Richard Osman's House of Games


1:20 pm - 2:00 pm, Friday, May 22 on U&Dave (19)

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Season 5, Episode 15

Lucy Beaumont, Shazia Mirza, Joe Thomas and Jake Wood hope they have what it takes to walk off with the winning trophy before Richard Osman announces the victor


HD subtitles 16x9
Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Shazia Mirza (Contestant)
Lucy Beaumont (Contestant)
Jake Wood (Contestant)
Joe Thomas (Contestant)
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
John Smith (Director)

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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.
Shazia Mirza (Contestant)
Lucy Beaumont (Contestant)
Jake Wood (Contestant)
Born: July 12, 1972 in London
Best Known For: Playing devious Max Branning in EastEnders.
Early-life: Jake Dylan Wood was born in Westminster on July 12, 1972. He displayed a love of acting as a child. He trained at The Anna Scher Theatre School and began landing roles while still in his teens.
Career: Wood spent several years as a jobbing actor, receiving decent reviews for a varied selection of roles. His first acting part was in the 1985 film Flesh & Blood. He has since made guest appearances in TV series such as May to December, Only Fools and Horses, Murder in Mind, Sean's Show, Inspector Morse, One Foot in the Grave, Red Dwarf, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Sea of Souls and Doc Martin. He has also starred on the big screen in Vera Drake (2004) and The Illusionist (2006). He appeared in a few episodes of London's Burning as Kevin Medhurst's delinquent brother's friend and also appeared in Miss Marple mystery They Do It with Mirrors. In 2006, he joined EastEnders, playing tough guy and serial womaniser Max Branning. In 2014, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote: 'I knew EastEnders would change my life in terms of the hours I worked and getting recognised, so I did consider it very carefully.'
Trivia: He supports Arsenal.
Joe Thomas (Contestant)
Born: October 28, 1983 in Chelmsford, Essex
Best Known For: The Inbetweeners and Fresh Meat.
Early-life: Joseph Thomas was born in Chelmsford, Essex, on October 28, 1983. He read history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and it was here that he was a member of the Footlights with his Inbetweeners co-star Simon Bird. He performed with the Footlights at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in All's Well That Ends Well.
Career: Thomas's big break came in 2008 when he began playing Simon Cooper in hugely popular E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners. It ran for three series until 2010 and The Inbetweeners Movie was a big box-office success in 2011. More recently, Joe has played Kingsley in E4 comedy drama Fresh Meat and George in Sky1 comedy Chickens, which Joe writes with co-stars Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet. The Inbetweeners 2 was released in cinemas in August 2014.
Quote: 'I did have dreams of becoming a pipe-smoking professor who bumbled around and drank real ale.'
Trivia: He can play the guitar and the violin.
Tamara Gilder (Executive producer)
John Smith (Director)

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