Pointless
Pointless is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the BBC hosted by Alexander Armstrong. In each episode, four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to four rounds of general knowledge questions, with the winning team eligible to compete for the show's cash jackpot.
| Also known as | Pointless Celebrities (celebrity version)
|
||
| Genre | |||
| Created by |
 created by
|
||
| Based on |
based on
|
||
| Developed by |
developed by
|
||
| Written by |
written by
|
||
| Screenplay by |
screenplay by
|
||
| Story by |
story by
|
||
| Directed by |
|
||
| Creative director |
creative director
|
||
| Presented by | |||
| Starring | |||
| Judges |
judges
|
||
| Voices of |
voices of
|
||
| Narrated by |
narrated by
|
||
| Music by |
music by
|
||
| Theme music composer | |||
| Opening theme |
opening theme
|
||
| Ending theme |
ending theme
|
||
| Composer |
composer
|
||
| Country of origin | |||
| Original language | |||
| No. of seasons | 22 (regular)
11 (celebrity) |
||
| No. of episodes |
|
PRODUCTION
| Executive producer | Pam Cavannagh (BBC)
Tom Blakeson and David Flynn (both Brighter Pictures then Remarkable Television) |
||
| Producer | Michelle Woods
Ed de Burgh John Ryan |
||
| News editor |
news editor
|
||
| Production location | |||
| Cinematography |
cinematography
|
||
| Animator |
animator
|
||
| Editor | Hannah Barnes
Peter Elphick David Horwell Neil Hunter Nick Parker |
||
| Camera setup | |||
| Running time |
|
||
| Production company | Brighter Pictures (2009)
Remarkable Television (2010–) |
||
| Distributor |
|
||
| Budget |
budget
|
RELEASE
| Original network | |||
| Picture format | |||
| Audio format | Stereo
|
||
| First shown in |
first shown in
|
||
| Original release | 24 August 2009 –
present |
CHRONOLOGY
| Preceded by |
preceded by
|
||
| Followed by |
followed by
|
||
| Related shows |
related shows
|
- It has been possible to score 100 points despite getting a correct answer: if all of the people surveyed knew the correct answer, the contestants still get 100 points. One such example was 'Host of Summer Olympics', in which contestants were given a year and they had to name the city. All 100 people knew '2012' as 'London'.
- During the run of the show, Central African Republic has proved to be the most pointless country in the Countries rounds.
- During a show, contestants were asked to name what food each type of food was. One option was Parmesan, which two contestants answered correctly as cheese. However, the two still got 100 points, as all the people surveyed knew the correct answer.
- For every show the finalists don't win, a £1000 is added to the overall jackpot. The most amount of money ever won by the finalists is £20,250, which narrowly beat £20,000 from before.
More...
This page is the FamousFix profile for Pointless. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.
On the Pointless page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics.