After a brief hiatus for live coverage of the Winter Olympics Richard Osman's House of Games returns this week with a Redemption Week where past competitors return to compete for their own version of bronze, silver and gold, a dartboard or a wheelie case with Richard Osman's face on it by answering curveball questions such as how many unused electrical items there are in UK homes. The quartet going for gold this week are Michelle Ackerley, Katie Derham, Karen Hauer and right of centre stand-up comedian Geoff Norcott.
Geoff Norcott has quickly established himself on the circuit as an honest working class voice. He has also said that he has voted Conservative, though he hasn't said that for a while so maybe his politcal outlook has changed.
Norcott retyrns to BBC Radio 4 from April 23 at 6.30pm with a new second series looking at modern masculinity, Geoff Norcott’s Working Men’s Club has been recommissioned and is back on BBC Radio 4 this spring, with four new episodes across April and May. the first series was nominated for Best Stand Up or Sketch Comedy for the BBC Audio Drama Awards and uses the safe space of a working men’s club to take a blunt look at the problems facing the average bloke and offer solutions which make sense in the real world.
Norcott has previously appeared on Have I Got News For You, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats and The News Quiz, among many others,
He is also an ambassador for the
Association of Male Health and Wellbeing,and says that the new series is coming at a watershed moment: “For this series we're recording in the post John Lewis rave-dad era. The idea that the simple act of being male might not be one long running high-five is starting to gain traction, but the message still needs to be amplified. Especially in the most manly bits of the country, which is why I’m recording the shows in Leeds and Newcastle.
“I want to explore genuine issues such as what it feels like to be a dad to a small baby, why men love gambling and whether, as Gary Neville said, middle-aged white men are behind all the division in society. “But mainly I want it to be funny. Yes, this show will dive headfirst into the complex pool of masculinity, but it might also do a belly-flop just for a laugh."
But will this wisdom help him to win the House of Games Redemption Week? Tune in to find out.
Richard Osman's House Of Games, Monday, February 23 - Friday, February 27, 6pm, BBC Two.
Picture Credit: BBC/Remarkable TV/Graeme Hunter
