Episode 12 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

where the aim is to score as few points as you can.

To do that, you need to come up with the answers no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

-Couple number one.

-I'm Philip and this is my friend James. We're from Chippenham.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Keith and this is Janice, my mum. We're from sunny Colchester.

-Couple number three.

-We're Alan and Pam, husband and wife from Glasgow.

-And our final couple.

-I'm Cat. This is my mum Sandra. We're from Windsor.

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are our contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

There's only one person left for me to introduce. Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare...

Mr Osman has heard of all of them. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya. Hi, everyone.

-APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-And still our huge jackpot.

-It's embarrassing.

-It's almost an indecent amount of money now.

-Yeah.

-But it'd be lovely to give it away. We've had some close misses.

-Yeah.

Today might be the day. We've got three new pairs. Sandra and Cat were on before. They were good.

They could provide tough competition for our newbies here.

One day, it's going to go. Someone will have it. Who will it be? We could be looking at them right now.

Pan across someone to be newly rich right now.

Just so long as you know stuff about everything.

-That's all you need.

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

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew and each time that happens,

we add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Phil and Elaine didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000

and today's jackpot starts off at £16,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

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

In this round, I'll take an answer off each of you and there's to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

OK, our first category today is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-That's narrowed it down(!)

-LAUGHTER

-Richard?

-Yeah, I will get more specific if you like.

Zander will show you the names of five mountain ranges.

Tell us the name of any country that any of those mountain ranges pass through,

so any country that any of the five mountain ranges pass through.

We're going by the Encyclopaedia Britannica website

and by countries, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN. Very, very best of luck.

I'll put the name of five mountain ranges on the board. They will stay on the board for the whole round.

Our mountain ranges are as follows...

I'll read them one last time.

-James, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Great to have you here. You are from Chippenham?

-That's right.

-What do you do?

-I'm a teacher in Swindon.

-Ah! What do you teach?

-Well, it's called Global Learning at our school.

-Global Learning?

-Yeah.

-That's kind of everything.

-It's history, a bit of geography and religious studies.

-That covers a broad base.

-It does cover a little bit.

-You're a bit scared now, aren't you?

-I am, yeah.

-I'm guessing mountains kind of come into Global Learning?

-It does a little bit.

-I'd say the range of mountains passes through Global Learning.

-Yes.

Now, James, when I read them out, did any of those leap out at you?

-Um...a couple.

-What's it going to be, James?

I'd like to go for Peru, please.

Peru, says James. Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Peru.

Absolutely right.

Not bad at all. 33. That'll do.

-Happy with that, Philip?

-That's all right. He teaches it every day, but that's OK.

-33 for Peru.

-Well played, James. You kept your reputation intact. The Andes goes through Peru.

-Very good.

-Now then, Keith...

-Hello.

-Welcome. From Colchester?

-Yeah.

-What do you do in Colchester?

-I run a casino comparison website.

-Wow! You set this up yourself, did you?

-That's right.

-Yeah.

-How long have you been doing that for?

-Only four or five months.

I used to work in the exciting world of insurance before I got bored,

went travelling, and thought, "Why don't I do something different?"

I've been on a casino comparison comparison website and yours comes out very favourably.

I'm so glad to hear that.

I went on a casino comparison comparison comparison website

-and the one you went to is not the best casino comparison comparison website.

-Ah...

It's the fifth best casino comparison comparison website.

You don't know which casino comparison website to go for,

but a casino comparison comparison comparison comparison website could be the answer.

I just set up a casino comparison comparison comparison comparison comparison comparison website

which, hopefully, will solve all of these problems.

-Well, a bit of a gamble!

-LAUGHTER AND GROANS

Keith, have you got a good country, a nice, obscure country?

-I'm going to say Chile.

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

It's absolutely right.

21.

-APPLAUSE

-Very good. A new low score.

A very strong answer, Keith. There's about 1,300 volcanoes in Chile.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Pam, what do you do up in Glasgow?

I've got two kids, but I work at night as a technical help desk adviser.

-How old are your children?

-I've got a five-year-old daughter and an 18-month-old son.

How about your mountains?

I have absolutely no knowledge of mountains at all.

-You've heard of all these?

-No.

-We're looking for any country that any of these mountain ranges pass through.

Em...I'm really struggling. My answer was going to be Peru.

I've absolutely no idea.

I'm going to take a terrible guess and it's going to come up with a big, red cross.

I'm going to say...Malaysia.

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

-I knew that was going to happen.

-Bad luck, Pam.

-I'm afraid none of those mountain ranges go through Malaysia.

-Sorry.

I'm afraid that scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

-Sorry. None of those five passing through Malaysia.

-Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Cat, welcome back to Pointless. Tell us what happened last time.

-We got knocked out in the first round.

-It was a "words ending in" round.

-"Words ending in I-N-T".

-You scored 13. It was a cracking score.

-We were really disappointed, but we're back.

-Remind us what you do, Cat.

-I'm a sports science student at Coventry University.

-Mountains don't really come into that.

-Not in the slightest.

-Not in the sports, nor the science part of your degree.

-Nor the Coventry.

-No.

Not at all. Not a single range passes through Coventry.

Coventry? Virtually Holland!

LAUGHTER

-How are you feeling about this?

-Geography is not my strong point. I got told to drop it at school.

-You were told to drop it?

-I wasn't that good at it.

I've got a strong feeling that one of them goes through Nepal.

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

It's right.

36.

-APPLAUSE

-There we are, 36.

Very well done, Cat. Correct answer.

-Nepal?

-The Himalayas cover 75% of Nepal, in fact.

-Nepal is basically Himalaya?

-It is largely Himalaya-based, yeah.

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

21, very much the best score of that pass. Very well done, Keith, with Chile.

Then up to 33 where we find James and Philip, up to 36, Cat and Sandra,

and, oh, Pam, Malaysia!

-Now, Alan, no pressure, but quite a bit of pressure.

-Work to be done.

-Yeah.

Let's just say that - work to be done. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

We are looking for any countries through which these mountain ranges might pass.

Now then, Sandra...

-Yes.

-What are your hobbies?

I love tennis. I can't play it, but I love following it.

-You follow it.

-Yes, and I love going to watch it live.

-Excellent.

Sandra, I think you're going to do very well. Our best score so far has been Chile on 21.

I'll be honest. I'm sorry about this, Keith.

It's disappointing. I'm disappointed we haven't yet had an answer I wasn't particularly sure of.

I think you're the person to provide that answer, Sandra.

Cat said the one I was going to and I've got just one other that's going round my head

that might be obscure and that's Andorra.

Andorra, says Sandra. Now, you're on 36. The high scorers are Alan and Pam on 100.

If you can score 63 or less with Andorra, you are in the next round. There's your red line.

You want to be below that. Let's see. Andorra, is it right? How many people said it?

It's absolutely right.

And you are through to the next round.

That's a very, very good answer, Sandra. That's what I was after.

It scores you 8. It takes your total up to 44. Brilliant.

Well done, Sandra. Andorra lies completely within the Pyrenees.

Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital in Europe. The Pyrenees are older than the Alps.

They were in the year above them at school(!)

Wow!

-Now then, Alan... What do you do, Alan?

-I'm a data analyst at a contact centre for a bank.

-Very good. So you work by day and Pam by night?

-Yeah, a kind of tag team.

-That is a bit of a tag team.

It's nice of you to see each other on Pointless.

-Alan, mountains...

-I'm kind of lost, so I'm going to have to take a punt

-and I'm hoping that Bolivia might be...

-Bolivia?

Bolivia, says Alan. You're very much the high scorers on 100 points.

Your nearest rivals are Sandra and Cat on 44.

Let's see if Bolivia is right and how many people said it. No red line for you as you are the high scorers.

Absolutely right.

8 has been our lowest score so far.

Oh, you've beaten that - 7.

Well done, Alan. That's a great score.

APPLAUSE

Is it going to be enough to save you? Your score is now 107. Richard?

Well played, Alan. The capital, La Paz, in Bolivia is in the Andes.

That's more than 9,000 feet higher than Andorra la Vella in Europe.

-That's a proper high capital.

-That is high.

-It's over 12,000 feet above sea level.

Yeah. There you are.

-Now, Janice...

-Hello.

-What do you do?

-I temp.

-You temp?

-I'm a temp, yes.

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

-I like to read and listen to music.

How is your mountain range knowledge? How comfortable are you feeling in this round?

I'm not too sure. There's one I know for definite, but I don't know whether to take a punt.

Well, Keith did very well. He was the low scorer in the first pass.

I'm going to say...Laos.

Laos. OK, the high scorers on 107 are Alan and Pam.

If you can score 85 or less with Laos, you are through to the next round.

There is your red line. Below it, you are through.

Is Laos right? How many people said Laos?

Bad luck. Bad luck. I'm afraid Laos is an incorrect answer, Janice.

That scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 121.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Janice. Laos is in the right neck of the woods, but none of those five pass through it.

-Now, Philip, what do you do?

-I'm training to be an accountant in London.

-Enjoying it?

-I don't enjoy the long hours.

-No.

-It's hard work.

-It is hard work.

-Yeah.

Very good. Now, time to shine here, Philip...

The only way I get geography questions right is through sport and football

and knowing where countries are near each other,

so when I heard Andorra, I know that's near Spain.

Has Spain got a mountain range? I'm not sure.

I'll go with a European country that I know has mountains. That would be Switzerland.

The high scorers on 121 are Janice and Keith. You're on 33. Good answer from James there.

If you can score 87 or less, you're through.

You think Switzerland. Let's have a shot at that then.

Here is your red line. Below that and you are through. Does Switzerland have any of these?

Let's find out.

Alps.

-It's the Alps, isn't it? Yeah.

-I'm afraid that's incorrect and that scores you 100 points.

-It takes your total up to 133, Philip.

-Sorry, Philip. You should have trusted your sports knowledge.

Andorra's between Spain and France. Both of those were acceptable and would have seen you through.

There's no pointless answers at all so very well done to our 100.

Let's look at the lowest answers.

Canada would have scored you two. The Cascade mountains are in Canada and go down into the USA.

Bhutan would have scored two for the Himalayas and Algeria three for the Atlas mountains.

Let's look at the top three. Nepal is the third answer, but you were safely through.

36 points. India would have scored you 40 points.

And right up the top, France. 75 points - a big score, but would have seen you through.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So the pair who will be leaving us with a high score of 133

is Philip and James. Bad luck, Philip. I thought you were home and dry.

We'll see you again next time. Meantime, thank you for playing. Philip and James!

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

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

Very best of luck. Our category for Round 2 is...

fictional characters. Can you all decide who is going to go first and who is going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

fictional private eyes, secret agents and spies. Richard?

On each pass we'll show you six fictional private eyes, secret agents and spies.

You have to tell us in which movie, TV show or book they first appear.

A nice obscure answer scores fewer points. As always, an incorrect answer scores 100 points.

There's going to be 12 in all. Best of luck.

Thanks. So we want the book, film or TV show in which these characters first appeared

-and we have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Six secret agents, spies and private eyes.

-Janice, what do you make of that list?

-Em, I think I know one.

-That's all you need!

-Yeah. Hopefully, it's right.

It's John Steed with The Avengers.

The Avengers for John Steed. Let's see if that's right and how many knew it.

It's right.

55.

-55, Richard.

-Played by Patrick Macnee, of course.

Pam.

I think Ethan Hunt is who Tom Cruise played in Mission: Impossible.

Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible.

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

Very well done. 55 our best score so far.

Down you go, brilliant.

20.

20 for Mission: Impossible. Well played, Pam.

Well played, Pam. More like it. That's the Tom Cruise character. The first film, Brian De Palma directed.

Now then, Sandra. You are the last with this board, so you can talk us through it.

There's two I think I know, two I definitely don't.

-I think I know Vesper Lynd and Agent K.

-Fill in the blanks then say which one you want.

I think Vesper Lynd is Casino Royale and Agent K is Men In Black.

I'm going to say Casino Royale.

Casino Royale for Vesper Lynd. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.

Absolutely right. 20 the best score so far.

Oh, down it goes. Very well done!

Three, Sandra!

There we are. Consistent low scoring from that last podium. Three, Sandra. Brilliant.

Terrific answer. Well done. Played by Ursula Andress in the original Casino Royale, then Eva Green.

You were right about Agent K as well. It's Men In Black.

Played by Tommy Lee Jones. 10 points. A role that was supposed to go to Clint Eastwood.

Adam Carter, that's a British TV one. Rupert Penry-Jones.

-Oh, Spooks.

-Spooks. Absolutely. That would have scored two points.

And Harry Tasker is the best answer. Played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies. Well done with that.

Thanks very much. OK, let's look at the scores, halfway through.

Sandra and Cat look extremely strong. Lovely low score of 3.

Up to 20 for Pam and Alan.

Then a bit of a climb up to 55. Janice and Keith a little exposed.

Keith, you'll have to find a great answer on the next board.

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

OK, we're going to put six more characters on the board.

-We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six spies, private eyes and secret agents.

-Now then, Cat, how are you feeling about this board?

-Not good.

Well, thanks to your mother's brilliant answering, you have a safety margin.

The high scorers are Keith and Janice. If you can score 51 or less, you are comfortably through.

The only one I recognise is Jack Bauer and I can't think what he's in.

I'm going to have a go at...

Silent Witness.

Cat is saying Silent Witness for Jack Bauer. Silent Witness.

Here is your red line. Quite nice and high-ish.

Get below that, you're through. Silent Witness. Is that right?

Oh, bad luck, Cat.

I'm afraid that's incorrect and scores the maximum 100 points.

-Takes your total to 103.

-Sorry, Cat, but it might not be the last 100. I'll give the answer at the end.

Now then, Alan, the high scorers are now Cat and Sandra on 103. You're on 20.

So a score of 82 or less and you are through. How are you feeling?

There's one I definitely know and one I think I know,

but I'm not 100% positive on. We might have enough of a leeway

for me to go with Jack Bauer being in 24.

24 you're saying.

OK, there is your red line. Below that you are through. 24 for Jack Bauer. Is it right?

Well done, you've done it.

Surprisingly low.

24 scores you 37 and takes your total to 57.

Good answer. Very good team performance. Jack Bauer played by Kiefer Sutherland.

-So, Keith...

-Yes.

-A little bit of pressure off you now.

-Well...

-You're on 55. The high scorers are on 103.

-If you can score 47 or less, you're through.

-It would be if I knew any answers.

-Ah.

We might end up in a bit of trouble. The only one I knew was Jack Bauer.

So I'll have to take an absolute punt.

Oh, Cat and Sandra...!

I don't know. I think I'm going to go with... George Smiley, James Bond.

George Smiley, James Bond says Keith. Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.

George Smiley. Is that in James Bond?

Oh, bad luck, Keith! An incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points and takes you to 155.

-Richard?

-Yeah, sorry, Keith. George Smiley is the John Le Carre character,

but which book did he first appear in is very tough. A pointless answer.

Everyone knows the character, but what was the first book?

-Smiley's People?

-It wasn't. It was written while John Le Carre worked for British Intelligence.

It's Call For The Dead. Very well done if you got that. A pointless answer.

Maxwell Smart, he was in Get Smart. It would have scored you 12 points.

-Xander Cage. Do you know that?

-We used to have one on this show.

-It was very useful.

-Yeah...I don't mourn it.

-LAUGHTER

You're much better behaved now. Xander Cage is played by Vin Diesel in XXX.

Would have scored you five points.

Billy Costigan? Another tough one.

That's from Martin Scorsese's The Departed, the Oscar-winning movie, and would have scored one.

-And Jill Munroe was Farrah Fawcett in Charlie's Angels.

-Yes.

-Four points.

-Thank you.

-Tough board.

-A really tough board. Nothing over 37.

-If anyone got all six of those, I doff my spy/secret agent/private eye hat to you.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of Round 2, our losing pair with a high score of 155 is Keith and Janice.

That was a really tough board.

The only nice, easy one was Jack Bauer. And it wasn't THAT easy, Cat.

-No, it wasn't.

-Not that easy, no.

And once he'd gone, it was very testing indeed.

As soon as I saw that board, I thought, "It's curtains for us." Never mind.

-We will see you again next time. Meanwhile, thanks for playing, Keith and Janice.

-Thank you.

But for the two remaining pairs, they're one step closer to the final and that mahoosive jackpot

as we enter the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Sandra and Cat, Pam and Alan. You are now only one round away from the final

and the chance to play for that jackpot of £16,000.

Now only one pair can play for that. To decide which pair, you now go head to head.

This time you're allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.

Anything can happen. Let's play the Head to Head.

OK, here is your first question. And it concerns...famous UK buildings and structures.

-Richard?

-We'll show you five pictures of famous buildings and structures in the UK.

Can you identify the most obscure? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five pictures of famous buildings and structures.

There we are. Five famous buildings or structures in the UK.

Sandra and Cat, you've played best so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

OK.

We know a couple of them,

but we think the one we'll go for is E, which we think is the Liver Building.

The Liver Building. OK, Pam and Alan.

-Also we know a couple of them.

-You can talk us through the board.

A I believe to be the Gherkin. D, is that the Eden Project, possibly?

B, a cathedral of some sort, possibly York Minster,

but I'll go for C. Hampden Park, Glasgow.

C. Hampden Park in Glasgow.

So Sandra and Cat have said the Liver Building for E.

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

Absolutely right.

24.

Not bad at all. 24 for the Liver Building.

Pam and Alan have gone for Hampden Park for C.

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

It's right.

Very well done! You've done it. Four for Hampden Park.

Very well done. That means after one question, Pam and Alan, you are up one-nil. Richard?

That fell very nicely. The Royal Liver Building also a good answer.

Let's take a look at the rest. You've taken us through all of them, Alan. A is the Gherkin.

That was a big scorer, though. 54.

B, you're quite right, was York Minster.

That would have scored you 7. Very good answer.

And D is the Eden Project, which scored 49.

So actually Hampden Park is the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much. Here comes your second question. Sandra and Cat, you have to win to stay in the game.

It concerns... medieval England.

-Medieval England.

-Simply five clues to five facts about medieval England. Very best of luck.

-OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about medieval England.

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Pam and Alan, you go first.

I don't know. What do you think? Can you think of a better one?

We're not too sure about too many of them. The only two sticking out...

-The figure from folklore who robbed from the rich - Robin Hood.

-No!

-Sorry.

-I have to accept that, I'm afraid. So Robin Hood, the figure from folklore.

-Sandra and Cat, talk us through the board.

-We haven't got a clue about the poem, so discount that.

Em, Battle of Hastings, we're pretty sure was 1066.

And I think the king was William the Conqueror,

but we'll go for the one at the top. The French peasant girl, Joan of Arc.

OK, we have Robin Hood and Joan of Arc. Pam and Alan said Robin Hood.

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

It's right. Oh!

There's a big score. Sandra and Cat, that's what you have to beat with Joan of Arc.

Let's see if you can do it.

You've done it! Back in the game.

52.

So after two questions, it's one-all.

-The year of the Battle of Hastings is the sort of thing everyone should know.

-I would have thought.

-So what do you think the score is?

-Well, it's going to be extraordinary.

Either extraordinarily high, in which case 99, or it will be 47.

OK, well, I have to say it's quite good news.

-95 that would have scored you. So that is encouraging.

-It is.

That is quite good. The first Norman King of England was William.

It was a better score. 37 points.

-And the medieval poem is...

-Beowulf.

-Absolutely right.

-That's the best answer. 16 points.

-OK, well done, both pairs.

You are absolutely even right now. This third question is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final to play for £16,000.

OK, it concerns... BBC Breakfast presenters. Richard?

We'll show you five current BBC Breakfast presenters.

Weather, sports... We're just giving you the first two letters of both of their names. Fill in the blanks,

-and pick the most obscure.

-OK, let's reveal our presenters.

-We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Sandra and Cat, you go first again.

-We don't watch breakfast TV!

-I do.

-OK, if you do...

Go on, you say.

Em, right, well, we think we know two of them,

-but we're going to go with... Susanna? Suzanne?

-Susanna, yeah.

Susanna Reid.

Susanna Reid. Susanna Reid, say Sandra and Cat.

-Now then, Pam and Alan, can you fill in the missing presenters?

-No.

Em...

LAUGHTER

To be honest, I'm not really familiar with any of them.

I'm going to have a punt again at the third one being Bill Turnbull.

Bill Turnbull. OK, Bill Turnbull you are saying.

Susanna Reid, Bill Turnbull. This to decide... Neither of you is very confident!

This is to decide who plays for that £16,000 jackpot. A lot rides on it.

Sandra and Cat, you have said Susanna Reid. Is it right? How many said it?

It's right.

25.

Now then, Pam and Alan, you said Bill Turnbull. Is that right and how many said it? 25 to beat.

It's right.

Ooh, 33!

Very well done, Sandra and Cat. That means after three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

-Very well done.

-Oh, that was close. They've both been on the show.

-Bill Turnbull won the jackpot.

-He certainly did.

-He did very well.

Someone else who has been on is Louise Minchin.

She would have scored 11 points.

One of the sports presenters on BBC Breakfast is Mike Bushell.

That would have scored you 7.

And the best answer on the board is the financial journalist Naga Munchetty.

-That would have scored you 3.

-Thank you, Richard.

So the losing pair, I'm afraid, it's Pam and Alan. You've come right through it.

That was so close, a proper fight we had there.

We'll see you again next time, though. Thanks for playing, Pam and Alan!

But for Sandra and Cat, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Sandra and Cat. You fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You can now win our Pointless jackpot, which at the end of today's show stands at £16,000.

You were so unlucky last time. You were out in Round One, but with a very low score of 13.

I mean, really unlucky. But you've come back and delivered so very well done.

The rules are simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer. Do that and you leave with £16,000.

Firstly, choose a category. Here are your five options.

HE READS THE LIST

-I'm not confident of any of those!

-The bottom two.

Which one? You choose. You'll be stronger on either of them.

-No pressure(!)

-No pressure!

-Sports awards? Yeah, we'll go for sports awards.

-OK, let's see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year

as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any sportsman who has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award from 1954 to 2011.

-Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £16,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

-How many from the 1980s do you remember?

-I don't know. Michael Owen is the first one to come to mind.

-Michael Owen.

-Chris Hoy's too recent.

-Yeah, too recent.

-In the '90s.

-There's got to be some other footballers in there.

Alan Shearer?

-Did he win it?

-Possibly.

-Or motor racing. James Hunt.

-James Hunt?

-Could be one.

-OK.

-Yeah?

-Are there any more you can think of?

There can't be any tennis ones. We haven't been that good.

-Tom Daley hasn't won it, has he?

-No, he's won the junior one.

-OK. I think we've got to go with Michael Owen.

-Yeah, Michael Owen.

-Alan Shearer.

-Alan Shearer.

-And that motor racing one.

-James Hunt?

-Yeah. I haven't heard of him.

10 seconds left.

-Who would you take out?

-Shearer, probably.

-Take out Shearer?

-Oh...

-Go with those three.

-James Hunt?

OK. Your time is up. We wanted male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

-I now need your three answers.

-OK, Michael Owen.

-Michael Owen.

-Alan Shearer.

-Alan Shearer.

-And James Hunt.

-James Hunt.

-Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-The last one.

-James Hunt.

-We'll put him last.

-Which is least likely?

-Michael Owen.

-We'll put him first.

Let's pop those up in that order.

We were looking for male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Your first answer was Michael Owen, your least confident shot.

You only need to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £16,000, so...

-Let's see. Michael Owen. You're pretty sure this is right.

-We just don't think it's pointless.

Let's see how many people said Michael Owen.

Well, it is right.

Down it goes through the 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s...

Into the 20s. Into the teens. Single figures. Going down...

Four! Wow!

Wow.

Four people out of 100 said Michael Owen.

And that was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.

-But we're not confident that those two won it.

-Who cares? This is exciting!

Not a pointless answer, but this is exciting. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot,

-which, need I remind you, is £16,000. Sandra, what would you do if you won?

-Treat the whole family

-and have a wonderful holiday somewhere hot.

-Cat?

-I'd definitely put some towards my wedding. I recently got engaged.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

-That'll pay for a few things.

-I think it probably might.

We're looking for male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Now Alan Shearer.

-It's a good punt.

-Yeah.

-Hope so.

-Hope so.

Let's find out. It has to be right and pointless.

For £16,000, let's see how many people said Alan Shearer.

-Bad luck. An incorrect answer. So everything is riding on James Hunt.

-That was your answer.

-I know. If it goes wrong, it's my fault.

-Yeah.

-And if it goes right...

-maybe you'll split the winnings a bit more heavily towards Sandra?

-Yeah.

OK, your final answer. Male winners of Sports Personality of the Year.

Your third and final answer was James Hunt. It felt more pointless.

I remember there being a really exciting end to the F1 season when he won it.

-It was a big hoo-ha.

-I've never heard of him.

-It just seems to stick in my mind.

-OK, there we are.

To win that jackpot of £16,000, this has to be pointless.

James Hunt. Is it right? How many people said it? Good luck.

Ohh! Bad luck.

Well, unfortunately, you didn't find that vital pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £16,000, which rolls over, but you've been brilliant contestants

and you do take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.

James Hunt came second in Sports Personality of the Year in 1976 when he won that world title.

He came second to a pointless answer, figure skater John Curry.

That was a pointless answer and would have won you the money. Sterling Moss would have scored one.

-Oh, no.

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

Brendan Foster, the 5,000m and 10,000m runner. He was a pointless answer.

Christopher Chataway won the first in 1954. He beat Roger Bannister

-in the year Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile.

-Amazing.

Dai Rees, the golfer. He won one of the early ones.

David Broome, the show jumper, David Hemery, who won the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Olympics.

Gordon Pirie, the long distance runner, from 1955.

Jim Laker won in the year he took all 10 wickets in a Test innings. There's John Curry.

Another motor racer in cars and on bikes, John Surtees.

Also the Scottish swimmer Ian Black and Tom Simpson, the cyclist. Well done if you said any of those.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, but it's been great. Thank you for playing.

Sandra and Cat didn't win our jackpot, which rolls over and we'll be playing for £17,000.

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

-Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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