Episode 2 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless, the quiz

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Couple Number One.

Hi, I'm Katie, this is Jenna and we are sisters from Barrow-in-Furness.

And our second couple?

Hi, I'm Leah and this is Neil and we're a couple from London.

And our third couple?

I'm Jacquie, I'm from West Sussex

and this is my friend Barry from Tooting.

-We've been good friends for 28 years.

-And our final couple.

I'm Paul, this is my partner Steven and we're from Glasgow.

And these are our contestants.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much for introducing yourselves.

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

There is only one person left to introduce.

If obscurity were a crime,

he'd be serving life with no chance of parole.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon.

-Top of the afternoon to you.

-How are you?

-I'm extremely well.

-I get confused, you come to me much quicker now.

-I know!

-Because this new thing we do with the contestants where...

-I think by and large it's good.

-Do you?

-Yes.

-We find out about them during the show, don't we?

-Of course we do.

I always used to say we did and we never really did, to be honest.

-And now we do?

-Yeah, we now do.

Well, we know quite a lot about three pairs already,

cos we've had the three pairs on already.

We've only got one new pair and that's Paul and Steven.

We saw Jacquie and Barry get all the way to the head-to-head last time.

They were very strong as well,

but three very good pairs I think we've got on today's show.

Round Two, absolute classic old-school Pointless as well.

-Good, old-school. Like it.

-Old-school, yeah.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, all our questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

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

that none of our 100 people gave,

and each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £4,000, there it is.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

In this round, I will take an answer from each of you

and there is to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so try and make sure that is not you.

OK, our first category today is...

It's Literature.

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

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

OK, our Round One question concerns...

19th century novels, Richard.

Look at the whoops for joy from our contestants there.

We're going to show you on each pass seven characters

who first appeared in 19th century novels.

Can you tell us the name of the novel these characters first appeared in?

Give us a nice obscure answer, you're going to score fewer points,

but an incorrect answer as always is going to score you 100 points.

It's 14 in all to have a go at at home,

very well done if you get all 14 of these. It's going to be tough.

I'm quite nervous as well.

Well, you of course have got an English degree.

Exactly, I should know this. When that thing turns round I might go...

SIGHS

Well, at the end of each pass I will take you through every single one,

-see how well you do.

-Yeah, that's what I'm scared about.

OK.

We are looking for the 19th century novels

in which these characters appeared.

And here is our first board. We have got...

Wow!

LAUGHTER

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we go, Katie.

Now then, where d'you think you went wrong last time?

We had to say goodbye to you in the first round.

-We got sport and we're terrible at sport.

-OK. Now, Literature.

-Are you on any safer ground in Literature?

-I should be.

I should know Heathcliff but it's just not coming to me at all,

so I'm just going to go, stab in the dark,

and go Captain Ahab, Treasure Island.

-Captain Ahab, Treasure Island?

-Yeah.

OK, let's see if that's right

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

Captain Ahab, Treasure Island.

Ohh, bad luck. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, Katie.

That scores you 100 points. I'm sorry.

Yeah, sorry Katie, not in Treasure Island. It's a good...like a captain.

-He's a captain.

-Could conceivably be in Treasure Island.

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

-Leah. Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Leah and Neil.

-It was Round Two for you last time.

-Yes, it was.

Leah, what do you like to get up to?

Erm, I like sports so tennis, football,

big football fan, that kind of thing.

Do you find much time for literature from the 19th century?

I did English Literature at A level,

so I'd like to think I'm not too bad at it.

Luckily, I know one of them, I think.

Elizabeth Bennet I believe is Pride and Prejudice.

Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, says Leah.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

how many people knew that answer.

Pride and Prejudice for Elizabeth Bennet.

Absolutely right.

28.

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Very well done, Leah. 28 for Pride and Prejudice.

Well done, Leah, safe and sound.

Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet, Mr Darcy, of course.

One of the most famous novels in the English language, I would say.

Probably is. Now, Barry, last time. Remind us what happened.

Oh, we got to the head-to-head.

I'm afraid we lost on the day to the two students who were,

I have to say, very entertaining in what they did.

Yeah, less entertaining for you.

They whipped that prize out from under your nose, Barry.

-And you're a tourist guide in South London?

-No, all of London.

-All of London?

-All of London.

-Come on then, Barry, what have you got?

Well, I'm going to also go for Captain Ahab and say Moby Dick.

Moby Dick, says Barry for Captain Ahab.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer. Moby Dick.

Absolutely right.

29.

APPLAUSE

29 for Moby Dick. Interestingly, one point more than Pride and Prejudice.

Maybe Elizabeth Bennet, it's a slightly more prosaic name

and Captain Ahab, if you've read it you remember the name, don't you?

And he's such a memorable character,

loses his leg to Moby Dick and chases him down.

Herman Melville's Moby Dick, published in 1851.

Now then, Paul. What d'you like to do?

Erm, I like to take time out with my dogs, Forest and Loki.

-I've got two miniature poodles.

-Forest and Loki. Why Loki?

-He's a god of chaos and mischief, which he is.

-Excellent.

-A bit like myself.

-Are you the god of chaos and mischief?

-Wow.

It's nice to have you on the show. That's a good booking, isn't it?

Very good. Now then, Paul.

We are looking for the 19th century novels

in which these characters appeared.

I'm feeling a lot better than I did five minutes ago

because at least I know one of them, so I would be guessing

at the rest, but I'm going to go for Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights.

Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff, says Paul.

Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people knew that answer.

54.

54, not bad at all, Paul.

Well played, Paul. Emily Bronte's only published novel,

Wuthering Heights. Let's go through the rest of the answers.

Let's see how well Xander's education was spent. Lady Dedlock?

I'm actually going to go for the famed Bleak House.

-I think it is Bleak House.

-Correct.

Well done, that would have scored you six points. Maggie Tulliver?

Ah, I don't know.

-The Mill On The Floss.

-The Mill On The Floss.

Another good answer, would have scored three points.

Let's go to the bottom, Michael Henchard...?

..Is Mayor of Casterbridge.

He is The Mayor of Casterbridge. Five points.

And Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is a pointless answer.

I just don't think I know.

Very well done at home if you said The Scarlet Letter.

So some very low-scoring ones there,

so anyone who got all seven's done terrifically well there.

OK, thanks very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

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

Best score of the pass was Leah's,

very well done. 28, lovely low score.

Up to 29 where we find Barry and Jacquie.

Up a little bit to 54 where Paul and Steven currently reside,

and then I'm sorry to say up to 100

where Katie and Jenna are to be found.

Now, Jenna, you know what you have to do in the next pass.

-Get an amazing answer.

-An amazing answer.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players take their places at the podium?

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

from 19th century literature and here they are, we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

We are looking for the 19th century novels

in which these characters appeared and you're going to try and find

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

-Steven, tell me what you do up in Glasgow.

-I'm a photographer.

What kind of photography do you do?

Erm, mostly portraits, a lot of bands, singers,

-glam stuff. It's good.

-Very good indeed, you're on 54.

The high scorers are Jenna and Katie on 100

which means 45 or less will see you through.

What are you going to go for?

I think I'll go with Captain Nemo.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Captain Nemo, says Steven. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

There is your red line. If you get below that red line

you're through to the next round.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

how many people said 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Absolutely right.

And you're through to the next round, well done.

17, great score!

That takes your total up to 71, Steven, very well done.

Well played, Steven. Good teamwork there on the last podium as well.

Yeah, Jules Verne's novel, published across 1869, 1870.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Jacquie.

Literature for you, is that strong?

Not strong, but I knew Captain Nemo and I know a couple of others there.

Well you're on 29, Jacquie.

The high scorers remain Jenna and Katie on 100.

That means, if you can score 70 or less, you're safely through.

Okey doke, I'm going to say Becky Sharp is Vanity Fair.

Becky Sharp, Vanity Fair, says Jacquie. Let's see. Is it right?

How many people said it?

Very well done.

Down it goes.

Still going down, eight!

Best score so far, Jacquie, takes your total up

to a lovely low 37.

Very well done indeed, Vanity Fair.

Well done, Jacquie, terrific character in a terrific book

by William Makepeace Thackeray,

published in book form in 1848.

Very good indeed. Thank you. Now then, Neil.

I'm hoping I know one or two of them.

I did study English Literature at A level

but as Leah would say, that was a long time ago

and I got an E in that.

You got an E?

Don't...! You sound like my mum!

-What do you excel in these days?

-Finance.

Yeah.

Anything fun?

-Darts.

-Really?

D'you play in a team?

I play in a league in the city, had a checkout of 157 only last week.

Whoa, very good. You're big on your arrows, aren't you?

-Yeah, that's a very handy checkout, I don't need to tell you that.

-No.

-Treble 20, treble 19, tops?

-Exactly what I did.

-Yeah, there you go.

-Well done.

-Very good.

-Well done.

Can we just keep talking about darts for a bit longer?

Yeah, erm...no.

Neil, the high scorers are still Jenna and Katie,

it's all beginning to get a little bit tense at this end of the line.

You're on 28. If you can score 71

or less, through you go.

OK, based on

my film knowledge, not my novel knowledge,

I'll go Artful Dodger and Oliver.

Artful Dodger and Oliver.

OK, there is your red line.

If you get below that red line

you are through to the next round.

Let's see if it's right

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

Bad luck, Neil.

Bad luck, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 128.

Means we've got a game on, Richard.

-Yeah, it's a good darts score, 128.

-Thanks.

We'll give the correct answer at the end of the round.

-OK, now we come to you, Jenna.

-Yes.

-What do you like to get up to, Jenna?

-Anything adrenaline-based.

I like bungee jumping and skydiving. I want to do a wing walk.

The wing walk, take us through the wing walk.

You stand on a plane and it flies off.

Where does the "walk" bit happen?

You don't really, actually. I don't know where that comes from.

I'll take it up with them.

OK, now Jenna, you're the last person to have this board.

Would you like to talk us through it?

Well, the Artful Dodger, I think Oliver Twist,

is it The Adventures of Oliver Twist, something like that?

But I think Quasimodo was The Hunchback of Notre Dame

so I think I'll go for that one. I don't know any of the others.

I knew Captain Nemo but that one was taken.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Quasimodo.

OK, here is your red line. It could be higher.

But let's see. You may get below it, let's see.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame,

is that going to get you below that red line?

Is it right, how many people said it?

Ooh, 53!

53 I'm afraid takes your total up to 153

and I'm afraid that means

you are the high scorers. Richard.

Sorry Jenna, it's a valiant effort but not enough, I'm afraid.

Good news for Neil there, that's a lifeline.

Neil, the problem was, you knew it from the film,

it's not Oliver, it's Oliver Twist is the name of the actual novel.

Would have scored you 70 points, it's a big scorer

so wouldn't have actually done you any good, Jenna, if you had said it.

The other three answers all would have seen you through

but they're all tough, to be honest. Do you know any of those?

-Bathsheba Everdene...

-Yeah.

-..is Far From The Madding Crowd.

It is Far From The Madding Crowd,

would have scored four points, very good answer.

-How are you pronouncing this one?

-Edward Casaubon is Middlemarch.

Absolutely right, would have scored one point as well,

and Lucy Snowe is a pointless answer.

-I don't know, I don't know.

-She's from Villette.

-Villette.

Very well done if you said that.

Some tough answers up there, weren't there?

There you go. Thank you very much, Richard.

What an exciting round that was.

Erm...so at the end of the first round, the pair who'll be leaving us

with their high score of 153,

-Jenna and Katie, I'm so sorry.

-It's been fun.

It's been lovely but it's been too short.

-BOTH: I know.

-It's been lovely

having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing. Jenna and Katie.

APPLAUSE

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

There's only going to be room for two pairs

in the head-to-head round, so one of the pairs in front of me

will be leaving us at the end of this round.

I wonder who it's going to be. Jacquie and Barry, very good.

Consistent. Both of you scoring nice and low. Leah and Neil.

Now, Neil, she is carrying you.

-Seriously.

-That is something I've heard before.

Paul and Steven, not bad at all.

Not bad at all, but very, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Anything could happen in this round, our category is...

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

And whoever's going first, please 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...

..as they could. Richard.

Pretty hardcore version of Pointless today.

There's no hiding place here.

Yeah, we're looking for any country on the African mainland that is

either wholly or partly in the Southern Hemisphere,

that's south of the equator, obviously.

As always, by country we mean a sovereign state

that is a member of the UN in its own right. Very best of luck.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So here we are, proper old-school Pointless round.

No boards, no nuttin'!

Just a bit of geography. Neil.

Now geography, is this a good thing for you?

I studied that at school as well...

-Oh, that's good!

-To a CSE level, got a C in that.

-There we go.

OK, I'll go Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast, says Neil. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Ivory Coast.

Bad luck, Neil. An incorrect answer, I'm afraid,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

However, I suspect that may not be the last

100 points in this round. Richard.

Sorry Neil, mainland Africa but north of the equator.

So then, Jacquie.

You spent quite a portion of your life in the southern hemisphere.

I know Australian geography better

but I think Lesotho is a country

and I think it's in the southern hemisphere,

so that's what I'm going to say.

Lesotho says Jacquie. Lesotho. Let's see if it's right,

let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

Very well done indeed, Jacquie. Ten points.

-Ten points for Lesotho.

-Well played, Jacquie, very safe answer.

Very, very deep south, Lesotho. Well played.

Now then, Steven.

-How good is your geography, Steven?

-Not that good.

-I'll go with Ghana.

-Ghana, says Steven.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Ghana.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer,

-also scoring 100 points. Richard.

-Sorry Steven,

it's right next door to the Ivory Coast, I'm afraid, Ghana,

in the northern hemisphere.

We're halfway through the round.

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

Jacquie and Barry, you are on

ten points, very well done.

You're looking very, very strong at this stage, I'd have to say,

because then we travel all the way up to 100 points

where we find Steven and Paul and Neil and Leah. So essentially

it is a southern-hemisphere mainland-country-of-Africa-off

between Paul and Leah.

Very best of luck to both of you. Let's see what's going to happen.

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

OK, now Paul, you are jointly on 100 with Leah and Neil.

Barry and Jacquie are quite a long way behind.

Have you been to the continent of Africa at all?

I have, but only as far as Morocco.

Right, OK.

I have looked at a map or two.

So I'm tempted to go for one.

You are going to have to go for one.

Temptation or not.

I think this one's right on the cusp, but I think I'll play it safe,

I'm going to go for Zambia.

Zambia says Paul, Zambia.

There's no red line for you as you are joint high-scorers.

You just have to hope it's correct

and that it goes down a nice long way on that column. OK, Zambia.

Is that right and if it is, how many people said it?

It is right.

It's a great answer, look at that, 15.

Very well done.

Very well done, 115 your total.

Well played, Paul, really laid down the gauntlet to Leah there.

Zambia, it's way south as well.

Now then, Barry.

Once again you are through to the head-to-head.

A little bit of pressure off.

But I have a feeling your geography might be good, am I right?

Fairly good, yeah, fairly good.

OK, let's have...maybe there's a pointless answer?

Maybe, but anyway, let's see. Let's see how low you can go.

How low I can go,

-Botswana.

-Botswana says Barry.

Botswana. Is it right?

How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

20.

Very well done, taking your total up to 30.

Barry's pretty good at every subject, isn't he,

thus far in his Pointless career.

Yeah, Botswana, almost entirely dominated by the Kalahari Desert.

OK, now Leah. OK.

Well, he stole my answer but we would have gone out on that,

so I'm quite glad he said Botswana

cos that may have been what I was going to go for.

So, it gives us a fighting chance now.

It does, gives you a fighting chance.

Now then, Leah, you have made a career of digging Neil

out of a hole in terms of Pointless.

I'm going to say Zare, or Zaire, however you pronounce it.

-You're going to say Zaire.

-Yeah.

-OK, Zaire says Leah.

Let's see if it's right

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

Bad luck, Leah, I'm so sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

and that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 200. Richard.

Yeah, sorry Leah, hasn't been called Zaire since 1997.

It's the Democratic Republic of Congo now.

Would have scored you two points, would have seen you safely through.

I'll give you the rest of the answers that would have seen you through.

All of these would have scored you less than 15.

Tanzania and Angola both would have scored you 13.

11 points for Somalia and Congo.

Lesotho we've already seen with 10.

Swaziland with seven, Rwanda seven,

Malawi was four.

The best three answers, though, let's take a look,

would have been Burundi, the best answer.

One point. Well done if you said that.

Gabon with two and there's the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

which used to be Zaire. Let's take a look at the biggest answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Zimbabwe, 32 points.

Kenya, also 32 points, and unsurprisingly at the top,

South Africa, the clue's in the name, absolutely.

58 points.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, the pair with their highest score

of 200 who'll be leaving us, I'm afraid it's Leah and Neil.

Now how about some of those other ones that would have saved you?

-Rwanda...

-I know most of those.

I just, I genuinely didn't realise or didn't clock that Zaire

-had changed its name to Democratic Republic of Congo!

-It's galling

cos you were right.

Botswana was the other one I had in my mind. Kenya I knew, but...

And I knew South Africa.

Ah, well.

Very good of you, Leah,

you have done that to make Neil feel a little bit better.

I think that is a very noble thing to have done. I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.

-It has been lovely having you on both shows.

-It has been great fun.

-Leah and Neil, great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more

exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.

Well, congratulations, Jacquie and Barry, Paul and Steven,

you are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £4,000.

Now, obviously only one pair can play for that money and to decide

which pair it is going to be, you are now going to go head-to-head.

This time, you are allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Now then, Jacquie and Barry, you have been here before.

How do you rate your chances this time?

Well, thought it was pretty good last time,

but you know, pipped at the post.

And Paul and Steven, well done, you.

Did you think you were going to make it this far in your first appearance?

-Not when the literature question came up.

-No?

-No.

Well, Paul and Steven, very, very best of luck to you

and indeed to you, Jacquie and Barry.

-Let's play the head-to-head.

-APPLAUSE

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

People doing the Mobot.

This is to make up for 19th-century literature.

We are going to show you five pictures of people doing the Mobot,

the celebration made famous by Mo Farah in the 2012 Olympic Games.

-Oh, the Mobot!

-Oh, the Mobot, yes. Absolutely right.

Can you identify the most obscure of these people, please?

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five Mobots.

And here they are, we have got...

There we are. Five Mobots.

Jacquie and Barry, you played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

Well, we think C is Jon Snow.

C, Jon Snow, say Jacquie and Barry.

Paul and Steven, talk us through the Mobots.

Usain Bolt, Robbie Williams, Russell Brand.

He is from the Rizzle Kicks, but I can't remember his name.

-Rizzle Kicks?

-Yes. I think so.

-Usain Bolt?

-Usain Bolt. Which one is...

-B.

-B, Usain Bolt. Thank you very much.

So, we have Jacquie and Barry saying C, Jon Snow.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Jon Snow for C.

It is absolutely right.

-22.

-APPLAUSE

22, Paul and Steven. You are saying Usain Bolt for B.

Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

Big score there, for the Jamaican.

Which means, Jacquie and Barry, after one question, you are up one-nil.

-Very well done. Richard?

-Yes, a big score there, quite right.

A, you knew he was from Rizzle Kicks, his name is Jordan Stephens.

Well done if you said that at home, it would have scored one point.

A terrific answer. From Rizzle Kicks. There is Usain Bolt, Jon Snow.

D is Robbie Williams. He would have scored you a fairly mighty 55.

And Russell Brand at the closing ceremony there,

would have scored you 57.

Just as a control, we also showed the famous picture of Mo Farah himself, doing the Mobot.

-What do you think our national hero scored?

-I would hope in the high 90s.

Maybe 96?

You are going to have to go in the lower 90s.

By which I mean, 56.

GASPS

There he is. That is the picture we showed them.

LAUGHTER.

Has he lost weight? He is looking good.

He is looking very good. Not so much Mo, less Farah, I would say.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, here comes your second question.

Now then, Paul and Steven,

you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Very, very best of luck. Our second question today concerns...

Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks, Richard.

Quite simply, we are going to give you five clues to facts about Tom Hanks.

Can you give us the answer to the most obscure of these.

Thanks, Richard, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Tom Hanks and here they come.

We have got:

I will read those all one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about Tom Hanks.

Paul and Steven, you go first this time.

I think we are going to go for the film in which he meets the mermaid.

-Splash.

-Splash, say Paul and Steven.

Splash, the film in which he makes a mermaid called Madison.

Now then, Jacquie and Barry.

Well, I think the things we know, everybody knows.

Talk us through the board.

Well, I think his leading lady in Sleepless In Seattle was Meg Ryan.

I think the character he voiced in Toy Story was Woody

and we don't know where he was born. So...

-Eeny, meeny, miney, mo, shall we say Sleepless In Seattle?

-Yes.

We will say Meg Ryan for his leading lady in Sleepless In Seattle.

You are going to say Meg Ryan for his leading lady

in Sleepless In Seattle.

So, Paul and Steven went with Splash for the mermaid film.

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

Absolutely right.

27.

APPLAUSE

27.

Jacquie and Barry have said Meg Ryan was his leading lady

in Sleepless In Seattle.

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

It is right.

Will it beat 27?

No! 39.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Paul and Steven.

You did what you needed to do to do there.

After two questions, you are one all. Richard.

It is game on now, certainly.

The character he voices in Toy Story, you're right, Woody.

It would not have won you the point.

It would have scored you 40. A bigger score. He was born in California.

That would have won you the point. Six points.

And his son, who is an actor in all sorts of things,

King Kong as well, is Colin Hanks.

Colin Hanks would have scored you five points.

-That is the best answer there.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

OK, here comes the decider. Your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot of £4,000.

It concerns...

Champions League finals.

Champions League finals, Richard.

Yes, we are going to show you five pairs of teams who have

competed in a European Cup or Champions League final.

We're just going to give you their initials and the year in which they competed.

Can you give us the pairs of teams, please? Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five pairs of teams and here they come. We have got...

I will read those all one last time without the dates.

So there we are.

-Jacquie. You and Barry are to answer first.

-I don't know any of them.

-I haven't got a clue. Have you got any clues?

-Or me.

I am just going to guest at the top one

and go Aston Villa versus Bayern Munich.

Aston Villa versus Bayern Munich in 1982.

OK, Paul and Steven, the board is yours. Talk us through it.

I think 2006 is Barcelona V somebody.

The bottom one is Borussia Dortmund versus Juventus.

I am going to go for NF versus H, 1980.

That is Nottingham Forest versus Hamburg.

You are going to go Nottingham Forest versus Hamburg in 1980.

OK. So, we have Aston Villa versus Bayern Munich for Jacquie and Barry.

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

Absolutely right.

-14.

-APPLAUSE.

Well done, Barry.

14, Barry, very, very well guessed.

Paul and Steven, you have gone for Nottingham Forest versus Hamburg.

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

It is right.

This is the decider.

This is going to see who goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot

and it is Paul and Steven!

Very well done, 8, for Nottingham Forest versus Hamburg.

Very, very tight match there. Fantastic.

After three questions, Paul and Steven, you are through to the final 2-1. Brilliant.

Yeah, the, that is terrific, Paul, as well, especially well done,

Barry, for pulling that one out of the bag, a very good answer.

All sorts of traps up there.

You are right about Borussia Dortmund versus Juventus but that

would have knocked you out because that would have scored 17 points.

B, absolutely is Barcelona and A is Arsenal.

I'm sure lots of people got it and lots of our 100 people did as well

because it scored 24.

And the best answer on the board...

Is A versus P in 1971. It would have scored you one point.

Well done everyone at home who said Ajax versus Panathinaikos.

-There you are.

-Yeah?

-Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard,

so our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Jacquie and Barry.

Once again, you come right up to the points and then we send you home.

-I am sorry.

-And then you gave us sport.

-How well did Barry handle that?

-He did, he was brilliant.

-Absolutely brilliant.

-There we are.

Barry chested it down and almost, almost knocked it in. I am so sorry.

You played so well.

I am very sorry to say goodbye to you without you taking a trophy home to show for your troubles.

It has been great having you on the show.

-Thank you very much for playing, Jacquie and Barry.

-APPLAUSE

But for Paul and Steven, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Paul and Steven, you fought of all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and that the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,000.

-There it is.

-APPLAUSE

Well, we have really tested you.

You have had football, you have had Tom Hanks, you have had Mobots,

you have had geography and you have had literature.

Did you ever think you were going to end up here?

-Not after that first round, definitely.

-That was tough.

What would you like to see come up in this round?

-What would be the perfect...

-Eurovision Song contest.

LAUGHTER

-Really?

-He would like that.

-Conductors? Eurovision Song contest conductors.

-Sorry, seriously?

-Seriously.

The different people who have conducted it.

-Is it one conductor every year?

-No, anyone.

-It is all separate conductors.

-And you know all of them?!

-He knows most of them.

-I can give you a pointless one.

If you could give us one that ISN'T pointless, I would be very surprised.

LAUGHTER

Anyway, now listen, the rules are very simple.

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

Do that and you will go home with that £4,000 in your back pockets.

First, you have to choose a category.

And here are the choices you can choose from. They are...

Film actors, music awards, boxing, MPs and Eurovision conductors.

LAUGHTER

British authors, British authors. OK, which one do you want?

-Film actors.

-Film actors.

-Film actors, it is.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Kenneth Branagh films as they could. Richard.

Yes, we are looking for any feature film made for cinema release

up to October 2012 for which Kenneth Branagh has received an acting credit, please.

No TV films, short films, documentaries,

films where he has played himself but voice performances do count.

Very best of luck, guys.

OK, thanks, Richard.

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

and all you need to win that £4,000 is for just one of those

answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

-The Tempest, Twelfth Night.

-Henry V?

-You've got Harry Potter, he was in one of those.

-Which one?

-Goblet Of Fire?

-Goblet Of Fire, I think. I think.

-Any other ones?

What about Shakespearian ones?

I'm trying to think of something, I can't think of any.

What about any ones with Emma Thompson in.

Sense And Sensibility, these costume dramas?

He was in Much Ado About Nothing, I don't think she was in that.

-The Taming Of The Shrew?

-No, he wasn't in that.

-What are we going to go for?

-Twelfth Night?

-Twelfth Night.

-Henry V?

-Don't know.

-Twelfth Night, Henry V.

-Can't think of any others.

-10 seconds left.

-We have got some obscure ones anyway.

-The Tempest?

Don't think he's in The Tempest.

THEY CONFER

That's time. OK, we were looking for Kenneth Branagh films.

I now need your three answers.

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.

-Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.

-Twelfth Night.

-Twelfth Night.

-Henry V.

-And Henry V.

OK, of those three, which do think is your most likely to be pointless?

-Twelfth Night.

-Twelfth Night, we will put that last.

-Which is your least likely, do you think?

-Harry Potter.

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.

OK, let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are. We have got:

If one of these answers is right, and you win £4,000,

what would you do with it, Steven?

Probably go up north for a couple of days,

to start off with with the dogs, have a couple of wee breaks.

-Anything else, Paul?

-Steven's business is two years going now,

so he's still building that so I think we will invest some money into that, give him some breathing space.

Very good. Well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.

This was your least confident answer.

You only have two find one pointless answer to win that

jackpot of £4,000.

So let's see how many people said Harry Potter

And The Chamber Of Secrets. Is it right?

It's right. But it's silent, shh!

Down it goes.

OK, down it goes, Chamber Of Secrets, into the teens,

into single figures,

-oh, six!

-APPLAUSE

Oh, my God, did not expect that.

Very, very well done. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

You only have two chances to win today's jackpot.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Henry V.

Now, again, this has to be right, and it has to be pointless to win

that jackpot, so for £4,000, let's see how many people said Henry V.

It's right.

Now then, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets took us

all the way down to 6.

Where is Henry V going to take us down to?

Into its 20s. Oh! 20.

APPLAUSE

I guess that is probably one of his best-known films, isn't it, Henry V.

20, not bad though.

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

We were looking for Kenneth Branagh films,

your third and final answer was Twelfth Night.

You said this was your most confident answer.

So, to win that jackpot of £4,000, it has to be right

and it has to be pointless.

This is your last crack at that jackpot. Very best of luck.

Twelfth Night, is it right? How many people said it, if it is?

-Bad luck.

-APPLAUSE

Bad luck. Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer, which I'm afraid means you don't leave with

today's jackpot of £4,000 which will roll over onto the next show.

You have been brilliant contestants and you do of course get to

take home our Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.

APPLAUSE

Yes, sorry gents,

Twelfth Night was Richard E Grant alongside Helena Bonham Carter.

Let's look at the pointless answers. I know some people at home will have got some.

There is one of his Shakespearean adaptations here.

First up, Celebrity, the Woody Allen film. He is in.

Five Children And It, he plays Uncle Albert in that, it would have been a pointless answer.

High Season, also would have won you the money.

How To Kill Your Neighbour's Dog,

there is Love's Labours Lost which he starred in and directed as well.

Peter's Friends, which he starred in, directed and produced,

Stephen Fry's film about university friends.

The Proposition, he was in with William Hurt.

It is a voice performance in The Road To El Dorado.

He was Miguel in that,

and Paul Greengrass's film The Theory Of Flight.

You could have also had A Month In The Country,

there were 10 pointless answers. Very, very well done if you said any of those.

Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,

Paul and Steven, but it has been wonderful having you on the show.

Great contestants, very well done.

APPLAUSE

Now, nobody has won our jackpot today which means it rolls over

onto the next show where we will be playing for £5,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it is goodbye from me, goodbye.

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