Pointless 1x01 (24.08.2009)

[@heatherfyffe3618]

Pointless is one of my favourite british quiz shows and I love Xander and Richard in a very unhealthy way lol... So I love seeing this very first ever episode. Fascinating to see how it's changed and improved, but also what has remained the same. And Richard is sooooo adorable in his younger incarnation. And Mohammed's outfit is amazeballs!

[@morganjones2584]

I used to hate this bloody show, but one day on a Tuesday evening. I sat on the sofa and I watched an episode, and then I watched another after then it started to grow on me. Now I like it.

[@MarkyBoyTV]

the first ever episode?! hooray! thanks for this!

[@aniljohn272]

Great to see episode 1 here. Historic!

[@mullafacation]

It's been the "coveted Pointless Trophy" since before anybody knew about it!

[@jedisalsohere]

According to the Pointless A-Z book, they surveyed people before the show began whether or not they wanted the trophy. Most people apparently said that they "wished strongly" to have it (i.e. they coveted it). Whether this is true or not is up to you.

[@tralee4278]

41:37 That sounds still gives me the chills every time I hear it.

[@giacomoandria904]

In Italy if you gave a pointless answer, you have the certainty to go to the next round! (Round 1 and 2) In the Head to Head the first pair to win 3 questions goes to the final. In the Pointless Final you weren't forced to find a pointless answer in orde to win something. If you find an answer between 5 and 1 you win €1,000 (Our starting jackpot is €10,000 and rollovers add €1,000 to the jackpot)

[@ticketyboo2456]

Do Italy have a version or is this a comment on Italian values...?

[@giacomoandria904]

@@ticketyboo2456 Italy also made Pointless in 2017/18 but was different from the english version

[@WestMille]

The Danish version also made some differences! Instead of a pool of prize money, it's the same amount every time. A pointless answer nets the pair money they're certain to take home. There are only 3 pairs, and only one main round with several questions, where one pair leaves, and the remaining two go on to the head to head. It's also not best of 3, it's the first pair to get 3 correct answers. Also, eliminated pairs don't return! So a lot of differences, but all in all it makes for a fresh watch

[@k.voskuyl5775]

@@WestMille In the Netherlands we had a horrible version in 2015

[@ForzaHorizonandMotorsportFan]

The first answer and first episode of Pointless was pointless

[@ericzubyk2329]

Why couldn’t the 3rd round have a pointless answer?

[@WestMille]

The newer seasons run almost daily on a channel in my country, so it's so fun seeing the first episode!

[@jadedjane6241]

I think the woman from the first eliminated pair was confused about the rules of the game. And Xander tried warning her she didn't need to take a chance. It's crazy they would have gotten through with London.

[@JacoWium]

Yes, it looks like she thought the scores would roll over into the next round. Quite an understandable mistake, given the newness of it all.

[@_B.M_]

Amazing that in over 12 years, the basic format has pretty much stayed the same

[@saiyerugara9038]

...And has always stayed legendary lol!

[@bfrimpong8443]

Unbelievable that the first answer was pointless

[@dodi1986]

And the next answer was a low 4

[@Robin-mq3kj]

This show is a great show. It belongs in the USA on ABC, CBS or FOX.

[@fairgroundfan1823]

I have also seen Mohammed on a episode of the first series of Tipping Point in 2012. :)

[@ryanwade6019]

He was also on Golden Balls and chose the steal ball and stole off that poor guy

[@craigvandyke5136]

Fun hearing Xander telling contestants well you’ve wasted one of your chances… classic.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

It's interesting how much the script changed, from "you've wasted a chance" "you've failed to give a pointless answer"

[@MultiVince95]

Monday 24th August 2009

[@adonovan7743]

what was the date when pointless moved to BBC ONE?

[@lewysgilbert5419]

It was Series 4 Episode 26 on 11 July 2011.

[@isaacdiboss]

I love Hugo and Jonathan, they aren't arrogant, but they know their stuff!

[@rashidmcclain7050]

This is a great quiz show to bring here to the USA on NBC Daytime at 11:00 am weekday mornings, along with Sale Of The Century at 10:00 am, Scrabble at 10:30 am, and Eggheads at 12:30pm.

[@AdamJ617]

Could’ve worked for Syndication. I wish CBS could test run this for their owned and operated stations, and keep it in the hour length.

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[@brucephillips8458]

With a safety margin of 96 she could have gone through with any capital other than Paris, but she takes a chance on the Vatican City to try for a low score. She was concerned about the low scores of some of the teams but she was too dumb to realise that they only needed to beat the highest score.

[@NoisqueVoaProduction]

It was the first episode, though. I actually wasn't sure if the scores would be maintained through other rounds.

[@ellie698]

cut her some slack, it's the first ever episode

[@ryanwade6019]

Doesn't matter if was the first show Eleanor, all she had to do was say Berlin 😄

[@SqueakyPob]

Ah, lovely to see the very first episode

[@rainbowcanoe17]

i was surprised that only 24 people said Mama Mia

[@normanmunns4743]

They deliberately asked a question which was bound to create a pointless answer which was quite understandable for the first show

[@jonathangilbert4576]

When are the series 2 episodes going to be uploaded to KZbin?

[@thomasantony2104]

I am enjoying pointless. When are the other series going to be added

[@lewysgilbert5419]

I can't download series 2 episodes of Pointless, can anyone show me how to do it, Please?

[@motormouthalmighty]

SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS ON EGGHEADS( WENT UPTO SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND) MAN.DOESN'T THAT SOUND EXTRAORDINARY NOW? WAS FORTY ONE THOUSAND AS WELL BUT HAS BARELY BEEN ABOVE FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOR YEARS!

[@nevillemignot1681]

This is no doubt from the 1st series, but the 1st ever show?

[@ericzubyk2329]

How many points is Oslo, Norway & Thank You For The Music worth? I was hoping Lead Pipe would have been less in the Cluedo round & the same with Tomorrow Never Dies in the James Bond Films round. And for the bonus round I said Mary Denise Rand. So the lowest score in total would have been 18 in this episode.

[@amcmenemy5647]

Vaduz, Liechtenstein is my favourite guess for a European capital.

[@motormouthalmighty]

YES IT WAS.THE VERY FIRST ANSWER ON POINTLESS WAS A POINTLESS ANSWER.AND THE FIRST CATEGORY WAS GEOGRAPHY.A POINTLESS ANSWER TO KICK OFF THE WHOLE SHOW.THAT IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY!THE VERY FIRST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE TITLE WAS SHARED BY DUMBARTON AND RANGERS! NOT CELTIC!

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

I really do love how the very first answer on the entire show was pointless

[@sedigynadia6973]

I love xander and Richard ❤❤

[@ewaf88]

Ooh don't they look young and Richard has just announced he's leaving the show here in April 2022

[@sophiee.h]

24 August 2009 [ Broadcast]

[@hywelchard3860]

I found out that the 2016 danger mouse was voiced by Alexander Armstrong on CBBC

[@TR-rz1xt]

@@juliansydney9819 Danger Mouse was a cartoon character

[@jackharris4841]

Wait 5 Couples?? This Is Different In 2009

[@rodrigomarinho1807]

She Had a 96 Margin and says Vatican City - what for?

[@markeyonethousand]

Could have just said Madrid or something, I reckon 4 people wouldn’t have said that out of 100

[@asheep7797]

could've said london

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

I guess since she had a high margin she thought she would be safe going for an obscure city.

[@honordefon610]

Prefer the newer head to head set up...

[@tbass94]

The old head to head round was long

[@theorice-moore-magee8866]

Pointless squad

[@BabelColour]

This seems horribly staged compared to today's show. I suppose, for the pilot episode, it needed to have everything, but my alarm bells were ringing violently all the way through it. But who cares - it has generated a 13-year legacy.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

This was not the pilot, this was the actual broadcast first episode.

[@BabelColour]

​@@brandonmartin-moore5302 The pilot episode is usually the first one. Are you telling me this isn't the first one? You seem to be implying there was actually one made before this?

[@laur9251]

@@BabelColour Pilot episodes aren't usually broadcast, they're made for TV executives who decide whether to make a full series or not, this is the first episode of the full series, not a pilot episode.

[@EdH447]

Pilot episodes are broadcast and are usually the 1st episode 👌 got to take it with a pinch of salt but great to watch

[@ivyklu-day7257]

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[@petervandereijk5033]

96 points needed and going for a risky answer. 🙄

[@caesar7734]

Vatican City should have been acceptable.

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[@MrBenedictus25]

Due and Sandra wtf. JuT play itcsave say Paris or Berlin

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[@jedisalsohere]

God, it's weird hearing Richard call Xander "Alexander".

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[@ellie698]

The first ever episode, the first ever answer.... POINTLESS! plus... FIVE couples instead of four??

[@ivyklu-day7257]

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[@theorice-moore-magee8866]

Pointless is the best

[@melissajacobs5716]

I love pointless very much. , l love all things that I have lured form the show like langue's like Spanish and so much more

[@unodinoi9478]

So Armstrong stays the same while Osman looks like a teenager

[@CD-db1zo]

Zander had a full set of hair and Richard wasn’t as ugly as he is now.

[@drewconway7135]

Alexander’s forehead is bigger, but his bald spot is smaller.

[@ticketyboo2456]

To be fair from the look of his, ahem, flamboyant outfit Mohammed certainly looks an ABBA superfan....

[@boozeshmooze6731]

Xander is an ageless ghoul.

[@DavidOakesMusic]

Haha this is so different and tacky compared to now. It feels like a sketch...

[@SugarDottiesCakes]

It did look scripted, too perfect.

[@HerrTipple]

@@SugarDottiesCakes I think it is scripted and I think the 'contestants' are all actors. Common for quiz shows that are just starting off or need more control over what will happen.

[@3lpid3]

@@HerrTipple Could you cite your evidence for them being actors?

[@ticketyboo2456]

@@HerrTipple What a quaint and wholesome conspiracy theory...

[@JacoWium]

@@3lpid3 He saw it on facebook.

[@Cpr1234]

The first ever answer on Pointless was a pointless answer - thats insane

[@livingwithosteoarthritis.]

Richard looks 12

[@wasu-manoharkarri9458]

Will there be series 2 episodes soon?

[@ryanwade6019]

Lol why did she take a risk with Vatican City, all she had to do was say Berlin or Athens or something, she would of gone through

[@jonbacon7409]

The two finalists were really hot! :) :):)

[@DavidOakesMusic]

Having 5 podiums is a bit of a slog.

[@drewconway7135]

To me, the idle chitchat that goes on in round 1 on modern episodes is even more of a slog. They could cut the airtime in half if they didn’t natter on. Fortunately KZbin has a skip ahead function and a hurry up function. If I had to watch the whole drawn out affair, I’d do something else.

[@ellie698]

@@drewconway7135 same!! i fast forward through the waffle

[@alxndr27]

☝️😁 Aah... That's history!

[@TheGava4]

Is it me or is Richard small here?

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