Richard Osman's House of Games

Great quiz show that doesn't take itself too serious and one that you can easily play along with, without having to have vast general knowledge.

Always pleased when I tune in the challenges are good and the show itself isn't built upon tension as many other quiz shows are. The guests aren't well known celebrities but their efforts are still valliant.

An enjoyable general knowledge quiz with a mix of celebrity competition and gentle humour.

Nothing too stressful though a few of the 1 star reviewers below seem to have a real fear of intelligent television. They struggle with the choice between. "It's not taste" Vs "This needs to be axed immediately". Obviously there's no in-between in their eyes.

Watch a few episodes and make up your own mind.

Less here is more: One presenter, smaller set, fewer but celebrity, indeed top-flight, fun and interesting contestants.

The broad-brush bland-urbanity of charmer Alexander Armstrong somehow always made Richard Osmands interjections awkward - he never engaged with them, merely paused then passed on. It made RO's presence seem rather inexplicable if not actually pointless. Some might even suspect a Gatling-Fenn gambit or two. I recognise one at least.

Here though surprisingly RO blossoms as the sole presenter, the participants too seem to be very comfortable. The format is simpler but more engaging, faster moving and more fun - for participants and viewer.

I quite enjoy Osman (He holds the 'Pointless' programme together) but his use of DOCTOR this week is patronising to say the least and is annoying.

GROW UP Osman.

Dr Peter Williams.