Richard Osman's House of Games: Week 10: Friday
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Friday, June 5 on BBC Two England (2)
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Week 10: Friday
Season 8, Episode 50
Nikki Fox, Ruthie Henshall, Danny John-Jules and Ignacio Lopez make a final push for victory on double points Friday before the winner picks up that trophy
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Cast & Crew
Richard Osman
(Host)
Nikki Fox
(Panellist)
Ruthie Henshall
(Panellist)
Danny John-Jules
(Panellist)
Ignacio Lopez
(Panellist)
Breid McLoone
(Executive producer)
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.
Nikki Fox
(Panellist)
Ruthie Henshall
(Panellist)
Danny John-Jules
(Panellist)
Born:
September 16, 1960
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Cat in Red Dwarf.
Early-life:
Daniel John-Jules was born in London on September 16, 1960. He trained at the Omnibus Theatre Company and Anna Scher Children's Theatre, and started out as a dancer. He was a member of the original cast of Starlight Express, playing a boxcar called Rocky I.
Career:
John-Jules' other West End credits include Barnum, Time, Cats and Carmen Jones. He has appeared on TV in the likes of Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, The Tomorrow People and M.I. High but he is best known for playing Cat in sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf, a role he has played since 1988. His film credits include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1988), Blade II (2002) and Sucker Punch (2008). In 2011, he began playing Officer Dwayne Myers in Death in Paradise.
Quote:
'I love slipping from drama to comedy and feel blessed that I have a nice cross section of people who like the characters I perform.'
Trivia:
For a number of years, he played his Cat character in the annual Christmas pantomime at Aldershot's Prince's Hall theatre.
Ignacio Lopez
(Panellist)
Breid McLoone
(Executive producer)
John Smith
(Director)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
