Episode 44 Pointless

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

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one...

Hi, my name's Denise. I'm a customer services manager. This is my work colleague Simon.

-We've known each other about... 12 years.

-Thank you very much. Couple number two?

I'm Gary and this is Nicola. We're staff nurses at the Royal London Hospital.

-Couple number three...

-I'm Josie and this is my husband Simon. We're from Berkshire.

And, finally, couple number four...

Hi, I'm Katie. This is my sister Joanna. We're from Lancashire.

These are today's contestants.

Thanks all of you. We'll find out more as the show goes on.

That just leaves one more person. Accessing caches of restricted information like a fusty hacker,

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

-Hiya!

Hi, everybody.

-Like a what?

-You heard.

-A fusty hacker.

-The last time on the show we had Josie and Simon.

How unlucky were they? Sean and David fluked their way to the final.

Very unlucky not to get through. They are a formidable pair.

Gary and Nicola may well be a formidable pair. We didn't have enough time to find out.

Members of the 200 Club. It's very rare to get members of the 400 Club, but it does happen.

That's something to keep an eye on.

-The first round is lovely.

-Is it?

-People at home will enjoy it.

-Thanks.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show. We want the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone tries to find a pointless answer that none of the 100 gave.

Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot. Sean and David didn't win it last time,

so we add £1,000 and today's jackpot starts off at £7,500.

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

OK, in this round I want an answer from each of you, but no conferring.

The pair with the highest score will be heading home.

Our category for the first round is...dogs.

Dogs. Can you all decide who is going to go first and who's second?

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

OK, and the question concerns... breeds of dog.

-Breeds of dog, Richard.

-Xander is going to show you five words.

We want any breed of dog that contains one of those words, please.

Any dog on the UK Kennel Club website that contains one of the five words.

Good luck at home as well.

OK, I'll put five words up and they'll remain up the whole time.

As Richard said, we need the name of a dog which includes one of those five words.

And here are those five words. Phew!

-Dog words.

-Yeah.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

We want the name of any dog that includes one of those words.

-Denise, you look thrilled.

-Absolutely. Could not be better.

-Do you have dogs?

-Yes. I love dogs.

-Good stuff. What do you do, Denise?

-Customer services manager.

-Are the customers happy?

-Absolutely.

-Well-serviced?

-Absolutely.

-And in your spare time?

-Genealogy. Family tree. A lot of research.

-How far have you got?

-Back to 1600.

-Wow! Good work.

-Denise, we're looking for a dog with one of these words in its name.

-I'll go for the collie.

A blue merle collie.

Denise is going to say blue merle collie. Sounds good.

Let's see if that's right and how many said blue merle collie.

Oh!

Denise, I'm afraid for some reason that's an incorrect answer and scores 100 points.

Sorry, Denise. Too much knowledge, I think. Blue merle is not a breed.

-It's just a physical description, I'm sorry.

-That's all right.

Thanks, Richard. Nicola, welcome back to Pointless. What happened last time?

We got 200 points in the first round.

-Nicola, you're a nurse.

-I am.

-How long have you been a nurse for?

-Two years.

-When you're not nursing,

-what do you do to relax?

-I like to try new things, so I'm learning to ski. I've had one ski lesson!

On a dry slope somewhere or...?

-It's on an indoor proper snow slope.

-Good stuff.

-Now then, dogs. How do you feel about dogs?

-I don't know very much about dogs.

I'm a cat person. Have you got a question about cats?

I'm sure we have. This one, though, is very much about dogs.

I'll have a go at this one.

I'm going to go for terrier and my answer is West Highland terrier.

OK, you're saying West Highland terrier. I'm going to ask you to be more specific.

This is the UK Kennel Club website and you know what that's like. Don't you?

I don't know. I'm going to say a short-haired West Highland terrier.

Short-haired West Highland terrier.

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

Bad luck, Nicola. That, according to the UK Kennel Club website, is an incorrect answer.

-That scores you 100 points.

-It's going very well, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

I thought it would be lovely. Everyone's got dogs at home, they'll come up with lovely things.

-Some of these things are very specific. There's loads of lovely answers.

-I don't blame you.

-She blames me!

-Yeah, she does.

There's a lot of pressure now on Gary so they don't join the 400 Club. A lot of pressure.

-Josie, remind us what happened with you last time.

-I got a great geography answer, my worst subject.

Got all the way through to the Head to Head and we got one each and then they got a fluke answer!

-It was a complete guess.

-It was. Well, they said it was an educated guess.

No, it was a complete guess.

-They said that.

-Yeah. Anyway...

Josie, breeds of dog that contain one of these five words in their name.

I'm going to have to go with my mam's dog, Lucky, which is a Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

A Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

Good luck! Let's find out if that's correct first, then find out how many of our 100 said it.

Yay! Very well done, Josie. It's right.

It's a good answer as well. Six! Very well done indeed.

That's a great score.

On a personal note, thank you, Josie.

Charlotte in Sex and the City has one.

-Joanna...

-Hi.

-Welcome to Pointless! Great to have you here. What do you do?

-I'm a student.

-Which university?

-Edgehill.

-And what are you studying?

-Secondary education mathematics.

-So maths you've got covered. How about dogs?

-We have two at home

and they are a breed that's on there, but I'm worried saying it because of the Kennel...

-Because of West Highland terrier-gate.

-Yeah.

You have one of those at the bottom of your stairs so they can't get up.

-So I think I'll go with another answer.

-No, don't be scared.

Well, listen... I think we were very unlucky with two very specific answers at the beginning.

-Or not specific enough!

-OK, I'll go for Sprocker spaniel.

-Sprocker spaniel.

-That's what ours are.

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

Oh, Joanna! I just feared that might be the case. I'm really sorry.

I feel kind of responsible for that.

That's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points. Sorry. I really am sorry!

I'm sorry, too. That's a cross breed. It's not a breed.

With one person left from each team, the list is not terrifying. If you've got dogs,

they're on the list, I promise you. Apart from cross breeds.

Thank you. We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores - both of them!

Josie and Simon, very well done. I'm going to predict you make it to Round Two.

I'll stick my neck on the line. Low score of six.

Then we travel up to 100 and Joanna and Katie, Nicola and Gary and Denise and Si.

Not much...in fact, nothing between you. It's a Si, Gary and Katie off in this next pass.

Best of luck to all players. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, remember we are looking for breeds of dog which include one of these five words.

-Katie...

-Hi.

-Katie, hello.

-What do you do?

-I'm also a trainee maths teacher.

-Are you?

-I'm doing my PGCE at the moment.

-Was there a lot of maths around in your household?

No, just us two. She's copied me.

She's copied your work! Now you know what you have to do.

100. You are joint high scorers. We need a really good low score to make sure you're in Round Two.

Well, there's one that I definitely know, which I'm hoping will be quite low,

and one which I think I know that I'm going to guess at, which is an Irish retriever.

-An Irish retriever. A sort of think you know kind of guess.

-Yeah.

-OK, no red line.

But let's see. Irish retriever. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh, no!

I'm afraid it's another incorrect dog breed.

It scores you 100 points. I'm really sorry, Katie.

I honestly promise you there's famous dogs on this list.

That's another cross breed, I'm afraid. A cross between an Irish setter and something else on here.

All the dogs watching Pointless are sitting their going, "Irish retriever? I don't think so.

"A breed? I don't think so, mate.

"What's that? Dog food? Lovely."

Simon, you're on six. You're through to the next round, come what may.

You've taken away everything I knew!

-Or thought you knew.

-Thought I knew.

Richard said there are lots of nice dogs left on the list. Normal dogs you could think of.

-I might as well have a pop now, eh?

-Why not? Why not?

I'm fairly sure I've heard of an Australian sheepdog.

-An Australian sheepdog?

-I wouldn't be that confident!

Australian sheepdog says Simon. Is that right? How many said it? No red line for you.

You're already through.

Oh, no!

Oh, Simon.

It's another incorrect answer. Thank goodness for Cavalier King Charles spaniel,

our unique correct answer. It scores 100 points, but you're through.

There's just a whole series of sheepdogs going, "Australian? I don't think so, mate."

There is a dog, the Australian shepherd, but it does not contain the word sheepdog.

No Australian sheepdog. Still, going brilliantly.

-You know what? I absolutely stand behind this round.

-Gary, listen,

you're on 100 points. The high scorers on 200 are Katie and Joanna. All I ask is a correct answer.

I want a breed of dog with... You know, with this in.

-If I was in a better position, there's one I'd take a punt at, but...

-Just a dog, Gary!

-Just a dog that exists!

-I'll just go for Golden retriever.

Golden retriever. Here's your red line.

If you get below that, Gary, you are in Round Two.

Let's see if it's right.

Yay! Well done, Gary. 85!

Who cares? 85. You are through to the next round. 185 is your total.

That is how to play the game, Gary. I've never been happier with an 85-point answer.

-I'm just glad I'm not in the 400 Club.

-Imagine if that was wrong.

Then there would be trouble.

Now then, Si. The high scorers on 200 are Katie and Joanna. You're on 100.

All I want is a correct answer.

-I have got an obscure answer...

-XANDER SHUDDERS

And it is obscure, but yeah...

-I think I'm just going to go with Cocker spaniel.

-Cocker spaniel.

Here's your red line. Get below that and you're through. Let's see if it's right.

Oh, it is!

74. Very well done indeed, Si. 174, your total.

-An unusually shaped round.

-Yeah.

Let's cover this West Highland terrier. That was the unluckiest.

It specifically is a West Highland white terrier.

There's all sorts of other dogs. Scottish terrier, Border terrier, Airedale terrier,

Staffordshire bull terrier, Cairn terrier, Irish terrier,

Bedlington terrier, Norfolk, Norwich... Let's look at some pointless answers.

All these would have scored points.

Some of the pointless answers - Australian silky terrier, Boston terrier, Catalan sheepdog,

English toy terrier, Irish water spaniel, Kerry blue terrier as well.

The long-haired Pyrenean sheepdog would have been a pointless answer,

Tibetan spaniel, wire fox terrier.

I'll give you a few more.

American water spaniel, Australian terrier, English springer spaniel.

You could have had the Sussex spaniel, Welsh springer spaniel. All sorts of answers.

Let's look at the three most popular answers. Border collie - 58.

Cocker spaniel - 74. And Golden retriever at 85.

Thanks, Richard. So the pair leaving us with a high score of 200

is Katie and Joanna. What a tough round that was!

-We like dogs as well.

-Well, you did.

The Sprocker is a cross between a Cocker and Springer spaniel.

Both English and Welsh springer spaniels were pointless. They'd have been great.

We'll see you again next time, but thanks very much for playing.

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

There's only room for two pairs in our Head to Head round, so we lose another pair after this round.

Our category for Round Two is...TV. Can you all decide who's going first and who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns... game shows.

-Game shows, Richard.

-We're looking for any breed of dog that's appeared on a UK... No, we're not.

We'll show you descriptions of six UK TV game shows, past and present. Tell us the name of the game show.

12 in all to have a go at at home.

We are looking for the TV game shows described by these clues.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six game shows.

-Si...

-Yeah, this is good. I like this.

I'm scared of giving the highest one, though, but I think I'm going to go with

the show's consolation prize was a silver cheque book and pen. Blankety Blank.

Blankety Blank says Si. Is that right? How many said it?

67.

-67.

-That's a big score. The second lowest we've had all show!

Good after that first round. Presented by Terry Wogan, Les Dawson and Lily Savage as well.

Nicola... No, are you shaking your head?

-I said hello.

-I thought you were saying, "Oh, I don't like this."

-I'm fine.

-TV game shows described by these clues.

-I know a few answers.

I'm going to go with one. I'm not sure what other people know, the classic Pointless problem,

but I'll go with players could choose a physical, mental, skill or mystery game - The Crystal Maze.

The Crystal Maze. Is that right? How many of our 100 people said it?

It's right!

16! That's more like it. Well done, Nicola. Great answer.

Very good answer. Crystal Maze ran for six series. Richard O'Brien was the main host of it.

Ed Tudor-Pole took over later.

Josie, you're the last person to have this board. How do you feel about talking us through it?

The top one, despite being from the north-east, I'm not Ant and Dec's biggest fan.

-Newcastle supporters, you see.

-Is that why?

-Oh, yeah.

So I don't know that one.

Based on the American game show Family Feud. That's Family Fortunes, but that's going to be high.

Show in which five quizzers take on five of the UK's finest quiz...

That's Eggheads, which we occasionally watch.

But I'm going to stick my neck out and go for Victoria Coren's highbrow puzzle game,

-which is Only Connect.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed. 10 for Only Connect. Great score.

-Very well played. This is like a normal game of Pointless.

-It is.

Like it used to be before the Kennel Club got involved. Let's go through the rest of these.

The Ant and Dec answer is Red or Black. That would have scored you 35 points.

Family Feud turns into Family Fortunes. 52 points.

And the five quizzers is Eggheads. Best to avoid it - 61 points.

You chose the best answer on the whole board.

Thanks very much. So let's take a look at the scores. 10 the best.

Simon and Josie looking pretty strong on the back of it.

On 16 we find Nicola and Gary, then up to 67, Si and Denise.

Denise, we need a really good score from you on this next pass or it'll be Si no more.

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

We'll put six more clues on the board. Here they are.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll go through those one last time.

There we are. We're looking for TV game shows described by these clues.

Simon, you need to give the answer you think the fewest people knew.

The high scorers are on 67. If you can score 56 or less, you are in Round Two.

I've got a few I know, but they're all going to be quite high.

I think I'm going to pop for Dale Winton at the bottom.

-Supermarket Sweep.

-Supermarket Sweep says Simon. Here is your red line.

Below that, you're in the Head to Head. How many said it?

It's right.

68 for Supermarket Sweep. 78, your total. I think that's probably good enough.

That is a big score for Supermarket Sweep. Presented by Dale Winton.

They even had a number 72 hit single - Supermarket Sweep by The Bar Codes. Yeah.

"Next time at the check-out when you hear the beep, think of the fun you could have on Supermarket Sweep."

-That's some going.

-That's not, "That ain't bread."

-It's toast.

-That's our catchphrase. We made it up.

-I've got a new catchphrase.

-Yeah?

-It's not a West Highland terrier. It's a West Highland white terrier!

Now then, Gary. Cracking score from Nicola in that first pass.

If you can score 61 or less, you're in the Head to Head.

I remember a few of these as a kid, but I can't get the names.

I'll take a punt with Charles Ingram was found guilty of cheating - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? There is your red line.

Get below that and you are through. How many said Charles Ingram cheated on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

It's right.

Ooh! 63 that scores you.

It takes your total to 79.

Oh, the look on Simon's face there. It's quite impressive that in 500-odd shows

-I haven't seen anybody cheat.

-It shows what nice people we have on our show.

-Or unbelievably good cheats.

-It shows what nice unbelievably good cheats we have.

-We are quite trusting.

-Now then, Denise.

The high scorers on 79 are Gary and Nicola.

If you can score 11 or less, you're in the Head to Head.

-That's the kind of score we need.

-The first one I'm pretty sure is The Weakest Link.

Simon Cowell, I really don't know which one he appeared on.

Carol Smillie, again, I should know it, but I don't.

And the next one, the final part of the show with the conveyor belt,

it was Saturday Night something, but I'm not sure. So I'll have to go with The Weakest Link.

The Queen of Mean, Weakest Link. Here is your red line.

It's very low. Will The Weakest Link get you below that red line?

How many people said it?

75!

That's a high score, Denise. That takes your total up to 142.

Yeah, that's a very big score. With the ones you had, it was tough.

Let's go through them. Simon Cowell appeared on Sale of the Century back in 1990.

It would have scored you three points. Carol Smillie's big break was on Wheel of Fortune.

It would have scored 15.

And the conveyor belt was The Generation Game. That would have scored you 65.

-Sale of the Century, the best answer.

-Thanks, Richard.

So at the end of our second round, I'm afraid the losing pair is Denise and Si.

The good news is we'll see you again next time. Denise and Si, thanks so much for playing.

But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Josie and Simon, Gary and Nicola. You're one step closer to our jackpot,

which currently stands at £7,500.

AUDIENCE: Woo!

To decide who plays for that money, you now go head to head, but you can now confer.

The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot. Josie and Simon, you've been here before.

-How are you feeling against Gary and Nicola?

-I think the first round's shaken us!

-Yeah.

-The marathon of the dogs.

-And Gary and Nicola, well done. Last show, that Round One exit,

-a distant memory now.

-We've done a bit better.

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

OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns... rugby emblems.

-Richard?

-I'll show you five photographs of animals or plants from the emblems of rugby teams

-from the last Rugby World Cup. Can you name the team?

-Thanks.

Let's reveal our five rugby emblems.

There we are. Five rugby emblems. Josie and Simon, you go first.

I think we know them all, but we'll press for the one that we're least certain of

and we'll go A, Fiji.

A, Fiji. A, Fiji, say Josie and Simon. Now, Gary and Nicola.

I'm pretty sure B's Scotland. Maybe.

D, Australia.

I think E might be South Africa. Not sure. I'm not a big rugby fan.

I think we've got to go safe. I wouldn't have a clue.

-I might take a punt at C and go Argentina.

-Why not E if you think you know E?

-Let's go for E, South Africa.

-E, South Africa. E, South Africa.

Josie and Simon have said that A is Fiji. Is that right? How many of our 100 people said Fiji?

It's right.

15!

Very well played. Well done, Simon.

Gary and Nicola have said South Africa for E.

Is it right? How many said it?

Bad luck. I'm afraid, an incorrect answer, so Josie and Simon win that point.

-It's one-nil after one question.

-Fiji's the best answer.

Of those other answers, Argentina have the nickname the Pumas. They have a jaguar.

South Africa are the Springboks. They've got a springbok.

E, the one you went for, is France.

That would have scored you 32 points.

B, as you suspected, is Scotland. The thistle would have scored 69.

C, that's a silver fern. That's the emblem of New Zealand, the All Blacks. Would've scored 27.

And D is a wallaby. The Australians are the Wallabies. It would have scored you 79 points.

Very well done if you got all five.

Thanks, Richard. Here's your second question. Gary and Nicola, you have to win it.

It concerns Laurence Olivier.

-Richard?

-We'll show you five clues to facts about Laurence Olivier. Can you get the most obscure answer?

Let's reveal our five clues.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

There you are. Five clues to facts about Laurence Olivier.

Gary and Nicola, you go first.

-We don't really know too many. In fact, we don't really know any.

-Not something I know about.

-We'll guess he was knighted in the '60s.

-In the '60s.

The 1960s you think is when he was knighted.

Josie and Simon? Talk us through the board if you can.

-Right, I think...

-I think the theatre company might be the Old Vic,

but I'm not completely sure.

-He played Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.

-I think he did.

-Hamlet?

-Mm-hm, Hamlet.

It might have been the '70s or the '80s.

-We're sort of unsure about this.

-Shall we play safe?

Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.

OK, Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.

Gary and Nicola, you said he was knighted in the 1960s. Is that right? How many said it?

Oh...! Bad luck.

Reasonable punt, but an incorrect answer.

Josie and Simon, you have said he played Heathcliff. Is that right? How many people said Heathcliff?

It's right. Very well done.

26 people said it.

Moreover, it was right. That sees you through to the final after only two questions. Two-nil.

-Very well played there. Let's look at the rest. It wasn't the Old Vic.

-The National.

The National, yes. It would have scored three. Well done if you said that.

-Do you know who played him?

-Kenneth Branagh.

-Yes. It would have scored you nine.

-The Shakespeare role...

-Henry V?

-It wasn't Henry V.

It was 1949, Hamlet. It would have scored 14.

One of only two people to win an acting Oscar for a film they directed. Him and Roberto Benigni.

The only two to have done that. And he was knighted not in the '60s. Youngest actor ever to be knighted.

It was in the 1940s. 1940s. It would have scored one.

Very well done if you got that.

Thanks, Richard. So I'm afraid the pair who will be leaving us is Gary and Nicola. That was tough.

They didn't fall well for you.

-No. We joined the 200 Club again, so we're happy enough.

-It's been great having you on both shows.

Gary and Nicola, great contestants.

But for Josie and Simon, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations. You've seen off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £7,500.

That was more like it for a Head to Head. No luck there.

-It was difficult.

-It was very hard.

-Hamlet.

-Yes.

-I'm happy with that one.

-I salute you. What would you like to come up in this round?

-Oh...

-It won't be dogs, I'm sure.

-Anything geological.

-You'd be on your own, but yeah.

OK, very best of luck. First you have to choose a category.

You have four choices. They are...

-Unoriginal Movies is going to be like remakes, isn't it?

-Yeah.

I know nothing about the General Election of 2010.

-British Tennis... You've been to Madrid. I haven't.

-Yes.

Em, you know, we argued and discussed when we thought we might get to this position

-and we said we'd not do movies. So we'll do movies!

-Unoriginal Movies?

-Yes.

OK. Unoriginal Movies, Richard.

We're looking for any film based on a book or play or any work of fiction or non-fiction,

starring any of the following.

Any film starring any of those three. No TV films, documentaries.

Feature films for cinema release that are based on a book or a play.

-Very best of luck.

-OK.

You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers. You need just one pointless answer.

The answers can be from any of these categories - three from one, two from one, one from another -

as long as it's an unoriginal film with one of them in it.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

-There they are. Your time starts now.

-Ewan McGregor was in The Island.

-Yes.

-It was a book.

-What was the one where he was drawn on?

-The Pillow Book!

Yes, we'll go with that.

-Christian Bale was in that magician one. The...

-The Prestige.

-The Prestige.

-Matt Damon's been in all the Bourne books, but...

-Yeah.

-None of those will be pointless.

-I don't think so.

-Another Ewan McGregor.

-Was he in The Cider House Rules?

I don't know. I've never seen it.

Ewan McGregor...was in...

Jane Austen...

-He was in Emma!

-He was in Emma?

-Mm-hm.

-OK.

-He played...Fairfax, I think.

-Right.

-Yeah, he was in Emma.

-So you'd go for Emma, Pillow Book...

-Pillow Book.

-And The Prestige.

-OK, yeah.

OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.

-I love the way you just cruised the last few seconds.

-We'd run out!

-Say which of the three actors you're submitting for.

-OK.

-For Christian Bale, The Prestige.

-The Prestige.

-And Ewan McGregor, we've got two. The Pillow Book.

-The Pillow Book.

-And...Emma.

-And Emma. Of those three answers, which is your best crack at a pointless?

-The Pillow Book.

-We'll put that last. And your least likely to be pointless?

-Probably The Prestige.

-OK, let's put those up in that order.

We have got...

OK, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was The Prestige.

Only one of these answers has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £7,500.

Josie, what would you do with that if you won that jackpot?

-We've got some charities quite close to our heart. Give some to them and the rest towards a holiday.

-Yes.

Very good indeed. Three good answers.

Let's hope at least one of those is pointless. First, The Prestige.

It has to be correct, then pointless for you to win today's jackpot.

For £7,500, was The Prestige a Christian Bale film?

It was, is the answer.

An unoriginal movie starring Christian Bale. Down it goes.

Into the 20s. Still going down.

Down it goes! Three!

Three for The Prestige.

Very well done. A great answer and a great low score for your least likely to be pointless.

-Your second answer was Emma. Very well remembered. One of those roles you forget.

-And he looked awful.

-I remember why.

-Ewan, if you're watching, she doesn't mean it!

He looked awful because he'd just done Trainspotting, he'd had his head shaved and they put a wig on him.

It was a horrible wig.

-I remember thinking he looked shocking.

-Maybe that was the look that made you remember it.

Maybe it wins you the jackpot. For £7,500, let's find out

if Emma did indeed star Ewan McGregor.

It did!

Now The Prestige took us down to three.

Emma takes us through the 30s.

If this goes all the way, you leave with £7,500.

Oh, one! One person!

I bet you it was the wig. It was the wig they remembered.

OK, everything is now riding on your third and final answer.

-The Pillow Book. You were confident.

-I think it's based on a book.

-She really did like him in this film.

-He was naked for most of it for a start, so...!

OK. Got to hope that no one else remembers that.

This is your final answer. Let's see if it's right

and if it's pointless. For £7,500, was Ewan McGregor in The Pillow Book?

Yes, he was. And, yes, it's an unoriginal movie.

The Prestige took us down to three. Emma took us down to one.

The Pillow Book now takes us all the way down...

Oh, no!

-Oh, no!

-APPLAUSE

-Oh, I am so sorry.

-It's that one Ewan McGregor fan!

That happens so rarely and it's just agonising. Not one, but two ones.

That's really bad luck. Unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer,

-so you don't win today's jackpot.

-We only came for the trophies.

-Well, we've loved having you

and you do take those trophies home. Very well done. Brilliant.

That's unlucky, isn't it? Let's outline your achievements.

You've been on two shows. Both times in the Head to Head.

Last time, knocked out by a fluke. This time straight through.

-And you survived the dogs as well!

-She did.

-My mum's dog did.

That is quite a career you've had.

There's some well-known pointless answers. You'll recognise a few, so I apologise in advance.

For Matt Damon, Invictus was pointless, The Adjustment Bureau,

The Rainmaker, the John Grisham book, True Grit as well.

-Just watched it the other week!

-A lot of people don't realise it was based on a book.

Christian Bale. 3:10 To Yuma, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Captain Corelli's Mandolin,

Little Women as well.

All of those would have won you the money. And Ewan McGregor - Angels and Demons, Black Hawk Down,

-Rogue Trader and The Men Who Stare At Goats.

-I've seen all of these!

Very well done if you got any of those at home. You've seen a few.

-Seen most of those.

-So sorry.

-You've seen all of those.

-Between us, yeah.

-Oh, bad luck.

I'm so sorry. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you.

Thank you so much for playing. Josie and Simon, lovely contestants.

So, sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today so it rolls over to the next show

when we'll be playing for £8,500.

-Join us then to see if someone wins. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And from me. Goodbye.

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