Frankie was so unruffled and cool and turned up to the live shows in his suit, but I also saw him in his pants. As someone who was a huge fan of Frankie Boyle as a teenage comedy fan I saw a real different side to him. So I tried that, but there were no loopholes that I could see anywhere, which induced an immediate state of panic. There’s not a lot of it to leave, but I’m happy. I think it’s a useful thing. I think there’s so much stuff, even in Britain’s idea of itself at the moment. We can see this has been punctured, our self-image. And that’s a really useful thing. I found this a lot with being disorganised and late for things, which is something that I still really would like to think at the age of 32 that I am going to get on top of, but I haven’t yet.

But everyone said, ‘Just enjoy it – it’s the best experience you’ll have in your career.’ And it has been.

Over To You

The whole line-up that year was fantastic – him, Roisin [Conaty], Romesh [Ranganathan], Frank [Skinner] and Tim [Key]. Disappointingly there was one task where I had to make the house haunted. Considering I‘ve just filmed two series about a haunted house, I think I performed poorly. A: When he does get in too deep, that’s fun. He’s prepared to go the extra mile more than anyone. He has quite a physical reaction to it. He’s a peculiar character. There have been moments of sadness with him but he has got his dignity as well. The tasks, of course! We’ll send these closed with the famous Taskmaster seal, only to be opened on the day. Absolutely adorable. It’s a much more interesting Ant and Dec. And I love Ant and Dec. I’ve worked with them a lot and they’re great. But they’re not a patch on Greg and Alex, are they?

A number of comedy treats –including a VIPTaskmasterstudio experience and a hand-painted ceramic vase byJoe Lycettare being auctioned off for charity. If you have any questions about the set-up of the event in advance, we can answer them for you. Then just log on with your participants at the agreed time and let the fun begin. They are going under the virtual hammer as part of Piece of Mind: The Brain Tumour Charity Auction which is being organised by Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell –who has an incurable brain tumour herself.The auction is live now via www.pieceofmind.auction, and closes at 7pm on June 21. A: She is. She had the time of her life, both in and out of the studio. The whole show is meant to be doing stuff you did as a kid that you don’t do any more. You know, you can make a big mess and you can make a little film. She’s really throwing herself into it.

Really well, considering it’s just a job. You don’t see each other during the tasks, apart from the occasional group one, so mainly you just get to know each other at the studio. So considering that, we got on really well. At the start, I decided I was almost certainly going to be playingTaskmasterfor laughs, going for some sort of wooden spoon, and that was a nice thing to come to terms with.

The tasks, of course! We’ll send these closed with the famous Taskmaster seal only to be opened on the day. Taskmasters is highly adaptable. Book it as a 90 minute activity that forms part of your corporate event or as a standalone team building day out. It also makes fabulous evening entertainment for daylong events. Taskmasteris so popular and so good that even if you’re being humiliated on it, it’s like top-tier humiliation. Also, not having an audience does feel sometimes like we’re just having a chat whilst we’re waiting for the cameras to start. Greg said, ‘You can’t just bring things from around your house’ and I was like, ‘That’s literally what I thought you were supposed to do’.

Mae Martin

What happens with me is that I start really well, I fly very high, and then I do an Icarus and I crash to the ground. That has been the story of my life, my career, every single thing that I’ve ever done. I make a superhuman effort and do really well, then everything crumbles. A: I think he thinks it’s all against him. He doesn’t realise there’s four other people doing it too. Was there any particular moment where you caught yourself in the middle of doing the task and thought, “What are we even doing here?”

The Taskmaster format perfectly transfers to the business world; the tasks encourage people to think laterally, creatively and on their feet, whilst also ensuring hilarious entertainment for the whole group. A: She had a grandchild during the filming. It’s quite nice when Taskmaster fits around people’s lives, and you can see their lives in the show. Her grandson has come up to the show a couple of times. I do like that.When I ask Horne if he ever disagrees with Davies’s judgment, the answer is instant. “Yes. Most tasks. It’s frustrating, really, because I know that if he scored it in a certain way, then the episode might unravel in a certain way. Quite often he’ll score it completely wrong, so someone has already won with two tasks to spare.” Despite this, Horne wouldn’t have it any other way – “I’m always pleased that Greg is invested. I’m more interested in him caring about who wins, rather than him churning out scores that we’ve told him to say.” The task where the contestants have to eat an egg the fastest. I know what you’re thinking, and yes, Osman shots it like tequila. I feel ill thinking about it. 88 What do you do?