Episode 7 Pointless

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

Welcome to Pointless, where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

And first we welcome back Rob and Ky. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-This is your second chance. Rob, remind us how you know each other.

-We used to work together.

-At a newspaper.

-You're newshounds.

-Well, sportshounds.

-Sportshounds.

-As we discovered last time, Rob left the Dorset Echo...Echo...

-LAUGHTER

-to be a postman.

-Yes, well, it wasn't exactly my choice to leave, but...

-Oh, you were sacked!

-Not quite! LAUGHTER

-How have you filled the gap since Rob left?

-We had a day of mourning and then...

-A whole day, eh?

-Well, half a day if you take lunch out.

-Rob, do you miss it?

I do. I miss, as you can see, the banter. I miss that.

-Any new tactics on the back of last time's performance?

-To do better.

-Yeah.

-OK.

There's a maxim for all of us. Best of luck. Great to have you back.

Next we welcome Jeneana and Jason. How do you two know each other?

-Jason's my dad.

-Jason... David Dickinson.

I'm sorry, but really. Don't you think? Would you give me that?

If anyone here looks like him, it's Jason.

-You are not the first.

-I bet. That must be quite tiresome.

-No, it's really quite enjoyable.

-What do you do with your retirement?

-I'm passionate about fishing.

-Fresh water?

Everything from my local rivers and lakes, through trout fishing, salmon fishing in Scotland

-to big game fishing all over the world.

-Jeneana, what do you do?

-I'm a freelance caterer.

-What's the biggest party you've catered for?

-I've done about 150.

-Wow. That's enough pressure, isn't it?

-It is.

-So food and drink will be great for you.

-Hopefully.

-Splendid.

-What else would you like to see come up?

-Anything natural history.

-Natural history.

-Jeneana?

-I actually don't mind politics too much.

-It's very seldom requested, politics.

-That's why I like it. The others might not do so well.

People don't do terribly well on it, least of all our 100 people.

-Yeah, especially them!

-They're not brilliant on politics.

Great to have you. Next, Lara and Martin. How do you know each other?

-We help to run a private dining club in Covent Garden, the West End.

-Very good indeed. Now then, Lara,

-what do you hope comes up today? What's the ideal topic?

-Well, apart from working as a waitress,

I'm studying to be a singer, classical singer. I've been training as a soprano for seven months.

-As an opera soprano?

-Yes.

-I see.

-So maybe, perhaps, some composers,

classical music a little bit.

-Martin, how about you?

-Sorry, Jeneana, but I love politics.

-So I would love politics to come up.

-OK, wow.

-Any politics today?

-Er, no, not so much.

-OK.

-Oh, never mind.

-Very good. Great to have you on the show.

A warm welcome and best of luck.

-Finally, we've got Scott and Suzanne. How do you know each other?

-Boyfriend and girlfriend.

-Very good. Where are you from?

-Glasgow.

-Scott, what do you do?

-I work for an accountancy board.

-And what do you like to get up to?

-Playing football and I like running.

Suzanne, what do you get up to?

-If I'm not working, I'm normally at the gym.

-And what is your work?

Same company as Scott, but I deal with accountancy students.

-Did you meet through work?

-No.

-Or work through knowing each other?

-We met at school.

-And then both got jobs there.

-How long ago was that?

-Seven years.

-Wow! Very best of luck.

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

Only one person left for me to introduce. People call him Rain Man

as he goes gambling with Tom Cruise. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya!

Hello.

Gambling or gambolling?

-Gambolling. Leaping about like a new-born lamb, you and Tom.

-Me and Tom Cruise.

-Yeah!

-Yeah. Are you well?

-I'm very well.

-Just one returning pair today. That's our record holders.

-The shortest-named contestants we've ever had, Rob and Ky.

-Yep.

They were harshly knocked out, so they might do rather well today.

They could be tough to beat. The first round today is a subject that no one has ever asked for.

-Is it? Good.

-And round two is lovely as well.

-Should be fun, the first two.

-Good stuff. Look forward to it.

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

To get to the final round, our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 didn't get.

The fewer of our 100 who knew the answer, the fewer points they will score. What everyone is trying

is to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew. Each time that happens

we will add 250 quid to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.

Today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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 will be eliminated. Try to ensure that's not you.

Our first category today is... Famous People.

Famous People. Can you all decide who's going to go first and second?

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

OK. Our question concerns...

Famous Prisoners.

-Richard?

-On each pass we'll show you seven descriptions of famous people

who have been incarcerated at some point in their lives. You tell us who they are.

A nice obscure answer scores fewer points. An incorrect answer is 100.

14 descriptions in all, 14 jailbirds for you to get at home.

OK, thanks very much. Rob and Ky, you all drew lots and today you are going first.

We are looking for these famous prisoners. And we have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Seven clues to famous prisoners. Now then, Ky...

I think I'm going to have to go with the Queen of England

from 1558 to 1603 and say Elizabeth I.

Elizabeth I says Ky. Let's see if that's right and, if it is,

how many people knew that answer. Elizabeth I.

Absolutely right.

46.

-46, Richard.

-Better safe than sorry. She was incarcerated in the Tower of London in 1554.

-For non-payment of parking fines.

-LAUGHTER

Jason?

Well, there's two I could have a go at.

I'm going to take a bit of a risk. I'm going to say wrote three volumes of a prison diary, Jeffrey Archer.

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

Yep.

Wow, Jason! That's a great answer.

Jeffrey Archer scoring you two.

Very well done.

Good answer. He was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice.

These three different volumes were the three different prisons that he was in.

-He was actually in one about ten miles from where we live.

-Was that Heaven?

-That was it.

-The last one.

-Is it heaven?

-I wouldn't call it heaven!

-A bit bleak.

-Compared to Belmarsh?

-Probably.

-Now then, Lara...

Hmm, the one I knew has been taken, so...

I'm going to go for "launched the Quit India movement in 1942"

with Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela, you are saying. The Quit India movement, launched in 1942.

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

Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, Lara. That means you score the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

Suzanne, you are the last person to have this board. Talk us through it.

Not going to be able to do that!

Em...

I'm probably going to have to go for Kiefer Sutherland, who played Jack Bauer in 24.

Kiefer Sutherland you are saying. He played Jack Bauer in 24.

Is that right and how many said it?

Absolutely right.

35.

Not a bad score by any means, Suzanne. 35 for Kiefer Sutherland.

Yeah, very good answer. He spent 48 days in prison.

Drunk driving. Let's look at the rest of the board.

-The jockey who won the Epsom Derby?

-Lester Piggott.

-Absolutely right. Would have scored you 28.

Let's look at the Quit India one. It's not Nelson Mandela. It's Mahatma Gandhi.

It would have scored you 18 points. The German leader?

-Well, Hitler, I would imagine.

-Absolutely right. After he was jailed for the Bier Hall Putsch.

And played by Johnny Depp in the film Public Enemies? Tricky.

John Dillinger, four points. So the best answer was Jeffrey Archer.

Very well done indeed. Let's take a look at those scores.

Jason and Jeneana are looking very strong indeed. Lovely low score. That was a punt well worth taking.

Then we go up to 35 to Suzanne and Scott,

up to 46, Ky and Rob,

and then up quite substantially to 100 where we find Lara and Martin.

Martin, you're just the man to find the lowest-scoring answer and you will need it.

OK, we're going to come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places?

OK, we're going to put seven more famous prisoners on the board.

We have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I will read all of those one last time.

We are looking for the famous prisoners described by these clues.

You want the one the fewest knew.

-What are you thinking, Scott?

-I think I'll play it safe and go with Sherlock Holmes,

Robert Downey Jnr.

Robert Downey Jnr. Here's your red line.

Below that red line, through you go to the next round. Robert Downey Jnr.

How many people said it? Is it right?

Absolutely right.

And you're through. Very well done.

25.

25 takes your total up to 60.

Yes, frequently arrested on drugs charges, Robert Downey Jnr.

He was sentenced to three years for parole violations.

-Now, Martin, you have a job to do here.

-Indeed, sir.

I'm quite sure that Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest, so I'll go for that.

OK, Oscar Wilde says Martin. How many of our 100 said Oscar Wilde?

Absolutely right.

35.

That takes your total up to 135.

-Richard?

-Very well played, Martin. You've kept yourself in it there.

Famously imprisoned in a number of jails. The Ballad of Reading Gaol he wrote in Reading jail,

but also Pentonville, Holloway, all sorts of places.

Now then, Jeneana. The good news is you are through whatever happens. You're on 2.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Martin and Lara.

-Bearing that in mind, what do you think of the board?

-I was going to go for the same answer as Martin,

but seeing as he's taken that one, I'll have a bit of a punt and go for the Russian author.

-The only one I can think of is Leo Tolstoy.

-Leo Tolstoy you're saying.

Jason not entirely happy with that. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Leo Tolstoy.

Bad luck, Jeneana. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer and scores you the maximum 100 points.

-It takes you to 102, but it couldn't matter less. Richard?

-Unlucky, Jeneana. Good guess.

On the plus side, now we know what a disappointed David Dickinson looks like.

Rob, you're on 46. The high scorers are Martin and Lara on 135.

If you can score 88 or less, you are through to the next round. What do you think of that board?

-There's a couple of obvious ones.

-You can talk through the board.

Presumably the top one is Nelson Mandela, the nickname Scarface is Al Capone.

If I was going to hazard a guess I would say the Russian author was Dostoyevsky, the only one I know.

The other two I'm not sure about.

So to get through I am going to go with crime tsar of Chicago, Al Capone.

Al Capone, you are saying. Here's your red line. Al Capone has to get you below that.

Is it right? How many people said Al Capone for Scarface?

It's right. And it's done it for you!

32.

32 takes your total up to 78.

Well played, Rob. Al Capone famously jailed for tax evasion and ended his time in Alcatraz.

Let's look at the rest. You went through them rather well. ANC President was Nelson Mandela.

-The author of Brothers Karamazov... Did you say "Kara-mazov"?

-I did. "Kara-matzov" must be right.

"Kara-mazov"? Karamazov in a bag.

-You're usually very good at this. I assumed I was being thick.

-I've never said it out loud, I think.

Nelson Mandela would have scored you 47. The Russian author is Dostoyevsky. He scored 11.

Now those other two are the best answers there.

-The suffragette?

-No.

-Emily Davison.

Six points. Now the other one is a tricky one. Wrote Letter From Birmingham Jail, published 1963.

Any idea?

The key to guessing this is it's not Birmingham in the Midlands. It's the Deep South.

It's Martin Luther King. 3 points. So very well done if you worked that out.

Thanks very much. At the end of our first round, the pair who will be leaving us, it's Martin and Lara.

-Thank you for having us.

-Not at all. You will be back.

-Yes, we will.

-Lara, you will have a chance to atone.

-Yes.

-We look forward to seeing you again. Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Good luck.

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

Now only two pairs can make it through to the Head To Head, so one will leave after this round.

Our category for Round Two today is...Words.

Words. Can you all decide who's going first and second?

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

OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many words ending in "..amp" as they could. "..amp", Richard?

Any word with its own entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English with ends "..amp". No proper nouns

or hyphenated words and we won't accept the word "amp".

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Rob.

I want a lovely obscure word ending in "..amp".

There's a few...a few things I can think of.

Unfortunately, nothing completely obscure,

so I'm going to play reasonably safe to start off with and say cramp.

OK, cramp, says Rob. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said cramp.

20.

-20 for cramp. Richard?

-Very tough being on that first podium in these word rounds. Very well done.

-It's a painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles. Cramp.

-Jeneana...

-I think I better play it fairly safe on this round, so I'm going to say scamp.

-Scamp.

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

APPLAUSE

Very well done. Seven for scamp.

Somebody who is mischievous in a likeable way. A scamp.

Like a young David Dickinson. A little scamp.

-Now, Scott...

-Tramp.

-Tramp.

-Yeah.

-I thought you were talking to me.

-Maybe I was!

-Tramp.

-Yes.

-Let's see if tramp's right and how many of our 100 people said tramp.

Absolutely right.

23.

-23 for tramp.

-Yeah, big answer. We've heard some common words so far.

There's all sorts on this list. An awful lot more words than you think.

We're halfway through the round. Jeneana and Jason, lovely low score there from Jeneana.

Looking very strong on 7. Then we go up to 20 where Rob and Ky are to be found

and then up to 23, Scott and Suzanne. Can the second players please take their places?

OK, so we're looking for words ending in "..amp".

Suzanne, what have you got?

I think I'm probably going to have to go with clamp.

Let's see how many people said clamp.

17.

17 takes your total up to 40.

A brace or a clasp for holding something together.

-We're still surfing high scorers.

-OK, Jason.

Let's have a nice, low-scoring word from you.

Headlamp.

Headlamp. Here's your red line, Jason. Quite low.

Let's see if headlamp gets below that.

Absolutely right.

Abso... Oh, very well done, Jason!

That's exactly what we wanted from you. A low score. They don't get lower than that.

It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot and takes the total to £2,250.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at an impressive 7.

-Richard?

-Very well played, Jason. The powerful light on the front of a vehicle.

Ky, the high scorers are Scott and Suzanne on 40. You're on 20,

so a score of 19 or less will see you through.

Obvious ones are like stamp, lamp.

I'm wondering whether tablelamp...

But...

-What are we thinking, Ky?

-I'm going to have to go with tablelamp.

Tablelamp, you are saying. There's your red line.

If you can get below that, you are through to the next round.

Is it correct and how many people said tablelamp?

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

Sorry, Ky. Table lamp, two words in the Oxford Dictionary. Sidelamp would have been acceptable

and a pointless answer. Let's look at some other pointless answers.

Backstamp is a pointless answer, blowlamp, which is a British way of saying blowtorch,

decamp, which is how a drag artist takes off her make-up.

LAUGHTER

There's headlamp. Overdamp, which is a term in physics, rather than meteorological.

Spotlamp would have been pointless.

Sunlamp. There you are, Suzanne. You said clamp. If you'd said unclamp, it'd be pointless

and add £250 to the jackpot. And underdamp, which is the opposite of overdamp, which we just had.

Ky, if you had said stamp, which was one of the obvious answers you were suggesting,

it would have scored 17 points. Let's look at the top answers, the worst ones to have given.

Ramp with 36.

Damp, 38.

-What do you think is top?

-Is it lamp?

-Yeah. Lamp right at the top there on 44.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid,

is Ky and Rob. Ky, I feel your pain. I know exactly what it's like.

You were trying to come up with a low-scoring answer and there was stamp.

-Well, yeah.

-You didn't know that.

-I thought it would be a high one.

There were some other low ones. Vamp is a low scorer. Revamp.

Champ was a low scorer. All of these were in single figures.

You've played very well indeed. Lovely low score in the last round.

I'm sorry this is where we say goodbye, but thanks for playing. Great contestants.

But for the remaining two pairs, it gets more exciting as we enter the Head To Head.

Congratulations, Scott and Suzanne, Jeneana and Jason.

You are only one round away from the final and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £2,250.

You're now going to go head to head. The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.

The great news is that from here on in, you can confer.

So Scott and Suzanne, brilliant consistent low scoring from you has seen you through.

-Were you expecting to end up here?

-No!

-No.

Very, very strong play.

And Jeneana and Jason, we still haven't had food and drink.

-No.

-Or antiques for you.

Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the Head To Head.

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

animals named after other animals.

-Animals named after other animals, Richard?

-Yeah. We'll show you five photos of animals

whose names also contain the name of another animal. Can you give us the most obscure of these five?

OK, thank you very much. Let's reveal our five animals named after other animals.

We have got...

Poor seal. No one says, "Ahhh!"

-That's not getting any "Aaahs" from anyone.

-No!

Ok, so there we are. Animals named after other animals.

Scott and Suzanne, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

We're going to say E is a mole rat.

-E is a...?

-Mole rat.

-A mole rat.

A mole rat.

OK, Jeneana and Jason, you can talk us through the rest of the board if you like.

Right. There's a couple on there that we know.

You can say which ones, then say which one you want to submit.

We think A is probably a parrot fish, C is probably elephant seal.

-It is, yeah.

-And D is a peacock butterfly.

-And I think we're going to go with...

-Parrot fish?

-Yeah.

-Or do people know that?

-No.

-I would have gone for mole rat.

-That's gone.

-I don't know what the lemur is.

Shall I go for A?

-Dad? Shall we go for A?

-Go for A.

-I think we'll go for A.

-She says A.

-Parrot fish.

-Parrot fish.

We have mole rat and we have parrot fish.

Scott and Suzanne have said that E is a mole rat.

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

Absolutely right.

It's a good answer. Down it goes. 29.

Scott, you look pained by that.

-It's a bit high, I think.

-You'd be more comfortable if it was lower?

-Yeah.

-You think parrot fish is going to go lower?

-I think it might.

-Jason doesn't think so.

Jason thinks mole rat was the best. OK, let's find out. Parrot fish. How many people said that?

It is right. 29 is what it's got to beat.

You've done it!

Wow! 6.

6!

6 for parrot fish beats 29 for mole rat,

so after the first question Jeneana and Jason are up 1-0.

Two good answers there, but parrot fish particularly good. That's dads.

Jason was certain that mole rat was the better answer. Jeneana calmly knew that parrot fish was better,

-but Jason had to see it.

-I know so much about fishing, so...!

-You don't catch parrot fish?!

-No, I caught a parrot fish.

-Did you?

-By mistake.

-They're the only fish that talk, aren't they?

-Yes.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Let's fill it in.

Let's have a look at B.

That is the best answer on the board. It's a mouse lemur.

2 points that would have scored you. A terrific answer to get.

You were right to avoid C. It is the elephant seal, but it's the biggest scorer on the board

with 41 points.

And D you got right as well. It's the peacock butterfly and would have won with 14.

Very well done if you got all five.

Thanks very much, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.

Scott and Suzanne, you have to win this.

It concerns...New Zealand.

-New Zealand, Richard.

-We'll give you five clues to facts about the country New Zealand.

-Can you give us the most obscure answer?

-OK, here come our five clues.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

Five clues to facts about New Zealand and you're looking for the one that the fewest people knew.

-Jeneana and Jason, you go first this time.

-I know the first two.

-WHISPERING What's the first one?

-The All Blacks.

-And the second one, is it Wellington?

-Yeah.

We'll go for capital city. And we think it's Wellington.

Wellington. Wellington, say Jason and Jeneana,

for the capital city. Scott and Suzanne, talk us through it.

We think the nickname of the rugby union team is the All Blacks,

not sure about the highest mountain or the Booker Prize winner.

The Peter Jackson cinema trilogy, we'll go for that. It's the Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Rings. OK, you've got to hope that wins to keep you in it.

Jeneana and Jason have said Wellington, capital of New Zealand.

Is it right and how many knew it?

Absolutely right.

30.

Is that going to be enough to win the point for you? Scott and Suzanne have said Lord of the Rings is

the Peter Jackson-directed trilogy filmed in New Zealand. Is it right and how many people said it?

You have to win this point.

It's right. Will it go down below thirty?

Oh! Bad luck!

52 for Lord of the Rings.

Which means Jeneana and Jason are through to the final after only two questions. 2-0.

Lord of the Rings, nominated for 30 Oscars and won 17 of them.

Including 11 out of 11 for The Return of the King. Very well played, you guys.

Let's fill in the rest. You're right about the rugby union team, the All Blacks. It scored 65.

Do you know the highest mountain?

-No.

-It's quite a low scorer - 7. Well done if you said Mount Cook.

And the Booker Prize winner was a pointless answer. She's only ever written one novel.

It won the 1985 Booker Prize.

The Bone People by Keri Hulme. It was a pointless answer. Well done anybody who got that.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of our Head To Head are Scott and Suzanne.

Very, very well played, though.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye, but we'll see you again next time. I'll look forward to that. Cheers.

But for Jeneana and Jason it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jeneana and Jason. You've seen off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show it stands at £2,250.

Very, very low scoring and that Head To Head you made look so easy.

You kicked them off with the capital of New Zealand. What we might call a Wellington boot.

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

We've had one on the show today and that was yours, Jason, the brilliant headlamp.

-That was your answer, not a nickname I'm conferring.

-No more nicknames!

You only need to find one more pointless answer. First, though, you have to choose a category.

You have five options. They are...

HE READS THE LIST

Oh, crikey. Television?

-Televisions will be the easiest.

-You think?

-I do. Unless you want to take International Relations.

-No.

-I think Television.

-Yeah.

-We either know it or we don't Comme ci, comme ca. Television.

Television it is, OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many David Croft TV shows as they could. Richard?

Yeah, any BBC TV series for which David Croft was credited as a writer by himself or in partnership.

So long as he's written at least one episode, we will accept that series. Very best of luck.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £2,250

-is for one answer to be pointless. Speak up while you deliberate.

-There's...

-Ah!

-Excuse me! I'm excited!

-LAUGHT

-Are you ready? I think I know.

-Yeah, we're ready.

Let's put 60 second on the clock. There they are. Time starts now.

There's Allo Allo, Hi De Hi, Dad's Army.

The...

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.

The sequel to...

-Oh, what was it called?

-What, Dad?

-They played butlers.

-I can't remember what it's called.

-Fry and Laurie, you mean?

-No.

-It Ain't Half Hot, Mum is good. Did they do a sequel?

-Hi De Hi... Yeah, the two guys...no.

-Some of them were in it. You Called, Sir? Something like that?

-We'll say that. You Called, Sir.

Definitely Hi De Hi, Allo, Allo, Dad's Army, It AIn't Half Hot, Mum.

-The one with Mrs whatserface. Slocombe.

-Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served? The sequel to that, which I can't remember either!

-10 seconds left.

-The sequel to Are You Being Served?

-I'm Free.

-It's not called that.

-It was.

-Was it?

-Yeah.

OK, that's your time up. We were looking for David Croft sitcoms.

-I now need three answers.

-It Ain't Half Hot, Mum?

-Yeah.

Are You Being Served? And I'm Free.

-Are You Being Served? And I'm Free.

-Now of those three, which do you think is your best shot?

-I'm Free.

-If I'm Free's right, it's certainly the best one.

-We'll put it last.

-Which do you want to put first?

-Are You Being Served?

So Are You Being Served?, It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, I'm Free. Let's put them up on the board.

We have got Are You Being Served?, It Ain't Half Hot, Mum and I'm Free.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win our jackpot of £2,250.

-Jeneana, what would you do with 2,250 quid?

-We'd probably just have a big family holiday.

-Well, family, cousins, my sister.

-Very nice.

-All go away.

-Jason?

-Anything else?

-It would buy me 2½ days big game fishing.

-With all the family, of course.

-No!

-Well, very best of luck.

Let's see if your first answer, Are You Being Served?, is right and, if it is, how many said it.

This for £2,250. Good luck.

It's right.

Down it goes. Are You Being Served?

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with...

20.

That's all right.

A very, very popular sitcom. Internationally. The Americans loved Are You Being Served?

It wasn't a pointless answer. We're not surprised.

Your next answer, though, is It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.

I think we'll see a substantial fall-off from 20, I think, for It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.

David Croft sitcoms. This has to be right and it has to be pointless to win £2,250.

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum. How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

So Are You Being Served? took us all the way down to 20.

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum. Let's see where this stops.

23!

So wrong! I said it was going to go down much further. It went up by three. There we are.

However, now then, Jeneana, you pounced on this last answer. Are you sure this is correct?

No, but if there was going to be a sequel...

-You...!

-If there was going to be a sequel of Are You Being Served?, it's called I'm Free, I'm sure.

It's Grace Brothers or something. I've remembered the other one - You Rang, M'Lord. That'll be pointless!

-Don't say that. I'm going to be in trouble.

-You only have one more chance to win the jackpot.

It's all hanging on I'm Free. I'm Free.

It has to be right and pointless. If it's both of these things, you leave here with £2,250.

We're looking for David Croft sitcoms. How many of our 100 people said I'm Free,

your last shot at the jackpot?

-Oh! Bad luck!

-I just thought you knew!

-Bad luck!

-Terrific, terrific(!)

-Oh...

-Oh, dear.

-I'm so sorry.

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win the £2,250,

which rolls over to the next show. You've been brilliant contestants and you get our Pointless trophy.

-Now here's the painful bit. Richard?

-Quite right with You Rang, M'Lord, but it scored 7 points.

-Oh, right. No worries.

-And the follow-up to Are You Being Served? wasn't I'm Free.

It was Grace and Favour, but even that would have scored two points.

Of the five categories, this was the toughest. He's so well-loved,

there's very few pointless answers. All the big scorers are here - Dad's Army, Hi De Hi, Allo, Allo.

There's only three pointless answers so it's a very tough category.

Anybody at home who got one of these, a special pat on the back.

Come Back, Mrs Noah, which was essentially Molly Sugden in space.

She gets blasted off to space and they try to bring her back. From '77 and '78. I know.

It wasn't one of his bigger hits. Talent to burn.

The Eggheads was a sitcom from the '60s about four students sharing a flat,

and The Virgin Fellas, with Hugh Lloyd, set in Australia.

The only pointless answers, so very tough. It sometimes happens like that.

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

-Did you know any of those?

-No, never heard of them.

I've already forgotten Come Back, Mrs Noah.

-That's a relief, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-I was thinking Oh, Doctor Beeching.

-That would have scored two points.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Jeneana and Jason.

It's been brilliant having you. Thank you so much for playing.

Thank you very much.

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over. On the next show, we will be playing for £3,250.

-Join us next time 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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