''Richard Osman's House of Games'' is a British

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hosted by

Richard Osman Richard Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show ''Pointless''. He has presented the BBC Two quiz shows ''Two Tribes ( ...

and produced by Banijay UK Productions subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the

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. The show is played on a weekly basis, with four celebrities playing on five consecutive days to win daily prizes, and the weekly prize of being crowned as "House of Games" champion. Points are accrued depending on where each celebrity finishes on each day and the points are doubled on Friday's show.

Format

Osman sits on a chair to the left of the screen, while the four celebrities sit on individual chairs. Osman hits a button on his table, activating a round generator, which is displayed on a big screen. He then explains what the round is about and in what format it will take place. For instance, whether it is a

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round, a pairs round or one where the players require use of their

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s. Five rounds are played each day, with the second round being played in pairs, and the final round always being "Answer Smash". The first round is quick general knowledge questions with a comic twist, such as rhyming words. The fourth round is typically "slow", where the question takes several minutes to be answered, and only one contestant receives a single point each time. In most games, a point is awarded for each correct answer, but in "Answer Smash", points are also deducted for incorrect answers. At the end of each day, the scores are announced and the winner wins a daily prize, which is usually a normal everyday object of some description with the "House of Games" logo imprinted on it (the logo being a

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-blue background with a depiction of Osman's hair, eyebrows and glasses). The points are then converted to four points for the winner, three for second place, two for third place and one for fourth place onto the weekly leader board with the points doubling to 8, 6, 4 and 2 for Friday's "Double Points Friday" edition. The weekly winner receives the "House of Games" trophy (a silver cup with the Osman depiction on it) from Osman. If there are 2 players tied for first place at the end of the week, both players are declared joint-winners and win a trophy each. In more recent episodes, a tie for first place is resolved by a tie-break question; the first to buzz-in wins if they answer correctly or their opponent wins if they answer incorrectly. Starting with Series 3, special "House of Champions" episodes aired featuring players who had previously won a daily or weekly edition of the show coming back for another week to fight for the Gold Champions Trophy. There were also daily prizes, which were similar to the prizes on the regular version of the show, however, they were mainly gold, rather than the turquoise-blue colour. In Series 6 and 7, there were also special "Redemption" weeks with four previous losing contestants who had never won a day prize. A week's worth of shows is recorded on a single day, so the celebrities are booked for only one day, changing outfits between shows.

Games

Buzzer games

* Rhyme Time: The players are shown two statements whose answers rhyme. They then buzz in with the correct answers. On some questions, one of the statements is replaced with either a picture or a song (in which the title of the song is the rhyming answer they require). This is usually the first round of the week to ease the contestants into the format. * Broken Karaoke: The "House of Games" fictional karaoke machine is broken and can only show the first letters of each word of a particular song. The players must buzz in when they know the answer. The only clues that the players get are the year that the song was released or the genre of the song (''first seen in Series 4'') and that the letters come up in time with the tune of the song. From Series 2 onward, if the song has not been correctly guessed by the time the letters are filled in, the initial letters of each word of the title are also provided as an additional clue. * What's in a Name? (changed to It's All in the Name in series 2): The players are given statements, the answer to which can be made using the letters from the full name of a particular player. Each player has two answers come from their name and a point is given for a correct answer, but if the player gets a correct answer from their own name, they get two points. * This Round Is in Code: The players are given a category, and answers are shown in alpha-numeric code (1=A, 2=B, 3=C, etc.). The players have to unscramble the codes to get a point. * Z-A: The players are shown three blanked out words with the letters filled in reverse alphabetical order (Z, then Y, then X, etc.). The players have to buzz in when they know what connects all three words. * Games House Of: The players are given questions, but instead of answering them normally, they have to give the answer with the words in alphabetical order. For example, Sacha Baron Cohen stars alongside Pamela Anderson as the title character in what 2006 comedy film? The answer is '' Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan''. However, in this round, they would give the answer as "America Benefit Borat: Cultural for Glorious Kazakhstan Learnings Make Nation of of". * The Elephant in the Room: The players are given a word, and are then given questions to answer, but instead of answering them normally, they have to give the answer with the given word removed from the answer. For example, if the given word was "ham" and the answer to the question was

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, the player would have to say "mersmith" as the answer. * Roonerspisms: Same as ''Rhyme Time'' except that, rather than the answers rhyming, they are

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s of each other. For example, a statement could say "Surname of Richie Rich's minder, portrayed by

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" and the other one say "Hat referred to in

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as a bunnet", then the answers would be " Catflap" and "

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". * The Backwards Round: The players are given questions, but the words are in reverse order (buzzers on fingers). As with the questions, the players must give their answers in reverse. As an example for "Duo mouse and cat which created Barbera Joseph and Hanna William?", the answer would be Jerry and Tom (with the correct way round being "William Hanna and Joseph Barbera created which cat and mouse duo?" Tom and Jerry). Some questions involve the identification of songs played backwards (often with Richard asking "Song this of title the is what?"). * Opposites Attract: The players are given a category and a clue, and they have to work out what the answer relating to the category is, which is the opposite of the clue that they have just been given. Some opposites may be more cryptic than others. For example, if the category were rock bands, and the clue were "Green Cold China Georges", then the answer would be

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, as red is in the opposite side of the colour wheel from green, hot is the opposite of cold,

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is on the opposite side of the world from

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and George is the brother of Peppa in the show ''

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''. * King of the Jumble: Same as ''Rhyme Time'' except that, rather than the answers rhyming, they are anagrams of each other. * Two Clues in One: The players are given a category and are then given a clue to an answer related to that category, which has the same initials as the answer. * A Blast from the Past Tense: The players are given a question, but they must give the answer in the past tense. For example, if the answer to a question was "

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", the players must give the answer "Took That", as 'took' is the past tense of 'take'. * Internet History: In this round, the contestants are asked to identify a historical figure using fictionalised hashtags relating to their role in history. Contestants get a point for each correct answer. * Pop Art : After being given the year the song was released, the players are shown four picture clues representing a lyric from a popular song and must buzz in with the title. * Can You Feel It?: Each of the players is given a magnetic board with a word spelled on it (all the same word). The players are then blindfolded with their board facing towards the screen. Osman gives them a question and they have to spell out the answer using the letters on their boards. The first person to hit the buzzer with the correct answer wins a point. * The Too Complicated Round: The players are given a category which they have to give a correct example of, but the question has nothing to do with the category. Instead, the players have to buzz in with the right answer relating to the category which has the same initials as the answer to the question. For example, if the category was

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actors, and the question was "Who was the first host of ''

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'' following the sacking of

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?", the players would have to answer with

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, as he has the same initials as the answer to the question:

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. This game is only played on a "Champions Week". * Well Done If You Said That at Home: The players are shown a word cloud based on something like a film, TV show or book title, generated from a home viewer survey asking for three words they would associate with the title. The cloud is revealed to the players from the least popular word to the most popular. The players must buzz in with the correct title for a point. The title of this round is a reference to Osman's other quiz show, ''

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'', which is based on home-viewer surveys. * Sorry, Wrong Number: The players are given an instruction and a clue to an answer with a number in it. Players must buzz in with the answer correctly modified by the instruction. For example, if the instruction was "Multiply by 10" with the clue "Official residence of the UK Prime Minister", the answer the players should give is "100 Downing Street". * There Once Was a Quiz Host Called Richard...: The players are given the lines to a

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, one line at a time. They must buzz in when they have worked out who or what the limerick is about. They must buzz in with the correct answer for a point. * Vowel Movement: The players are given a list of up to four items, one at a time, however all of the vowels have been changed in a

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, which may vary from clue to clue. They must buzz in with the category that links the correctly spelled items for a point. * Singonyms: The players are given a set of song lyrics where all words have been replaced with

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s of the original words. Players are also provided the year that the song was released. They must buzz in with the title of the song to earn a point. * Richard's Junk: At the start of the round, all players are shown a picture of some of Osman's various junk items. Players are given 15 seconds to memorise the items before the picture disappears. Players are then asked a series of questions for which the answer is one of the items in the picture (often in a punning way). They must buzz in with the correct answer to earn a point. After each question, the relevant item is revealed and is not used in future questions in that round. After all questions are asked, the first player to buzz in and name all items in the picture that were not used earns a bonus point. The game was named Santa's Junk for ''Festive House of Games'', with the items being presented in person by Father Christmas. * Sounds Like...: All players are shown a category and a set of pictures of things that, when combined in order, sound like something in the category. The first player to buzz in with the correct answer earns a point. * Only Fools and Zebras: Players are shown a category. A question is asked, which will have an answer from that category as part of the answer. A picture is also shown, containing a picture from the category. The player must answer the question, but substituting the picture in place of the part of the question from the category. * Double Trouble: Players are given a letter. They are then given two clues to things which each have a word that starts with that letter. They have to say the word of each answer that starts with the letter to earn a point. * Somewhere Only We Don't: A parody of the song "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane and players are shown the same category as "Only Fools And Zebras" and this time, they have to say the correct answer in each category, but the wrong answer that the player has frozen out. * It Will All Become Clear: Players are given a blurry still from a movie. The still "buffers" to become clearer over time. They must buzz in with the name of the movie to get the point. * Wetter Slap: Players are shown a category and two relevant answers to that category, but with a letter swapped around for each word. They must buzz in with the correct answers, by swapping the letters back around to make the normal words, for a point each. For example, if the category was Bands, "The Corks" and "Rings of Leon" have the "k" and "r" swapped respectively, so the correct answers to give are

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and

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. * Flamingo, Pot Plant, Middlemarch: The contestants are shown a question. They must buzz in and recite every previous correct answer from this round, in order, before they can add the correct answer to the most recent question to the list. * Name Tag: The contestants are given a question which has a name in its answer. They must buzz in and replace the name with that of one of their fellow contestants, who then gets the next question. * There's a Cat on My Keyboard * Is It Spaniel Craig?

Individual games

* Correction Centre * Mouse of Games * The Answer's in the Question * And the Answer Isn't * Cine-Nyms * Highbrow Lowbrow * The Pen-Ultimate Round * Question Writers' Day Off * House of Gamers * Hose of Games * Hey, Alexander! * Look Who's Back * Hidden in Plain Sight * Klaus of Games * Previously on House of Games

Pairs games

NOTE: In every episode, Round 2 is always a pairs game, and on each show, the person who is in last place after the first round gets to choose which of the other celebrities they want to be their partner for this round. However, if 2, 3 or all 4 players are tied in last place, there is no formal tiebreaker (e.g. whoever is sitting closest to Richard gets to decide); instead, Richard will just choose a player at random * Distinctly Average * Build Your Own Question * Dim Sums * Chron-Illogical * You Complete Me * All in the Details * Venn Will I Be Famous? * You Spell Terrible * Totes Emoji * The Two Wrongies * I Complete You * Reichard Ösmans Haus Der Spiele (changed to Reichard Ösmanns Haus Der Spiele in Series 4) * The Z-List * Don't State the Obvious * Password123 * Stick It * My Perfect Match * Mime Time * Great Minds Link Alike * Richard Osman's Blank of Blanks * Why Don't You Answer My Letters? * Partners in Time

Random games

* Is It Me? * The Nice Round * But What's the Question? * Lucky Dip * Win When They're Singing * The (Not Quite So) Nice Round * Who Goes First? * There's No 'I' in Osman * I Am Not a Robot * Tom, Vic and Abby * Bits of Hits

Tablet games

* Put Your Finger on It * Where Is Kazakhstan? * The Rich List * Size Matters * I'm Terrible at Dating * Outplay Osman * Race the Dame

Final round

Answer Smash is played in the final round.

Contestants

:Weekly winners in bold.

Series 1

*Week 1 (4–8 September 2017):

Nish Kumar Nishant Kumar (born 1985) is a British stand-up comedian, television presenter and podcaster. He became known as the host of ''The Mash Report'' on BBC Two and U&Dave, Dave. He has also presented ''Newsjack'' on BBC Radio 4 Extra, ''Joel Domme ...

Anneka Rice Anne Lucinda Hartley Rice (born 4 October 1958), known professionally as Anneka Rice, is a British television and radio presenter, journalist and painter. She began her broadcasting career with the BBC World Service and later moved to childr ...

Clara Amfo Clara Amfo is a British radio broadcaster, television presenter, podcast host and voice-over artist. She is known for presenting her shows on BBC Radio 1. Early life and education Born to Ghanaian parents. She has five siblings. Her father, w ...

and

Al Murray Alastair James Hay Murray (born 10 May 1968) is an English comedian. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Murray's comedy career began by working with Harry Hill for BBC Radio 4. He regularly performed at the Edinburgh Festival Frin ...

*Week 2 (11–15 September 2017): Angela Scanlon,

Clive Myrie Clive Augustus Myrie (born 25 August 1964) is a British journalist, newsreader and presenter for the BBC. He is one of the channel's chief news presenters and correspondents, as well as its election results presenter. Since August 2021, he has b ...

Sara Pascoe Sara Patricia Pascoe (born 22 May 1981) is an English comedian, actress, presenter and writer. She has appeared on television programmes including ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' and ''Taskmaster (TV series), Taskmaster'' for Channel 4 and ...

and Rick Edwards *Week 3 (18–22 September 2017):

Anita Rani Anita Rani Nazran (born 25 October 1977), better known as Anita Rani, is a British radio and television presenter. Early life Rani was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and grew up in Heaton, West Yorkshire, Heaton and Odsal. Her parents were ...

, Chris Ramsey,

Janet Ellis Janet Ellis, (born 16 September 1955) is an English television presenter, actress and writer, who is best known for presenting the children's television programmes ''Blue Peter'' and '' Jigsaw'' between 1979 and 1987. She has published two nov ...

and

Jamie Theakston James Paul Theakston (born 21 December 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, narrator and actor. He has hosted television programmes for the BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV, Channel 4 and 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5. He co-present ...

Series 2

*Week 1 (28 May–1 June 2018):

Naga Munchetty Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah (born 25 February 1975), known professionally as Naga Munchetty, is an English television presenter, newsreader and journalist. She is a regular presenter on ''BBC Breakfast'', and hosts an 11am-2pm progra ...

Jordan Stephens Jordan Fontenelle Stephens (born 25 January 1992) is an English musician. He is best known for being one half of Rizzle Kicks, and for presenting the ITV2 panel show ''Don't Hate the Playaz''. Born in Neasden to Herman Stephens and Emma Boulti ...

Sally Lindsay Sally Jane Lindsay (born 8 July 1973) is an English actress and television presenter. She rose to fame playing Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2001–2006). Her other roles include Lisa Johnson in the Sky ...

and David O'Doherty *Week 2 (4–8 June 2018):

Ellie Taylor Eleanor Jane Taylor is an English comedian, television personality, actress, and writer. After appearing as a contestant on '' Show Me the Funny'' in 2011, Taylor has appeared on numerous television shows, including '' 8 Out of 10 Cats'' (2011 ...

Steve Pemberton Steven James Pemberton (born 1 September 1967) is a British actor, comedian, director and writer. He was a writer and actor for BBC's ''The League of Gentlemen'' with Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson. Pemberton and Shearsmith also ...

Fern Britton Fern M. Philomena Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English television presenter and author. After beginning her career as a continuity announcer and a newsreader, she went on to co-present '' Breakfast Time'' in the 1980s and hosted the cookery ...

and Josh Widdicombe *Week 3 (11–15 June 2018):

Shappi Khorsandi Shaparak Khorsandi (, ; born 8 June 1973), who previously performed as Shappi Khorsandi, is an Iranian-born British comedian and author. She is the daughter of the Iranian political satirist and poet Hadi Khorsandi. Her family left Iran for ...

Michael Buerk Michael Duncan Buerk (; born 18 February 1946) is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4's '' Moral Maze'' since 1990. He was also the presenter of BBC One's docudrama ...

Amanda Abbington Amanda Abbington (born ) is an English actress. In a career spanning over thirty years on stage and screen, her most prominent roles include Josie Mardle in ''Mr Selfridge'' (2013–2016) and Mary Morstan in '' Sherlock'' (2014–2017). Her ot ...

and Elis James *Week 4 (18, 20, 20–22 June 2018): Beattie Edmondson, Amol Rajan,

Gaby Roslin Gaby Roslin (born 12 July 1964) is an English television and radio presenter who rose to fame co-presenting ''The Big Breakfast'' on Channel 4 between 1992 and 1996. Roslin also presented the ''Children in Need'' charity telethons on the BBC be ...

and

Hugh Dennis Peter Hugh Dennis (born 13 February 1962) is an English comedian, presenter, actor, Impressionist (entertainment), impressionist and writer. He was a panellist in every episode of the comedy show ''Mock the Week'' (2005–2022) and is one half ...

*Week 5 (25–29 June 2018): Chizzy Akudolu,

Charlie Higson Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the young adult post-apocalyptic book series ''The Enemy'', as well as the fi ...

, Kate Williams and Tom Allen *Week 6 (12–16 November 2018):

Rachel Riley Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986) is an English television presenter. She co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show '' Countdown'' and its comedy spin-off ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''. She is a mathematics graduate. He ...

, JB Gill,

Katie Derham Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham (born 18 June 1970) is a British newscaster and a presenter on television and radio. Early life and education Derham was born on 18 June 1970 in Canterbury, Kent to Margaret, a teacher, and John Derham, a chem ...

and

Richard Herring Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967) is an English stand-up comedian and writer whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring (alongside Stewart Lee). He is described by ''The British Theatre Guide'' as "one of the leadin ...

*Week 7 (19–23 November 2018):

Lolly Adefope Ololade "Lolly" Adefope (born ) is an English stand-up comedian and actress, specialising in character comedy. She is known for playing the role of Fran in the Hulu comedy series ''Shrill (TV series), Shrill'', and as Kitty, the ghost of a Geor ...

, Dan Walker, Sarah Greene and

Miles Jupp Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ''Balamory''. He also played John Dugg ...

*Week 8 (26–30 November 2018):

Samantha Womack Samantha Zoe Womack (''née'' Janus; born 2 November 1972) is an English actress, singer, model and director who has worked in film, television and stage. Womack initially planned a career in singing and she represented the United Kingdom in ...

, Rory Reid, Anne Diamond and

James Acaster James William Acaster (; born 9 January 1985) is an English comedian, presenter, podcaster and actor. As well as the stand-up specials ''James Acaster: Repertoire, Repertoire'' and ''Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999'', he is known for co-hosting ...

*Week 9 (3–8 December 2018):

Kelly Cates Kelly Cates (née Dalglish; born 28 September 1975) is a Scottish presenter, currently working for Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 Live and ESPN. Early life Born in Glasgow, Kelly is the eldest of four children of former Celtic and Liverpool player a ...

, Tyger Drew-Honey, Desiree Burch and Matt Allwright *Week 10 (10–14 December 2018): Susie Dent, Nick Owen,

Chemmy Alcott Chimene Mary "Chemmy" Crawford-Alcott ( Alcott; born 10 July 1982) is an English former World Cup alpine ski racer. She competed in all five disciplines: downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom and combined. Alcott competed in four Wint ...

and Dane Baptiste

Series 3

*Week 1 (7–11 October 2019): Miquita Oliver,

Ed Gamble Edward Stephenson Gamble (born 10 March 1986) is an English comedian and television presenter. He is best known for co-presenting the ''Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Off Menu'' podcast with James Acaster as well as his appearances ...

Kate Thornton Kate Thornton (born 7 February 1973) is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as the first presenter of ''The X Factor'' (2004–2006) and for presenting daytime shows including '' Loose Women'' (2009–2011) and '' This Morning'' (2 ...

and

*Week 2 (14–18 October 2019):

Scarlett Moffatt Scarlett Sigourney Leigh Moffatt (born 17 October 1990) is a British television personality and presenter, best known for appearing in the Channel 4 programme ''Gogglebox''. She won the sixteenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of He ...

, Iain Stirling,

Angellica Bell Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1976) is a British television presenter, television and radio presenter, best known for her presenting on CBBC between 2000 and 2006. She is also known for providing occasional cover on ''The One Show'' and for c ...

and

Gyles Brandreth Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (born 8 March 1948) is a British broadcaster, writer and former politician. He has worked as a television presenter, theatre producer, journalist, author and publisher. He was a presenter for TV-am's '' Good Morning Bri ...

*Week 3 (21–25 October 2019):

Kate Humble Katherine Mary Humble (born 12 December 1968) is an English television presenter and narrator, mainly working for the BBC, specialising in wildlife and science programmes. Humble served as president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Bir ...

, Ivo Graham, Andi Oliver and

Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''Given name#Name at birth, né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is a retired English stand-up comedy, stand-up and Improv comedy teacher, improv comedian, actor, performance poetry, performance poet, cartoonist and podc ...

*Week 4 (28 October–1 November 2019): June Sarpong, Dev Griffin, Debbie McGee and

Alex Horne Alexander James Jeffery Horne (born 10 September 1978) is an English comedian. Horne is the creator of BAFTA award-winning TV series '' Taskmaster'', in which he takes the role of assistant to the Taskmaster Greg Davies. He is the host and ba ...

*Week 5 (4–8 November 2019):

Nina Wadia Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', Aunty Noor in '' Citizen Khan'', Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy ''Still Open All Hours'' and for starring i ...

, Johnny Ball, Suzi Ruffell and Danny Wallace *Week 6 (11–15 November 2019):

Jay Blades Jason Blades (born 21 February 1970) is an English Conservation and restoration of wooden furniture, furniture restorer and television presenter. Early life Blades was born in London Borough of Brent, Brent, North London and raised in Hackne ...

Rachel Parris Rachel Sarah Parris (born 1984) is an English comedian, musician, actress and presenter. She hosted the satirical news show '' Late Night Mash'' (formerly ''The Mash Report''). Early life Parris attended Loughborough High School. She holds an ...

Shaun Keaveny Shaun William Keaveny (born 14 June 1972) is a British broadcaster who presented the Breakfast Show on radio station BBC Radio 6 Music for 11 years, and the afternoon show for a further three years. Early life and education Keaveny grew up on ...

and

Jan Ravens Janet Ravens (born 14 May 1958) is an English actress and impressionist, known for her voice work on '' Spitting Image'' and '' Dead Ringers''. Early life Ravens grew up in Hoylake, then in Cheshire, on the west side of the Wirral with her f ...

(tie between Parris and Ravens) *Week 7 (18–22 November 2019):

Kate Bottley Kate Bottley () is a Church of England vicar in North Nottinghamshire, a role which she combines with her other roles of journalist, media presenter and reality television star. She appears frequently on British radio and television as well as i ...

, John Thomson, YolanDa Brown and

Joel Dommett Joel Patrick Dommett (born 8 June 1985) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor. After beginning his career as an actor, and appearing in various television shows including '' Casualty'' and '' Skins'', he embarked on stand-up com ...

*Week 8 (25–29 November 2019):

Rose Matafeo Rose Matafeo (; born 25 February 1992) is a New Zealand comedian, actress and TV presenter. She was a writer and performer on the New Zealand late-night comedy sketch show '' Funny Girls''. In 2018, she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best S ...

, Rav Wilding,

Valerie Singleton Valerie Singleton (born 9 April 1937) is an English television and radio presenter best known as a regular presenter of the popular children's series ''Blue Peter'' from 1962 to 1972. She also presented the BBC Radio 4 '' PM'' programme for te ...

and Gary Delaney *Week 10 (13–17 January 2020): Andrea McLean,

Phil Wang Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Vòng Hîn-kùi''; born 22 January 1990) is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 ser ...

Rita Simons Rita Joanne Simons (born 10 March 1977) is an English actress and singer. After beginning her career as a member of the short-lived girl group Girls@Play, she became best known for portraying the role of Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera ''Ea ...

and

Adil Ray Adil Ray (, born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio/television presenter. Ray is best known as the creator, co-writer and star of the long-running BBC One scripted comedy series ''Citizen Khan'' (2012–2016)'','' and as a p ...

*Week 11 (20–24 January 2020): Michelle Ackerley,

Matt Forde Matt Forde (born 6 November 1982) is an English comedian, impressionist, writer and presenter. Background Forde attended Becket School in West Bridgford, Nottingham. His mother is a former nun. He joined the Labour Party when he was 15 and b ...

, Judy Murray and Fred MacAulay *Week 12 (27–31 January 2020): Kerry Godliman, Radzi Chinyanganya, Ebony Rainford-Brent and

Hal Cruttenden Hal Dominic Bart Cruttenden (born 9 September 1969) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. Early life Hal Dominic Bart Cruttenden was born in the Ealing district of London on 9 September 1969. His grandmother, Cynthia Co ...

*Week 13 (3–7 February 2020): Lou Sanders, Richard Coles,

Maggie Aderin-Pocock Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock (; born 9 March 1968) is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancello ...

and

Stuart Maconie Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961) is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. He is a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music where, alongside Mark Radc ...

*Week 14 (10–14 February 2020):

Vick Hope Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu-Hope (born 25 September 1989) is a British television and radio presenter, journalist and published author. Hope hosts the BBC Radio 1 drivetime show ''Going Home with Vick, Katie and Jamie'' with Katie Thistleton and ...

Gethin Jones Gethin Clifford Jones (born 12 February 1978) is a Welsh television presenter. He was an active rugby union player while at Manchester Metropolitan University and, after graduation, he began his television career on Welsh language channel S4C a ...

Nicki Chapman Nicki Chapman (born 14 January 1967) is an English television and radio presenter, talent show judge and public relations agent who previously worked in the British pop music industry. Chapman was a judge on the ITV reality shows ''Popstars ...

and

Tim Vine Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter best known for his puns and other one-liners and his role on the TV sitcom '' Not Going Out'' (2006–2012, 2014). He has also released a number of stand- ...

*Week 15 (17–21 February 2020): Gareth Malone,

Jamelia Jamelia Niela Davis (born 11 January 1981) is a British singer, actress and television personality. Her three studio albums each peaked inside the Top 40 and they spawned eight top-10 singles. In addition, Jamelia has won four MOBO Awards, a Q ...

Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006. Th ...

and

Susan Calman Susan Grace Calman (born 6 November 1974) is a Scottish comedian, television presenter and writer. She has written and starred in two series of her radio sitcom ''Sisters'', two series of stand-up show ''Susan Calman is Convicted'' and a serie ...

*Week 16 (24–28 February 2020):

Samira Ahmed Samira Ahmed (born 15 June 1968) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster at the BBC, where she presents '' Front Row'' on Radio 4 and '' Newswatch'' on the BBC News channel and BBC One during '' BBC Breakfast'', and regularly present ...

, John Robins,

Angela Rippon Angela May Rippon (born 12 October 1944) is an English broadcaster, former newsreader, writer and journalist. Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's ''BBC Nine O'Clock News, Nine ...

and Dom Joly

Series 4

*Week 1 (12–16 October 2020):

Vikki Stone Vikki Stone is a British composer, comedian, actress and musician. In 2023, her show ''Hey Duggee Live'' was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Family Show. Early life Stone was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, attending Eastlands Primar ...

Ade Adepitan Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan (; born 27 March 1973) is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television. A ...

, Jean Johansson and

Stephen Mangan Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He has played Guy Secretan in '' Green Wing'', Dan Moody in '' I'm Alan Partridge'', Seán Lincoln in ''Episodes'', Bigwig in ''Watership Down'', Postma ...

*Week 2 (19–23 October 2020):

Mike Bushell Mike Bushell (born 11 December 1965) is an English sports presenter for the BBC. He presents sport on ''BBC Breakfast''. Bushell has participated in many different sports on his Saturday morning slot on BBC One and on the BBC News Channel. ...

Aisling Bea Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984), known professionally as Aisling Bea ( ), is an Irish comedian, actress and screenwriter. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series '' This Way Up'' on Channel 4. As a stand-up comedi ...

Sunetra Sarker Sunetra Sarker (born 25 June 1973) is an English actress and presenter, known for her roles as Nisha Batra in '' Brookside'', Anji Mittel in '' No Angels'', Zoe Hanna in '' Casualty'', and Kaneez Paracha in '' Ackley Bridge''. In 2014, she t ...

and

Dion Dublin Dion Dublin (born 22 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer, television presenter and pundit. He is a club director of Cambridge United. As a player he was a centre-forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manches ...

*Week 3 (26–30 October 2020):

Scott Mills Scott Robert Mills (born 28 March 1973) is an English radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor. He is best known for presenting the '' Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and since then, on BBC Radio 2, where he has be ...

, Josie d'Arby, Jayde Adams and

Rufus Hound Rufus Hound (born Robert James Blair Simpson 6 March 1979) is an English actor, comedian and presenter. Early life Hound was born on 6 March 1979 in Essex and moved to Surrey at the age of 7. He was educated at Hoe Bridge School Woking, Fre ...

*Week 4 (2–6 November 2020):

AJ Odudu Onatejiro "AJ" Odudu (born 12 February 1988) is a British television presenter. She co-presents the ITV2 reality shows '' Big Brother'' (since 2023) and ''Celebrity Big Brother'' (since 2024) alongside Will Best, and previously the spin-off sh ...

Neil Delamere Neil Delamere ( ; born 1979) is an Irish comedian. He is a regular on the BBC Northern Ireland television show '' The Blame Game'', and was the BBC Fighting Talk Champion of Champions in 2022. Early life and education Delamere is from Ede ...

, Mark Billingham and Lucy Porter *Week 5 (9–13 November 2020):

Meera Syal Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and by portraying Sanjeev's grandmoth ...

Steve Backshall Stephen James Backshall (born 21 April 1973) is a British naturalist, explorer, presenter and writer, best known for BBC Television, BBC TV's ''Deadly (franchise), Deadly...'' franchise. His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition ...

, Catherine Bohart and Ranj Singh *Week 6 (16–20 November 2020):

Melvin Odoom Melvin Kuuku Odoom (born 30 July 1980) is a British radio DJ and television presenter. Alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams and Charlie Hedges, he presented the Kiss (UK radio station), Kiss FM breakfast show (2009–2018) and since then, on BBC R ...

,This person finished on a negative score during one episode this week. Denise Van Outen,

Greg Rutherford Gregory James Rutherford Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British people, British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World a ...

and

Angela Barnes Angela Barnes (born 9 November 1976) is an English stand-up comedian, mostly known for her appearances on ''Mock the Week''. Early life and education Barnes was born in Sidcup, London and brought up in Maidstone, Kent. She was educated at I ...

This week had all five episodes won by the same person.The equal highest (20) and equal second highest (19) single episode score. *Week 7 (23–27 November 2020): Denise Lewis, Rhys James,

Isy Suttie Isobel Jane Suttie (; born 11 August 1978) is a British musical comedian, actress and writer. She played Dobby in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Peep Show'', and in 2013 won the gold Sony Radio Academy Award for her radio show ''Pearl And Dave''. Ear ...

and David James *Week 8 (30 November–4 December 2020): Sara Barron, Rickie Haywood-Williams, Jessica Fostekew and Anton Du Beke *Week 9 (7–11 December 2020):

Alex Jones Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American Far-right politics, far-right radio host, radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts ''The Alex Jones Show'' from Austin, Texas. ''The Alex Jones Show'' is the lo ...

, Karim Zeroual,

Jessica Knappett Jessica Amy Knappett (born 9 April 1984) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom '' Drifters'', and appeared as Lisa in ''The Inbetweeners Movie''. She was also one ...

and

Robert Rinder Robert Michael Rinder (; born 31 May 1978), sometimes known as Judge Rinder, is a British criminal barrister and television personality. In 2014, while still a practising barrister, he began hosting the reality television#Reality court shows, r ...

*Week 10 (14–17 and 20 December 2020):

Steve Cram Stephen Cram, (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arro ...

Josie Long Josie Isabel Long (born 17 April 1982) is an English comedian. She started performing as a stand-up at the age of 14 and won the BBC New Comedy Awards at 17. In 2006, Long won the If.comeddies Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Festival Frin ...

, Jeanette Kwakye and

Lloyd Griffith Lloyd Griffith is an English comedian, actor, presenter and singer from Grimsby, England, and was a presenter on Sky Sports show ''Soccer AM'' until the end of the 2018–19 Premier League, 2018–19 season. Career Lloyd Griffith originally tra ...

*Week 11 (4–8 January 2021):

Gabby Logan Gabrielle Nicole Logan (''née'' Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted '' Final Score'' for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She h ...

Tim Key Timothy Key (born 2 September 1976) is an English poet, comedian, actor and screenwriter. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, both as a solo act and as part of the comedy group Cowards (comedy troupe), Cowards, and plays Alan Pa ...

, Gemma Cairney and

Jeff Stelling Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English television presenter. He presented '' Gillette Soccer Saturday'' for Sky Sports from 1994 until 2023 and hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015. He also present ...

*Week 12 (11–15 January 2021):

Alex Brooker Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012, Brooker has co-hosted ''The Last Leg'', a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe ...

Sophie Duker Sophie Duker (born 1989/1990) is a British stand-up comedian and writer. Early life Duker was born in London to first-generation immigrants from West Africa. Her mother is from Cameroon and her father is from Ghana. She attended North London Col ...

Charlotte Hawkins Charlotte Mary Hawkins (born 16 May 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. Hawkins joined ITV's '' Meridian Tonight'' in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become co-presenter of ...

and

David Baddiel David Lionel Baddiel (; born 28 May 1964) is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, author and singer. He became known for his early work alongside Rob Newman in '' The Mary Whitehouse Experience'' and later for his comedy partnership w ...

*Week 13 (18–22 January 2021):

Maisie Adam Maisie Elizabeth Adam (born 24 January 1994) is an English stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian. Early life Maisie Adam was born on 24 January 1994. She grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, with her parents Phillip and Jill Adam, and her younge ...

Rory Bremner Roderick Keith Ogilvy "Rory" Bremner,"Rory Bremner". '' Who Do You Think You Are?''. Wall to Wall for BBC One. 2 February 2009. No. 1, series 6. (born 6 April 1961) is a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political sati ...

, Michelle Gayle and James Cracknell *Week 14 (25–29 January 2021):

Charlie Brooks Charlene Emma Brooks (born 3 May 1981) is an English actress, best known for her role of Janine Butcher in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Brooks has also performed in British television shows ''The Bill'', ''Wired'' and ''Bleak House'', ...

Darren Harriott Darren Harriott (born 1 September 1988) is a British stand-up comedian from Oldbury, West Midlands. He was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award and Best Show Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and 2019 respectively. Early life Har ...

Melinda Messenger Melinda Jane Messenger (born 23 February 1971) is an English television presenter and former glamour photography, glamour model and Page Three girl. She presented the magazine programme ''Live from Studio Five'' and was formerly the co-Televisio ...

and

Les Dennis Leslie Dennis Heseltine (born 12 October 1953) is an English television presenter, actor and comedian. He presented '' Family Fortunes'' from 1987 to 2002. Early life Dennis was born as Leslie Dennis Heseltine on 12 October 1953 in the Liv ...

(tie between Messenger and Dennis) *Week 15 (1–5 February 2021):

Josie Lawrence Josie Lawrence (born Wendy Lawrence; 6 June 1959) is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for her work with the Comedy Store Players improvisational troupe, the television series '' Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' and as Manda Best in ...

, Raj Bisram,

Laura Whitmore Laura Whitmore (born 4 May 1985) is an Irish media personality, model and actress based in London. She was a video jockey for MTV in 2008, and has since presented television shows, such as ''This Morning'' (2014), ''Survival of the Fittest'' ...

and

Mark Watson Mark Andrew Watson (born 13 February 1980) is an English comedian, novelist and producer. Early life Watson was born in Bristol to a Welsh people, Welsh mother and English father. He has younger twin sisters and a brother, Paul Watson (footba ...

*Week 16 (8–12 February 2021): Kae Kurd, Zoe Lyons,

Andrew Hunter Murray Andrew Hunter Murray (born 1987) is a British writer, podcaster and comedian. Early life Murray went to school at King's College School in Wimbledon. Career Murray is a writer and researcher for the BBC panel show '' QI'', as a member of the t ...

and

Kate Robbins Kate Elizabeth Robbins (born 21 August 1958) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter. She came to prominence in the early 1980s when she scored a top ten single on the UK Official Charts with "More Than in Love", while she was appearing i ...

This person finished on a negative score during one episode this week. *Week 17 (15–19 February 2021): Sindhu Vee, Tom Rosenthal (actor), Tom Rosenthal, Anna Richardson and Marcus Brigstocke *Week 18 (22–26 February 2021): Colin Murray, Sally Phillips, Nathan Caton and Ronni Ancona *Week 19 (1–5 March 2021): Mae Martin, Nihal Arthanayake, Patsy Kensit and Jake Humphrey *Week 20 (8–12 March 2021): Glenn Moore (comedian), Glenn Moore, Mina Anwar, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Shaun Williamson

Series 5

*Week 1 (16, 18–20, 20 August 2021): Gareth Thomas (rugby, born 1974), Gareth Thomas, Olga Koch, Reeta Chakrabarti and Andrew Maxwell *Week 2 (23–27 August 2021): Jamali Maddix, Jodie Kidd, Suzi Perry and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall *Week 3 (30–31 August, 2–3, 3 September 2021): Joe Thomas (actor), Joe Thomas, Lucy Beaumont (comedian), Lucy Beaumont, Jake Wood and Shazia Mirza *Week 4 (6–8, 10, 10 September 2021): Kevin Clifton, Kemah Bob, Victoria Derbyshire and JJ Chalmers *Week 5 (13–17 September 2021): Philip Glenister, Thanyia Moore, Mark Chapman (broadcaster), Mark Chapman and Kaye Adams *Week 6 (20–24 September 2021): Matthew Pinsent, Ruby Bhogal, Ingrid Oliver and Ed Byrne (comedian), Ed Byrne *Week 7 (27 September–1 October 2021): Cariad Lloyd, Dennis Taylor, Yasmine Akram and Geoff Norcott *Week 8 (4–8 October 2021): Jo Brand, Roger Black, Tiff Stevenson and Sanjeev Kohli *Week 9 (11–15 October 2021): Andy Hamilton, Sabrina Grant, Kirsty Wark and Matt Edmondson *Week 10 (18–22 October 2021): Joanne McNally, Bill Turnbull, Michelle Collins and Reginald D. Hunter *Week 11 (25–29 October 2021): Sean Fletcher, Kimberly Wyatt, Louise Minchin and Chris Washington (comedian), Chris Washington *Week 12 (1–5 November 2021): Sarah Millican, Nabil Abdulrashid, Philippa Perry and Luke Kempner *Week 13 (8–12 November 2021): Mike Wozniak, Clare Balding, Mehreen Baig and Jamie Laing *Week 14 (15–19 November 2021): Will Kirk, Edith Bowman, Fern Brady and Martin Lewis (financial journalist), Martin Lewis *Week 15 (22–26 November 2021): Athena Kugblenu, Nick Helm, Nina Conti and Toby Tarrant *Week 16 (29 November–3 December 2021): Jessie Cave, AJ Pritchard, Ayesha Hazarika and Simon Hickson *Week 17 (7–11 March 2022): Jennie McAlpine, Felicity Ward, Joe Pasquale and Ugo Monye *Week 18 (14–19 March 2022): Jen Brister, Kelvin Fletcher, Zoe Williams (doctor), Zoe Williams and Ian Moore (comedian), Ian Moore *Week 19 (21–25 March 2022): Stephen Bailey, The Great British Bake Off (series 12), Crystelle Pereira, Amanda Lamb and Nick Moran *Week 20 (28 March–1 April 2022): Carol Smillie, Babatunde Aléshé, Richie Anderson (BBC personality), Richie Anderson and Jo Caulfield *Week 21 (4–8 April 2022): Briony May Williams, Milton Jones, Ria Lina and Martin Roberts (presenter), Martin Roberts *Week 22 (11–15 April 2022): Martel Maxwell, Mathew Horne, Chloe Petts and Alex Beresford *Week 23 (18–22 April 2022): Kimberley Nixon, Rachel Fairburn, Trevor Nelson and Des Clarke (comedian), Des Clarke *Week 24 (25–29 April 2022): Jay McGuiness, Linda Robson, Sarah Kendall and Bobby Seagull

Series 6

* Week 1 (5–7 and 9–10 September 2022): Neil Morrissey, Hannah Cockroft, Rhys Stephenson and Penny Smith * Week 2 (12 and 14–17 September 2022): Jayne Middlemiss, Katya Jones, Phil Tufnell and Rob Deering * Week 3 (19–23 September 2022): Martin Offiah, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Val McDermid and Charlie Baker (comedian), Charlie Baker * Week 4 (26–30 September 2022): Natasha Raskin Sharp, Faye Tozer, Eddie Kadi and Charlie Stayt * Week 5 (3–7 October 2022): Joe Sugg, Kerry Howard, Evelyn Mok and Toby Anstis * Week 6 (10–14 October 2022): Roo Irvine, Claire Richards, John Kearns and Diarmuid Gavin * Week 7 (17–21 October 2022): Louis Emerick, Helen George, Justin Moorhouse and Cally Beaton * Week 8 (5–9 December 2022): Ashley John-Baptiste, Esme Young, Claire Sweeney and Simon Rimmer * Week 9 (12–16 December 2022): John Whaite, Laila Rouass, Sarah Keyworth and Kevin Eldon * Week 10 (2–6 January 2023): Greg McHugh, Sukh Ojla, Jayne Sharp and Adrian Chiles * Week 11 (9–13 January 2023): Jasmine Harman, Jason Mohammad, Suzannah Lipscomb and Dave Johns * Week 12 (16–20 January 2023): Grace Dent, Lauren Steadman, Kriss Akabusi and Tim Lovejoy * Week 13 (23–27 January 2023): Harriet Kemsley, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Verona Rose and Jon Culshaw * Week 14 (30 January–3 February 2023): Kirsten O'Brien, Christine Ohuruogu, Mike Bubbins and Kai Widdrington

Series 7

* Week 1 (25–29 September 2023): Ken Bruce, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Alice Roberts (tie between Bruce and Smith-Bynoe) * Week 2 (2–6 October 2023): Chris Hughes (TV personality), Chris Hughes, Toyah Willcox, Inel Tomlinson and Debra Stephenson * Week 3 (9–13 October 2023): James Buckley (actor), James Buckley, Amy Gledhill, Romilly Weeks and Gary Wilmot * Week 4 (16–20 October 2023): Tyler West, Bonnie Langford, Charlie Hedges and Myra DuBois * Week 5 (23–27 October 2023): Lemn Sissay, Sam Quek, Kirsty Gallacher and Larry Dean (comedian), Larry Dean * Week 6 (30 October–3 November 2023): Max George, Olly Smith, Scarlette Douglas and Susie McCabe * Week 7 (6–10 November 2023): Sinitta, Maisie Smith, Jimi Famurewa and William Hanson (author), William Hanson * Week 8 (13–17 November 2023): Toussaint Douglass, Sheree Murphy, Sian Williams and Mark Foster (swimmer), Mark Foster * Week 9 (20–24 November 2023): Aurie Styla, Jennie Bond, James Bye (actor), James Bye and Kadeena Cox * Week 10 (27 November–1 December 2023): Clive Anderson, Lutalo Muhammad, Sara Davies and Alison Spittle * Week 11 (4–8 December 2023): Malorie Blackman, Matt Dawson, Chris McCausland and Ranvir Singh * Week 12 (1–5 January 2024): Jenny Eclair, Dianne Buswell, Owain Wyn Evans and Adam Gemili * Week 13 (8–12 January 2024): Johnny Cochrane (comedian), Johnny Cochrane, Shobna Gulati, Dermot Murnaghan and Laura Smyth (comedian), Laura Smyth * Week 14 (15–19 January 2024): Chris Hoy, Rosie Jones (comedian), Rosie Jones, Ola Labib and Ian "H" Watkins * Week 15 (22–26 January 2024): Craig Doyle, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Leo Reich and Anne-Marie Imafidon

Series 8

* Week 1 (23–27 September 2024): Vogue Williams, Xand van Tulleken, Michaela Strachan and Ahir Shah * Week 2 (30 September–4 October 2024): Laurence Rickard,The equal second highest single episode score (19). Michael Ball, Snoochie Shy and Jodie Prenger * Week 3 (7–11 October 2024): Jacqui Joseph, Ben Thompson, Laura Tobin and Henning Wehn * Week 4 (14–18 October 2024): Catherine Tyldesley, Anthony Ogogo, Sam Campbell (comedian), Sam Campbell and Cherry Healey * Week 5 (21–25 October 2024): Emma Sidi, Alexei Sayle, Kelle Bryan and Antony Costa * Week 6 (28 October–1 November 2024): Jordan Banjo, Ellie White, Siân Lloyd and Nick Pickard (Banjo and White both declared champions) * Week 7 (4–8 November 2024): Iwan Thomas, Tessa Sanderson, Deirdre O'Kane and Jay RaynerThis week had all five episodes won by the same person. * Week 8 (11–15 November 2024): Mark Rhodes, Sonia (singer), Sonia, Molly Rainford and Josh Jones (comedian), Josh Jones * Week 9 (18–22 November 2024): Cheryl Baker, Sophie Willan, Axel Blake and Chris Bavin * Week 10 (25–29 November 2024): Nikki Fox, Ignacio Lopez, Ruthie Henshall and Danny John-Jules * Week 11 (2–6 December 2024): Ardal O'Hanlon, Josie Gibson, Adele Roberts and Simon Armitage * Week 12 (6–10 January 2025): Helen Skelton, Lara Ricote, Ben Bailey Smith and Robin Ince * Week 13 (13–17 January 2025): Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Jasmine Takhar, Joe Swash and Ania Magliano * Week 14 (20–24 January 2025): Danny Miller (actor), Danny Miller, Phil Daniels, Nikita Kanda and Eniola Aluko (tie between Miller and Daniels) * Week 15 (3–7 February 2025): Joe Marler, Tom Read Wilson, Karen Hauer and Storm Huntley * Week 16 (17–21 February 2025): Katharine Merry, Danielle Harold, Robert WebbThe equal highest single episode score (20). and Chris Bisson

House of Champions

;Series 3 *House of Champions Week 1 (2–5 and 7 December 2019):

, Rick Edwards,

and David O'Doherty *House of Champions Week 2 (9–13 December 2019): June Sarpong,

, Kate Williams and Dane Baptiste *House of Champions Week 3 (2–6 March 2020): Chizzy Akudolu,

and Amol Rajan *House of Champions Week 4 (9–13 March 2020): Holly Walsh,

, Sarah Greene and

. ;Series 5 *House of Champions Week 1 (6–10 December 2021):

, Sally Phillips, Rickie Haywood-Williams and Dan Walker *House of Champions Week 2 (13–17 December 2021):

, Dev Griffin, Ivo Graham and Zoe Lyons *House of Champions Week 3 (21–25 February 2022): Beattie Edmondson, Adrian Edmondson, Kemah Bob and

*House of Champions Week 4 (28 February–4 March 2022): Sara Barron, Gregg Wallace, Sanjeev Kohli and

;Series 6 *House of Champions Week 1 (7–11 November 2022):

and Jamie Laing *House of Champions Week 2 (14–18 November 2022): Tom Rosenthal (actor), Tom Rosenthal, Yasmine Akram, Ingrid Oliver and

*House of Champions Week 3 (21–25 November 2022): Mike Wozniak,

, Cariad Lloyd and Gareth Malone *House of Champions Week 4 (28 November–2 December 2022): Stephen Bailey, Ria Lina,

and John Thomson ;Series 7 *House of Champions Week 1 (12–16 February 2024):

, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Kaye Adams *House of Champions Week 2 (19–23 February 2024): Will Kirk,

, Amanda Lamb and Mark Chapman (broadcaster), Mark Chapman *House of Champions Week 3 (26 February–1 March 2024): Lucy Porter, Jay McGuiness,

and Nihal Arthanayake ;Series 8 *House of Champions Week 1 (24–28 February 2025): Rhys James,

, Edith Bowman and Simon Rimmer *House of Champions Week 2 (3–7 March 2025): Jimi Famurewa,

, Harriet Kemsley and Colin Murray

Redemption Week

;Series 6 *Redemption Week Week 1 (24–28 October 2022):

, Suzi Ruffell and Radzi Chinyanganya *Redemption Week Week 2 (31 October–4 November 2022): Jean Johansson, Iain Stirling, Sian Gibson and Rav Wilding ;Series 7 *Redemption Week Week 1 (29 January–2 February 2024):

, Babatunde Aléshé and

*Redemption Week Week 2 (5–6 and 8–10 February 2024): Glenn Moore (comedian), Glenn Moore,

, Thanyia Moore and

;Series 8 *Redemption Week Week 1 (27–31 January 2025):

, John Kearns, JB Gill and

*Redemption Week Week 2 (10–14 February 2025): Gary Wilmot,

and Tiff Stevenson

Festive

Festive Series 1 *Week 1 (19–23 December 2022): Ivo Graham, Clare Balding, Su Pollard and Ugo Monye *Week 2 (26–30 December 2022): Brian Conley,

and

(tie between Moffatt and Rice) Festive Series 2 *Week 1 (18–22 December 2023):

, Richie Anderson (presenter), Richie Anderson, Debbie McGee and Simon Gregson *Week 2 (26–30 December 2023): Harry Judd, Gbemisola Ikumelo,

and Kerry Godliman Festive Series 3 *Week 1 (23–24, 26–27 and 29 December 2024): Jim Howick, Susan Wokoma, Rebecca Lucy Taylor and Matt Morsia *Week 2 (30 December 2024–3 January 2025): Jennie McAlpine, Jon Richardson, Desiree Burch and Gareth Malone

Transmissions

Spin-offs

''Richard Osman's House of Games Night''

On 20 November 2020, Osman launched a five-episode spin-off called ''Richard Osman's House of Games Night'', broadcast weekly in primetime on BBC One. A one-episode Christmas Special aired on 28 December 2020. A second series, consisting of six episodes, began on 1 October 2021. The series follows the exact same format as the main show, but with the addition of rounds not seen in the original. There are no double points in the final episode. Series 2 features a house band led by David O'Doherty. In 2022, ''House of Games Night'' was cancelled after two series.

New games

* Don't Cry for Me Guatemala * Don't Trust the Experts * Clash in the Attic * Sounding Off * This Music Round's Better with You * Is There a Doctor in the House of Games? * I've Got the Historical Blues * Arty-Facts * It's Not Me, It's You * Get Your Head in the Game * Here's One You Asked Yourself Earlier * Famous Last Words * Get Your Junk Out * Weigh Up Your Options * Coming Up Next...

Transmissions

Contestants

*Series 1: Jennifer Saunders, Jermaine Jenas, Roisin Conaty and Jason Manford *Christmas Special: Sarah Hadland,

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, Sian Gibson, Dara Ó Briain and Sindhu Vee *Series 2, Group 2: Steph McGovern, Ben Miller, Janette Manrara and Ed Balls (tie between McGovern and Balls)

Merchandise

On 17 October 2019, Osman and Alan Connor published ''Richard Osman's House of Games: 101 new & classic games from the hit BBC series'', a quizbook based on the programme.

International versions

Footnotes

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