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They are the Pointless double act who actually serve an important purpose.

Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong's nightly 麻豆社 One quiz show has millions of us playing along at home and indulging the duo's banter - and learning some fascinating facts along the way.

Richard and Alexander have now taken that Pointless chemistry off screen and put it into a book - The Pointless History Of The World.

We are told it's a quest through time and space interspersed with some questions!

Well they joined Jonathan Lampon on the line during his live Poetry Day show on Thursday, when many of you were invited in for tea and cake. It seems the boys wished they could have been here too...