There's a repeated Pointless Celebrities on Sunday 10th February, at 4.50pm (not in Scotland).
Competing
this time are BBC Radio presenters Diane Louise Jordan and the Rev
Richard Coles, Celebrity Big Brother evictee Nancy Dell'Olio and 5
News presenter Matt Barbet. Former competitive swimmers Sharron Davies
and Mark Foster team up, while broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandreth
joins forces with Scottish comedy star and The News Quiz panellist Susan
Calman.
As in the last two years, Alexander Armstrong and Ashley Banjo will be presenting (and performing!) a strip routine with a group of other male celebrities to raise awareness of men's cancers. Coleen Nolan and Victoria Derbyshire will lead a women's performance to raise awareness of women's cancers.
With Ashley and Xander in the men's performance will be former snooker professional turned commentator Willie Thorne, King of the Jungle Joe Pasquale, Strictly Come Dancing professional Gorka Marquez, Love Island winner Jack Fincham, Emmerdale star Kevin Fletcher, comedian Joe Pasquale, Crimewatch host
Rav Wilding, Dancing On Ice skater Matt Evers and footballer Jason
Cundy.
Xander said:
I am absolutely delighted this series will be returing following last year’s successful show in raising awareness of male cancer. I am proud to be a part of such a great cause alongside Ashley and I am looking forward to being involved in another fantastic show. With this year’s group of lads we will be looking to raise the bar and ensure it’s a night no one will forget!
This year's live performance will be recorded on Tuesday February 19th, at Alexandra Palace Theatre in Wood Green, north London, for broadcast in March. You can get tickets here.
Alexander Armstrong is one of the celebrities set to climb Kilimanjaro later this year, to raise funds for Comic Relief.
Also due to take part are Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, Little Mix stars Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall, Dan Walker from BBC Breakfast, Countryfile's Anita Rani, Dani Dyer from Love Island, and former MP Ed Balls.
The climb takes place in late February, and there will be updates on BBC1's The One Show. Red Nose Day is on Friday 15th March, and a one-hour programme showing the climb will be shown in the run up to that date. More details when I have them.
ITV have announced that there will be another pair of The Real Full Monty programmes this year, aimed at raising awareness of men's and women's cancers. As with last year, there will be a men's show, recreating the iconic strip sequence from The Real Full Monty, and a Ladies Night. Both will be choreographed by Ashley Banjo.
In both years so far, Alexander Armstrong has co-presented with Ashley as well as taking part in the dance. So far only a couple of celebrities have been announced for this year's men's show (Kelvin Fletcher of Emmerdale and Love Island's Jack Fincham) plus of course Xander as Ashley's co-host! More on dates once I have them.
Pointless has been shortlisted in the Quiz Show category of the National Television Awards, Britain's leading TV awards event where all the winners are chosen exclusively by the viewers.
You can vote on this category and for all your other favourites here. The results will be broadcast on ITV on Tuesday, 22nd January. Good luck, Pointless!
Repeated Medical Pointless Celebrities is at 4.40pm on Sunday 13th January.
Taking part are Guy Henry and Rosie Marcel from Holby City, Getting On's Vicki Pepperdine and Ricky Grover, real-life doctors Ranj
Singh and Hilary Jones, and Charles Dale and Amanda Henderson of Casualty.
