Taskmaster: The Old Soft, Curved Padlock
12:00 am - 01:00 am, Tuesday, January 27 on U&Dave ja vu (74)
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The Old Soft, Curved Padlock
Season 6, Episode 1
Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine perform wheelbarrow stunts, build with fruit and emerge from wardrobes, as they compete for the ultimate prize - Taskmaster Greg Davies's disembodied head dipped in gold. As always, Alex Horne is on hand to assist with quiet dignity
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Cast & Crew
Greg Davies
(Host)
Alex Horne
(Co host)
Alice Levine
(Contestant)
Asim Chaudhry
(Contestant)
Liza Tarbuck
(Contestant)
Russell Howard
(Contestant)
Tim Vine
(Contestant)
Andy Cartwright
(Series producer)
Andy Devonshire
(Series director)
Hilary Rosen
(Executive producer)
Richard Allen-Turner
(Executive producer)
Rob Aslett
(Executive producer)
James Taylor
(Executive producer)
Jon Thoday
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Greg Davies
(Host)
Born:
May 14, 1968
in
St Asaph, Wales
Best Known For:
The Inbetweeners, Man Down and his stand-up tours.
Early-life:
Greg was born in St Asaph, Wales, on May 14, 1968 but his parents moved to Wem in Shropshire soon after his birth. Before embarking on a career in showbiz, Greg taught drama and English for 13 years at Sandhurst School in Berkshire and Orleans Park School in Twickenham.
Career:
Davies started to get noticed for his comedy as one third of sketch comedy group We Are Klang. His big break came in 2008 when he began playing schoolteacher Mr Gilbert in E4's hugely popular sitcom The Inbetweeners. In 2010, Davies's debut solo stand-up show, Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog, was nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award, which led to a sell-out nationwide tour. His second solo tour, The Back of My Mum's Head, was another sell-out national tour. He plays the lead role in popular Channel 4 sitcom Man Down, a series he also co-writes.
Quote:
"I think people find this schoolteacher thing hilarious," he says, "I always get asked if I was actually any good. Well, how do I answer that?"
Trivia:
At 6ft 8, it is difficult for Davies to blend into a crowd.
Alex Horne
(Co host)
Alice Levine
(Contestant)
Asim Chaudhry
(Contestant)
Liza Tarbuck
(Contestant)
Born:
November 21, 1964
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
The Big Breakfast and Linda Green.
Early-life:
Born November 21, 1964, the middle child of Liverpool comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline. She doesn't like talking about her family's famous mates, but was good friends with Michael Parkinson's sons while growing up. At convent school, she considered becoming an artist, a PE teacher or a nun, but decided to follow her dad into showbusiness. She had a spell with the National Youth Theatre before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career:
Tarbuck started out on stage before playing Pamela in the hugely popular ITV sitcom Watching. When the series ended in 1993, she featured in gritty drama Tumbledown, but after struggling to find more roles reinvented herself as a TV presenter, fronting The Weekend Show in 1995 and She's Gotta Have It, before going on to co-host The Big Breakfast with old pal Johnny Vaughan. Tarbuck stayed with the show for a year but left to take on new projects, including Blockbusters and comedy drama Linda Green. She's also appeared in Bleak House, Saxondale, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Extras and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and presented the Channel 4 series Without Prejudice and Britain's Top Dog.
Quote:
"I'm like most women, I have good bits and bad bits, but I'm pretty happy with the package. Life's too short to worry about having fat upper arms."
Trivia:
She began presenting a Saturday night show on BBC Radio 2 in 2012.
Russell Howard
(Contestant)
Tim Vine
(Contestant)
Born:
March 04, 1967
in
Cheam, London
Best Known For:
His superb one-liners.
Early-life:
Born Timothy Mark Vine in London, on March 4, 1967. The son of a structural engineering lecturer and a part-time medical worker, Tim demonstrated a love of performing from an early age. His elder brother is broadcaster Jeremy Vine and his younger sister, Sonya, is a painter. Tim first got into comedy when he used to take part in a weekly competition night at the Comedy Cafe in central London. As his reputation and confidence grew, so did his fan base and he soon branched out on his own.
Career:
Vine burst onto the stand-up circuit by winning the Perrier Best Newcomer Award for The Tim Vine Fiasco at the Edinburgh Festival in 1995. Tim's solo shows in Edinburgh include Tim Vine Flat Out, I'm Vine Thanks, Tim Vine and the Minotaur, Punslinger and Joke-amotive. He was in both series of ITV's The Sketch Show and appeared alongside his friend Lee Mack in five series of BBC One sitcom No Going Out. They also took part in Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief, with Vine finishing runner-up to competition winner Mack. He's acted in Blandings and is a resident comedian on Celebrity Squares alongside Joe Wilkinson.
Quote:
"Velcro - what a rip off."
Trivia:
In 2004, Vine broke the record for telling the most jokes in an hour - 499. He held the record until November 2014, when Australian comedian Taylor Goodwin told 550 jokes in an hour.
Andy Cartwright
(Series producer)
Andy Devonshire
(Series director)
Hilary Rosen
(Executive producer)
Richard Allen-Turner
(Executive producer)
Rob Aslett
(Executive producer)
James Taylor
(Executive producer)
Jon Thoday
(Executive producer)
