Richard Osman

Richard Osman is a British television producer, presenter and novelist, born on 28 November 1970 in Billericay, Essex. He created and co-presented the BBC One quiz show “Pointless” from 2009 to 2022 and has hosted “House of Games” on BBC Two since 2017. He published his first novel, “The Thursday Murder Club”, in 2020, opening a cosy-mystery series set in a retirement village whose four amateur sleuths investigate cold cases; three sequels followed (“The Man Who Died Twice”, “The Bullet That Missed”, “The Last Devil to Die”), Netflix adapting the first book in 2025. He began a second series, “We Solve Murders”, in 2024. He was appointed OBE in 2026.