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CountryUnited Kingdom
Today28 programmes
Listings fromThis week
CategoryGeneral
On now on Pointless02:29 UTC
On now
Pointless UK Season 23
02:05 to 02:56 UTC
28 minutes left
02:56Pointless UK Season 23
03:48Pointless UK Season 23
04:40Pointless UK Season 23
05:34Pointless UK Season 23
SchedulePointless schedule

All times UTC. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=UTC

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TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
23:25Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
00:17Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
01:11Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
02:05Pointless UK Season 23 On nowContestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
02:56Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
03:48Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
04:40Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
05:34Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
06:26Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
07:17Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
08:11Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
09:03Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
09:57Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
10:49Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
11:40Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
12:34Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
13:28Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
14:20Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
15:12Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
16:05Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
16:59Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
17:51Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
18:45Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.52m
19:36Pointless UK Season 23Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge.54m
20:30PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.52m
21:22PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
22:15PointlessQuiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by guessing the least popular answers.54m
23:09Pointless UK Season 24Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with the answers no-one else could - think of.54m
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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-13&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=2026-10-06T00:00:00Z&to=2026-10-07T00:00:00Z"
Free keyEvery time in UTCIds that never change
// GET /v1/channels/ch_fzghv19v/schedule?date=2026-10-13, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_r772tg99",
            "channel": "ch_fzghv19v",
            "start": "2026-10-12T23:25:51Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-13T00:17:31Z",
            "title": "Pointless UK Season 23",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": "Contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of ...",
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 28,
        "date": "2026-10-13",
        "tz": "UTC"
    }
}
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