Three comedy or comedy-adjacent acts appearing in this week's run of Richard Osman's House of Games up against Helen Skelton.

 

Ben Bailey Smith is best known these days as a serious actor, cropping up in cop dramas on ITV1, but comedy fans will know him best as Doc Brown, rapper extraordinaire. Others may now him as writer Zadie Smith's brother.

 

Lara Ricote has made a splash on the stand up scene in recent years, picking up the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer a few years ago Ricote is hard of hearing and gets great comic mileage out of stories about her family.

 

And finally there is polymath Robin Ince, who is best known for his involvement in the Cosmic Shambles set-up. Ince works regularly with popular  scientist Brian 'not the actor from succession' Cox an has also written a number of books and frequently talks about having ADHD. He was also in the news recently when he talked about working with Ricky Gervais many years ao.