![]() He does a thing where he throws away a point wilfully in one of the live tasks. There have been moments of sadness with him but he has got his dignity as well. He's prepared to go the extra mile more than anyone. "This is the plan, and I'm sticking with it." It's a sort of Bomber Harris approach to Taskmaster.Īlex: When he does get in too deep, that's fun. Greg: I think he makes an assertion, he comes up with a plan, and he follows that plan through regardless of new information that might come in. But he's a really thoughtful person generally, so that was surprising. He got all giddy and excited and never stopped to think. Most of his mates have done it and that desperation meant going charging into the tasks and then realising it was too late. He revels in his mistakes.Īlex: He was desperate to win it because he knows the show inside out. I don't think he's being bad on purpose - but when it's evident that he's being bad, he welcomes the chaos. Greg: He's not cartwheeling out of control he knows exactly what he's doing. ![]() What about Ivo Graham: he's quite chaotic and anxious, isn't he?Īlex: He fits a bit into the David Baddiel or Mark Watson "intelligent man doing badly with practical things" but he's also got a real playful side. His normal act is not a natural conduit for some of the things you see him doing and being naturally funny. Greg: It shows a different side to his creativity as well. I think he decided, "Right, if I'm doing it, I'm doing it." ![]() I think he was keen to put a stamp on the show. On the other hand, you've got him running around in his pants in one task.Īlex: That was all his idea. I might bluster over certain things sometimes, then people like Frankie come in and check the facts. Greg: Certainly, if there's a judgement to be made where semantics are involved, it's kind of awkward having Frankie in the room to point out the facts. They're led by Frankie, I think, when they're arguing. They're much cleverer than anyone we've had. I don't want to say that they're more intelligent than others, but all of them -Īlex: I am, yes. These five actually feel like a really intelligent five. He brings a lot of intellectual prowess in the studio.Īlex: I love that. Image shows left to right: Greg Davies, Alex Horne Greg: He restores his dignity with every analysis. It's nice to see someone like Frankie being incompetent.Īlex: He's always competent with his mouth though. It's not that he was sitting there going, "Who cares?" He tried, and was often bad. Greg: I make a lot of jokes in this series about him not caring whether he wins or not but, as Alex said, he really entered into the spirit of it. He brought his kids into lots of conversations during the studio shoot so you see a tender side of him, which was nice. It was really nice to see him be his normal self. But he had to wait 14 series to really be sure that we'd look after him and agree to do it! He's got friends, people like Sophie Duker, who helped persuade him. It's unusual to see him without his dignity and not being in charge but he completely threw himself into it, partly because his kids are big fans, as Greg says, and partly because he really likes the show and I think he trusts us, luckily. He's on it because his children like it.Īlex: He sometimes seems surprised that he's on it as well. Greg: I think that's a perfectly reasonable thing to be surprised about. People may be surprised that he signed up. Let's go through them one by one, starting with Frankie Boyle. Greg Davies and Alex HorneĬongratulations on Series 15: what a great cast. Image shows left to right: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mae Martin, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Ivo Graham
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