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. Replicating the witty and compelling BBC TV quiz show, you can bring all the fun to your living room. New questions, rules and the opportunity to have the infamous electric scoreboard on your smart phone or tablet, to add to the realism of the BBC’s No.1 family quiz show, there is plenty of Pointless fun to be had with this family fun game!_x000D_ Knox, David (14 November 2015). "ABC: Summer highlights". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016 . Retrieved 16 February 2016. Endemol UK – Brand new Pointless app launches". Endemol UK. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.

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. Comes with an instruction sheet that explains 3 different ways to play (depending on how smart you think you are). On Saturdays at selected times. First series recorded without the dividers between celebrities after COVID restrictions.Ever since watching Pointless, the BBC2 British quiz show hosted by Alexander Armstrong, I have always wanted to try out the board game and challenge myself! Can I name the least popular answers to try to score the least number of points to general knowledge questions? Zero e Lode!". raiplay.it. 11 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018 . Retrieved 1 June 2018.

Six different formats for the questions have been used during the programme's run for the elimination rounds in each game: In Australia, Pointless has aired on both BBC UKTV (series 10 and 11) and ABC (series 9–11, as of April 2017). [20] [21] Part Identification - Introduced in Series 24, contestants are shown seven items and four groups into which they must be sorted (e.g. given a list of seven parts of the human head, decide whether each is found in the brain, ear, eye, or mouth). Each contestant selects one item and must identify the group to which it belongs. As in "Clues and Answers," a new board is played on each pass, and an incorrect guess leaves that item available to opponents. 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.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! Series 1 aired on BBC Two between August and October 2009 with the corporation announcing on the day of the final episode's broadcast that it had commissioned Series 2. The series' audience had peaked at 1.69 million viewers; 17.2% of audience share for the timeslot, [13] while averaging around 1 million viewers per episode. [8] Series 2 saw audiences grow modestly; the format was tweaked prior to the start of Series 3, reducing the number of rounds and giving more time for banter between the hosts which had previously been edited out. [8] The change saw strong viewer growth and the show was moved to the BBC's main channel BBC One in 2011. [8] [14] By 2013, the programme records four episodes in one day [15] and averaged 3.6 million viewers daily, gaining more viewers than ITV game show The Chase, which airs in roughly the same time slot. [14]

BBC One – Pointless – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2018.As of Series 25, the most common format for the elimination rounds involves "Clues and Answers" for one and either "Open-Ended" or "Picture Board" for the other. For all formats except "Open-Ended" and "Picture Board", the last contestant or team to play on a particular board is invited to answer as many remaining items as they wish before selecting one to use on that turn.

BBC One – Pointless Celebrities – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022 . Retrieved 8 April 2022.This is the perfect companion to the Pointless board Game, allowing you to recreate this top BBC 1 quiz in your own living room. It is NOT a Pointless game in its own right; and does not contain Pointless questions. It can only be used with the Pointless Board Game. Pointless Celebrities is broadcast within a prime-time slot on Saturday nights and features some differences in how the game works. Celebrities are allowed to return in more than one episode with the same partner or a different partner and episodes tend to have a theme in regards to the celebrity contestants that took part - for example, a celebrity edition aired in December 2015 consisted of celebrities who were made famous on reality television shows like Big Brother and Made in Chelsea. [7] Some editions of the show end with a guest performance. It's always an excellent service with brilliant products at a very competitive price - will use again! 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