Episode 47 Pointless

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

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

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one...

Hi, I'm Ed and this is Fiona and we're friends from university.

Couple number two...

Hi, I'm Tom, this is David, we're half-brothers and grew up in London and Bristol mostly.

Couple number three...

I'm Emma, this is my fiance Chris and we're from Bristol.

And couple number four..

Hello again. I'm David from Westcliff-on-Sea

and this is my favourite nephew Ryan, from Worthing.

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

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There we are. Thank you all. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

There's one person to introduce, rooting around in the dustbins of obscurity

like an inquisitive grisly bear -

if he does give chase, throw him your packed lunch and play dead until he gets bored or goes away -

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon.

-And to you, yes.

Goodness me, the jackpot just keeps going up and up and up, doesn't it?

We're going to be looking at somebody who's going to go away with an awful lot of money.

It could be today and it could be one of you.

Ooh, that's exciting! Not that it isn't otherwise, but it is a very exciting thought.

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

All our contestants need to do is find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's looking for a pointless answer, which none of our 100 people could get.

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

Erik and Joe didn't win last time so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at £23,500.

AUDIENCE CHEER

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

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

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.

Try and make sure that's not you, if you can.

Our first category today is...

OK. Airports.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. Richard.

We need you to give the name of any city that houses one of the world's busiest airports,

that's any airport that has over 30 million passengers a year.

There's 45 airports in the world that have over 30 million passengers.

We're asking for any city that houses any of those airports, please.

OK. There we are.

So any city which is home to any airport in the world

that handles more than 30 million passengers a year.

Now, welcome to the show, Ed.

-Great to have you. What do you do?

-I'm a medical student.

-Whereabouts are you studying?

-Oxford.

-Right. OK.

-How did you and Fiona meet?

-Er, we met in dire circumstances.

-Oh, I'm sorry!

-It was a bus crash.

We were on our way to ski trip in the Alps,

and on the M25 our bus crashed into a lorry.

It was in the middle of the snow,

and we had to jump out onto the motorway in our pyjamas.

-What were you doing on a bus in your pyjamas?

-It was three in the morning!

-17-hour coach...

-OK.

-Yes.

But you met on the hard shoulder.

-Yes.

-I think she was in the row behind me.

-Very good.

-Are you an item or just friends? Sorry.

-Just friends.

-So far... Phew! Excellent.

-LAUGHTER

Maybe by the end of the next show, if they get to the final...

Imagine if Ed comes up with a cracking answer now,

a belter, a real knee-melter of an answer...

That's what he needs. LAUGHTER

Ed,

-erm, airports?

-Airports.

-Airports.

I think I'll go for Hong Kong.

-Hong Kong, says Ed. OK. Hong Kong.

-Safe answer.

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

It's absolutely right.

11, Ed.

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-11, Ed. Very good.

Hong Kong.

Well played, Ed. The tenth busiest airport in the world. 53 million passengers a year.

-Now then, Tom.

-Hi.

-Welcome to the show.

-What do you do?

-I'm a supply teacher in primary schools.

-You teach anything?

-Anything at all, yes.

Anything they want to ask me, I've hopefully got an answer.

-If you haven't, just make one up.

-Exactly.

-What do they know?

-Now, airports...

-Airports.

I think I'll play it a little bit safer and go Mexico City.

Mexico City, says Tom. Mexico City.

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

Ooh, Tom, bad luck.

I'd have thought, easily, 30 million people flew in and out of Mexico City!

It's a massive city, certainly.

Anyway, an incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points. Sorry.

-I'm amazed. Are you amazed?

-Yes!

I would've thought that would be over 30 million. It's 26 million.

It is one of the 100 biggest, but not over 30 million.

-That's unfortunate, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-I think that's an honorary good answer!

-Thank you.

I'll take that!

-Chris.

-Hello!

-Welcome back to the show.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a civil servant. I work for the MOD.

-He's not allowed to tell us what it is he does.

-He didn't even say MOD last time.

-We're getting a bit closer!

-That's really given it away.

Most of the airports you use, I presume, are not on the map.

-That's basically the case, yes!

-Definitely!

Anyway, Chris, using your knowledge of international travel,

we'd like the name of any city whose airport handles more than 30 million passengers a year.

Struggling a little bit, but I'm thinking Singapore, maybe,

for anyone on the way to Australia. Don't they stop there?

Singapore, says Chris.

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

Absolutely right. 11 is our best score so far.

Down it goes. Still going down.

Ooh, you beat 11. Look at that! 6! Very well done indeed.

Very well done.

Well done. It's a huge hub airport. An awful lot of flights go through it.

-It's a cool airport.

-It's an amazing airport!

It's got a rooftop pool. It's got everything.

Now then,

David G, welcome back to the show.

David, airports... Airports!

Well, I've done the maths because I had a bit of time,

so 30 million people, you're looking at about 7.5 million people...

No, I worked out 750,000 people it works out at per day.

-I've done the maths.

-LAUGHTER

It's 2.5 million a month, then you divide that by the week,

so you want something just over 700,000, and I came up with Dubai, which is huge.

You could've just come up with Dubai, which is huge!

I forget it's a short programme! I'll shut up and give Dubai as my answer.

-You're going to go with Dubai?

-Absolutely.

-Dubai.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said Dubai.

It's absolutely right, David. Good reasoning.

Down it goes. 11 is our score to...

Oh, 4! Best score of the round! Very well done!

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-It was worth the wait, wasn't it?

-It was worth its weight in gold!

There we are. Well done. Dubai.

Well played, David. Over 50 million passengers a year. 4 points.

That's the square of two. It's also the square root of 16.

-That's the cube root of 64, as well.

-What about that?

Unpack it any way you like!

It worked! It worked!

We are like minds, David. Don't worry about that.

Thank you, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.

4, the best score of the round. David, very well done.

6, the next best score, Chris and Emma.

Up to 11, where we find Ed and Fiona

and Tom and David H, I'm afraid, a long way out in front with 100.

As these obvious airports are being picked off, maybe there'll be an incorrect answer.

David, a really good low score from you might just keep you in the game. Best of luck with that.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

We are looking for any city with an airport in it

that handles more than 30 million passengers a year.

Ryan, welcome back to the show. Good to have you here.

-Remind us what you do, Ryan.

-I work for a pharmaceutical company that treats allergies.

Very good indeed. What are your hobbies?

I like to go to the cinema quite a lot with my wife,

just keep active, play a bit of football, get out on the mountain bike.

Now then, Ryan, you're on 4, David H and Tom are on 100.

If you can score 95 or less, you are through to the next round.

I haven't got a calculator behind here so I haven't done any maths!

But I did fly to America once.

We got off the plane and it was half an hour transferring just to the terminal,

it was a big airport, so hopefully Miami is good enough.

Miami, says Ryan.

Here is your red line. It's lovely and high.

We just have to hope Miami is right

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

Absolutely right! You are through to Round Two. Very well done indeed.

David scored 4. What are you going to score? 2!

Very well done indeed!

Fantastic teamwork on podium four. Your total is 6.

Miami International Airport. Very good answer. 38 million passengers a year.

They've also got Burrowing Owls who live on the airfield.

-They've got a Burrowing Owl?

-Yes.

And they're a protected species.

That's got to be a worry for them, any kind of birdlife on a runway.

I can't see that ending well, for either the aeroplane or the bird in question.

But owls tend not to, er, they're not big daytime fliers.

Nor, at all times, are aeroplanes. They fly at all hours.

Planes are not allowed to fly between certain hours

and those hours are the hours that owls are allowed to fly.

So it's quite a detailed schedule of when the owls...

Air traffic control, it's a nightmare for them! They've got so many things to deal with.

Air traffic control at 11.30 at night,

hand over to the RSPCA. LAUGHTER

Interesting. Very good. Thank you.

-Now then, Emma, welcome back to the show.

-Thank you.

You did very well last time. Some great answers.

You're looking pretty good at this stage of the round, as well.

6 is your score. 100 the high score.

93 or less sees you through to the next round.

How are we feeling about these airports?

Erm, I wasn't feeling too great but I am thankful for Chris for getting us a good start.

So I'm going to play what I think is safe

and say Delhi.

-Delhi.

-Mm.

-OK. Delhi, says Emma.

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

It's right. You're through.

Down it goes. Still going down.

2!

Joint-lowest score of the round, Emma. Very well done indeed.

-8 is your total.

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-Emma and Chris looking very strong again.

-Aren't they just?

Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi.

We'd like the name of any city whose airport than handles more than 30 million passengers a year.

Now then, David H, welcome to the show.

-What do you do, David?

-I'm a student in Bristol,

doing a masters in international relations.

Just general international relations. That's a massive course!

-It is, yes!

-Wow!

In a funny way, maybe it includes airports.

-Not so much?

-I'm not sure it's helping me here.

-So we're in a bit of a pickle.

-Yes...

So it's a bit of a risk, but I'm hoping it will be right

because it's big and maybe people go on the way to other places, I'm going to say Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur, says David.

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

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

That's a very good answer. I have a feeling this will go a long way down.

Oh, look at that!

It goes all the way down! It's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to our jackpot. It takes the total up to £23,750.

It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at 100.

I wonder if it's enough to keep you in the game, though. But brilliant.

Great work, David. Congratulations.

Opened in 1998. It's got marble floors throughout, Kuala Lumpur Airport.

-That's pretty good, isn't it?

-Very good. Thank you.

OK, now then, Fiona, what do you do?

-I'm a student at Oxford, as well.

-What are you studying?

-Human sciences.

-What year are you in?

-Third year.

-Right you are.

-How long ago was this fateful crash?

-Three years ago, in my first year.

As you as good friends with everyone else on the coach?

-Yes, I think there was a bond between all of us.

-Very good.

So, Fiona, you need to be scoring 88 or less

to avoid becoming the high scorers and leaving us at the end.

I think I'm going to play it pretty safe and say Frankfurt.

-I think it's a major hub in Europe.

-Frankfurt, says Fiona.

Here's your red line. It's nice and high.

Let's see how many people said Frankfurt.

It's right and you're through.

Oh, it's a great answer! Very well done. 8.

-8, taking your total up to 19.

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Well played, Fiona. It's the ninth busiest in the world. Terrific answer.

-I think Ed is definitely interested.

-Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes!

-Don't you think?

-Of course.

But it ain't up to Ed. That's not the way it works, is it, in this world?

-It's very much up to Fiona to make her mind up.

-Yep. Yep.

Let's take a look at some pointless answers, see if you got any at home. I hope you did.

Detroit in America, Guangzhou in China, used to be Canton.

Houston. The airport there is the George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Istanbul would've been a great answer. Kuala Lumpur was a terrific answer. David, well done.

Las Vegas, McCarran Airport. Plenty of people will have been through there.

Minneapolis, another big hub airport in the States,

Mumbai would've been a terrific answer. Seattle.

There's a few more you could've had. You could've had Charlotte, in the US,

Incheon in South Korea, Philadelphia, Phoenix or San Francisco.

Those were all the pointless answers.

Let's look at the biggest scorers that most of our 100 people gave.

Paris would've scored you 29, New York would've scored you 45

and, perhaps unsurprisingly, London at the top. But 47 is quite a low score.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair who'll be leaving us, with their high score of 100,

it's the brothers, David and Tom.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon. We'll see you again next time.

David and Tom, everyone. Great contestants.

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

Now, there's only going to be room for two pairs in our head-to-head

so one of the pairs in front of me, sadly, will be leaving us.

Ed and Fiona, you're our newcomers!

Look at these grizzled old veterans, they've been here before!

But you, you just stepped straight through to Round Two.

-How are you feeling?

-Pretty good, I think.

Keep up the good work. Our category for Round Two is...

It's People. Decide in your pairs who's going first and second.

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

The question concerns...

Famous People With Surnames Beginning With B.

We're going to give you six clues to famous people whose surnames begin with B.

Give us a nice obscure one for fewer points.

An incorrect answer gives 100 points.

There's 12 famous people to guess in all. Good luck.

We are looking for famous people whose surnames begin with B. Here is our first board.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six people whose surnames begin with B.

Fiona, you get pick of the board.

It's not my strongest board!

I'm going to take a gamble because I think Ed will be good at this.

I'm going to say that the composer was Benjamin Britten.

Benjamin Britten, says Fiona. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people knew that answer.

Very good.

-8, Fiona! That's a great score.

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-Well done. 8 for Benjamin Britten.

-Good answer, Fiona.

It was written for the new Coventry Cathedral,

built to replace the one that was bombed in WWII.

-Emma...

-OK.

Well, I know a couple.

I'm sure of one and I think I know a couple more.

I will go for "Known as The Godfather of Soul"

-as James Brown.

-James Brown, says Emma.

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

-26.

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26 for James Brown.

Buried in a 24-carat gold coffin.

-Classy.

-That's classy, isn't it?

-Yes.

Ryan, the board is yours.

Talk us through all the Bs left on that board.

I'm struggling a bit.

I only know two prisoners with the surname beginning with B

-and one of them's Ronnie Barker.

-LAUGHTER

So I'm going to say, er,

Ronnie Biggs.

You're going to say Ronnie Biggs, the "prisoner portrayed by Tom Hardy in 2008".

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

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

which scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

Sorry, Ryan. Good guess, though. Good guess.

He actually played the infamous prisoner Charles Bronson.

Would've scored 2 points, so terrific answer.

The writer of Fahrenheit 451 - do you know that?

-That's Ray Bradbury.

-Ray Bradbury.

Would've scored you 13.

The biggest answer by some way is the bottom one,

Shirley Bassey. Would've scored you 57.

-And wrote Waiting For Godot?

-Samuel Beckett.

Absolutely right. It would've scored you 16.

OK. Thanks, Richard.

Let's take a look at those scores. 8 the best score of that pass, Fiona and Ed.

26, Emma and Chris, very well done.

And then 100 points for Ryan and David G.

David G has pick of the board. You have to choose very carefully and hope somebody makes a mistake.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

We'll put six clues on the board to people with surnames beginning with B.

Here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

We're looking for the names of these people whose surnames begin with the letter B.

David, you need to find a really low-scoring one.

I'll keep it short and sweet. Revolutionary Engineer Born 9th April 1806,

I'll go for Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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

No red line for you, as you're the high scorers.

It's absolutely right.

Down it goes. 28.

-128 your total.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He used to smoke 40 cigars a day.

-Really?

-That is going at some, isn't it?

-Really?

-Yes.

-Wow.

Now then, Chris... Chris...

-How do we feel about this board?

-Terrible.

I'm not sure about a single answer on that board, only the one that David's just had.

The only one I can hazard a guess at is the "Father of Jeff Bridges".

Is that Wayne Bridges? I don't think it is. I'm sure that's a footballer!

-But it's the best answer I've got.

-LAUGHTER

Wayne Bridges, says Chris. There's no red line for you.

You're already through. But let's see, is Wayne Bridges Jeff Bridges' dad?

-I'm afraid he's not.

-I'm so surprised!

It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 126.

Couldn't matter less. You're already through to the head-to-head.

-Sorry, Chris. Wayne Bridge is a footballer.

-OK.

-If there were two of them, they'd be Wayne Bridges.

-There you are.

Ed, the same good news applies to you. You are also through to the head-to-head.

Very lucky with that because...

-I think you could talk us through this board.

-I don't think I could.

-Really?

-No. I don't know any of them, really.

I don't know. Er, 15th President of the United States,

Andrew Brown.

LIGHT LAUGHTER

Andrew Brown, the 15th President of the States.

Let's see if that's right, shall we? There's no red line for you.

Andrew Brown, is it right? How many people said it?

Bad luck. An incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 108.

Sorry, Ed. I think the top two are pretty easy

-but, apart from that, it's quite a tough board.

-I knew some of those.

Marlon Brando for the top one. Is it Beau Bridges for "Father of Jeff"?

You're right about Marlon Brando. He would've scored you 39.

You're wrong about Beau Bridges. That's his brother.

Lloyd Bridges is the father. Would've scored 13 points.

The 15th President of the United States was James Buchanan.

Well done if you got that. 3 points.

Currer Bell is one of the Brontes. It's Charlotte. Scored 9 points.

And Ellen Burstyn would've been a pointless answer.

Well done if you said that at home.

Thank you, Richard. Our losing pair, with their score of 128,

-is David and Ryan.

-Not to worry. It's only a game, isn't it?

-It is, but we will miss you. You'll be missed.

-We'll miss you.

Aww! That's nice!

We will miss you and your explanations,

and your dress sense, as well, which has certainly made an impact.

David and Ryan, it's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

The two remaining pairs are about to get one step closer to the final

and a chance of taking home that jackpot,

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations.

You're one round away from the chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at a record-breaking £23,750.

AUDIENCE CHEER

Only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair it will be we're going to go head-to-head.

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

This is nice. We get to play Cupid, in a way.

-It's lovely, isn't it?

-It's nice.

Emma and Chris have yet to sort out a date to get married

and, er, Ed and Fiona have got to get it together.

-Ed and Fiona - it's the love story of the century.

-Waiting to happen.

-It's like Wills and Kate.

-Oh! Yes!

Don't you think? They met at uni, didn't they?

Yes, exactly. Can I just check - are you both single?

Yes!

VARIOUS IN AUDIENCE: Whoo!

23,500 is...

That's quite an incentive, isn't it? Isn't it?!

Let's call it an aphrodisiac. Let's call it that!

-Richard...

-It's a hell of a date if you win £23,750 at the end of it!

-Isn't it?!

-That has gone well.

-I'll say.

-Money can't buy you love.

-No... AUDIENCE: Aww!

All right! I know it can't! LAUGHTER

Although it can...

But you know what, it doesn't harm love, does it?

LAUGHTER

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

TV Mothers and Daughters. Richard.

We'll show you five pictures of famous TV mothers and daughters.

We need you to tell us the name of the TV show they are taken from.

Let's reveal our mother and daughters.

Here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five TV mothers and daughters.

We need the shows they're taken from.

Ed and Fiona, because you've played best throughout the show, you get to go first.

-A, I think, is Desperate Housewives.

-Yes, it is.

(B is Golden Girls.)

-(Shall we go for C?)

-(Yes.)

-(B would be better - Golden Girls.)

-(No, we know C.)

-We're going to go for C, which is...

-It's 24.

24. C, 24, say Ed and Fiona.

Now then, Emma and Chris, the rest of the board is yours.

OK. Erm...

Only because I recognise one of the ladies in A, I think it's Desperate Housewives.

D, Coronation Street and E, Absolutely Fabulous.

C, I didn't know.

And I think B is The Golden Girls.

-Which are you going to go for?

-Sorry. B.

-B, The Golden Girls.

Emma and Chris say B, The Golden Girls.

Ed and Fiona have said 24 for C.

24. Let's see if that's right and how many people said 24.

It is right.

It's a good answer. Look at that.

-Very good answer! 4!

-APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed.

Emma and Chris have said The Golden Girls for B.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said The Golden Girls.

It's right.

Is it going to beat 4? Ooh, no! 47.

47 for The Golden Girls.

Which means, Ed and Fiona, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Well played, Ed and Fiona. "A" is Desperate Housewives.

It would've been a lower scorer than Golden Girls, actually. 13 points.

Nothing you could've done to beat 24. It's the best score up there.

D was Coronation Street. That would've scored 59.

And E, Absolutely Fabulous, scores less than The Golden Girls.

That would've scored you 45.

-Maybe she doesn't look exactly like Saffy in that picture.

-Maybe.

Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Emma and Chris, you have to win this to stay in the game.

It concerns...

LAUGHTER

Brilliant. Bingo Calls.

-Richard.

-Didn't Emma and Chris say on the last show that they love going to bingo?

But they don't do that any more, the old-fashioned bingo calls.

-It's all serious now!

-Really?

-Really.

-Really?

-Mm...

-We're about to give you five bingo calls, but we've left out one of the words of the calls.

Can you fill in those gaps, please?

Let's reveal our five bingo calls. Here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Now then, Emma and Chris, this could be crucial here.

-You get to go first.

-Have you got any ideas?

I know the obvious ones.

It's rhyming, isn't it?

So it's going to be "Between The..." something.

We're not so sure on any of these. There's some obvious ones up there.

I think we'll go with the top one. Is it "Tweak of the Thumb" 51?

"Tweak of the Thumb" 51. Thumb, say Emma and Chris.

Now then, Ed and Fiona, the board is now yours. How are we feeling about this?

I used to work as a bingo caller so I'm pretty confident with this!

-LAUGHTER

-Wow.

-Wow. How about that?

-How about that?

-Dirty Gertie, number 30.

Two Little Ducks, number 22. I can't remember 86, which is very annoying.

And Two Fat Ladies, number 88.

We're going to go for Dirty Gertie, number 30.

Dirty Gertie, number 30.

-Did you know that one, Emma and Chris?

-No.

-But it's obvious now.

Emma and Chris have gone for Tweak of the Thumb.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Tweak of the Thumb.

It's absolutely right.

-8!

-APPLAUSE

8 for Tweak of the Thumb. You need to win this question. Maybe that will have done it.

Dirty Gertie, say Ed and Fiona.

Let's see if that's right for 30. Let's see how many people said it.

It's absolutely right.

Is it going to give Tweak of the Thumb a run for its money?

Down it... Ooh, no. 26.

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Emma and Chris, you're back in the game. Very well done.

-After two questions, it's 1-1.

-Well played, Emma and Chris. Terrific answer.

Two Little Ducks. That would've scored you 69.

Two Fat Ladies would've scored you 89.

Between the...? It rhymes with 86.

Between the Sticks - 86. That would've scored you 12 points.

Tweak of the Thumb is an unbeatable answer.

Dirty Gertie is sometimes known as Burlington Bertie, as well.

Here comes your third question. This is the decider.

This could be very, very important. £23,750 riding on this.

Our third question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five clues to facts about Brad Pitt.

The team that gives us the most obscure answer goes through to that jackpot round.

Very best of luck, both teams.

OK. Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Brad Pitt.

Ed and Fiona, you go first.

(The top one's a film called 12 Monkeys.)

-(No, it's Seven.)

-(Oh, yes. OK.)

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for the first one. The film was called Seven.

Seven. Seven, say Ed and Fiona.

-Emma and Chris?

-That was one of the only two that we really know.

We're going for the bottom

-and saying Benjamin.

-OK. Benjamin.

So, the 'number' titled 1995 film, Seven,

and the 'Button' he played, Benjamin.

So, Seven, say Ed and Fiona.

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

It's right.

Ooh, 28. 28 for Seven.

What do we think about that?

-You'd have liked that to have gone a bit further down, ideally.

-We didn't know much else, though!

Emma and Chris, Benjamin Button, you have said.

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

This will decide who stays and plays for that jackpot.

It's right.

28 is what you have to beat.

-Ooh, 39 for Benjamin Button.

-APPLAUSE

Which means, Ed and Fiona, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

-Very well played indeed.

-Well played, Ed and Fiona.

The other three answers up there would've won you the points.

Perhaps the easiest one, he starred alongside Edward Norton in Fight Club.

It would've scored you 12 and would've seen you through.

He was born in Oklahoma. That would've scored you 2 points.

He's looking good for 50-odd, isn't he?

-Isn't he? Yes.

-That's not bad.

And the city where he married Jennifer Aniston was Malibu.

That would've scored you 1. That's the best answer up there.

Thanks very much.

Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Emma and Chris. Oh, dear!

I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been great having you. Through to the head-to-head on each occasion.

Again, really good performance in that head-to-head. It could've gone either way.

Very, very close call on that last question.

Brilliant play. Thanks so much for playing. Emma and Chris. Lovely contestants.

But for Ed and Fiona, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Ed and Fiona!

You fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

The jackpot stands at...

AUDIENCE CHEER

Two students from Oxford,

Ed, a medic, and Fiona, reading human sciences.

What would you like to see come up? You know they're quite specific, don't you?

-I'm quite good on my African flags!

-LAUGHTER

That's quite a niche topic!

-African flags...

-African capitals, as well.

-That's good.

The African Nation in general would be quite useful!

-Ed?

-Bones would be good. I can name a lot of bones.

-Bones!

Very best of luck. Great to have you here. Well done.

I think you're in there, Ed.

-LAUGHTER

-Er, the rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer.

Do that and you will go home with £23,750.

First, you have to choose a category. Here are your options.

Actresses is possibly the best for me. Everything else is rubbish.

I can do Classical Music just about, but I'm not that good.

I don't know anything about classical music, Formula 1 or ships.

American Novelists would be a push.

-What do you think? How good are you on actresses? I know a few.

-I know a few.

-Actresses.

-We'll go for Actresses, please.

-You're going to go for Actresses.

-Yep.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any feature film, made for cinema release,

for which Reese Witherspoon has received an acting credit, up to the beginning of November 2012.

No TV films, short films, documentaries or end-credited cameos.

Voice performances do count.

Huge jackpot, guys. Very, very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £23,750

is for just one answer to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-BOTH: Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

Legally Blonde, Walk The Line, erm, Cruel Intentions.

-Cruel Intentions 2?

-Yes. Erm...

-Legally Blonde 2.

Erm... Is there any animated films? She must be...

I feel like she's in a Bugs Bunny film. Like she's Jessica Rabbit in something. Maybe not.

-Er...

-There's nothing a bit more specific?

-Any animated films? Come on!

-Er...

-Up? WALL-E?

-Hop!

Hop's quite... There's a few people in Hop.

-Flushed Away?

-No, she's not in Flushed Away.

Erm... Do you know anything about Hop? Er...

Cruel Intentions, Cruel Intentions 2.

Erm...

-I can't think of any.

-No.

SHE SIGHS

-10 seconds left.

-Any old ones or really recent ones?

No. Nothing much. Cruel Intentions, Cruel Intentions 2.

-Hop.

-Walk The Line.

-OK.

OK, that's time up. We were looking for Reese Witherspoon Films.

-I now need your three answers.

-Hop, because I think it's wrong.

-Hop.

-Cruel Intentions 2.

-Cruel Intentions 2.

-As a last one.

-Yes.

-And in between, Walk The Line? These are all awful answers.

-Walk The Line.

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

-Cruel Intentions 2. But she might not even be in it!

-We'll put that last.

-And your least likely to be pointless?

-Hop.

-Hop.

-Which is a bit of a stab in the dark.

-Very much so!

Let's pop them up on the board in that order. We have got...

We were looking for Reese Witherspoon Films.

Hop, you said, was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.

Only one has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £23,750.

Let's see how many people said Hop. Is it right?

No.

An incorrect answer. That's fine. Hop was only holding a place there.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot

of £23,750.

Ed, what would you do with that? What would be a priority for you?

Erm, I could spend it on a trip away.

I'm going to Sri Lanka this summer to do my paediatrics, so I could buy some flights.

But it's a lot more money than that! I don't know what we're going to do!

-Have a big party.

-Yes, a big party.

-Yes.

-Fiona, how about you?

-Pay off all my student loans

and have a profit left over. How exciting!

Maybe go travelling.

I'm going to be unemployed next year, so take some time out!

Good stuff. Let's hope one of these two remaining answers will win that jackpot.

We are looking for Reese Witherspoon Films.

Your next answer, Walk The Line,

has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £23,750, let's see how many people said...

..Walk The Line.

Well, it's right. If this goes all the way down to the bottom,

a record-winning £23,750 will be yours.

Down it goes. Still going down. Into single figures...

-Just! 9!

-APPLAUSE

9 for Walk The Line.

It's a great answer, really good low score,

however, we're only interested in pointless answers.

You have one more chance to win today's jackpot. We are looking for Reese Witherspoon Films.

-Your third and final answer, your most confident shot at a jackpot...

-I don't think she's in it.

..of £23,750,

was Cruel Intentions 2.

What if it's right?!

In my wildest dreams!

Let's find out. Cruel Intentions 2. Is it right? Is it pointless?

It has to be both of those things for you to win that jackpot of £23,750.

Let's find out.

Ohh! Bad luck!

-Bad luck!

-APPLAUSE

I'm so sorry,

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £23,750,

which rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been brilliant. You've played consistently well.

You do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Cruel Intentions 2 was straight-to-video. She wasn't in it, either, I'm afraid.

Cruel Intentions would've scored you 12 points.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers. Hopefully, none will be familiar.

A Far Off Place was a pointless answer. Jack The Bear.

Overnight Delivery. It's a rom-com she did with Paul Rudd.

A couple that people might've got... The brilliant Pleasantville with Tobey Maguire. Terrific film.

The Importance of Being Earnest, with Judi Dench and Colin Firth.

-Do you remember that?

-I watched it in the cinema.

And The Trumpet of the Swan, which was an animated film.

It sounds as if you knew a couple. It's so tough in 60 seconds. I'm sorry.

We have to say goodbye to you. It's been brilliant having you on. Thank you for playing.

-Great contestants. Ed and Fiona...

-APPLAUSE

Ed and Fiona didn't win our jackpot, which means it rolls over.

On the next show, we will be playing for £24,750.

AUDIENCE CHEER

Join us then to see if someone can win it!

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

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