Episode 12 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

the quiz show where we're always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

I'm Lynne. This is my best friend and husband, Mark.

And we're from Telford in Shropshire.

Couple number two.

Hi. My name's Isobel. This is my father, David,

and we come from Bagshot in Surrey.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Alan. This is Cliff. We're cousins

from North Shields NE29.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, I'm Anne. This is Sue, and we work together in Nottingham.

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

Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.

That only leaves one more person to introduce,

currently on parole after a punch-up with three of the Eggheads.

Yeah.

Yeah, Daphne fights dirty. It's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.

Hiya.

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-Are you well?

-Very well.

Er, now...

question one today is a slightly awkward one.

Sometimes on questions, things come up where it's people we know personally.

-Mmm.

-And in question one today,

we know every single answer.

We're very personally acquainted with everybody who's an answer.

It's going to be a little bit awkward.

Some of our history is going to have to come out in Round One today.

OK. Yeah.

Good stuff. Thanks very much indeed.

Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone's looking for a pointless answer - that's an answer that none of our people could give.

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

Rob and John won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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

OK, in this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be heading home.

OK, our first category today is...

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

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

And the question concerns...

There we go. Supermodels and their first names.

Yeah.

-Could be awkward.

-Yeah.

You know, like a room you walk in and you think, "I've been out with everyone here"?

That's what these boards will be like.

On each pass, we'll show the surnames of seven supermodels

and their first initial.

We need you to give us their first name, please.

There's going to be 14 supermodels to name at home.

Very, very best of luck.

So we're looking for the first names of these supermodels.

And our first board reads like this. We have got...

I'll go through those one last time.

Now then, Lynne and Mark, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you are going to go first.

-Lynne, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-From Shropshire.

-Yes.

-What do you do up in Shropshire?

I'm a card-maker, so I teach card-making.

Do you write little poems to go in the card as well?

Sometimes. In the past I have, for friends and family.

For friends and family. Quite right.

OK, now, when you're not doing that, obviously, supermodels...

-Yes!

-..occupy quite a lot of your time.

Yes, as you can see, I know a lot about supermodels.

Hmm...

Kate Moss.

Kate Moss, says Lynne.

Kate Moss. Let's see if it's right,

and let's see how many people said Kate Moss.

Ooh!

A lot.

95 people said Kate Moss.

-Wow!

-Well done.

-That's a big score.

-Better than 100!

It is. And, as Mark said, well done.

Thank you!

Yeah.

It's nice to welcome Mark and Lynne. I wonder if you're going to win.

That's my, er...

my little greetings card for you there.

LAUGHTER

Now, OK. Isobel.

Welcome to the show. What do you do, Isobel?

I'm a marketing executive for an events company.

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

I'm big into my films.

Watch a lot of films, watch a lot of TV series, read a lot.

Meet my friends, usual stuff.

Good. Usual stuff. Now, on a sliding scale of 1 to 100,

how pleased are you at this as a category?

I was when it first came up. I'm now...

really annoyed at myself,

because there's a couple on there that I'm sure,

when you say them afterwards, I will know.

But I'm going to have to go for an obvious one.

Are you going to go for one of the ones that Richard has stepped out with...

or one of mine?

Um...I'm going to go for Heidi Klum.

Oh, one of mine.

There you go.

Heidi Klum.

Let's see if it's right, Heidi Klum,

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

It is right.

75 - another high score.

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Yes, another big score for Heidi Klum.

She's married to Seal.

He proposed by... He chartered a helicopter

and flew her to an ice cave in Whistler.

She walked into the ice cave and there was a bearskin rug

and he had champagne, and he sang her a song on a bearskin rug

inside a specially built ice cave.

Did not last. Such a shame.

Anyway, now then, Alan. Welcome to the show.

Where are you from, Alan?

I'm from North Shields, Tyne and Wear.

-NE29?

-NE29, that's the postcode.

-That's your postcode.

Very precious in North Shields about the postcode.

And the number of your house?

LAUGHTER

Can we do that thing? We quite often have a lot of fun asking people their PIN numbers. If you could just...

So, Alan, what do you do?

I work for the Rugby Football Union as a training manager.

-Is rugby a big hobby of yours?

-Yeah, it is.

You know, having a job which revolves around your hobby is great.

-So, yeah, I'm really passionate about the sport.

-Good stuff. Now then...

Supermodels.

My second biggest passion, actually.

LAUGHTER

What are you going to go for?

Um...

I only know... Well, I think I know one.

Claudia Schiffer.

Claudia Schiffer, says Alan.

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

Well, 95... Ooh!

89!

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-Say what you like - people know their supermodels.

-They really do.

Especially if you give them the surname and the initial of the first name.

They really know them.

Sue. Remind us what happened last time. You are our only returning pair.

Well, the Germans got the better of me last time.

Yes.

And it was the summer Olympic Games,

and I didn't know the years, so...

I had a guess and it was wrong.

That was Round Two. We've got to hope you go a lot further this time.

Now then, supermodels.

Can you get lower than 75?

Well, there's two left that I know,

and that's Marie Helvin and Jean Shrimpton.

So I'm going to go for, cos that's more my time, Jean Shrimpton.

Jean Shrimpton. OK.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Jean Shrimpton.

It's right.

Well, there we are. You've gone past our lowest score so far.

30. Very well done indeed, Sue.

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It's a great score.

30 for Jean Shrimpton.

Very good answer. Sometimes referred to as the world's first supermodel.

She runs and owns a hotel in Penzance now, Jean Shrimpton.

If you're looking for somewhere to stay.

You were right as well about Marie Helvin.

Actually would have been a better score, Marie Helvin. 18.

Up the top there,

it's the south Sudanese supermodel, Alek Wek.

Would have scored four points. Well done if you said that.

And a supermodel from the '40s and '50s,

at the bottom, Dorian Leigh.

Terrific answer if you got that. One point.

The best answer up there.

Thanks very much indeed. Well, we're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores.

30 the best score by some way, Sue.

Very well done.

Then 75, our next best score, Isobel and David.

Then up to 89, where we find Alan and Cliff,

and then 95, Lynne and Mark.

Now, Mark, we're going to discover how much you know about supermodels,

but I'm hoping it's a lot. Best of luck. We need a low score from you to keep you in the game.

We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

OK, let's put seven more supermodels on the board. And here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, remember, we're looking for the first names of these supermodels.

And, Anne, you're going to try and find the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

What do you make of this board?

Um, I don't know so many on this one as I did the last.

There's a couple. Well, there's three or four,

but a couple would be well known, I think.

So I'm going to go for Cheryl Tiegs.

-Cheryl.

-Cheryl Tiegs.

Cheryl Tiegs. Well, the high scorers on 95 are Mark and Lynne.

If you want to avoid becoming the new high scorers,

you want to score 54 or less.

There's your red line. Cheryl Tiegs.

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

Absolutely right.

You are through to the next round. Very well done.

Seven!

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That's a fantastic answer, Anne.

Lovely low score. 37 your total.

Terrific work. Yeah, huge in the '70s - Cheryl Tiegs,

the US supermodel.

Now then, Cliff.

Cliff, do you also live in NE29?

No, I live in NE26.

Oh.

By and large, would you say people in NE26

are a bit less precious about their postcode than...?

-No.

-No? Really?

-Which is the better?

-NE29.

Oh, right!

OK. Now then, Cliff,

remember we are looking for the first names of these supermodels.

You're on 89 at the moment. Mark and Lynne are on 95.

Obviously, if you could score five or less, that would be brilliant.

-Doubt it.

-It's possibly doubtful.

But we need a nice low score from you.

Really poor for me, this. Er...

Ellie Macpherson. It's all I know.

You say Ellie Macpherson.

Can I just ask you to spell that?

-E-L-L-E.

-E-L-L-E.

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

It is right.

83.

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83 takes your total up to 172

for Ellie, or Elle Macpherson.

Yeah, Elle Macpherson, but you spelt it right. The Australian model, known as The Body.

-Her real name is Eleanor Gow.

-Amazing.

-You learn every day, don't you?

-You do.

Now, David.

-Hello.

-David, you're on 75.

The high scorers are now Cliff and Alan on 172.

96 or less is enough to see you through.

David, what do you do?

I'm a Church of England vicar.

Very good indeed. And in your spare time... Of course, there's no such thing as spare time for a vicar.

Your vocation is 24/7, of course.

But let's pretend you had some spare time. What would you like to do with it?

Probably go for a walk in the countryside

with binoculars, do a bit of bird-watching.

OK. Right up your street, I know - supermodels.

So...look at this board, David.

The only one I know is Naomi Campbell.

Naomi Campbell.

OK, one up from the bottom. Naomi Campbell.

There is your red line. It's nice and high.

It's going to need to be, I think.

Let's find out. Naomi Campbell - is it right?

How many people said it?

94.

Very well done.

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You are through to the next round.

169 your total. Very well done, David.

Another big score. It's bad news for anyone at home

who thought that was Nicky Campbell.

Now you've got to go back to your congregation and explain

you got through the first round on a supermodel question.

Could be worse.

And finally, Mark.

Hello.

-How are you feeling about this board?

-Not good.

-Not good.

-I knew more on the first board.

I tell you what - for fun, Mark, shall we just go through it

and you can maybe just guess at some of them?

Talk us through your thinking on M Kerr, for example.

Mary.

-Do you want to have a crack at Turlington?

-Chrissy Turlington.

Um...

Tia Patitz.

Annette Colby.

Which of those are you going for?

Chrissy Turlington.

Chrissy Turlington.

OK, well, here comes your red line.

Again, it's quite high.

Let's see if Chrissy Turlington is right, and, if it is,

let's see how many people said Chrissy.

Oh, bad luck, Mark!

Bad luck, Mark.

You're going to kick yourself when you know what it is.

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer scores you a maximum 100 points.

That takes your total up to 195. I'm sorry.

It was very, very close, Mark.

You've obviously heard the name somewhere before, but it's Christy, I'm afraid.

We couldn't accept Chrissy. It is a different name.

Would have scored 39 points. Would have been a terrific answer.

M Kerr...

Not Mary, I'm afraid. That would have been a good guess.

It's actually Miranda Kerr. Would have scored you 19 points.

Right at the bottom there,

it is Anita Colby. Two points.

A terrific answer.

And it is Tatjana Patitz.

They call her "the forgotten supermodel",

which is why she only scored one point.

Thanks very much. OK, so at the end of our first round,

I'm afraid our losing pair, with a high score of 195...

Mark and Lynne.

Yes.

You were the victim of that round, Mark. That was a tough, tough round.

That second board, particularly tough.

Good news is we'll see you next time. We'll look forward to that.

-Mark and Lynne, thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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

Now only three pairs remain. Obviously, at the end of this round,

another pair will be leaving us.

Anne, Sue - fabulous work in that last round.

By a long, long way the lowest scorers.

But then, you are a returning pair, so we would have expected nothing less.

Cliff and Alan, well done - you're through.

David and Isobel, very well done indeed.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for this second round is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

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

OK. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many words ending in R-A-G-E as they could.

Words ending R-A-G-E, Richard.

We are looking for any word which has its own entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English

that ends with the letters R-A-G-E.

Please, as always, no hyphenated words, no proper nouns.

There's about 45 or 50 words in the Oxford Dictionary of English. Very, very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed.

So then, David.

I think I'll go for suffrage.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Three.

For suffrage.

Straight in there. No mucking about there.

Yeah, the right to vote in political elections. Terrific answer. Good start.

Cliff.

Strange.

Strange.

OK, strange.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Bad luck, Cliff. I'm afraid an incorrect answer

-scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry, Cliff.

It's A-N-G-E at the end of strange.

-So can't accept it.

-Realise now, yeah.

OK. Now then, Sue.

So we're looking for words ending in R-A-G-E.

I'm going to go for courage.

Courage. Let's see if that's right, and let's see how many people said courage.

42 for courage.

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Ooh, that's high. 42 for courage.

Safe and sound there. Yes, it's easy to think of words that end A-G-E.

And it's R-A-G-E.

I bet people at home are shouting things out and then they think, "No, hold on..."

I say that because I was just thinking of a word ending A-G-E.

Hmm. Well, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Three - the best score

of that pass - David and Isobel.

Very well done. Up to 42,

where we find Sue and Anne,

then up, I'm afraid, to 100, where we find Cliff and Alan.

Well, anything could happen in the next pass.

I have made a terrible mistake on this round in the past.

-Oh!

-So I know how easily it can be done.

Very, very easily.

We went through words ending I-N-D.

-That's right, isn't it?

-Yes.

It was words ending I-N-D, and Xander always likes to have an answer at the end of the round.

He was very excited this time.

He said, what's the score for befriend?

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-See?

-It's exactly the same.

Now then.

We'll come back down the line.

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

OK. Now, Anne.

You're on 42. The high scorers are Alan and Cliff on 100.

If you can score 57 or less,

you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.

Well, I can think of a couple. One's...

I'm sure's right, but I haven't got the courage to say it.

Um...

I'm going to go for...

..enrage.

Enrage. Enrage, says Anne. Let's see. Here is your red line.

Below that, through to the head-to-head.

Let's see how many people said enrage.

Very well done.

29.

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29, taking your total up to 71.

I might ask you at the end of the round, Anne, what your risky one would have been. We'll try it out.

Alan, you've got a bit of a mountain to climb here, I'm afraid.

I've got one. I'm not sure whether it's actually English, though.

I'm going to go for it. I am going to go for...

entourage.

Entourage, says Alan.

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

Let's see how many people said entourage.

Absolutely right.

Ten.

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That's a good score.

Sadly, it's not enough, though.

110 is your total.

Good answer. Not quite good enough, I'm afraid.

Your entourage has grown crazily since our first episode of this.

You used to just have four or five. Now there's like 30 or 40 people with you all the time.

-Well...

-You've got two guys to do your eyebrows. One for right eyebrow and one for left eyebrow.

That's a time consideration. That's not a...

Do you think? You've got one guy to carry your umbrella

and the other guy to put your umbrella up.

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-Do you think that might be pushing it a bit?

-I'll look into it.

Now, Isobel.

So we're looking for words ending in R-A-G-E.

The scores are...71 to Anne and Sue,

110 to Alan and Cliff

and you are on three. So, yes,

-even if you score 100 points, you're still through to the head-to-head.

-That's fine.

I'm going to go for barrage.

Barrage, says Isobel. No red line for you as you're already through,

but let's see how many people said barrage.

It's right.

-15.

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15 takes your total up to 18.

As in "There are a barrage of people in Xander's entourage".

It's a good answer. Anne, what was your risky one going to be?

-I was thinking of borage - is it a herb or something?

-It is a herb.

Would have scored you four points.

I was also going to say, David, you would have scored fewer points

than you got if you'd said vicarage.

Wow!

Would have scored you two points.

Would have been a great answer.

-Now, Xander, do you have an answer?

-I've got one.

-Does it definitely end R-A-G-E?

I think it does.

I think...arbitrage.

It's a pointless answer.

Oh! Good!

Very well done.

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

See if you got any of these at home.

Arbitrage - how about that?

Cooperage.

Demurrage, which is... You know what a demurrage is, right?

I imagine a fair amount of that will be going on if I have to reduce my entourage.

Absolutely, because

it's the fee that you have to pay to the captain of a chartered ship

if you fail to...

Exactly!

..unload all of his cargo in time.

Demurrage.

Let's take a look at some more.

Effleurage - you have an effleurage massage artist,

because that's the person who does...it's like a massage.

That's what Helen does.

-In your entourage.

-Right. OK.

Harbourage.

Porterage would have been a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

Quarterage.

Steerage, and teacherage,

as in...that's essentially how old your teacher is.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So at the end of that round,

I'm afraid our losing pair, with a high score of 110, it's Alan and Cliff.

I'm really sorry. We have to say goodbye. You made it to Round Two.

You got through supermodels. All of them.

We have to say goodbye now, but we'll see you next time. Thanks for playing. Alan and Cliff.

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

Congratulations, Anne and Sue, David and Isobel.

You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,000.

Now, to decide which pair will go through to the final and play for that money,

you are now going to go head-to-head.

The difference is, you are now allowed to confer.

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

Now then, Anne and Sue.

Brilliant. Last time, Round Two, you went out.

This time, you've sailed through to the head-to-head, and you're our lowest-scoring pair.

David and Isobel, some lovely low scoring from you.

Very good play all round,

and you can pool your resources in this round.

So anything can happen. I think it'll be very close. Best of luck.

We're going to play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question.

And it concerns...

Man-made arches. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of man-made arches.

We need you to tell us in which cities you would find these five.

Pick the most obscure, you'll get the points.

OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five man-made arches, and here they come. We have got...

There we are. Five man-made arches.

Now then, Anne and Sue, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

-Not sure. Really.

-OK.

But we're going to have a stab at B.

It might be the Brandenburg Gate.

In which city?

Oh, beg your pardon!

Um...oh, Berlin, won't it be? Berlin.

Berlin. OK.

B - Berlin, say Anne and Sue.

B - Berlin. David and Isobel.

The only one I definitely know -

I hope I know -

is C, which I think is Paris. It's the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

You thought B was Berlin.

I think so, yes.

I think E is...

Sydney, but I'm not sure.

A and D, I've no idea.

I think we ought to take a punt on E.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-OK. E - Sydney.

E - Sydney.

So we have B - Berlin and we have E - Sydney.

Anne and Sue said Berlin for B.

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

Oh, sorry!

Not Berlin.

Not Berlin.

Now, David and Isobel have said that E is Sydney.

All you have to be is correct to win this point. Let's find out. Are you correct?

No, you're not!

Two incorrect answers,

which means after one question, you're still drawn 0-0.

Richard.

You would have got the point if you'd just said Paris for the Arc de Triomphe.

C was Paris.

Would have scored 53 points.

Now, both teams thought B was Berlin.

It's not. It's a pointless answer.

It's in Brussels.

A is in New York. It's in Washington Square.

Would have scored you nine points.

D - thought someone might have gone for -

it's in Baghdad.

Would have scored you 13 points.

The fists are modelled on Saddam Hussein's own hands.

And E - not Sydney.

It is St Louis.

-Four points, it would have scored.

-OK. Thanks very much.

Here comes your second question. Nobody has won a point yet, so it's still a wide-open field.

David and Isobel, you go first this time.

It concerns...

Astrology. Richard.

We're going to give you five clues now to facts about astrology. Give us the most obscure answer.

OK, thanks very much.

Here are our five clues

and they are as follows...

I'll read these all one more time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about astrology.

David and Isobel, you go first.

THEY CONFER

We'll go for the title of the 1967 stage musical,

and that, I think, is Hair.

Hair, say David and Isobel. Hair.

Anne and Sue, talk us through the rest of the board.

It's Russell Grant who appeared in Strictly.

I think it might be...

..Aries,

between Pisces and Taurus.

Mystic Meg was on the lottery programme.

And...

he was like a sort of...

-archer.

-Yeah.

Sort of...thing.

Which one do you want to go for?

-No, you pick.

-No, no, no.

Honestly.

-No.

-No, I'm not picking. I got Brandenburg Gate right(!)

-We're going for Aries for number two.

-Aries.

Aries. Now, David and Isobel went for Hair,

Anne and Sue for Aries. Let's see.

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

Hair is right.

35.

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35 for Hair.

Now, Anne and Sue have gone for Aries.

Traditionally, the first sign, coming between Pisces and Taurus.

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

Spot on.

Is it going to beat 35?

Oh, it's going to be close. 39 for Aries.

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Very well done, David and Isobel. After two questions,

you are up 1-0.

Yes, they were all quite high-scoring answers in this round.

You're right about Russell Grant.

Would have scored you too many points. Would have scored you a 47.

The astrologer - you're right again, it was Mystic Meg,

but it's actually the biggest answer up there. 56.

And the mythological creature is the centaur.

And that would have scored you 18 points.

Thanks very much indeed. So here comes your third question.

Anne and Sue, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Films adapted for the stage. Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five films which have been adapted into West End musicals.

But we've taken out alternate letters. Can you fill in those letters and give us the most obscure?

OK, let's reveal our five films adapted for the stage. And here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those again, without the blanks.

We've got...

Anne and Sue, you go first this time.

THEY CONFER

Um, we'll try the second one. We think Sister Act.

Sister Act.

Sister Act. Now then, David and Isobel, talk us through the board, if you can.

You do it.

Um, the first one's Hairspray.

And the last one's Billy Elliot.

But...

Third and fourth...

I'm sure I'll kick myself once you say it,

but I just can't...

can't put a name to them.

What shall we go for?

Billy Elliot?

We'll go for Billy Elliot.

You're going to go for Billy Elliot. OK.

So we have Sister Act, we have Billy Elliot.

Anne and Sue said Sister Act. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

Three.

APPLAUSE

Very, very well spotted. Sister Act.

David and Isobel went for Billy Elliot. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said that.

It's right.

72.

It's not going to beat three.

Which means, after three questions, you are absolutely equal, with one each.

Some very good answers. Best answer up there, Sister Act.

And, actually, Billy Elliot is the highest-scoring answer up there.

You would have been better off if you had said Hairspray, because it would have scored 31.

The other two... Xander, do you know...?

I can see the bottom one. Mary Poppins.

Mary Poppins. Absolutely. Would have scored 11.

The one in the middle - you can't see?

-I...

-Kevin Bacon was in the film.

-Oh, Footloose!

-Footloose.

Would have scored 14 points.

Well done if you got all five of those.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your fourth question.

The decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.

It concerns...

LAUGHTER

OK. James I. Richard.

I'm going to show you five clues to facts about James I of England,

also King of Scotland, of course. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five clues about facts about James I. Here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one final time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about James I.

And David and Isobel, you go first this time.

THEY CONFER

Um...

We'll go for the century in which he became King of England. That's, I think, the 17th century.

The 17th century, say David and Isobel. The 17th century.

Anne and Sue, the board is all yours.

Talk us through it.

THEY LAUGH

No, we're at a bit of a standstill on this one, I'm afraid.

Um...

I've no idea!

Stuart for the bottom one.

It's a stab.

The name of his Royal dynasty - Stuart.

So we have the 17th century

and we have Stuart as the name of his Royal dynasty.

David and Isobel said the 17th century. Let's see if that's right, and how many people said it.

It is right.

24.

APPLAUSE

24 for the 17th century.

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

It's right.

How far down is it going to go? Oh.

42.

APPLAUSE

42. A good answer, though.

Very well done, David and Isobel.

After four questions, you're through to the final 2-1.

-Richard.

-Congratulations, David and Isobel. Well played.

His regnal number as King of Scotland was... Do you know that one?

-VI.

-Yep, James VI.

Would have scored you 33 points.

The name of his wife...

was Anne of Denmark.

Ten points, it would have scored you.

And the name of the European war that broke out 15 years into his reign

is the best answer up there. It's a pointless answer.

Thirty Years War.

Very, very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid...

Anne and Sue, you've done so well throughout the show.

A fantastic performance, particularly in Round One.

But I'm afraid, in the head-to-head, you came up against David and Isobel

and, let's face it, James I as well.

-Not a great subject for you, I think.

-No, not at all!

Sorry about that. But it's been lovely having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing. Anne and Sue - lovely contestants.

But for David and Isobel, it's now time for our pointless final.

Congratulations, David and Isobel. 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,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, you've hardly put a foot wrong all show. It's been fantastic.

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

First, though, you have to choose a category

and you can choose from these five options. They are...

Oh, no!

Pop Music is literally my dream round,

but I know that I'm going to be under so much pressure

if we choose Pop Music.

Hang on, Isobel - it's literally your dream round!

-What are you worrying about?

-It's not my dream round - that's the problem!

Pop Music... It could be my era.

-In which case, we're sunk.

-Let's just hope it's '90s!

OK, so you're going to go for Pop Music?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many best-selling singles in the UK as they could.

Best-selling singles. Richard.

Yes, we're looking for the title of any of the 50 best-selling singles in UK chart history.

That's from the first chart in 1952

right through to 2012, please.

So from 1952 through to October 2012.

The 50 best-selling singles in the UK.

Very, very best of luck. Where there are double A-sides,

we'll count both answers are separate answers.

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

All you need to win that £1,000 jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

OK. Um...

Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

OK. I can only think of stuff in the '90s that I know,

so things like...

number one for a long time.

Yes. Come up with something like that.

Take That, Back For Good.

-That was number one for ages.

-OK.

Try that. Um...

Fleetwood Mac, Albatross, was a hit twice.

Hit single twice, so it could be.

Um...

-Bryan Adams was number one for a long, long time.

-I think that'll be the most.

Spice Girls... Take That as well.

Oh, gosh!

Robbie Williams, Angels... That's going to be well-know, I think.

I think...

Do you think...?

Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

I think we'll go for that.

Ten seconds left.

I don't know.

-Oh!

-I think we'll go for those ones.

-OK, and Take That as well.

-OK.

OK. You've arrived not entirely happily, by the looks of things, but they sound like good answers to me.

What are they?

-Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

-OK.

-Albatross by Fleetwood Mac.

-OK.

-And we'll go for Take That, Back For Good.

-Take That, Back For Good.

OK. So we were looking for the 50 best-selling singles of all time in the UK.

Those are your three answers.

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

I'd say Albatross.

-OK, yeah.

-OK, Fleetwood Mac, Albatross.

We'll put that last. And your least likely?

-Take That.

-Take That, Back For Good.

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

So we were looking for the best-selling singles in the UK.

Back For Good was your first answer, the one you thought would be least likely to be pointless.

Now, remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £1,000.

So let's find out how many people said Back For Good. Is it right?

Is it pointless?

Oh, no! Incorrect.

Wow! So that tells us something. It didn't make it into the top 50.

So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer there.

But two perfectly good answers still left on the board.

Let's hope one of those will win you that jackpot.

£1,000. David,

what would you do with £1,000?

I think probably the first thing I'd do is...

Split it!

We'll split...

My part, we'll probably go for...

I'll probably book a table at a restaurant

-and take some friends and family, and we'll just have a really nice meal, I think.

-Very good.

-It'll be fun.

-Very nice.

-Isobel?

-I wouldn't do that with mine.

I'll be paying for dinner!

That's fine!

OK. Well, we are looking for the best-selling, top 50 best-selling, singles in the UK.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Bridge Over Troubled Water.

-David, this is the first one you came up with.

-Yes.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, so for £1,000,

let's see how many people said Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Oh, no!

Another incorrect answer.

Bridge Over Troubled Water didn't trouble the top 50 singles of all time.

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

which means everything is now riding on Albatross.

You said this was your most confident shot at a pointless answer, so let's find out.

For £1,000, is Albatross pointless?

Is it correct?

Oh, bad luck!

APPLAUSE

I'm so sorry. Three perfectly good answers there.

Really surprising that at least two of those didn't make it into the top 50 of all time,

but clearly they had to be massive sellers to earn that place.

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.

That rolls over to the next show.

We've loved having you on the show, and you get to take home the Pointless trophy. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

That's tough luck. You gave us three number one singles there, but none of them in the top 50, I'm afraid.

Back For Good sold over a million copies, but nowhere near the top 50, I'm afraid.

The biggest scorers - you avoided all of them -

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Bohemian Rhapsody, Love Is All Around,

Do They Know It's Christmas? All those scored quite well.

Let's look at some of the ones that would have won.

I'm sure some people at home would have got a few of these.

-(Is This The Way To) Amarillo?

-No!

..was a pointless answer. Barbie Girl by Aqua

sold nearly 1.8 million copies in the UK.

Believe by Cher would have been a pointless answer.

Mary's Boy Child, Boney M. Well done if you said that.

Release Me, Engelbert Humperdinck.

Three Lions by the Lightning Seeds and Baddiel and Skinner,

which is released every four years.

And it's as relevant today as it ever was!

Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

YMCA, Village People. You're The One That I Want,

Olivia Newton John and John Travolta.

I'll give you a few more.

Brown Girl In The Ring, Boney M.

Careless Whisper. Day Tripper by the Beatles.

Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio.

I Feel Fine by the Beatles.

I Just Called To Say I Love You. That was pointless.

Oh My Lord by Boney M.

Summer Nights would have been a pointless answer.

Think Twice, Celine Dion.

And actually, the biggest-selling single of all time in the UK

was sort of a pointless answer,

because the biggest-selling single of all time in the UK

is Elton John's 1997 version of Candle In The Wind.

And that was a double A-side with Something About The Way You Look Tonight.

So if anybody said that, it was a terrific answer, and it was pointless.

So you knew some of those.

I'm so gutted!

-You might have gone for some of those?

-Yeah.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, David and Isobel,

but we've loved having you on the show.

-Thank you so much for playing. David and Isobel.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Now, sadly, they didn't win today's jackpot,

so it rolls over, which means on the next show,

we'll be playing for £2,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Join us next time 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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