Pointless Celebrities: Sports Special


5:15 pm - 6:00 pm, Monday, December 29 on BBC One London (1)

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Sports Special
Season 17, Episode 5

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a sports special which sees Ugo Monye, Sarah Hunter, Beth Tweddle, Vanessa Bauer, Will Bayley, Anita Asante, Ellie Robinson and Jack Laugher trying to come up with the answers that no one else could think of


HD subtitles repeat 16x9
Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Richard Osman (Co host)
Ugo Monye (Contestant)
Sarah Hunter (Contestant)
Beth Tweddle (Contestant)
Vanessa Bauer (Contestant)
Will Bayley (Contestant)
Anita Asante (Contestant)
Ellie Robinson (Contestant)
Jack Laugher (Contestant)
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
Stephen Lovelock (Executive producer)
Laura Turner (Series producer)

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Did You Know..

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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.
Ugo Monye (Contestant)
Sarah Hunter (Contestant)
Beth Tweddle (Contestant)
Born: April 01, 1985 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Best Known For: Winning both an Olympic gymnast medal and Dancing on Ice.
Early-life: Born Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 1, 1985, she moved with her family to Bunbury, Cheshire, when she was 18 months old. Her dad worked for ICI while her mum was a sales rep for Oxford University Press. Beth began competing in gymnastics at the age of seven at Crewe and Nantwich Gymnastics Club. In 1997, she trained with former Olympic gymnast Amanda Reddin at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club.
Career: During an illustrious gymnastic career, Tweddle won a number of gold medals at World and European championships for routines on the uneven bars and floor. She was the first gymnast from the United Kingdom to win a medal at the European Championships or World Championships, and the first British female gymnast to win a medal at the Olympic Games (she won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics). She retired from the sport in August 2013. Away from athletics, Tweddle won the eighth series of Dancing on Ice with professional ice skater Daniel Whiston. In January 2014, she joined fellow former contestants in the final series of Dancing on Ice and finished third. In early 2016, she was a contestant on Channel 4's sporting reality show The Jump.
Quote: "I want to be able to do my own hard graft and know whatever I buy is because I've bought it and not because someone handed me the money."
Trivia: In 2007, Tweddle graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a degree in Sports Science. She is also involved in Total Gymnastics, which sees her going into schools and leisure centres to encourage children to try gymnastics.
Vanessa Bauer (Contestant)
Will Bayley (Contestant)
Anita Asante (Contestant)
Ellie Robinson (Contestant)
Jack Laugher (Contestant)
Richard van't Riet (Director)
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
Stephen Lovelock (Executive producer)
Laura Turner (Series producer)