Pointless co-host Richard Osman will no longer be a feature of the show from tonight as he is replaced by Sally Lindsay. Osman, who has been a feature of the BBC quiz show since it began, announced earlier this year that he was quitting.
He will continue to appear on celebrity specials of the show, and is continuing to host House of Games.
In April, Osman announced he is stepping back from hosting the show after almost 13 years to “concentrate on writing”.
“Richard has had to put more time into being a superstar global best-selling author which is so annoying and so inconvenient and thoughtless of him,” Armstrong joked.
“He still does the Saturday shows so he is still around and I still get to see my old friend. We’ve got a rotating roster of exciting guests and its very lovely, we get guests to come in for 11 shows and just as they’re finding their rhythm and it’s all going really well they go out and the next comes in.
“It’s been really exciting, so far we’ve had five guest hosts, Sally Lindsay, Lauren Laverne, Alex Brooker, Konnie Huq and Stephen Mangan.”
Osman was not originally intended to be Armstrong’s co-presenter but after filling the role as part of a demonstration laid on for the BBC, executives asked him to continue for the first series. He was the creative director at production company Endemol when he did the demo.
The programme moved from BBC Two to BBC One after a successful two years.
Pointless sees teams of two competing for a cash prize by finding correct but obscure answers to general knowledge questions.
Sally Lindsay is an actress and television presenter known for her roles as Shelley Unwin in Coronation Street, Lisa Johnson in the Sky One comedy series Mount Pleasant and Kath Agnew in the BBC sitcom Still Open All Hours.
She stood in for Warwick Davis when he took a break from the ITV quiz show Tenable.
