Richard Osman's House of Games: Week 6: Tuesday
8:20 pm - 9:00 pm, Tuesday, February 3 on U&Dave (19)
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Week 6: Tuesday
Season 6, Episode 27
Diarmuid Gavin, Roo Irvine, John Kearns and Claire Richards go toe-to-toe testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of trivia-based games across the week
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Cast & Crew
Richard Osman
(Host)
Diarmuid Gavin
(Contestant)
Roo Irvine
(Contestant)
John Kearns
(Contestant)
Claire Richards
(Contestant)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
John Smith
(Director)
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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.
Diarmuid Gavin
(Contestant)
Born:
May 10, 1964
in
London
Best Known For:
Creating state-of-the-art designs using contoured concrete and shiny steel
Early-life:
Born May 10, 1964, in London, but was brought up in Rathfarnham, a suburb of Dublin, where he claims gardening wasn't taken seriously. He has an older brother and two younger sisters. Another brother, Conor, was killed in a car accident in 1968. He claims he was a dreamer at school and didn't work hard enough to get to university. Instead, Diarmuid trained in horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, and later set up his own garden design business.
Career:
Gavin's TV career took off after he designed a controversial garden for the Chelsea Flower Show. He made his presenting debut in 1999's The Answer Lies in the Soil and since then has hosted Home Front in the Garden, Real Rakeovers and Home Front Inside Out with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Gavin has also been voted TV's sexiest gardener by his legion of female fans. Shows such as Planet Patio, Planet Christmas and Diarmuid's Big Adventure have kept him in the public eye. He's also been a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and Come Dine with Me, written books and newspaper columns, and hosted programmes in Ireland. He also took part in the first series of ITV's diving show Splash!
Quote:
"You don't have to be a plant expert to create or enjoy a garden."
Trivia:
He appeared in a celebrity edition of The Chase and raised £2,666 for Wicklow Hospice Foundation.
Roo Irvine
(Contestant)
John Kearns
(Contestant)
Claire Richards
(Contestant)
Tamara Gilder
(Executive producer)
John Smith
(Director)
