Pointless nominated in the TV Choice Awards

Pointless has been longlisted in the Daytime category of the TV Choice Awards, and Richard Osman's House of Games is longlisted in Entertainment.

Voting on the longlist remains open until midnight on Friday 12th June. Please give Xander, Richard, and all the production team your support!

Hey Duggee wins four Kidscreen Awards

Hey Duggee, the pre-school animation narrated by Alexander Armstrong, has won four categories at the Kidscreen Awards.

The programme, made by Studio AKA, won Best Design, Best Music, Best Pre-School Animated Series, and Best Voice Talent.

A big Duggee Hug to all concerned!

Danger Mouse and Hey Duggee nominated for Children's BAFTAs

Animated adventure Danger Mouse, starring Alexander Armstrong as DM, has been nominated in the Animations category of the BAFTA Children's Awards, and Hey Duggee, which Xander narrates, is nominated in Best Pre-School Animations.

Danger Mouse is up against The Amazing World of Gumball, The Demon's Head, and Hilda. The Awards take place at The Brewery, London, on Sunday 1 December. We wish Danger Mouse well.

Vote Pointless in the NTAs!

Alexander Armstrong, Richard Osman, and Pointless have all been longlisted in the National Television Awards.

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman are both nominated in the Best TV Presenter category, and Pointless is nominated for the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award. Please give them your support by 11pm on Friday 25th October!

Pointless nominated for the TV Times awards!

Pointless has been nominated in the TV Times Awards, in the Favourite Quiz Show category.

Please support Xander, Richard, and all the Pointless team, as well as all your other favourites, and be in with a chance of winning one of 15 £50 Amazon voucher. The voting link is here.

Pointless bags a TV Choice Award nomination

Pointless has been longlisted in the Best Daytime Programme category of the TV Choice Awards.

Additionally, Richard Osman's House of Games is longlisted for Best Entertainment Show. Please give them both your support.

Voting on the longlist takes place till midnight on Friday 31st May. The shortlist opens on 25th June, and I'll post again then if either or both shows have made the shortlist!

The Real Full Monty Live nominated for an RTS Award

The Royal Television Society (RTS) is an educational charity promoting the art and science of television. It presents annual awards for the very best television in the previous year.

The Real Full Monty Live has been nominated in the Live Event category. The show, presented by Alexander Armstrong and Ashley Banjo, followed a group of celebrity men as they rehearsed the iconic strip routine from the end of the film, The Full Monty, culminating in a live performance.

The Real Full Monty Live, and its 2017 predecessor The Real Full Monty, have proved very successful in encouraging men to get checked for prostate and testicular cancer. This year's performance has already been filmed, and will be shown later this Spring.

The presentation ceremony for the RTS Awards will be at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, on Tuesday 19th March. We wish The Real Full Monty Live luck!

Pointless shortlisted for the NTAs!

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!

Hey Duggee nominated for BAFTA Children's Award

Hey Duggee, narrated by Alexander Armstrong, has been nominated for a BAFTA Children's Award in the Pre-School Animation section.

Also nominated in the category are Clangers, Octonauts, and Sarah & Duck. The awards ceremony takes place at the Roundhouse, London on Sunday 25th November. Good luck, Hey Duggee!

Hey Duggee nominated for International Emmy Kids' Award

Series 2 of Hey Duggee, narrated by Alexander Armstrong, has been nominated for an International Emmy Kids' Award in the Preschool category.

The other shows nominated in the category come from the UK, Germany, and China. The 28 overall nominees, in 7 categories, span 13 countries.

Winners will receive their award in Cannes, France on Tuesday April 9, 2019. We wish Hey Duggee well.

Alexander Armstrong, Pointless, and The Real Full Monty longlisted for National Television Awards

Alexander Armstrong and two of the programmes he presents have been longlisted for the National Television Awards.

 

Xander is nominated as Best Presenter (as is Richard Osman), Pointless as Best Quiz Show, and The Real Full Monty is nominated in the Factual Entertainment category.

Votes must be in by 11pm on Friday 26th October. The shortlist will be announced in January, and the awards ceremony takes place on 22nd January.

Please cast your votes here. We wish Xander, Pointless, and The Real Full Monty well.

Pointless nominated in the TV Times Awards

Pointless has been nominated in the Favourite Quiz category of the TV Times Awards.

Click on this link to vote for Pointless, and your other favourite shows, presenters, and actors. You could win one of 18 £50 Amazon vouchers for voting. The closing date for votes is Monday 22nd October.

We wish Pointless, Xander and Richard, and all the crew, the very best of luck.

Hey Duggee has been nominated for a BAA. a-WOOF!

The British Animation Awards, or BAAs, cover all aspects of the UK Animation scene, from student work to commercials, children’s entertainment, short and experiential films, music videos and new technologies.

There's a very wide range of categories, from Best Music Video to Best Pre-School Animation. And this year...

...Hey Duggee (narrated by Alexander Armstrong) has been nominated in the Pre-School animation category, along with fellow CBeebies shows Twirlywoos and Sarah & Duck!

The awards night is on March 15th at the BFI Southbank. We wish Hey Duggee well.

Broadcast Awards

The shortlist for the Broadcast Awards 2018 has been announced, and Alexander Armstrong has multiple interests!

DangerMouse is a contender for Best Children's Programme. Pointless is nominated as Best Daytime Programme (as is Richard Osman's House of Games). And The Real Full Monty is in the running for both Best Original Programme and Best Popular Factual Programme.

The ceremony will be held at The Grosvenor Hotel in London on 7 February 2018. We wish Xander and all his shows well!

National Television Awards

Pointless and Alexander Armstrong are nominated for the National Television Awards: please give them your support!

Xander is nominated for Best Presenter, as is Richard Osman; The Real Full Monty, presented by Xander, is in the Factual Entertainment section; Pointless Celebrities in the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award category; and Pointless is nominated as best Daytime Show. There are many other worthy nominees, but please consider giving Xander and Pointless your vote.

All votes must be in by 11pm on Friday 27th October.

TV Times Awards

Pointless has been nominated for Favourite Quiz in the TV Times Awards!

Please give it your vote. Warning: you have to vote in every category or your submission will be rejected.

The Boisdale Music Awards

Nominations for the 2017 Boisdale Music Awards have been announced; Alexander Armstrong has been nominated as Best Male Singer.

 

The ceremony, hosted by Jools Holland, will take place on Wednesday September 13th at Boisdale of Canary Wharf. Other nominees include blues legend and veteran broadcaster Paul Jones (lifetime achievement award) Ginger Baker (Best Jazz Instrumentalist) Rebecca Ferguson (Best Jazz Singer) Imelda May (Best Female Singer), and Mike Batt (Outstanding Contribution to British Music).

Congratulations, Xander!

Pointless shortlisted for TV Choice Awards

Pointless has been shortlisted in the Daytime category of the TV Choice Awards. Please give them your support: if you've voted previously this year, that was to get them onto the shortlist - now they need your help to win!

The 2017 TV Choice Awards take place on Monday September 4 at The Dorchester in London, and will be hosted by Richard Osman.

Alexander Armstrong wins Silver Clef Award

Alexander Armstrong has been announced as the winner of the PPL Classical Silver Clef Award for 2017. The prestigious O2 Silver Clef Awards are presented by music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins, which does life-changing work with people with disabilities and illnesses.

The award, along with others to Dame Shirley Bassey, Phil Collins, Blondie, Emeli Sande, Mumford & Sons, Anne-Marie, Nile Rodgers and Pete Tong, will be presented on Friday 30th June at the Grosvenor Park Hotel, Park Lane, London. Congratulations, Xander!

TV Choice Awards

It's voting time!

Pointless has been longlisted in the Daytime category of the TV Choice Awards. Please give it your vote so it can make it onto the shortlist.

And just to make it all even more perfect, our very own Richard Osman will be hosting the awards ceremony. Let's make his journey there worth it.