Pointless

6.4IMDb Score
Released:2009-08-24
Genre:Reality
Duration:43 min
Director:Abigail Dankwa
Actors:Alexander Armstrong
Production:Remarkable Entertainment

Overview:

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.

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