{"id":5150,"date":"2014-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/02\/12\/more-episodes-of-pointless-for-bbc-one\/"},"modified":"2014-02-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T00:00:00","slug":"more-episodes-of-pointless-for-bbc-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/02\/12\/more-episodes-of-pointless-for-bbc-one\/","title":{"rendered":"More Episodes of Pointless for BBC One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: BBC One has ordered 204 brand-new episodes of <em>Pointless<\/em>, a popular game show led by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, from Endemol UK&#039;s Remarkable Television.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThese episodes will air over the course of seasons 11, 12 and 13 on BBC Daytime. The agreement also includes 24 episodes of the prime-time Saturday night hit <em>Pointless Celebrities<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJames Fox, the head of entertainment at Remarkable Television, stated: &quot;We&#039;re extremely proud of the success of <em>Pointless<\/em>, which has become a juggernaut hit for BBC One in the hands of our much-loved hosts Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman. In the upcoming episodes, viewers can expect many more obscure facts as well as a host of surprises, including Alexander and Richard&#039;s attempt at creating the 2014 UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPam Cavannagh, commissioning editor for the BBC, added: &quot;It is great to see <em>Pointless<\/em> go from strength to strength, pulling in stellar ratings for BBC One in both its weekday and prime-time Saturday night spot.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn other news, the<em>&nbsp;Pointless<\/em>&nbsp;app, which contains both one-player and versus-friends modes, will become available for&nbsp;iOS&nbsp;and Android devices this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: BBC One has ordered 204 brand-new episodes of Pointless, a popular game show led by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, from Endemol UK&#039;s Remarkable Television. These episodes will air over the course of seasons 11, 12 and 13 on BBC Daytime. The agreement also includes 24 episodes of the prime-time Saturday night hit Pointless &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Episodes of Pointless for BBC One<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More Episodes of Pointless for BBC One. LONDON, February 12: BBC One has ordered 204 brand-new episodes of Pointless, a popular game show led by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, from Endemol UK&#039;s Remarkable Television.. 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