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CountryUnited Kingdom
Today28 programmes
Listings fromThis week
CategoryGeneral
On now on Pointless21:26 UTC
On now
Pointless UK Season 05
20:44 to 21:38 UTC
13 minutes left
21:38Pointless UK Season 05
22:31Pointless UK Season 03
23:25Pointless UK Season 23
00:17Pointless UK Season 23
SchedulePointless schedule

All times UTC. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=UTC

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TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
23:42Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
00:36Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
01:27Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
02:22Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
03:13Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
04:05Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
04:59Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
05:53Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
06:45Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
07:39Pointless UK Season 0552m
08:31Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
09:23Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.53m
10:16Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.51m
11:07Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.51m
11:59Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
12:51Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
13:44Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
14:36Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
15:29Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.52m
16:21Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.53m
17:15Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.53m
18:08Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.51m
18:59Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
19:53Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.51m
20:44Pointless UK Season 05 On nowContestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.54m
21:38Pointless UK Season 05Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers no one else can think of.53m
22:31Pointless UK Season 03Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible.54m
23:25Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=UTC"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/history?from=2026-10-05T00:00:00Z&to=2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"
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// GET /v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-12, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_tsg8tasd",
            "channel": "ch_fzghv19v",
            "start": "2026-10-11T23:42:02Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-12T00:36:03Z",
            "title": "Pointless UK Season 05",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": "Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with answers ...",
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 28,
        "date": "2026-10-12",
        "tz": "UTC"
    }
}
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