Richard Osman presides over a rotating panel of four celebrities who face off across five weekday episodes, accumulating points from quick-fire rounds with names like Answer Smash, Rhyme Time and The Nice Round. Each week crowns one winner from fields spanning newsreaders to comedians; past victors include Susie Dent and Rachel Parris. The set is colour-coded daily, the trophies are plastic, and the prize is nothing grander than a small trophy and the right to have your name read out on Friday.
Produced by Remarkable Entertainment, the half-hour quiz began in 2017 at The Hospital Club before shifting through BBC Scotland Street, Riverside Studios and, since 2024, dock10. A primetime spin-off, Richard Osman's House of Games Night, aired on BBC One between November 2020 and November 2021, keeping the same games but stretching to 45 minutes and a Saturday-evening slot.
Osman writes every question and invented each format, so rounds return year after year with minor tweaks rather than wholesale reinvention. The result is a low-stakes format where comedians can afford to guess badly and news anchors can afford to be teased, all under the host’s gently sardonic eye.
Production Details
BBC Two / 9 Seasons / 805 Episodes / 2017 - Present
Showrunner(s): Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone
Producer(s): Stuart Harrison
Main Cast
Richard Osman as Self - Presenter
Laura Whitmore as Self - Contestant
John Kearns as Self
Nish Kumar as Self
Janet Ellis as Self
Radzi Chinyanganya as Self - Contestant
Darren Harriott as Self - Contestant
Suzi Ruffell as Self - Contestant
Jean Johansson as Self - Contestant
Iain Stirling as Self - Contestant
Rav Wilding as Self - Contestant
Tim Key as Self - Contestant
