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Richard Osman
Richard Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He has presented the BBC Two quiz shows Two Tribes and Richard Osman's House of Games, and been a team captain on the comedy panel shows Insert Name Here and The Fake News Show. He has also made regular appearances on British comedy panel shows including Would I Lie to You?, QI, Have I Got News for You and Taskmaster.
Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK, producing shows including Prize Island for ITV and Deal or No Deal for Channel 4. He is the author of the best-selling Thursday Murder Club mystery novels.
Osman was born on 28 November 1970, in Billericay, Essex, to Brenda Wright and David Osman. When he was nine years old, his father walked out on the family, which Osman says created difficulty for the rest of his life. His mother attended teacher training college and found making money to support her family a struggle. His older brother is the musician Mat Osman, bass guitarist of the rock band Suede. The boys grew up in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
Osman attended Yardley Court[citation needed] and Warden Park School in Cuckfield. While still at school, he gained his first broadcasting experience, as a regular contributor to Turn It Up, an open-access music show which went out on Sunday evenings on BBC Radio Sussex.[citation needed]
From 1989 to 1992, he studied politics and sociology at the University of Cambridge where he was an undergraduate student at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a contemporary of future Pointless co-presenter Alexander Armstrong.
Osman's career has been in television production, television presenting and as a novelist.
Osman worked as executive producer on British gameshows, including Channel 4 comedy panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats and satirical comedy 10 O'Clock Live. He was the creative director at TV company Endemol UK, pitching the idea for Pointless to the BBC, becoming its co-presenter with his former university friend Alexander Armstrong, when it launched in 2009.
Osman created the short-lived 2013 ITV gameshow Prize Island. His other credits include Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Total Wipeout and 24 Hour Quiz.
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Richard Osman
Richard Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He has presented the BBC Two quiz shows Two Tribes and Richard Osman's House of Games, and been a team captain on the comedy panel shows Insert Name Here and The Fake News Show. He has also made regular appearances on British comedy panel shows including Would I Lie to You?, QI, Have I Got News for You and Taskmaster.
Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK, producing shows including Prize Island for ITV and Deal or No Deal for Channel 4. He is the author of the best-selling Thursday Murder Club mystery novels.
Osman was born on 28 November 1970, in Billericay, Essex, to Brenda Wright and David Osman. When he was nine years old, his father walked out on the family, which Osman says created difficulty for the rest of his life. His mother attended teacher training college and found making money to support her family a struggle. His older brother is the musician Mat Osman, bass guitarist of the rock band Suede. The boys grew up in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
Osman attended Yardley Court[citation needed] and Warden Park School in Cuckfield. While still at school, he gained his first broadcasting experience, as a regular contributor to Turn It Up, an open-access music show which went out on Sunday evenings on BBC Radio Sussex.[citation needed]
From 1989 to 1992, he studied politics and sociology at the University of Cambridge where he was an undergraduate student at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a contemporary of future Pointless co-presenter Alexander Armstrong.
Osman's career has been in television production, television presenting and as a novelist.
Osman worked as executive producer on British gameshows, including Channel 4 comedy panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats and satirical comedy 10 O'Clock Live. He was the creative director at TV company Endemol UK, pitching the idea for Pointless to the BBC, becoming its co-presenter with his former university friend Alexander Armstrong, when it launched in 2009.
Osman created the short-lived 2013 ITV gameshow Prize Island. His other credits include Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Total Wipeout and 24 Hour Quiz.