Episode 16 Pointless

Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. A very warm welcome to Pointless,

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi. I'm Amy. This is my fiance, Dan. We're from Moseley in Birmingham.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Lindsay and this is my dad, Ivor. We're both from Southampton.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Bill and this is my friend, Gail. I'm from London, she's from Colchester.

-And our fourth and final couple.

-I'm Sam, this is Ashley, my friend from the University of Chichester.

These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

Thank you all very much indeed.

We'll find out more about you later.

Only one person left to introduce. He's Jeeves to my Wooster, Kirk to my Spock, Bert to my Ernie.

-It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya. Hello.

-Oh.

-Oh.

-So...

-So then.

-Joint-biggest jackpot in Pointless history.

-Yeah.

-If we get a pointless answer, it's the biggest.

-These are momentous times.

-Exciting. We've only one returning pair, Ivor and Lindsay.

They're going to be strong, but anybody here could walk away with a load of money.

Something else unique today - have you spotted it?

After 450 shows, I've got a new chair!

-You've got a new chair! Look at it.

-Can you believe it?

-It's ribbed!

-Look.

-LAUGHTER

-That is lovely. You sit yourself back in that chair.

That chair, I happen to know, we've actually bought that.

The previous one we had to hire.

-Lean back.

-I can't lean back. I could never lean back on my old chair.

-No, you couldn't.

AUDIENCE "Ooh"

-Look at the comfort!

-I'm going to do the show from here.

-Anyway, massive jackpot.

-Massive jackpot, brilliant new chair.

-I know. Who's not watching?

-Thanks, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people. Our contestants need the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone wants a pointless answer which no one gave. Do that and we add £250 to the jackpot.

Natalie and Daniel didn't win it last time, so we add another £1,000.

Today's jackpot starts off at £20,000!

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

In this round I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.

OK. Our first category today is... London 2012.

Can you all decide who is going to go first and who's going second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many nations who won gold at the 2012 Paralympic Games

-as they could. Richard?

-Simply looking for any nation that won at least one gold medal

at the 2012 Paralympic Games. We won't accept Team GB, although we won loads.

OK, thanks very much indeed. Amy, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I work in a bookshop.

-And in your spare time?

I like to read, cycle on my bike, we like to go to gigs when we can afford to, so yeah.

You're a fiancee. How long have you been engaged?

-Just over a year and a half?

-Yeah, we got engaged at Glastonbury.

-During which set?

-No set. It was a sunset.

-Aww!

That's the best kind of set. And that plays every night as well,

-which is great. Now then, Amy. Did you watch the Paralympic Games?

-Some.

-Some.

-We'll have to play it safe and just say Ireland.

Ireland says Amy. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right!

Six!

Well done.

-Very good stuff, Amy. Six for Ireland.

-Well played.

Eight golds they got. Eight golds, three silvers and five bronze.

Excellent. Now then, Ivor. Remind us what you used to do.

-I used to be involved in insolvency work.

-But the other fun thing...

The fun thing was we had restaurants and bars in Majorca for quite a few years and that we did enjoy.

-Yeah, I bet. What was it called?

-We dealt a lot with the Irish and Rosemary, my wife,

-she said we'll call it Rosie McIvor's.

-Very good. Good stuff.

Now then, Ivor, let's have a Paralympic gold-winning nation from 2012.

-Jamaica.

-Jamaica says Ivor. Let's see if Jamaica's right and how many people said Jamaica.

It's right!

Six is our best score.

Where's Jamaica going to go? It's pointless! Very well done!

Fantastic.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £20,250

-and into the record books.

-Never had a jackpot that big. We've had 20 grand before.

And we all have Alphonso Cunningham of Jamaica to thank for it.

A javelin thrower. He won their one gold at the 2012 Paralympics.

Thanks, Ivor. You go down in the annals of Pointless. It scores you no points.

Gail. What do you get up to, Gail, in Colchester?

Em, well, I like painting. I do watercolours and some acrylics.

-And I've also done commissions for people's pets.

-Very good.

-Dogs.

-You do it from photographs?

-Yes.

-You can't get a dog to sit. I know you CAN get a dog to sit.

That's one thing you can get a dog to do, but to sit in that sense.

-Did you watch the Paralympic Games?

-I'm afraid I didn't.

-So this is a bit of a stab in the dark.

-It's a bit tricky. So I'm going to try...

between two...

-I'm going to say China.

-China says Gail. Let's see if it's right and how many said China.

It's right!

Oh!

Wow. 77 for China, Gail, but it was right.

-Yes, that's a relief.

-Richard?

-I named Jamaica's gold medallist. I won't do the same with China.

-There were 95 golds. 95.

-Wow.

-A lot of golds.

-A lot of golds. Now then, Ashley, welcome.

-Great to have you here. You are studying at Chichester.

-Yes.

-What are you studying?

-Sport and exercise psychology.

-Sport and exercise psychology!

-This is hand-picked for you.

-It's quite high, yeah.

-So what did you get up to this summer?

-I worked at the London 2012 Games.

LAUGHTER

Wow. Wow.

-For the Paralympics as well?

-No, it was just the Olympic Games.

I worked at Wimbledon. I was a bin man.

Excellent! So I'm hoping you'll have a great answer.

-We've had one pointless answer. See if you can find another.

-I'm going to go with Ukraine.

Ukraine says Ashley. Is it right? How many people said Ukraine?

It's right.

Oh! Very well done. That's a great score.

Second best score of the round so far. Three.

-They had a very good Paralympic team. They won 32 golds. Fourth in the medal table.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-Very good indeed. We're halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores.

The best score was Ivor's lovely score of nothing there. Ivor and Lindsay look pretty strong.

Up to three with Ashley and Sam. Up to six for Amy and Dan.

Gail, quite a long way up to 77, where we find you and Bill.

Bill, we need some canny scoring and we'll hope that's enough to keep you in the game.

We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players take their place at the podium?

OK, we are looking for nations who won gold at the 2012 Paralympic Games.

-Sam, you're also studying at Chichester.

-I do the same course.

-The same course?

-Yes.

-Very good. What do you like to get up to?

-Em, sport, basically.

-So this question should be OK, hopefully.

-OK.

You're in a pretty good position. Ashley's left you on three.

Bill and Gail are on 77. A score of 73 or less will see you through.

Right. I don't think it'll be pointless, but I'll go for Brazil.

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

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Brazil. Is it right?

It's right.

And you're through. Very well done.

12.

12 for Brazil takes your total up to 15.

Good work. They finished seventh on the medals table with 21 golds in all.

Now then, Bill. Bill, welcome to Pointless.

-You're retired. What did you used to do?

-I was in the travel business.

-As an agent?

-Travel agent, tour operator, hotel reservations.

-So you've been everywhere.

-Quite a lot of places.

-Did you watch the Paralympics?

-No.

-OK, so another stab in the dark.

-Absolutely.

-OK.

We've had some very low scores. You're our high scorers on 77.

Do you think you can find a really nice low score?

I've got something in mind. It's either going to be 100 or quite low.

-What's it going to be?

-Italy.

-Italy says Bill.

There's no red line for you. Let's see. Italy - is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Either 100 or a low score, said Bill. Lets hope it's low.

It is. Eight. Very well done indeed.

85, your total.

9 golds for Italy. Good answer.

Thanks very much. Now, Lindsay, remind us. We discovered last time that you have three children.

-I do, yes.

-They, I imagine, take up all your time now, do they?

Yes. About 99.9% of my time! LAUGHTER

OK. You've had a little bit of time to think about gold-winning nations in the Paralympics.

Have you got a brilliant answer?

I'm going to go for Australia.

Australia says Lindsay. Our high scorers are Bill and Gail on 85.

If you can score 84 or less, you are through. There is your red line.

How many people said Australia? Is it right?

Absolutely right. And you are through.

36. Very well done indeed. A total of 36.

Australia finished fifth in the medals table. 32 gold medals.

Or two gold medals fewer than Team GB.

Dan, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you very much.

-Great jumper.

-I knitted it myself.

I believe you.

-Thank you.

-Did you really?

-No.

-How are your preparations going for the wedding?

-They're going...OK.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-Everything's pretty much booked.

-OK. Is there a theme?

I have a...passion for Batman. I'm a bit batty for Batman.

But I'm drawing the line at putting underpants over my suit. And a cape.

-I said no to the cape.

-She said no to that.

-Not for the wedding itself, but for the evening.

-The party.

I would have thought it would be a classy thing to do to invite us to the wedding. Don't you think?

Yeah. We could come as Batman and Robin.

-That's a great idea.

-I've still got the costume.

-Or Catwoman.

-You've still got the costume.

-LAUGHTER

Excellent. Well, how exciting. Thank you. You can just come through to the next round. It's fine.

-Who needs an answer? Did you watch the Paralympics?

-I didn't.

I have to take a stab in the dark, unfortunately, and kind of hope. I assume they have at least one.

-But I'm going to say France.

-France says Dan.

Well, the high scorers are Bill and Gail on 85. You're on six. 78 or less sees you comfortably through.

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

It's right.

And you are through. Very well done, Dan.

26.

Very good. Your total is 32.

Safely through, Dan. Eight golds. There's a whole bunch of pointless answers. Let's look at a few.

Austria and Azerbaijan. They both won four gold medals. Belarus won five gold medals.

Bosnia and Herzegovina won one, for sitting volleyball. Cuba won a whole bunch.

Egypt was a pointless answer.

There's Jamaica who won with Alphonso Cunningham.

Kenya, Switzerland. There's a few more. Algeria, Belgium, Chile,

Czech Republic, Fiji, the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia. Well done for that.

Morocco, Serbia, Tunisia. All of those were pointless. Let's look at the biggest scorers.

Russia would have scored you 37 points.

USA, 74. They only came sixth in the medal table. They lost to Ukraine.

And Gail, you'll know what's right at the top. It's China, 77 points.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair with their high score of 85 -

it's not that high. We've had much higher,

but we have to say goodbye to someone, so Bill and Gail, with your score of 85, it's you.

I'm so sorry to say goodbye so soon. We'll see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Bill and Gail.

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

Sadly, at the end of this round we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.

Ivor, you said to me earlier on that magenta, of course, is the colour of champions.

What are you talking about?!

LAUGHTER

I was talking to Ivor earlier about returning couples doing well.

And he said he was told by someone that magenta was a winning colour.

And I'm guessing that's the colour of his shirt.

We should talk more about this. It is gold.

There must be a special red button to hear more of this stuff. You and Ivor chatting about colours.

Yeah. There you go. Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is... hit singles.

Can you decide who's going first and who's going second?

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

OK, our question concerns... songs which spent 50 weeks or more on the UK chart.

Songs that spent 50 weeks or more on the UK chart. Richard?

On each pass, we'll show you six pop acts and a year.

Those acts in that year released a song that spent 50 weeks or more in the UK chart.

Can you tell us that song? What song did they release that spent 50 weeks or more in the UK chart?

Very good. Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal the names of the artists.

-You must name the songs that spent 50 weeks or more in the chart.

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Now then, Amy.

Oh, no. I only know maybe...two.

Even then I'm not 100% sure. It's going to have to be a bit of a guess, to be honest.

I'm going to go with Snow Patrol and...

-Run?

-Snow Patrol and Run says Amy. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

Oh, bad luck, Amy. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer and scores the maximum 100 points.

-Sorry, Amy. That's not the one we're looking for.

-Never mind.

-I'll give the correct one after.

Lindsay...

I'm going to go for an obvious one. Frank Sinatra.

-My Way?

-My Way says Lindsay. My Way, Frank Sinatra.

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

It's right.

Well done, Lindsay.

28.

Well done.

-28 for My Way.

-Well done, Lindsay.

It's charted twice. The first time, in 1969, it was in the charts for 122 weeks.

-Consecutively.

-About two and a half years.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-Now then, Sam, you can talk us through the board and fill in the blanks.

-It's doubtful I will do.

I think I know two.

Take That may be Shine,

-but I'll go for Snow Patrol, which I think is Chasing Cars.

-Chasing Cars

says Sam for Snow Patrol. Is that right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

18.

Best score of the round so far. 18 for Chasing Cars.

Yeah, good answer. It's an extraordinary song.

The most played song of the 2000s, on radio. The most played song anywhere in the UK.

It first got into the charts in 2006 and was there for 17 weeks.

It came back in in 2007 and stayed for 74 weeks

-and it's been in the chart five more times, up to October, 2012.

-It's been covered a lot, hasn't it?

Run was famously covered by Leona Lewis. She had a big hit with that.

There's not been a hit cover version. Shall we look at the rest?

Judy Collins. Any ideas? An old standard - Amazing Grace.

-Well done if you said that. Five. Bill Haley?

-Rock Around The Clock.

Absolutely right. It scored 44.

Take That. I thought it might be Shine, but it's Rule The World.

-That would have scored three. And New Order?

-Blue Monday.

Absolutely right. 14. The best answer is Rule The World.

A lot of people thought Shine.

Thank you, Richard. Let's look at those scores. Sam and Ashley very strong on 18.

Up to 28, Lindsay and Ivor.

And then quite a hike up to 100 where we find Amy and Dan.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

-Let's put six more artists on the board.

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. We are looking for songs by these acts that spent 50 or more weeks in the UK charts.

Ashley, you're going to try to find the one the fewest people knew. How's this feeling for you?

It could have been worse. I think I know a few of them.

I think I'll go with Flo Rida and I think that's Low.

Low says Ashley for Flo Rida.

You're on 18. The high scorers on 100 are Dan and Amy. Score 81 or less and you're through.

There's your red line. Flo Rida. Is Low right?

It is and you're through.

Wow!

Very well played, Ashley. That scores two. A very impressive 20. Richard?

That's a good answer. His first hit. 55 weeks in the chart up to now and it'll be there for a bit more.

Very good. Now then, Ivor.

-What are we making of this board, Ivor?

-Not a lot. Not a lot.

Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale, '61.

It may be...

Stranger On The Shore.

Stranger On The Shore for Acker Bilk and the Leon Young String Chorale.

You're on 28. The high scorers on 100 are Dan and Amy.

71 or less and you're through. Stranger On The Shore. Is it right? How many said it?

It's right.

Very well done, Ivor. You're through to the Head to Head.

15.

-Very well done. 43, your total, Ivor.

-Flo Rida and Acker Bilk in the same round!

-Spent 55 weeks on the chart and was a US number one as well.

-Dan... The board is yours, Dan.

Em...

I'm not 100% sure of all of them. Amy Winehouse possibly Valerie,

which was also done by The Zutons, I think.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood. I think that was Relax maybe.

Slade...

That could be anything. Cum On Feel The Noize, possibly.

Nickelback. I've heard that so many times. I can't remember what it's called.

I think it's This Is How You Remind Me, but I might be wrong,

-so I'll go for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Relax.

-Relax says Dan.

I'm afraid no red line as you are the high scorers,

but is Relax right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Very good.

Frankie said Relax and 43 of our 100 said Relax as well.

-That takes your total up to 143.

-Frankie Goes To Hollywood featuring the Leon Young String Chorale.

LAUGHTER

Now Nickelback, I made the same mistake. It's Rockstar,

which spent 50 weeks in the charts. Eight points.

Amy Winehouse wasn't Valerie. It was Rehab. It scored 19.

-Now Slade gets into the charts every year. Merry Xmas Everybody.

-Everybody.

11 points. The best answer is Flo Rida featuring T Pain. Your favourite.

-I love Flo Rida.

-And T Pain.

-I particularly love T Pain.

You know he's named after Thomas Paine, the philosopher?

-I thought it was after Pain, French for bread. That ain't bread...

-That's toast.

-It's coming on, that catchphrase.

-"T pain? Non! C'est pain grille!"

As we say in France. OK, thank you very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, our losing pair with 143 points

is Dan and Amy. Oh, no. That IS toast. Anyway, listen, we'll see you next time.

Thanks very much for playing. Dan and Amy!

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

as they enter the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Ashley and Sam, Ivor and Lindsay.

You are only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot of £20,250!

Our biggest ever jackpot to date. Now only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair it will be, you now go head to head. You are now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot. Let's play the Head to Head.

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns... types of dog.

-Types of dog, Richard.

-I'm never happier than when we show pictures of dogs. Which breed are they?

-We should maybe give them marks out of 10 for cuteness.

-Yeah.

OK, let's do that. Let's reveal our five dogs.

-A. Seven.

-Yeah, I'm going to give him seven.

-B.

-Meh...

Well, actually, I think that's overdoing it.

-I'm going to take points off for that. Five.

-I would give him a five and a half. Him/her.

-Aww.

-C! Nine!

I'm going to give HIM a nine.

-D.

-Oh...

Ohhh.

-Seven and a half.

-I'm going to give him an eight.

-OK.

-And E.

-Aww. That's cute.

-Three.

-LAUGHTER

-Really?

-I'm not so...

-Look at that face.

-I just think Barbara Cartland.

-I'm going seven and a half.

-OK, there we are.

There are the dogs. Now then, Ashley and Sam,

you've played best so far, you are our lowest scorers and, in recognition of that,

you win the chance to go first.

May be totally wrong, but we're going to go for C, Jack Russell.

C, Jack Russell say Ashley and Sam.

Ivor and Lindsay, you can talk us through all of those if you like.

-A I'm not sure. It's got the head of a Staffie...

-It's not a Staffie.

B is a Chihuahua.

-D is...

-D is a Basset hound. I don't know about E.

-C I think is...a beagle, I think.

-We think it's a beagle.

-D is a Basset.

-What do you want to go for?

-E I think IS Barbara Cartland.

-LAUGHTER

B or D, then? Chihuahua or Basset hound? We'll go for B, Chihuahua.

-Yeah.

-B, Chihuahua.

B, Chihuahua.

OK, so Ashley and Sam have said C, Jack Russell. Let's see if C is a Jack Russell and how many said it.

Oh, bad luck! An incorrect answer,

which means Ivor and Lindsay merely have to be correct with B, Chihuahua.

Is it right?

It is right. Very well done. You have won that question. 51 the score.

-After one question, Ivor and Lindsay, you are up one-nil.

-Yeah, not a Jack Russell.

As Ivor and Lindsay suggested, it's a beagle, C, and would have scored you 37 points.

Now A is a Basenji.

Basenji. The best answer on the board. Three points.

-D is a Basset hound.

-Aww.

-Aww.

He would have scored you 39.

And the final one is a Samoyed, which would have scored nine points.

Quite a lot of our hundred know their dogs. Samoyed.

Thank you very much. Here comes your second question. Ashley and Sam, you have to win it.

And it concerns... Star Wars characters.

-Star Wars characters, Richard?

-We'll show you the names of five Star Wars characters,

-but we've removed alternate letters from their names. Can you give us the most obscure?

-OK.

Let's reveal our five Star Wars characters with letters missing.

I'll read those all again.

Ivor and Lindsay...

-I'm going to go for Boba Fett.

-Boba Fett.

Boba Fett says Lindsay.

Ashley and Sam, talk us through the board.

You've got Yoda,

Han Solo

and Darth Vader at the bottom.

The third one's really annoying. No, can't get it.

I'm going to go for Han Solo, the second one down.

Han Solo you're going for. We have Boba Fett and Han Solo.

Ivor and Lindsay said Boba Fett. How many said that?

It's right!

14.

14 for Boba Fett.

Now then, Ashley and Sam, you have to win this to stay in.

You've said Han Solo. Is it right? How many said it?

Well, it's right.

Is it going to beat 14, though?

36.

A good answer, but not good enough,

which means Ivor and Lindsay are through to the final, two-nil.

Very, very well done.

That's a good answer, Lindsay. One answer would have beaten it.

Y-D- is Yoda.

It would have scored you 62.

The one at the bottom there is Darth Vader. That scored 40.

And a generation of Star Wars fans are screaming Count Dooku,

-which would have scored two points.

-Did you just get it just then?

-Yeah.

-What a shame.

Our losing pair after the Head to Head is Ashley and Sam. And you knew that answer.

It's really hard when the pressure is on. We have to say goodbye, but we'll see you again next time.

You've played so well today. Thanks for playing, Ashley and Sam.

But for Ivor and Lindsay, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations! You fought off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at a record-breaking £20,250.

You've done fantastically well. Some great answering from you.

You steamrollered them in that Head to Head. Much like you were steamrollered in the last one.

-We got our own back.

-The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer

to go home with £20,250. Firstly, you have to choose a category from five options.

They are...

-My best one would be Modern Authors.

-Yours would be?

-Probably.

Yeah. World Leaders...

Formula 1.

Let's go for Modern Authors then if you like.

-We'll go for Modern Authors.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many books by Philip Pullman as they could.

-Philip Pullman. Richard?

-Yeah, any novel or children's book written by Philip Pullman

up to the end of October, 2012. For trilogies or quartets, we want individual names of books.

Written by Philip Pullman. Very best of luck. A huge jackpot.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win £20,250

-is for just one answer to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There. Your time starts now.

-Do you know any?

-Yeah, five or six. There are three really obvious ones in a trilogy.

-I know a couple of others that are popular, but they probably won't be pointless. It's worth a try.

-OK.

Em, I know...

Ruby And The Smoke, Shadow In The North. They're slightly less.

There's The Subtle Knife, Golden Compass...

And the other one that I can't think of at the moment.

I'll give you three guesses why I brought you today!

OK, I'm going to go for two less obvious and one that's a bit obvious.

-OK, is that it?

-Yeah.

OK, shall we stop the clock? Right you are.

We were looking for Philip Pullman books. You have your three answers. What are they?

-The Ruby In The Smoke.

-Ruby In The Smoke.

-The Shadow In The North.

-The Shadow In The North.

-And The Subtle Knife.

-And The Subtle Knife. OK.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-The Shadow In The North maybe.

-We'll put it last. Which is your least likely?

-The Subtle Knife.

-Put that first.

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

So we were looking for Philip Pullman books.

The Subtle Knife was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer.

So for £20,250, let's see how many people said The Subtle Knife.

It's right.

OK, down it goes.

The Subtle Knife taking us down through the 40s, 30s, into the 20s,

into the teens, into single figures... Five!

Oh. I tell you what,

-that was part of his Dark Materials trilogy.

-I thought it'd be high.

-Yeah. Listen, this is great news.

It's bad news in that it wasn't pointless, but only five people knew one of his best-known books.

-Obviously not fans, are they?

-My heart's now beating a little bit faster than it was.

This is actually very exciting. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot,

which is £20,250. Lindsay, when you think of £20,250,

what is the first thing that comes to your mind?

-Holiday. In the sun.

-Mm-hm.

With a nanny. LAUGHTER

-Now that's a holiday!

-It's not a holiday otherwise.

That's just hot childcare. Ivor, how about you?

I have four wonderful grandchildren and I have a beautiful wife

and that beautiful wife would love to be the nanny when she takes us all on holiday.

You could all nip over to Rosie McIvor's for a sangria.

We'll invite you both if you're not busy at a wedding.

Exactly. We'll find time, I'm sure.

So we are looking for Philip Pullman books. Let's hope nobody said The Ruby In The Smoke.

Five people got The Subtle Knife.

The Ruby In The Smoke. It has to be correct and pointless.

And then you leave here with £20,250. So how many people said The Ruby In The Smoke?

It's right.

The Subtle Knife took us down to five.

The Ruby In The Smoke now taking us down into single figures.

Still going down... Three!

Three people knew The Ruby In The Smoke.

Everything is now riding on your last answer, your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

We're looking for Philip Pullman books. The Shadow In The North.

-Do you think fewer people will have heard of that?

-I know they televised The Ruby In The Smoke.

-They didn't televise The Shadow In The North.

-Billie Piper was in The Ruby In The Smoke.

-I don't know if they televised The Shadow In The North.

-Maybe those three just remembered Billie Piper.

Maybe.

OK.

Twenty...

£20,250, the biggest-ever Pointless jackpot since we've been doing this show,

is riding on this answer. The Shadow In The North. This was your most confident answer.

It was. I'm not sure it is now!

-I'm starting to doubt myself.

-OK, very best of luck.

The Shadow In The North. Is it right? Is it a pointless answer?

Well, it's right.

The Subtle Knife took us down to five.

The Ruby In The Smoke down to three.

The Shadow In The North still going down.

You've done it!

That's fantastic! Very well done.

Very well done indeed.

-Can I have a kiss?

-Yes!

-Well done.

-Oh, my God!

Thank you!

-Superb. The Shadow In The North!

-I'll have to read that book now.

A pointless answer. There we are. Fantastic.

Which means you leave here today with that jackpot of £20,250! Fantastic!

-And the trophy.

-The trophy!

-Magenta won the day, Ivor.

-Yes!

-He'll wear it every day!

-Wash it occasionally, possibly, but very well done.

-There'll be a run on these next week!

-I bet!

-Richard?

-How about that! How brilliant is Lindsay, Ivor?

-Absolutely awesome.

-Fantastic.

-You can also thank Alphonso Cunningham, the Jamaican javelin thrower.

-And Philip Pullman.

The Shadow In The North is a follow-up to The Ruby In The Smoke. They did do a TV version.

Nobody remembered it! Let's look at some other pointless answers, while you catch your breath.

The Scarecrow And His Servant, Lyra's Oxford, which follows on from the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Thunderbolt's Waxwork.

Spring-Heeled Jack, Mossycoat, retelling an old fairy tale,

Galatea from 1978,

How To Be Cool, Once Upon A Time In The North and The Gas-Fitters' Ball.

Also The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ, Aladdin And His Enchanted Lamp.

Well done if you said any of those, but absolutely brilliant.

Couldn't happen to a nicer pair. You played brilliantly. Such a pleasure to see you get the money.

Well, thanks once again to Ivor and Lindsay, who go away with today's jackpot of £20,250.

-Join us next time when we test more obscure knowledge. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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