Richard Thomas Osman is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless, one of his most notable television credits. Beyond Pointless, Osman has hosted several other quiz shows for the BBC, including Two Tribes and Richard Osman's House of Games. He has served as a team captain on comedy panel shows such as Insert Name Here and The Fake News Show, and has made regular appearances on popular British comedy panel shows including Would I Lie to You?, QI, Have I Got News for You, and Taskmaster.