Richard Osman
Presenter, creative director, producer, director from Essex; most famous for hosting BBC game shows Pointless and House of Games. He is also a bestselling crime writer. In 2022, Osman married actor and comedian Ingrid Oliver.
Works
Drop the Dead Donkey
Drop the Dead Donkey is a situation comedy that first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998. It is set in the offices of “GlobeLink News”, a fictional TV news company. Recorded close to transmission, it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a greater sense of realism. It was created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. The series had an ensemble cast, making stars of Haydn Gwynne, Stephen Tompkinson and Neil Pearson. The series began with the acquisition of GlobeLink by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant, an allusion to either Robert Maxwell or Rupert Murdoch. Indeed, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin note on their DVDs that it was fortunate for their libel lawyers that the two men shared the same initials. The series is mostly based on the on-going battle between the staff of GlobeLink, led by editor George Dent, as they try to maintain the company as a serious news organisation, and Sir Roysten’s right-hand man Gus Hedges, trying to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Sir Roysten’s business empire. The show was awarded the Best Comedy Award at the 1994 BAFTA Awards. At the British Comedy Awards the show won Best New TV Comedy in 1990, Best Channel 4 Comedy in 1991, and Best Channel 4 Sitcom in 1994.
Release Date1990-08-09
Charactersd Removal Man (uncredited)
Episode Count1
Vote Count26
Not Going Out
Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
Release Date2006-10-06
Charactersd Richard Osman
Episode Count1
Vote Count71
A Touch of Cloth
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
Release Date2012-08-26
Charactersd Himself
Episode Count1
Vote Count74
LEGO Masters
British version of the reality contest where some of the most skilled brick fanatics do battle to be crowned LEGO Master.
Release Date2017-08-24
Charactersd Guest Judge
Episode Count1
Vote Count11
The Fake News Show
Stephen Mangan hosts the comedy panel show with Richard Osman, Katherine Ryan, Jon Richardson and Richard Ayoade to peek behind the façade of outlandish headlines and alternative facts!
Release Date2017-05-15
Charactersd Himself - Panelist
Episode Count4
Vote Count1
Romesh's Look Back to the Future
One year ago Romesh Ranganathan and special guests Richard Osman, Katherine Ryan and Danny Dyer made some bold predictions for 2018. Now they’re getting together to see who got it bang on and whose crystal ball was on the blink.
Release Date2018-12-17
Charactersd Himself - Panelist
Vote Count1
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
Looking at identity, power, happiness, self-destruction and acceptance, this is a thematic exploration of a group that opened the door for Britpop and led the way for a new era of guitar music.
Release Date2018-11-24
Charactersd Himself
Vote Count5
The Graham Norton Show
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Release Date2007-02-22
Charactersd Self
Episode Count3
Vote Count265
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Charactersd Self - Panellist
Episode Count18
Vote Count16
Would I Lie to You?
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Release Date2007-06-16
Charactersd Self
Episode Count9
Vote Count115
Have I Got News for You
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Release Date1990-09-28
Charactersd Self - Panellist
Episode Count6
Vote Count71
The Last Leg
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.
Release Date2013-01-25
Charactersd Self
Episode Count9
Vote Count25
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".
Release Date2005-06-03
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count44
QI
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Release Date2003-09-11
Charactersd Self
Episode Count7
Vote Count256
Celebrity Juice
The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.
Release Date2008-09-24
Charactersd Self
Episode Count2
Vote Count27
Richard Osman's House of Games
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
Release Date2017-09-04
Charactersd Self - Presenter
Episode Count705
Vote Count22
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
Release Date2011-10-24
Charactersd Self - Participant
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.
Release Date2013-04-12
Charactersd Self - Contestant
Episode Count2
Vote Count91
Pointless Celebrities
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.
Release Date2011-07-04
Charactersd Self - Host
Episode Count347
Vote Count17
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
The show that gives fans another bite of Bake Off when one helping just isn't enough. Jo Brand chats to a panel of celebrities about all the action, and meets the latest baker to leave the tent.
Release Date2017-08-31
Charactersd Self
Episode Count6
Vote Count3
Taskmaster
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?
Release Date2015-07-28
Charactersd Self
Episode Count5
Vote Count161
Pointless
Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of.
Release Date2009-08-24
Charactersd Self - Assistant
Episode Count1490
Vote Count39
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?
Release Date2020-11-28
Charactersd Self - Expert
Episode Count1
Vote Count6
Room 101
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
Release Date1994-07-04
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count23
The Cheap Seats
Major news stories, not-so-major news stories, stories involving cats, entertainment, sport and viral videos, it’s a Reader's Digest of world events for a generation who simply don’t want to read.
Release Date2021-07-20
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
In an attempt to make sense of the bewildering world we live in, Frankie Boyle dissects the week's news using stand-up, review, discussion and audience interaction.
Release Date2017-06-08
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count14
Insert Name Here
Comedy panel show about people with the same first name, hosted by Sue Perkins.
Release Date2016-01-04
Charactersd Self - Team Captain
Episode Count28
Vote Count3
Between the Covers
Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.
Release Date2020-10-09
Charactersd Self
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
The Ranganation
Romesh Ranganathan, joined by celebrity guests and the Ranganation, his very own focus group of 25 members of the public, takes a funny, topical look at modern Britain.
Release Date2019-05-19
Charactersd Self
Episode Count2
Vote Count6
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
Ever worried about laboratory-grown meat, accidentally touching someone’s hand on the train or the impending nuclear apocalypse? Then join Jon Richardson as he hilariously works out exactly how worried the British public should be about everything there is to worry about.
Release Date2018-05-16
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count7
Hypothetical
Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.
Release Date2019-02-06
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Richard Osman's House of Games Night
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe-to-toe testing their general knowledge in a variety of entertaining games. The series includes all the favourite, funny games from the BBC Two series, with the addition of some new items for the prime time shows, including the appearance of a house band and some special guests. As ever, all of the games are rooted in general knowledge and can be played along at home by viewers.
Release Date2020-11-20
Charactersd Self - Presenter
Episode Count11
Vote Count3
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
Charlie Brooker and guests cast their collective eyes over all that the telly, cinema, news and computer games have to offer, in order to wring a little laughter from a hilariously troubled world.
Release Date2013-01-31
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count21
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Hosted by the brilliant Rob Beckett alongside his team captains – TV fanatic Josh Widdicombe, and a lady who frankly is TV, Alison Hammond – the show is a hilarious celebration of the small screen and the shows we love (and some we don’t).
Release Date2024-02-29
Charactersd Self - Panelist
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Let's Play Darts
Professional darts players and comedians team up for a knockout tournament.
Release Date2015-03-01
Charactersd Self - Competitor
Episode Count7
This Morning
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
Release Date1988-10-03
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count21
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
An uplifting and touching documentary special which tells the story of one of Britain's best loved sitcoms as it comes to an end after 17 years. Featuring unprecedented access to creators James Corden and Ruth Jones as well as the cast and crew, including filming the final episode as they all say goodbye to the much-cherished show.
Release Date2025-01-01
Charactersd Self
Vote Count3
Anthony
In July 2005, black teenager Anthony Walker was murdered by two white men in an unprovoked racist attack in a Liverpool park. He was just 18 years old. This film tells the story of how this talented young man's life might have turned out.
Release Date2020-07-27
Charactersd Self
Vote Count6
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
SKY ARTS presents Suede's Coming Up (released on Nude Records in 1996) in the Classic Albums series.
Release Date2021-05-07
Charactersd Self
Vote Count2
Richard Osman's World Cup of the Decade
A celebration of the past 10 years of film, TV, song, celebrity and more. With Jon Richardson, Lorraine Kelly, Alex Brooker and Rhianna Dhillon.
Release Date2019-12-27
Charactersd Self - Presenter
Celebrity Black Ball Final with Steve Davis
Celebrities attempt to pot the elusive black ball in a relaxed recreation of the legendarily tense final moments of the 1985 World Snooker Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor. Which of Steve Davis' guests - Rebecca Adlington, Joey Essex, Russell Watson, Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe - will manage to do a Dennis Taylor and sink the black?
Release Date2015-05-04
Charactersd Self
All About TWO
Quiz and celebration of 50 years of the BBC's second channel, hosted by Dara O Briain. With Richard Osman supplying extra facts and figures, celebrity teams and guest spots from the channel's past and present, All About TWO tells you everything you've ever wanted to know about the channel but didn't know you wanted to ask. It's part celebration, part quiz and all love.
Charactersd Self - Presenter
Bromwell High
Set in an under-funded, graffitti-scarred secondary school in South London and follows the exploits of three exceptionally naughty school girls, one maverick Headmaster and a bunch of desperate teachers. Keisha Marie, Latrina and Natella are the first word in streetwise charm.
Release Date2005-02-01
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count6
Boyz Unlimited
Nigel Gacey is a man in a hurry. A successful armed robber and conman, he's given himself a year to create a new boy band from scratch. Forget girl power - the Boyz are back in town.
Release Date1999-02-05
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
The Thursday Murder Club
Four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and, led by a former spy, form the Thursday Murder Club to solve cold cases for fun. But when a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
Release Date2025-08-22
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Who Do You Think You Are?
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Release Date2004-10-12
Episode Count1
Vote Count23
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.
Release Date2014-02-07
Episode Count1
Vote Count9
Catchphrase
Stephen Mulhern hosts this remake of the 1980's game show where contestants have to guess a catchphrase based on animated picture clues. The puzzle is revealed one square at a time. It could be a book, a movie or a catch phrase. The winner with the most money can go on to win up to £50,000.
Release Date2013-04-07
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Celebrity Catchphrase
In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.
Release Date2018-06-17
Episode Count1
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Gaming enthusiast Dara O Briain presides over the mayhem as two stars join team captains – gaming geek Steve McNeil and gaming cynic Sam Pamphilon – to battle each other at their favourite computer games.
Release Date2016-09-05
Episode Count1
Vote Count9
Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply
Once again Dave will be bringing his trusty screen along but now, in each episode, he will also be joined by three comedy guests as they cast their eye over his latest modern world discoveries, compete in mischievous games and generally try to unscramble the baffling morass of non-stop information that surrounds us in the internet age.
Release Date2019-10-21
Episode Count1
Vote Count1