Episode 41 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless.

This is the quiz show where all the questions have been put to 100 people before the show

and all our contestants have to do is come up with the answers that those 100 people couldn't think of.

-Let's meet today's players.

-APPLAUSE

And first up we welcome back Frank and Faye, who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second and last chance.

Frank, remind us how you and Faye know each other.

Faye's my lovely daughter and I've known her all her life.

-Faye, what happened last time?

-Oh, it was a bit of a dodgy subject for us. Literature.

I thought you were going to say some terrible gastronomic tale there.

-It was a bit of a dodgy... subject.

-I did feel a bit like that!

Frank, what are you hoping will come up today?

Well, I like football, so a bit of football, and horse racing.

Faye, what would you like to see come up?

Film, TV, Disney.

Disney. Good stuff. Well, you made it to round one last time. Let's hope we see more of you this time.

Very best of luck to you. And next we welcome Maggie and Stevie.

-How do you two know each other?

-Stevie came to work as a temp

at the company that I was working for in 1975

-and we've been friends ever since.

-What do you do now, Stevie?

I do PA work on a contract basis.

It gives me time for lots of holidays in between.

-Maggie, what do you do?

-Oh, I'm retired. My husband and I emigrated to Australia in 1988.

-Happy memories of Australia?

-Oh, yes. But it's lovely to be back.

-So travel's going to be great for both of you.

-Yeah, should be.

-Anything else you'd like to see, Maggie?

-Yes, please. 1960s music, please.

-Excellent.

-And Olympics.

-Very good.

Well, lovely to have you on the show, Maggie and Stevie. Very best of luck to you.

Next we welcome Max and Martyn. How do you two know each other?

-Martyn's fiancee is my cousin, so we met through her.

-Right you are.

-And when are you getting married?

-Erm, in a couple of months.

Very good. Well, many congratulations.

-What do you do, Max?

-I'm a credit controller.

I work in accounts and I also do a bit of wrestling on the side.

Sorry, hang on, what? On the side of what?

-LAUGHTER

-On the side, on the weekends, I do professional wrestling.

Professional wrestling? What's your wrestling name?

Really, it's just my name with Mad at the start of it.

-Mad Max?

-Mad Max Fury.

-You're called Max Fury?

-I'm called Max Fury, yeah.

-What do you wear as Mad Max Fury?

I wear black cycling shorts with "Fury" on my buttocks, if you will.

-LAUGHTER

-I don't know whether you can say the other word.

I'll tell you what, it's better than having "Furry" written there.

-LAUGHTER

-What's your wrestling name?

They call me Professor Wrestle. They call me The Profestler.

LAUGHTER That's what they call me.

-What do they call you?

-I'm called The Battery.

-The Battery?

-Double-A, you see? AA.

-LAUGHTER Ah.

-Double-A. The Battery.

-We should wrestle more than we do.

I know we wrestle a lot off-screen, but we should wrestle more on-screen.

-Do you think put some of that on the show?

-You think?

-Well, there's a ring there. We could...

-The Profestler versus The Battery?

-Yeah.

-Then you tag in Mad Max Fury.

What do you hope is going to come up today, Martin?

-Erm, probably a bit of sport, geography.

-Good stuff.

Warm welcome to the show, Max and Martyn, it's great to have you here.

And finally, we welcome back Katie and Lin, who were on the show last time.

-Lin, remind us how you two know each other.

-We're mother and daughter.

And Katie, what was the story last time?

We did good in the first round, not so good in the second round,

and then in the head-to-head, we got a bit lost on football.

-You've got to be hoping to go to the final today.

-We want that trophy.

-We do.

-Game face on.

OK. Very good. What are you hoping is going to get you there, Katie?

Books again and science. That's pretty much it for me.

-I don't know anything else.

-A little bit of world geography,

bit of history, lots of wrestling.

-Not too bothered about anything.

-Very best of luck. Great to have you back on the show.

-Thank you.

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

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

He's an icon to students everywhere, but I'd just like to say, kids, if you're watching,

this doesn't count as revision. OK?

Unless, of course, there's a question on Eurovision in your exams.

-It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hi, everybody.

-This should be fun.

-I think so, yeah.

-We've already done some wrestling stuff.

-Yeah.

Katie, can you do that game face for me again?

Is that convincing to you? Max, can you do a game face?

LAUGHTER

Now turn round and do that game face to Katie.

-That's a game face!

-I'm intimidated.

-That is a game face right there.

So that's a needle match on the last two podiums, I think.

-Yeah.

-Should be an absolute cracker.

-Brilliant.

Thanks, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

To get to the final round for a chance to win our jackpot,

our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people couldn't guess.

So basically, the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you will score.

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

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

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

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

So today's jackpot starts off at £5,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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.

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

Our first category today is...

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many members of the Beale and Fowler families in EastEnders as they could.

-Richard.

-Yeah, we're looking for the name of any character

who has ever had the surname Beale or Fowler at any point in the history of the BBC TV series EastEnders.

-Very, very best of luck.

-OK, Faye and Frank,

you all drew lots before the show, and today you are going first.

Yes. Well... (LAUGHS)

I never, ever watch EastEnders,

so this is tricky.

-Ian Beale?

-Ian, says Faye.

-I think.

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

Absolutely right.

-Oh! 75!

-Yeah.

-APPLAUSE

A very popular Beale.

He's been in it since 1985, been in it right since the start.

Played by Adam Woodyatt. Been married four times,

been a loan shark, a property tycoon. Largely a fish and chip shop owner, though.

-LAUGHTER

-Maggie.

Oh, no! See, normally people would be jumping up and down when we say TV soaps.

I did notice there was a bit of a muted atmosphere there.

Everyone's looking... Katie looks quite happy. Oh, no, she doesn't.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, was there a Michelle?

Michelle. Michelle, says Maggie. Let's see if Michelle's right,

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

Yeah, absolutely right.

Look at that! 28, Maggie!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed. 28 for Michelle.

Well done, Maggie. Played by Susan Tully, who went on to direct many episodes.

She managed to have a baby with Dirty Den and with Grant Mitchell. Ohh.

The only thing worse than that is having a baby with Ian Beale, I would say.

LAUGHTER

Max. Remember, we are looking for members of the Beale or Fowler families from EastEnders.

Erm, not really a fan of EastEnders, but I do know a couple,

so I'm going to go for Mark Fowler.

Mark, says Max. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 said Mark.

Absolutely right.

-34.

-APPLAUSE

Well done, Max. Played latterly by Todd Carty.

Katie.

I think there's a rather attractive male character called Peter.

OK. Peter, says Katie. Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Peter.

It's right.

-21!

-APPLAUSE

Very well done, Katie.

He was actually played by five different actors, Peter Beale.

-At least one of whom was very attractive.

-Yes.

He moved to Devon in 2010, if you're interested.

Thanks, Richard. Let's have a look at our scores halfway through the round.

The lowest score of the pass, Katie, that was yours. Very, very well done indeed. Peter Beale there.

Katie and Lin looking very strong. Then up to 28, where we find Maggie and Stevie.

Brilliantly done there, Maggie. You weren't fooling anyone.

And then up to 34, where we find Max and Martyn.

Then up to 75, Faye and Frank.

-Frank, I'm hoping you've got a brilliant answer.

-I've got a brilliant one.

Good. Very, very best of luck with that.

We're going to come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

OK, we are looking for members of the Beale and Fowler families in EastEnders.

And obviously, Lin, you're going to try and find the one fewest of our 100 people could remember.

You're on 21. The high-scorers on 75 are Frank and Faye,

which means a score of 53 or less will stop you from becoming the new high-scorers.

Not really my thing, but I think there's been a Pauline.

Pauline. There is your red line.

You get below that red line, you are definitely through to the next round. Pauline.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Ooh, you've done it! Very well done! 51 for Pauline!

-Takes your total up to 72.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, she also appeared in the very first episode in 1985, alongside Ian Beale.

So remember, we are looking for members of the Beale or Fowler families from EastEnders.

Now then, Martyn, the high-scorers are still Frank and Faye on 75. You're on 34.

Yeah, not a good one for me, but I think Pauline was married to Arthur Fowler.

Arthur. Is it right? How many people said it?

Very well done! Just!

-APPLAUSE

-39. Takes your total to 73.

-Poor old Arthur. He had a terrible time of it.

-Didn't he?

Went to prison for stealing the Christmas money,

Pauline hit him with a pan. Ohh. There's a nice bench in his memory, though, in Albert Square.

-That's nice, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-God, it's depressing, isn't it?

-Sad.

-No, I mean the show.

-Oh, this?

-No, not this show. This show is awesome.

We've got Mad Max Fury on the show! LAUGHTER

Look how close the scores are!

-I know. Very close.

-72. 73. 75 and they haven't even answered yet.

LAUGHTER

Amazing. Now then, Stevie.

The high-scorers are still Frank and Faye on 75. You're on 28.

A score of 46 or less will keep you in the game.

I'm going to go for one of Ian Beale's many wives,

and go for Mel.

-Mel.

-Yes.

-Mel, says Stevie. She really does know her EastEnders.

How many people said that? Is it right?

It's right.

And you've done it!

-Wow, Stevie, that's brilliant! Two!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Two takes your total up to 30.

Yeah, a good answer. Played by Tamzin Outhwaite.

She dumped Ian Beale just seconds after the wedding, didn't she?

She was a bad lady.

-She sounds awful!

-Yeah, she wasn't great. Mind you, why was she marrying Ian, though?

-Exactly.

That was slightly weird. He gets a lot of women, doesn't he, Ian Beale?

Was that the property tycoon phase or the chip shop phase?

That's a good question. I don't know what he was doing.

-Maybe it was the property tycoon phase.

-I say tycoon.

He was never Lord Sugar, if you know what I mean.

-Right.

-But, yeah, he's married a lot of women.

-Some quite fit ones, as well. Tamzin Outhwaite.

-Certainly.

-That is batting out of your league, isn't it?

-Yeah, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

There we are. Now then, talking of being out of the league,

I'm afraid to say, Frank, you are the high-scorers

-even before you've given your brilliant answer.

-I know.

However, if you have a pointless answer,

it would be like leaving a little bench in Albert Square, you could leave a little 250 quid there

-for everyone to remember you by.

-I have got a brilliant answer.

My brilliant stab-in-the-dark answer is Martin.

OK, Martin. Let's see if Martin's right.

-It's right!

-Yes!

I did all right!

-13! It's a great answer, Frank!

-Thank you!

-APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 88.

Yes, Martin Fowler. He was the first baby ever to be born on Albert Square.

In the history of EastEnders, one of only four characters not to have married Ian Beale.

LAUGHTER

There's actually only three pointless answers in this whole round,

so very well done if you got these at home.

Elizabeth Beale, who was Kenny Beale's daughter. He came over from New Zealand.

Gill Fowler, who married Mark, then sadly passed away straight afterwards.

And Kenny Beale, who was Pete Beale's brother who emigrated to New Zealand,

played by the late Michael Atwell.

OK, thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round,

the pair with the highest score who'll be leaving us, I'm afraid it's Frank and Faye.

Once again, it's a first-round exit. And that's it.

Frank, Faye, we've had you on twice.

We haven't seen nearly enough of you. It's been a tremendous shame.

-Thanks for coming on.

-Thank you.

-We've had a lovely time.

-Brilliant.

Frank and Faye. Lovely contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

Which pair is it going to be? Maggie and Stevie, I can't believe it's going to be you

after that performance in the first round.

Max Fury just quietly bubbling away there. Good, steady performance.

And a pretty good performance from Katie and Lin, as well. But you were very, very close.

Anyway, a new category. It's round two and our category is...

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

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

OK, our question concerns...

-Richard.

-Simpler than it sounds. We're going to show you the names of six famous people on each pass

alongside the year, you just have to tell us in which town or city they opened an Olympic Games in that year.

There'll be 12 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

OK, we are looking for the cities in which the Olympic Games were opened by these people in the years shown.

And we have got on our first board...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six famous people.

Which city's games did they open?

Stevie.

Right, erm, it's difficult to know which is going to be the lowest score.

I'll go for Governor-General William Deane and Sydney.

Sydney you say for Governor-General William Deane.

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

It's right.

-14!

-APPLAUSE

-14 for Sydney.

-Well done, Stevie. The Sydney games of 2000.

Cathy Freeman, the athlete, actually lit the flame

and then ten days later won the 400 metres in front of an ecstatic crowd.

So we're looking for the towns or cities

where these people opened Olympic Games. Max.

I haven't got a Scooby, to be fair. Erm...

Stab in the dark. I'm going to go Bill Clinton, '96, Atlanta.

Atlanta says Max for Bill Clinton, 1996.

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

Absolutely right.

-19.

-APPLAUSE

-Not bad.

-Yes, you knew it perfectly well, Max, it turns out.

And the flame then was lit by Muhammad Ali,

who'd won Olympic gold 36 years earlier as Cassius Clay.

Now then, Katie.

You're the last person to have this board so you can talk us through it.

Sadly, I wasn't really alive for most of these.

Erm, King Harald V sounds a bit Swedish, Harald.

Yeah. Danish, maybe. Nope.

Erm, I'm going go with Leonid Brezhnev, cos he sounds a bit Russian.

-I'm going to say Moscow.

-Moscow you are saying for Leonid Brezhnev, 1980.

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

Absolutely right.

-26!

-APPLAUSE

Very well escaped there, Katie. 26 for Moscow.

Yes, well worked out, Katie. Only 80 countries took part in 1980 because of the various boycotts.

-None of us here were alive for the 1948 games.

-OK.

But even we could probably have a guess that that was London.

King George VI. 39 points that would've scored you.

Queen Elizabeth II in 1976 was Montreal. 12 points.

And King Harald V, that was a winter Olympics in Norway, Lillehammer.

Very well done if you said that. One point. Best answer on the board.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Stevie and Maggie, looking very strong indeed on 14.

Then up to 19, where we find Max Power and Martyn.

-And then up to 26...

-Fury.

-Sorry, Max Fury! What am I talking about?

-I beg your pardon!

-Cos Max Power would be a ridiculous name.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-And then up to 26, where we find Katie and Lin. Very well escaped.

Lin, you are the high-scorers, so we need a brilliant low-scoring answer from you.

But you'll get first dibs on the board, so it's going to be perfect.

We'll come back down the line. Second players, please take your places.

OK, we're going to put six more famous people on the board and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. We are looking for the towns or cities in which the Olympic Games were opened by these people

in the years shown. Lin, you're going to try and find the one you think the fewest people knew.

You are the high-scorers on 26. We need a low score.

I know two. I think they're probably the two highest-scoring,

but I'm going to go for Juan Carlos and Barcelona.

Juan Carlos, Barcelona, says Lin. Let's see if that's right and how many people said.

There's no red line cos you're the high-scorers.

It's right.

-Coming down.

-28.

-APPLAUSE

OK. (LAUGHS)

28 for Barcelona.

-It's a pretty big score, isn't it, Lin?

-Yeah.

And the flame there was lit by the Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo,

who fired an arrow through the air and lit the flame.

Brilliant.

Martyn. The high-scorers are now Lin and Katie on 54.

If you can score 34, you are through to the next round.

So we're looking for the towns or cities in which the Olympic Games were opened by these people.

I think I know quite a few.

But I'm hoping that Emperor Akihito opened the winter Olympics in Nagano.

Nagano, says Martyn, for Emperor Akihito.

Nagano. Here is your red line.

If you can get below that red line, you're through to the head-to-head.

Is Nagano right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Well done. You're in the head-to-head.

-Two!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's an excellent score, Martyn.

Takes your total up to 21.

Terrific answer, Martyn. Very well played. His father, Emperor Hirohito,

opened the Tokyo summer Olympics and the Sapporo winter Olympics, as well.

Now then, Maggie, you're on 14.

The high-scorers remain Lin and Katie on 54.

If you can score 39 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.

-Talk us through the board, Maggie.

-Er, well, Francois Mitterrand

has got to be a winter Olympics, so I'm not certain about that.

Ronald Reagan I'd say is Los Angeles.

Hu Jintao is Beijing.

But I'm actually going to go for the Duke of Edinburgh

because I was born by then and I'd say that was Melbourne.

Melbourne for the Duke of Edinburgh in 1956.

Is that right? How many people said it?

It is right.

You are in the head-to-head. Very well done, Maggie.

-Brilliant! Six!

-APPLAUSE

Six takes your total up to 20, Maggie.

-Richard.

-Another very good answer. Very good round from everybody.

Opened them in the Queen's absence. Let's go through the rest.

Maggie's taken us through a couple of them. Hu Jintao was Beijing.

Would've scored 26.

Ronald Reagan was at Los Angeles. Would've scored 19.

Now, the top one is a pointless answer,

so very well done if you knew it was the 1992 winter Olympics in Albertville.

It's a terrific answer if anyone got that.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our second round,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Lin and Katie!

Dear, oh, dear! This wasn't meant to happen at all!

But we go home not having scored 100,

-so we're chuffed with ourselves.

-Yeah.

54 is a fantastic score. I mean, really. Particularly given that you didn't want the Olympics to come up.

It's been lovely having you on the show. I'm sorry you have to leave so soon. Katie and Lin.

-Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

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

Well, congratulations, Maggie and Stevie, Max and Martyn,

you are now only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at £5,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So you're now going to go head-to-head.

The first player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

But from here on in, you are allowed to confer.

So, well, Maggie and Stevie, you've just played a blinder.

Fantastic. The lowest scorers in each round.

Max, if this was tag wrestling,

they would've had you. They'd have wiped the floor with you.

But, you know, you can put your heads together now.

-You confident?

-Yes.

-Good! That was the right answer.

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

APPLAUSE

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

LAUGHTER

There you go, Max. Fashion designers. Richard.

We're going to show you five photographs of famous people

wearing the clothes of a particular fashion designer.

Can you name the fashion designer, please?

Wearing the clothes of a particular fashion designer?

Yeah. Don't pretend that you won't know all five immediately.

No, I'm sure I will. I'm sure I will.

OK, wow. Let's reveal the clothes of our five fashion designers.

Good luck, both pairs. We have got...

Now then, Maggie and Stevie, you've played best throughout the show

so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

-OK. You say it.

-D we'll go for.

-You're going to go for D.

-Yes, please.

-And what are you going to say?

-The Emanuels.

-The Emanuels.

-Emanuel.

-The Emanuels.

-Emanuels.

-Yes.

-Elizabeth, I think.

-Elizabeth and David, wasn't it?

-Yes.

-Emanuels.

-Yes.

-OK.

Max and Martyn, talk us through the board.

-Erm...

-(LAUGHS) Well, of course, A is erm...

-That one.

It's a very nice dress. Erm...

-C I need bigger.

-Can we see C on full screen, please?

LAUGHTER

-There we go.

-Yep. Yep.

-I know that dress.

-That's enough.

-LAUGHTER

I think we're going to go for B, and a bit of a guess,

Jean-Paul Gaultier.

B, Jean-Paul Gaultier.

OK. So, we have the Emanuels

and we have Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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

Absolutely right.

-30.

-APPLAUSE

30 for the Emanuels.

Max and Martyn, "Yeah, I don't know anything about fashion designers."

"Oh, but B might be Jean-Paul Gaultier." Let's see if it is. Jean-Paul Gaultier, is it right?

Yes, it's absolutely right. Very well done.

Come on, keep going.

And it beat the Emanuels!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Very well done indeed. 14.

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

Very big in the wrestling community, Jean-Paul Gaultier. There's only one answer that beats that.

Very good answer. A is Vivienne Westwood.

Helena Bonham Carter wearing that. 24 points that would've scored.

C is Gianni Versace.

That would've scored you 16.

And E is the best answer there.

That is Gwyneth Paltrow wearing Ralph Lauren.

Pointless. She got a lot of stick for wearing that to the Oscars.

-Why?

-Because it's made of seal-cub fur.

LAUGHTER

No, people just didn't think it suited her. LAUGHTER

It's not made of seal-cub fur. It's not made of seal-cub fur.

Thank you very much. Here comes your second question.

Maggie and Stevie, you need to get this question

to stay in the game. Best of luck.

Your second question concerns...

-Richard.

-You can't do that on every question, Max.

-I know!

Rule one of Pointless, you can't say, "I wonder if it's Jean-Paul Gaultier"

and then go, "Oh, I can't believe it." Just five question here

leading to facts about Andrew Lloyd Webber. Can you pick the most obscure?

OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Andrew Lloyd Webber.

And here we go. We've got...

I'll read those one more time.

So there you are. Five clues to facts about Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Max and Martyn, you go first this time.

I'm struggling big time, again.

Erm... I think the song he won an Oscar for might be Music Of The Night.

Music Of The Night, you are saying. Music Of The Night.

Maggie and Stevie. You can talk us through the board if you like.

-He married Sarah Brightman.

-Sarah Brightman, that's it.

-Prince Edward is the royal family.

-Yeah.

-The sport. Is that golf?

-It sounds like it should be football, but I don't know.

And the name of his cellist brother is Julian.

Which would be the least?

-Shall we go for Julian?

-We'll go for Julian.

OK, you're going to say Julian, the name of his cellist brother.

So we have, from Max and Martyn, Music Of The Night.

Is that the song he and Tim Rice won an Oscar for? Let's find out.

No.

No, it is not. Which means, Maggie and Stevie,

you merely have to be right and you are then going to be back in the game.

Julian Lloyd Webber, is that the name of his brother, the cellist?

Yes, it is! Very well done!

-36 the score.

-APPLAUSE

But most importantly, it was right, which means, Maggie and Stevie, you are back in the game. It's 1-1.

Yeah, it wasn't Music Of The Night. It's from Evita, the song they won the Oscar for,

and it was You Must Love Me.

Would've scored one point. To win the best song Oscar, it has to be written specifically for the film.

The actress/singer he married, ladies, you're absolutely right, it was Sarah Brightman.

That would've scored you 30. You were right about the royal family member,

that was Prince Edward. Would've scored 32.

And the sport that was the subject of The Beautiful Game is football.

That would've scored 41 points.

So You Must Love Me is very much the best answer on that board.

Thanks, Richard. So here comes the third question, the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that £5,000 jackpot.

Very best of luck to both pairs. Our third question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you the names of five books,

all of which have a number in the title, but we've left the number out.

Can you fill it in and choose the most obscure? Very best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our books with numbers in the title

with the number omitted. And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

So there you are. Five books with the numbers missing from their titles.

Maggie and Stevie, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

We're not too good at this, I'm afraid. We'll have to go for Catch-22.

Catch-22, say Maggie and Stevie. Catch-22.

Max and Martyn, you can talk us through the rest of the board if you like.

I think a bit of a guess, House Of The 12 Gables.

House Of The 12 Gables, say Max and Martyn.

Maggie and Stevie, you've said Catch-22. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

78. As you imagined, quite a high score there.

-APPLAUSE

-Oh, dear.

-Mm.

Max and Martyn, you've taken a bit of a punt on this.

Let's see if that house has 12 gables, and if it does, how many people said it.

Ooh! Bad luck! But you did exactly the right thing there.

Sadly, it was a wrong answer.

Which means, Maggie and Stevie, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1. Well done!

APPLAUSE

Sorry, guys, it's a Nathaniel Hawthorne book and it's The House Of The Seven Gables.

Would've scored you 11 points, so would've seen you through.

The one at the bottom would've seen you through, as well.

That's the extraordinary Kurt Vonnegut novel Slaughterhouse-Five.

Well worth reading if you haven't. Would've scored 26.

Right at the top there, The Three Musketeers, obviously.

Almost as bad as a wrong answer, though. 98 points that would've scored you.

-And did you know the second one?

-I don't.

It's an 1966 novella by Thomas Pynchon

and it's The Crying Of Lot 49.

And that would've scored seven points, so well done to those people.

And well done if you got all of those.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of our head-to-head,

I'm afraid the losing pair is Max and Martyn, so we have to say goodbye to you.

-But you've had a great game.

-We've had a great time.

-Maggie and Stevie have been pretty phenomenal

-the whole way through.

-Yep.

-Max and Martyn, we'll see you again next time.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But for Maggie and Stevie, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Well, massive congratulations, Maggie and Stevie.

You've fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Excellent.

-You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £5,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, you've been fantastic. We've flung everything at you.

We've given you EastEnders, Olympics, Andrew Lloyd Webber.

-It was those fashion designers.

-Fashion designers.

-I mean, Jean-Paul Gaultier!

Yeah. I think you played it a bit safe there. You underestimated the gentlemen.

We did know some of the others but, erm...

But I didn't know Jean-Paul Gaultier, I have to say. But the others, I did.

Well, you've done so well. 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 leave here with £5,000.

First you've got to choose a category. You have a choice of five options. They are...

-Erm...

-Well...

Shall we do words?

-We'll have a go at words, I think.

-Words it is.

Good. OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many words ending in POINT as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any word that has its own entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English

that ends POINT. We won't allow the word point itself.

I suspect it wouldn't be a pointless answer, anyway.

And hyphenated words, trademarks, abbreviations, proper nouns, obviously don't count, as well.

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 £5,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Disappoint. Underpoint. Needlepoint. Checkpoint.

-Oh, yes.

My mind's a blank.

Is there such a thing as counterpoint, is there?

-Counterpoint, yes.

-Shall we say counterpoint?

I'm thinking of counterpart.

-Erm...

-Erm...

Oh, for goodness sake, they're so obvious, aren't they,

the ones that...

Isn't it silly? As you say, disappoint.

-Yeah, but that's going to be a high score.

-Oh, of course, yes.

-Ten seconds left.

-Oh, gosh.

I think we'll just have to go with those three.

-Disappoint. Disappointing, isn't it?

-It is disappointing.

OK, your time is up. So we were looking for words ending in point.

I now need your three answers.

-Centrepoint.

-Centrepoint.

-I know it's a building.

-Well, it is a building but hopefully it's a word, as well.

-Er...

-Needlepoint.

-Needlepoint.

-Checkpoint.

-Checkpoint. There we are.

-Charlie.

-Checkpoint Charlie.

Perfect. Now, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-What would you think?

-Needlepoint?

-Needlepoint.

Needlepoint we shall put last. Which do you think is your least likely to be pointless?

-Well, I don't think we know that centrepoint is going to be a word, so...

-We'll bung it first.

-Yes.

OK, let's put them up on the board in that order.

And here they are. We have got...

OK, so we were looking for words ending in point.

You only needed to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £5,000.

So, centrepoint. Let's see. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it? Centrepoint.

No!

Bad luck.

Unfortunately not a pointless answer. You only have two chances to win. Two good chances I'd have said.

£5,000 is riding on this. Maggie, what would you do with £5,000?

Er, well, I recently lost a very nice bracelet,

so I'd like, if I could, to get a goldsmith to make another one for me.

OK. Very good. Well, best of luck with that. Stevie, how about you?

-I'd treat myself to a new laptop. And also put it towards a holiday.

-Lovely.

OK. Best of luck. Let's hope one of your two remaining answers will bring in that laptop and bracelet.

OK. We're looking for words ending in point. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, checkpoint.

Has to be correct, has to be pointless.

If it is both of those things, you win £5,000.

Let's see. Is it right? How many people said checkpoint?

It's absolutely right.

Centrepoint, your first answer, was an incorrect answer, but checkpoint most certainly is correct.

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

-Ooh! Ten!

-APPLAUSE

Ten for checkpoint.

So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot of £5,000.

Everything is now riding on needlepoint.

We're looking for words ending in point. Your third and final answer, your most confident answer,

-was needlepoint.

-SHE LAUGHS

Let's find out. For £5,000, is it pointless?

Well, of course, it's right.

Centrepoint was incorrect.

Checkpoint took us all the way down to ten.

If needlepoint takes us all the way down to zero...

-Oh! No! 21!

-APPLAUSE

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot, but you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy.

-So very, very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

Unlucky, Maggie and Stevie. You played so well throughout.

Needlepoint is the third highest answer of all of them on the board,

just behind appoint and disappoint, amazingly.

There's a few low scorers which are nice words. There's gunpoint, would've got you three points.

Cashpoint, two. Flashpoint, one point.

-Oh!

-Let's take a look at all the pointless answers.

See if you got any of these.

Acupoint is where they put acupuncture needles in if you have acupuncture.

Colourpoint, which is a type of cat.

Embonpoint literally means plumpness.

Reefpoint, which is a term in sailing. Sealpoint, which is a particular marking on a Siamese cat.

-I can't believe you didn't say that.

-Oh, yes!

Yeah, sealpoint, yeah, you got it now.

Strongpoint, which is a fortified military position.

And touchpoint, which is a liaison between a business and a customer.

-Yes.

-OK.

-Very well done if you got any of those ones at home.

We have to say goodbye, Maggie and Stevie.

-It's been wonderful having you on the show.

-We've had a super time.

-It's been brilliant. Thank you for playing. Great contestants.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Maggie and Stevie didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £6,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us 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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