Richard Osman's House of Games - Festive Week 1: Thursday - 6:00 pm Wednesday, December 17 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

About this Broadcast

Festive Week 1: Thursday
Season 2024, Episode 3

Jim Howick, Matt Morsia, Rebecca Lucy Taylor and Susan Wokoma test their general knowledge skills for a special festive show

HD subtitles repeat 16x9

Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

Richard Osman (Host)

Jim Howick (Panellist)

Matt Morsia (Panellist)

Rebecca Lucy Taylor (Panellist)

Susan Wokoma (Panellist)

John Smith (Director)

Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)

Breid McLoone (Executive producer)

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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.