Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer and director, best known as the co-presenter and creator of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless.Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK, executive producing shows such as Prize Island for ITV.
Two Tribes, Prize Island, If I Ruled the World, Boyz Unlimited, Pointless, Insert Name Here, The Fake News Show, Bromwell High
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Towering height
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Quote
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The overnights answer all the questions that can sometimes leave us baffled about television. Why did that show I love get axed? Why does that show I hate keep returning? How does Piers Morgan keep getting work?
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There are two dreaded words that pretty much decide everything you ever watch on British television. And no, those words aren't "Jeremy Clarkson". They are words you may not have heard before, but words that make every TV producer, commissioner, presenter and advertiser shake with fear. I'm talking about "The Overnights".
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Fact
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While presenting an episode of Pointless (2009), he described the 1980s band Echo & The Bunnymen as having been "lost to history". Lead singer Ian McCulloch happened to be watching and took offence, subsequently calling Osman a "prick" in an interview for The Independent.
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The first album he bought was "Kings of the Wild Frontier" by Adam and the Ants (by a remarkable coincidence, that was also Alexander Armstrong's first album).
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Brother of Mat Osman, bassist for the wildly popular UK group Suede (known as London Suede in US), as well as one of its founding members.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005-2014
TV Series executive producer - 4 episodes
10 O'Clock Live
2011-2013
TV Series executive producer - 33 episodes
'8 Out of 10 Cats' Does 'Deal or No Deal'
2013
TV Movie executive producer
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2012
TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
You Have Been Watching
2009-2010
TV Series executive producer - 15 episodes
Alternative Election Night
2010
TV Movie executive producer
Ban This Filth
2004
TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes
Beat the Nation
2004
TV Series executive producer - 121 episodes
Boyz Unlimited
1999
TV Series producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Only Connect
2014-2016
TV Series additional questions - 5 episodes
Winter Wipeout
2011/II
TV Series script editor
Total Wipeout
TV Series script editor - 36 episodes, 2009 - 2011 program associate - 9 episodes, 2009
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1995
TV Series program associate - 12 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Richard Hammond's Secret Service
2013
TV Series
Bromwell High
2005
TV Series 12 episodes
Boyz Unlimited
1999
TV Series co-creator
For Amusement Only
1995
TV Series series writer - 12 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Danger Mouse
2015
TV Series
Professor Strontium P. Jellyfishowitz
Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief
2015
TV Series
Not Going Out
2014
TV Series
Richard Osman
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Insert Name Here
2016-2017
TV Series
Himself - Team Captain
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself
Pointless Celebrities
2010-2016
TV Series
Himself - Assistant / Himself / Himself - Presenter
Would I Lie to You?
2012-2016
TV Series
Himself
QI
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself
The Last Leg
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
2012-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Friday Panel / Himself
The One Show
2014-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Lorraine
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Pointless
2009-2016
TV Series
Himself - Assistant / Himself
Taskmaster
2016
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
The Eurovision Song Contest
2016
TV Special
Himself - UK Spokesperson
Play to the Whistle
2016
TV Series
Himself - Team Member
Fighting Talk Goes Snooker Loopy
2016
TV Movie
Himself
Loose Women
2015
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You
2012-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest Presenter
Alternative Election Night
2015
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
World Championship Snooker
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself - Potless Presenter / Himself - Celebrity Player / Himself - Celebrity Predictions / ...
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast