Note to the Pointless team: if you have a contestant coming in whose name is Clint, maybe think about spacing the L and the I out a little? Or switching fonts? Just a thought.


Fans of the BBC game show were left confused by Clint’s uppercase name badge on Monday night, mistaking the word for something else…

#shocked and still getting over the rude name on #pointless last night. pic.twitter.com/WwobHHOSBi — graham young (@geeyoung) October 25, 2016

@bbcone #BBCPointless @pointless

Thank goodness I've got my eye test booked for Saturday. I'm sure poor Clint on podium 4 is a lovely guy ? — Debbie Lee (@PinkerbeIl) October 24, 2016

And then there was the dawning realisation:

That chap on Pointless seems to have a rude name! (Cleans glasses!) Oh, it says CLINT! — Whats-his-face (@JQW) October 24, 2016

Of course, this is not the first time the game show, fronted by Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong, has had a Clint. Clints of years gone by have suffered from the exact same problem.

Take this Clint from three years ago:

Congratulations on winning £3,000 on pointless Clint, you may want to get a clearer name badge next time though. pic.twitter.com/nvLY0pixee — Oliver Lawton (@IAmLawton) May 15, 2013

Dear BBC – Make sure the L and I on Clint's name badge is further apart #pointless pic.twitter.com/qRK6YHVQrZ — Tracey Stainer (@Teestainer) May 15, 2013


It might be time for the programme-makers to invest in a special Clint name badge… before things get really out of hand.