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Alexander Armstrong presents a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz.

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.

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Pointless Celebrities: Series 8

Alexander Armstrong

Richard Osman

Germaine Greer

Kathy Lette

Mark Billingham

Val McDermid

Mark Watson

Ian McMillan

Freya North

Tony Parsons

Michelle Woods

James Fox

Richard Hague

John Ryan

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Pointless Celebrities: Series 8: Episode 5: Writers

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Episode 5

Episode 5: Writers

Series 8

Writers

BBC One - Pointless Celebrities, Series 8, Writers

Guests include Germaine Greer, Kathy Lette, Mark Watson, Freya North and Tony Parsons.

Celebrity version of the quiz, with Germaine Greer and Kathy Lette, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid, Mark Watson and Ian McMillan, and Freya North and Tony Parsons.

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a special celebrity writers edition of the general knowledge quiz in which four teams try to come up with the answers that no-one else could think of. Featuring Germaine Greer and Kathy Lette, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid, Mark Watson and Ian McMillan, and Freya North and Tony Parsons.

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Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the quiz.

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