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Richard Osman's House of Games
GenreGame show
Presented byRichard Osman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes65
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyRemarkable Television
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release4 September 2017 (2017-09-04) –
present

Richard Osman's House of Games is a British quiz show produced by Endemol Shine UK for the BBC, hosted by Richard Osman.

The show is played on a weekly basis, with four celebrities playing on five consecutive days to win not only daily prizes, but 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.

On 21 November 2017, it was recommissioned for a second series of 50 episodes.[1]

On 11 January 2019, it was recommissioned for a third series consisting of 100 episodes[2], double that of series 2.

Format

Osman sits on a chair to the left of the screen, while the four celebrities sit on adjoining chairs. Osman hits a button on his table which activates 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 (i.e., whether it is a buzzer round, a pairs round, or one where the players require use of their tablet computers). Five rounds are played each day, with the final round always being "Answer Smash". In most games, a point is awarded for a 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 turquoise-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 leaderboard, with the points doubling to 8, 6, 4 and 2 for Friday's "Double Points Friday" editions. The weekly winner receives the "House of Games" trophy (a silver cup, with the Osman depiction on it) from Osman.

Games

Buzzer games

Rhyme Time (first played on Series 1, Episode 1): The players are shown two statements which rhyme. They buzz in with the correct answers. On some questions, one of the statements are replaced with either a picture or a song (in which the singer is the rhyming answer they require.) This is always the first round of the week.

Broken Karaoke (first played on Series 1, Episode 1): The "House of Games" 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 the players get are the year the song was released, and that the letters come up in time with the tune of the song.

What's in a Name? (first played on Series 1, Episode 2): The players are given statements, the answer to which can be made using the letters from the full name 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 (first played on Series 1, Episode 3): The players are given a category, and answers are shown in alpha-numeric code (i.e. A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.). The players have to unscramble the codes to get a point.

Z–A (first played on Series 1, Episode 4): The players are shown three blanked out words, with the letters being filled in reverse alphabetical order (i.e., Z, then Y, then X, etc.) The players have to buzz in when they know what connects all three words.

Games House Of (first played on Series 2, Episode 3): The players are given questions, but instead of answering them normally, they have to give the answer, but with the words in alphabetical order (e.g. What Stanley Kubrick film was based on the Peter George novel Red Alert? The answer is Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, but in this round, they would give the answer as "and Bomb Dr. How I Learned Love or: Stop Strangelove the to Worrying").

The Elephant in the Room (first played on Series 2, Episode 4): 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 (e.g., if the given word was "van", and the answer to the question was Dick van Dyke, the player would have to say "Dick Dyke" as the answer).

Roonerspisms (first played on Series 2, Episode 5): The players are shown two statements, which are spoonerisms of each other, they have to buzz in with both answers to get a point. On some questions, one of the statements are replaced with either a picture or a song (in which the song is the rhyming answer they require.) (e.g., a statement could say "Six points in US football", and the other one say "The Hague", then the answers would be "Dutch town" and "Touchdown".)

The Backwards Round (first played on Series 2, Episode 6): The players are given questions, but the statement is in reverse order. As with the questions, the players must give their answers in reverse as well. (e.g. "duo mouse and cat what 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 what cat and mouse duo?" Tom and Jerry.)

Opposites Attract (first played on Series 2, Episode 14): 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 they have just been given. Some opposites might be more cryptic than others. (e.g. If the category was rock bands, and the clue was "Green Cold China Georges", then the answer would be Red Hot Chili Peppers, as red is in the opposite side of the colour wheel from green, hot is the opposite of cold, Chile is on the opposite side of the world from China and George is the brother of Peppa in the show Peppa Pig.)

Individual games

Correction Centre (first played on Series 1, Episode 2): The players are shown statements in which one word is incorrect, and needs to be amended. Each player gets their own statements, and get a point for each correct answer, but an incorrect answer opens the statement to everyone else on the buzzer.

Mouse of Games (first played on Series 1, Episode 4): The team are shown a short description of something like a film, TV show or book title, which has had one letter from its original title changed. The players have to give the answer to the description of this changed title for a point. They are also given the year of the release of the original film, if it is a film.

The Answer's in the Question (first played on Series 1, Episode 5): The players are shown a statement based on a category. Part of it is in capitals, that needs to be rearranged to create an answer that is relevant to the category in question.

And The Answer Isn't (first played on Series 1, Episode 5): Each player is given a question with four possible answers. One is correct, but the other three are false answers created by the celebrities who are not answering this question. They need to find the correct answer for a point, but if they choose a false answer, the player who created the false answer chosen gets a point themselves.

Cine-Nyms (first played on Series 1, Episode 7): The players are shown a quote from a film, but its words have been replaced with synonyms of the actual words used. They need to work out the film for a point.

Highbrow Lowbrow (first played on Series 2, Episode 2): The players are given two questions with the same answer, however one of them is highbrow (a more complex question) and the other is lowbrow (a much simpler question). If they get the question right after the highbrow clue, they get two points, however they only receive one point if they get the question correct after the lowbrow clue.

The Pen-Ultimate Question (first played on Series 2, Episode 10): The players are each given two statements, which are claimed to be the opening lines to a piece of writing, such as a book, poem or speech. One is the correct answer and the other is a made-up statement by one of the other three contestants who is not answering the question. The players gets a point for the statement guessing correctly, but if they get it wrong, then the person who made the statement gets a point instead. This round is played on the actual penultimate round of the week

Pairs games

Note: All pairs games are played in the second round, and on each show, the person who is last place after the first round gets to choose which of the other celebrities they want to be their partner for this round.

Distinctly Average (first played on Series 1, Episode 1): The pairs are given questions which they must write answers to on their tablet computers, and the average of their answers is taken as their answer, and the closest pair to the correct answer win themselves a point.

Build Your Own Question (first played on Series 1, Episode 2): The pairs are given a left and a right hand set of options, one member chooses from the left and one chooses from the right. The choices chosen are then used to make a question, to which a correct answer gives each player a point.

Dim Sums (first played on Series 1, Episode 4): The pairs are given a sum and they need to find two numbers that could be used to make the answer (e.g. the sum could be ? x ? = 18.) The pairs are then given four options that they could use, but they have to work out what the numeric values of those options are as well. A correct sum earns the players a point.

Chron-Illogical (first played on Series 2, Episode 1): The pairs are given three statements which they have to put in chronological order, they all have a loose theme, and one of the statements is about one of the four contestants. The team members get a point each if they put the statements in the correct order.

You Complete Me (first played on Series 2, Episode 8): The pairs are given a question which has a two word answer. One of the players in a pair buzzes in with the first word of the answer, and then the other player in the pair has to give the second word for them both to get a point.

Venn Will I Be Famous? (first played on Series 2, Episode 17): Each pair is given the names of three famous people, and two statements. They must select the one person to whom BOTH statements apply. (e.g., if the people were Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage and Mr. Blobby, and the statements were "I have had a UK Christmas No. 1 in the 90s" and "I have married Elvis's daughter Lisa Marie Presley", then the person who fits both would be Michael Jackson, as Mr. Blobby only fits the first one, and Nicolas Cage only fits the second one.

Random games

Is It Me? (first played on Series 1, Episode 1): Each team member is given a card with something specific on it. Osman asks questions and each player must raise their card up if they think that the answer on the card is correct to the statement, and lower their card if they do not think it relates to them.

The Nice Round (first played on Series 2, Episode 3): A category is given and each player gets given an individual question. The other three players are given the answer on a card, and have to write down a word on their tablet, which they think would give the answer to what is on the card, without mentioning anything to do with what is on the card. If the player trying to guess the answer gets it right, they can nominate one or two players to get a point, as well as themselves.

Tablet games

Put Your Finger on It (first played on Series 1, Episode 2): The players are given a picture question and have to point out who or what they think is the correct answer. (i.e. it could be a specific person or maybe an unusual item.) Everyone plays on their own tablet.

Where Is Kazakhstan? (first played on Series 1, Episode 3): The players are given a map of a certain part of the world on their tablets. They are given a question and have to point on their map where they think it is. The closest to the correct place wins a point.

The Rich List (first played on Series 1, Episode 4): The players have to write down an answer that is correct based on a statement given by the computer (there are multiple correct answers to each question). The players only get points for a correct answer that is unique, but as an added twist, Osman will also write down an answer to make it even harder.

Size Matters (first played on Series 2, Episode 2): The players are given a category and have to write down a correct answer relating to the category. The player who gives the correct answer with the most letters in the answer wins a point, and they get a bonus point if the correct answer is the longest possible answer.

I'm Terrible At Dating (first played on Series 2, Episode 5): The players have to write down what they think the answer is to a question to which the answer is a year. The player who is closest to the correct answer gets a point, but if anyone gets the year exactly right, they get two points.

Final round

Answer Smash: The teams are given a category and a picture relating to that category appears on the screen. Below the picture is a general knowledge question. The players have to "smash" the answers together to create the answer. (e.g. A picture of Mr. Stink and if the answer to a question was Tinky Winky, the answer the players would have to give is "Mr. Stinky Winky".) A point is given for a correct answer, but a point is deducted for an incorrect answer.

Daily prizes

On each day, the celebrities play for "daily prizes", which as explained above, are regular everyday items with the show's logo on them.

In Series 1, each day had its own set of prizes, which were as follows:

In Series 2, the same format was used, but with new prizes.

In weeks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 9, they were as follows:

In weeks 3, 6, 7, 8 and 10, they were as follows:

Contestants

Weekly winners in bold.

Series 1

Series 2

Transmissions

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 4 September 2017[3] 22 September 2017[4] 15[4]
2 28 May 2018[5] 14 December 2018[6] 50[6]
3 2019[7] TBC 100[8]

References

  1. ^ "BBC - More Richard Osman's House of Games ordered for BBC Two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ https://www.endemolshineuk.com/richard-osmans-house-of-games-secures-100-episode-recommission/
  3. ^ "Richard Osman's House of Games - Series 1, Episode 1". BBC Online. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Richard Osman's House of Games - Series 1, Episode 15". BBC Online. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Richard Osman's House of Games - Series 2, Episode 1". BBC Online. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Richard Osman's House of Games - Series 2, Episode 50". BBC Online. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Richard Osman's House of Games Series 3 Twitter reveal".
  8. ^ "Richard Osman's House of Games Series 3 Twitter reveal".
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