

-I like Grey's Anatomy.

-Ryan?

I'm going to go with Sam Beckett and I think it was Quantum Leap.

Sam Beckett, Quantum Leap. OK.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said that answer. Quantum Leap.

Absolutely right.

There we are, 17.

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-17 for Quantum Leap.

-Well played, Ryan. I used to really love Quantum Leap. Did you?

-No.

You didn't have a TV in your house, did you?

In your house, every evening, did you just congregate around the harpsichord?

We would foregather around the fortepiano. Yes. That's right.

-We would sing songs.

-You'd love Quantum Leap.

-Ah, well. Richie.

I am genuinely clueless as to any of those on there.

Sam Beckett was what I was going to go for with Quantum Leap.

I think Leonard McCoy might be Star Trek.

Leonard McCoy, Star Trek. Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

-41.

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41 is a high score, but it's correct. A lot better than 100.

Yes, Leonard "Bones" McCoy. Played by DeForest Kelley.

-Do you know the rest of these?

-Funnily enough, I do. If they're ill on Eastenders,

they get Legg over, don't they?

They do. Absolutely right. Scored 40 points.

The other 60 people thought his first name was Doctor.

Jack Shepherd, do you know? Played by Matthew Fox on Lost.

It would have scored nine points.

The best answer on the board, Jennifer Melfi,

the principal psychiatrist on The Sopranos.

Played by Lorraine Bracco. Well done if you got that.

-Well done if you got all six.

-We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Six, the best score of the past, by some way.

Isobel and Jane looking very strong.

Then up to 17, where we find Ryan and Ayesha.

Then 41, quite a hike up. Kay, best of luck with the next board.

You get first dibs on it

-and you have to hope there is a nice obscure answer.

-I hope so.

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

OK, six more fictional doctors on the board. Here they come.

We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

You're trying to find the TV show with which these fictional doctors are most closely associated.

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

Kay, this is a chance for you. What does that board look like?

I think I'm going to have to go Martin Ellingham, with Doc Martin.

-I think. I hope.

-Martin Ellingham, Doc Martin, says Kay.

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

No red line for you, you are the high scorers.

It's right.

It's very good. Very well done, Kay.

Eight points, takes your total up to 49.

Is that going to be enough to see you through, I wonder?

Could have kept yourself in there.

-Played by Martin Clunes, of course.

-Now then. Ayesha, you're on 17.

The high scorers on 49 are Kay and Richie.

A score of 31 or less will see you through to the head-to-head. What do you think of the board?

I'm going to go for Karl Kennedy, Neighbours.

You're going to say Karl Kennedy, Neighbours. Here's your red line.

This is where you have to get below

if you want to be through to the next round.

Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right, very well done.

44.

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A high score for Karl Kennedy. That takes your total up to 61.

Very big score. Even bigger than "Bones" McCoy from Star Trek. Karl Kennedy.

Now then, Jane. Lovely low score from Isobel in the first pass.

The high scorers are currently Ayesha and Ryan on 61.

If you can score 54, you are through to the head-to-head.

I only know one and it could be a high scorer.

Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce, I think, is from MASH.

Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce. From MASH. Very best of luck.

Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce, is he from MASH? How many people said it?

It's right.

You've done it!

36. Did everything you had to do. Very well done.

-Takes your total up to 42. Richard.

-Very well done, Jane.

Played by Alan Alda in the series. He was the only character to appear in every single episode.

And the final episode, the most watched TV show in TV history.

-No!

-Yeah.

-How many?

Like, a lot!

-Wow!

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

-I think you might know some of these. Dana Scully?

-The X-Files.

Yes, Gillian Anderson's character in The X-Files. Julius M Hibbert?

-That one I don't know.

-Dr Hibbert? The Simpsons.

-Oh, The Simpsons.

-The one that goes, "Ha-ha-ha."

-Laughs at inappropriate moments.

-I never knew his name.

-Abigail Bartlet?

-West Wing.

The wife of the President, played by Stockard Channing.

Would have scored two points. Well done if you got that.

Splendid. Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, Ayesha and Ryan.

Bad luck. That's all I can say. It's been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.

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

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

Congratulations, Jane and Isobel, Kay and Richie.

You are one round away from the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.

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It now gets exciting.

You're going head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

You're now allowed to confer. Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, here comes your first question and it concerns:

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I think you said you wanted this, didn't you?

-I think that's what...

-You're hearing things!

-Richard.

-Once again, things fall into Jane and Isobel's hands.

Unbelievable. We're about to show you five photos of rappers.

Can you name them and pick the most obscure? Very best of luck.

Thank you very much.

Good luck, Jane and Isobel, and indeed, Kay and Richie. We have got:

OK, there we are. The A to the B to the C to the D to the E

of...rappers.

Jane and Isobel, you have played best so far, so you get to go first.

I think I know A.

-Eminem.

-Eminem, says Isobel and Jane. Eminem for A.

Now then, Kay and Richie. You can talk us through the other rappers.

-Missy Elliott.

-You can talk out loud, if you like.

Missy Elliott is B.

-Vanilla Ice is C, Snoop Dogg E.

-Lady Sovereign, is it?

-Go with Lady Sovereign.

-No, I don't know.

-We'll go for E, Snoop Dogg.

You're going to say Snoop Dogg for E.

OK, E, Snoop Dogg. We have A, Eminem, from Jane and Isobel.

Is it right, how many people knew that answer?

Absolutely right.

-67.

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Still, hats off. You got that absolutely right.

Kay and Richie have said that E is Snoop Dogg.

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

It's right. 67 is what you have to beat

and you have done it.

-Very well done. 30.

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Well played. 30 beats 67.

After one question, Kay and Richie, you are up one-nil.

-Richard.

-Well done, Richie and Kay. That's a good answer fo' shizzle.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Would you have got those?

-Missy Elliott.

-Richie and Kay have given us all of them.

-I would have got that one.

-She would have scored ten points.

-And I would have got Vanilla Ice. He is just so cool!

-He is.

Had a number one with Ice Ice Baby and then he appeared on Jedward's cover version of that as well,

just in case we weren't certain that he was cool.

28 points, Vanilla Ice, and the best answer on the board,

Kay was absolutely right.

It's Lady Sovereign.

Oh, it's Lady Sovereign.

Four points. Very well done if you got all five rappers at home.

Splendid. Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Now then, Jane and Isobel, rappers are behind us.

You have to win this one to stay in the game. Best of luck. Here it comes. It concerns:

Rome, Richard.

Yeah, Rome being the name, of course, of a New York rapper.

It's not really. We're simply going to show you five clues to facts about the city of Rome.

-Give us the most obscure answer.

-Thank you very much.

Here come your five clues to facts about Rome and we have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Rome.

Kay and Richie, you go first this time.

-I don't know any.

-The twins who founded the city, Romulus and Remus.

Romulus and Remus, say Kay and Richie.

Now then, Jane and Isobel, you can talk us through the board.

I think it stands on the Tiber.

The Vatican City,

and the one we think we're going to go for is the Colosseum.

The Colosseum. OK, so we have Romulus and Remus and we have the Colosseum.

Kay and Richie have said Romulus and Remus are the twins who founded the city, according to legend.

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

Absolutely right.

-54.

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Not a bad answer. Jane and Isobel have selected the Colosseum as the other name

for the Flavian Amphitheatre.

Let's see that's right and how many people said the Colosseum.

OK, you have to win this. Will it go lower than 54?

-Yes, you've done it. Very well done. 41.

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Well done, Jane and Isobel. You're back in the game.

-After two questions, it's one-all.

-It goes to a final question now.

Romulus and Remus, the biggest scorer on the board. Any of the other answers would have won it.

The Colosseum a perfectly good one. It's where they used to do Gladiators.

Let's take a look at the rest of these. All of these would have won the points.

Quite right, it stands on the River Tiber.

That would have scored in 38 points.

The city state, again, you are right, the Vatican City.

And the best answer on the board is the one you didn't know, well done

if you got it at home, the year it hosted the Summer Olympics, any idea?

-1960.

-1960. Absolutely right. Would have scored 15 points.

Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns:

There we are. Battles, Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five battles and the centuries in which they were fought,

but to make things a little trickier, they are in anagram form.

Can you work out the anagrams and pick the most obscure? Best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard. We have got:

I'll read those one more time.

There we are, five battles and the centuries in which they were fought.

But the battles are in and the anagrammatic form. Jane and Isobel.

See if you can deduce which battles they are and then pick the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

This for a place in the final.

I think we'll just have to go with the top one, which is Hastings.

Jane and Isobel are going with Hastings. The top answer.

Kay and Richie?

THEY CONFER

19th century.

-Yeah.

-We're going with Waterloo for the 19th century one.

Waterloo, 19th century. So we have Hastings and we have Waterloo.

Jane and Isobel went with Hastings for Stashing, 11th century.

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

48.

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Something tells me this is gone to be very close.

Kay and Richie, you have said Waterloo.

Is it right and how many people said it?

Of course it's right. Where's it going to stop?

You've done it. You've done it. 33.

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33 for Waterloo. Very well done. After three questions,

Kay and Richie, you are through to the final, 2-1.

Well played, Kay and Richie.

The famous battle of 1815, where Napoleon did surrender,

according to that noted historian, Abba.

Shall we have a look at the others? There is a pointless answer.

Do you want to have a go at these? A Tin Rib?

-Erm...

-You'll kick yourself when you see it, I promise you.

-Britain.

The Battle of Britain, absolutely right.

-It would have scored in 35 points. Out Racing?

-Agincourt.

-Absolutely.

-That scored 15. Demo Goers is a pointless answer.

-Sedgemoor.

Very well done. A pointless answer.

Well done if you got all five at home.

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

Jane and Isobel. Having picked Hastings, did you then find that you managed to unpick any others?

I just thought Waterloo would score more than Hastings.

-Because of Abba, of course.

-Yeah, Abba's follow-up hit, Hastings.

-Really? What a turkey.

-Less well known.

It's just hard to rhyme anything with Hastings.

Well, Jane and Isobel, you've done brilliantly.

Low scoring consistently throughout the show.

I'm sorry but this is where we have to say goodbye, but thank you so much for playing.

-Jane and Isobel, great contestants.

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

Congratulations, Kay and Richie. You have seen off the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.

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I'm thrilled that you've made it to the final and to win that money, you have to find a pointless answer.

We've had no pointless answers today. You have to find one now

and you'll go home with that 2,000 quid jackpot.

First, choose a category. You can choose from these five options. They are:

Spanish pop, yay(!)

-Shall we go film actors?

-Yeah, I'm rubbish at everything else.

-We're going with actors.

-Actors. Very good. Best of luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Michael J Fox films as they could. Richard.

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

for which Michael J Fox has received an acting credit, prior to the beginning of May 2012.

As always, no short films, TV films, but voice performances do count.

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

and all you need to win the £2,000 jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

I don't know who he is.

-Right. He was in Stuart Little.

-Yes, I've seen that.

Back To The Future is quite a high one. Doc Hollywood.

Never heard of that. Who is he in Back To The Future?

He's Marty McFly.

Oh, yeah. I do know who he is.

Oh, God. Michael J Fox films.

I can't think of any.

-Stuck now.

-Stuart Little.

-Yeah. Stuart Little.

-Back To The Future.

-Back To The Future, just cos it's awesome.

-And then Doc Hollywood.

-I've never heard of that one.

-Are those your three?

-Yeah.

You don't want any more time? We will stop the clock there.

We were looking for Michael J Fox films.

-What are you going to give me?

-We're going to go for Back To The Future Part III as our least

confident one, as opposed to two and one because people might have forgotten it.

I didn't even know there was three.

Yeah, but, Kay, you didn't even know who Michael J Fox was.

-I'm going to listen to Richie.

-I'm really rubbish with names.

-Really good with faces. But no.

-OK, so? Back To The Future Part III.

-Stuart Little.

-Stuart Little.

-And Doc Hollywood.

-And Doc Hollywood.

You said Back To The Future Part III was your least confident.

-We'll put that one first.

-Most confident with Doc Hollywood.

Doc Hollywood last and in the middle, Stuart Little.

Let's pop them up on the board in that order. Here they are. We have got:

OK, so we were looking for Michael J Fox films.

Back To The Future Part III was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

Let's see how many people said Back To The Future Part III.

Well, it's right.

It's right, this is your first shot at £2,000.

Let's see how many people realised there was a part three

to Back To The Future. Still going down. 11.

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-Not bad.

-I'm very surprised.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot. Kay, what would you do with two grand?

-Obviously, we'd have halve it, so I'd have 1,000.

-I would hope so.

With £1,000, I want to go where I met my boyfriend on holiday

-and celebrate our anniversary.

-Very good. Richie, how about you?

I would save it up and go to the Coachella music festival in America next year.

Do you know who will be playing next year?

If it's anything like last year, Freddie Mercury. Possibly.

OK, well. Who did they have last year? Michael Jackson?

-Tupac, it was a hologram.

-Oh, I see. Good.

Well, we're looking for Michael J Fox films.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Stuart Little.

This has to be pointless if you're going to win that £2,000 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Stuart Little.

Well, it's also right.

We went down to 11 with Back To The Future Part III. Stuart Little.

How far down is it going to take us? Still going down.

Down it goes. Still going, oh! Look at that. Wow!

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Oh!

Wow! You're one point away from the Coachella music festival.

Why didn't we say that?

-What did you just say then?

-I said, I wish we'd said Stuart Little 2.

Is there not a three?

Could have pushed it a bit further with three.

OK, only one more chance to win today's jackpot of £2,000. That was close. That was very close.

But you had no problem with putting your last answer, Doc Hollywood, as your third.

That was your most confident answer. We've got to hope you were right. To win the jackpot of £2,000,

it has to be pointless. Let's find out. Doc Hollywood, is it a pointless answer?

How many of our 100 people, when asked to name a Michael J Fox film, could name Doc Hollywood?

Very best of luck.

Well, it's right. Back To The Future Part III took us down to 11.

Stuart Little down to one.

Doc Hollywood, can it take you down to pointless?

Oh! Three.

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

I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000, which rolls over onto the next show.

But you gave us a close run for our money. That was fantastic.

You've been fantastic and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy. Very well done.

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Unlucky. You played so well.

You've been terrific throughout the whole show.

Stuart Little 1, Michael J Fox plays the voice of Stuart Little.

There is a Stuart Little 2, but the voice of Stuart Little

is played by Michael J Fox as well and was a pointless answer.

AUDIENCE: Aw!

Why did you have to say that?

Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers.

Atlantis, The Lost Empire. Another voice performance.

Blue In The Face, a terrific film. Bright Lights, Big City.

Class of 1984, when he was still Michael Fox.

Coldblooded, another voice performance Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.

Homeward Bound Two: Lost In San Francisco.

There is Stuart Little 2. And The American President.

That was a pointless answer.

Also well done if you said Interstate 60, Life With Mikey,

Light Of Day, Midnight Madness, The Concierge or The Hard Way.

All of those pointless as well. Unlucky, guys.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,

-but it's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

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Great contestants.

Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over,

which means on the next show, we will be playing for £3,000.

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-Join us 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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