Richard Osman’s Playhouse
Review: ****
Hornby: a model world
Review: ****
Every celebrity quiz show should award extra points for pointing out virtues. Then we would see a real competition to earn points.
Itinerant estate agent Jasmine Harman beat her rivals in Richard Osman’s House Of Games (BBC2) by using the flimsiest of excuses to declare: “I’m vegan!”
Jasmine, best known as the host of A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away?, answered one of the tongue twisters in the final round.
House Of Games is showing its 500th edition this week, and each episode ends with a puzzle game called Answer-Smash. Players get two clues and win points by combining the two solutions into one word.
Osman’s House Of Games is a great show to have at home with its daily changing difficult challenges
For example: what is a major golf tournament in the United States and who played Margo in The Good Life? Is. . . the American Opelope Keith. It’s a delightfully silly game that will have players stuttering as they try to say the answer.
Jasmine was faster than all her fellow celebs: Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, actor Dave Johns and sports presenter Jason Mohammad. They scratched their heads when the image of an exotic fruit lit up under a half-finished nursery rhyme: “There was an old lady who… . .’
“Flychee swallowed!” exclaimed Jasmine. Everyone stared at her, including Richard. You may have remembered that the old woman “swallowed a fly” — but who knows what a lychee looks like?
“I’m vegan, so fruits and vegetables are my region,” crows Jasmine. She also got the following: a picture of a shiny black eggplant, including a question about a French pantomime. Answer: Marcel Marceaubergine.
House Of Games is a great show for the house with its daily changing difficult challenges. The effortlessly brilliant Osman keeps the viewers engaged, looking into the camera and asking us how we’re doing and congratulating us when he thinks we’re winning.
There might be a bit of magic involved in the editing, or maybe celebrities are naturally slow responders, but no one ever spoils the fun by guessing too quickly. There is always a second or two of silence before someone answers after each question.
However, you’ll need to be quick if you want to upgrade your credentials faster than the benefits. A question (“When was the Communist Manifesto published?”) gave three of the celebrities a chance to tell us what they studied at university. However, none of them had the correct date. It was 1848. Pat yourself on the back if you knew that at home. . . as Richard would say.
All in all, kudos to the Toy Train drivers in Hornby: A Model World (Yesterday) for literally inventing a new line. With vintage steam locomotives running out to replicate in miniature, product director Simon Kohler had the brilliant idea to build the same trains. . . but even smaller. As he listened to his co-workers’ plans, the beginning felt strangely exciting, like being an office spy.
Cuddles for the Toy Train drivers in Hornby: A Model World (Yesterday) as they literally came up with a new line
Simon’s award-winning range of perfectly faithful replicas has traditionally been in 1:76 scale. However, the latest models are even smaller, at 1:120 scale, also known as TT or tabletop scale.
This means smaller tracks, smaller accessories and (with a bit of luck) a bigger turnover. This seems like a counterintuitive choice: I would have expected enthusiasts to demand larger models with more visible detail. . . But hey, I’m not a collector.
However, I couldn’t help but be impressed by the work of professional model maker Kathy Millatt in Solihull when she built a diorama of Port Dinorwic station near Anglesey showing the rolling stock produced with a 3D computer printer . A very trendy way to celebrate old fashioned technology.
Source: Daily Mail
Ashley Root is an author and celebrity journalist who writes for The Fashion Vibes. With a keen eye for all things celebrity, Ashley is always up-to-date on the latest gossip and trends in the world of entertainment.
