Episode 10 Pointless

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Thank you very much. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the obvious answers

mean nothing and the obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-I'm Paul, this is my wife Cynthia.

We're from Whitley Bay in sunny Tyne and Wear.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Alison. This is my daughter, Natalie.

-We're from east Yorkshire.

-Couple number three.

I'm Matt, this is Sam and we have come from Cardiff.

-And couple number four.

-I'm Kwok, this is Alex.

We're good friends and neighbours and we're from Raynes Park, London.

And these are today's contestants.

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

There is only one person left for me to introduce.

A plucky canary in our very own mine of information,

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

-Hiya. Hi, everyone.

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-Afternoon.

-Ahoy.

-Ahoy? That's new!

-Yeah.

-After 480 shows.

-I thought so.

-Breaking it out. You're happy with it?

-We'll see if it floats, yeah.

-Stick with that for the next show?

-A couple more.

-What kind of a show have we got?

-A cracker. We have two remaining pairs.

Kwok and Alex are back. They were very good last time.

But we also have Cynthia and Paul, who we didn't see very much of.

Went out very early, so hope to see a bit more of them this time.

I spotted something on podium three. I spy students.

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-Don't you think?

-Whatever gives you that idea?

-I've got "stude-ar".

Students sometimes are amazing. I mean, usually, terrible.

But sometimes amazing. I wonder which Matt and Sam will be.

-I don't know. We'll see.

-Anyway, ahoy.

-You see? It's good, isn't it?

-It's terrific.

-Ahoy.

-Yeah.

-Thanks.

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

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

Everyone's looking to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave

and each time that happens, we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Mairi and Mark didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts at £2,000.

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

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

but there is to be no conferring.

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

will of course be eliminated.

Try to make sure that's not you. Our first category today is:

Motorsport. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first,

who's going second?

And 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 British Formula 1 Race Winners as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for the name of any driver

born in or representing the UK

to have ever won a grand prix from the start

of the Drivers Championship in 1950 right through to the end of 2012.

-Any British driver ever to have won a grand prix. Good luck.

-Thanks.

Now, Cynthia and Paul, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first.

Paul, remind us what you do.

I'm a retired civil servant and I do little bits and pieces,

other things.

Take me through some of them.

I've invigilated exams.

I do a little work for a well-known retailer.

But what do you do for fun?

I'm not saying invigilating exams isn't great fun cos

we all know, hell, it is!

I play guitar and a little bit of banjo.

OK. Now then, do you follow Formula 1 at all?

No, I think I lost interest when I was about six.

That might be just the best period to lose interest,

in terms of finding a pointless answer.

So, yes. I think I'll go for one from around about that period.

-I'll go for Jim Clark.

-Jim Clark, says Paul. Jim Clark.

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

It's absolutely right.

Still going down. Look at that! 13! Very well done!

-That's a lovely low score!

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13 for Jim Clark.

25 wins, Jim Clark. He won two world titles as well.

He was an expert in pedigree sheep.

Is that something he branched into? Or something he did alongside?

He did alongside.

On his gravestone, it lists farmer ahead of racing driver.

-By his own request. How about that?

-How about that?!

So round two, pedigree sheep breeders,

he's also going to be a great answer.

-Now then, Alison. Welcome to Pointless. From east Yorkshire.

-Yes.

-What do you do?

-I'd love to say not a lot. I'm a housewife.

That's plenty. And what do you like getting up to in your spare time?

I love gardening, researching family history and I'm into sea fishing.

-Are you? Very good. So you go out in the North Sea?

-Usually.

-What's the most exciting thing you've caught?

-A rather large cod.

For me, it was a rather large cod!

Well done. Now then, Alison. Formula 1.

I know some British drivers,

whether they've actually been winners is the problem I have.

And the only one I can think of that is risky, cos I don't know

whether he won, and that is Graham Hill.

Graham Hill. Well, only one way to find out.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Graham Hill.

It is right.

22 for Graham Hill. Well done.

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14 wins. The only man to have won the Triple Crown, which is the Formula 1

World Championship, the Le Mans 24 Hour Race and the Indy 500.

He only passed his driving test at 24.

-Did he?

-He did! Yeah.

-Now then, Sam.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show.

Richard was right, I'm guessing, on the student front.

-You're students, where, at...?

-At Cardiff.

-What are you studying there?

-I study sociology.

-Very good. How are you feeling about Formula 1?

-Awful.

-Really?

I only have a few names in mind and they're both pretty obvious.

But it's going to have to be that.

-I'm going to go for Jenson Button.

-OK, Jenson Button, says Sam.

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

-53.

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That could be a lot worse, Sam. Not bad at all.

Yeah, 15 wins to date for Jenson Button.

It took him 114 races to get one, though.

-Thanks, Richard. Kwok, welcome back to Pointless.

-Thank you.

What are you hoping is going to happen today?

-What would you like to see come up?

-Hong Kong film stars?

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-Like Zhang Ziyi.

-Mm-hm.

-Mm-hm.

-Chow Yun-Fat.

-Oh, Chow Yun-Fat, we've had him.

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Anyway, maybe in another round. But for now, British Formula 1.

-We live in hope.

-Yes.

-KWOK CHUCKLES

OK. I do also have a few names in mind.

But they will be quite high as well.

-So I'm going to go for Damon Hill.

-Damon Hill, says Kwok. Damon Hill.

Let's see if that's right

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

It is, of course, right.

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Not bad at all, Kwok.

Yes, Graham Hill's son.

Won 22 Formula 1s, won the world title as well.

-The only father and son to-date to win the world titles.

-Thanks.

We're halfway through the round. Let's see what the scores are.

Best score of that pass was Paul. Very well done.

Cynthia and Paul on 13, up to 22 where we find Alison and Natalie.

Then up to 35, Kwok and Alex, then 53, Sam and Matt.

Sam, you knew that was going to be a high-scoring one.

Matt, he was relying on you to find a low score. Good luck.

We're going to come back down the line.

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

Remember, we're looking for the name of any British driver ever to

have won a Formula 1 grand prix.

Alex.

-This is bad.

-Welcome back. Oh, really?

-Yeah.

-Do you actively not follow Formula 1?

-Not really. Not really.

-Even at work, I don't... No.

-Remind us what work is.

-A fireman.

A firefighter. From London.

OK. Well, listen, Kwok did pretty well there, 35.

53 the high score. So you have a head-start of 17.

I'm going to try, I think it's reasonably safe, Nigel Mansell.

Nigel Mansell. OK. Well, here's your red line.

If you can get below that red line,

you will avoid becoming the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said Nigel Mansell.

It's right.

-34.

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That's not bad. 69, your total.

31 wins for Mansell, that's the most of any British racing driver.

-Now then, Matt.

-Hello.

What do you like getting up to when you're not working at university?

Sam and I do a radio show on Cardiff student radio together,

-which is fun.

-And when is that on?

-It's on Saturdays.

-You're not from Cardiff, are you?

-No, I'm from Newcastle.

Good stuff. Formula 1. You're not the high scorers any longer.

The high scorers are now Alex and Kwok on 69.

But you're only 15 behind them.

-Do you think you can avoid becoming the high scorers?

-No.

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I'm going to have to go for Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton says Matt. OK, there is your red line.

I can tell from the audience that's going to be...a very good answer.

Well, let's see. Lewis Hamilton. How many people said it?

-59.

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59, taking your total up to 112.

21 wins to-date and one world title as well.

-Natalie.

-Yes.

-Welcome to the show. What do you do, Natalie?

I'm a part-time postgraduate student

and I work part-time for a market research company.

And what's your postgraduate in?

English literature,

although I'm specifically writing about old Norse literature.

-Old North?

-Norse. It could be old north, it's in the north!

-Old Norse literature.

-Norse.

Are there any famous bits of old Norse literature that we'd all know?

-Well, Beowulf.

-There we go.

-Black Beauty, that's about an olden 'orse.

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-It's about an 'orse.

-Certainly.

-An olden one.

What do you like getting up to in your spare time?

I'm a bit of a video gamer.

So I spend quite a lot of time on my computer.

And ironically, I also watch Formula 1.

But I've only watched it for the last couple of years.

I know some drivers, whether they've won anything...

I think I'm going to go with...David Coulthard.

David Coulthard. OK, there's your red line.

If you can get below that with David Coulthard,

you're through to the next round.

Is it right, how many people said it?

It is right and you are through to the next round. Well done, Natalie.

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-19.

19 takes your total up to 41.

That's a very good answer, yeah. 13 wins for David Coulthard,

who was runner-up in the World Championship in 2001.

-Came on Pointless Celebrities as well.

-Absolutely.

-He was pretty cool.

-He was very cool.

-Yeah.

-Now then, Cynthia.

-Yes.

You're 99 points behind Matt and Sam.

So a score of 98 or less will see you through.

Cynthia, remind us what you like to get up to.

-I've retired.

-How do you spend your time?

I like to travel, when we can. Gardening.

I like to go to the theatre, cinema.

And I'm learning to play piano at the moment.

-Do you follow sport? Motorsport?

-No, I don't.

So you're really being unkind to me with this.

-Both of you are being really unkind!

-It's more Xander, to be honest.

I said before the show we probably shouldn't do F1.

He said, "Yeah, do it!"

LAUGHTER I said, "What about Cynthia?"

He said, "I couldn't care less."

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Thank you for that.

He is lying, you know.

Fair enough.

So it's going to be a kind of all or nothing thing here.

I've got two or three names in my head,

but whether they're British Formula 1 or race winners, I have no idea.

I'll just have to go for one

that I think is, you know... So I'll go for...James Hunt.

James Hunt. You're on 13. You want to score 98 or less.

That's what that looks like. There's your red line.

Let's see if that answer will get you below the red line.

Is it right, how many people said James Hunt?

You've done it!

Ooh, down it goes.

26. Very well done.

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26. 29, your total.

Well played, Cynthia. That's a relief, isn't it?

Ten wins for James Hunt. He also won the world title in 1976.

Lots of people out there are very good at Formula 1.

There's three pointless answers here.

Well done if you got any of these three.

The 1961 US Grand Prix was won by Innes Ireland.

Peter Collins won three grand prix

and Peter Gethin won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix

by one-hundredth of a second.

I'll give you a few of the lower scorers as well.

Tony Brooks would have scored you one, a much more recent one,

Eddie Irvine would have scored you two points, would have been terrific.

Let's take a look at the top three answers, the third one first.

Damon Hill we've heard already, 35.

We asked the question earlier about our students.

We said, "Which type are they going to be?"

Because occasionally, we get superstars and occasionally it's...

less so. Let's take a look at the top two answers.

Jenson Button, 53 and Lewis Hamilton, on 59.

We won't give you Formula 1 next time, I promise.

Thanks very much indeed. So the end of our first round,

I'm afraid our pair who will be

heading home with their high score

of 112 is Matt and Sam.

Didn't win! That was two

correct answers, that's good(!)

They were up at the top of the leaderboard, there, as well.

So that's kind of good, as well.

Sadly, we have to say goodbye to you.

We'll see you again next time, but Matt and Sam,

thanks very much for playing.

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

So now we're down to three pairs,

obviously there's only room for two in our head-to-head round,

so one pair will leave us at the end of this round.

Cynthia and Paul did very well there. Natalie and Alison, also.

That played slightly into your hands there, Natalie. Very good!

And Kwok and Alex! We made it!

Very well done - best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is:

Films. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns... movie adaptations.

Movie adaptations. Richard?

The category is more books than films.

I'll show you on each pass the names of six books or short stories

that have been turned into films.

Tell us the author of any of those, please.

There will be 12 in all to have a go at at home. Best of luck.

OK, thanks very much.

We want the names of the authors of these novels or short stories

that have been turned into films.

Here is our first board.

We have...

I'll read those all one last time.

Brighton Rock, Empire Of The Sun, Lord Of The Flies,

The Talented Mr Ripley, Trainspotting and Jurassic Park.

They've all been turned into films.

We want the names of the authors of those novels or short stories.

Cynthia?

Yes. Um, well, this is not too bad. Thank goodness!

I think I'll go for Brighton Rock, Graham Greene.

Graham Greene says Cynthia. Let's see if that's right.

How many of our 100 said Graham Greene?

It's absolutely right.

21, not bad at all, Cynthia.

Good answer.

Published in 1938, made into films in 1947 and more recently in 2010.

-Now then, Natalie.

-I know some of them.

-Remind me what your post-grad is in?

-English!

-Yeah!

-Yup.

I haven't looked at any books like that in...a few months, at least!

But, um...

I'll try Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh.

Irvine Welsh says Natalie for Trainspotting.

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

Well, 21 our best score so far.

Irvine Welsh,

Oooh, down it goes, 17.

Well done!

A new low.

Trainspotting is Irvine Welsh's first ever novel.

He says it's his first attempt at any sort of writing.

-Very impressive for a first attempt.

-Yeah, very impressive.

Now, Kwok.

Kwok, you're the last person to have this board.

-Do you want to take us through it?

-No!

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Actually, I know all the movies...

but I don't know who wrote the book.

So I have to go for Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton.

Michael Crichton says Kwok for Jurassic Park.

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

It is, of course, right.

Very well done, 18!

Second-lowest score of the pass, Kwok.

That's a good answer, Kwok,

-for somebody who didn't know any of them at all.

-It was such surprise!

Yes, Jurassic Park, most of the dinosaurs

in it were Cretaceous, they weren't Jurassic at all.

-So, you know. What can you do?

-Hm.

-Interesting.

-Yeah. You SAY interesting.

Let's have a look through the rest of these.

-You'll be good at these - Lord Of The Flies?

-William Golding.

Absolutely. You would have scored 14.

-Empire Of The Sun?

-Ballard?

JG Ballard, yep.

Seven points. The best answer on the board - The Talented Mr Ripley?

Two points. Well done if at home if you said Patricia Highsmith.

-Highsmith!

-Yes, that's good!

And again, her books are brilliant.

The Ripley books are amazing.

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

Let's take a look at those scores.

17 the best score of that pass, Natalie. Well done.

Natalie and Alison looking strong,

but not that strong - hot on their heels are Kwok

and Alex on 18 and pretty hot on their heels are Cynthia

and Paul, so all very close indeed.

It's going to be a nail-biting second half to this round.

THAT I can promise you.

We'll come back down the line... I've never said that before!

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

OK, let's put six more films on the board. Here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time - A Clockwork Orange,

The Big Sleep, The Day Of The Jackal, No Country For Old Men,

Bridget Jones's Diary and From Russia With Love.

Remember, we are looking for the authors of the novels or

short stories on which these films are based.

Alex, you're going to try and find the lowest scorer on that board.

Blimey. Um... There's only really two I'm sure on, here.

And I think I'll have to go with the lowest of the two, I think.

I'll go with Bridget Jones's Diary and Helen Fielding.

Helen Fielding says Alex. Well, you're on 18.

The high-scorers on 21 are Paul and Cynthia.

Ideally, you want to score two or less to avoid becoming the new

high-scorers. Helen Fielding.

There's your red line - let's see how far down the column you get.

Ooh, it's not bad, look at that! 11. Very well done.

The lowest score so far, in fact, Alex.

That takes your total up to 29.

-Very well done indeed.

-Not a bad answer as it turns out.

I mean, everyone knows the book and so many people have read it.

Whether the name sticks in your mind or not...

It obviously slipped a few people's minds.

Renee Zellweger worked in a publisher's office for a month

before being on that film, incognito, to get into character.

Did that help?

I mean... You know! Perfectly serviceable film.

Her accent was good.

Alison!

Now then, you're on 17,

the high-scorers are Alex and Kwok on 29.

11 or less is what you want to score.

What do you make of the board?

For me, terrible. I only know one.

I knew two, but one has gone.

So the only other one I know which I think is right and I hope is

right is From Russia With Love which I think is Ian Fleming.

-OK.

-You think Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love.

Here is your red line - that's what you have to get below.

Let's find out if you're right and if you are,

let's see how many people agreed with you.

You are right.

42.

A popular answer, taking your total up to 59.

It's a big score, Alison, but it might keep you in the game.

Turned into a 1963 film,

the second in the Bond franchise.

Now then... Paul? The last to play.

The high-scorers now Alison and Natalie on 59.

You're on 21, so 37 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

Can you talk us through the board, do you think?

I can't think who did No Country For Old Men.

Day Of The Jackal I think is Frederick Forsyth.

Clockwork Orange I think Anthony Burgess, and The Big Sleep...

I think it's Raymond Chandler.

And I think I'm going to go for that, even though I'm not sure.

-I'll go for Raymond Chandler.

-Raymond Chandler for The Big Sleep.

Well, here is your red line.

You get below that, you're through to the head-to-head.

Raymond Chandler. Is that right? How many people said it?

It is right.

Very well done.

Oh, Paul, that's a great answer! Well done, you.

Lowest score of the whole round.

28 your total.

-Seven from that.

-Well played, Paul.

The first of the acclaimed series about Philip Marlowe the detective

by Raymond Chandler.

So you were right about Anthony Burgess as well, Clockwork Orange.

Would have scored you eight points.

And you were right about Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth, 14 points.

The best answer on that board is No Country For Old Men,

it's the American author, Cormac McCarthy.

-Would have scored you two points.

-Thank you very much indeed.

So Alison and Natalie, I'm afraid that means you are going to be

leaving us at the end of this round. 59 - not a bad score.

And some really good play there -

I'm afraid it was just that Ian Fleming -

people always remember that.

It's one of those author's names people never forget.

-That's why SHE remembered it!

-Exactly!

Anyway, we have to say goodbye,

but we'll see you again next time.

Look forward to that. Thanks, Alison and Natalie.

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But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Cynthia and Paul, Kwok and Alex.

You're one step closer to the final and the chance

to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £2,000.

So, to decide which pair goes through to the final

and plays for that money, you'll now go head-to-head.

Big news is you're now allowed to confer.

Whichever pair is the first to win two questions will be

playing for that jackpot.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question

and it concerns...

Yes, it was a very disappointing early '90s show on LWT, it didn't...

No, we're about to show you five pictures now

of people meeting David Cameron.

Can you name any of these lucky five, please?

OK, thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five..."meeters"!

Er, and here they are.

OK, there we are. Five people meeting the Prime Minister.

Cynthia and Paul, you've played best throughout the show,

so you get to go first.

We'll go for C and Princess Anne.

C and Princess Anne.

C, Princess Anne, say Cynthia and Paul...

So Kwok and Alex.

OK... A is Aung San Suu Kyi.

E is Barack Obama,

-B is...

-Jacques Rogge.

-The Olympic Committee chairman, whatever!

-Jacques Rogge!

I think D would be the winning answer, but I don't know who she is!

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So...

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So shall we go for Aung San Suu Kyi?

Yes, that's your area, go for it, yeah.

A, Aung San Suu Kyi.

OK, you're going to go for Aung San Suu Kyi, A.

So, we have Cynthia and Paul saying Princess Anne for C, let's see

if that is right and if it is, how many of our 100 said Princess Anne.

73!

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Kwok and Alex saying Aung San Suu Kyi.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many

of our 100 said that.

It's right and it wins you the point.

Eight.

Very well done. After one question, Kwok and Alex, you are up one-nil.

Well played there, Kwok.

Actually, there's a better answer that you knew -

Jack Rogge would have scored one point. A terrific answer.

E is Barack Obama, as you said.

A big score, 84 points.

However, that still means 16 people out of 100 are going... Nope!

Not a clue.

Now some people at home, I suspect, will know this,

any of our Bangladeshi viewers

will know that is Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh,

meeting David Cameron in 2011 and it's a pointless answer,

so very well done if you said it.

Who would you like to meet most out of that lot?

I would say probably Barack Obama.

I know, but you should say Aung San Suu Kyi, because that is the coolest

thing to say, but it would be good to meet Barack Obama, wouldn't it?

You can see his weight fluctuates, doesn't it?

-Goodness me.

-It does.

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-It does, yeah.

He'd had a good feed before he met Jacques Rogge, hadn't he?

Yeah.

Anyway, here comes your second question.

Cynthia and Paul, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

And Kwok and Alex will get to go first. It concerns...

Yorkshire. Richard.

Alison and Natalie would have loved this!

We'll show you five clues now to facts about Yorkshire.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

Let's reveal our five clues about Yorkshire

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

The Leeds ground which is HQ of the County Cricket club,

the long-running soap set in Yorkshire, the house which

was principal setting for 1981's TV adaptation

of Brideshead Revisited,

the Leeds rock group named after a South African

football team and the flower which is the county emblem.

Five clues to facts about Yorkshire.

Kwok and Alex, you go first.

OK, we will go for the house which was principal

setting for 1981 TV adaptation

of Brideshead Revisited.

That's Howard Castle.

Howard Castle. That is your answer.

Howard Castle.

OK. Cynthia and Paul.

I think we know a few of them, but we'll go for the house as well,

which is actually the other way round, Castle Howard.

Castle Howard.

Oooh!

Oooh, so that's how...

OK, Cynthia and Paul, so that's how we're going to play this game!

-LAUGHTER

-OK.

-No mercy!

-Evidently not!

OK. Kwok and Alex said Howard Castle.

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

let's see how many people said it.

Oh, bad luck.

Bad luck.

Cynthia and Paul have gone for Castle Howard.

Let's see if that's right. All it has to be at this stage is right.

And it is.

12.

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12 for Castle Howard which means well done, Cynthia and Paul.

You are back in the game. And after two questions, it's one all.

That is absolute textbook Pointless from Cynthia and Paul there.

That's great stuff. It's Castle Howard, I'm afraid, guys.

It's not actually a castle, Castle Howard.

Let's take a look through the rest of those answers.

The Leeds ground, do you know that one?

-Headingley.

-It's Headingley. Absolutely.

Would have scored you 30 points. The long-running soap?

-Emmerdale.

-Emmerdale. Would have scored a bit more.

Would have scored 77. The rock group?

-Kaiser Chiefs.

-It's the Kaiser Chiefs.

16. And the flower which is the county emblem?

The white rose.

The white rose. Absolutely.

Would have scored you 63 points.

Very well done if you got all five of those at home.

Unless you're from Yorkshire, in which case very badly done

if you DIDN'T get all five of those at home.

OK. Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for the jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Chat Show Hosts. Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five British or US TV chat show hosts

but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure answer?

Very best of luck to both teams.

OK. Let's reveal our five anagrams of chat show hosts

and here they are. We have got...

I'll read them one last time.

Five anagrams of chat show hosts. Obviously, you're going to try

and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people could spot.

Cynthia and Paul, you go first.

-What do you think?

-I think we're absolutely stumped with this one.

Apart from one. So we're going to go for the first one.

Jonathan Ross.

OK. You're going to go for Jonathan Ross, Hats Jars Noon.

Kwok and Alex, talk us through the board.

Unfortunately, that was the only one I could see.

Erm... Yeah, stumped here.

We're going to have to go for...

Oh, boy. This is going to be fun. Carla Ran...

I don't know. Carla Rahn!

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Carla "Rahn."

You've decided to pronounce "Ran" "Rahn"...

-and in effect solve this conundrum.

-Exactly.

-OK.

Carla Rahn. You're going to go for Carla Rahn. OK.

Well, Cynthia and Paul have said Jonathan Ross for Hats Jars Noon.

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

Very well done. 29.

APPLAUSE

29 for Jonathan Ross. Kwok and Alex have gone for Carla Rahn.

Don't know how you found that.

But yes, let's see if it's right, for now.

-Oh, well.

-Bad luck. Never mind.

-Oh, well.

-Bad luck.

Very well done, Cynthia and Paul.

After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

-Brilliant.

-If you had managed to unscramble Carla Ran,

you'd be in the final now.

He's a Channel Four chat show host...

Alan Carr.

Alan Carr. He would have scored you 17 points.

Shrink A Policeman? Slightly older-school chat show host.

-Michael Parkinson.

-Michael Parkinson, yep. 32 points.

-Hangman Rotor?

-Graham Norton.

Graham Norton. Ten points. Now, Film Only Jam is a pointless answer.

It's a US late-night talk-show host.

Very, very well done to anyone at home who said Jimmy Fallon.

That's a terrific answer. It's a pointless answer.

Very good indeed. Good round, actually. They were tough.

They were quite tough.

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

I'm afraid it's Kwok and Alex. I'm so sorry.

Howard Castle.

-I'll never live it down.

-I won't let him.

Listen, it's been wonderful having you on both shows

and you've done a brilliant performance,

through to the head-to-head in each one.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you now. Thanks so much for playing.

Kwok and Alex. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for Cynthia and Paul, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Cynthia and Paul.

You've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.

To win that money, all you have to do is find one pointless answer.

First, though, you have to choose a category.

-Here are your five options.

-They are...

-British Actors, I think.

-Going to have to be British Actors.

-British Actors. Wow. That's quite general, isn't it?

-Yeah.

OK. Now, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many Nicholas Lyndhurst TV shows and films as they could. Richard.

We would like you to name any TV series or film in which

Nicholas Lyndhurst has played a character, since the beginning

of his career up to the end of 2012, please.

So, any film or TV series where Nicholas Lyndhurst has played

a character. Very, very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £2,000 jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

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

Your time starts now.

-Have you got any?

-No.

-Well, Only Fools And Horses, obviously.

What's the one where he was...?

The one where he was the time traveller thing

-or whatever it was?

-I can't remember that one either.

-I can't remember the name of that.

-No. Has he been in any...?

Films? I don't know. I don't know any films.

Erm...

-Didn't make an appearance in Porridge, did he?

-I don't know.

We could try that.

-Butterflies. Wasn't it Butterflies?

-No, he wasn't... Oh, yes! Yes!

-Was that it? Was that the one?

-Yeah.

-It was?

-Yeah.

-Butterflies. OK.

-It'll have to be Only Fools And Horses.

-It'll have to be.

Butterflies. Is it Butterflies or Butterfly?

-It's Butterflies, I think.

-OK.

He might have just made a guest appearance in Porridge or something.

-OK.

-I think we'll just go for those.

OK. You're going to stop the clock now.

You're happy with the three you've got. Well, very good.

You have your three answers. Let's hear what they are.

We were looking for Nicholas Lyndhurst TV shows and films.

Well, obviously Only Fools And Horses.

-Obviously, Only Fools And Horses.

-Butterflies.

-Butterflies.

And we're going to say that he possibly had a small role

-in Porridge.

-Who knows?

-Porridge.

OK. A small role in Porridge. Of those three, which do you think

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Probably Butterflies.

-Butterflies. We'll put that last.

-And your least likely?

-Porridge.

-The small role in Porridge?

-The small role in Porridge, yes.

OK. Let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.

We have got Porridge, Only Fools And Horses and Butterflies.

So, we were looking for Nicholas Lyndhurst TV shows and films.

Porridge was your first answer

-and the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

-Yes.

Probably least likely to be right, if we're honest.

-He's quite young, relatively young, isn't he?

-No.

-Maybe not.

-He's old enough to have been it.

-Really?

If it was set in a young offenders' institution maybe.

Anyway, there we are. You only need one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £2,000

so let's find out how many people said Porridge. Is it right?

Oh, bad luck.

Well, you know, that was just there.

You had to put a third answer in and you went with that one.

Obviously, not a pointless answer.

But I think you'd have been very surprised if it had been.

So, only two more chances to win today's jackpot

and two good answers, the second of those particularly good.

-It could be right.

-If you were to win £2,000,

what would you do with it?

Well, we're hoping to go to India next year,

the beginning of next year,

so it would probably go for some spending money there.

-Very good. Very nice indeed.

-I've always fancied a recumbent.

You fancied a...?

-A recumbent.

-Bicycle.

-Ah, right.

I had no idea what you were talking about there.

It won't be going to that.

LAUGHTER

-It won't be going to that.

-It won't be going to that?

-No.

Good luck, anyway.

Let's hope one of these two remaining answers gets you to India

and quite possibly gets you

that recumbent you've been dreaming about.

We are looking for Nicholas Lyndhurst TV shows and films.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Only Fools And Horses.

This has to be correct, then it has to be pointless,

obviously, for you to win that jackpot. Who knows?

Maybe there was a collective amnesia as people were answering the poll.

Let's find out how many of our 100 people said Only Fools and Horses.

Well, it's right.

There we go. 84.

-Wow.

-Lower than I thought.

I think that's as many people as recognised Barack Obama

shaking hands with our Prime Minister. There we are.

Only Fools And Horses also not a pointless answer

which means everything is now riding on your final answer, Butterflies.

We were looking for Nicholas Lyndhurst TV shows and films.

Let's see how many people said Butterflies.

For £2,000, is it pointless?

Well, it's right. Porridge, your first answer, was incorrect.

Your second answer, Only Fools And Horses, took us down to 84.

Butterflies now taking us down into the 20s.

Oh! 20. Bad luck.

APPLAUSE

Well, I'm sorry to say you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000

which rolls over onto the next show. But we've loved having you here

and you do, of course, take away two Pointless trophies with you

so well done for that. Brilliant. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Unlucky, Cynthia and Paul. It has been lovely having you here

and I greatly admired your Castle Howard manoeuvre, I have to say.

You're not a million miles away with Porridge, actually.

He's a little too young. But it may have stuck in your mind somewhere,

he was in the follow-up, the spin off afterwards, Going Straight.

He played Ronnie Barker's son. He played Raymond Fletcher in that.

But that would have scored you two points. Two points.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

A couple up here people might get.

Anne Of Avonlea, I suspect, you won't.

But he played Uriah Heap in David Copperfield on the TV.

People might have got that.

He was in the Gulliver's Travels adaptation on TV as well.

The one where Ted Hanson was Gulliver.

He was in a British movie of Lassie in 2005.

Anthony Horowitz, Murder In Mind.

He was in a TV film of Peter Pan as well.

Spearhead, the Army drama.

The Piglet Files was a sitcom where he plays a reluctant MI5 officer.

People might have got that, I think.

And The Tomorrow People, the kids sci-fi series.

All of those pointless answers.

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed. Unfortunately,

we do have to say goodbye to you, Cynthia and Paul.

We've loved having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

You've done so well. Cynthia and Paul.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Cynthia and Paul didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over, which means on the next show we will be playing

for £3,000.

Join us to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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