The Pointless Book: Started by Alfie Deyes, Finished by You

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Series 1 – The teams take turns providing one answer to a question at a time and attempting to score as few points as possible. The lower-scoring team from the elimination rounds chooses one of two categories to be played. Each team is given an equal number of turns; if at least one team has exceeded 100 at the end of a pass, the round ends and the lower-scoring team wins.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. 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. Actor and TV presenter Sally Lindsay first became known for playing Rovers landlady Shelley Unwin on ITV soap Coronation Street, but has a far earlier claim to fame. As she told the viewers of a Pointless Celebrities festive edition in 2018, she had a Christmas number one hit in 1980 as one of the schoolchildren in the St Winifred’s School Choir singing ‘ There’s No-One Quite Like Grandma’. She was teamed up in that episode with poet Roger McGough, but they went out in round two, losing to pop stars Sonia and Jamelia, after McGough failed to correctly identify the lowest scoring Christmas Carol from the clue. That’s poets for you. Lindsay is also known for roles in Scott & Bailey, Mount Pleasant and more recently The Madame Blanc Mysteries . Her first Pointless episodes will air from the 20th – 23rd and 26th – 30th of September, and from the 3rd to 4th of October 2022. Stephen Mangan Clarke, Donald (26 October 2014). "PointlessGate isn't really a scandal". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015 . Retrieved 24 January 2015. POINTLESSBLOG LIMITED - Overview". Companies House. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2019.

A sequel to The Pointless Book, The Pointless Book 2, was released on 26 March 2015 and features similar content. [29] It became the second best selling non-fiction book in its first week of release. [30] BBC One – Pointless Celebrities – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022 . Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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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 Wood, Lucy (31 October 2013). "Ariana Grande does YouTuber Alfie Deyes' makeup, and it ain't pretty (but it is funny)". Sugarscape.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014 . Retrieved 13 March 2014. Open-Ended – Contestants are given the question and have free choice of what answer to give. In Series 1, this format was used three times in this round, before subsequent episodes used it no more than once. A modified version of this format is sometimes used in which the contestants must name items that belong to any of several sub-categories (e.g. given a list of acronyms, choose one and state the word represented by any one of its letters). Weekly on Saturday evenings at 5:40. Episode 9 was first broadcast on a Thursday due to Christmas schedules.a b c d e f g Tom Meltzer (4 June 2013). "Pointless: Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman on TV's favourite quiz". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013 . Retrieved 6 June 2013. MoreZoella (5 December 2017), WE BOUGHT TWO CHRISTMAS TREES! | VLOGMAS Timestamp: 27:00, archived from the original on 5 December 2017 , retrieved 16 May 2018 Bashforth, Emily (3 July 2023). "YouTube favourites Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes announce they're expecting second baby girl". Metro . Retrieved 3 July 2023.