Richard Osman is to step down as a presenter on the daytime quizshow Pointless, the BBC has stated.
Though Osman, 51, who has offered the present alongside Alexander Armstrong since 2009, is stepping again from the principle present, he'll proceed to host future sequence of Pointless Celebrities and his BBC Two present Richard Osman’s Home of Video games.
Armstrong will proceed to host the quiz, with a roster of visitor presenters lined as much as substitute Osman.
Commenting on his departure, Osman stated: “Pointless has been a pleasure from begin to end, working alongside my good friend Alexander Armstrong, backed by essentially the most fantastic crew, and for the most effective viewers on the planet. I'll miss everybody a lot, however I’m thrilled that I’ll nonetheless be presenting the movie star exhibits. I can’t thank everybody sufficient for 12 wonderful years.”
SOME NEWS!
After 13 fantastic years I am leaving daytime Pointless, to focus on writing. Will nonetheless be doing the movie star exhibits and 'HouseOfGames'. It has been the GREATEST pleasure and I am unable to wait to begin watching as a viewer. Thanks to everybody! ❤️
Will miss the entire crew, particularly the incomparable @XanderArmstrong. Thanks to everybody who watches, it actually has been a dream, and I do know the present will proceed to go from power to power.
In a tweet, Osman indicated that his departure was partly because of the success of his bestselling crime novels, The Thursday Homicide Membership and The Man Who Died Twice. The movie rights of the previous have been purchased by Steven Spielberg’s manufacturing firm Amblin Leisure.
Tamara Gilder, the inventive director of Exceptional Leisure, the manufacturing firm that produces Pointless, stated Osman had been a big a part of Pointless and the success of the present. “We’ll be unhappy to not have him as a part of the daytime sequence, however we're very glad that he’ll nonetheless be a part of the Pointless household, presenting our movie star specials, in addition to persevering with to host Home of Video games.”
Collection 26 of Pointless, which broadcast in January, had a peak viewers of two.8 million viewers and has been BBC One’s No 1 daytime quiz and gameshow in 2021 and 2022.
In Pointless, members of the general public compete for a money prize by discovering right however obscure solutions to 4 rounds of basic information questions. Osman was not initially supposed to be Armstrong’s co-presenter however after filling the position as a part of an indication laid on for the BBC, executives requested him to proceed for the primary sequence after seeing the chemistry between the pair. The programme moved from BBC Two to BBC One after a profitable two years.
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