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Richard Osman, a former TV executive, unexpectedly became a British star through his quiz show "Pointless." His debut novel, "The Thursday Murder Club," also achieved massive success, showcasing his understanding of British audiences.

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An Unlikely TV Star Who Knows What Britain Wants

By Alex Marshall

Jan. 26, 2021

LONDON โ€” Until he was about to turn 40, Richard Osman was a TV executive with zero interest in getting in front of a camera.

Back then, in 2009, he was trying to sell a quiz show, โ€œPointless,โ€ to British TV networks. In the show, members of the public compete to give obscure answers to trivia questions, and in order to explain the concept, Osman sat in for some run-throughs, playing the role of the hostโ€™s witty, fact-filled sidekick.

The BBC loved it, and had a request: Could the sidekick be someone just like Osman?

Osman decided to give it a go himself. โ€œI thought, โ€˜This will be a lovely story to tell the grandkids one day, so why not?โ€™โ€ he said.

He expected the experiment to last a season.

Ten years later, โ€œPointlessโ€ is still going strong on the BBCโ€™s main channel, regularly getting three million to four million viewers an episode. (It airs daily on weekday evenings, with a celebrity version on S...

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