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brian_t wrote: »

Pointless Celebrities - Sat 17 August at 5.45pm

Special sitcom edition with Mrs Brown



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039016x

Oh god. Please don't let them be in character.

Welsh Megaman

brian_t wrote: »

Pointless Celebrities - Sat 17 August at 5.45pm

Special sitcom edition with Mrs Brown



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039016x[/QUOTE]

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

With Go Harvey Go stateside, I got da thinking...what if BBC America starting showing 'Pointless'?

I imagine US audiences will like Xander and Richard's high-class English banter.

Sounds like a good plan to me. You would think it would appeal to plenty of ex pats, game show fans and Richard Osman obsessives. It might also lead to a Pointless USA remake (to add to the German, Swiss, Croatian and French versions)

However, BBC America is an odd beast - most of their daytime schedule at the moment is nothing but Top Gear, Gordon Ramsay and (bizarrely) Star Trek.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/schedule/

Still, they appear to be showing Spinal Tap twice in a row tonight, can't argue with that

K-9

Su Pollard was in a soap? A really pointless soap star, probably Reg Holdsworth's sister!

Speedsie

K-9 wrote: »

Su Pollard was in a soap? A really pointless soap star, probably Reg Holdsworth's sister!

She was in Hi-de-Hi - which I suppose was a soap!
:rolleyes:

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

With Go Harvey Go stateside, I got da thinking...what if BBC America starting showing 'Pointless'?

I imagine US audiences will like Xander and Richard's high-class English banter.

Skid X wrote: »

It might also lead to a Pointless USA remake (to add to the German, Swiss, Croatian and French versions)

Just one day after I speculated that there should be a Pointless USA remake, a blog appears on BBCAmerica.com suggesting the same thing

BBC America Anglophenia wrote: »

Probably the most universally-loved quiz show on British television at the moment, BBC One’s Pointless boasts the killer combination of a great format executed brilliantly.

Although he does also suggest that Tipping Point should be exported, which is a terrible idea.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/five-british-game-shows-the-u-s-should-remake/

efb

Tipping Point should be brought to the tip

Mr.Prodston

I miss The Crystal Maze...granted I was only 5/6 when it finished but I have fond if slightly vague memories of it from my childhood

quickbeam

Yay, it's baaaaack!


(Though I actually haven't minded the repeats so much as I have forgotten most of them).

Fred Swanson

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Welsh Megaman

Phew...O'Carroll not in character!

And just how short is Jean Boht?!

brian_t

I've noticed that on DigiGuide listings for the week starting Monday 2nd September - they are no longer referring to Pointless episodes as repeats.

Skid X

brian_t wrote: »

I've noticed that on DigiGuide listings for the week starting Monday 2nd September - they are no longer referring to Pointless episodes as repeats.

Nice one brian_t,

that would be in line with what the Producer said on twitter a while back, that we would get new episodes in "early September"

I'm getting impatient waiting for some new, non-celebrity episodes. The last fresh ones were before Wimbledon.

Welsh Megaman

Nothing against my fellow Welshies, but how did those two make it to the head-to-head?!

Mr.Prodston

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Nothing against my fellow Welshies, but how did those two make it to the head-to-head?!

Leave poor Leanne alone, she made the fact it was a repeat more appealing :pac:

Welsh Megaman

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Leave poor Leanne alone, she made the fact it was a repeat more appealing :pac:

Generally gutted though they didn't say 'Casanova'...so close

Cienciano

Couple of days behind. But the waterfall picture round was good. "the scary falls" :pac:

Welsh Megaman

I thought Sue Pollard was on last week?


HIYO!

brian_t

brian_t wrote: »

I've noticed that on DigiGuide listings for the week starting Monday 2nd September - they are no longer referring to Pointless episodes as repeats.

This has been confirmed by Richard on Twitter.

Richard Osman wrote:

Brand-new #Pointless starts on Monday. I'm well excited and all this.

brian_t

This coming Saturdays Celebrity edition is a 'Chefs' celebrity special.

Featuring
Rustie Lee and Antony Worrall Thompson,
Theo Randall and Rachel Allen,
Jean Christophe Novelli and Paul Rankin
and Aaron Craze and John Whaite.

brian_t

I've heard that "Null gewinnt" the German version of Pointless has been cancelled.

My lack of German prevents me getting a link to this but it does get a mention on this German page - Flop Parade-2012/13

Fred Swanson

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Fred Swanson

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Cienciano

Anyone else think Petra Kvitova



was actually Mary Pearce?





From Tuesdays show I think

Welsh Megaman

100 points for a correct answer!!

Fred Swanson

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Welsh Megaman

I guessed 'I Am The Cheese', although I suspect that 1 person did too!

Skid X

Ed Byrne talks to Richard Herring about both of his Pointless appearances here (at 11 mins 20 secs in, the Pointless chat lasts for about 6 minutes).

http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_edinburgh/2013_22_ed_byrne_bridget_christie/http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_edinburgh/2013_22_ed_byrne_bridget_christie/

Dubious celebrities, being let down by your Pointless Partner, not winning a Pointless Trophy, Pointless Preparation and the Central African Republic all get a mention!

Mr.Prodston

New episode today. The long wait is nearly over

RoboAmish

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

New episode today. The long wait is nearly over

Really? A pleasant surprise... a good day to be out of work early:)