Alexander Armstrong, 49, proved forthcoming when it came to the BBC’s Pointless, dutifully answering viewers’ questions about the programme during a live web chat for The Guardian in 2017. At one point, one fan asked how they could get involved as a statistic on the show, saying: “Who are these 100 people who Pointless asks?! How do we get to be one of those 100 people?”
“They’re found online,” Alexander replied, explaining people couldn’t volunteer to be part of the Pointless 100 as it would skew the results.
“It’s done through an online polling,” he continued. “You can’t apply because that would affect our averages.
“They have to be people chosen totally at random.
“If we can be sure of one thing it’s that the BBC takes its polling and research - if anything slightly too seriously,” he quipped. “They are very particular about it.”
Alexander has presented Pointless with his co-host and the show’s creator Richard Osman, 48, since it first aired in 2009.
During the Q&A he also addressed the tongue-in-cheek double meaning of the show’s title.
Alexander Armstrong: Pointless presenter spilled
