Episode 34 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the aim

is to score as few points as you can.

To do that, you need to come up with the answers

that no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

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First, we welcome Dinos and Abbie.

How do you two know each other, Dinos?

-Er, well, we used to work together, didn't we?

-Yep.

We worked together at a cinema.

And did you get to see all the films that were on there?

Yeah, it was pretty good. We got lots of free tickets.

That's the only downside to not being there any more!

We've cast off the shackles now. I have just started teaching maths.

Wow. Abbie, what do you do now?

I have just finished my final year of uni. I was a criminology student.

Well, we have... Obviously, I'm jumping the gun,

because Yasmin, who we will come to in a short while,

who was with us last time, also a criminology student.

Wow. You two could get together and become criminal masterminds!

LAUGHTER

Lovely to have you on the show. A warm welcome to you.

Next, we welcome back Steven and Tanya,

who were on the show last time.

Everyone has two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second and final chance.

-Steven, how do you two know each other?

-Through work.

We are work colleagues and very good friends.

Tanya, remind us what happened last time.

-We got through to the head-to-head.

-You didn't do badly.

-No, we did OK.

-You did OK. Then, the head-to-head, sadly.

-It just went all wrong.

-It did, I'm afraid.

We had some tough rounds last time and you made it through.

-We had the famous 18th-century people.

-HE SIGHS

-Not one of Pointless's great moments, that one, was it?

-No.

-Not at all.

You do know I put quite a lot of work into these things, don't you?

-No, no, no! The question was great. (It was the answers.)

-Oh, the answers.

-Yeah, I know.

-Thank you!

-The answers were terrible.

-Yeah.

-Out of 10, how good a question was it?

-9.5.

-You don't have to say that.

I say only 9.5... Actually, I'd say 10, but I have to keep you working hard.

I really appreciate it. I thought you were terrific last show as well.

-Listen, come on.

-LAUGHTER

This show, I think you started a bit sluggishly.

LAUGHTER Just between you and I, when you introduce Yasmin and Heather

just go... IMITATES AN EXPLOSION

-Do think?

-Yeah.

-OK. I'll bear that in mind.

Welcome back to the show, Steven and Tanya.

And let's welcome Yasmin and Heather!

-That's good.

-You were on the show last time as well!

-Yasmin! Remind us how you know each other. It's going well.

-That's really good.

-I've upped it.

Yasmin, remind us how you two know each other.

-Heather is my mother. Has been all my life.

-Absolutely right.

-Heather, what happened last time? It's amazing this, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-You can actually wind it in a little bit now.

-It's a bit much? Overbearing?

-Yeah.

-Heather, what happened last time?

-18th-century people

happened last time and we didn't do very well.

-200 Club.

-Yeah.

-What are you hoping will come up today?

-Music, again, which probably won't happen.

-Favourite kind of music?

Pop music.

OK, Heather, anything you're longing to see come up today,

a favourite Pointless category?

I'd like to see music, as well, but perhaps a bit older,

not necessarily pop.

OK. Very best of luck, Yasmin and Heather.

You were unlucky last time round with that second round.

Let's hope we see you through - I think to the head-to-head would be right, wouldn't it?

-It would be lovely.

-Best of luck,

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

-Father and daughter.

-Father and daughter. Where are you from, Warren?

-Edinburgh.

-From Edinburgh.

-What do you do there?

-I'm a support worker for an Edinburgh-based charity.

-Very good indeed. Emma, how about you?

-As am I. Same company.

-Same company?

Excellent. What do you like to get up to in your spare time?

-Um, I like to go to the pub.

-LAUGHTER

Listen to music, bog-standard things.

And Warren, what about you?

Um, I like playing poker, chilling out with my friends, PlayStation.

Warren, Warren. Are you 14?

LAUGHTER

Er, higher.

Now then, Warren, what do you hope will come up today?

My strongest subjects seem to be music, maybe '70s, '80s, '90s music.

-Maybe a bit of history.

-What are you hoping doesn't come up?

Oh, literature.

Books. And if there's spelling.

Anything that involves a brain.

AUDIENCE: Aw!

-Who said that?!

-Are you speaking on your own behalf, or on Warren's?

-Shared responsibility.

-So literature, books, spelling.

-Yes.

-Do you want to add anything to that, Emma?

-Um, no.

THEY LAUGH

OK, best of luck to you, Warren and Emma. It's lovely having you on the show.

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

There is only one person left for me to introduce.

He's like a DJ of obscurity, bringing you all the banging facts,

only he doesn't do requests.

-It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-Are you well?

-I mustn't grumble.

-Got two returning pairs today.

Steven and Tanya got through to the head-to-head,

so they will probably be the pair to watch. I think Yasmin and Heather

were very unlucky to be in the 200 Club.

A lot of people asking for film,

so you are going to love question one, I think.

Thanks, Richard.

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

In order to get to the final round and be in with a chance of winning,

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

The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points they score.

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

This is an answer that none of our 100 people gave

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

Aidan and Gavin won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

Right, if everyone's 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 at the end of the round will be eliminated,

so try and make sure that isn't you.

OK, our first category for Round One today is Films.

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

Whoever is going first, step up to the podium.

OK, and our question concerns films with a number in the title.

Films with a number in the title. Richard.

More specifically, Xander is about to show you a list of six actors on this board.

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

a number in its title in which any of those actors have had an acting credit prior to April 2012, please.

It can be a numerical number or a word number and we'll even allow numbers in sequels,

if those numbers are in the original title of the film.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, Abbie and Dinos, you drew lots before the show

and, today, you are going first.

So here are the six actors and they are...

I will read those one last time.

Remember, we are looking for films starring these actors with a number in their title.

Now then, Dinos. This is good for you, I think, isn't it?

Can you smell the popcorn?

-HE LAUGHS

-Film is good.

A few come to mind, but not with those actors in.

I'm going to have to go with Tom Hanks, Toy Story 3.

Toy Story 3, says Dinos.

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

how many of our 100 people said Toy Story 3.

Come on, come on, come on.

-Two.

-Oh, wow!

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-Wow, there you are, Dinos, Toy Story 3 scores you only 2.

-Well played.

-He plays Woody, of course, in Toy Story.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Tanya, still looking for any film with a number in its title

starring any of these actors.

Um, it's probably going to be a high score, but the only one

I can think of is Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

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

26.

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One of only three films ever to win all of the major Oscars - best picture,

best director, best actor, best actress, best screenplay.

-Heather.

-Right.

Um, not the best question for me.

I think Harrison Ford was in Nine Till Five.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of 100 said Nine Till Five.

Oooh. Bad luck, Heather.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Yes, sorry, Heather, it's a good title. It's got lots of numbers in it, but

Harrison Ford not in it, I'm afraid.

Now then, Emma.

The most obscure film you can think of with a number in its title.

Right, I'm going to take a little bit of a risk.

I'm going to say Hugh Grant.

Bridget Jones's Diary 2: The Edge Of Reason.

Bridget Jones's Diary 2: The Edge Of Reason, says Emma,

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

Bad luck, Emma, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Sorry, Emma, he is in it,

but it's just called Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, I'm afraid.

-No number in it.

-We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Dinos and Abbie looking very strong, indeed. Toy Story 3.

Who would've thought that scored so little? Just 2 points.

And up to 26, where we find Steven and Tanya

and up to 100, where Heather and Yasmin and Emma and Warren are tied.

So, yes, Warren and Yasmin, I think it's going to be a tussle between

the pair of you to see who stays and who goes at the end of the round.

Best of luck. We come back down the line.

Can the second players take their places?

We're looking for films starring these actors

with numbers in their titles.

Warren, you are joint high scorers on 100 points.

We need a really low score from you at this point to make sure you stay with us

after this round. What do you think, Warren?

I'm thinking I don't know any answer, that's what I'm thinking.

So I'm going to have to take a guess at this.

I know the Gerard Butler film, but I can't remember the title.

I know it was a number and I'm going to take a guess -

666. Gerard Butler.

OK, 666 for Gerard Butler, you're saying. 666.

There's no red line, because you are joint high scorers.

-What do you think, Emma?

-I am thinking no.

Let's see if it's right. 666. How many people said it if it is?

Bad luck, Warren.

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer, which means you score

the maximum of 100 points. Takes your total up to 200.

Richard.

Sorry, Warren, no Gerard Butler film with that title. Incorrect, as well.

-I think your daughter was slightly more unlucky than you.

-Thank you.

Yasmin, the high scorers on 200 are Warren and Emma.

If you can score 99 or less, you are through to the next round.

Remember, we are looking for any film starring any of these actors

with a number in their title.

I know a few on the board, but I'm going to play it safe

and say Brad Pitt was in Ocean's 11.

Brad Pitt, Ocean's 11, says Yasmin.

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

Absolutely right. Very well done, Yasmin.

23, that scores you. It takes you up to 123.

You are through to the next round. Richard.

Yes, from 2001, well done, Yasmin. Finally a non-100 scorer.

Now then, Steven, a bit of good news.

The high scorers Warren and Emma are on 200.

There's no way you'll overtake their high score, even if you score 100 points yourself.

So see if you can find a really low-scoring answer. Is this a good round for you?

Yeah, it's OK, it's not ideal, but I think I've got a decent one

and I'll go with Hugh Grant, Four Weddings And A Funeral.

Four Weddings And A Funeral, says Steven, let's see

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

Very well done.

-35.

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35 takes your total up to 61. Richard.

Yes, safe and sound. From 1994.

The first British film to top the US box office chart since A Fish Called Wanda.

Very good. Now then, Abbie.

Obviously, you're through to the next round whatever happens,

but let's see if we can find a lovely low-scoring answer from you, as well.

To be honest, I wanted Ocean's 11, but, obviously,

I can't have that now, so I'm going to go for Gerard Butler, 300.

Gerard Butler,

300. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said 300.

Absolutely right.

-13.

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Very well done indeed, Abbie.

That takes your total up to 15,

the lowest total of the lot. Richard.

Well done, Abbie. Very good answer. You should have seen the look Emma just gave Warren.

I didn't see it.

"That's the Gerard Butler film with the number in it you're thinking of!"

Oh. Good luck after the show, Warren.

Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13 would have both been good answers.

19 and 14 they would have scored. Funnily enough, we had Toy Story 3 from Dinos.

Toy Story 2 would also have only scored 2 points. That would have been a great answer.

300, Apollo 13, Twelve Monkeys, Air Force One, Force 10 From Navarone.

Five Easy Pieces. Happy Feet 2. The Two Jakes.

Lots of good answers out there. But let's look at the pointless ones.

Well done to anyone who got any of these.

Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas. That's Brad Pitt.

Seven Years In Tibet, also Brad Pitt.

Dracula 2001, Gerard Butler.

One More Kiss, that's Gerard Butler. K-19: The Widowmaker, Harrison Ford

and The Man With One Red Shoe, that is a Tom Hanks film.

Very well done if you said any of those.

Let's look at the most popular answers, the ones that most of our 100 people said.

We've already had two of them from Steven and Tanya.

Four Weddings with 35.

Now, what do you think is the biggest scoring one of any of those actors?

A film with a number in the title?

It's a film whose title is only a number.

-Se7en.

-Se7en.

The Brad Pitt film. Absolutely right. And that would have scored 45 points.

I love the way that even when we write Se7en, somehow

we have to write it like that, like some really rubbish registration plate.

-LAUGHTER

-Thank you very much.

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

Warren and Emma. Oh, dear. 666, Warren. The number of the beast.

Yeah.

And, Emma, didn't you hear Four Weddings And A Funeral and think...?

-I

-was going to say Ocean's 13 and I thought no, try and be smart.

That worked out(!)

Anyway, we will see you again next time, when you will have learnt

all sorts of tactics from your brief appearance on Pointless.

We'll look forward to that. Warren and Emma, thanks for playing. Lovely contestants.

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

There's only going to be room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,

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

Well, good first round there.

Abbie and Dinos, you covered yourselves in glory. Lovely low score.

Tom Hanks, he's got a friend in me.

MUTED LAUGHTER

Sorry.

-Yes.

-I can so see you as a maths teacher, Dinos. I really can!

THEY LAUGH

Anyway, that round is behind us. We've cleared it,

we're in to Round Two and our category for Round Two is..

..Literature. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

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

OK, the question concerns

languages in which works were originally published.

Languages in which works were originally published. Richard.

I predict this will be an interesting round.

We're going to show you 12 works of literature,

six on each pass, you have to tell us in which language

were they originally published.

An obscure answer will score you fewer points

and an incorrect answer will score you 100.

There will be 12 to have a go at at home. Good luck to everybody.

Yeah, good luck. We are looking for the languages

in which these works were originally published. So we've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six literary works,

six original languages for you to guess. Abbie.

Something about your body language is telling me that this isn't,

perhaps, your favourite category.

I do like literature, but this isn't exactly what I was hoping for.

-OK.

-So it really is going to be an absolute guess.

I am going to go for War And Peace

-in Russian.

-War And Peace in Russian, says Abbie. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people thought War And Peace was written in Russian first.

(Yes!)

-47.

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-47.

-Well done, Abbie, you knew that one. Published in 1869.

It's over half a million words long. Have you read War And Peace?

-Ah, come off it! No.

-Have you not? I've read it.

-Really?

-No.

HE CHUCKLES

OK, thanks very much.

Now then, Steven, remember we are looking for the languages

in which these works were originally published.

Something's calling out to me about Pippi Longstocking

and I'm going to have a guess.

If it's not this one, it's close.

I'm going to go Pippi Longstocking, I'm going to go Norwegian.

Pippi Longstocking, Norwegian, says Steven.

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

Ooh.

Whatever it was calling out to you, it was calling out to you IN Norwegian.

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer scores you

the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Steven.

Now then, Yasmin. Yasmin, you're the last person to have this board.

You can fill in all the blanks, if you like. Talk us through it.

I can't fill in any blanks.

I am going to say Pippi Longstocking, Austrian.

Pippi Longstocking, Austrian, says Yasmin.

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

No, bad luck, Yasmin. I'm afraid that's also an incorrect answer,

which scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

-It is going terrifically well(!)

-Isn't it?

-Isn't it, though.

Pippi Longstocking, I suspect lots of people at home know, is Swedish.

Astrid Lindgren wrote it. 10 points it would have scored you.

The Odyssey is Greek, Ancient Greek. It would have scored you 31.

Caesar's Gallic Wars, you can probably guess, is Latin. 21 points.

The most famous one up there, Don Quixote, is Spanish.

By Cervantes. Would have scored you 43,

and The Emperor's New Clothes, written by Hans Christian Andersen, so Danish.

That would have scored 6. That's the best answer on the board.

So our 100 did rather well, even if our contestants didn't do so good.

Well done to anyone who got all of those.

The next board is tougher, I would say.

Good-oh. Thanks very much. Let's look at the scores.

Lowest score being Abbie and Dinos's

brilliant low score of 47

and the upper score being shared by the remaining two pairs,

Steven and Tanya and Yasmin and Heather.

So, yes, Heather and Tanya, it's between the pair of you.

Best of luck. We're coming back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more literary works on the board

and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, we are looking for the languages in which

these literary works were originally published.

As ever, you are trying to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Heather, you're joint high scorers on 100 points.

We need a really low score from you.

Um, I'm going to have a go at The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

and say French.

OK. French you are saying for The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. Let's see.

Hunchback Of Notre Dame, was it French

and if so how many people said it?

Yes, it's French.

59.

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59.

Takes your total up to 159. Richard.

Yeah, by Victor Hugo, of course.

First published in 1831 as Notre Dame De Paris.

Thank you very much indeed.

Tanya, the high scorers are Heather and Yasmin on 159.

You're on 100, so a score of 58 or less sees you into the head-to-head.

Um, it's just going to have to be a complete guess.

The Diary Of Anne Frank,

German?

OK, you're saying German for the Diary Of Anne Frank. Here comes your red line.

If you get below the red line, you're through to the next round.

Let's see, Diary Of Anne Frank, German. How many people said that? Is it right?

No, I'm afraid that's incorrect. It scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to an unbeatable 200.

Sorry, Tanya, again I'll give the answer at the end of the round.

OK, now, Dinos, good news - you are through to the head-to-head.

-That's good.

-That is good news. Can you fill in the board for us?

I'm not sure if I can fill it in,

I think Diary Of Anne Frank could be in Dutch.

Little Dorrit, I think, is Dickens, so I think it's English.

But the one I'm going to go for, I'm not sure

if it's right, but it has been made into a film, Rashomon,

and I think it's a Japanese film, so I'm going to punt for Japanese.

Japanese, says Dinos, for Rashomon.

There's no red line for you, you're already through to the next round,

but let's see of Rashomon is right and, if it is, let's see how many people said Rashomon, Japanese.

Absolutely right. Very well done, Dinos.

4.

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-Very well done indeed.

That takes your total up to 51. You remain in double figures.

Well done, Dinos. A nice way to end the round. A 1915 short story

and, as you say, made into a film in 1950. A Kurosawa film.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

-Tanya, you weren't tempted to go for Little Dorrit?

-I was, yeah.

You would have said English, presumably.

It would have scored 33 points.

The Diary Of Anne Frank, Dinos is right, it's Dutch.

-27 points for that. Pinocchio, not German but Italian.

-Italian.

Italian, absolutely, 21 points.

And Swiss Family Robinson is in German.

And that would have scored 7 points.

Well done to anyone who got all six of those. Very well done to anybody who got all 12. Terrific work.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid its Tanya and Steven.

That was tough, wasn't it?

Pippi Longstocking, you weren't far off with Norwegian.

That was...Norway or Sweden, I was going to go for.

I'm afraid this is the end the line, this is where we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been great having you on Pointless.

Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants. Thank you.

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For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

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Congratulations, Abbie and Dinos, Yasmin and Heather.

You are now only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,000.

You're now going to go head-to-head.

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

The difference is that you are now allowed to confer.

I have to say, Abbie and Dinos, you've kept your head

while all about you have been losing theirs. My goodness.

We've had six 100 scores and, Yasmin and Heather,

-you are not innocent.

-LAUGHTER

-You're here because other people did even worse.

-LAUGHTER

Very best of luck to both pairs. It's very exciting.

Now you can put your heads together, anything could happen.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, here comes your first question

and it concerns England rugby union players.

England rugby union players. Richard.

We will show you images of current or former England rugby union players. All have earned over 50 caps.

Can you name the most obscure of these, please?

OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five rugby union players.

England rugby union players, I should say,

and here they are. We have got...

So there they are. Five England rugby union players.

Abbie and Dinos, you've played best show so far,

so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go E, Matt Dawson.

Matt Dawson, E, you say. Matt Dawson for E.

Yasmin and Heather. Who are you going to go for?

A, Will Carling.

A, Will Carling.

So we have Matt Dawson versus Will Carling. It will be interesting.

Abbie and Dinos said Matt Dawson for E.

Let's if that's right,

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

Come on.

-23.

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Did you know the other one?

23 for Matt Dawson. You happy with that? Does that seem like a...?

-It's OK.

-Yasmin and Heather have gone for Will Carling.

A, Will Carling. Let's see if that's right

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

Will it go down to 23 and beyond?

-Ooh, 36.

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36 means, Abbie and Dinos,

after one question you are up 1-0.

-That's surprising.

-That Will Carling scored more than Matt Dawson?

Yeah, Matt Dawson, a World Cup-winning scrum-half.

Team captain on Question Of Sport. Won Celebrity Masterchef. Second on Strictly. Quite surprising.

There are actually two answers that would have beaten Matt Dawson

and that's B and C.

B is Jeremy Guscott.

He would have scored 16 points.

C, the man who's got the most ever caps for England,

it's Jason Leonard, he would have scored 3 points.

He was the best answer on the board.

And D is Jonny Wilkinson.

A quite surprisingly low 47 points.

47 he would have scored you.

Well done if you got all of those at home, particularly Jason Leonard.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Here comes your second question. Yasmin and Heather,

this is the one you have to win to stay in the game. Best of luck.

It concerns famous ballets.

Famous ballets, Richard.

We will show you the usual English name of five famous ballets,

but we've taken out each alternate letter.

-Can you identify one of these, please?

-OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five famous ballets with alternate missing letters.

And we've got...

I'll read those all again without the blanks.

There we are. Five ballets with missing alternate letters.

Yasmin and Heather, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to have a try at the bottom one and say Coppelia.

-Coppelia.

-Yeah.

-OK.

Coppelia, say Yasmin and Heather.

Abbie and Dinos, talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.

I think the top one might be Giselle.

That's what I thought, but I don't know whether...

The second to the bottom one, I know it all except for one word.

It's The Something Of Spring.

It could be the Life Of Spring, or Fire.

If we're going to go for that, I'd go with Life.

But there's always the chance they could be wrong. So...

Swan Lake is the other one. Do you know what, go for whatever you think.

-Do you reckon Giselle?

-Yes.

-Right, we're going to go for Giselle.

OK, Giselle, say Abbie and Dinos.

So we have Coppelia and we have Giselle.

Yasmin and Heather went for Coppelia. Let's see if that's right

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

-25 for Coppelia.

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Abbie and Dinos have gone for Giselle.

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

It's right.

-I didn't even know if it was right.

-Neither did I.

-47.

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Well done, Yasmin and Heather,

you've done what you have to do. You're back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yes, well played. There's a couple of answers again that would have seen you

through to the final. The second one down is not one of them, it's Swan Lake.

That would have scored you 74.

-Do you know the next one?

-Cinderella.

-Absolutely.

Would have scored you 15. It's obvious when you see it, but a tough one.

And it's not The Life Of Spring or The Fire Of Spring.

It's The Rite Of Spring and that would have scored 7 points. Very well done

if you got all five of those.

OK, here comes your third question. The decider.

Whoever wins this question goes to the final plays for the jackpot. Here it comes.

It concerns Madonna.

We're going to give you five clues to facts about Madonna for this decisive point.

-Very best of luck, both teams.

-OK, let's reveal

our five clues to facts about Madonna and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, five clues to five facts about Madonna.

Abbie and Dinos, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

-Have you got any clue about two or four?

-No.

I know number five.

Which one?

THEY WHISPER

OK, you can say.

Um, we're going to go with the name of her first husband,

which I think was Sean Penn.

Sean Penn, you're saying. Her first husband, Sean Penn.

So Yasmin and Heather, talk us through the board, fill in all the blanks.

You know the others.

I know the James Bond film theme, I think it was Die Another Day.

We knew the husband, I don't know the book.

We think we know the film in which she played

Breathless Mahoney, but we're not 100% on that so...

Shall we go for the James Bond theme?

Yeah, we'll go for James Bond film theme, Die Another Day.

OK, Die Another Day, you're saying.

So we have Sean Penn and Die Another Day.

Abbie and Dinos, you said her first husband was Sean Penn.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

-39.

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39. Very hard to call this.

Yasmin and Heather, you have said the James Bond film

she sang the theme to was Die Another Day.

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

It's right. Can it beat 39?

Yes, it's done it! Wow, very well done. 18.

18 for Die Another Day.

Very, very well done, indeed, which means, after three questions,

Yasmin and Heather are through to the final 2-1.

Very well played.

She was also in Die Another Day, plays a fencing instructor.

Married to Sean Penn for four years.

What would you have said for the film in which she stars as Breathless Mahoney?

-Dick Tracy.

-Is absolutely right. Would have been an even better score, actually.

It would have scored 11 points. Her first UK number one in 1985?

I bet a lot of people will get this wrong. It's Into The Groove.

It would have scored 6 points. That would have been a terrific answer

The best answer on the ward is the children's book she wrote in 2003,

The English Roses.

-4 points, the English Roses.

-Thanks much indeed, Richard.

At the end of the head-to-head round, the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Abbie and Dinos.

We were trying to decide between those two answers

and I just wish I'd gone with, you know, with my guns

and gone for 007.

Well, the great news for us is we get to see you again.

If you'd got through to the final, that would have been it - your only Pointless experience.

The good news is you will be back. On the strength of your performance today, we expect you to go

a long way next time. Abbie and Dinos, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

BOTH: Thank you. APPLAUSE

But for Yasmin and Heather, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Yasmin and Heather, you 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 £1,000.

There it is.

APPLAUSE

I'd say you've had an up-and-down time on the show today.

Two really good answers in that.

I think Coppelia, an absolute knock-out punch there.

They didn't come back from that. Very good.

Best of luck for this last jackpot round.

The rules are very simple. To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. You have to find one now

and you will leave with that £1,000 jackpot.

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

They are...

Mm. I think I'm steering away from Sporting Achievements.

Sporting Achievements is out. And Classic Fiction.

It's between European Pop Stars and the Oscars.

-I'd go for the Oscars, because...

-You like films.

-I like films.

-You like films.

-OK.

-We have a chance. The Oscars.

OK, the Oscars you're going for. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many films

for which Meryl Streep has received a Oscar nomination

as they could. Richard.

Up to 2012, Meryl Streep is the most nominated actor in Oscars history.

She's had 17 nominations. You need to tell us the name of any film she has been nominated for.

The 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 £1,000 jackpot

is for one of those to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

Kramer Vs Kramer.

When I said I like films, I don't like Meryl Streep...films.

-She was... Was she in The Iron Lady?

-Yes.

-That's not going to be pointless, is it?

-No.

She was in Death Becomes Her, but...

She was in "Mamma Mia!" That was nominated for something.

I might have made that up. I don't know what else she was in.

Just pick three of those.

So if we say Death Becomes Her.

-Kramer Vs Kramer.

-Kramer Vs Kramer. Um...

Iron Lady or Mamma Mia!

None of them will be pointless.

Mamma Mia! perhaps.

OK. Yeah, OK.

-OK? Are you happy to stop the clock?

-Yeah. Ish.

-Yeah.

-We can discuss it for another half an hour, but we won't come up with anything else!

-OK.

-We'll stop the clock with nine seconds still on it. What are you going to give me?

We're looking for films for which Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Oscar.

Um, Kramer Vs Kramer. Death Becomes Her.

-And Mamma Mia!.

-And Mamma Mia!.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Death Becomes Her.

-OK.

We'll put Death Becomes Her last, shall we?

-Which do you think is your least likely pointless answer?

-Mamma Mia!

-Mamma Mia!

OK, we'll put that first.

OK, let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are. We have got...

We were looking for Meryl Streep Oscar-nominated films.

Mamma Mia! was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot

of £1,000, so let's see how many people said Mamma Mia!. Is it right?

Oh!

I didn't think she was nominated, or anything.

I was thinking of Meryl Streep films.

OK, well, it's certainly a Meryl Streep film,

but, sadly, an incorrect answer, so not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot of £1,000.

Heather, what would you do with £1,000?

Um, I'd put it towards a new kitchen, I think.

We do need to do that and it would take £1,000 off the bill.

-500.

-Or 500!

LAUGHTER

Wades in Yasmin there.

So, yes, what would you do, Yasmin?

Me and my sister and my best friend want to go to New York,

so it would go towards that.

OK, let's hope one of your two remaining answers will win

that jackpot for you.

We're looking for films which Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Oscar.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Kramer Vs Kramer.

This has to be right, then it has to be pointless for you to win that £1,000 jackpot.

Let's see. Kramer Vs Kramer.

Is it right this time and if it is right, how many people said it?

It's right.

So your first answer, Mamma Mia! turned out to be an incorrect answer.

Kramer Vs Kramer, on the other hand, is a correct answer.

Down it goes into the 20s, into the teens. Still going down.

-11.

-APPLAUSE

11.

Which means you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now resting on Death Becomes Her.

We are looking for films for which Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Oscar.

You said Death Becomes Her was probably your most likely shot at a pointless answer.

Remember, it has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £1,000.

Let's find out how many people said Death Becomes Her. Is it right?

Ooh, bad luck.

APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

But you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.

APPLAUSE

Yes, she won an Oscar, best supporting actress for Kramer Vs Kramer.

Death Becomes Her and Mamma Mia! nominated for Golden Globes

for both of those, but not for the Oscars.

Out of the 17 films, there's only four pointless answers, so very well done

if you got any of these. She didn't win Oscars for these.

She was nominated for best supporting actress for Adaptation.

Ironweed and Music Of The Heart,

nominated for best actress and didn't win - lost to Cher and Hilary Swank.

And lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow when she was nominated for One True Thing,

so very well done if you said any of those.

Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you,

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

Yasmin and Heather.

APPLAUSE

Yasmin and Heather didn't win our jackpot today, which means

it rolls over onto the next show, where we will be paying for £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE

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