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Pointless
''Pointless'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British television quiz show produced by Banijay Entertainment subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the BBC and hosted by Alexander Armstrong. In each episode, four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to four rounds of general knowledge questions, with the winning team eligible to compete for the show's cash jackpot. ''Pointless'' debuted on BBC Two on 23 August 2009. The success of the first three series led the BBC to move it to BBC One from 2011. , the programme is airing Series 33 and has had peak audience figures of over 7 million viewers. An offshoot of the show entitled ''Pointless Celebrities'' was first shown in 2011 and had reached Series 15. The format has been exported internationally. The first 27 series were co-presented by Richard Osman, who announced on 8 April 2022 that he would step down from the role to focus more on his writing career. Beginning with Series 28, a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (game show), 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 appearances on British comedy Panel show, panel shows including ''Would I Lie to You?'' and ''QI''. Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK, producing shows including ''Prize Island'' for ITV (TV network), ITV and Deal or No Deal (British game show), ''Deal or No Deal'' for Channel 4. He is the author of the bestselling ''Thursday Murder Club (series), Thursday Murder Club'' mystery novels. Early life and education Osman was born on 28 November 1970, in Billericay, Essex, to Brenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong (born 2 March 1970) is an English actor, comedian, radio personality, television presenter, singer and farmer. He is the host of the BBC One game show ''Pointless'', and is a weekday morning-show presenter on Classic FM (UK), Classic FM. Armstrong is a member of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, with Ben Miller. His television credits include ''Armstrong and Miller (TV series), Armstrong and Miller'', ''Beast (TV series), Beast'', ''Life Begins (TV series), Life Begins'', ''Hunderby'' and ''Danger Mouse (2015 TV series), Danger Mouse''. He is also known as the voice of Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Mr Smith, Sarah Jane Smith's alien supercomputer in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' and the Doctor Who series 4, series 4 The Stolen Earth, two-part Journey's End (Doctor Who), finale of ''Doctor Who''. He is also the narrator for the hit CBeebies show "Hey Duggee". Armstrong is a bass-baritone singer and has released three studio albums. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konnie Huq
Konnie Huq (born Kanak Asha Huq ; on 17 July 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme '' Blue Peter'', presenting it from 1997 to 2008. She has been a presenter and guest of shows including the 2010 series of '' The Xtra Factor'' on ITV2. She co-wrote the ''Black Mirror'' episode "Fifteen Million Merits" with her husband, Charlie Brooker. Her children's book ''Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World'' was published in 2019. She published the follow-up, ''Cookie and the Most Annoying Girl in the World'', in 2020 along with her third children's book, ''Fearless Fairy Tales.'' Early life Kanak Asha Huq was born in the Hammersmith district of London on 17 July 1975, the daughter of Muslim parents who emigrated from Pabna, Bangladesh, in the 1960s. She grew up in the Ealing district of London with her two elder sisters, Nutun, and futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ria Lina
Ria Lina (born 1980) is a British comedian, actress and writer. She has appeared on ''Yesterday, Today & The Day Before'', ''Mock the Week'', '' Steph's Packed Lunch'', ''The Now Show'', ''The News Quiz'', and ''Have I Got News for You''. In 2003, she won an Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award for Best Comedian. Early life Lina's mother is from the Philippines and her father from Germany. She attended an American school in the Netherlands from the age of 14. Career Lina earned a BSc in pathology from the University of St Andrews, an MSc in forensic science from London South Bank University and a PhD in virology from University College London. Stand-up In 2003, Lina was a runner-up at the first Funny Women Awards. Lina has taken five shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ''School of Riason'' was nominated for the Amused Moose Laughter Awards, and contained one of Dave's Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe, and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016. Lina's ''Dear Daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Lindsay
Sally Jane Lindsay (born 8 July 1973) is an English actress and television presenter. She rose to fame playing Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2001–2006). Her other roles include Lisa Johnson in the Sky One comedy-drama '' Mount Pleasant'' (2011–2017), Alison Bailey in the ITV police procedural '' Scott & Bailey'' (2011–2016), and Kath Agnew in the BBC sitcom ''Still Open All Hours'' (2013–2019). Since 2021, she has starred as Jean White in Channel 5's ''The Madame Blanc Mysteries'' (2021–present), which she co-created and produces. Lindsay was a regular panelist on the ITV daytime talk show '' Loose Women'' between 2011 and 2014. She presented the travel documentary series ''Sally Lindsay's Posh Sleepover'' from 2021 to 2022, and has narrated the Channel 5 reality series '' 22 Kids and Counting'' since 2021. She is president of the annual charity event Women of the Year and creative director of the production company Saffron Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Phillips
Sally Elizabeth Phillips (born 10 May 1970) is an English actress, comedian, and television presenter. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show '' Smack the Pony''. She is also known for her roles in '' Jam & Jerusalem'' as Natasha "Tash" Vine, '' Miranda'' as Tilly, '' I'm Alan Partridge'' as Sophie, ''Parents'' as Jenny Pope, '' Set the Thames on Fire'' as Colette in 2015, '' Zapped'' as Slasher Morgan, and her guest appearances as the fictional Prime Minister of Finland Minna Häkkinen in the US TV series '' Veep''. Phillips also co-starred in '' Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' as Mrs Bennet and in the role of Shazzer in all four films of the ''Bridget Jones'' franchise. From 2004 to 2019, Phillips played the title role in the BBC Radio 4 comedy show '' Clare in the Community''. In 2018 she was curator for series 12 of '' The Museum of Curiosity'' on BBC Radio 4. Early life and education Sally Elizabeth Phillips was born on 10 May 1970 in Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Mangan
Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He has played Guy Secretan in '' Green Wing'', Dan Moody in '' I'm Alan Partridge'', Seán Lincoln in ''Episodes'', Bigwig in ''Watership Down'', Postman Pat in '' Postman Pat: The Movie'', Richard Pitt in '' Hang Ups'', Andrew in ''Bliss'' (2018), and Nathan Stern in '' The Split'' (2018–2022). He is also known for presenting Artist of the Year (2018-present) on Sky Arts. As a stage actor, he was Tony-nominated for his portrayal of Norman in '' The Norman Conquests'' on Broadway. He starred as Bertie Wooster in '' Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense'' at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End, which won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He co-presented the 2020 edition of ''Children In Need'' for the BBC. Early life and education Mangan was born on 16 May 1968 in Ponders End, in Enfield, north London, to Irish parents. He has two sisters, Anita and Lisa. Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Brooker
Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012, Brooker has co-hosted ''The Last Leg'', a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe as well as co-presenting Channel 4 ski jumping show '' The Jump'' with Davina McCall in 2014. In 2016, he began presenting ''The Superhumans Show'' for Channel 4 daytime. In February 2018 Brooker signed with Leeds Rhinos' Foundation PDRL (Physical Disability Rugby League) team. Career Brooker went to the Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, Kent, before graduating from Liverpool John Moores University in 2006 and working as a sports reporter on the ''Liverpool Echo''. He now works for the Press Association. Brooker entered Channel 4's ''Half a Million Quid Talent Search'' in 2012, which aimed to find disabled talent for coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games and beyond. He first appeared as a trackside reporter on Channel 4's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Gamble
Edward Stephenson Gamble (born 10 March 1986) is an English comedian and television presenter. He is best known for co-presenting the ''Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Off Menu'' podcast with James Acaster as well as his appearances on comedy panel shows including ''Mock the Week'' and ''Taskmaster (TV series), Taskmaster''. He studied at Hatfield College, Durham, Hatfield College, Durham University, where he began his comedy career performing with the Durham Revue, and was a finalist in the 2007 Chortle Student Comedy Awards. Early life and family Gamble was brought up in Wandsworth and Raynes Park, southwest London. His mother, a nurse and health visitor for the National Health Service, NHS, and father, a solicitor, separated when he was four; he was raised mainly by his mother. He has a younger half-sister and a younger half-brother on his father's side. He attended Highfield School and Nursery in Wandsworth and later King's College School, a Private schools in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Matafeo
Rose Matafeo (; born 25 February 1992) is a New Zealand comedian, actress and TV presenter. She was a writer and performer on the New Zealand late-night comedy sketch show '' Funny Girls''. In 2018, she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her show ''Horndog''. Early life Matafeo was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1992, to parents John Matafeo and Diane Vuletich. Her parents are Rastafarians, who first met each other through their participation in the same Twelve Tribes of Israel denomination. As a child, Rose would attend monthly services with her family at the group's local headquarters in New Lynn, Auckland. Rose's father John is a Samoan man and a first-generation immigrant to New Zealand; he joined the Polynesian Panthers movement when he was a teenager, and went on to work in an administrative role at the Rastafarian Church. Her mother Diane is a Pākehā New Zealander of Scottish and Croatian heritage; she works as a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Rani
Anita Rani Nazran (born 25 October 1977), better known as Anita Rani, is a British radio and television presenter. Early life Rani was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and grew up in Heaton, West Yorkshire, Heaton and Odsal. Her parents were Indian-born, and her father immigrated to the UK at the age of four. Her father is a Hindus, Hindu and her mother is a Sikhs, Sikh. Her parents started a textile manufacturing business, where Rani and her siblings worked at times in their youth. The business failed in the 1990s. In an episode of ''Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series), Who Do You Think You Are?'' first broadcast on 1 October 2015 on BBC One, Rani investigated the history of her maternal grandfather Sant Singh (born Sant Ram, in Sarhali, Tarn Taran, Sarhali in 1916, died 1975), in particular learning more about his first wife and children, who died during the violence of the Partition of India in 1947, while he was a thousand miles away in Khadki, Kirkee, serving i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Taylor
Eleanor Jane Taylor is an English comedian, television personality, actress, and writer. After appearing as a contestant on '' Show Me the Funny'' in 2011, Taylor has appeared on numerous television shows, including '' 8 Out of 10 Cats'' (2011–2017), '' Fake Reaction'' (2013–2014), '' Mock the Week'' (2015–2019), '' The Lodge'' (2016), '' Stand-Up Central'' (2017), '' The Mash Report'' (2017–2022), ''Plebs'' (2018–2019), '' Strictly Come Dancing'' (2022), and '' Knuckles'' (2024). She has also presented the television shows '' Snog Marry Avoid?'' (2012–2013), '' Live at the Apollo'' (2016–2018), and '' The Great Pottery Throw Down'' (2022). Taylor has written and performed five stand-up comedy shows: ''Elliementary'' (2015), ''Infidelliety'' (2016), ''This Guy'' (2017–2018), ''Cravings'' (2019) also shown on Netflix as part of ''Comedians of the World'' and ''Don't Got This'' (2019–2021). In 2021, she published her debut book, ''My Child and Other Mistakes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
