More recently David Mckee's The Conquerors showed how pointless war is while Raymond Brigg's The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman was a vehement visually critique of the Falklands War.
As head of daytime his BBC programmes included The One Show and quiz show Pointless.
He is the bloke off the BBC teatime general-knowledge quiz show Pointless, co-presented by Alexander Armstrong; the one with all the answers.
Also on the panel was Amanda Berry, chief executive of Bafta, Emma Freud, a founder of Comic Relief, and the quizmaster Richard Osman, co-presenter of BBC1 show Pointless.
BSkyB has hired Liam Keelan, the controller of BBC daytime programming including The One Show, quiz show Pointless and drama The Indian Doctor, to run Sky1.
Raised in Sussex, Richard Osman, 45, is a television writer who helped develop the format for the BBC quiz show Pointless and, in 2009, found himself cast as co-host with Alexander Armstrong.
"We're an awful middle-class cliche," says McEnery, referring to their Waitrose shopping, holidays in Madeira, outings to the opera and theatre, and addiction to the afternoon TV quiz show Pointless.
In the past, a fictional character fashion show and even a book-themed game show have been organised – I myself hosted a version of the game show Pointless on World Book Day last year, pitting the four school houses against each other competing for house points.
More people watched the BBC quiz show Pointless than tuned in to England's Euro 2016 qualifier on ITV against Slovenia on Saturday.
There is also a nomination for popular BBC One quiz show Pointless, shortlisted for the RTS Daytime award alongside Channel 4's Four Rooms and ITV's The Chase.
