Episode 24 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple one.

-Hi. I'm Abi and this is my husband, Ed. We're from Bristol.

-Couple two.

-Hi, I'm Abedul. This is my brother Moody. We're from Shrewsbury.

-Couple three.

-Hi. I'm Anne. This is my friend Bernie and we're from Newcastle.

-Finally, couple four.

-I'm Simon. This is my daughter Hannah and we're from Bristol.

These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

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

That just leaves one more person to introduce.

Dripping in knowledge like Liz Taylor dripped in diamonds,

he's actually had two fewer husbands.

-It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everyone!

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-The jackpot is building up a bit again now.

-Yes.

We had a period where people were winning it the whole time.

It's starting to get into a tasty little sum. We've got two returning pairs as well.

Anne and Bernie, last time, we didn't see much of, did we?

So hopefully they'll stick around a bit longer.

And Ed and Abi were very unlucky to get knocked out last time.

-They were a pretty strong pair.

-Mm.

So it should be a cracking show, I think.

Very good. Looking forward to it.

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

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

Everyone's looking to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.

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

As you gather, Phil and Caroline didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £6,250.

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

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

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated

so make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

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

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

OK. The question concerns...

-Television duos, Richard.

-On each pass, we'll give you seven TV duos

all of whom were famous for appearing together in a TV series.

We'll give you the year in which that first TV series was broadcast.

Just tell us what that series is, please.

14 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks. So we're looking for the TV shows in which these duos appeared.

Now, then. Our first board reads like this.

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Ed and Abi, you all drew lots before the show.

And today you are going first.

Ed, how are we feeling today?

-Not bad.

-Tell us what happened last time.

We got through to the second round

and I think maybe I didn't choose the right answer.

-It wasn't incorrect, though, it was just a high score.

-Yeah.

I don't think we disgraced ourselves!

No, not by any means. By any means.

Coming back as a returning pair, you feel you'll do better today?

I'd like to think so.

OK. Ed, what are we feeling about this board?

Pretty good.

I think Walter White and Jesse Pinkman

are from Breaking Bad.

Breaking Bad, says Ed. Breaking Bad.

Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many of our 100 said Breaking Bad?

It is right.

Oh, very well done, indeed, Ed. What a start to the show! Brilliant low score of three.

Fantastic. Is this something he's been watching while you weren't there?

I work away from home, so he's got a lot of time on his own.

-Mr Box Set! Breaking Bad.

-Terrific start, Ed.

Played by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul.

The one show everyone tells you you must watch.

-I still haven't.

-You must watch it!

-No, no, no.

-I haven't seen it yet, either.

-Oh, you must!

-Really?

-Oh, you must watch it.

Oh, I think you would love it.

-I haven't watched it.

-You must watch it. It's brilliant.

It's absolutely... You know there are those shows,

those shows you can watch one after another and suddenly it's five in the morning!

-So you've seen it?

-No, I haven't seen it.

-Oh, you must!

-You haven't seen it?

-No.

-You're kidding me. It's unbelievable.

You'd adore... It's absolutely up your street.

-I must. I'll make a note to see it.

-You must.

-You must watch it.

Now, then!

Moody. Moody, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.

-And you're from Shrewsbury.

-That's right.

-What do you do?

-I work in finance for a technology company.

What do you get up to when you're not doing that, Moody?

I'm quite an active guy. I like to play a lot of sports.

I do a lot of football, and a lot of cycling as well.

In my spare time, I just go travelling

and carry on my hobby of seeing as many countries as possible.

Good. What's the furthest afield you've been?

Furthest afield, I've been to Japan.

A couple of years ago. And probably my favourite country is Nepal.

Excellent. Good stuff.

What about these TV duos? How are we feeling about that?

Not too bad. I think I know probably three of them for sure.

I think it's one of those, "Which is going to get the lowest score?"

So to keep it safe I'm going to go for Richie Cunningham and Arthur Fonzarelli as Happy Days.

Happy Days, says Moody. Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 said Happy Days.

It's right.

Ooh, that's a high score, Moody!

Bad luck. We've gone from three to 70. That is a high score.

It is. Played by Ron Howard and Henry Winkler.

He was originally going to be called Arthur Mashiarelli

and his nickname was going to be Mash.

But they thought it sounded a bit like MASH, the TV series, so they called him Fonzarelli.

Or mash, the potato option!

It sounds like that as well.

That's where the phrase "jumping the shark" comes from, an episode of Happy Days

-where he literally jumped over a shark.

-And all the purists thought he'd gone too far.

Exactly.

Yeah. Now, then. Bernie. Bernie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what happened with you last time.

Well, we had a bit of a bad time in the first round.

It was words ending "ink".

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-I think I was using an Australian dictionary!

-"Relink", we had.

-Yes.

Surely you could "relink" a chain?

That's what I thought. How do you fix a chain if you can't "relink" it?

You'd just link it again!

-I was thinking that afterwards, yeah! Yeah.

-Yeah.

Anyway, this is a new show.

-I have high hopes for you, Bernie and Anne.

-Good!

-High hopes.

Now, these TV duos, what do you make of them, Bernie?

Not a great deal, actually!

So I only know two others.

So I'm going to have to bear the fact it'll be a high score.

And go for Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone as Absolutely Fabulous.

Absolutely Fabulous, for Edina and Patsy.

Is that right? How many of our 100 knew that?

70 is our high score. Three is our low.

Absolutely Fabulous is going down. 35! Well done!

Pretty much in the middle there, Bernie.

Everyone knows the show, but perhaps the character names were less familiar.

A nice score, 35.

Whenever Adrian Edmondson has a character, he often calls it Eddie Monsoon.

And obviously, Jennifer Saunders is married to him and it's a play on Edmondson.

-So Eddie Monsoon, Edina Monsoon.

-Clever.

Thanks very much. Now, then.

-Hannah.

-Yes.

-Hannah, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

Remind me where you're from.

-We're from Bristol.

-What do you do, Hannah?

I'm on a gap year, going to university soon.

-Do you know where you're going?

-Yeah, I'm going to Cardiff University.

-And what are you going to study?

-Medicine.

-Good stuff. What are you doing with your year till then?

-Working, trying to save my money for university.

-Good for you.

-Yes.

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

If you want to talk us through it and fill in the gaps, please feel free.

I can do that quite quickly.

I only know the bottom two

and I think the last one is going to be very high,

so I'm going for John "JD" Dorian and Chris Turk

-are in Scrubs.

-Scrubs, says, Hannah. Scrubs.

Is that right and how many of our 100 people knew that.

It's right.

Very well chosen, Hannah. Look at that.

15. Second lowest score of the pass. Well done.

15 for Scrubs.

Terrific answer for a terrific series. Well done.

Obviously all medical students like to watch Scrubs!

I imagine it's just like that!

-Definitely. I hope so.

-I would have thought so.

Let's fill in the rest of this board, shall we?

You were right to avoid the bottom one.

It is, of course, Star Trek.

It would have scored you 93 points!

Wow.

Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester. Some people at home will know this.

It's Supernatural. Scored nine.

And Jack McFarland and Karen Walker

are the other two in Will and Grace.

That would have scored you seven.

So Breaking Bad, Ed, was the best answer on the board.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores. Ed, well done. Three, lovely low score.

Ed and Abi, you're looking pretty strong on the back of that.

Then up to 15, ditto, Hannah and Simon.

Then up to 35 where we find Bernie and Anne.

Much better. We should see you into Round Two with that, I hope.

Moody and Abedul, a little bit out there.

So Abedul, we need a great answer from you.

A good low score, enough to keep you in the game.

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

OK. Let's put seven more TV duos on the board. Here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

We are looking for the TV shows in which these duos first appeared.

Try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. Simon?

Simon, what do you do?

-I'm a digital manager.

-So am I - I've got ten of them!

They're a nightmare to govern!

But what kind of digital management?

I have a team that looks after a big portfolio of websites for an insurance company.

Right you are. OK. What do you do when you're not doing that, Simon?

I spend my time taking photos, mostly. A keen photographer. Landscapes especially.

Very good indeed. OK. Now, then.

TV duos.

I'm going to go for Dana Scully and Fox Mulder,

The X-Files.

OK. Going for The X-Files.

Well, Abedul and Moody are the high scorers on 70.

You're on 15. So 54 or less is what you want to be scoring.

There is your red line. Let's see how far down the column The X-Files takes you.

It's right.

Ooh, it's another high score. Look at that. 70.

Takes your total up to 85.

But luckily I think Hannah's brilliant answer in the first pass

might be enough to see you through. Richard?

That really is a high answer. It's a big, big score.

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny

played those two.

Thanks very much. Now, then, Anne.

Anne, how are we feeling about this board generally?

Not brilliant.

-No.

-Remind us what you do, Anne?

I work in a building society, but I also look after dogs

when people are on holiday, so a dog-minder.

Do you have a favourite breed of dog?

Yes, I like labradors.

-That's the dog you have as well?

-Yes.

-I'm glad. Because your dog is likely to be watching while this show is on.

-Of course!

That was the right answer!

Now, what are you going for on this board?

The only other answer I definitely know is going to be high scoring.

So I'm going to have to try a bit of a punt.

I hope it's not going to backfire.

I'm going to go for David Addison and Maddie Hayes and say Moonlighting.

Moonlighting, says Anne. Moonlighting.

49 or less is what you want to score.

There's your red line. Is Moonlighting right and if so, how many people said it?

It is right.

And it sees you through to Round Two. Very well done.

Well done, Anne.

Well played, Anne. Very gutsy going for a risky answer there.

Played by Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd, famously.

-I used to love Moonlighting.

-Mm. Brilliant show.

Now, then, Abedul. You've been thrown a bit of a lifeline here.

Simon and Hannah are on 85.

You're on 70. If you can score 14 or less,

you're through to the next round.

Now, how good are you on these TV shows?

I was actually better on the last board.

I've got a couple in my head,

but I think they're high scorers.

But I'm going to say Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin, Cheers.

Cheers. Here comes your red line.

It's going to be low. Yes, it is.

Let's see if Cheers is going to get you through that red line, Abedul.

It's right.

Still going down.

23!

Not far off it, actually.

Takes your total up to 93. But good answer, Abedul.

Yeah, that's unlucky. That's a pretty good score.

Played by George Wendt and John Ratzenberger.

Now, then, Abi.

-Hi.

-Hello. You're the last person to have this board.

-Yeah.

-And there you are on three. Ed did so well.

-I know.

-He's left you...

-Isn't he lovely?

He really has left you in a fantastic position.

If you can score 89 or less.

There are two that I think I know.

-One that I definitely know.

-You can talk us through the whole board.

I think Chandler and Joey are from Friends.

I don't know who Olivia and Peter are

or Tim and Mike.

I think the bottom two, Brennan and Booth,

are from a programme called Bones.

But I think that's a bit riskier

and I don't know whether to be risky or safe.

I've already been divorced once and I don't want to do it again.

I'll go for Bones for the bottom answer.

I think Friends is going to be a really high scorer.

You're going to say Bones for Brennan and Booth.

Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth, Bones.

Here comes your red line. Nice and high.

Let's see if Bones gets you below it.

Does it? Is it right?

It is right. Very well done. Brilliant answer, Abi.

Down it goes. Still going down. Nine.

Takes your total up to 12.

The lowest score by a million miles.

Very well done indeed, Abi and Ed.

Phew. Good answer. Bravery paying off for Anne and Abi in that round.

Well done.

Funnily enough, you would have been fine if you'd said Chandler and Joey

cos it only scored 66. It was Friends.

Again, perhaps people don't know the surnames.

Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop

are from Fringe.

Six people have watched that on box set!

Tim Bisley and Mike Watt is a pointless answer.

It's a big cult UK sitcom.

-Spaced?

-Started in 1999. Spaced.

Played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Well done if you said that at home. Pointless answer.

Thanks very much indeed.

So at the end of our first round, the pair going home with a score of 93,

I'm afraid Abedul and Moody.

I'm so sorry. You've just got here and now we're sending you back again.

Sorry. But two perfectly good answers.

It was Happy Days. It's from an era when everybody watched television

and clearly everyone remembers Happy Days.

But we'll see you again next time. We look forward to that.

Thanks for playing. Abedul and Moody. Great competitors.

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

And so only three pairs remain.

-Anne and Bernie, here you are in Round Two. Well done.

-Thank you.

And Ed and Abi, lovely low scoring there. Fantastic.

You were the lowest scorers by a long chalk.

I'd say you are the pair to beat.

Our category for Round Two is...

Can you decide who's going first and who's going second.

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.

Mr Men characters with a Y in their name, Richard.

The name of any Mr Men character with a Y in their name.

Not looking for any limited editions or charity versions of it.

Any of the Roger Hargreaves series of Mr Men.

They were carried on by Adam Hargreaves, his son, but they still have his name on the front.

Any Mr Men character up to the start of 2013, please

with a Y in his name. Very good luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, then, Ed.

I'm thinking there might have been a Mr Grumpy.

Mr Grumpy, says Ed.

Is that right? If it is, how many of our 100 said it?

There was a Mr Grumpy.

40 for Mr Grumpy.

Well done, Ed. He had a blue rectangle who hated books, Mr Grumpy.

Oh, he was grumpy!

-Hmm.

-He really lived up to his name.

-Mr Grumpy?

-Yes, it's weird.

-He was very grumpy.

Sometimes if you're born with a certain name, that's what you become.

They call that nominative determinism, don't they?

I think that's what happened with Mr Grumpy.

Right. Mind you, at the end of the book,

the little bit of his life that Roger Hargreaves framed in that story

gets less grumpy.

I suppose so. Steve Grumpy is his full name.

There we are. Now, then, Bernie.

Bernie, a Mr Man character with a Y in it.

Well, I thought of one to start off with,

but now that Grumpy has been said,

hmm.

I'm going to go for it anyway.

Not that I really know Mr Men characters,

but I'm hoping there might be a Mr Angry.

Mr Angry. Let's find out if there was a Mr Angry

and if there was, how many of our 100 people remembered him.

-Oh, bad luck, Bernie!

-Oh, no!

-I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

-Sorry!

That scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry, Bernie.

-Sorry, Bernie.

You'd think if he'd written a Mr Grumpy he could have written a Mr Angry as well.

There is actually a TV series,

where a Mr Angry who turns up at some point,

but that's not a Roger Hargreaves character or a book.

So it's unlucky.

OK. Hannah.

Hannah, a Mr Man character with a Y in his name.

Um, I'm not really sure,

so I'll have to have a bit of a guess.

It makes sense to me, so...

I'm going to go for Mr Lucky.

Mr Lucky. Well, let's hope.

Is Mr Lucky right? How many people said it?

Oh, no! Bad luck!

No Mr Lucky. I'm afraid that scores you the maximum 100 points. Sorry, Hannah.

Sorry, Hannah. No Mr Lucky. There is a Little Miss Lucky,

or Bernie as we call her at this moment,

because you just scored 100 points.

I don't blame you, Hannah. It's a kids' thing. I blame the parents.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Both of them, in this case. 40 is where we find Ed and Abi,

and then 100 is where Bernie and Anne and Hannah and Simon are tied.

It's a tussle between them to see who stays and who leaves at the end of the round, I'd imagine.

Can the second players please step up now to the podium.

OK. Simon, we are looking for Mr Men characters with a Y in their name.

I remember reading these to Hannah and her two brothers.

But can I remember any of the names?

I think Mr Messy.

Mr Messy says Simon.

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

No red line - you're joint high scorers.

Hooray, there was a Mr Messy.

Oh, it's a good one. 16.

116 is now your total, Simon.

Well played, Simon. You redeemed yourself as a parent, there!

Mr Messy was a pink scribble.

He later went on to play football for Argentina and Barcelona.

He did very well.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, then, Anne.

Anne, the high scorers are now Simon and Hannah on 116.

15 or less will keep you in the game.

I'm getting mixed up now with the seven dwarfs and the Little Miss characters

as well as the Mr Men!

I think I'll try Mr Nosey.

Mr Nosey, says Anne.

Mr Nosey. Here is your red line.

Get below that and you're in the head-to-head.

How many people said Mr Nosey?

Well, it's right.

Oh, you've done it! 13 for Mr Nosey!

13. 113 your total.

Very well played, Anne.

Mr Nosey. Had a big, long, green nose.

Yeah, he got a hammer dropped on it. Had a nose bleed.

-He was always looking through letter boxes.

-Still, a hammer?

I know. But he was nosey.

-A nosey fellow.

-Still, a hammer?

Crunch! Aghh!

Aghh!

Don't be nosey. That's what the book's about.

-Be less nosey.

-Yeah, all right. I'll abide by that.

Now, then. Abi. Abi.

The high scorers at the moment are Simon and Hannah, on 116.

You need 75 or less.

OK. I think I remember a Mr Man character called Mr Topsy-Turvy.

There's your red line. Below that, head-to-head.

Mr Topsy-Turvy. Is it right?

It is right. Very well, done, Abi.

And it gets you through to the head-to-head.

Seven. The best score of the pass.

47 your total, Abi.

Well done, Abi. That's got two Y's in it, Mr Topsy-Turvy.

Very impressive.

Good answer. He wears his hat upside-down on his head.

He was nuts, Topsy-Turvy, wasn't he?

He was, yeah.

A lot of them were a little bit unhinged, shall we say?

Yes. As children's books, they're nice,

but if you met them in the park, you would...

Maybe steer a different course, I think.

-Yeah.

-There are no pointless answers at all.

A couple of very low scorers, but no pointless answers.

People know their Mr Men books.

The lowest scorers, though...

Mr Birthday, which came out on the 25th anniversary of the first Mr Men book.

Mr Daydream, with two, and Mr Nobody, who was transparent.

Some other scorers, Mr Skinny, five,

Mr Noisy and Mr Busy, both would have scored you six.

Mr Jelly and Mr Fussy, both would have scored seven.

Mr Dizzy, eight, Mr Clumsy, eight,

and Mr Uppity, eight.

Well done, anyone, especially kids getting these at home.

All good answers. Mr Lazy, 12.

Mr Greedy, 14,

Mr Funny, 17.

And the top three answers. Let's take a look at them.

Mr Silly, also 17.

He was silly!

Mr Grumpy, 40. We've covered the fact that he was grumpy!

And Mr Happy on 70.

Thank you very much. At the end of our second round,

our high-scoring pair with a high score of 116,

it's Simon and Hannah.

We have to send you home now.

But we'll see you again next time.

Look forward to it. Simon and Hannah. Great contestants.

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

Congratulations, Ed and Abi, Anne and Bernie.

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

which currently stands at £6,250.

So we have to decide which pair is going to be playing for that money.

To do that, you'll now play head-to-head.

This time, you are allowed to confer

and the first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.

Now, Anne and Bernie, you went out in the first round last time.

Ed and Abi, second round last time.

So this is brand-new virgin territory for both pairs.

I think this is going to be very close. Very exciting.

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

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

Young politicians, Richard.

We'll show you five pictures of British politicians when they were younger.

Can you identify the most obscure of these? Good luck.

Let's reveal our five politicians as youngsters. Here they are. We have...

There we are. Five politicians when they were younger.

Ed and Abi, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

We're going to go for D,

and we think that's Ann Widdecombe.

D, Ann Widdecombe.

D, Ann Widdecombe. Now, Anne and Bernie,

talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.

I think A is Winston Churchill.

C is the guy who is the ex-leader. What's his name?

Is it Hague?

-William Hague.

-William Hague.

And E is - what's his name?

-Is it Preston?

-Prescott.

Prescott. John Prescott.

Do you think we should go for A or C?

Probably C.

OK. We'll go for C, William Hague.

You say William Hague for C.

So we have Ed and Abi saying Anne Widdecombe for D.

Is that right and if so, how many of our 100 people said Ann Widdecombe?

It is right.

20 for Ann Widdecombe.

Anne and Bernie have said William Hague for C.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said William Hague?

It's right.

Is it going to beat 20?

38. 38 for William Hague.

Very well done, Ed and Abi. After one question, you are up one-nil.

There's only one answer there that would have beaten Ann Widdecombe

and that is B.

She was the interim leader of the Labour Party before Ed Miliband.

Harriet Harman. Would have scored 19 points.

-She hasn't really changed, has she?

-No, she hasn't.

Everyone scored quite well on this.

A is Winston Churchill.

Would have scored 41.

And E, who knew that John Prescott looked like Terry Scott?

-Even dressed like him!

-Amazing.

34. Look at that tie and shirt combination!

Very smart.

That's the sort of thing you could wear in Shoreditch or Hoxton now.

People would think you were fashionable.

That look would pass in certain London nightclubs.

Certainly would.

-That's a great look.

-A great look.

Thanks very much. OK. Here comes your second question.

Anne and Bernie, you answer first. You have to win this to stay in the game.

It concerns...

London 2012. Richard?

We're going to show you five clues to facts about London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

Can you pick the most obscure of the answers.

OK. Let's reveal our five facts. Here they come.

I'll read those one final time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about London 2012.

Anne and Bernie go first.

QUIET CONFERRING

We'll go for the most recent time London hosted the Olympics

and say 1948.

1948, say Anne and Bernie. 1948.

Ed and Abi, the rest of the board is yours.

Talk us through it.

We're thinking the Lord of the Rings one would be...

Sir Ian McKellen.

Yeah.

Or Gandalf, as he's known in our house!

-Yeah. The canoe one you thought Milton Keynes.

-I thought it might be Milton Keynes.

The broadcaster would be the BBC

and the theme tune was Chariots of Fire.

I'm not sure the BBC broadcast the Paralympics.

-I think it was Channel 4.

-God, it was, wasn't it?

I don't know. What do you reckon?

How confident are you about Milton Keynes?

-I was.

-Are you confident enough?

I want you to decide.

-Say Chariots of Fire?

-OK.

OK. We'll go for the theme tune as Chariots of Fire.

Chariots of Fire you say as the theme that Rowan Atkinson played

at the opening ceremony.

Let's put those both to the test. Anne and Bernie,

you said 1948 as the last time the Olympics were held in London.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said 1948?

It's right.

32 for 1948.

Ed and Abi have gone for Chariots of Fire.

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

It is right.

Is it going to beat 32, though?

Ooh, yes, it is. Look at that!

-Wow!

-Well done!

15 for Chariots of Fire. Well done.

Ed and Abi, after only two questions,

you are through to the final two-nil.

Well played. Sailing through to the final.

You would have got the point as well if you'd said Sir Ian McKellen.

He was the actor at the opening ceremony. Scored 13 points.

You wouldn't have got the point if you'd said the official UK broadcaster was Channel 4.

It was, but it would have scored you 36 points.

And you wouldn't have got the point if you'd said Milton Keynes

for Olympic canoe slalom.

It was the Lee Valley White Water Centre.

Six points. That's the best answer there. Well done if you said that.

Thanks, Richard.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head I'm afraid is Anne and Bernie.

You played so well throughout the whole show

but we have to say goodbye.

-Thanks very much for playing. Anne and Bernie.

-Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Ed and Abi. You've beaten the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £6,250.

-Wow! Did you think you'd end up here?

-No, absolutely not.

I thought we'd go out in the first round.

We had good answers from you. Nice low scores from you in the first round.

-Yeah, it was OK.

-It was all pretty good.

So, Ed, we discovered last time you play guitar in a band called Bosc Monitor.

-Yes.

-Are they gigging at the moment? Got anything coming up?

We don't, actually.

I've missed a real opportunity here!

-You really have.

-But they're awesome. Check them out.

By the time this goes to air, maybe you will soon.

Got time to record and...

-Are you a fan of Bosc Monitor?

-Bosc Monitor?

I love Bosc Monitor, yeah.

-Any favourite tracks?

-Idiot Song, that's one of yours, isn't it?

New Year, another one of yours. I'm a fan of that. I like that.

Are they commercially available, any Bosc Monitor material?

-Uh, no.

-That's weird.

But you can go on MySpace.

Don't think we haven't been! That's where we heard them!

Those two particular songs.

What do you think I do on this computer all show?

Of all the bands named after lizards,

apart from Jesus lizard,

-they are my favourites.

-Me, too.

I love the Komodo Dragons, as well. I'm a big fan of.

-That's a great band.

-That's not a band!

Listen, anything you want to see come up in this final round?

Yeah, fluffy cats.

We've had that for months, hanging around on that options board.

Music might be good.

Bognor Regis, the town I know and love. That's where I grew up.

-OK.

-Something to do with Bristol would be good.

Yes, that would be good.

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

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

They are... Fluffy cats...

Sorry.

It's got to be Music.

Music Awards is a bit of a killer.

I don't know. What about playwrights?

We both might have a go at that.

It's your call.

-I don't want any blame for this.

-OK.

So whatever you want, you do.

If you want music, go music. You want plays, go plays.

-Let's go playwrights.

-OK.

Playwrights. OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many George Bernard Shaw plays as they could.

-I don't know any.

-Richard.

Any play written by George Bernard Shaw.

A couple of times there have been collections of his plays under an umbrella title.

We just want the individual names of the plays, please.

Any play written by George Bernard Shaw. Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £6,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-OK. The only one I know is Pygmalion.

-Yep.

-So...

-That's the only one I know.

He's Irish, right?

-I think so.

-So...

I think I've bought a collection of his plays.

-Something like...

-The Winslow Boy? Is that...

-Does that ring a bell?

-If you think it is, go for it.

Does it make you think of something else?

I was thinking of something apartment, but I think that's somebody else.

-And something else Irish sounding.

-Irish sounding?! Is that the way to go?

-Definitely.

Carol's going to love that!

-Um...

-Um, something like...

The something.

-The something?

-Cos he's quite like minimalist.

The...

-The Window?

-The Window?!

-The Door?

-Those certainly are...words.

Ten seconds left.

OK. So we'll go Pygmalion.

Just on the off-chance that...

I'll say Winslow Boy.

-And The Door!

-Yeah. Why not?

OK. That's your time up.

We were looking for George Bernard Shaw plays. I now need your three answers.

We're going to go for Pygmalion.

Pygmalion.

-The Winslow Boy.

-Yeah.

-The Winslow Boy.

-And The Door.

And the... Brilliant. The Door. Yeah.

That closed after three shows!

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Oh, God. OK, I get it. Right!

Yeah.

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

Pygmalion is probably the only George Bernard Shaw play that we've mentioned.

-So that one.

-Do you want to put that last?

-Yeah.

-Which shall we put first?

-The Door, because we've just made it up.

-OK. The Door. Fair enough.

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

We were looking for George Bernard Shaw plays.

Your least confident answer was The Door.

Shall we just find out if that's right?

No. Bad luck!

An incorrect answer, you won't be surprised to hear.

So, we've got that out the way.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot. £6,250.

Let's say one of these two remaining answer was pointless,

what would you do with that?

Get a throne for our cat, Geoffrey.

-That's what I'd want to do.

-You have a cat, Geoffrey?

-Yeah.

He's a Persian. He's big.

He's really unfriendly to everyone except me and my mum, pretty much.

He hates Ed.

But I'd get him a throne. I've seen it on the internet.

You're not joking, are you?

You are going to get a throne.

My colleagues at work know, cos I've shown them all.

As long as you're not wasting the money, that's good.

You'll consider your cat, Geoffrey.

Ed, what about you?

I'd like to think that we'd keep the throne down to at least three figures.

So the rest I think we might be going on holiday, probably to east Asia.

Well done. That sounds like a good idea.

I'm not booking tickets just yet.

OK. We are looking for George Bernard Shaw plays.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, The Winslow Boy.

It has to be correct and it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £6,250, let's see how many people said The Winslow Boy.

No, bad luck.

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

Two incorrect answers so far.

George Bernard Shaw plays. Your third and final answer was Pygmalion.

This was your most confident shot at a pointless answer

because you knew it was correct.

Obviously it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Let's find out how many people said Pygmalion, for £6,250.

Well, it's right.

Good to see. Your first answer The Door was incorrect.

The Winslow Boy an incorrect answer.

Pygmalion, 40. Bad luck.

Unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

So you don't win today's jackpot of £6,250

which rolls over onto the next show.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you both for playing.

And you do get to walk away with a Pointless trophy each.

So very well done.

I have to admire your spirit, Ed, in going for playwrights.

That's gutsy. That's the act of a man who doesn't want to buy a throne for his cat!

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

Well done if you got any of these.

Captain Brassbound's Conversion,

which is about a loft extension!

Heartbreak House is a single act comedy play.

How He Lied To Her Husband, one that some people might have got at home.

The Millionairess which was made into a movie with Sophia Loren.

Three more. The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet.

If you're going to make up a thing, don't make up The Door!

Make up The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet!

Imagine if you had!

The Winslow Boy is a Terence Rattigan play,

not George Bernard Shaw, I'm afraid.

Really tough category. Fair play to you for going for it.

You've played brilliantly throughout.

Sorry you haven't walked away with the money.

Thanks very much indeed. We have to say goodbye, Ed and Abi,

but we've loved having you on the show. Thanks for playing. Brilliant. Ed and Abi.

Sadly, Ed and Abi didn't win our jackpot today

so it rolls over onto the next show

when we'll be playing for £7,250.

Join us then 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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