Episode 29 Pointless

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-I'm Brian, this is Di. We're from Hereford.

We've been married for 33 years, despite my performance on the last show.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Delia. This is my work colleague, Mark. I'm from Belfast, he's from Newtownards.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Rob. This is my girlfriend, Connie. We're from Middlesbrough.

And our fourth and final couple.

I'm Tom from London. This is my dad, Richard.

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

Only one person left for me to introduce. The only person who'd be happy to fade into obscurity.

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

-Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-Are you all right?

-Yeah.

-You seem in a happy mood.

-There was a weariness to you then.

-To me? I'm not weary.

-You're not weary.

-I'm fine. My meds are just kicking in. I am going to be just fine.

Should be another good show. We've got two returning pairs.

-Neither of them covered themselves in glory last time.

-No.

-But that's why we have people back twice.

-That's right.

-We'll see how we go today.

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

Everyone's looking for a pointless answer that none of them gave. Each time that happens,

we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot. Sarah and Joanna didn't win it last time, so we add another £1,000

and today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.

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

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

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.

Our first category for today is... Literature. There we are.

Connie's thrilled with that(!)

Literature. Can you all decide who's going first and who's second?

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

OK, and our question concerns...

Novels with a name in their titles.

Novels with a name in their titles. Richard?

On each pass, we'll show you names of seven novels, minus a word.

That word is a personal first name. Can you fill in the gaps, please?

The more obscure, the fewer points. An incorrect answer is 100 points.

-14 gaps in all to fill at home. Good luck.

-OK, we want the names that complete these novel titles.

Here is our first board and we've got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'm going to say blank from now on!

There we are. Brian, welcome back to Pointless. Everyone gets two chances, as Richard said.

-Brian, how are you feeling about this?

-Well, I'm confident of three.

So I'm going to go for...

-Jude the Obscure.

-Jude the Obscure, says Brian. Jude. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many said Jude.

Absolutely right.

27!

-Not as obscure as it might be, but not a bad score 27.

-Well done, Brian.

That can put the nerves to rest. The last of Thomas Hardy's novels.

-Delia.

-Hi.

-Welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I work at a local bank back home.

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

-A lot of my spare time is with my two young daughters.

-I take them Irish dancing.

-Wow.

-So I sort of socialise through their activities.

-How seriously do they take that?

-They regularly compete as well, so they enjoy that.

-It's a massive scene, isn't it?

-It is, yes.

Obviously you're going to speak as a mother, but how good are they? Quite good?

They're very good, yes, in their own wee way.

LAUGHTER

-Quite good, I'm working out.

-In their own wee way.

-Yes.

Excellent. If you're watching, hi!

-I like to think you're quite good in your own wee way.

-LAUGHTER

-That's better than you said last time.

-I'm phrasing it differently, certainly.

-Now then, Delia,

how confident, in your own wee way, are you feeling about this board behind you?

Not very. I know two, but I think they're pretty obvious.

So I'm going to have to go for one of those.

OK.

-So I'm going to go for Charlotte's Web.

-Charlotte's Web, says Delia.

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

53!

Not bad.

Well done, Delia. Written by EB White, of course.

Now then, Connie, welcome to Pointless. Where are you from?

-Originally from Inverness.

-But Middlesbrough now.

-Yes.

-And what do you do?

-I'm an assistant psychologist.

-An assistant psychologist?

-Yes.

-You're fully qualified?

-I've done my undergraduate degree, not my post-grad.

-But then you'll be fully-fledged.

-That's the idea.

-Very good. Lovely to have you here. How are you feeling about literature?

-Not great.

I also knew two - the one Delia said and one other. I could guess, but Rob might kill me if I did.

-So I'm going to have to go safe and say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

-Charlie.

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

It's right.

Our highest score so far - 77.

Well, it all hangs in the balance. It depends what Richard knows.

-You might have taken the only answer he knew. Richard...

-A pretty big score, but better than 100.

He followed it with Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. And he'd started to write another one,

-but only finished one chapter.

-Got bored?

-Yeah.

Richard...

-Welcome back to the show.

-Thank you.

-What happened with you last time?

We got to the Head to Head, but we lost on bones.

Yes! That's right. You lost on bones.

-We had coccyx.

-That's it.

-Which was quite a high scorer.

-We got beaten by a kneecap.

-That's right.

You got kneecapped. There we go. Richard, remind us what you do.

-I'm a retired purchasing manager.

-Remind us what you like to get up to.

-I play a lot of bowls.

-What kind?

-Flat green bowls.

-Flat green bowls.

-Absolutely, yes.

We've had other bowlers on the show.

It's almost always normal bowls and you ask what sort and everyone quite rightly goes, "Well, bowls."

-Really?

-Yeah.

-I'm sure we had one who bowls on the show...

Well, there's crown green, which is a more northern thing.

-There's mat bowls or something?

-He was a contestant. Matt Bowles.

-That's right.

And his wife Elaine.

There we are. Richard, thank you.

And Richard, thank you very much.

So we want the names that complete the titles of these books.

I think I've been lucky this time. And I think it's Lucky Jim.

Lucky Jim, says Richard. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Jim.

Absolutely right. 27's our best score.

And you go through that. 26! Very well done.

Well played, Richard. Good answer.

The adventures of Jim Dixon, Dixon coming from Philip Larkin's old address. He helped with it.

Let's look at the rest of them.

You're very good at books. Down the bottom, Peter Carey wrote Oscar and...?

-Lucinda.

-Absolutely right.

Would have scored 7 points.

Margaret Atwood wrote Alias...?

-Grace?

-No, it's Alias Bernard. I'm so sorry. No, it is Alias Grace.

LAUGHTER

Well done. Three points. And the best answer on the board, Virginia Woolf.

-Virginia Woolf...

-It's Jacob's Room. Two points. Very well done if you said that.

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

The best score of the round, 26. Well done. Richard and Tom looking pretty good on the back of that.

Then 27 for Brian and Di,

up to 53, Delia and Mark, and Connie and Rob on 77.

So, Rob, you're not miles in front, but some good answering from you will be helpful in the next pass.

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

OK, we'll put seven more novels on the board. We have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all again.

We are looking for the names that complete the titles.

Tom, you want the one the fewest knew. You're on a lovely low score there thanks to Lucky Jim.

You've got a little bit of a margin, a comfort zone of about 50 points between you and the high scorers.

-Tom, remind us what you do.

-I'm online project manager for a media company.

-And your hobbies?

I play a lot of golf and also I like languages. I'm currently learning Mandarin.

-How long have you been learning Mandarin?

-About 18 months.

-How far are you from being able to speak it?

-I can...

-Fluently.

-When people stick to the script.

-OK. A lot of it is in inflection, isn't it?

-Yes. I could introduce Pointless.

-That's exactly what I want you to do.

SPEAKS MANDARIN

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-That is an eerie vision of the future, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-Now, Tom, you have the pick of the board.

-Right. It's not an amazing subject for me.

Well done, Dad.

I'm going to go with Austen and say Emma.

Emma, says Tom for the Jane Austen novel. There is your red line.

Get below that and you're through. Will Emma get you down there?

Very well done.

31!

-57 is your total. You're through.

-Safe and sound.

-She earned less than £40 from that book during her lifetime, Jane Austen.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Who was her agent?

-LAUGHTER

-Well, quite.

-Rob, welcome. Also from Middlesbrough.

-Yep.

-What do you do, Rob?

-I'm an assistant psychologist as well!

-No! Not to the same psychologist?

-No.

-That would be weird.

-Yeah.

-So are you in the same year, then?

-It's kind of more like an internship.

Oh, I see, right. Very good. And do you manage not to talk about psychology?

-Yeah. We try not to talk about it outside of work.

-Quite right.

-What do you like to get up to?

-I play a lot of sport. I play football and tennis regularly.

Excellent. Good stuff. How are you feeling about this category?

Not confident at all. I knew a couple on the last board.

The only one I knew from this one's been taken, so I'll have to have a complete guess.

I'm going to go with Tom's Choice.

Tom's Choice. Styron, Tom's Choice.

You're the high scorers, so there's no red line.

Tom's Choice. Let's see if it's right and how far down it takes you.

Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, scoring 100 points and taking your total up

-to an unbeatable 177. I'm sorry.

-Tom's Choice was Emma. Remember? It scored 31.

LAUGHTER

Mark, welcome! Now did you say you were a work colleague of Delia's?

-Yes.

-So you also work in a bank.

-Yes.

-In Belfast.

-Yes.

And what are your hobbies, Mark?

-I don't really have any hobbies.

-LAUGHTER

No, that's not true. Well, I enjoy going to the cinema, the theatre, music, reading.

And I have two daughters as well.

-Don't tell me they're also into Irish dancing.

-No, they're Guides and hockey and swimming

-and trampolining.

-Trampolining?

-Yes.

-In a sort of competitive way or just...?

-Just for fun.

-Oh, that's good! Now then, Mark, how are you feeling about this subject?

Em, well, actually the one that Rob said was the one I was going to go for.

-Don't tell me you were going to go for Tom's Choice.

-No.

-It's one of my favourite films, so I'm hoping it's Sophie's Choice.

-Sophie's Choice. Di and Brian nod.

You're through to the next round whatever, but let's see.

Is it right? How many said it?

Absolutely right.

37.

Taking your total up to 90.

Well played, Mark. As you say, a famous film. Meryl Streep won a Best Actress Oscar for it.

Now then, Di, that's a relief, isn't it? It's always nice to know you're through.

The pressure's slightly taken off. Remind us what happened last time.

-The question was on pop. I only knew one.

-A high scorer.

-It was Elvis. Everybody knows Elvis.

I'm not very good at pop. Hopefully it won't come up again.

If you wanted, you could take us through this whole board.

I think it's I, Claudius. Master I'm not sure.

I'm sure it's not Master Baker.

The...Papers. Anne of Green Gables.

-I think I'll go for Anne of Green Gables.

-Anne of Green Gables.

Let's see if it's right and how many said it. You're already through.

Absolutely right.

-66.

-I knew.

-Not bad at all. Takes your total up to 93.

That's all you had to do there, Di. You were right about I, Claudius,

Robert Graves. It would have scored you 25 points.

The...Papers. That's Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis's son.

-Rachel.

-The Rachel Papers. It would have scored 3.

Down at the bottom. Lord...

-Jim.

-It's another Jim. Absolutely right. 10 points.

And a Booker Prize winner, posthumously, for Beryl Bainbridge.

Master Georgie. It would have scored one point. The best answer. Very well done if you said that.

Thank you. At the end of our first round, the pair who will be leaving us, with their high score of 177,

are Rob and Connie. Well, yes, Tom's Choice.

-The minute you heard Sophie's Choice, did that...?

-No.

-That didn't ring a bell.

-I didn't know any.

OK, well, that's a relief in some ways. We've hardly seen you. It's ridiculous to be saying goodbye,

but we'll see you again next time. Thanks very much for playing meantime. Rob and Connie.

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

Sadly, at the end of this round we say goodbye to another pair. You all did pretty well, though.

No dazzling answers, but no wrong answers. Di and Brian, through to the second round.

-How's it feeling?

-Good.

-You can relax a little bit now. One round away from being able to confer!

Our category for Round Two is...

Cricket.

Cricket. Can you all decide who's going first and who's going second?

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

OK. And our question concerns...

England's Ashes-winning team.

-England's Ashes-winning team. Richard?

-We'll show you a photograph of the team that won the 2005 Ashes

for England, the players and coaches. We need you to name anybody on the photo you're about to see,

-including the elderly couple in the front row.

-OK. Thank you very much indeed.

So we're going to show you an image and here it is.

-Ah, yes.

-LAUGHTER

There you go.

OK, Di. Di, how good are you on cricket? Do you follow the cricket at all?

-Well, I can name the Queen and Prince Philip...

-Oh, hang on!

-It's not even Prince Philip?

-No, you've knocked off two answers...

-LAUGHTER

I'm afraid I have to take the first of the answers you gave.

-The Queen.

-It's like they say in exams. Read the instructions. Read the question carefully.

Is it right? How many of our 100 people said the Queen?

It's right.

Sorry, Di.

-67.

-Could have been a lot worse, couldn't it, than 67?

If we see any 100s, that'll be a good score.

The Queen. She had a batting average of 46.75.

LAUGHTER

-Now then, Delia. How pleased are you with this as a category?

-Not very.

-OK. Do you follow cricket at all?

-No.

-How many people in that photograph do you know?

Three.

-And have we heard two of their names already?

-Yes.

-OK.

Well, there's a third. Brilliant. There's another person there.

-I'm going to go for Freddie, Andrew Flintoff.

-OK.

"Freddie" Andrew Flintoff, says Delia. Is that right? How many of our 100 said it?

It's right..

26!

26. For a moment, I thought he might score more than the Queen.

That would be quite something. He was the man of the series.

He was given the freedom of the city of Preston for his endeavours.

-Wow. You see? It's worth it.

-I bet the Queen's got the freedom of the city of Preston.

-Probably.

-If she hasn't, that is some snub, Preston.

-Yeah.

-Blimey.

Tom...

-You do follow cricket.

-I do.

It was a great series. I could probably name most of them. It's working out the most obscure

and to get the actual name right. I think I'll go for...

the King of Spain, Ashley Giles.

-Ashley Giles. The King of Spain.

-They got his name wrong on a mug.

Ashley Giles, says Tom. Is that right? How many said Ashley Giles?

Three for Ashley Giles!

Very well done, Tom.

Very good answer, Tom.

Hit the winning runs in the Fourth Test. As you say, they tried to print up mugs for him.

He's called the King of Spin as he's a spin bowler and they printed King of Spain.

Someone at the mug factory thought, "They've made a mistake here." Fantastic. Halfway through.

Let's take a look at our scores. Three, by a margin, our best score.

Tom and Richard looking particularly good.

Delia and Mark, 26. Not bad.

Di and Brian, I'm sorry, 67.

But Brian, you've got a little bit of time to find a really good low-scoring answer

and maybe it'll get you through to the next round. I suspect it all depends on how much Mark knows.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

Now then, Richard, that was a cracking answer from Tom.

Yeah.

-It was. Very good.

-It was. And a considered answer from you.

Good. It means you're on three. The high scorers on 67 are Brian and Di.

If you can get a score of 63 or less, you're through to the next round.

-I'll play it safe and say Michael Vaughan.

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

There's your red line. Below that and you're through.

Absolutely right. You're through.

11.

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11 takes your total up to 14. 11 for the skipper?

I know. Yeah, he was the captain of that Ashes-winning side back when he was a cricketer, not a dancer.

Mark, I think you probably know everyone in that picture

and you're trying to find the lowest scoring answer.

You're completely wrong.

Brian, phew!

-Really?

-I only know one cricketer left. There's only one I know.

-Kevin Pietersen.

-Kevin Pietersen. He'll be pleased to hear that.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it. There's your red line.

It's right.

You're through.

11.

11 for Kevin Pietersen takes your total up to 37.

You did just what you needed to do. Another one who had a great series.

In 2012, The Guardian described him as England's greatest modern batsman. It's probably true.

Now then, Brian, this is terrible.

You're the high scorers even before you've given your answer.

Yeah.

Nonetheless, dazzle us.

All the ones I was certain of have gone,

but I've got to make a guess and I'm not sure if he's in the picture or in that Test team,

but I'm going to say Andrew Strauss.

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

But let's see what Andrew Strauss scores.

16.

APPLAUSE

16 takes your total up to 83.

Good answer, Brian. He went on to captain the 2009 Ashes-winning side, Andrew Strauss.

I think cricketers are fairly difficult to distinguish from each other a lot of the time.

There's four pointless answers - two backroom staff and two players.

The England operations manager, Phil Neale, former player.

He would have been a pointless answer.

Duncan Fletcher, the coach. There he is next to the Duke of Edinburgh. He also was a pointless answer.

And two players, both fast bowlers - Simon Jones of Glamorgan, there he is.

And Steve Harmison was a pointless answer as well.

And the top three answers... the Duke of Edinburgh there. 19 points he scored.

-Wow!

-He scored less than Andrew Flintoff, who scored 26,

and the Queen right at the top there with 67.

There she is, look, just in the middle.

If you look in the middle, front row, we're circling her now... Her Majesty the Queen.

-In the sort of bluey, turquoise...

-In the sky blue, OK.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round 2, our losing pair with a high score of 83, it's Brian and Di.

Lovely low score for Andrew Strauss. Di, what would you have gone for, had we not pounced on you?

I still wouldn't have known anybody except the Queen.

-Oh, really?

-And her companion whose name is...

Duncan Fletcher?

LAUGHTER

-That's out!

-I'm not saying two names again!

You're fine now. We're not in the round.

It's like in an auction where somebody puts their hand up by accident and buys a massive vase.

In your case, you've bought a massive walk out of the studio.

I'm so sorry. Brian and Di, it's been lovely having you on the show.

Thanks so much for playing. Brian and Di!

APPLAUSE

But for the two remaining pairs, they're one step closer to the final as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Richard and Tom, Delia and Mark, you are now only one round away from the final

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

APPLAUSE

Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair it will be, you'll now go head-to-head.

You are allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.

Richard and Tom, you've been here before. Only, you weren't the lowest scoring pair then.

-This time, you go first. How are you feeling?

-This is our last chance, so we want to do it.

-Bones aren't going to be coming back.

-That's good.

-Delia, Mark, everything OK?

-Yes.

-Yes, thank you.

-Good stuff.

Best of luck, both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, so here's your first question and it concerns...

-Countries and capitals sharing the same initial, Richard?

-One for the world capitals geeks, like me.

We'll show you five countries. Their capitals start with the same letter as the country.

-Can you give us the most obscure answer? Good luck.

-OK, let's reveal our five countries.

And here they are.

I'll read them out again.

Now then, Richard and Tom, you've played best throughout the show, so you get to go first.

(Barbados is Bridgetown.)

-(I'm pretty certain.

-What's Mozambique?)

-(Mozambique is Mombasa, I think.

-Let's go for Bridgetown.

-OK.)

-OK.

-OK, Richard and Tom?

I think we'll go Barbados, Bridgetown.

Bridgetown, say Richard and Tom for Barbados. Now, Delia and Mark, talk us through the board.

The only two that we know is Stockholm for Sweden and...

-Belgium.

-..Brussels for Belgium.

-So...

-Go with Sweden?

-You say it.

-I get the choice, so I'm going to go with Stockholm, Sweden.

-Stockholm, Sweden, say Delia and Mark.

So, Richard and Tom with Barbados, Bridgetown. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

Very well done indeed. 20.

APPLAUSE

Delia and Mark went for Stockholm, Sweden. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Stockholm.

It is right. Now, 20...

71.

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Which means, Richard and Tom, after one question, you're up 1-0.

Well played, Richard and Tom. Cricket knowledge comes in useful - Bridgetown, capital of Barbados.

Stockholm, 71. Brussels was a slightly better answer, but still pretty big - 69.

-Maldives, do you know that?

-Male.

-Absolutely right. It scored 14.

-Mozambique?

-Maputo.

-Maputo, absolutely right. Best answer up there - 12 points.

OK, here comes your second question. Delia and Mark, you need to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...Mary Poppins.

-Sorry.

-COCKNEY ACCENT:

-Mary Poppins.

-LAUGHTER

-That's good.

-Not bad, is it?

I didn't know you were a Cockney.

We'll give you five clues to facts about Mary Poppins. Can you give us the answers to these?

OK, here come our five clues to facts about Mary Poppins. Delia looking happy, I think.

I'll read those all one last time.

Five clues to facts about Mary Poppins. Delia and Mark, you go first.

Go ahead.

I think I know the name of the author who wrote the original novels - EL Travers.

EL Travers, say Delia and Mark, the author of the original novels.

-Richard and Tom, you can talk us through the board if you like.

-I wish I could.

The surname, we don't know.

The city? I guess that would be London.

I think it's a spoonful of sugar.

Actor? Probably Dick Van Dyke.

So I'll hope they're wrong and say "a spoonful of sugar".

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

Delia and Mark say EL Travers. Let's see if that's right for the author of the original novels.

Oh, no! Bad luck.

Bad luck, Delia and Mark.

That sounded very plausible.

Richard and Tom have said "a spoonful of sugar".

If you're correct, you're through to the final. Are you correct?

Yeah, you are. Very well done. Just! 89, wow!

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You're very correct. 89 people knew that one, but all it had to be was right.

-After two questions, Richard and Tom, you are through to the final 2-0.

-Sorry, Mark.

You join an illustrious list of past contestants who have been knocked out by getting one letter wrong.

It's PL Travers, I'm afraid.

I couldn't give it in case the other team wanted a go at the same one.

Let's look at the rest of these.

The city in which it is set is London. Would have scored 64 points.

You know it's set in London because of the absolutely perfect Cockney accent

of the actor playing Bert who is Dick Van Dyke.

Would have scored you 52 points.

-And the surname of the family?

-Banks.

-Banks. Absolutely right.

14. PL Travers would have been the best answer up there. Would have scored 8 points.

-Really unlucky.

-Thanks very much. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head... Really unlucky.

-It's very good to know it so nearly.

-I shouldn't have gone for it.

-So confident.

-He was so nearly right.

P! You just needed the plosive at the top and you'd have been fine. PL Travers.

Delia and Mark, we'll see you again next time.

A really solid performance today, so we expect great things.

-Thanks very much for playing. Delia and Mark!

-Thank you.

But for Richard and Tom, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Richard and Tom, you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot. At the end of today's show, it stands at an impressive £4,000.

APPLAUSE

Last time, you made it through to the head-to-head. This time, 2-0, you've sailed through it.

And here you are in the final. What lessons did you take away from last time?

I think we went for a bit more of an obscure answer in the first round than we did last time.

We took more of a risk and it put us ahead.

-Anything you'd like to see come up?

-Aston Villa.

-Aston Villa football players, TV comedies.

-The rules of bowls.

-LAUGHTER

-I should probably read...

-These are all good categories. I might write these down.

-Too late!

The rules are simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer and you leave here with £4,000.

Firstly, you choose a category and here are your five options.

-What do you fancy?

-I think London.

-London?

-I think so. Yeah?

-Yeah.

-We'll go for London.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many stations on the London tube map beginning with C as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for the full name of any station on the standard Transport for London tube map

that was issued in July 2012, please.

It can be London Underground, London Overground or Docklands Light Railway.

Very, very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £4,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Right, you've got Cockfosters.

-Yeah.

-Charing Cross.

Anywhere near where we live?

Try and think of the lines.

-Near Watford...

-Yeah.

-There must be millions of them.

-Central London, north-west London.

I can't think of any.

Any called Church, something Church or Christ something?

-There must be some.

-West Ham...

-The mind goes blank.

-Yeah.

Charing Cross, Cockfosters...

Canning Town?

-Canning Town's very good.

-Camden.

-Camden Town, yes.

-Camden Lock?

-I don't think Camden Lock.

-Overground?

-I don't know. Oh, crikey, Overground!

-What about east London?

-Ten seconds left.

-There must be something going up to Watford.

-We need some random towns. Charing Cross won't be pointless.

-Right.

OK, time is up. There we are. We were looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with C.

I now need your three answers.

-Cockfosters.

-Cockfosters.

-Canning Town.

-Canning Town.

-Canning Town.

-And...

-Camden Town.

-Camden Town.

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

-Canning Town.

-Canning Town we'll put last.

-And your least likely?

-Cockfosters.

-Cockfosters, end of the line.

-Yeah.

-So we'll put Cockfosters up first.

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

We're looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with C.

Cockfosters was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win £4,000,

so let's see how many people said Cockfosters.

Well, it's right.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you will be leaving here with £4,000 in your pockets.

Down it goes into single figures...

8.

APPLAUSE

That's good.

That's not a bad score and also Cockfosters is a well-known station.

-Yeah.

-It's on the front of a lot of trains, Cockfosters.

But not a pointless answer. You have two more chances to win the jackpot.

Tom, what would you be doing with £4,000?

We've just bought a flat. We've been there a few months,

-so probably renovate that, a new kitchen.

-Very good.

Now, Richard, how about you?

-The next big birthday is 65, so I think we'd put it towards a bit of a do.

-Excellent.

-His birthday, not mine.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

We are looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with C. You have two more answers.

Let's hope one of those answers wins that jackpot for you. Your next answer was Camden Town.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, so let's see how many people said Camden Town.

Well, it's right. Cockfosters took us down to 8.

Camden Town now taking us down through the 30s, into the 20s,

into the teens, into single figures.

-Also on 8.

-APPLAUSE

In songs and stuff.

We're stuck at 8.

-Yeah.

-Another great answer. Another great low score. Not a pointless answer though.

We're only interested in pointless answers in this round.

We are looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with a C.

Your most confident shot at a pointless answer was Canning Town.

Richard, you suddenly got Canning Town in the last third of your minute, I'd say.

That's the sort of time when good, low-scoring answers suddenly tumble out.

-Let's hope so.

-Oh, let's hope so.

To win that jackpot of £4,000, this has to be pointless,

so let's find out how many people said Canning Town. Is it pointless?

It's right. We've had a brace of 8s.

Cockfosters took us down to 8 and Camden Town took us down to 8.

Canning Town, your most confident shot, now taking us down...

-Oh, 9.

-Higher!

APPLAUSE Wow! Oh, well...

-Oh, well, never mind.

-Wow!

That's not what I was expecting at all. I thought it would go much further down.

-We've got the trophy.

-Well said. Unfortunately, you didn't find that vital pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,000, but you've been brilliant contestants.

-A fantastic game you had today and you take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.

-Thanks very much.

APPLAUSE

It was very consistent scoring, anyway, three in single figures.

Let's go through some of the pointless answers. There'll be a few here you know, especially you, Tom.

Caledonian Road was a pointless answer, as was Caledonian Road & Barnsbury.

Camden Road on the Overground is about 400 metres from Camden Town.

Canons Park was a pointless answer.

Clapham North and Clapham South were both pointless answers.

Clapham Common and Clapham Junction would have scored you 1, but North and South were pointless answers.

Colliers Wood on the Northern Line was a pointless answer.

Croxley, up towards Watford on the Metropolitan Line, was pointless.

Crystal Palace on the Overground and Cyprus which is on the DLR.

Carpenders Park, Chalfont & Latimer and Custom House, all pointless. Any of those ring a bell, guys?

-Oh, yeah.

-My sister lives in Clapham. I probably should have got that.

I wouldn't have thought that was pointless.

-I worked in Watford for 20 years, so I should have known Croxley and Carpenders Park.

-Oh, well...

We have to say goodbye to you, Richard and Tom, but thank you so much for playing! Richard and Tom!

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

They didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over on to the next show when we will be playing for £5,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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