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March 05, 2026

IF YOU gave 100 people 100 seconds to name the most desirable jobs in television, I doubt "hosting a travel series" would be a Pointless answer.

A trip that's far from pointless

It’s essentially getting paid to go on holiday without any of the tour-planning stress or financial obligations, right?

Tune in for the first episode of Pointless host Alexander Armstrong's odyssey through India and you may think differently. The three-parter opens with a voiceover about the most populous country in the world being a land of contrasts, underscoring Alexander’s arrival at Mumbai.

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