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Season 5, Episode 17
Kemah Bob, JJ Chalmers, Kevin Clifton and Victoria Derbyshire test their general knowledge skills in the hope of winning a prize
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Quiz Show
Show/Game Show
Cast & Crew
Richard Osman
(Host)
Kemah Bob
(Contestant)
JJ Chalmers
(Contestant)
Kevin Clifton
(Contestant)
Victoria Derbyshire
(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.
Kemah Bob
(Contestant)
JJ Chalmers
(Contestant)
Kevin Clifton
(Contestant)
Victoria Derbyshire
(Contestant)
Born:
October 02, 1968
in
Ramsbottom
Best Known For:
Her work as a broadcast journalist.
Early-life:
Victoria was born in Ramsbottom on October 2, 1968. She went on to study English Language and Literature at the University of Liverpool, and a post-graduate diploma course in radio and TV journalism at Preston Polytechnic, now the department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire. Victoria worked as a reporter in local radio before joining BBC Radio 5 Live in 1998 as a co-presenter of the breakfast show with Julian Worricker.
Career:
In 2004, Derbyshire started presenting the morning news programme on BBC Radio 5 Live. Away from radio, she has been a reporter on Watchdog and The One Show and a presenter on Newsnight. She left her morning show on BBC Radio 5 Live in September 2014. In April 2015, she began presenting a daily news magazine programme that was simulcast on BBC2 and the BBC News Channel.
Quote:
'I can be bold to anyone.'
Trivia:
Derbyshire has won a number of Sony radio awards, including the Sony Academy's Speech Broadcaster of the Year in 2012.
John Smith
(Director)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
