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Category: Richard Osman

#CatchupRoundup (15th November 2018)

Nov 15, 2018Nov 15, 2018 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

If the grey and chilly weather is getting you down, then never fear. Because now's the time to lighten up, as we've got four more nuggets of televisual sunshine from all the best on demand services for you with #CatchupRoundup. Let's take a look at our choices for you this week... THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW … Continue reading #CatchupRoundup (15th November 2018)

Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2017

Dec 26, 2017Dec 26, 2017 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Happy Boxing Day people! Hope your Christmas is going spiffingly festive so far. It's time, as always, for our annual End of Year Prizes for 2017. This is the time for us to hand out our awards to the great and good that we've loved in music, TV, film and books over the last 12 … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2017

World Cup of Boybands

Oct 10, 2017Oct 10, 2017 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

So. You may remember last week I launched a World Cup of Girl Groups - which the Spice Girls comprehensively won after over a thousand votes were cast - in honour of Richard Osman's brilliant new book The World Cup of Everything. Such was the success of this, that we felt it only fair the boybands got … Continue reading World Cup of Boybands

World Cup of Girl Groups

Oct 3, 2017Oct 10, 2017 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Pointless co-host Richard Osman has his first book published this week. "The World Cup of Everything", partly inspired by his World Cup of Biscuits he did for Comic Relief earlier this year, is 'fully interactive' so long as you have a pencil, and helps, through the medium of the process of elimination that sporting World … Continue reading World Cup of Girl Groups

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