Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, director and novelist, best known for being the creator and co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He has also presented the BBC Two quiz shows Two Tribes and Richard Osman’s House of Games and has been a team captain on the comedy panel shows Insert Name Here and The Fake News Show. Osman has gained recognition for his appearances on a wide variety of British panel shows.
Books in order of publication:
| The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World | 2012 |
| The 100 Most Pointless Arguments in the World | 2013 |
| The Very Pointless Quiz Book: Prove your Pointless Credentials | 2014 |
| The A-Z of Pointless: A brain-teasing bumper book of questions and trivia | 2015 |
| A Pointless History of the World | 2016 |
| The World Cup of Everything | 2017 |
| Richard Osman’s House of Games: 1,054 Questions to Test Your Wits, Wisdom and Imagination | 2019 |
| Richard Osman’s House of Games: 101 New & Classic Games From the Hit BBC Series | 2019 |
| The Thursday Murder Club | 2020 |
| The Bullet That Missed | 2022 |
| The Last Devil to Die | 2023 |
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