Sally Lindsay

BBC quiz show Pointless had a new look as co-host Richard Osman was replaced by actress Sally Lindsay. The former Coronation Street star, from Stockport, ...

He then added in a follow-up tweet: "Will miss the whole team, especially the incomparable @XanderArmstrong. enjoyed the show…" @jojoembleton said: "Watching #pointless for the great @sally_lindsay." And she replied with a laughing emoji: "I don’t think you had it plugged in." Thank you to everyone!" Hope she grows into the role and starts to get more spontaneous." #pointless #sallylindsay." My first in 12 years the wonderful Sally Lindsay." The star, who played Sally Unwin in Corrie and Lisa Johnson in the Sky comedy Mount Pleasant, asked him jokingly: "Do you feel like you're cheating? But it wasn't long before some viewers took to Twitter to complain about Sally 'reading' from the laptop in front of her. Please be gentle with me." Alexander beamed as he introduced Sally, saying: "My new Pointless friend.

Pointless is back for Series 28 with half a dozen new co-hosts joining Alexander Armstrong, including Stephen Mangan, Lauren Laverne and more.

[Taskmaster](https://www.denofgeek.com/taskmaster/) podcast. The peerless [30 Rock](https://www.denofgeek.com/30-rock/). [Fifteen Million Merits](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/black-mirror-episode-two-spoiler-filled-review-fifteen-million-merits/)’, the Black Mirror episode that got Daniel Kaluuya the gig on Oscar-nominated film Get Out. [Charlie Brooker](https://www.denofgeek.com/charlie-brooker/) and David Mitchell on topical news comedy show 10 O’Clock Live. [Pointless Series 28](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001c2d6) starts on Tuesday the 20th of September at 5.15pm on BBC One. 9](https://www.denofgeek.com/inside-no-9/)’s Steve Pemberton and children’s presenter Angellica Bell, so she already knows the ropes. [Green Wing](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/looking-back-at-green-wing/), Dirk Gently, and the brilliant Episodes and possibly best recognised as the face of Sue Townsend’s grown-up Adrian Mole character, as well as that of Nathan on BBC legal drama The Split. Brooker’s been a guest on multiple panel and chat shows, and in terms of quizzing, has appeared on The Wall, The Wheel, Tipping Point and, like Sally Lindsay above, Richard Osman’s House of Games (though unlike Stephen Mangan and Ed Gamble, they didn’t win overall). She’s co-presented The One Show and was a writer/presenter alongside As she told the viewers of a Pointless Celebrities festive edition in 2018, she had a Christmas number one hit in 1980 as one of the schoolchildren in the St Winifred’s School Choir singing ‘ [There’s No-One Quite Like Grandma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsXJcIODLtQ)’. Brooker’s yet to appear on screen in Pointless Celebrities, making the co-presenter gig his debut on the show. [Coronation Street](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/patrick-stewart-coronation-street-footage/), but has a far earlier claim to fame.

Pointless viewers tuned in to see Sally Lindsay co-host her first instalment of the BBC show on Monday after Richard Osman stepped down.

Sally has done one episode & was fine, she did what she needed to do & got on well with Xander & the contestants. It's just not the same without him,” @SlyCat said. “Stop all your bloody whingeing about Sally on #Pointless. Richard Osman quit Pointless after 12 years leaving Alexander Armstrong with a selection of new co-hosts including Sally Lindsay, Alex Brooker, Lauren Laverne and Ed Gamble. “Good luck to the first of the ace new co-hosts @sally_lindsay!” He said: “She’s my new Pointless friend, my first in 12 years, the wonderful Sally Lindsay.”

The gameshow returns with a rotating line-up of presenters who'll be replacing Richard Osman.

[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article) and get the next 12 issues for only £1. Ed Gamble is a comedian who has appeared on Russell Howard's Good News, Mock the Week, Taskmaster and Great British Menu. Konnie Huq is best known for presenting Blue Peter for more than 10 years, before appearing on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Weakest Link, Pointless Celebrities and MI High. He has also appeared in The Split, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Have I Got News For You and Jane Hall. Lauren Laverne is a radio DJ and presenter who rose to fame as a member of the band Kenickie, before branching out into broadcasting. Alex Brooker is a presenter and comedian who is best known for co-hosting Channel 4's The Last Leg alongside Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe.

Tuesday's episode saw Xander introduce the actress by saying: 'She's my new Pointless friend, my first in 12 years, the wonderful Sally Lindsay!' 'This is so ...

Good luck to the first of the ace new co-hosts @sally_lindsay!’ he said. The first time I’ve ever been able to watch #Pointless and actually play along without knowing the answers already. Reason revealed](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/20/why-did-richard-osman-leave-pointless-reason-revealed-17415639/?ico=more_text_links) Sally is the first of the celeb hosts to step into the hot seat, but will no means by the last! [Pointless](https://metro.co.uk/tag/pointless/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) officially has a new team of hosts, with Sally Lindsay taking over from [Richard Osman](https://metro.co.uk/tag/richard-osman/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK2) for the first ever episode. [Richard announced he would be stepping down from the BBC quiz show](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/20/why-did-richard-osman-leave-pointless-reason-revealed-17415639/), which he created.

RICHARD Osman was notably missing from Pointless this evening as Alexander Armstrong hosted his first episode without him.The presenter announced his.

Good luck to all the new co-hosts." [here](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sellyourvideo/) to upload yours. [social media](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/social-media/) to voice their disappointment as Richard was replaced. [House of Games](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/house-of-games/). [BBC](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/bbc/) show. [Sally Lindsay](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/16986404/coronation-street-sally-lindsay-children-instagram/) taking over from him for the first ever episode.