Episode 26 Pointless

APPLAUSE & CHEERING

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

the quiz where we strive to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-I'm Adam, this is my wife Claire and we're from Chester.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm Paul,

this is my friend and Alex, a rival pub quizzer,

and we're from Peterborough.

Your friend AND Alex?!

-My friend Alex and rival pub quizzer!

-Perfectly fine!

-Couple number three!

-I'm Jenny and this is my dad Ian and we're from Dartford.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, I'm Hector, this is Colin and we're friends and colleagues in Dundee.

These are today's contestants.

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

That leaves one person for me to introduce,

impeccably schooled at Cambridge... Young Offenders Institute,

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

-Hiya!

Hi, everybody! APPLAUSE

Cambridge Young Offenders Institute is so much better than Oxford Young Offenders Institute.

Isn't it?

That boat race, though... That's a highlight of the year!

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thanks.

Show 499...

We will make it, won't we? We will.

Show 500 next time. It's going to be pretty special!

-Oh, I haven't asked you - what are you going to wear?

-For the...

-For the show.

-OK, I've thought about this a lot.

-Yes.

-Here's what I'm thinking.

I thought I'd maybe wear a suit...

-Yes.

-..and a shirt.

No! I'm wearing that, too!

That's why we work together.

And I'm going to wear... shoes.

-Radical.

-I know.

No, it's going to be a good show, the 500th. We've got a special.

We're inviting some former contestants back.

-I won't tell you any more than that, but it's all going to happen on the next show.

-Wow.

-But anyway, show 499, here we are.

-Meanwhile...

One returning pair, Hector and Colin. They were terrific last time.

They had trouble in the head-to-head, but up to then they were very good.

And there's a very nice jackpot, if you can manage it, as well.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

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

Everybody's trying to find an answer that none of our 100 gave.

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £8,250.

CHEERING & APPLAUSE

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

I'll take an answer from each of you but there is to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated so try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

70s Albums.

Richard...

We're going to give you the names of seven classic albums from the 1970s,

all top 40 hits in the '70s.

You just need to tell us which band or act had a hit with it.

There's 14 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.

So we are looking for the artists who had hits with these albums in the '70s.

Here they are, our first board of seven...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, seven '70s albums, seven artists or groups to name.

Adam and Claire, you all drew lots and today you are going to go first.

Adam, welcome to the show. What do you do?

The company I work for makes printing cylinders, if you're any the wiser.

-Printing cylinders.

-Packaging mostly - wallpaper, things like that.

And when you're not doing that, what do you like getting up to?

My main sporting activity is cycling.

I like following horse racing.

Excellent. Do you bet on horses?

Er, never, no! 10p each way sometimes.

Do you bet successfully on horses?

-Er, yes. Yes.

-Yes, yes!

-Definitely. Always.

Biggest win?

I won almost 20 grand on the Scottish National once.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

-Wow!

-Wow.

That's...

-That is good.

-You didn't expect that, did you?

-No.

Wow. Claire, did you get to see any of that?

Yes. He's quite generous with his winnings!

Very good. Good stuff.

Any tips for today? Shall we quickly get them from Adam?

Don't back a horse with Richard as a jockey would be my tip.

-No, he's very good as a jockey! Very good!

-Terrific jockey.

I won the 2005 Welsh National.

Who was riding you?

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

Erm, Adam, what are you going to go for?

I think I'm going to go for

Songs of Love and Hate, which I think is by Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen, says Adam, for Songs of Love and Hate.

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

It's right.

-Silent.

-AUDIENCE: Ooh!

-Oh, very well done indeed, Adam! 4!

-APPLAUSE

4 for Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen.

Terrific start, Adam. Very well played.

He recently came out of retirement, or semi retirement,

-because his accountant swindled him out of 8.4 million.

-Wow.

-OK. Now, Alex...

-Hello, Alexander.

-Welcome to the show. You are from Peterborough.

-Yes.

-What do you do?

-I'm a support worker.

-Very good.

What do you do when you're not doing that?

Most of the time I spend messing about with my son.

What are you going to go for? We are looking for the artists

who had hits with these albums in the '70s.

I think I'm going to go for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,

Elton John.

Elton John, says Alex, for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

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

It's right.

-Ooh, 55.

-APPLAUSE

Ooh, that's high!

55 for Elton John.

Spent 84 weeks in the charts.

Contained the single Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, also Candle in the Wind

and Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting.

-Jenny.

-Hi!

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Where are you from, Jenny?

-From Dartford.

-And what do you do?

-I study politics at the University of Birmingham.

-What year are you in?

-My second year.

-How's it going?

-It's going all right.

-Very good.

-What do you like getting up to?

-I'm on the student radio station.

-And do you present?

-Yes, I do.

-How often are you on?

-Twice a week.

-Fun?

-I love it, yes. It's brilliant.

-Good stuff.

What about these '70s albums? Have you come up with a good answer?

They've just stolen the only one I knew for sure, so now I feel really bad!

This is a guess, I hope it's an educated guess.

Let It Be, obviously, is a Beatles song

but The Beatles weren't in existence in the '70s,

so I'm going to go Paul McCartney and The Wings for Let It Be,

because they'd broken up by '69.

Paul McCartney and Wings, says Jenny.

-Unless it came out in 1970! Ahh!

-LAUGHTER

-Paul McCartney and

-The

-Wings. Let's see if that's right -

I'm pretty sure they'd broke up by that point! Here we go!

LAUGHTER

-Paul McCartney -

-I'm sorry!

-Paul McCartney and

-The

-Wings...

-LAUGHTER

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

-Paul McCartney and

-The

-Wings for Let It Be.

Oh, the suspense!

Bad luck. I'm sorry, Jenny,

an incorrect answer, which scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Not the correct answer. I'll give the answers at the end of the pass.

OK. Now then, Colin, welcome back to Pointless.

-Tell us what happened last time.

-We got to the head-to-head and got thrashed.

Let's go back. You soared through to the head-to-head.

Two immaculate rounds.

And then got to the head-to-head, got beaten 2-0.

This board is all yours.

-Talk us through it.

-I think I know the top six, actually.

Bat Out of Hell is obviously Meat Loaf.

Let It Be, I just assumed was The Beatles.

Off The Wall will be Pink Floyd. I knew the other two, as well.

I can't think about Moon Dance.

The one I'm going to go for is LA Woman and say The Doors.

The Doors, says Colin, for LA Woman. Let's see if The Doors is right,

let's see how many of our 100 people knew it.

Absolutely right.

Oh, very well done indeed! 9! That's a great answer. Great score.

-Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Well played. Their last album with Jim Morrison.

Let's clear up Let It Be.

It was the last studio album of The Beatles.

It was 1970. Really unlucky.

70 points it would've scored you, rather aptly.

Bat Out of Hell, Colin's right, was Meat Loaf. 71.

Off The Wall was...?

-ALEX: Michael Jackson.

-Michael Jackson.

Would've scored 16.

And Moon Dance is...?

-Van Morrison.

-Van Morrison. That would've scored you 6.

Adam, best answer up there. You got it straight off. Well played.

Thanks very much indeed. Let's take a look at our scores.

4 is the best score of that pass. Adam, well done.

Adam and Claire looing pretty tasty on the back of that.

Then up to 9, where we find Colin and Hector.

Up to 55, where we find Alex and Paul.

Then 100, I'm afraid, Jenny and Ian.

Ian, nice low score from you is the least we will need.

Best of luck with that.

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

OK, let's put seven more '70s albums on the board.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Seven '70s albums, seven artists or groups we need you to name.

Hector, you're on 9.

The high scorers, Ian and Jenny, quite a long way ahead on 100.

If you can score 90 or less, we'll see you in Round Two.

So, Hector,

we discovered last time you are a junior doctor.

What do you do when you're not doing that? Football is a big hobby of yours.

-What else do you like getting up to?

-I enjoy travelling

and combining that with my interest in sport.

I've been to matches as far afield as Kathmandu.

-Who were you supporting there?

-Nepal versus Jordan.

Was this a game you'd been really looking forward to?

-LAUGHTER

-Yes. It's a biggie!

We're looking for artists who released these albums in the 1970s.

What are you going to go for?

Well, music's not my strong point.

Colin gave a great answer.

There's only one I think I'm sure of, so I'll go for that.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,

David Bowie.

David Bowie, says Hector.

Here comes your red line, nice and high.

If you get below that, you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.

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

It's right and you are through.

-73.

-APPLAUSE

Big high score, but low enough.

82 your total.

That's all you needed to do. Number 5 hit in 1972. Brilliant album, as well.

Now then, Ian... Ian, welcome to the show.

-What do you do, Ian?

-I'm retired.

-What did you do?

-I was a policeman.

-In the Met?

-Yes, in London.

What do you do now? How do you fill your time?

I zig-zag my way around a golf course, getting a long walk out of that,

and go to the gym all too infrequently.

All too infrequently. Nicely put.

OK, what we need from you is a very, very low score.

-How do you feel about this board?

-Sadly, I can't give you a low score.

OK. Did you spend the '70s with your fingers in your ears, Ian?

No, I didn't, but I just can't place any of those album titles.

I literally don't know any but one.

I think The Wall is Pink Floyd.

OK. You're going to say Pink Floyd for The Wall.

No red line for you. You have to hope this goes down as far as it can.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Pink Floyd.

It's right.

-47.

-APPLAUSE

47. That could, mathematically, be enough to save you.

We'll discover whether or not it actually is. That takes your total up to 147.

I was hoping someone from the Met might choose There's A Riot Goin' On.

Another Brick in the Wall came from that album. Pink Floyd's only number one single.

-Now then, Paul...

-Hello!

-Welcome to the show.

Also from Peterborough.

-And you brought someone with you.

-I brought Milly 2.

Last weekend I became a grandfather for the first time.

My daughter gave birth to Milly,

a beautiful baby girl, weighing seven pounds four ounces.

When we went to see her on the first day,

she told us that her middle name is Dawn -

my wife's name - which was very touching.

As Milly's only one week old, Milly can't be with me,

so I brought Milly 2.

-As a stand-in.

-A stand-in and my good-luck charm.

Lovely. Many congratulations.

A chance for you to cover yourself in glory here, Paul,

with a nice low-scoring answer.

The high scorers are Ian and Jenny on 147.

If you can score 91 or less, you are through.

As is always the case, on the first board I knew most of them.

On this second board I only know three.

They're not my type of music. Fortunately, one of the three I'm confident on.

I've just got to hope it's not too high a score.

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones, says Paul, for Sticky Fingers.

Here comes your red line. If you get below that, you're through to the next round.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Rolling Stones.

It's right and you're through.

-28.

-APPLAUSE

28. That takes your total up to 83.

-Very well played. Congratulations on the answer and the granddaughter.

-Thank you.

Five weeks at number one for Sticky Fingers.

Now then, finally Claire...

-Hello.

-Welcome.

-What do you do, Claire?

-I teach English as a foreign language.

-How long have you done that for?

-About 26 years now!

-Do you enjoy it?

-I love it, yes.

-There we go!

You're through to the next round anyway.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake the high score.

Why not see if you can fill in some of the blanks for us?

The answer would be, "Because I can't!"

I'm pretty sure about one, but that board is much harder than the first one for me.

I feel as though I should know More Songs About Buildings and Food, but I don't.

I'm just going to go for the one that I think is right,

which is Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan, says Claire, for Blood on the Tracks.

No red line for you. Let's see if Bob Dylan's right

and how many people said it, if it is.

It is right.

-10. Very well done, Claire.

-APPLAUSE

10 takes your total up to an impeccably low 14.

There's a good record collection going on in Adam and Claire's house.

Another terrific answer. Another terrific album.

The other three are very low scorers.

We'll start at the bottom. That would've got you 3 points.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull is Neil Diamond.

It's the soundtrack to the film of the same name. 3 points.

More Songs About Buildings and Food?

-Talking Heads.

-Talking Heads, yes. That would've scored 2 points.

The best answer up there is There's A Riot Goin' On.

It was a reply album to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.

There's A Riot Goin' On, said Sly and the Family Stone.

1 point. Very well played if you said that.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round,

our losing pair with a high score of 147, I'm afraid it's Ian and Jenny.

Dear, oh, dear. Your reasoning was...

-Flawed!

-It was flawed!

They were still going in the '70s,

but it was all pretty much coming to an end.

But you were on the right lines.

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

Meantime, thanks for playing.

For the three remaining players, it's time for Round Two.

Only three pairs remain. Hector and Colin,

last show, you were the low scorers in these early rounds.

There some new low scorers on the block, though.

Adam and Claire take that prize. Some fantastic low scoring there.

Colin, you did very well. Hector had to go safe with David Bowie.

Paul and Alex, nice middling scoring from you. You've all made it through.

Best of luck. Our category is...

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

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

OK, the question concerns...

Non-Eponymous Works.

Xander's going to show you a list of authors.

Give us any novel they've written that doesn't have the name of a character in its title.

So any novel that doesn't have any part of the first name or surname of a character in its title.

Very well-known authors up there so don't panic too much.

Thanks, Richard.

We are going to put some authors on that board

and they will stay on the board up and back down the line.

You just have to name any novel by any one of those authors.

Here is our list of authors.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Now then, Adam,

what I require from you is a nice obscure novel

by any of those authors.

I think I'll go for Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.

Mansfield Park, says Adam. Let's see if Mansfield Park's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 said it.

It's right.

-Very well done, Adam.

-APPLAUSE

Good answer. 6 points.

Well played again, Adam.

Published in 1814.

-Alex.

-Yes.

-We're looking for any novel by any of these authors

without the name of a character in the title.

LAUGHTER

I'm really struggling. I must admit, I'm really struggling. Er...

Charles Dickens...

..Scrooge.

Scrooge, says Alex. OK. Scrooge.

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

Bad luck, Alex.

That's an incorrect answer. It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Alex. Not a Dickens novel.

-That would be the name of a character, as well.

-Yes.

-OK. Now then, Colin...

-Yes.

We're looking for works by these 19th-century authors

that don't have the names of any characters in the title.

This is really embarrassing. I'm also struggling. Erm...

I'm just going to have to go with A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Carol. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

-31.

-APPLAUSE

That's good enough, Colin.

-A Christmas Carol. That's the novel where we find Ebenezer Scrooge.

-That's what I was thinking.

Charles Dickens started writing it in October. He finished it in six weeks, just in time for Christmas.

-Wow.

-Yep.

Thanks, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

6 very much the best score of that pass.

Adam and Claire, once again looking very strong.

31 is where we find Colin and Hector. Good middle ground.

And then up to 100, where we find Alex and Paul.

Paul, get thinking of a really nice low-scoring answer.

And Milly 2.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

We are looking for non-eponymous works by these 19th-century authors.

Hector, we need a low-scoring answer from you.

68 or less will stop you from becoming the new high scorers.

I'm glad Colin got a good answer in there.

Literature's not my...

..favourite thing. Erm...

I've got a book in my head.

I'm just hoping that it's by one of these authors.

Sense and Sensibility?

Sense and Sensibility, says Hector. You're not sure if that's by one of these authors.

There is your red line. If you can get below that, you are through to the head-to-head.

Is that right? How many people said it?

Of course.

And you're through. Very well done. That's all you had to do.

-14.

-APPLAUSE

45 is your total.

Jane Austen's first novel, Sense and Sensibility.

Safely through.

Now then, Paul,

we are looking for non-eponymous works by these 19th-century authors.

Have you come up with a good answer?

I think we'll steer clear of Charles Dickens

and we'll hope that people will remember Heathcliff

but don't remember that the title is Wuthering Heights.

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

Let's see how far down the column Wuthering Heights will take us.

It's right.

-42.

-APPLAUSE

That takes your total up to 142.

Emily Bronte's only novel, a big scorer.

1847 that was published.

Now then, Claire,

once again, you are through to the next round already.

Paul and Alex are our high scorers and they are beyond your reach.

We're looking for any novel by any one of these authors without a character in the title.

Do you want to talk us through any of your thinking, your ideas,

or are you just going to go for...?

I know a few Charles Dickens ones,

but I would really like to go for Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Vanity Fair, says Claire. No red line for you.

Let's see how many people said Vanity Fair.

Absolutely right.

Wow.

-5!

-APPLAUSE

Great answer, Claire. That takes your total up to 11.

-Adam and Claire are good!

-They are!

-Hector and Colin have a battle on their hands.

Another very good answer.

Before we do the pointless ones, I'll take you through a few answers that would've done well.

Great Expectations would've scored 29. Bleak House would've scored 25.

A Tale of Two Cities - 15. The Old Curiosity Shop - 9.

Hard Times would've scored you 5.

North and South, Persuasion and Cranford would've scored 3.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Our Mutual Friend would've scored 2.

Let's take a look at some pointless ones. They're fairly obscure.

All Dickens. The Battle of Life, The Cricket on the Hearth

and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.

The Moorland Cottage is Elizabeth Gaskell.

The Professor, Charlotte Bronte.

Thackeray's The Virginians was a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

And another Charlotte Bronte one - probably the most well-known of those answers - Villette.

Well done if you said any of those.

Let's take a look at the top answers, the ones that most of our 100 said.

A Christmas Carol was the third highest. 31 points.

Pride and Prejudice, of course. 37.

Right at the top, Wuthering Heights, the biggest scorer of all.

Thanks very much indeed. Paul and Alex,

you are our high-scoring pair and we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been great having you on. We'll see you again next time.

-Thanks for playing. Paul and Alex.

-APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Adam and Claire, Hector and Colin.

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

which currently stands at £8,250.

You're going to go head-to-head.

You're now allowed to confer.

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

Hector and Colin, you were in the head-to-head last time

-and you were the low-scoring couple, the golden couple then.

-I know.

-How are you feeling about your rivals?

-Less confident now.

-They're good, aren't they?

-Mm.

-In fact, they're terrifying!

-I know!

Adam and Claire, first-timers! Clean sweep, through to the head-to-head.

-How are you feeling?

-Quite excited!

-Good stuff.

The great news is, you can confer. I think that makes a big difference.

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

OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...

-US Cities. Richard...

-We're going to show you five pictures of US cities.

Name the city, please. Good luck.

Let's reveal our five pictures of US cities.

We have got...

Five US cities.

Adam and Claire, you have played best throughout the show so you get to go first.

-(The first one must be Detroit.)

-ADAM WHISPERS

-(It says "Motown" in the window.)

-(Oh, OK.)

-(Do you want to go for that? If it says Motown...)

-(Well, I thought it did.)

-(Would C be San Francisco?)

-(Yes. That's a good one.)

We think "A" is Detroit.

A, Detroit, say Adam and Claire. A, Detroit.

Hector and Colin, can you talk us through the board?

We thought A was Detroit, as well. B's Chicago.

D's Washington. E's Las Vegas.

Detroit's going to beat all them so we're going to go with C and go for Los Angeles.

C, Los Angeles.

C, Los Angeles.

Adam and Claire said Detroit. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

It's a great answer. 6 for Detroit! Very well done.

Well done, Adam and Claire.

Hector and Colin have said Los Angeles for C.

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

It is right.

It's going to be close!

-13.

-APPLAUSE

13.

But Detroit wins it.

Adam and Claire, after one question, you're up 1-0.

As we'd expect from two strong pairs, the best two answers on the board. Very well done.

Hitsville USA was the first ever headquarters of Motown.

There's the TCL Chinese cinema in Hollywood Boulevard.

Perhaps more commonly known by the name Mann's Chinese Theatre.

B, I think both teams knew it was Chicago.

Would've scored 17 points.

D is Washington, of course.

That would've scored 71 points.

And E is Las Vegas and would've scored you 43.

Thanks. Here comes your second question.

Hector and Colin, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Celebrities Before They Were Famous. Richard...

We'll tell you the jobs that five celebrities had before they were famous.

Tell us who the celebrity is, please. Good luck.

Let's reveal our five jobs.

Here they are. We've got...

I'll read those all one final time.

Hector and Colin, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

-OK?

-(We know James Bond's right.)

-LAUGHTER

-Hector and Colin?

-You know that's right, do you?

-100 percent.

-All right.

-LAUGHTER

I know... We're between a few.

-Are we happy to go with that one?

-Yes.

I actually went to the same primary school as this actor.

Sean Connery was the James Bond actor who delivered milk for a living.

OK. Sean Connery, say Hector and Colin.

Adam and Claire, the rest of the board is yours.

-Talk us through it.

-I wish!

Deer Hunter - it could be Christopher Walken

because he probably scared the lions quite adequately!

-LAUGHTER

-Er...

I don't know the Lucky Star singer.

We think Sister Mary Clarence might be Whoopi Goldberg.

The star of In Bruges

is either Colin Farrell or Brendan Gleeson, presumably,

but I don't know which.

So we'll say the fourth one, Whoopi Goldberg.

You're going to say Whoopi Goldberg.

Whoopi Goldberg.

OK, Hector and Colin, you said Sean Connery.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Sean Connery.

It's correct!

-29.

-APPLAUSE

Adam and Claire have said Whoopi Goldberg.

Let's see if Whoopi Goldberg's right. Let's see if it's good enough to beat 29.

It's right.

It's getting close. It does!

-25!

-APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, Adam and Claire.

After two questions, you are straight through to the final 2-0.

Tough luck, Hector and Colin.

That's two shows in a row, unfortunately for you.

Let's take a look at the others. They all would've won the points.

The Lucky Star singer is Madonna.

She would've scored you 8.

You suggested the star of In Bruges as Colin Farrell or Brendan Gleeson.

-If you had to choose one of them...?

-BOTH: Colin Farrell.

Colin Farrell is correct. That would've scored 5.

If you had to go for a Deer Hunter actor...?

-Christopher Walken.

-Also correct.

-Is it?

Yes. Would've scored you 2 points. Best answer up there.

Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our head-to-head, our losing pair is Hector and Colin.

That's so unfair! I mean, it's not unfair but it's sort of...!

It's perfectly fair, but it's awkward

because I think you would've got that low-scoring answer, Detroit, had you gone first.

I'm afraid that's often how it goes in this.

That's why you have to get low points wherever you possibly can in the earlier rounds.

We have to say goodbye. This is it, Hector and Colin. You've been brilliant on both shows.

Thank you both so much for playing. Hector and Colin. Excellent contestants.

CHEERING & APPLAUSE

For Adam and Claire, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Adam and Claire, you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at a pretty massive £8,250.

You've been unstoppable the whole way through.

You've been the lowest scorers by quite a margin in every round

and then a 2-0 victory in the head-to-head.

I'd say it was all pretty set fair for a colossal victory in the final!

Now, Adam, talk to me about your gambling.

Can we discuss it afterwards in private?

Have you taken any gambles today?

Have any answers been gambles or have they been fairly...?

Whoopi Goldberg was.

But we could've gambled on Christopher Walken, I suppose, so...

Er, apart from that, not really.

-Did you?

-Not really.

Right then, you've shown yourselves to be pretty proficient in most areas.

Is there anything you'd particularly like to see come up?

Horse racing, obviously, would be good!

-I don't mind geography, actually.

-Actually, yes.

-History would be good.

-Geography would be good.

But that might be a bit too general and scary!

-They are sometimes quite specific, aren't they?

-Yes.

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

First you have to choose your category.

Here they are, your five choices... Good luck.

-Well, not Astronauts.

-I can't do The Paralympics.

Not Indie Bands, not Paralympics,

so it's Quiz Shows or Scandinavian Theatre.

-The only person I know is Ibsen. How many Ibsen plays do you know?

-I know a few.

Quiz Shows could be anything.

We'll go out in a blaze of culture. We'll go for Scandinavian Theatre.

-Scandinavian Theatre.

-Yep!

HE EXHALES DRAMATICALLY

-Well, good luck!

-LAUGHTER

If I was a betting man,

I wouldn't have put money on anyone going for that for a long time!

OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..Plays By Henrik Ibsen as they could.

-You said you were all right on this.

-Richard...

We're looking for any plays by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.

Their names in English, please.

I'm so delighted you went for this category. You've been brilliant.

-Very, very best of luck on our 499th show.

-Thank you.

You have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need, to win that £8,250,

is for just one to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-BOTH: Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

We've got the obvious ones - The Master Builder, John Henry Borkman.

-They're not so obvious!

-OK. They're not going to be Pointless.

-Hedda Gabler, The Doll's House.

-Doll's House, yes. Erm...

-Did he ever do a play of Peer Gynt?

-He did Peer Gynt.

I know his first play,

because I remember hearing it on the radio, was something about his life and work.

-Do you know the name of it?

-Catiline.

I'm sure he did one called Norma, as well,

at about the same period.

You can have one of mine!

There's one called...

I think it's "The Burial" something.

I think... The Burial Mound, I think.

-OK, I'm going to let you lead on this one!

-OK.

Have you got any idea which would be most pointless?

-Make sure you've got the names right.

-10 seconds left.

Yes, I'm sure of Catiline, Burial Mound, I think,

-but I'm happy enough with the other two.

-OK.

-I've no idea which would be more pointless.

-I've no idea.

Time's up.

We were looking for plays by Ibsen. I now need your three answers.

-Catiline.

-Catiline.

-Norma.

-Norma.

-And The Burial Mound.

-The Burial Mound.

Do you want to pick one to be your most likely punt at a pointless answer?

I suppose Catiline because I know it's right.

-LAUGHTER

-OK.

We'll put Catiline last.

-Your least likely?

-The Burial Mound. I'm not sure of the title.

-OK.

-Well, it's the English translation. Maybe there are several translations of the original.

-Yes.

Let's put those up on the board in that order. We have got...

We were looking for the plays of Henrik Ibsen.

Your first answer was The Burial Mound.

You said this was your least confident shot.

Only one of them has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £8,250.

Adam, Claire, what would you do with £8,250?

Claire wants a shed and I want a race horse.

The answer's obvious, isn't it? Buy a shed and keep the horse in it.

No, no, no! The shed is for me.

You know those sheds that you plonk in the garden and you have heating and...?

They're called shepherd's houses or something.

-And then I can just sit there and -

-On wheels!

-That sounds nice!

With a log stove in it. Ahh! That's a nice idea.

-Yeah, OK.

-Hang on, this is eating into your race horse.

I'll get a leg of a horse and we can have the shed.

We could have a rota. I could be in there one day and...!

Very, very exciting.

OK, your first answer,

The Burial Mound...

For £8,250,

let's see how many people said The Burial Mound.

It's right.

You have played so strongly the whole way through this show

that I have every confidence this will go a very long way down, possibly all the way.

If it does, you leave here with £8,250.

-You've done it!

-CHEERING & APPLAUSE

That is absolutely brilliant! Very, very well done indeed!

That is fantastic!

There's your race horse!

I told you we'd do it.

CHEERING DROWNS OUT SPEECH

Wow! Well, congratulations!

The Burial Mound was a pointless answer,

which means you leave here with £8,250.

-Brilliant.

-APPLAUSE

Time to start, er...

Time to start getting onto those bloodstock agents, and a shed!

-Maybe there's an online shed...

-Thing!

-..delivery service!

-Maybe they do horses at the same time. You never know!

-The horse can bring the shed.

And then live in it!

-Richard, what about that?

-That's the way to play Pointless!

From start to finish, from Leonard Cohen, through Vanity Fair, all the way to Henrik Ibsen!

That's very, very impressive!

-Norma... also a pointless answer.

-Well done!

APPLAUSE

And Catiline, I don't want to bring you down, but would've scored 1 point!

So you're not all that, guys! You are not all that!

Another one you mentioned was a pointless answer. Let's look at all of them.

John Gabriel Borkman, you said during your 60 seconds.

-I thought it was John Henry Borkman.

-That would've been...

-That would've been annoying.

Honestly, he's quite thick, isn't he? LAUGHTER

Just a bit... It's fine, but...

When We Dead Awaken had its first performance at the Theatre Royal in Haymarket.

Rosmersholm also a pointless answer. There's John Gabriel Borkman.

St John's Night, Lady Inger of Ostrat.

There's The Burial Mound.

It was the second play he wrote but the first ever to be performed.

The League of Youth, Pillars of Society and The Vikings at Helgeland.

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

Brilliantly played. It's a lovely way to bring up our 499th show.

500 next time. But what a lovely way to end our first half a millennium.

Thanks, Richard. Thanks to our winning players, Adam and Claire,

who go away with today's jackpot of £8,250.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time for our special 500th show.

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

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