Richard Osman - where has he gone?

[KnickerlessParsons]

What's happened to Richard Osman? Why isn't he presenting Pointless this week? It's not the same without him.
And who is this Sally that's taken his place? 🤔

He’s left Pointless

He quit pointless

I think he’s focusing on writing.

I agree it’s not the same. I think I recognise Sally from somewhere. Is she an actress? You can see RO on House of Games, if you’re getting withdrawal symptoms!

He quit
She used to be on Corrie & then loose women.
It's not the same 😭😭😭

He's quit but still doing the celebrity versions

He's on House of Games!

Sally whatsit is only doing it for a couple of weeks and then it’s rotating to various other non-Osmans.

End of an era

HE'S LEFT POINTLESS??😮
It's his show isn't it?

Sally isn't a big enough character to fill his shoes, literally as well as metaphorically. And there's no connection between her and Xander.

We felt the same - it shows how good Richard Osman is when it's so obvious Sally Lindsay is just reading out in monotone from the laptop.

They chuck Sally Lindsay on all the quiz shows when they need a last minute replacement. She did Tenable for a bit too and she's so boring.

They should get Ben Miller. He is funny and clever and he is friends with Alexander.

I think that’s a great idea! Inspired, even. Can we lobby for that to happen?

To be fair, Richard Osman leaving Pointless has been quite well publicised over the last few months. I think he’s pretty busy with other projects, novels and such.

Sally Lindsay is an actor. m.imdb.com/name/nm0962559/
She’s done quite a lot on TV.

She may be a good actress but she was awful on Tenable and now she's awful on Pointless. Stephen Mangan will probably do a decent job as will Ed Gamble.

Sally is one of a number of celebrities' co-presenters they are going to use. Richard's new book has just been released but he is also in talks with Steven Spielberg to make his first book into a film, so obviously concentrating on that.

I've obviously missed all the publicity about RO stepping down.
Good to hear Sally isn't a permanent fixture though.

She's a terrible replacement.

I can't bear pointless with sally Lindsay!

He is hosting his new show. It is 5 episodes a week so a pretty busy schedule.

He's still doing House of Games, which features celebrities.

And he's going to continue doing Pointless Celebrities, featuring, of course, celebrities.

One might get the impression he just didn't like working with members of the public.

He was on Saturday Kitchen this week talking about it all, if you need a fix OP.

Really miss him, Xander and him had a great chemistry

I didn't particularly like RO. I find him quite smug and irritating, but I prefer him to Sally any day.

I had a little smirk to myself today at her amazement that both Xander and one of the contestants knew what an Oxford comma is

I tuned in earlier in week - first time in ages- and thought how awful Sally was. Made me think Sue Perkins or Mel would have worked better, or anybody really