Archive for the ‘television’ Category
Ludwig | BBC1
24 September, 2024Great fun working with Robbie again and Jonny and Georgie on this:
Emmy nomination: Outstanding Writing
19 July, 2024‘ … for a Nonfiction Program’ (The Reluctant Traveler). Decision time 7 September, Peacock Theater, Los Angeles.
September update: OK, so next time.
The Reluctant Traveler s2 | Apple TV
5 February, 2024House of Games | BBC2
25 September, 2023Series seven:
The Reluctant Traveler | Apple TV
18 January, 2023House of Games | BBC2
8 September, 2022Series six:
Cat Burglar | Netflix
21 February, 2022It’s your standard texaverienne interactive immersive experience experiment.
Death to 2021 | Netflix
3 December, 2021Due for release 27 December.
House of Games | BBC2
16 August, 2021Series five:
Coronavirus, One Year On | Twitter
11 January, 2021To help sort my own memories, I’m going to try a daily post of something from a year ago, as a thread.
Death To 2020 | Netflix
3 December, 2020I was delighted to work on this review of this year.
Becoming You | Apple TV
26 October, 2020A long time in the making. There is something extraordinary in every episode.
Richard Osman’s House of Games | BBC2
8 October, 2020Series four starts on 12 October. Happily (for me), the question-editor bit of production preceded … the Unpleasantness.
See also: my book for Penguin, The Joy of Quiz. And, to a lesser extent, the official spin-off book.
Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe | BBC2
8 May, 2020Proud to have taken part. BBC2, 9pm, 14 May.
Inside No 9 | BBC2
25 February, 2020You should watch this episode first …
… then listen to the podcast to discover my indirect association.
The book in question is The Joy of Quiz.
See also: The Riddle of the Sphinx
The Best of 2010-2015 Wipe | BBC2
28 December, 2019Crikey.
Alternative Election Night | Channel 4
6 December, 2019Not another one:
See also: Election Night Quiz; Election Lexicon
Richard Osman’s House of Games | BBC2
7 October, 2019Series three of House of Games; 100 episodes.
See also: my book for Penguin, The Joy of Quiz
Have I Got News For You | BBC1
4 October, 2019Series 58 begins 9pm, Fri 11 October.
Richard Osman’s House of Games | BBC Books
2 August, 2019I am proud of this book, which comes out on 17 October.
It has some games from the TV show, and some new ones and, with a couple of exceptions, all new questions. There are some imaginary behind-the-scenes conversations and general nonsense.
- Previously: Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword; The Joy of Quiz
- £14.99 RRP hardback
- 17 October 2019 hardback
- BBC Books
- ISBN: 1785944622 and 978-1785944628
Blurb:
Do you know how many post boxes there are in the UK? Could you guess how many times the word ‘goat’ appeara in the King James Version of the bible? Fancy playing a game of charades where all of the books, films and plays are entirely made up? Now, look around the room. Is anyone there the kind of person who’ll say ‘I just don’t understand this’, when faced with something that’s not just perfectly easy to understand, but is … well, fun? Ask them to leave. Have they gone? Good. Now welcome inside the House of Games.