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Season 22, Episode 8
Team captains Rob Beckett and Katherine Ryan are joined by comedian Tom Allen, The Great British Bake Off star Liam Charles, TV personality Scarlett Moffatt and comedian Maisie Adam. Jimmy Carr hosts
Comedy
Game Show/Quiz/Contest
Movie/Drama
Show/Game Show
Cast & Crew
Jimmy Carr
(Host)
Rob Beckett
(Team captain)
Katherine Ryan
(Team captain)
Tom Allen
(Panellist)
Scarlett Moffatt
(Panellist)
Liam Charles
(Panellist)
Maisie Adam
(Panellist)
Richard Osman
(Executive producer)
Richard Cohen
(Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips
(Executive producer)
Russell Balkind
(Series producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jimmy Carr
(Host)
Born:
September 15, 1972
in
Slough
Best Known For:
His stand-up comedy
Early-life:
James Anthony Patrick Carr was born in Slough on September 15, 1972, one of three sons of Irish immigrants. His parents split in 1994, though the marriage didn't end until the death of his mother in 2001. Jimmy did well at school and studied political science at Cambridge before moving into advertising. He landed a job in the marketing department of Shell Oil, but felt unfulfilled. When the company offered him voluntary redundancy, he took it, and decided to pursue a career in comedy.
Career:
Carr began performing on the stand-up circuit, doing up to 300 shows a year for three years, before taking his act to the Edinburgh festival in 2002. This brought him to the attention of TV bosses, and before long he was presenting series such as Your Face or Mine and Distraction. Since then, he's rarely been off TVscreens, hosting the first run of the Friday Night Project, 8 Out of 10 Cats and numerous Channel 4 list shows. He's also made a move into acting, appearing in Alien Autopsy, Confetti, Stormbreaker and Telstar. He is one of Britain's busiest comics and his DVDs are big sellers.
Quote:
"I'm not being condescending, I'm too busy thinking about far more important things you wouldn't understand."
Trivia:
In February 2007, Carr was the first major comedian to perform in the virtual reality world Second Life.
Rob Beckett
(Team captain)
Katherine Ryan
(Team captain)
Born:
June 30, 1983
in
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Best Known For:
Being a comedian.
Early-life:
Katherine was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, on June 30, 1983. During her childhood, Katherine and her two younger sisters spent most summers in Cork visiting their paternal grandparents. She went on to study city planning at university and ended up training waitresses at Hooters. In her spare time, she attended open mic comedy nights.
Career:
Ryan moved to the UK to work for a fashion magazine and began finding stand-up work. She is now a regular guest on Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. She has also starred in the sitcoms Campus, Episodes and Badults.
Quote:
"In the UK, people will go out and see music and comedy every night of the week, but that just doesn't happen in Canada and America."
Trivia:
Ryan has battled two bouts of skin cancer.
Tom Allen
(Panellist)
Scarlett Moffatt
(Panellist)
Liam Charles
(Panellist)
Born:
August 28, 1997
in
London
Maisie Adam
(Panellist)
Richard Osman
(Executive producer)
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.
Richard Cohen
(Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips
(Executive producer)
Russell Balkind
(Series producer)
