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Videos
Alex Horne conducts a post-task interview with Mat Baynton on set of the 19th series of Taskmaster.
The Ghosts star says he tried to think laterally in approaching the challenges, but admits his tactics were not entirely successful:
Previously, Horne spoke to fellow contestant Jason Mantzoukas, the first US-based star to take part in the show
It comes after Horne’s interview with fellow contestant Fatiha El-Ghorri was released on YouTube yesterday:
The interviews were conducted in front of a wall of fake sponsors’ logos, as if the contestants had just finished a sporting event:
Taskmaster returns to Channel 4 at 9pm on Thursday.
Alex Horne interviews Mathew Baynton
As well as fellow Taskmaster contestants Jason Mantzoukas and Fatiha El-Ghorri
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