Episode 36 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the questions have all been asked to 100 people

before the show, and all our contestants have to do is come up

with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

First we welcome Dan and Jacs, our first pair on the show today.

Dan, how do you two know each other?

Well, we met through some mutual friends,

Wiz and Pete, at the pub.

Then afterwards, Jacs bought me a cheeseburger

and it was love at first bite.

Wow! Wow, so whose idea was it come on the show?

Mine.

OK. Jacs, did you take a lot of persuading?

Well, I've always been a bit of an attention seeker,

but not quite so much as him, actually.

Now, Dan, what do you do?

I work for the England and Wales Cricket Board.

I help grassroots cricket clubs build new facilities.

Very good indeed. Jacs, what do you do?

I'm an events manager for Co-operative's

Trade Association for Co-operative Bodies.

Jacs, what do you like to get up to when you're not doing that?

I'm quite a big fan of hand crafts. I'm a knitter and a crocheter.

-A baker.

-A baker?

-Yes. Do you make cakes, by any chance?

I do love to make cakes. Alas, I've not brought any for you.

Totally a cake, isn't there? For Round Two, she's going to go...

I am so looking forward to that!

That's going to be absolutely brilliant.

Not on screen, though.

No, no, no. Not if you want to get through to the final, though.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Absolutely fantastic. Well, Dan and Jacs,

a very warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

Next we welcome back Kathryn and James.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second and last chance.

Kathryn, how do you two know each other?

We went to university together and we did the same course.

Now, James, what happened last time?

It wasn't the most successful of turns.

Erm...so it was nursery rhymes, children's nursery rhymes,

and I scored big on the first podium.

Yeah, Old King Cole. Massive, massive score there.

And Kathryn tried valiantly to keep you in the game.

What's going to be good for you, Kathryn, today?

Geography, travel...maybe a bit of music,

cos I know James is good at music.

Anything you're particularly hoping doesn't come up?

-Sports.

-Yeah, sports and movies.

Well, very best of luck. It was Round One last time.

We've got to hope it's at least the head-to-head today.

Maybe even further. Fingers crossed indeed.

And next we welcome James C and Rob.

-Yes.

-How do you two know each other?

James is my son.

He's nearly 19 years old, so I've known him nearly 19 years.

Nearly 19 years. What do you do, James?

-I just finished my A-levels, so...

-How were they?

I'm going to say good.

So have you applied to university?

Hopefully I'll do architecture, if I get the grades -

which I will.

Of course you will.

Rob, what do you do?

I'm a launch manager for a mobile phone company in the UK.

Oh, that's fun.

Always there at the launch...never at the collapse.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

What's going to be great for you today?

I think sports, film, TV will be OK.

I think, on the negative side, anything to do with books and poets.

English.

OK. That won't be so good.

James, how about you? What would be the dream category for you?

Erm...football, tennis. I'm just generally quite into sport.

Well, very best of luck. It's great to have you on the show.

And, finally, we've got Katy and Lucy.

How do you two know each other?

Katy is my older sister.

And where are you from, Katy?

I'm from Nottingham.

What do you do up there?

I'm a nurse.

A nurse. Lucy, where are you from?

I'm from Hatfield in Herefordshire.

I'm a mum of four and a nursery nurse.

A mum of four? Blimey! And nursery nurse.

Oh, crikey! So it's more of the same.

Nursery rhymes would have been ideal for me.

You missed...you missed yourself as they say in Scotland.

You really would have loved that round.

Katy, what do you hope is going to come up?

Erm...biology maybe, due to my job, obviously connection.

And I know random celebrity gossip as well.

Brilliant. Random celebrity gossip is the life blood of Pointless.

Well, very best of luck, Katy and Lucy. It's lovely to have you on the show.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show as it goes along.

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

He's like the archaeologist of obscurity,

and old facts and trivia people didn't even know was there.

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

Hiya.

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-How are you this afternoon?

-I mustn't grumble.

-Excellent.

We've only got one returning pair today - that's Kathryn and James.

We didn't see very much of them last time.

They had one of those unfortunate Round Ones.

So they didn't make a... They didn't disgrace themselves.

But we haven't seen their full potential, I suspect.

I'm slightly worried about James in Round One, though.

I'm slightly worried, cos the one thing we know about him

is he likes music, but he hates films.

Round One might be tricky for him.

-OK.

-It might not be, but it might be.

-OK.

-Kathryn will be fine, but James...

OK. Well, we'll look forward to that.

All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people

before the show. In order to get through to our final round

and be in with a shot of winning our jackpot,

our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,

the fewer points they will score.

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

that's an answer that none of our 100 people knew.

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.

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

OK. 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's not you.

Our first category today is...Soundtracks.

Soundtracks.

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

who is going to go second.

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

OK. Our question concerns... Oscar-winning songs.

Oscar-winning songs. Richard?

We're going to show you 14 songs which won the Academy Award for best

song, you just need to tell us from which film it was taken.

There's going to be seven on each pass.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you're going to score fewer points,

but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

14 to have a go at home. Good luck.

OK. Thanks very much.

Dan and Jacs, you all drew lots before the show and, today,

you are going first. So here we are.

We are looking for the films that these songs came from

and won an Oscar.

And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Seven Oscar-winning songs.

You just need to give me the film from which they came.

Now then, Jacs, what do you make of that?

Erm... I think I'm going to go for "Jai Ho"

and Slumdog Millionaire.

"Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire says Jacs.

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

Absolutely right.

11.

Good works, Jacs, 11 for Slumdog Millionaire.

Very good start, Jacs.

AR Rahman, had a hit with it with the Pussycat Dolls in the UK, as well.

Number three hit.

Very good indeed. Now, James H, time to redeem yourself for the last show.

You might not believe this,

but I was actually going to go with that one.

I've got three others which I'm 90% sure about.

But there's still 10%.

I'm going to go with

"Take My Breath Away", Top Gun.

Top Gun, said James H,

"Take My Breath Away". Is it right?

How many people said it?

He's right.

Well, still going down.

29, not bad at all. Very well done, James H.

Turns out it's a perfectly good score, James.

Good answer. Performed by Berlin, written by Giorgio Moroder.

It was a UK number one for four weeks.

Indeed. James C.

I kind of know a few, but there's one that I should kind of know.

It's a bit risky, but I might go with it.

"Lose Yourself", 8 Mile.

"Lose Yourself", 8 Mile, says James.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right.

Wow! James C, look at that.

2, the best answer so far. Very well done.

Well played, James. Great way to introduce yourself to the show.

By Eminem, of course, another UK number one.

Very good. Now then, Katy.

You're the last person to have this board,

so you can talk us through the board.

I think that I might know three,

but I think they're all quite high scoring.

"My Heart Will Go On", Titanic.

"Over The Rainbow", I'm assuming is Wizard of Oz.

But I'm going to go for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", Lion King.

OK. The Lion King, says Katy, for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight".

Let's see if that's right and,

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

Absolutely right.

31.

31.

A very good answer, Katy. You went through all three of those correctly

and you chose the right one. You chose the one with the lowest points.

The Elton John version of that has backing vocals by Gary Barlow

and Rick Astley.

They just happened to be in the studio?

"Get them in. Get them in."

-Yeah. Amazing, yeah?

-Amazing.

Amazing. Let's take a look at the rest.

You're right about "My Heart Will Go On", Katy.

It's Titanic, but would have scored you 52 points.

"Over The Rainbow", you're right again, it's Wizard of Oz.

That would have scored you 49.

"Colors Of The Wind", do you know that one?

-No.

-It's Pocahontas.

Well done if you said that at home, 6 points.

Thank you very much, Richard.

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

James and Rob, wowee.

Lowest score of the pass, 2. Best score on the board, in fact.

Then we travel up to 11, where we find Jacs and Dan.

Up to 29, quite a leap, where we find James and Kathryn.

And then just up a couple more, and we find Katy and Lucy on 31.

So yes, Lucy and Kathryn, I would say 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.

But then, who knows? Anything could happen.

It all depends what's on the next board.

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

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

We're going to put seven more Oscar-winning songs on the board,

and here they are. We have got...

I'm going to say those all one last time.

Now remember, we are looking for the films that featured these

Oscar-winning songs and Lucy, you are going to try

and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

You're the high scorers on 31, Lucy.

We need a low-scoring answer from you.

I think the first pass I definitely knew more on.

I think I only know three.

I think I'm going to go with "Under The Sea" and The Little Mermaid.

The Little Mermaid,

says Lucy, for "Under the Sea".

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it The Little Mermaid.

Absolutely right.

24.

Takes your total up to 55.

Well done, Lucy.

Music by Alan Menken, who also wrote "Colors Of The Wind"

on the last board as well.

Now then, Rob, a fabulous low score from James in that first pass

leaves you looking very strong.

The high scorers on 55 are Lucy and Katy. You're on 2.

A score of 52 or less sees you into the next round.

I'm going to play reasonably safe.

I think there's a couple I probably know there,

but I'll go for "Moon River" and Breakfast At Tiffany's.

Breakfast at Tiffany's,

"Moon River", says Rob.

Sounds very good to me.

Here is your red line.

You get below that red line with Breakfast at Tiffany's,

you are through to the next round.

Let's see, is it right? How many people said Breakfast At Tiffany's?

Absolutely right.

Through you go.

Very well done indeed.

Fabulous. Low total there of 14, Rob.

-Richard.

-Great answer, Rob. Great team there, as well.

14 points between the two of you.

"Moon River", Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini.

Best song ever written, do you think?

Oh, it's one of them.

It's one of those songs you can't imagine anyone actually ever

having written. It feels like it's existed for ever.

You can't imagine there being a time when it wasn't around. Great song.

Kathryn, the high scorers are Lucy and Katy on 55, you're on 29.

A score of 25 of less from you will see you into the next round.

25 or less.

I only know a couple that are left.

But I'm going to go for one that I know.

It might be a high scorer, sorry if it is.

"Up Where We Belong", An Officer And A Gentleman.

"Up Where We Belong", An Officer And A Gentleman.

Here is your red line.

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

An Officer And a Gentleman, is it right?

How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Will it get down below 25?

You've done it!

Very well done indeed. 9.

9 takes your total up to 38.

Very well done, Kathryn, you are through to the next round.

-Richard.

-Best answer of the pass so far, Kathryn.

Very well played, saved your team there.

Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes sung that.

The one thing we all know about Joe Cocker is he is from Sheffield

but he's not Jarvis Cocker's dad.

I know, how many Cockers are there in Sheffield?

There's seven.

Ah...there you go.

It's a great song, "Up Where We Belong".

You know what? Most of these are great songs

if you...really had to be honest with yourself.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Dan, you're the last person to speak in this round.

You can help yourself. That board is all yours.

Dance across it, fill in all the gaps.

Well, I was about to say An Officer And a Gentleman.

But I think I know three of the remaining four.

"Chim Chim Cher-ee" is Mary Poppins.

"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" is Dirty Dancing.

I don't know "The Windmills Of Your Mind",

but the one I'm going to go for is "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head",

which I think is Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

OK. Well, the high scorers remain Lucy and Katy on 55. You're on 11.

You want to be scoring 43 or less.

43 or less will see you through to the next round. OK.

You're saying Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid for

"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head".

Is it right and how many people said it?

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Absolutely right.

And you are through.

Very well done. 19. Takes your total up to 30.

You see, that's another great song,

by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

The Manic Street Preachers do a very good cover version of that song -

it's worth seeking out.

Let's have a look at the rest of the answers.

"Chim Chim Cher-ee" is of course from Mary Poppins,

that would have scored you 49 points.

That would have been dangerous for anyone, that one.

"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" is Dirty Dancing, 29 points.

And "The Windmills Of Your Mind", which is another brilliant song.

-It's a great song.

-Do you...

-The Thomas Crown Affair - the first one.

Absolutely right, would have been the best answer there, 4 points.

-So well done if you said that.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

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

score, I'm afraid it's Lucy and Katy.

Now, that... Occasionally we have it.

Someone has to be the highest scorers.

I mean, you weren't miles ahead of everyone.

No bad answers from you, but I'm afraid you just ended

up in front, so we have to say goodbye to you.

Great shame, but we will see you again next time

and we'll look forward to that very much.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Lucy and Katy.

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

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

so we have only two pairs left for the head-to-head.

But that was a very exciting Round One. Very good indeed.

Rob and James, though, best performance there.

James, great answer, lowest score of the whole round with 8 Mile.

Kathryn and James, not bad at all, you made it through a film round.

Have you seen Top Gun?

Yeah, Top Gun and Dirty Dancing - they're my two movies.

OK. Good.

Very Good. Dan and Jacs, perfectly solid performance from you.

OK. So here we go into Round Two. Best of luck, all pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...Tennis.

-Tennis, James, what you wanted.

-Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

OK. Very good.

Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK. So our question concerns... Wimbledon runners-up.

Wimbledon runners-up. Richard.

For this question,

Xander is about to show you the names of six famous tennis players.

We're looking for the name of anyone who's lost to any of those

tennis players in a Wimbledon singles final.

So you'll have six names.

You can pick anyone who's lost to any of them in any Wimbledon

singles final prior to May 2012. Best of luck.

OK. So the six tennis players are...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now remember, we are looking for any player who has lost to

one of these tennis players in a Wimbledon singles final.

Now then, Jacs, is this good for you at all?

Erm... OK. I've watched a bit of Wimbledon over the years.

Some very obvious answers, so I'm going to try and avoid one of those.

And I'm going to say Jana Novotna.

Jana Novotna, says Jacs.

Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how

many of our 100 people said it.

Absolutely right.

Very, very well done indeed. That's how we do it, Jacs.

Very well done. That scores you 1.

Great answer.

Great answer, Jacs. Lost to Graf.

Also lost to Hingis a few years later,

but finally won it herself in 1998.

Kathryn. Kathryn.

It's not really a good question for me.

Erm...

I'm going to say Serena Williams.

OK. Serena Williams.

Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Serena Williams.

It's right.

36.

Yeah, that's damage limitation, Kathryn.

Much better than getting 100.

She lost to Venus, but then she won it herself four times,

so shouldn't worry too much about it. She's OK. She's financially stable.

-Yeah.

-And REALLY good at tennis.

I reckon if I were to play Serena Williams at tennis,

I think I would lose.

Yes.

Rob.

Not one of my favourite subjects, I think,

tennis out of the sporting category.

Erm... I'm going to play fairly safe and say Bjorn Borg.

Fairly safe.

Hmm...hopefully.

OK. Bjorn Borg says Rob.

Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Bjorn Borg.

Absolutely right.

23, not bad at all, Rob.

Not bad at all. Richard.

Yeah, Borg lost to McEnroe in '81,

probably one of the greatest Wimbledon finals ever.

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

Jacs and Dan, oh, you are looking strong there.

Very, very good answer of 1.

Lovely low score there.

Then we travel up 23 where we find Rob and James C.

And then up to 36 where we find Kathryn and James H.

So James C and H, it's going to be between the pair of you, I think.

And James C certainly asked for tennis.

James H, tennis good for you?

Don't say anything, we'll find out.

Very best of luck to everyone.

We're going to come back down the line.

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

We are looking for tennis players who have lost to any of these

six players in a Wimbledon final...

Singles final, that is.

Now then, James C, the high scorers are James and Kathryn on 36.

You're on 23. That means, if you can score 12 or less,

you will avoid becoming the high scorers.

Erm...yeah. I could say that I'm quite confident but then,

if I get it wrong, it would be quite embarrassing.

But I'm going to go with Tomas Berdych.

Tomas Berdych says James. Tomas Berdych.

Here is your red line.

It's quite low.

However, Tomas Berdych might get you below that red line.

If it does, you will avoid becoming the high scorers.

Let's see. Tomas Berdych, is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Down it goes.

You've done it.

Oh, very well done indeed.

You scored 2 last round.

You've scored 1 this round.

That takes your total up to 24. Very well played, James.

Well, 2 points in two rounds, that is absolutely terrific.

Yeah, Berdych lost to Nadal in the 2010 final.

Lost in straight sets but he had beaten Federer in the quarterfinals

and Djokovic in the semis, so...not a bad little run.

Now then, James H, you are the high scorers on 36.

So, we need a brilliant answer from you.

Yeah, we do.

We might not get one.

Erm... OK. I'm...tennis isn't a strong subject for me.

But I'm going to go with Martina Navratilova.

Martina Navratilova, says James.

You don't have a red line because you're the high scorers.

Martina Navratilova. Is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

11.

11 takes your total up to 47, James.

Well done, James. She lost twice to Steffi Graf.

Now then, Dan. Jacs scored one in the first pass.

The high scorers are James and Kathryn on 47.

If you can score 45 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.

So we are looking for any tennis player who has

lost in a Wimbledon singles final to

any of these six tennis players.

You can talk us through the lot, if you like.

I don't think I'll go through every Wimbledon

runner-up in the last 50 years, but I'm tossing up between two.

I'm torn between Gabriela Sabatini or Ivan Lendl,

and I think I'm going to go

with Ivan Lendl.

Ivan Lendl, says Dan.

You're on one. You want to score 45 or less.

Ivan Lendl. How many people said it? Is it right?

Absolutely right.

You're in the head-to-head.

Oh, very, very well done indeed, Dan.

That scores you 2, giving you and Jacs a brilliant low total of 3.

Very well done indeed.

Well done, Dan.

Lost to Becker in 1986, then lost to Pat Cash in 87 as well.

Never won Wimbledon, Ivan Lendl.

If you'd said Gabriela Sabatini,

you just would have added £250 to the jackpot.

She was a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at all the pointless answers,

there's nine of them.

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

lost two finals to Steffi Graf.

Chris Lewis, the New Zealander, he lost to John McEnroe.

Gabriela Sabatini, there you go, also lost to Steffi Graf.

Billie Jean King beat Judy Tegart.

Justine Henin, she lost to Venus Williams.

Kevin Curren lost to Becker.

Lindsay Davenport lost twice to Venus Williams.

Maria Bueno lost to Billie Jean King.

And Marion Bartoli, she lost to Venus Williams as well in 2007.

Very well done if you got any of those pointless answers.

What were the big scores?

The big scorers, these are the ones that most of our 100 people said.

We've heard a couple of these already, I'm afraid.

Roger Federer, 20 points, lost to Rafael Nadal.

Bjorn Borg, 23, that we have from Rob.

And Kathryn's answer, it's the right answer, but it's a big scorer,

Serena Williams, 36, top answer on the board.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

I'm afraid, James and Kathryn.

Well, you've done twice as well as you did last time.

It was Round One last time, so Round Two this time - not bad.

But tennis, again, didn't really fall to your strengths, did it?

Mind you, not a bad score - 47. It's a great total.

-Yeah.

-Quite often that's a winning total.

-It's a third of the last one.

-Yeah. Absolutely.

But then you're up against 3 from Dan and Jacs

and 24 with James and Rob.

Bad luck, guys. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been lovely having you on both shows.

Thanks so much for playing, James and Kathryn.

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

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

Congratulations, Dan and Jacs, Rob and James,

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

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.

You're now going to go head-to-head, and the first pair to win two

questions will playing for that money.

The big news is, you are now allowed to confer,

so you can start playing as teams.

Wow, Dan and Jacs,

you are our low scorers on aggregate from those first two rounds.

Very good, particularly in that last round.

Really fantastic, with a total of 3.

But the big success story, James. James, very... Rob, come on.

I know, it's embarrassing. He'll never let me forget it.

Oh... I tell you what, James, on the strength of this...

I think you don't have to worry about your place at college

to do architecture. I think that is in the bag.

Any admissions tutors watching?

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

I think I got quite lucky.

If I can get that lucky in the exams, then I'll take it.

But... No. I think those questions kind of suited me, so hopefully.

I tell you what, you are carrying your dad, though.

Rob, you're coasting. You're coasting.

Luckily, you're now allowed to confer.

So you can start to get all the glory.

That's good.

Very best of luck to both pairs. OK. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes the first question, and it concerns...

Models who have appeared on the cover of British Vogue.

-Richard.

-Quite simply, we are going to show you five photographs

of models who have appeared on the cover of British Vogue.

Can you identify them, please?

OK. Let's reveal our five models, and here they are. We have...

Dan and Jacs, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you go first.

(WHISPERS) I think C, Lily Cole. I can't work out who D is...

Erm... We're going to go for C, Lily Cole.

C, Lily Cole.

There we are, C, Lily Cole.

Rob and James, you can talk us

through all the remaining models, if you like.

Right, yeah, I knew C, so I was going to go with C.

I think E may be Naomi Campbell.

Then B is...the one from the '60s...

I can't remember her name.

A might be Heidi Klum, but I'm not sure.

-We can either go safe or...

-Let's go with Heidi Klum.

Yeah? OK, we'll go A, Heidi Klum.

Heidi Klum, you are going to say.

A, Heidi Klum. So we have Lily Cole and Heidi Klum.

Dan and Jacs have said Lily Cole.

Let's see if that's right, Lily Cole for C,

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

Absolutely right.

14.

And Rob and James have said Heidi Klum for A.

Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said Heidi Klum for A.

Bad luck, Rob and James.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means after one question, Dan and Jacs, you are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Well played, Dan and Jacs.

Not Heidi Klum, it's David Walliams' wife Lara Stone.

It would have scored you 2 points.

Well done if you said that at home, unless you're David Walliams,

in which case you should know really.

B, absolutely right, it's the lady from the '60s.

Also appeared on the cover in the '70s, Twiggy.

Yeah, I like Rob's face there.

42 points that would have scored you,

so it wouldn't have beaten Lily Cole.

D would have beaten Lily Cole, she's a pointless answer. Carmen Kass,

the Estonian model.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Pointless answer.

And E, she appeared on the cover of Vogue in three different decades,

it's Naomi Campbell of course.

She would have scored 56 points.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Here comes your second question.

Rob and James, you have to win this question to stay in the games.

Best of luck. It concerns...Roald Dahl books.

Roald Dahl books. Jacs looks quietly happy with that.

-Richard.

-For this question, we're simply going to show you five

sets of initials that represent Roald Dahl books.

Can you name the books?

OK. Let's reveal our five Roald Dahl books in initial form,

and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Rob and James, you go first this time.

Well, we're struggling, really.

Books are not our thing, to be fair,

so we'll go for JATGP,

which is James And The Giant Peach.

You're going to say James And The Giant Peach, which means, Dan and

Jacs, you can now talk us through the rest of the board, if you like.

We've got The Twits and George's Marvellous Medicine.

And we're still battling with the bottom two.

So I think we're going to go with

George's Marvellous Medicine.

You're going to say

George's Marvellous Medicine.

So we have James And The Giant Peach

and we have George's Marvellous Medicine.

So Rob and James have said James And The Giant Peach.

Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said, "James And The Giant Peach".

It's right.

46.

46. Remember, this is the one you have to win to stay in the game.

Dan and Jacs, you have gone for George's Marvellous Medicine.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see if it beats 46.

Yeah, you've done it.

Still going down. 11.

APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed.

That all means, after only two questions,

Dan and Jacs are through to our final 2-0. Richard.

Very well played, Dan and Jacs.

Let's take a look through the rest of the board.

TT, you were right, is The Twits,

that would have scored you 21.

TMF. Do you know TMF?

A book called The Magic Finger.

Oh, yes. God!

Would have scored four points.

Can you get the bottom one?

I was staring at it for ages.

I didn't get it. I know the book and I didn't get it.

The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me.

Yeah, The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me, 3 points,

so very well done if you said that. Well done, you.

Oh, in the nick of time.

-I didn't get it at all.

-Good. There we are.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Rob and James.

You stormed through the show up till this point,

and then you came up against Dan and Jacs.

Oh, yes. They know their models and their Roald Dahl.

I'm afraid, yes, they were two tough categories.

Having...having performed so well in the first two.

The models one should have been good for us.

You must know Twiggy, surely, Rob.

Yeah, I couldn't remember it. I just couldn't remember it.

The good news is we get to see you again.

If you'd gone through to the final, that would have been it.

Just one brief appearance on Pointless.

As it stands, you will be back next show

and we'll look forward to that very much indeed.

Rob and James, thanks very much.

But for Dan and Jacs, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Dan and Jacs, you fought off all 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 £3,000.

Ooh, you've played well.

You've played very well indeed.

Lovely score in the first round, a low score of 30.

Then the second round, the lowest score,

only 3 points I think you had between you.

And then, into the head-to-head round, 2-0.

2-0. You walked it. It wasn't all sport.

There was models, Roald Dahl... That's very good indeed.

I have a very good feeling. I think you're going to do...

In fact, I know you're going to do well

because I think I've seen this show on the repeats.

ALL LAUGH

Are you feeling good? Confident?

I think we've watched enough episodes of Pointless to

never feel confident in the final round.

OK. Well, they're always tough. They are always tough.

But I think you two...do you know what I mean?

I think they're good.

Can we have top 40 Suede singles? Go on. Go on.

No. Now 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 on the show today.

You only have to find one now, and you will go home with that money.

First, you've got to choose a category. This is the tough bit.

You have a choice of five options, and they are...

Funky music, that would suggest that either of us was funky.

I don't feel confident on that one. And theatres, definitely no.

Do you want to go football managers?

I think we'll go with iconic actors,

because then we've both got some input.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-We're going to go with iconic actors.

-Iconic actors it is.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Richard Burton

films as they could.

Richard Burton films.

Only feature films made for cinema release,

for which the great Richard Burton received an acting credit, please.

No short films, TV films, but voiced performances do count.

Very, very best of luck.

OK. Thank you very much indeed.

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

and all you need to win that £3,000 is for just one of those

answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-OK. He was in Cleopatra.

-Antony And Cleopatra.

-Julius Caesar.

-Did he play Hamlet?

I think there's a film version of Hamlet.

-OK.

-This is not an ideal category.

Let's think of anything he might have been in, more modern,

-towards the end of his career.

-When did he die?

I don't know.

-'70s.

-'70s. OK. Was he in any cowboy, western films?

Was he in Good, Bad, The Ugly, anything like that?

Erm...

-Let's try something along those lines.

-OK.

Not The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

Can you not think of any of his early films?

-No.

-Film brain.

-I'm trying. I'm trying.

Come on, film brain.

OK. Erm...OK. So should we go for... You want to go for Hamlet?

-Yeah.

-Antony And Cleopatra and...

That's your time up.

OK. We were looking for Richard Burton films.

I now need your three answers.

OK. We're going to go with The Magnificent Seven,

Antony And Cleopatra and Hamlet.

OK.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless?

-None of the above.

-We'll go with Hamlet as the...

Hamlet. We'll put Hamlet last.

And Magnificent Seven first.

Magnificent Seven you think is your least likely

shot at a pointless answer.

Let's put them up in that order, and here they are.

We've got...The Magnificent Seven,

Antony and Cleopatra, and Hamlet.

OK. So we were looking for Richard Burton films.

Your first answer, The Magnificent Seven,

was your least confident answer.

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

that jackpot. £3,000.

So let's see, for £3,000, how many people said The Magnificent Seven.

Is it right?

Ooh, bad luck.

An incorrect answer, so therefore not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Now, Dan, what would you do

if one of your two remaining answers turns out to be pointless?

Probably fall over in shock first.

Three grand, though, what would you do with that?

We'd... I think we'd probably spend it on fine dining and wine.

What a brilliant answer.

And I might buy a new cricket bat as well.

-OK.

-Then we'd just waste the rest.

-OK.

-Absolutely destroy it.

Jacs, anything else you'd like to do with it?

Erm...no. Pretty much the same thing, really.

We're both incredibly irresponsible with our money...

And greedy.

Such a good answer. Brilliant. Quite right. Well done.

So we are looking for films of Richard Burton.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer,

Antony And Cleopatra. It has to be right, then it has to be pointless,

for you to win that jackpot of £3,000.

Let's find out. Is it right?

How many people said Antony And Cleopatra?

Ooh, bad luck. Richard will tell us, in a moment, why that is incorrect.

I'm sorry to say it is incorrect. OK.

So that massive bean feast is all hanging on your final answer,

Hamlet.

Now you came up with this very early on. Are you sure it's right?

No. Absolutely not.

But if they were ever going to make a film of Hamlet when he was young.

-Beautiful casting.

-He would be perfect, wouldn't he?

-Just perfect.

We are looking for Richard Burton films. Your third and final answer.

Your most confident answer is Hamlet.

This is your last shot at that jackpot so, for £3,000,

this has to be pointless.

Let's find out. Hamlet. Is it right? How many people said it?

Best of luck.

It's right.

The Magnificent Seven turned out to be an incorrect answer.

Antony and Cleopatra turned out to be incorrect,

but Hamlet absolutely bang on the money.

Down it goes. Still going down...oh!

Very, very well done.

It's a great answer.

You'd be thrilled with that in normal game play,

but unfortunately it's not a pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer.

But the great news is, you do still get to take home a Pointless

trophy each, so very well done.

Rich.

Yes, Antony And Cleopatra was the Charlton Heston version of that film.

Richard Burton was in Cleopatra.

It would have scored you 33 points anyway,

so it wouldn't have been a pointless answer.

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

Becket, he was Oscar-nominated for that film,

where he plays Thomas Becket.

Boom and Doctor Faustus, with Liz Taylor in both of those films.

He directs Doctor Faustus as well.

Also with Liz Taylor in Hammersmith Is Out.

Sea Wife, Joan Collins this time.

The Comedians, based on the Graham Greene novel,

also with Liz Taylor.

Pointless answer. Desert Rats, he plays a British soldier.

The VIPs, guess who he's in that with - Liz Taylor.

And Villain, where he plays an East End gangster,

based on Ronnie Kray, they say.

Also, Zulu, which he narrates, would have been a pointless answer.

So very well done if you've said any of those.

-Did you know any of those?

-No. Not one.

-Just Zulu. Just Zulu.

Did you know who narrated it?

I remembered the narration, yeah.

Oh... Well, bad luck, bad luck.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Dan and Jacs.

But it's been brilliant having you on the show.

You've been so fantastic -

exemplary game play throughout the show.

Thank you both so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

Well, Dan and Jacs didn't win our jackpot today, which means it

rolls over onto the next show, where we will be playing for £4,000.

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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