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Pointless (Series 12: Episode 27)

Last updated 02 January 2017

Broadcast: Friday 16th January 2015
5:15pm-6:00pm GMT < > « » Premiere

Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of. Presented by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman.

Synopsis Source: BBC website schedule listing

Broadcast notes:

The first round was entitled "Actors in Doctor Who Christmas Specials". Pointless answers included the show's host Alexander Armstrong (who appeared in The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe)

Broadcast Source: BBC

Ratings Information:

Initial figures: 4.110m viewers (overnight), 26.0% audience share