Richard Osman replaced on Pointless by SIX guest stars for new episodes". 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022 . Retrieved 2 September 2022. Russell, Sam (25 May 2020). "Less than zero: how Pointless's tweaked finale made fools of us all". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020 . Retrieved 12 October 2020. An American version was set to be developed by GSN in 2017. [38] A pilot episode presented by Alison Sweeney as her assistant was Doug Mirabello was produced by Endemol Shine America and never aired. [39] Merchandise [ edit ] App Games [ edit ]

Endemol UK – Brand new Pointless app launches". Endemol UK. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Now updated for even more Pointless fun! New questions, new simplified rules, and a replica trophy, all supported by an updated scoreboard app, adds to the realism of the BBC’s No.1 family quiz show. Six different formats for the questions have been used during the programme's run for the elimination rounds in each game: As of Series 6 – Both teams compete in a multi-question best-of-three contest; while the format is the same since Series 3, all questions have five answers with each team choosing one. Questions follow one of three formats: Picture Board (occasionally using sound cues or with some letters of the correct answer filled in); Clues and Answers; or answers that have been scrambled/anagrammed or had some of their letters removed. Both teams may choose the same item if the second team to play believes that the first has answered incorrectly. The second team is invited to fill in as many missing answers as they can before choosing one.Each of our trivia collections contains entirely different questions (and categories). Collect them all to build the world’s most useless trivia library. Teams of two contestants attempt to provide answers that are not only correct, but also as obscure as possible. The programme initially featured five teams per episode, but the field was later reduced to four. On each episode, contestants answer a series of questions that were put to 100 members of the general public in a previously conducted online survey, which had a time limit of 100 seconds. Once a question is asked at the start of a round, the contestants are given details as to what constitutes a valid answer. If a team's answer is correct, they score one point for each participant who gave it during the survey; an answer given by none of the participants is termed "pointless" and adds nothing to the team's score. Incorrect answers add a penalty of 100 points. Once a question or pass is complete, depending on the specific format of the round, any remaining pointless answers are stated along with the high-scoring answers given in the survey, usually the top three. In case you’ve never actually seen it, the show – fronted by Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong – involves teams of two having to guess, through a series of rounds, correct but obscure answers to questions.

Daisy Wyatt (17 November 2014). "Pointless Celebrities attracts more viewers than England's Euro qualifier against Slovenia". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017 . Retrieved 8 September 2017. Pointless Celebrities, Series 8, Reality TV". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021 . Retrieved 28 January 2016. Fans of the popular BBC2 gameshow will love this board game version. Plumb the depths of your knowledge to find the answers that nobody else thought of - everyone knows that Buzz Lightyear was in the "Toy Story" films, but you'll get a better score if you remember that Wheezy the penguin was too! For instance, if the question is " name a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio"; Titanic is not a good answer as 88 people in the survey gave this. However give The Man in the Iron Mask as an answer and you score 6 points. Any correct answers the survey didn't think of are Pointless answers and therefore awarded a most desirable zero points. So who in your family will carry off the Pointless trophy?Suitable for 2 to 4 players or teams. For ages 10 and up.

Jeffery, Morgan (12 February 2014). "Pointless gets 204 more episodes, 24 celeb specials on BBC One". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015 . Retrieved 13 March 2015. It's always an excellent service with brilliant products at a very competitive price - will use again! Nuhr vertritt Gottschalk während der Sommerpause". DWDL.de. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012 . Retrieved 31 May 2013. Series 26 took breaks on: 26 July–3 September, 28 October 2021–3 January and 20 January–11 March 2022. Each question is grouped in an entertainingly-misleading category to keep everyone guessing–literally.

Linked Categories – Introduced in Series 5, each pass consists of two closely related categories; one team member provides an answer related to the first category while the other provides an answer to the second category. The format follows the same principles as that of the "Open-ended" format, but was rarely used and was later discontinued after the series. Lindsay, Duncan (21 January 2016). "The Chase's Mark Labbett and Anne Hegerty talk NTA wins and Pointless rivalry". Metro. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016 . Retrieved 26 February 2016. Picture Board – Introduced in Series 7, contestants are shown a grid of pictures or items and must identify one at a time. In some cases, the pictures have some of the letters in their correct answers filled in and/or serve as clues to items that must be named. Comes with an instruction sheet that explains 3 different ways to play (depending on how smart you think you are).

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On Saturdays at selected times. First series recorded without the dividers between celebrities after COVID restrictions. Five books have been released of the show: The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World, The 100 Most Pointless Arguments in the World, The Very Pointless Quiz Book (not to be mistaken for The Pointless Book), The A-Z of Pointless: A brain-teasing bumper book of questions and trivia and "A Pointless History of the World". All five were released by Coronet. In the books, Armstrong and Osman give their insight into pointless matters. An accompanying app can be obtained to play this game, it is compatible with devices using the Android operating system, or IOS devices. The regular series was presented by the duo of Alexander Armstrong (left) and Richard Osman (right), from its inception until Osman left the show in 2022 Carmody, Broede (8 May 2018). "British game show Pointless set to replace Family Feud". Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018 . Retrieved 8 May 2018.