
Fatiha El-Ghorri heads new series of BBC comedy pilots
Others feature the likes of Elaine C. Smith and Jordan Brookes
The BBC are to release a new series of comedy pilots featuring the likes of Fatiha…
Others feature the likes of Elaine C. Smith and Jordan Brookes
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Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton scoop comedy writing Bafta
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Here's Alex Horne's post-task interview with Rosie Ramsey on set of the 19th series of Taskmaster.
In it she says her husband Chris is probably her role model when it comes to approaching the challenges.
But when asked if she could win the series, she said simply: 'No.'
In a previous interview, fellow contestant Mat Baynton, from Ghosts, 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.
As well as fellow Taskmaster contestants Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton and Fatiha…
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