RICHARD Osman has given a bleak update on the BBC's future after admitting that the corporation has "run out of money". The star has presented a variety of shows for the company including his current self-titled show, Richard Osman 's House of Games. 3 Richard Osman has confessed the BBC has "ran out of money" Credit: Getty 3 He currently works on his own self-titled show House of Games Credit: BBC In a rare move, Richard got candid about the current financial concerns at the BBC and revealed it was facing a cash crisis.
He made the surprise confession on his podcast, The Rest is Entertainment, where he spilled all on the difficult time facing the business. The former Pointless co-host said: "The BBC has an awful lot less money than it used to, so some stuff has to go. "The BBC has pretty much run out of money.
" He went on to add that the BBC will be forced to continue airing existing shows and repeats rather than investing in any new commissions. Richard added: "All those mid-level programmes are sort of done. "It's too expensive to launch new things with the money they've got so we're going to have the same shows for a very long time.
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