Richard Osman is without doubt one of the most recognisable faces on TV because the host of Pointless.
After 13 years on the helm of the BBC quiz present alongside co-host Alexander Armstrong, Richard dissatisfied followers in a stunning announcement final month that he can be stepping down from the enduring present.
Richard turned a fan-favourite with viewers who cherished his and Alexander's wonderful co-hosting to create fringe of your seat moments within the game-show.
Nevertheless, viewers will not be capable to watch the present in the identical approach as an enormous Pointless secret has been discovered, writes the Mirror.
It has been revealed that Richard's well-known laptop computer is totally faux.
The foundations of the teatime TV hit have been easy - contestants would attempt to rating as few factors as potential by plumbing the depths of their basic information to give you the solutions nobody else can consider.
If the contestant can present a solution which none of 100 surveyed individuals might, it's deemed a 'pointless' reply.
Richard's important function was sitting behind a 'working' laptop computer - that is arguably the star of the present - to provide ground-breaking details and talk about the contestant's solutions.
Nevertheless, the Pointless laptop computer, in any other case often called the quiz present laptop, may be very a lot a prop that is not even turned on.
The machine is a everlasting fixture on Richard's desk within the BBC One quiz present favorite, regardless of assumptions it is used for getting ready questions or looking for solutions.
In 2017, a spokeswoman for the present's manufacturing firm Endemol advised The Solar: "The pc at Richard’s desk is a TV prop and we've by no means claimed in any other case."
A supply advised the identical paper: “The pc has by no means been switched on and Richard doesn’t even know what’s on it.
“The machine shouldn't be even plugged in to something. The one individuals who contact it are the cleaners and prop masters who are available in to mud it throughout recordings.”
Richard introduced the information of his departure by way of a tweet to his 1.1m followers in April in hopes to focus extra on writing.
It comes as no shock as Richard's first novel The Thursday Homicide Membership, launched in 2020, is the third best-selling hardback of all time within the UK and its follow-up, The Man Who died Twice (2021) is the the sixth greatest.
“SOME NEWS! After 13 great years I am leaving daytime Pointless, to focus on writing," he wrote.
“Will nonetheless be doing the movie star exhibits and 'HouseOfGames'.
“It has been the GREATEST pleasure and I can not wait to begin watching as a viewer. Thanks to everybody!”
He added: “Will miss the entire group, particularly the incomparable @XanderArmstrong.
“Thanks to everybody who watches, it actually has been a dream, and I do know the present will proceed to go from energy to energy.”
Pointless airs weekdays on BBC One from 5.15pm.
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