{"id":51936,"date":"2024-05-22T18:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2044890"},"modified":"2024-05-22T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:58:16","slug":"bbc-reschedules-pointless-for-news-special-as-general-election-announced","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bbc-reschedules-pointless-for-news-special-as-general-election-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC reschedules Pointless for news special as general election announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

A BBC News special has replaced Pointless this evening. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 22 May 2024 at 16:13 PM<\/p>

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It\u2019s all a-go in Downing Street today, and amid rumours of an upcoming summer election, the TV schedules have been changed at the last minute to account for a BBC News special.<\/p>\n

That means that for those hoping to tune into an early evening episode of Pointless<\/a>, they\u2019ll have to switch over to BBC Two as the popular game show has been moved from its usual BBC One slot to account for the news.<\/p>\n

Pointless will now air on BBC Two at 5:15pm, having been moved across from BBC One.<\/p>\n

Kicking off from 4:30pm, BBC One has instead been providing live coverage of the news and breaking stories, which have today revolved around rumours of an upcoming general election.<\/p>\n

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As of now, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to deliver a statement outside Downing Street, with many believing that he will announce a general election for 4th July.<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, cabinet ministers have been arriving at 10 Downing Street, who are said to have been informed of the prime minister\u2019s plans.<\/p>

As for the rest of the TV schedule this evening, Pointless will be followed by Richard Osman\u2019s House of Games, which continues as billed at 6pm on BBC Two.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the only schedule being given quite the shake-up this evening, as ITV1 has also had to shift some planned programming around to account for today\u2019s news.<\/p>\n

Instead of the usual 5pm slot of The Chase, an ITV News Special has instead gone ahead to account for the prime minister\u2019s hastily planned 5pm speech.<\/p>\n

Fans of The Chase won\u2019t get their dose of the Bradley Walsh-fronted show this evening, unfortunately, but instead the ITV news special is set to continue until 6pm before the usual regional news goes ahead as planned.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what else is on.\u00a0For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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