Richard Osman's House of Games: Week 15: Thursday
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Thursday, February 5 on BBC Two HD (102)
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Week 15: Thursday
Season 9, Episode 74
Fatiha El-Ghorri, Patrick Grant, Mr Motivator and Lauren Oakley test their general knowledge skills in the penultimate round of trivia-based games
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Cast & Crew
Richard Osman
(Presenter)
Fatiha El-Ghorri
(Contestant)
Patrick Grant
(Contestant)
Mr Motivator
(Contestant)
Lauren Oakley
(Contestant)
John Smith
(Director)
Breid McLoone
(Executive producer)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Richard Osman
(Presenter)
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.
Fatiha El-Ghorri
(Contestant)
Patrick Grant
(Contestant)
Born:
May 01, 1972
in
Edinburgh
Best Known For:
Being a judge on The Great British Sewing Bee.
Early-life:
Patrick was born in Edinburgh on May 1, 1972 to James and Susan. During his time as a boarder at Bernard Castle School, he represented Scottish rugby union at U18 and U19 level. Any chance of a glittering rugby career was cut short by a shoulder injury. He went on to study material sciences at the University of Leeds. His course included a year spent at the University of Orleans. After graduating, he returned to the United States and spent time working as a ski instructor, a nanny, a landscape gardener and a model agent.
Career:
After returning to Britain in 1995, Grant embarked on a career in marketing. In 2005, he raised the funds needed to buy struggling Savile Row bespoke tailor Norton & Sons. By 2011, Norton's customer base had increased from around 20 clients in 2005 to several hundred. Grant is best known to the general public for his work as a judge on the BBC series The Great British Sewing Bee.
Quote:
On his role at Norton & Sons: "My main job is greeting customers and discussing exactly what they want before my cutters and tailors do all the hard work."
Trivia:
In 2013, he was made an Honorary Professor in Business at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Mr Motivator
(Contestant)
Lauren Oakley
(Contestant)
John Smith
(Director)
Breid McLoone
(Executive producer)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
