10-03-2023, 07:49 PM
(10-03-2023, 06:55 PM)qwerty123 Wrote:Richard Osman famously was an employee of Endemol who ended up presenting one of their programmes. That's now part of Banjay who make both Pointless and House of Games, he stopped being an employee of them when his career picked up.(10-03-2023, 06:48 PM)thePineapple Wrote: Regarding Richard Osman's stance, I see no reason why him tweeting in support of Lineker is any different to what Lineker said himself - they both freelance for the BBC (or at least I assume Osman is), but there's been no big headlines, and Tim Davie hasn't pulled him aside.Does Osman freelance for the BBC or does he appear on independent productions that are commissioned by or broadcast on it?
This is what I don't get - this obsession with Lineker in particular is purely arbitrary, from what I can make out.
So no, he's freelance and has never AFAIK been a BBC employee