Richard Osman's House of Games: Week 15: Tuesday
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Tuesday, August 18 on BBC Two England (2)
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Week 15: Tuesday
Season 5, Episode 72
Nina Conti, Nick Helm, Athena Kugblenu and Toby Tarrant 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)
Nina Conti
(Contestant)
Nick Helm
(Contestant)
Athena Kugblenu
(Contestant)
Toby Tarrant
(Contestant)
John Smith
(Director)
Tamara Gilder
(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.
Nina Conti
(Contestant)
Nick Helm
(Contestant)
Born:
October 01, 1980
in
London
Best Known For:
Being a comedian and actor.
Early-life:
Nicholas Tristan Phillip Helm was born in London on October 1, 1980, and raised in St Albans. In 1997, he played the part of Prince Escalus in a school production of Romeo and Juliet at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2007, he began performing stand-up. His first solo show in Edinburgh was 2010's Keep Hold of the Gold. A year later, his show Dare to Dream was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award.
Career:
In 2012, Helm was a regular on the BBC Three series Live at the Electric. Since then, he has made further TV appearances in 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard's Good News and Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment. He plays the title character in Channel 4 sitcom Uncle alongside Daisy Haggard.
Quote:
'I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.'
Trivia:
In 2014, Helm won the South Bank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award.
Athena Kugblenu
(Contestant)
Toby Tarrant
(Contestant)
John Smith
(Director)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
