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Richard Osman's House of Games.

(94 Posts)
shysal Thu 31-Mar-22 10:13:32

Does anyone else enjoy this? I record it every weekday and watch after my dinner. I think I enjoy it because I seem to be quite good at it despite lacking knowledge of football and films. Of course there is nobody to compete with at home, but I usually beat the contestants to the 'buzzer' (unless there is a delay? smile). I hope it is keeping my brain active.

Kim19 Thu 31-Mar-22 10:18:03

Yes I go straight from pointless to it. Beats news programmes hands down. He's an all round clever guy, Richard.

GrannyGravy13 Thu 31-Mar-22 10:19:12

Love it, I sit down with a glass of chilled white shut my living room door and have 30 minutes with Richard Osman to myself.

It’s my time before preparing and cooking dinner.

TillyTrotter Thu 31-Mar-22 10:20:17

It’s a favourite in our house.

Lucca Thu 31-Mar-22 10:36:31

Oh dear I can’t bear Richard Osman otherwise I might enjoy the format of the game. He’s one of those tv people who suddenly are everywhere. Thought his book was uninspiring too.

Oopsadaisy1 Thu 31-Mar-22 10:39:38

We’ve been watching it for a couple of years.

As others have said it’s good to join in and sometimes beat the ‘celebs’.

DanniRae Thu 31-Mar-22 11:23:20

We love it! We do the same as Kim19 and go straight from Pointless to House of Games grin

Kate1949 Thu 31-Mar-22 11:23:38

I've watched it a few times. I can't stand Pointless. What a ridiculous programme. Alexander Armstrong is awful (only my opinion obviously).

yggdrasil Thu 31-Mar-22 11:42:41

I love House of Games. My favourite rounds are Highbrow Lowbrow, where I never know the lowbrow question, and Where is Kazhakstan. It amazes me how bad the contestants are to both these :-))

glammanana Thu 31-Mar-22 11:42:44

I enjoy it every evening far more entertaining than the local news programme.

Chardy Thu 31-Mar-22 11:52:15

yggdrasil

I love House of Games. My favourite rounds are Highbrow Lowbrow, where I never know the lowbrow question, and Where is Kazhakstan. It amazes me how bad the contestants are to both these :-))

With you totally, yggdrasil

shysal Thu 31-Mar-22 11:54:22

yggdrasil

I love House of Games. My favourite rounds are Highbrow Lowbrow, where I never know the lowbrow question, and Where is Kazhakstan. It amazes me how bad the contestants are to both these :-))

My favourite rounds too!

ayse Thu 31-Mar-22 11:59:10

I’m not so fond of celebrity quizzes. I’m hoping they bring back the Weakest Link for ordinary people. I quite like House of Games but also wish it was just ordinary folk. One of my favourites is The Chase, apart from the ads.

Nandalot Thu 31-Mar-22 12:23:59

We like it. Mind you we always got up how any ‘celebrities’ we recognise.

ginny Thu 31-Mar-22 12:24:56

Yep , we love it too. Makes your brain work in a different way to just question and answer quizzes.

lemsip Thu 31-Mar-22 13:03:28

yes, I love House of Games

Oldnproud Thu 31-Mar-22 13:14:57

House of Games is the only 'celebrity' quiz - for want of a better word- that I think is worth watching.

In fact, it's about the only one I can think of that (in my opinion) wouldn't work well at all with non-celebrity contestants.

annodomini Thu 31-Mar-22 13:17:10

I love it too. It's such a friendly show, headed by the most amiable of hosts. I always wait for 'Where is Khasakstan' and I too am astonished at the ignorance of these celebrities - and Richard. I'd be most upset if it was taken off air!

volver Thu 31-Mar-22 13:21:44

I've never seen House of Games, as I'm not fond of Richard Osman.

But my guilty secret... The Chaser. Bradley is perfect for that job!

BlueBelle Thu 31-Mar-22 13:31:48

I can’t stand it, for some reason I can’t put my finger on Richard O irritates me and the game itself doesn’t grab me at all

PinkCosmos Thu 31-Mar-22 13:32:29

I love the Chase and Bradley Walsh. The questions come along quickly, which I prefer to something like, say, Eggheads which only has about 15 questions in the whole show.

I also like Mastermind - but only the general knowledge rounds as the specialised subjects are generally beyond me.

I have been watching Celebrity Mastermind and some of the contestant are surprisingly poor at general knowledge, even the ones with careers that should indicate otherwise.

House of Games is OK but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it.

I thought they had brought back The Weakest Link with Ramesh Ranganathan - who seems to be on everything these days

I can't abide Pointless

MiniMoon Thu 31-Mar-22 14:46:31

I watch it every day. I have even converted my DH who is not a quiz show fan.

DanniRae Thu 31-Mar-22 14:49:19

I love quizzes but for some reason don't like The Chase.

I really enjoyed the new Weakest Link - so much better now Anne Robinson isn't hosting it - I hope there will be another series soon. I don't mind if the contestants are celebrities or not and I thought the new presenter did a brilliant job!
Well done to Ramesh Ranganathan smile

rockgran Thu 31-Mar-22 15:03:43

Love it - especially Where's Kazakhstan -but I wish they would leave the question on the screen longer instead of cutting to the contestants.

JackyB Thu 31-Mar-22 15:51:47

I love House of Games. There is a kind soul who uploads it to YouTube every evening so we expats can enjoy it almost in real time, too! The only cringeworthy thing about it is the round with the languages.

Mastermind drives me mad because the rounds are timed but some questions are really long-winded and others short and pithy. I'm sure some people are diddled out of points that way. And I thought Clive Myrie was supposed to have been a foreign correspondent. Some questions I have not even understood because of his weird way of pronouncing foreign words. What happened to the BBC's Pronunciation Department?