It's another champions week on Richard Osman's House of Games, as four former winners go head to head to test their general knowledge skills once more.

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As ever, a daily winner is declared following a quick-fire round at the end of each show before the scores are tallied across the week and the overall champion is awarded the House of Games trophy on Friday.

Last week saw Chris McCausland, Claire Richards, Adele Roberts and Olly Smith put through the wringer with a series of quiz games.

But who'll be battling it out for glory this week? Here's everything you need to know about the celebrities taking part in House of Games.

Who's on Richard Osman's House of Games this week?

Steve Pemberton, Sam Quek, Steve Backshall and Rachel Riley sat around Richard Osman.
Steve Pemberton, Sam Quek, Richard Osman, Steve Backshall and Rachel Riley on House of Games. BBC/Remarkable Television/Graeme Hunter

This week's celebrity contestants are Steve Backshall, Steve Pemberton, Sam Quek and Rachel Riley, who will put their general knowledge skills to the test in a week of quiz games.

Steve Backshall is a wildlife presenter and writer, who is best known for his CBBC wildlife series Deadly 60 and BBC programme Lost Land of the Tiger. He competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.

Steve Pemberton is an actor and writer, who first rose to fame as a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen, alongside Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson.

The group began life with stage shows, before making the leap to BBC Radio 4 on On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, and then transitioning to television.

Sam Quek is a hockey player turned TV presenter who's best known for hosting BBC Morning Live and covering sport for various broadcasters. She also appeared on various TV competitions including I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2016, Pointless and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Rounding off the cast is Rachel Riley, who is a TV presenter best known for co-hosting the Channel 4 show Countdown and its spin-off 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Richard Osman's House of Games continues on Monday 9 March at 6pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.

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Authors

Charlotte ColomboFreelance Writer

Charlotte Colombo is a Freelance Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, focussing on reality and competition shows. She previously worked at The Digital Fix, covering film and TV, and has an MA in Journalism.

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