Richard Osman's House of Games
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm, Tuesday, March 24 on U&Dave ja vu (74)
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Season 4, Episode 42
Alex Jones, Jessica Knappett, Rob Rinder and Karim Zeroual go toe-to-toe testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of trivia-based games across the week
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Cast & Crew
Richard Osman
(Host)
Alex Jones
(Contestant)
Karim Zeroual
(Contestant)
Jessica Knappett
(Contestant)
Rob Rinder
(Contestant)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
John Smith
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Richard Osman
(Host)
Born:
November 28, 1970
in
Billericay
Best Known For:
Pointless.
Early-life:
Richard Thomas Osman was born in Billericay on November 28, 1970, but grew up in West Sussex. He was raised by his single mum after his father left home - they didn't see each other for 20 years. Richard studied politics and sociology at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his future Pointless colleague Alexander Armstrong was reading English literature. He claims that one of his proudest moments came when his mum and grandfather watched his graduation.
Career:
Osman has worked behind the scenes as an executive producer on a number of TV programmes, including Deal or No Deal, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and 10 O'Clock Live. As the UK creative director of TV production company Endemol, he pitched the quiz Pointless to the BBC. As a way of explaining the rules, he played the co-host during a run-through. He was asked to do the role for real when the show was commissioned. Pointless started on BBC Two in 2009 and was an immediate hit. It quickly made the switch to BBC One. Since being in the spotlight on Pointless, he has made guest appearances on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You? He also guest presented an episode of The One Show alongside Alex Jones.
Quote:
'Whenever I turn up to pub quizzes now, I see people going: ‘Urgh, that's the guy who knows everything.''
Trivia:
He is the younger brother of Mat Osman, bassist with Suede, and suffers from nystagmus, a condition that results in uncontrolled movement of the eyes.
Alex Jones
(Contestant)
Born:
March 18, 1977
in
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Best Known For:
The One Show.
Early-life:
Born Charlotte Alexandra Jones in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on March 18, 1977. After training as a ballet dancer as a child, Alex went on to study theatre, film and TV at the University of Aberystwyth.
Career:
After graduating, Jones worked as a TV researcher before stepping in front of a camera. She went on to present a number of programmes on S4C, including Can i Gymru, Salon, and Tocyn. Her big break came in 2010 when she became the co-host of The One Show. Since then, she has co-presented Let's Dance for Comic Relief, and in 2011, she partnered with professional dancer James Jordan on Strictly Come Dancing - they were eliminated a week before the final. In August 2014, she began presenting BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble. Jones began presenting daytime BBC One series Close Calls: On Camera in 2015 and she started co-hosting BBC series Shop Well for Less? in 2016.
Quote:
'I grew up on S4C and it doesn't matter whether there are 100 people watching or listening or five million, every single person in that audience is really important.'
Trivia:
Alex is fluent in English and Welsh.
Karim Zeroual
(Contestant)
Jessica Knappett
(Contestant)
Rob Rinder
(Contestant)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
John Smith
(Director)
