Richard Osman has revealed he didn’t get a pay cheque for the first four seasons of BBC quiz show Pointless 🤯
The Thursday Murder Club author created and co-hosted the long-running programme along with university friend Alexander Armstrong.he announced his departureWhile the show is still going strong after 13 years on our screens, Richard said it didn’t become a ‘hit’ until the fourth season.
As a result of that, and being the creative director of the production company, Endemol Shine, that made it, Richard explained he didn’t feel it was ‘appropriate’ to accept a salary. He said: ‘I didn’t get paid for the first four series or so of Pointless because I was the creative director of the company and I did feel like it wasn’t appropriate.’
‘Until series four we didn’t have a hit and I was still doing my job. To me [hosting the show] was a fun hobby.’: ‘But from the second series, me and Xander [Armstrong] were able to talk a bit more and the ratings started picking up. There was something about that relationship, the casualness and gentleness of it, that I think people liked.’
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