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CountryUnited Kingdom
Sun 11 Oct28 programmes
Listings fromThis week
CategoryGeneral
On now on Pointless23:52 UTC
On now
Pointless UK Season 23
23:25 to 00:17 UTC
26 minutes left
00:17Pointless UK Season 23
01:11Pointless UK Season 23
02:05Pointless UK Season 23
02:56Pointless UK Season 23
SchedulePointless schedule

All times UTC. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-11&tz=UTC

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TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
23:58PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
00:52PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
01:43PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
02:35PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
03:27PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
04:18PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
05:10PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
06:02PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
06:56PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
07:49PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
08:43PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
09:37PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
10:28PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
11:22PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
12:16PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
13:08PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
13:59PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
14:51PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
15:45PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
16:39PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
17:30PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
18:24PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
19:17PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
20:11PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
21:05PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
21:56PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
22:50PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
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
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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-11&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=2026-10-11, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_j2xs4rmq",
            "channel": "ch_fzghv19v",
            "start": "2026-10-10T23:58:35Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-11T00:52:13Z",
            "title": "Pointless",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": "Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing ...",
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 28,
        "date": "2026-10-11",
        "tz": "UTC"
    }
}
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