Pointless Celebrities: Sports


7:00 pm - 7:50 pm, Saturday, June 13 on BBC One London (1)

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Sports
Season 15, Episode 3

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a sports-themed edition of the celebrity general knowledge quiz. Steve Backley, Roger Black, Kelly Sotherton, Sally Gunnell, Ashia Hansen, Jo Pavey, Martin Offiah and Gareth Chilcott try to come up with the least likely correct answers to a series of questions posed to members of the public


HD subtitles repeat 16x9
Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Richard Osman (Co host)
Gareth Chilcott (Contestant)
Martin Offiah (Contestant)
Jo Pavey (Contestant)
Ashia Hansen (Contestant)
Sally Gunnell (Contestant)
Kelly Sotherton (Contestant)
Roger Black (Contestant)
Steve Backley (Contestant)
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
Laura Turner (Series producer)

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Alexander Armstrong (Presenter)
Born: August 14, 1970 in Rothbury, Northumberland
Best Known For: The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Early-life: Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong was born in Northumberland on March 2, 1970. His father is a distant relative of Ralph Richardson, and an appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? showed him to be a direct descendent of William the Conqueror. Alexander was a gifted pianist as a child but was nervous about featuring in concerts. At Cambridge University, he performed with the Footlights entertainment troupe, where he was the comedy partner of Spooks creator David Wolstencroft.
Career: Armstrong made his film and TV debuts in 1994 in There's No Business and A Breed of Heroes. He was introduced to Ben Miller in 1996 and their subsequent success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe led to their first sketch series in 1997; they've worked together a number of times since on various projects. Armstrong played the lead in short-lived sitcom Beast. He has also appeared in Birthday Girl (2001), I Saw You, TLC, Saxondale, Life Begins, The Trial of Tony Blair, Mutual Friends, Woody Allen's Match Point (2005) and Scoop (2006). Armstrong was the voice of supercomputer Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures, appeared in the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special and has presented the BBC game show Pointless since 2009. In recent years, he has also voiced Danger Mouse in the revival of the animated series and presented Rome's Invisible City, Land of the Midnight Sun and Don't Ask Me Ask Britain.
Quote: 'Offers come up all the time, and I'm getting better at saying no to things, and just picking the things that amuse me.'
Trivia: In 2010, he won a Bafta TV Award for The Armstrong and Miller Show.
Richard Osman (Co 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.
Gareth Chilcott (Contestant)
Martin Offiah (Contestant)
Born: December 29, 1966 in London
Best Known For: Playing rugby.
Early-life: Martin Offiah was born in London on December 29, 1966, to Nigerian parents. He represented his school at fencing and played rugby and cricket. He quickly realised his main talent was for rugby. He was playing rugby union in the Middlesex Sevens when he was spotted by Widnes rugby league coach Doug Laughton.
Career: Offiah joined Widnes in 1987 and in his debut season, he was the league's top try scorer. He ended up scoring 181 tries in 145 games over four seasons for Widnes. He joined Wigan in January 1992 for a then world record fee of £440,000. In his first season for Wigan, he scored 30 tries in just 15 games. During a distinguished rugby league career, he played in four Challenge Cup wins, five Championship teams, three Regal Trophy wins and one Lancashire Cup victory. He ended his playing career in 2002 after a season turning out for rugby union side Wasps. Since retiring, Offiah has worked as a commentator and a player agent. In 2004, he appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. In January 2014, he was a contestant on ITV reality series Splash!
Quote: Following his appearance on Strictly Come Dancing: 'I played rugby for 15 years and scored 500 tries but all people want to talk about is dancing.'
Trivia: Offiah was awarded an MBE in 1997.
Jo Pavey (Contestant)
Ashia Hansen (Contestant)
Sally Gunnell (Contestant)
Born: July 29, 1966 in Chigwell, Essex
Best Known For: Her Olympic gold.
Early-life: Born Sally Jane Janet Gunnell in Chigwell, Essex, on July 29, 1966, Sally was a natural athlete in her teens. She started out in athletics with the Essex Ladies club as an accomplished long jumper and pentathlete, before turning to the sprints and hurdling. She found a natural aptitude for the 400m hurdles, and became one of Britain's most high-profile athletes.
Career: Gunnell won the 400m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. She set the world record in the same event when she won gold in the 1993 World Championships. This record was broken by Kim Batten in 1995, but is still the UK record. Her defence of her Olympic title in Atlanta in 1996 was cut short, as she pulled up in one of her races, injured. She quickly became a popular athletics presenter for the BBC, but quit in 2006 after criticism. She has become a popular motivational speaker and frequently appears on TV in various roles.
Quote: 'If you are not confident, you won't win gold.'
Trivia: She was part of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.
Kelly Sotherton (Contestant)
Roger Black (Contestant)
Steve Backley (Contestant)
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
Richard van't Riet (Director)
Laura Turner (Series producer)

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