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22 Sep 23 Press Pack Article

Q&A with Greg Davies and Alex Horne

We’ve had a few firsts on this series of Taskmaster. One of which is that there was a proposal in the studio! Greg : Aww. There was, and we were there. It made me cry. I actually teared up, genuinely. It caught me by surprise. Alex: It was really lovely. We have had couples turning up at the house

22 Sep 23 Press Pack Article

Q&A with Sue Perkins

Did you enjoy making the show? I really did. The innate brilliance of the show is that everybody’s brain works differently. Everybody has a different solution to the same problem. I learned that I have no sense of competitiveness, but within five minutes of starting the task I was laughing. Clearly

22 Sep 23 Press Pack Article

Q&A with Julian Clary

What made you sign up to Taskmaster? It’s right up my street because it’s relentlessly silly. You never get bored doing it because you don’t know what’s coming next. It’s very clever. Even on studio days, we didn’t know what tasks they were going to show. It’s been fascinating. I did Big Brother

22 Sep 23 Press Pack Article

Q&A with Lucy Beaumont

What made you sign up to Taskmaster? The money, really. It’s quite good money. And I must admit, I’ve wanted to do it for ages. I’ve been around so many groups of comics and they sit and talk about their time on Taskmaster, and everyone presumed I’d done it already to be honest. But, no. A lot of

22 Sep 23 Press Pack Article

Q&A with Susan Wokoma

Why did you want to sign up for Taskmaster? When I was invited I was so flattered, but then the fear started. I wasn’t going to do it because I thought, “I’m not a stand-up.” The only place I’ve ever done stand-up is on The Guilty Feminist podcast but that’s just a five-minute go at it, and it’s

22 Sep 23 Press Pack Article

Q&A with Sam Campbell

Why did you sign up to Taskmaster? I don’t know. I didn’t know what it was. I’ve not been allowed to watch it because of my conservatorship. So why did you say yes? I was forced to by my management company. It’s almost military service, you have to do it. Did you know anyone else who’d done it