Episode 8 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Scott and Suzanne. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances, of course, to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second chance.

Scott, remind us how you two know each other.

We met through school, got together in our fifth year

and we've been together ever since.

-What happened last time, Suzanne?

-We did not too bad, actually.

-You did incredibly well. Head-to-head.

-Yep.

-And what do you like to get up to in your spare time, Suzanne?

-Oh...

Yeah, go on.

Quite like to do a lot of travelling, go on holidays,

try to get away as often as we can.

Very nice. What is the furthest afield you've been?

Well, you've been to Las Vegas.

Yeah, I was at a stag week in Las Vegas.

-Do you remember anything about it?

-No, I don't.

I've got all the pictures and I don't remember any of them.

Anyway, a warm welcome back to the show.

You did brilliantly last time.

I have high hopes for you again this time.

Next, we welcome back Lara and Martin, who were also on the show last time.

Lara, remind us how you two know each other.

We work at a private gentlemen's club in the West End.

A private gentlemen's club? That just sounds rude!

-Oh, no, it's not rude.

-It's not?

-No, it's the old-fashioned...

Sorry, the old-fashioned sense of gentlemen.

-Private dining club.

-OK, very good.

And, Martin, what happened last time? You didn't cover yourselves in glory.

We did not. We bombed in the first round, I'm afraid.

We got the wrong continent, which is...

-You would think difficult to do, but we did it.

-But there we are.

-There we are. And here we are.

-Here we are, exactly. A new day.

Lara, what do you hope comes up today?

-Ooh! Erm, yeah, something to do with classical music perhaps.

-Good.

And having lived abroad, in Holland, for most of my life...

-How good's your Dutch?

-Fluent.

-Of course it is.

How many languages are you fluent in?

-Three.

-I think that's two more than I am. In fact, two and a half.

Not that Dutch is a very useful language, but...

-Between us, though, Laura and I are fluent in four languages.

-Ah.

Yeah, English, Dutch, German and English.

Anyway, Lara and Martin, a very warm welcome back to the show.

First round last time, let's hope we see much more of you this time.

-Thank you for saying that.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome Daley and Phil. Now, how do you to know each other?

-We are brothers.

-You are brothers.

-Have been for 31 years.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

I play a bit of five-a-side football...

Cinema, I'm always at the cinema.

Phil, what about you?

I've got a one-year-old boy, so I don't get much spare time, really.

-Or sleep.

-Well, that's the hobby, sleep.

When I do get any spare time, it's pretty much spent sleeping, really.

Yeah, much underrated, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It's great.

-It's a beautiful thing.

Anyway, what do you hope is going to come up today, Daley?

-Film. Definitely film.

-Obviously, yeah.

Any '80s, '90s cheesy music.

How do you define cheesy music? Sort of Stock Aitken Waterman or...?

-Just...

-Pop.

-Yeah, rubbish pop.

-Rubbish pop.

Very, very best of luck to you. It's lovely to have you here.

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

We met on another TV show. It was a TV soap quiz.

Wow!

-There's another TV show?

-There's another T...

LAUGHTER

You met on another TV show and bonded instantly over what, Naomi?

-Soaps.

-I kind of walked into that one, didn't I?

Course you did.

I made it to the semifinal, but Naomi made it to the final...

-Oh, wow.

-..and actually won the show.

-APPLAUSE

-Yeah, yeah.

You two are going to be terrifying on this show, aren't you?

You're going to know everything about soap stars. Wow!

-Any soap-star rounds coming up?

-No!

Anyway, thank you very much. Very best of luck, Naomi and Philip.

Welcome to 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 got the questions, he's got the answers.

I don't quite know what he needs us for, but we're here, anyway.

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

Hiya.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Good afternoon.

-Very good afternoon to you.

-Two returning pairs today,

who had very, very different shows last time.

Scott and Suzanne made it through to the head-to-head.

They were very good, so you'd expect them to do well again,

but Lara and Martin, I thought, promised much and they were tripped up on that first round.

But I suspect they won't make the same mistake twice.

If you really are a fan of rubbish pop, Daley,

-oh, boy, have I got round for you!

-Result.

-Brilliant.

Here goes. Thanks very much.

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

In order to get to the final round

and be in with a chance of winning the jackpot,

our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

So, the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,

the fewer points they'll score.

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

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

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

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

So today's jackpot starts off at a majestic £3,250.

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

Now, 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.

In this new round, we'll show you a list of things

which have a common connection, and all we want you to do

is find the most obscure answer that you possibly can, as always.

OK, our category for Round One is...

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many boy and girl band members.

Boy and girl band members, Richard.

Yeah, ordinarily in this first round,

we might ask for members of Take That or Blue,

or something like that, but on this round,

we're going to give you a list of six boy and girl bands.

We need you to tell us the name of anyone who's ever had a Top 40 hit with any of those groups.

So we're giving you six different choices up here.

Anyone who's had a Top 40 hit in the UK with any of these six groups will be an acceptable answer.

OK, so members of these bands.

And we've got...

I'll read them one last time.

Now then, Suzanne and Scott, you all drew lots before the show

and, today, you get to go first.

Suzanne, is this good for you?

Not too bad.

-I can picture a lot of them, but it's remembering their names!

-Yeah.

I think I'm probably going to go for

Kerry Katona, who was in Atomic Kitten.

Kerry Katona. OK. You are saying she was in Atomic Kitten.

Kerry Katona. Let's see if it's right,

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

It's correct.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, she left the group after their first album in 2001,

but has remained in the public eye, in various ways, ever since.

Hasn't she just?

What do you think about this new tweak to Round One?

I think it's great.

It's absolutely electric what you've done with this round.

-Oh, thank you. That's kind.

-You've taken it and you've... Grrr!

Well, I've just shaken it up a little bit.

I wanted it to be familiar, yet ring the changes little bit.

Also an excuse to have The Wanted on the show who, as you know,

are very much my favourites.

-Favourite member of The Wanted?

-I can't tell you in case anyone wants to say it in this round.

-Well done, you.

-Ah, you see?

-Were you trying to trap me?

-I really had forgotten what the round was.

LAUGHTER

Quite genuinely had no idea what I was talking about.

-Ah, dear!

-That is unlike you.

-Yeah. There we go.

Now then, Martin, this is kind of the dream round for you.

Yeah, right(!)

Er, It's not a dream for me, but I do know -

and I'm sure it's going to be quite a popular answer -

that Gary Barlow is in Take That.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Yep, yep. Better than I thought.

Not bad.

Gary Barlow.

You did what you had to do there, Martin, and damage limitation.

Obviously he's the main songwriter in Take That.

Now then, Daley,

so remember we are looking for any members of these boy or girl bands.

We are really relying on a fantastically obscure name.

I think I'm going to go with... I know all of them in Blue.

It's just a matter of which one could be the lowest.

So I think... I'll go with Simon Webbe.

Let's see if Simon Webbe is right,

and if it is, let's see how many about 100 people said Simon Webbe.

It's right.

CHEERING

You've done what you set out to do, Daley.

The lowest score of the round so far, Simon Webbe.

It's a good answer, Daley.

He had, obviously, a lot of Top 40 hits in Blue.

He's had solo hits as well, Simon Webbe.

Now then, Naomi...

I don't know whether to play it safe with one answer I've got in my head,

or I've got a risky one in my head.

What's the name of the game, Naomi?

-I think I might play it safe.

-Nummm!

LAUGHTER

And I'll go with Take That, and I'll go for Howard Donald.

Howard Donald, says Naomi.

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

Joint lowest scorer of the pass.

Well played, Naomi.

Howard Donald, of course, part of the original and the reformed incarnations of Take That.

Yep. OK, we're now halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Naomi and Philip and Daley and Phil all looking very strong indeed on only 8.

Then we come up to 32, where we find Suzanne and Scott,

then up to, 52 where Martin... It was a correct answer, but an expensive one, I suspect.

We'll come back down the line.

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

Now then, we are looking for

the members of these boy and girl bands, Philip.

Obviously you're going to try and find

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

Now, the highest scorers, Lara and Martin on 52, you're on 8.

A score of 43 or less and you're through to the next round.

-Rochelle from The Saturdays.

-Rochelle...

-From The Saturdays.

-Off of The Saturdays?

-Yes.

Here is your red line, Philip.

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

Very best of luck. Is Rochelle right? How many people said Rochelle?

Absolutely right.

Well done, you're through.

CHEERING

There you are, Philip.

Fortune favouring the brave there.

That scores you four, takes your total up to 12. Richard?

Well played, Philip. Rochelle Wiseman from The Saturdays.

-According to The Saturdays website, do you know what Rochelle's favourite saying is?

-Er...

Spare the rod, spoil the child?

LAUGHTER

No, her favourite saying is, "Oh, wow!"

That's like your favourite saying, isn't it?

-You like to say, "Oh, wow!" Don't you?

-Do I?

-Yeah, you're always saying, "Oh, wow!"

-Oh, wow, I do!

-Wow!

-Yeah, exactly.

-Oh, wow. Got me and Rochelle both.

-Yeah, you really do.

-Never met her, but next time I do...

I saw her the other day. She said to say "hi" to you.

Oh, wow!

Now then, Phil, the high scorers, on 52, are still Lara and Martin.

You're on 8.

Again, like Philip and Naomi before you, you need to score 43 or less.

So remember we're looking for any member of these six bands.

OK, I think I know a few of them.

I think I know all of Blue, embarrassingly.

So I'm going to go for one of those

and hope that nobody I know it's watching.

I'm going to go for Antony Costa from Blue.

Antony Costa from Blue, says Phil.

How many people said that?

Yep, you've done it. Very well done.

8 takes your total up to 16, Phil. Very well done. Richard?

Well played, Phil. They really are brothers, aren't they? Both chose members of Blue and scored 8 points.

Now then, here we have a game on our hands.

-Lara.

-Yes?

-You're the highest scorers on 52.

Your goal, in fact, your mission here,

is to score as low as you possibly can,

and hope that Scott is rubbish on members of boy and girl bands.

Erm, I think, unless I've got them muddled,

I'm going to go for The Saturdays.

I'm going to go with Nicole Scherzinger.

Fingers crossed.

Nicole Scherzinger - is she in The Saturdays,

and if she is, how many of our 100 people knew that?

Lara, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

That takes your total up to an unbeatable 152. I'm sorry.

-Yeah, sorry, Lara. Nicole Scherzinger is in The Pussycat Dolls.

-I know.

Now then, Scott, there's good news.

You're already through to the next round,

because even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake Lara and Martin's high score of 152.

Slightly less good news is you're going to have to give us an answer.

A member of one of these bands, unless you have a pointless answer up your sleeve.

I don't think it's pointless. I can name the rest of Take That but,

because I'm already through, I may as well just go for one.

Was Louise Redknapp not a member of Atomic Kitten?

OK, let's find out. There's no red line for you. You're already through to the next round.

Louise Redknapp, Atomic Kitten - was the former a member of the latter?

Let's find out. Let's find out how many people thought that.

No. An incorrect answer scores you 100 points. Doesn't matter.

Takes your total up to 132. You're through to the next round. Richard?

Sorry, Scott. Almost everyone has been in Atomic Kitten at some point,

-but not Louise Redknapp, she was in Eternal.

-Ah, right, yep.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

There's only five, actually, in all of these groups.

These are the best answers you could have given.

Well done if you said any of these.

Jacquie O'Sullivan, who was in Bananarama from 1988 to 1991.

Jay McGuinness from The Wanted is a pointless answer?

-Jay from The Wanted?

-Jay from off of The Wanted?

-Who's not getting that?

Natasha Hamilton was one of the many people who was in Atomic Kitten.

She was a pointless answer.

Siva from The Wanted - a pointless answer.

And, if you please, Tom from The Wanted.

60% of The Wanted are pointless answers.

The other 40% of The Wanted - Nathan scored one...

And who's our favourite member of The Wanted?

Clearly Max from off of The Wanted, friend of the show.

Max was the highest scorer from The Wanted - he got two.

And let's take a look at the most popular answers of all,

all from Take That.

These were the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Jason Orange with 34,

there's Gary Barlow, we had from Martin, scored 52,

and right at the top - Robbie Williams, 67.

So very well done if you got any of those pointless answers at home,

or one of those low scorers.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

-A pleasure.

So, at the end of that round,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Lara and Martin.

-It's not really your dream category, is it, Martin?

-No!

-I feel that...

Lara, with your classical music...

-Oh, well.

-You see, you bring your highbrow to this programme

and we serve you this. I'm sorry.

I don't know what to say, other than thank you very much for playing.

It's been great having you on the show. Lara and Martin, thanks very much.

Thank you. Good luck, everybody.

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

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

Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Can you all 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, our question concerns...

OK, on each pass, we'll show you six descriptions of famous ships.

You just have to tell us the name of each of these vessels, please.

The most obscure answer, as always, will score you fewer points,

an incorrect one - 100 points.

12 descriptions in all, 12 ships to get. Good luck.

OK, thanks very much.

So we are looking for the famous ships described by these clues,

and here we go.

We've got...

I'll read all of those again.

There we are. Six clues to six famous ships.

You need to name the most obscure of those ships.

Obviously, that means the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew, Scott.

Well, it's not a very good subject for me. I think I know two.

I think I'm going to go for the WW2 battleship is the Bismarck.

The Bismarck. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said the Bismarck.

Absolutely right, Scott.

Down it goes.

Yep, named after Otto von Bismarck,

the Prussian statesman who forged the German state.

Commissioned one year into the Second World War.

Now then, Daley,

remember we are looking for the famous ships, thus described.

I don't know any.

At all. So it's just going to have to be a guess.

I'll go with the ship that took James Cook to Botany Bay,

the Mary Rose.

I'll go with the only ship I know, really.

The Mary Rose. OK. Well, let's see if that's right

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

Mary Rose for the ship that took James Cook to Botany Bay.

Ooh, bad luck, Daley.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

which scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Now then, Philip, are you a fan of ships?

Well, when it came up, I was half expecting, like,

ocean liners or something along them lines and I mean...

What? So hang on, this would have been easier

if they'd been questions about ocean liners?

Yeah, I think.

-Rather than historical vessels?

-Yes.

-Certain cruise liners, not all of them.

-No, not every one, obviously.

No, we... Yeah, we're discerning here, clearly.

So I think I'm just going to have a total, total guess

at the wreck of Henry VIII's warship raised in 1982 as The Jolly Roger.

LAUGHTER

Sorry.

Sorry.

I believe the expression you're looking for is "Oh, wow!"

APPLAUSE

OK.

Let's see if that's right,

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

No ship, Sherlock!

LAUGHTER

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer, Philip. I'm so sorry.

That means you score the maximum of 100 points. Not the Jolly Roger.

Yeah, sorry, Philip.

I made the mistake of doing a round about the most famous ships in history, rather than cruise liners.

I do have to apologise. If only we could splice your incorrect answer and Daley's incorrect answer,

cos, of course, the wreck of Henry VIII's ship is the Mary Rose.

Would have scored 38 points. Do you want to have a go at any of these?

-Yeah.

-Do you want to have a go at Nelson's ship?

-The Victory.

-Yeah, HMS Victory. That would have scored 26.

The Fletcher Christian ship?

-Bounty.

-Yeah, as in Mutiny On The Bounty. Absolutely right, 22 points.

-The ship that took Darwin to the Galapagos Islands?

-The Beagle.

The Beagle, absolutely right, that scored 8.

And the best answer on the board, the ship that James Cook to Botany Bay?

The Endeavour.

It is te Endeavour, for two points.

Very good.

OK, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Scott and Suzanne - wow!

You are dancing to the head-to-head, I would say, at this rate.

Lovely low score of 15.

Then we come to Daley and Phil and Philip and Naomi,

duking it out on 100 points apiece

to see which of you will stay and which of you will go.

Very best of luck with that.

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

OK, we're going to put six more famous ships on the board

and here they are. We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

We are looking for the ships described by these clues

and, obviously, you're trying to find the one

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now then, Naomi, you've got first pick of this board

and you need to pick carefully,

because you're the joint highest scorers on 100.

I'm going to take a risk, then.

And I'm going to go for

the subject of an influential 1925 Soviet silent film -

Battleship Pomatekin.

-Battleship Pomatekin?

-I think I pronounced that incorrectly.

OK, battleship Pomatekin. Let's see if that's right,

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

Oh, bad luck, Naomi.

I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

I'm so sorry. That takes you up to 200.

Now then, Phil, the high scorers are now Naomi and Philip on 200.

You're on 100. A target score of 99 for you.

Anything less than that will see you through to the head-to-head.

I think that I might know the Soviet silent film one.

-I think it's Battleship Potemkin.

-Battleship Potemkin, says Phil.

Battleship Potemkin, is that right? How many people said it?

Yes, that's right, Phil.

6 that scores you, takes your total up to 106.

Bad luck, Naomi. That would've been a lovely low score

and you were so close. Richard?

Well done, Phil, but very bad luck, Naomi.

Did exactly the right thing. You went for something tough

and you can see the good score that it scored,

so it will serve you well in the next show, I suspect.

Now then, the great news here, Suzanne,

is that you are through to the head-to-head, whatever happens.

Even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake our newest members of the 200 club.

This is your board.

You can talk us through it, if you like.

No.

Erm, I know it's not going to be right.

I think it might actually be the name of a boat

that was in a film that I watched a couple of weeks ago,

but it's the only thing I can think of,

and that would be the British royal yacht retired in 1997

is the Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen Elizabeth II, says Suzanne,

for the British royal yacht,

Let's see if that's right,

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

Bad luck. I think, as you already knew, an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum 100 points,

but you're through, anyway.

So there we are. Your total's 115. Richard?

Er, wow, people really don't know their ships, do they?

That's four 100s out of six there.

The Queen Elizabeth II

was a cruise liner which went out of service in 2008.

-Philip, you knew that, didn't you?

-I did, yeah.

LAUGHTER

The yacht that you were looking for is the Royal Yacht Britannia.

Would have scored 29 points.

The tea clipper preserved at Greenwich?

-Cutty Sark.

-Absolutely. Would have scored 28.

That's surprisingly low for the Cutty Sark.

First Pilgrim Fathers to New England?

The Mayflower.

The Mayflower, absolutely right. Would have scored 19.

The ship in which Sir Francis Drake made his circumnavigation?

-The Golden Hind.

-The Golden Hind, absolutely right. That's 9.

Let's see if you can get 12 out of 12.

US battleship, the scene of Japan's surrender?

-Now, I don't, I don't know that one.

-It's the USS Missouri.

It's now a museum in Hawaii, the USS Missouri.

Would have scored 3 points.

Wow. Very good. OK, well, thank you, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, the pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, who leave us, are Naomi and Philip.

Thank you very much for playing.

We'll look forward to seeing you next time. Thanks so much.

But for the remaining two pairs,

things are about to get even more exciting now

as we enter the head-to-head.

Well, congratulations, Daley and Phil, Scott and Suzanne.

You are now only one round away from our final

and a chance to play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £3,250.

Not bad.

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, from here on in, you can confer. You play as a team.

Hard to call, this one, actually.

Scott and Suzanne, as the returning pair,

the tide ought to be slightly in your favour.

Have you got any advice for Daley and Phil at this stage?

Please get one wrong?

Yeah. Oh, that's really nice(!)

-Don't get one wrong.

-We won't.

-He's giving you bad advice.

Anyway, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, so here comes your first question and it concerns...

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're going to show you five pictures of events

that are associated with the British social season.

It's the sort of thing posh people do in the summer, is that right?

-POSH VOICE:

-I would have no idea!

-But, why, yes.

-We're going to show you five of those events.

Give us the name of the most obscure event we show you.

We're looking for the overall event, not specific bits within the event.

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

Let's reveal our five events from the season.

And here they are. We have got...

There we are.

Five events that, quite simply, define the season.

Daley and Phil,

because you've played best throughout the show so far,

you go first.

THEY CONFER

OK, I think we're going to go for A,

and I think we're going to go for the Henley Regatta.

Henley Regatta, you are saying, for A. Henley Regatta.

Scott and Suzanne,

you can talk us through the whole board, if you like.

C, I think, we're fairly certain on.

Yeah, it's Wimbledon. E's the Proms.

I don't know. I'm going to go E and say it's the Proms.

E, the Proms.

So, we have A, Henley Regatta, and E, the Proms.

Phil and Daley have said Henley Regatta for A.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Henley Regatta for A.

-Sorry.

-It's OK.

Scott and Suzanne, you have said the Proms for E.

All you have to be is correct.

Let's see if you are.

Yes, you are! Of course it's the Proms.

Very well done. 58 is what it scored.

But the important thing is it was right, which means,

after one question, Scott and Suzanne, you are up 1-0.

Very well done.

-Richard?

-Yeah, unlucky, guys.

The Henley Regatta is river-based on the Thames and that's Cowes Week,

that one down on the Isle of Wight,

which features yachting and all sorts of things.

38 points, that would've scored.

-You probably recognise B as well, don't you?

-It's Glyndebourne.

That's a pointless answer as well.

That's Glyndebourne Opera House right there.

Very well done if you said that at home.

C is Wimbledon, as I think everybody knew.

That would have scored 86 points.

D is the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,

apparently part of the season.

That would've scored two points, so another very good answer.

-You look like you've got a comment to make.

-Well, I have.

I was just going to say,

the only reason that photographer took THAT picture of THAT wall,

is because of the hot girl in the purple dress.

-So that's what you were thinking?

-That's what I was thinking.

So, a whole series of pictures there, of big events, extraordinary events,

very colourful things, yachts, a sporting events going on,

a beautiful building, Glyndebourne there,

Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the Proms in 1966,

a wonderful old photograph.

And the only thing you're seeing is the back - you can't even see her face.

You're literally looking at the backside of a girl in a purple dress.

That's the thing that interests you there.

What does it make you want to say?

Oh, wow!

LAUGHTER

OK, here comes your second question now.

Phil and Daley, you know what you have to do.

You have to win this question,

otherwise, it's goodbye, Phil and Daley.

Here it comes.

It concerns...

Punctuation marks, Richard?

We're going to show you the names of five common punctuation marks,

but we've left out alternate letters in their names. Can you identify them, please?

OK, let's reveal our five punctuation marks

with missing alternate letters.

And we have got...

I'll read those all again, without the blanks.

Now then, Scott and Suzanne, you go first this time.

THEY CONFER

We're going to go for the second from the top - apostrophe.

Apostrophe, the second one down.

Now then, Daley and Phil.

We know that exclamation mark's the bottom one.

Semicolon's the fourth one down.

-I think...

-The top one's ellipsis. What did you think it was?

-Ecliptic, something like that.

-No, I think it's ellipsis.

I don't know. If you don't want to go for that,

-we could go for semicolon. It's up to you.

-What's the third one down?

-I'd go for semicolon before exclamation mark.

-You think?

-Yeah.

All right, then. Semi-colon.

We'll go for the fourth one down, semicolon.

Semicolon, the one up from the bottom.

So we have apostrophe, we have semicolon.

Scott and Suzanne, you've gone for apostrophe.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Absolutely right.

Now, if you win this one, you go straight through to the final

and have a chance to play for that jackpot.

Phil and Daley, you said semicolon. Let's see if that's right,

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

Absolutely right.

Oh, look at that!

69 for semicolon.

Roundly beaten by the 59 from Scott and Suzanne.

Which means, Scott and Suzanne, after only two questions,

you are through to the final, 2-0. Very well done indeed. Richard?

Yeah, very well played. What were you going to say for the top one?

Ellipsis.

Would've been a correct answer, would have scored you 19 points as well.

Ellipsis is the three dots,

usually to show that some text has been excised from a piece.

Right at the bottom there is exclamation mark. Absolutely right.

That would've scored even more. That would have scored you 84.

-And the best answer on the board - do know that one?

-No.

-It's a solidus,

or sol-EE-dus. It's a form of forward slash.

Would have scored 7 points, so very good answer.

Very well done, if you got that.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Daley and Phil.

-And you had the wherewithal to stay with us.

-I'm sorry.

Well, listen, you've been brilliant. Really, really good contestants.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye now,

but look forward to seeing you next time.

Thanks, Phil and Daley.

But, for Scott and Suzanne, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Scott and Suzanne.

You fought off all the competition

and you've 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 £3,250.

So the rules are very simple.

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

Now, we haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.

You only have to find one now and you'll go home with £3,250.

Firstly, you've got to choose a category.

You can choose from five options, and they are...

-Not art.

-No, definitely not.

-Not football managers.

-Definitely not crime writers.

-What about American actors?

-Yeah.

-We're going to go for American actors.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Kevin Bacon films as they could.

Kevin Bacon films, Richard?

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

for which Kevin Bacon has received an acting credit,

up to the beginning of 2012.

As always, no short films, TV films or documentaries,

but voice performances do count.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

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

All you need to win that £3,250

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.

You've got Tremors, Hollow Man, X-Men's First Origins,

he was in Footloose as well.

That's the only one I can think of.

I'm not sure about other ones.

I think Tremors may be a good one, cos it's kind of a B movie,

Hollow Man...

And what other ones shall we go for?

Footloose will be too high, so don't go for that.

Trying to think of anything else I've seen recently, but...

Shall we go for X-Men: First Class?

-Can you think of anything else?

-No, just go for those three.

-We're ready.

-OK, you're ready. There we are.

Stop the clock, with 26 seconds still on it.

OK, we were looking for Kevin Bacon films.

I now need your three answers.

Tremors, Hollow Man, and X-Men: First Class.

And X-Men: First Class.

Now, of those three, which do you think

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Tremors?

-Mm-hm.

-Tremors?

-Yeah.

-We'll put that last.

Which is your least likely?

-X-Men.

-X-Men.

-X-Men: First Class. Put that first.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.

We have got...

OK, so we were looking for Kevin Bacon films.

Your first answer,

the one you thought was probably

least likely to be a pointless answer is X-Men: First Class.

Remember you only have to find one pointless answer

to win that jackpot - £3,250.

Suzanne, what would you do with 3,250 quid?

Well, we're going on holiday in a few weeks' time,

so that will definitely come in handy for spending money.

Maybe clear off a bit of the credit card.

-Scott?

-Going to Vegas, going back to Vegas.

Back to Vegas. OK, X-Men: First Class - let's see if it's right,

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

OK, this is your first shot at that jackpot of £3,250.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you leave here with that jackpot.

Still going down.

Wow, 3!

APPLAUSE

OK.

-This is interesting.

-Good start.

Now, unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer.

I don't think you were expecting it to be pointless,

but it's far more satisfying than that.

It tells us our 100 people don't know that much about Kevin Bacon films!

Anyway, only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Hollow Man is your next answer. We were looking for Kevin Bacon films.

Hollow Man - let's see if it's right,

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

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

OK, it's right.

Now, X-Men: First Class took us all the way down to 3.

Hollow Man - will this take you all the way down to pointless?

If it does...

Interesting. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Now, I don't think either of you had any hesitation

about putting Tremors last.

You were pretty sure that was your best shot at a pointless answer.

I hope so. I hope it's a bit of a B movie

that not many people might have seen, but...don't know.

OK, well, we're looking for Kevin Bacon films.

Your third and final answer.

This is your last shot at that jackpot, £3,250.

This is YOURS if this is pointless.

Tremors - is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

So we've been on a bit of a journey.

X-Men: First Class went down to 3.

Hollow Man stopped at 7.

This was your most confident answer.

Oh, no!

Got it the wrong way round.

Well, I wasn't expecting that.

-Got it the wrong way round.

-Well, I suppose you did.

Dear, oh, dear.

Well, unfortunately,

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,250.

That rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been brilliant contestants

and you leave here with the fabulous Pointless trophy,

so very, very well done.

Yeah, well played throughout both shows, guys.

Tremors is one of those films that did nothing in the cinema

but then it was huge in home video, VHS at the time and all that.

So it's one of those B movies...

It's like the archetypal B movie, so a lot of people know it.

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

and hope there's nothing here you recognise.

Most recent one first - Crazy, Stupid, Love that he was in in 2011 with Julianne Moore,

Digging To China, and from the early '90s, He Said, She Said.

My One And Only, that's another recent one.

Planes, Trains And Automobiles, Steve Martin races him for a cab in that.

Starting Over - one of his very, very early films in the late '70s, that.

The Air Up There - he plays a college basketball coach

who ends up in Africa looking for recruits.

The Big Picture and Trapped.

There's a few other pointless as well -

Criminal Law, Forty Deuce, Only When I Laugh, Queens Logic, Quicksilver

and White Water Summer.

Very well done if you said any of those.

-Tough luck, guys. Very well played.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Scott and Suzanne.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing. Scott and Suzanne.

Well, nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over,

which means on the next show we will be playing for £4,250.

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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