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Pointless back in July after filming more than 1,300 episodes and nearly 30 series of the BBC show.The novelist has watched the new series live on Twitter, sharing his thoughts on Sally Lindsay taking his seat.Richard took to Twitter earlier today to discuss the new series of Pointless and wished his former colleague Alexander Armstrong and co-host Sally Lindsay luck.He wrote in view of his 1.1 million Twitter followers: "So excited about watching this at 5.15."The first time I've ever been able to watch #Pointless and actually play along without knowing the answers already. Good luck to the first of the new co-hosts @sallylindsay."He also shared a running commentary as he watched the BBC game show live and even made a comment about the famous laptop.Sharing a still of Sally looking at the laptop, Richard made the shocking revelation: "Wait, the laptop WORKS NOW???? #Pointless."Social media users rushed to the comments to express their sadness as Richard left the show and shared their thoughts on the mystery laptop.NinnyFour said: "I am not loving this.

Hannah Bronwen Snow back in 2003 and has remained by her side ever since. In an interview with The Independent, the presenter told the newspaper that they'd met when he was aged 32 and it was a "lovely" year. His wife was a stay-at-home mum to their 4 children before she started working as an events organiser, reports The Sun.

Cliff Richard, Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong were among the famous faces attending Wimbledon on the first day of the tournament. Veteran musician Sir Cliff, 81, was pictured arriving on Monday dressed in a silver blazer with a red rose pinned to his lapel paired alongside a black shirt and striped tie. TV presenter and author Osman was also spotted entering the All England Club on day one to watch the start of the action.

on the quiz show to pursue a career in writing. In a statement, he said: "Pointless has been a joy from start to finish, working alongside my friend Alexander Armstrong, backed by the most wonderful team, and for the best viewers in the world. I will miss everyone so much, but I'm thrilled I'll still be presenting the celebrity shows.

Richard Osman’s replacement on popular quiz show Pointless has been revealed, after he announced he was leaving the show. Richard co-hosted the BBC show for 13 years, alongside Alexander Armstrong, however, in April, he revealed that he was leaving to focus on writing his books, such as The Thursday Murder Club which have become hugely popular.

BBC quiz show with Alexander Armstrong, 52, since its 2009 debut, will continue to appear on the show's celebrity specials. While Alexander will be joined by a roster of guest presenters in the immediate future, a number of stars have been tipped to permanently replace Richard on the show.  Countdown star Susie Dent, 57, who appears in the Channel 4 show's Dictionary Corner, is the frontrunner, according to bookmakers Ladbrokes, which is offering odds of 5/2.

BBC show Pointless alongside Alexander Armstrong, has quit the show after 13 years.

Pointless star Richard Osman has reportedly quit the hugely popular BBC show after thirteen series on our screens. According to reports, the 51 year old presenter, who stars alongside friend Alexander Armstrong, has decided to step down from the show he has fronted for almost 30 series.

Richard Osman is stepping down from Pointless after 13 years.

Pointless Celebrities, which aired on Saturday night. The BBC had made the decision to reschedule the charity special episode in tribute to the late singer. After being diagnosed with brain cancer, the pair went on to play for The Brain Tumour Charity and Brain Research UK, hoping to raise awareness for the cause.

My Dad Wrote A Porno, say, or Athletico Mince. So the Guardian podcast team were very excited this week by Will Ferrell’s announcement that his podcast production company is creating The Big Sexy Interview Show With Michael Bolton. It’s a spin-off from the Netflix show Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special and will be produced by The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer and Comedy Bang Bang’s Scott Aukerman.

Ross Kemp has revealed how Bradley Walsh helped him in his new BBC game show role Bridge Of Lies.The new daytime quiz, which airs Monday to Friday at 4:30pm on BBC One, sees contestants cross a bridge using knowledge, strategy and luck with one wrong step losing them everything. Ross, 57, who is best known for playing Grant Mitchell on EastEnders as well as his award-winning documentary series, has revealed that he looked to the likes of Sir Bruce Forsyth, Alexander Armstrong and Bradley, 61, for inspiration during research.Talking about his process, he said: "I watched lots of current quiz show hosts, like Alexander Armstrong and Bradley Walsh, as well as some icons like Brucie during my research, and my main takeaway from that was: 'If you want to be successful in this role, you’ve just got to be yourself.'" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .

Twitter a throwback clip of a Pointless episode that almost got “taken off air”.The video had been posted by a viewer as Cressida Dick was trending on the social media platform after she resigned as the Metropolitan Police commissioner.Captioning the video, Twitter user JNPhillips4 wrote: “Saw #CressidaDick trending and remembered this wonderful moment from Pointless.TV gold.”Richard swiftly reacted to the clip, typing: “Thank you for this reminder @JNPhillips4.“This is the closest Pointless has ever come to being taken off air.”The clip, which dates back to 2018, featured a player named Billy trying to guess the name of the “Senior Police officer appointed the first female commissioner of the Metropolitan Police”.Asked by host Alexander Armstrong for his final answer, he asserted: “The top is Caressa Dick. I think I’ll go for Caressa Dick.”Richard could be seen in different shots snickering as Alexander repeated the player’s answer before announcing it was incorrect.In a later tweet, Richard clarified that there was a “happy ending” to Billy’s participation in the programme.He typed: “The lovely thing about this clip is that Billy really did make money from 'It'll Be Alright On The Night' for it.

The Beatles in a sweet new clip shared by his son Giles Martin. Watch the video below.In the footage, shared on Twitter, the producer discusses how he initially met The Beatles and what he thought of the quartet when they travelled from Liverpool to London to meet him. “Well, that’s a silly name for a start,” he’s heard saying when he recounts being told about The Fab Four.He decided to give them a chance, commenting: “I met them in London and when I listened…it was ok but it wasn’t brilliant.

Pointless co-host, admitting it's easy to do so as he's a lot "posher" and "cleverer" that him.In a recent interview, the TV star opened up about his long-term friendship with the singer, who he teamed up with to host the hit BBC game show in 2009."I love Xander to bits but he’s so posh!" he laughed."You can almost endlessly wind him up, which is great."He went on to reveal to Metro.co.uk how the pair met: "I’ve known him a long time – 20 years, since Cambridge."I did sociology and politics there.

Pointless, alongside his friend and co-host Alexander Armstrong, but now his writing career is taking off, people are wondering how long he’ll stick with it.After appearing on Thursday morning's Good Morning Britain, Richard pointed out that you can film "years" worth of quiz shows quite quickly, and as the BBC programme films four in one day, we should still expect to see him on-screen for the forseeable."I want to write forever now because I love it and I feel like I’ve got such a connection to it," he explained to hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard."I'll try to do Pointless for as long as I possibly can – nothing lasts forever."It comes after the TV star opened up in a recent interview about his long-term friendship with the singer, who

Queen Elizabeth II when she turned up to play a game of Pointless.The BBC host has been at the helm of the game show alongside Richard Osman since it launched in 2009, and has welcomed a slew of famous faces into the game for Pointless Celebrities, but none quite as well known as Her Majesty.The TV presenter was giving a talk at the Sandringham branch of the Women’s Institute (WI), where the Queen is a member, and according to the comic, the 95-year-old monarch "got right into it".“It was literally me and a room full of 36 ladies of Sandringham, including one, who we would all have recognised," he told Susanna Reid and her co-host Richard Madeley on last month’s Good Morning Britain.“It was just the most wonderful thing to be asked to

Express.co.uk, he said: “I was terrified, I didn’t think I was going to be terrified at all and suddenly there she was, and I was absolutely terrified!"It must be the thing she strives to minimise at all times.The terror of meeting someone as important as the Queen is much scarier than you would ever imagine.”Alexander is a presenter, actor, and comedian best known for hosting the BBC quiz show Pointless since 2009.He is beloved by fans for his sharp sense of humour, mild manner, and friendly conversations with Pointless contestants.Although Alexander is now widely recognised as a game show host, he rose to fame as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller alongside fellow actor and comedian Ben Miller.The pair performed in

Tonight Mr Armstrong will feature as narrator in the new episode of Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera at 9pm on ITV. The show features a number of jaw-dropping home videos along with interviews of the people behind the stories, who share their memories of the experience.Tonight's episode sees a skydiver knocked out ten thousand feet in the air after he collided with another out-of-control skydiver. There will also be footage of a dramatic rescue of a young woman from her burning car on the M1. Yet, when featuring on Have I Got News For You earlier this year, Mr Armstrong caused uproar after he mocked the Welsh Language.  In an April episode of the hit BBC comedy show the comedian, famed for being one half of duo Armstrong and Miller,

Pointless together in 2009.However, Alexander recently revealed his fears of “pushing” his friendship with presenter turned author Richard too far if they branched out and worked together on other projects outside of the programme.When quizzed on whether he and Richard would like to collaborate on other shows alongside Pointless, the actor divulged in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk: “I’d love to.

BBC’s Pointless is a “demanding” show to film.The star, who presents the hit quiz show alongside his co-host Richard Osman, 50, said that, fortunately, the programme’s hectic schedule hasn’t yet impacted his friendship with the author.In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Alexander divulged: “I wouldn’t want Richard to get bored of me.“We spend a lot of the year together and the nice thing is we, genuinely, in nearly 12 years of Pointless, we have never had a cross word with each other. “I dare say we spend an awful lot of time in each other’s company, it’s very intensive, quite high pressured work.“The turn arounds are very quick and there are quite a lot of demands on us, we’ve got to be on the balls of our feet, and yet we don’t