Monday 8 June 2020

a-WOOF, new Hey Duggee shows are back!

New episodes of award-winning pre-school animation Hey Duggee, narrated by Alexander Armstrong, will be broadcast from Monday 15th June.


On Monday's show, at 7.15am on CBeebies, the Squirels make a mixtape for Duggee to remind him of their happy memories together. On Tuesday Duggee makes a smoothie, but the Squirrels can't agree whether it's yummy or not. And on Wednesday, Duggee and the Squirrels go on a voyage of discovery in the Biology Bus.

Wednesday 3 June 2020

TV Doctors Pointless Celebrities, 13th June

All the contestants on Pointless Celebrities on 13th June, at 7.25pm, are either real or fictional TV doctors.


They are Simon Shepherd and Chris Steele, Amy Robbins and Robert Daws, William Beck and Sunetra Sarker, and Sara Kayat and Ranj Singh.

Wednesday 27 May 2020

Writers Pointless Celebrities, 6th June

Pointless Celebrities on Saturday 6th June, at 7.30pm, is a Writers special.


Taking part are Martina Cole and Mark Billingham, Liz Pichon and Nick Sharratt, Juno Dawson and Nadia Shireen, and Adam Kay and Ian McMillan.

Pointless nominated in the TV Choice Awards

Pointless has been longlisted in the Daytime category of the TV Choice Awards, and Richard Osman's House of Games is longlisted in Entertainment.

Voting on the longlist remains open until midnight on Friday 12th June. Please give Xander, Richard, and all the production team your support!

Tuesday 26 May 2020

Alexander Armstrong on Classic FM

Alexander Armstrong will take over as host of Classic FM's flagship daytime show, from 9am to noon on weekdays.


Xander has had regular weekend shows for several years now, adding one hundred thousand to his listener numbers in the last year alone. Tune in to hear him on digital, online, or on a smart speaker, from 9am on Monday 1st June.

Wednesday 20 May 2020

Sitcoms Pointless Celebrities, 30th May

Pointless Celebrities on 30th May, at 7.55pm, is a Sitcoms special.


Taking part are 'Allo 'Allo's Richard Gibson and Kim Hartman, Ewen Macintosh and Patrick Baladi from The Office, Nina Wadia from Still Open All Hours and Abdullah Afzal of Citizen Khan, and Perry Benson, who was in Oh, Doctor Beeching and You Rang, M'Lud with Hi-de-Hi's Jeffrey Holland.

Armstrong and Miller bring back Timeghost

Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller are reviving their podcast, Timeghost.The first three episodes are available from Wednesday 20th May.


The original podcast ran for 26 episodes in 2009, Xander and Ben play Martin Baine-Jones and Craig Children, two cultural commentators pronouncing on what's in the zeitgeist, often without having seen the work in question.

Timeghost is available through the Acast network, or on all major podcast platforms.

Thursday 14 May 2020

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Pointless Celebrities, 23rd May

Pointless Celebrities on Saturday 23rd May, at 7.50pm, is Sci-Fi and Fantasy themed.


Competing are Sophie Aldred and Carole Ann Ford, Josh Herdman and Louis Cordice, Sandra Dickinson and John Duttine, and Kiran Shah and Clive Mantle.

Wednesday 6 May 2020

Eurovision Pointless Celebrities, 16th May

There's a Eurovision special of Pointless Celebrities on 16th May, at 5.40pm on BBC1.


Competing are Jay Aston and Mike Nolan, SuRie and Dana, Jade Ewen and John Lundvik, and Niamh Kavanagh and Mans Zelmerlow.

And, of course, there's never a bad time to revisit Xander and Richard as Nul Points, their Eurovision spoof band.

Wednesday 29 April 2020

Family Pointless Celebrities, 9th May

Each team on 9th May's Pointless Celebrities, at 6.10pm, consists of family members.


The contestants are singer and presenter Andi Oliver with her presenter daughter Miquita; choirmaster Gareth and Jamie Malone; actor, singer, and comedian Kate Robbins and her niece, cake maker Molly Robbins; and singer Claire Richards with her husband Reece Hill.