
So what's the verdict on actor Michael Sheen as new host of House of Games then? After one week are you saying "Richard Who?" or "Bring Back Richard Osman?" To me Sheen has slipped snugly into the role of question-master. Not too smug, not too nerdy, nice and friendly. And of coursxe we are seeing lots of Sheen at the moment, with him also appearing on Celebrity Traitors. It might be easy to forget that he is a brilliant actor, having played real-life people onscreen from Brian Clough to David Frost.
He's not as shouty as Clough or as probing as Frost on House of Games though. Oh, and he's also played a quiz-master before - Christ Tarrant on the ITV drama Quiz. Maybe that's where he's drawing inspiration for this latest 'role'.
Anyway, this week there are four new guests on the show, comedian Stephen Bailey, Chizzy Akudolu, Banjo Beale and Philippa Dunne.
Comedy fans will recognise Stephen Bailey from his appearances on Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side and ITV2’s hit show Celebability. He's a smart, funny camp comic but does he have the brains to shine on House of Games? We will see.
Phillipa Dunne will be instantly recognisable as the nice but dim mum Anne Flynn on Motherland and more recently Amandaland, which is going to have another Christmas special this December. She is a bit of a film buff, having answered questions on Stanley Kubrick's The Shining on Celebrity Mastermind. She is also a respected non-comedy actor, having played a QC in the recent ITV true life drama Believe Me.
House of Games, Monday, October 12 - Friday, October 16. 6pm, BBC Two.
Picture Credit: BBC/Remarkable TV/Graeme Hunter
