Episode 11 Pointless

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

the quiz show where the obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

-Let's meet today's players.

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-And our first couple.

-Hi, I'm Elaine and this is Phil, my friend.

-We're both from Belfast.

-And our second couple.

I'm Jean and this is my grandson James and we're both from Wirral.

-And our third couple.

-Hi, I'm Sandra, this is Cat, my daughter, and we're from Windsor.

-And couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Alan, this is my friend Kira

-and we've come down from Dundee.

-And these are our contestants.

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Thanks very much. 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.

Six-foot-seven, male, with glasses,

seeks people with very obscure knowledge.

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

Hiya. Hello. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Ah, good afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-I'm desperate to get rid of this jackpot.

-Yeah.

-Every day, building up and up and up.

-Yeah.

-It'd be lovely for someone to win it, wouldn't it?

-One of our four pairs today, wouldn't that be lovely?

-Very nice. Two returning pairs.

A grandmother and grandson, which is absolutely lovely.

And we've also got Alan and Kira who were very good last time.

Just got knocked out on the head-to-head. And two new pairs.

Elaine gave me... I like sour sweets, I often say it on Twitter.

-She brought me the sourest sweets.

-They're not even sweets.

-You had some.

-For about half a minute.

I had one and I was very happy with it, I liked it, but I'm beginning to feel slightly ill.

LAUGHTER

Anyway, thank you very much indeed.

Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants must find the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everybody's looking to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people got.

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

Sammy and Charlotte didn't win the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £14,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

OK, in this round, I'll take an answer from each of you but there's to be no conferring.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated, so make sure it's not you.

OK, our first category today is...

Decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

And whoever's going first, 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 words ending in "int" as they could.

Words ending in "int." Richard.

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

that ends with the letters "int." As always, no proper nouns or hyphenated words.

We also won't allow the word "int." It is a word.

There's also another word we won't allow cos it's a trademark. I didn't know this. Cashpoint.

I assumed that was just a word, but it's a trademark, in the same way as Biro or Hoover or Portakabin.

Wow. Portakabin. There you go.

We also won't allow ain't, cos it's an abbreviation.

OK. Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Elaine, what's your worst fear about appearing on Pointless?

My worst fear about being on Pointless is if I get 100 points,

which I'm very likely to do right now.

Phil will never, ever let me forget it, ever.

So this could be friendship over.

-It's pretty serious.

-It's not going to happen. It'll be fine.

OK, erm, I'm going to go for reprint.

Reprint says Elaine. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it. Reprint.

It's right.

-Very well done indeed, Elaine!

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Very well done. Friendship can continue.

-Phew!

-A score of one. You don't need me to say that's an excellent score. Richard.

That's a really good start, Elaine. Very well played.

Now then, Jean, welcome back. You were on the show last time.

-Remind us what you used to do, Jean.

-I'm a nurse.

-That's right.

What do you like to get up to now?

I do voluntary work in the local oncology unit in Wirral,

keep in touch with my colleagues, if you like.

And I like to travel whenever I can.

Very good. Now, of all the Pointless rounds,

wouldn't you agree with me that "words ending in" rounds are always the most fun?

Well, sometimes. When you're watching at home, they're great fun, yes.

Also, quite often we get some pointless answers.

What are you thinking, Jean?

I'm thinking I'll try counterpoint.

She's good, isn't she? She's good, yeah.

Counterpoint says Jean. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said counterpoint.

Absolutely right.

-There we are! Very, very well done, Jean! It's a pointless answer!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £14,500.

It scores you nothing.

Very, very well done indeed, Jean. Great answer.

Yeah, now you have to admit that these word rounds are fun, surely.

-Yes, they're great fun! Love them!

-That's terrific. Very well played. Counterpoint, counterpointless.

-Now then, Sandra, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Now, you are here from Windsor.

-I am.

-What do you do in Windsor?

I'm a network administrator, so I run a computer network in a secondary school.

Very good indeed. What do you get up to in your spare time?

My big passion is tennis. But I'm more of a watcher than a player.

Well, that's much better from our point of view. Are you good at remembering all the names?

-I used to be.

-That's good enough.

-OK. I can do it from the 70s and 80s.

-Even better.

-SHE LAUGHS

So, any word ending in "int."

I'm going to go for feint, as in lines, as in lined paper, that kind of thing.

-So you're spelling that...

-F-E-I-N-T.

Feint says Sandra. Feint with an E.

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

It's absolutely right.

Down it goes. Ooh, lovely!

-Seven.

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-Seven for feint.

-Yeah, it's a good score, Sandra. It doesn't look good next to zero and one,

but that is a very good score. Feint. You can use it in fencing or boxing.

Any sort of pretend blow to try and put your opponent off guard.

Now then, Kira, welcome back to Pointless.

-Remind us, you're from Dundee?

-Yes.

-And what do you do up there?

-I am a web developer. I work on a site called Scotland's People.

-That's right.

Listen, Kira, words ending in "int."

I've got a few in my head, but it's just a case of picking which one I think will have the lowest score.

And I think a couple of them are quite risky,

so I'm going to say blueprint.

Blueprint says Kira. Let's see how many people said blueprint.

Look at that! Very, very well done indeed, Kira!

That's how you do it. Another pointless answer.

It adds another £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £14,750

and it scores you nothing. Very well done indeed. Blueprint.

Wow, what a round. Eight points between four teams. Well played, Kira.

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

Amazing low scores. On nothing, Jean and James, Kira and Alan. Very, very well done to you.

On one, Elaine and Phil.

Oh, but Sandra and Cat,

look at your towering score of seven.

I can't believe it. How could you score so high?

So Cat, think of a really good word ending in "int" and let's hope it's enough. Best of luck.

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

OK, so we are looking for words ending in "int."

Now then, Alan. Alan, you're a game designer.

Have you ever come up with a game as exciting as this,

where Kira has scored nothing?

-Er, not yet, but I endeavour to.

-Very tactfully put.

Good. Now then, the high scorers on seven are Cat and Sandra.

If you can score six or less,

you are guaranteed a place in the next round.

I'm going to have a bit of a gamble and say repaint.

-Repaint.

-Yes.

-Repaint says Alan.

Here's your red line. That's what six looks like.

Get below that, you're through definitely to the next round.

Repaint. How many people said it?

Down it goes.

-Oh, you've done it! One!

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Very well done, Alan. That ting there was the thing that tells us

you are through to the next round. Your total is one. Richard.

That was a very brave move by Alan.

The easiest thing to do would've been to go for an easy one and trust someone else to go wrong,

-but that's very, very well played.

-Now then, Cat.

-What do you do?

-I'm a student.

-Whereabouts are you a student?

-Coventry University.

-What are you studying?

-Sport science.

-OK.

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

-I'm a big swimmer.

So, yeah, I train a lot when I'm back home and at university.

Good. So swimming and tennis between you, you've got that absolutely sewn up.

Brilliant. Now then, words ending in "int", Cat.

I'm struggling to think of any really long ones.

So I'm going to go with one that's related to what I study.

-I'm going to go with joint.

-Joint says Cat.

There's no red line for you because you are the high scorers.

You just have to hope joint is going to go down as far as it can.

Let's see how many people said joint.

-Six.

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Six for joint, takes your total up to 13.

-Yeah, a surprisingly low score, that. It scored less than feint.

-Yeah.

-F-E-I-N-T.

Now, James, remind us what you do.

I'm at college at the minute doing a sport diploma.

-We've got sport very well covered today.

-Yeah, isn't it just?

-Any sport coming up?

-Er, no. LAUGHTER

Have you thought of a really good word?

I've got two and one I know is definite and one I don't know how it's spelt,

but when I say it in my head, it sounds like it's got "int" at the end,

so I don't know whether to go with that one

-or play it... I'd say safe, but the scores wouldn't exactly...

-Yeah.

-So I'm tempted to go with...

-The high scorers are Cat and Sandra on 13. You're on nothing

thanks to Jean's excellent answer.

-So, yeah, 12 or less will keep you in the game.

-Yeah.

I'm going to stay safe and go with peppermint.

Peppermint says James.

Here is your red line. If you get below that red line with peppermint,

you are through to the next round. OK, let's see.

Peppermint. How many of our 100 people said it?

Absolutely right.

-Well done, you've done it! Two!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed, James. Peppermint scores you two,

takes your total up to two.

Well played, James. Both of our returning pairs safely through.

-It's good cos it was a different train of thought.

-Yeah.

-Very impressive.

Very good. Now then, Phil. How many of your answers have been taken by other people?

Two. Peppermint and counterpoint.

-So the same team.

-Oh, Jean and James?

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-It seems a bit personal.

-There you go. Very good.

-So, Phil, you're from Belfast.

-I am.

-What do you do in Belfast?

-I'm an electronic engineer.

-And what do you like to get up to when you're not doing that?

I like to play sport. I play football and racquet sports,

-particularly table tennis.

-Oh, are you quite good?

-I'm quite good.

I think when people say they play table tennis beyond the age of ten,

that means they really are very good at table tennis.

-Ah, I'm quite good.

-Oh, he's really good, isn't he?

-Yeah, he is.

What sort of level have you played at?

I have played for Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Championships.

OK, that is really quite good.

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OK, pretty good with a racquet, then.

But how are you with words ending in "int", Phil?

To be honest, this is a lot more pressure than I've ever felt

playing a table tennis match. Erm...

I have a couple. I'm not sure if they're going to be good enough,

but I will try needlepoint.

-Oh, Phil! Was that what you were thinking?

-Yeah.

Oh, Phil! Well, listen, Cat and Sandra are on 13. You're on one.

If you can score 11 or less with needlepoint... I think you might.

That's a great answer. Needlepoint. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

You've done it. Yes!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-What a great end to the round! That's another pointless answer.

Adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £15,000.

It also scores you nothing and leaves you with a joint low total of one.

Very, very well played, Phil. Needlepoint.

Brilliant, Phil. Congratulations. Welcome to Pointless.

-Knocked out on 13 points!

-Yeah.

-That is harsh, isn't it?

Four teams all playing incredibly well.

It's a real shame to send anybody home. I'm ever so sorry.

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

There's quite a few well-known words.

Appoint was a pointless answer, amazingly enough.

Blueprint we've already had from Kira.

Greasepaint would've added £250 to the jackpot.

Horsemint, of course. As in I'd rather have a horsemint than the sweet Elaine gave me earlier.

Misprint. There's needlepoint Phil just gave us. Well played, Phil.

Skinflint, a pointless answer. Viewpoint was a pointless answer.

Warpaint. There's a few more. Let me read a few.

A few are well-known. Flashpoint would've added money to the jackpot.

Knifepoint, as well, would've been a pointless answer.

Midpoint, outpoint, outsprint, pinpoint, reappoint, as you can imagine, and varmint.

-Varmint.

-Yeah. An American critter.

-Oh, that's great!

-That would've been a good word.

-There you go.

But now the worst answers you could've given. We went nowhere near these for once.

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

-Lint, 51. I would've thought that was an all right answer.

-Yeah.

-Would've been a terrible answer.

-Turns out.

-Second on the list, tint with 59. What do you think is at the top?

-Mint.

You're quite right. Mint would've scored you 64 points.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of round one,

our pair who will be leaving with their high score of 13,

-Cat and Sandra.

-Unlucky 13.

Normally you'd be the lowest scorers with 13. But it is unlucky this time round.

We have to say goodbye. Someone has to be the high scorer and this time it's you.

-But we'll see you again next time.

-Thank you.

-Thanks so much, Cat and Sandra.

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

Sadly, at the end of this round, we have to say goodbye to another pair.

And I really do mean sadly because that was an historic first round.

Fantastic. Between all of you, you scored four points, adding up all your totals.

That's amazing. I think you go down in the Pointless annals.

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Richly deserved. So very, very hard to call.

Very hard to call. So good luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Disney's leading men. Richard.

In each pass, we're going to show you the names of six leading men from Disney animated films.

You just need to tell us the name of the film. The more obscure your answer, the fewer points you score.

Give us an incorrect answer, 100 points.

There'll be 12 films in all to guess at home. Good luck.

OK, thanks. So we are looking for the Disney films in which these leading men first appeared

in the years shown. And we have got on our first board...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six Disney leading men.

You need to tell us the name of the films in which they first appeared.

Now then, Phil, how many of those do you think you know the answer to?

I think I know the answer to three definitely

and I'm reluctant to gamble on the other three.

-Yeah.

-I think I will go for

Mowgli in The Jungle Book.

Mowgli, The Jungle Book says Phil.

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

Absolutely right.

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Yeah. That's a punishing high score, isn't it?

71. Well, it's better than 100.

And there might be some 100s coming, you never know. It might turn out to be a good score.

-71 for The Jungle Book.

-Yeah, it's a really big score

but it's not 100, so that's one good thing.

Now then, Jean, how are you feeling about this subject?

I'm delighted. I think I'll go with The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Quasimodo.

Quasimodo, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame says Jean.

Let's see how many people knew that answer.

-50.

-APPLAUSE

Another solid answer, Jean. Yeah, created by Victor Hugo, the character Quasimodo,

they think based on a real person, recent research has suggested.

Thank you. Now then, Kira.

Kira, you're the last person to have this board. Is that a good position to be in?

Erm, well, the answer I was going to go for hasn't been taken yet.

-Oh, this is good.

-The one I was going to go for,

and I didn't sit through all of this film,

but I'm pretty sure this is the answer, is Captain Li Shang and that's Mulan.

Captain Li Shang, Mulan.

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

It's right.

There we are. Very well done indeed, Kira.

-11 for Mulan.

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Another strong answer from Kira.

Yeah, the first Disney prince not to kiss his heroine in a film.

-Really?

-Yeah. Prince Phillip, do you know what he's the Disney hero in?

-No.

-Sleeping Beauty. They think named after our Prince Phillip. Eight points that would've scored.

Prince Ali Ababwa is one of the bigger scorers.

He's in Aladdin. I'm sure a lot of people got that. 24 points.

-And Jim Hawkins?

-Treasure Island.

-Well, he's the hero of Treasure Island

-but Disney did a film called Treasure Planet.

-Ah!

He was the leading man in that. Would've scored two. That's the best answer. Well done if you got that.

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

Kira, what a fabulous answer. 11. By some margin, the best score of that pass.

Then up to 50, where we find Jean and James.

Up to 71, where we find Phil and Elaine.

-Oh, Elaine, what's he done?

-I don't know.

-He's left you that!

-Well, best of luck with the next board. I think you're going to need it.

-I think I will.

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

OK, we're going to put six more leading Disney characters on the board, and here they come.

We have got....

I'll read those one last time.

So remember, Alan, we are looking for the Disney films in which these leading men first appeared.

I think I'm going to go with Captain John Smith and Pocahontas.

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. Now, the high scorers at the moment are Elaine and Phil on 71.

You're on 11. A score of 59 or less for you

will see you into the head-to-head. There's your red line.

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

You're in!

-24. Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

-35 your total.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, Captain John Smith, very good. He was voiced by Mel Gibson in the first Pocahontas film.

And in the second one, he was voiced by Mel Gibson's younger brother.

Now then, James.

James, how good are you on this?

Erm, not very good at all.

Well, the high scorers are still Elaine and Phil on 71.

If you can score 20 or less,

you will get through to the head-to-head.

I'm going to go with...

I don't know whether he is the prince in this Disney film,

but I'm going to go with Prince Charming and say Snow White.

-Prince Charming, Snow White.

-Yeah.

OK. Here is your red line.

If that's right and it gets you below that red line,

you are through to the head-to-head.

OK, Prince Charming. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it? Snow White.

Oh, bad luck, James, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points. That takes your total up to 150. Richard.

Sorry, James, that's tough luck. There is a prince in Snow White but he's just called the prince,

and that's from 1937, as well.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass, though.

Now, Elaine, you're not necessarily out of the woods

after that high score from James.

They are on 150, you're on 71, so you have to score 78 or less.

-So, Elaine, talk us through the board.

-Erm, Woody is from Toy Story,

but I think that's going to be really high, and I don't...

It's probably going to be higher than we need.

-Higher than 78?

-Yeah. Prince Charming I think is Cinderella maybe.

Prince Eric might be Valiant maybe.

Wart, I have no idea.

And the one I'm going to go for,

I'm not entirely sure but I think I need to take a punt for it

based on Woody not being right and the others being slight guesses,

so I think Flynn Rider was in a film that we actually saw together,

-Tangled.

-Tangled?

-Yeah.

OK. Flynn Rider you are saying Tangled.

Here is your red line. It's quite high.

So if Tangled is right, the chances are you're through.

Is Tangled right, and if it is, how many people said it for Flynn Rider?

It's right! And you're in the head-to-head. Very well done.

-Very well done indeed! Five, Elaine.

-APPLAUSE

That takes your total up to 76.

Very well played.

The best answer of either pass, Elaine. Very well played.

The original title of Tangled was Rapunzel Unbraided.

Ohh! LAUGHTER

No wonder they changed that.

You're quite right about Woody, it is Toy Story and would've seen you through cos it only scored 51 points.

Here's a good quiz question. What is Woody's surname?

One of the most famous characters in the movies.

-And he has a surname?

-Yeah. He's Sheriff Woody Pride.

-Woody Pride.

-Woody Pride.

Prince Charming you'd have been safe with, as well, cos it was Cinderella

and would've scored you 36 points.

Prince Eric, he's not from Valiant, he's from The Little Mermaid. Would've scored ten points.

And the best answer on the board is Wart,

who is from The Sword In The Stone, that would've scored you seven points.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So at the end of round two,

our losing pair with their high score of 150, it's James and Jean!

I'm so sorry. Well, James, you did the right thing.

You knew what you had to do there. But I hope you'll take happy memories away with you.

I'm sorry we won't get to see more of you, but you've been great.

-James and Jean, lovely contestants.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But for the two remaining pairs, they're about to get one step closer to the final

and a chance of taking home that massive jackpot as we enter the head-to-head.

Well, congratulations, Alan and Kira, Phil and Elaine,

you're only one round away from the final and a chance to play for that jackpot,

which currently stands at £15,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Obviously, only one pair can play for that money

and to decide which pair it's going to be, you're now going to go head-to-head.

But you are now allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Now, Alan and Kira, we've been here before.

Phil and Elaine, this is your first Pointless and you've made it to the head-to-head, so very well done.

-Feeling relaxed?

-Not so much.

-No.

Well, anything can happen, as Alan and Kira can tell you, in the head-to-head. Let's play it.

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

-LAUGHTER

-Famous Dereks, Richard.

-Yep.

£15,000 up for grabs and we're going to give you famous Dereks as your category.

I'm about to show you five pictures of famous Dereks.

Can you give us the most obscure Derek, please?

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our Dereks, and here they come. We have got...

There we are. Five Dereks.

Now, Alan and Kira, you've played best so far,

so you get to go first.

We're going to go for A and Derek Acorah.

Derek Acorah say Alan and Kira for A. Derek Acorah.

Now then, Phil and Elaine, all the other Dereks are yours.

B we both thought might be Derek Redmond.

-We're not entirely sure. C, do we know him?

-I don't know.

We don't know C. D is Derek Jacobi.

And E is Derek Griffith, we think.

-But I'm not sure if he's got an S at the end of his name or not.

-I think B.

So we're going to go with B, Derek Redmond, and hope that it's right.

Derek Redmond with your fingers crossed. OK.

So we have Acorah and Redmond.

Alan and Kira said Derek Acorah. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

-29.

-APPLAUSE

Very solid score there. Now then, Phil and Elaine,

you said Derek Redmond for B.

Just have to hope it's right.

Derek Redmond. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

And it wins you the point! There we are. 15 for Derek Redmond. Very well done, Phil and Elaine!

Well done for going with your gut on that.

And after one question, you are up one-nil.

Two good answers there, but well played, Phil and Elaine.

We've said it before, but if you want genuinely to see something

that'll make you cry, if you type in "Derek Redmond Barcelona" into any search engine,

he was responsible for one of the most emotional moments ever in British sport.

It was at the Olympics in 1992 in the semi-final,

and Derek Redmond had trained for years and years for this.

Halfway through, his hamstring goes. Absolutely goes. So he pulls up.

And everyone finishes the race. The officials come to get him off the track

and he shoos them away and starts hopping, starts limping up the track

and they're all trying to get him off and then from over the boundary, his dad comes on,

puts his arm round him and the two of them do the last 100 metres together.

It's... It's genuinely moving.

-Even without seeing that, that's...

-It's quite something.

So he'll forever be remembered by British sports fans, Derek Redmond. 15 points.

Suitably medium score for Derek Acorah, 29, I would say.

LAUGHTER

C is very low. Derek Jarman, the filmmaker.

Would've scored you one point.

If you'd said Derek Jacobi, you'd have scored 100 points,

-cos it was Derek Nimmo.

-Oh, of course!

-36 points.

And it's Derek Griffiths, a multi-talented man,

but perhaps most famous for Play School and Play Away. Nine points.

He was also the voice of SuperTed. What a group of Dereks that is!

Ohh! Cracking party of Dereks. Thank you very much indeed.

So here comes your second question. Alan and Kira,

we need you to win this question to stay in the game. It concerns...

African capital cities. Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you the names of five African countries and their capital cities,

but only the first and last letters of each name,

so that's country, city, but just the first and last letters. Can you give us the most obscure? Good luck.

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our African countries.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Now then, Phil and Elaine,

you go into this one up and you get to answer first this time,

so confer and then come up with an answer.

Erm, we think we know four of them maybe,

and the one that we hope is going to be most pointless is Namibia and Windhoek.

OK, Namibia, Windhoek say Phil and Elaine.

Alan and Kira, the rest of the board is yours. Talk us through it.

There's a couple we know up there.

The obvious one is Egypt and Cairo, the second one.

The last would be Kenya, Nairobi.

Not sure about the other two, so our answer is going to be

Kenya and Nairobi.

Kenya, Nairobi.

Now then, Alan and Kira, this is the point you have to win to stay in the game.

We have Phil and Elaine saying Namibia and Windhoek.

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

It's right.

Ooh, it's a great answer. Look at that. Five.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Namibia, Windhoek scoring you five.

So, Alan and Kira, you have gone for Kenya and Nairobi.

To stay in the game, this has to score lower than five for you.

Kenya, Nairobi. Is it right? What's its score?

It's absolutely right.

-25.

-APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, Phil and Elaine.

After only two questions, you are through to the final two-nil. Richard.

Tough luck in the head-to-head again, guys. Came across a strong team.

There was an answer that would've beaten Windhoek.

It wasn't the top one, which is Zimbabwe and Harare, which would've scored 16.

It wasn't Egypt and Cairo, either. That would've scored you 33.

-It's this one. Any ideas?

-Tanzania.

-It's Tanzania.

The biggest city in Tanzania is Dar es Salaam, which used to be the capital,

but it's now Dodoma.

Anyone who said Dodoma, very well done, that would've scored you two.

That's a terrific answer.

Very good indeed. Thank you, Richard.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Alan and Kira.

I'm so sorry. This is the second time this has happened.

And you have played so well today. Just exemplary answering the whole way through. Superb performance.

Alan and Kira, this is where we say goodbye. It's been lovely having you. Thank you for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for Phil and Elaine, it's now time for our Pointless final!

Congratulations, Phil and Elaine, 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 £15,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, you've done fantastically well. Very impressed.

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

Do that and you will go home with £15,000.

First you've got to choose a category. Is there anything you'd really like to see?

-Dr Who.

-Dr Who?

-Yeah, I'm a big Who fan.

Well, best of luck. Here are your categories. You can choose from these five options.

-We don't need to confer.

-SHE LAUGHS

There's only one option there that we would even dream about going for.

-Er, films.

-Films.

-Yeah.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Uma Thurman films as they could.

-Richard.

-For £15,000, we're just looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Uma Thurman has received an acting credit.

As always, no TV films, short films, documentaries, anything where she plays herself.

But voice performances do count. Very, very best of luck.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £15,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Was she in Gattaca?

-Erm, yeah, I think so. I would go for Jennifer Eight.

OK. You're in. I was thinking My Super Ex-Girlfriend, although that was quite recent.

-Yeah, Kill Bill Volume II.

-A bit obvious.

-Maybe.

-Erm...

Batman And Robin.

-Yeah.

-It's hard to get the Batman titles right.

Yeah. I like Jennifer Eight. Gattaca.

-Gattaca.

-Was she in The Truth About Cats And Dogs?

-I don't know.

-Let's leave that, then.

-Oh, was that the one where she was with a vet?

-Yeah. A radio vet thing.

-With Rosie O'Donnell?

-No, that's not the one I'm thinking.

She was a vet in the radio thing, Rosie O'Donnell was like a radio lady.

-Let's go for it, then.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-So, Gattaca.

-Jennifer Eight.

Ten seconds left.

-The Truth About Cats And Dogs.

-Instead of My Super Ex-Girlfriend?

-Yes.

-OK.

-OK. You've decided on your three.

-Yes.

-Very good.

OK. Well, time is up. We were looking for Uma Thurman films.

-I now need your three answers.

-Er, Jennifer Eight.

-Jennifer Eight.

-Erm, Gattaca.

-Gattaca.

-And The Truth About Cats And Dogs.

-The Truth About Cats And Dogs.

-Three very good answers.

-We'll see.

-SHE LAUGHS

£15,000 hanging on this.

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

-I think Jennifer Eight.

-Jennifer Eight. We'll put that last. Your least likely answer?

-We'll go with The Truth About Cats And Dogs.

-We'll put that first. OK. Let's put them in that order.

OK. We were looking for Uma Thurman films.

The Truth About Cats And Dogs was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

If this is right and it goes all the way down to zero, £15,000 is yours.

Let's see how many people said The Truth About Cats And Dogs,

is it a correct answer?

It's right. It's right.

OK. How far down is this going to go?

The Truth About Cats And Dogs taking us down into the 20s, into the teens,

into single figures, down it goes.

-Four! Four!

-APPLAUSE

Four for The Truth About Cats And Dogs.

And this was your least confident shot.

Unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer.

But that's nice. It means it goes on a bit longer.

You can be potential winners of £15,000 for a little bit longer.

Only two more chances to win. Now, 15 grand, colossal jackpot.

What would you do with that, Elaine?

Two of my good friends have moved to Australia with their four kids.

They just moved last month so I'd like to go and visit them.

So that would be quite a holiday.

Fantastic. Sure would. Yeah. Phil?

I was thinking of spreading it all over my bed and rolling about in it.

-LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-There we go.

And the nice thing is you can then still spend it.

Yeah. Oh, brilliant. So we're looking for Uma Thurman films.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Gattaca.

OK, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So for £15,000, let's see how many people said Gattaca.

It's right.

The Truth About Cats And Dogs took us all the way down to four.

Where is Gattaca going to take us to? Down it goes through the 20s into the teens.

-Oh, not quite into single figures. Ten for Gattaca.

-APPLAUSE

-HE SIGHS

-So not a pointless answer.

It's hanging by a thread but it's a very good thread.

It's a thread called Jennifer Eight. There it is.

-This was your most confident... You both were absolutely unanimous about this.

-Yes.

To win the jackpot of £15,000, this has to be right. This is your last shot at it.

Has to be right and it has to be pointless. So for £15,000, let's see how many people said Jennifer Eight.

OK. It's right.

Now, The Truth About Cats And Dogs took us all the way down to four.

Gattaca down to ten.

Jennifer Eight now is taking us down.

-Three! Oh, no! Three!

-APPLAUSE

Oh, that's really hard. Three great answers there.

-We only came for the trophy, it's fine.

-Well, it's fine, then. Good.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer. I'm really sorry.

You don't win today's jackpot, which rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been absolutely brilliant, just fabulous contestants.

You do get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

From the first answer to the last, you absolutely steam-rollered the show.

Three great answers, none of them pointless.

The other ones you mentioned, the Kill Bill films scored quite a lot,

Batman And Robin would've scored you eight. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, three.

None of those pointless. I'll take you through the pointless ones.

There's a couple in here you might have got. A lot of them you won't.

Let's look at a few. A Month By The Lake she was in with Vanessa Redgrave.

She was with Matt Dillon in Beautiful Girls.

Johnny Be Good also a pointless answer.

Her second ever film, Kiss Daddy Goodnight.

Mad Dog And Glory that she was in with Robert De Niro and Bill Murray. She played Glory.

The Woody Allen film Sweet And Lowdown also pointless.

The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen.

Vatel, which she was in with Gerard Depardieu.

And Where The Heart is. There's a couple more obscure ones.

Chelsea Walls, Final Analysis and The Life Before Her Eyes.

Very well done to anyone who got any of those.

-I'm sorry you didn't hit the jackpot but you've been brilliant from start to finish.

-Thank you.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, but I want to add to that,

you have been fantastic contestants, really good.

-Thank you both so much for playing. Phil and Elaine.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today which means it rolls over onto the next show

-when we will be playing for £16,000.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

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