POINTLESS UNVEILS EIGHT NEW CELEBRITY CO-HOSTS

BBC One’s Pointless, announces eight more celebrities joining Alexander Armstrong this year.

Famous faces gearing up to share some pointless, yet interesting facts with the nation are Andi Oliver, Gyles Brandreth, Nish Kumar, Lucy Porter, Ria Lina, Rose Matafeo, Sally Phillips, and Vick Hope.

The show’s long-standing host Alexander Armstrong has been sharing the stage with an impressive cohort of celebrities since Richard Osman stepped down in 2022, with guest presenters so far including Sally Lindsay, Lauren Laverne, Stephen Mangan, Konnie Huq, Alex Brooker and Ed Gamble.

Pointless host Alexander Armstrong says: “It has been a really fun process sharing the hosting with so many different guests. They have all brought their own styles and senses of humour, keeping the show fresh and exciting every time and I can’t wait to welcome more celebrity hosts to the show this year.”

Rob Unsworth, Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak says: “It’s great to see the success the celebrity guest hosts have had with audiences so far, so we can’t wait to see how this new line-up of celebrity hosts fares behind the famous Pointless desk.”

Tamara Gilder, Managing Director for Remarkable Entertainment, says: “We are delighted to see the Pointless family grow with more celebrity guest hosts this year. All celebrities have been brilliant so far and Alexander has been great at showing them the ropes - we’ve had such fun making these new episodes.”

Pointless is a Remarkable Entertainment (a Banijay UK company) production for BBC One.