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Residue Around the Hoof
Season 5, Episode 4
Greg Davies dishes out the absurd A-list challenges once more. Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips are driven to ever more absurd lengths in the battle to lay their sticky fingers on Taskmaster Greg's golden head
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Cast & Crew
Greg Davies
(Host)
Alex Horne
(Co host)
Mark Watson
(Guest)
Nish Kumar
(Guest)
Sally Phillips
(Guest)
Andy Cartwright
(Series producer)
Andy Devonshire
(Series director)
Richard Watsham
(Executive producer)
Hilary Rosen
(Executive producer)
Rob Aslett
(Executive producer)
James Taylor
(Executive producer)
Jon Thoday
(Executive producer)
More Information
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)
Mark Watson
(Guest)
Nish Kumar
(Guest)
Sally Phillips
(Guest)
Born:
May 10, 1970
in
Hong Kong
Best Known For:
Smack the Pony
Early-life:
Phillips was born in Hong Kong in 1970, the daughter of Tim Phillips, the chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club who host The Championships, Wimbledon. She was educated at the private Wycombe Abbey School, in Campbell House and then graduated from New College, Oxford with a 1st class degree in Italian. Keen for a career on the stage she was involved in nine consecutive Edinburgh festivals. Her first TV role was in Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun in 1994, shortly after followed by a cameo in Alas Smith and Jones.
Career:
Her role as a receptionist in I'm Alan Partridge proved to be her big break and she was nominated for best female newcomer at the British Comedy Awards that year. She had a starring role in the short-lived 1999 British comedy series Hippies (with Simon Pegg and Julian Rhind-Tutt), and also co-created and wrote Smack the Pony, the all-female, double Emmy Award winning comedy show. She appeared in Bridget Jones's Diary as "Shazzer", and has appeared in such success stories as Jam and Jerusalem and hit comedy Miranda.
Quote:
"Both my boys are obsessed with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and I have spawned the greatest, tiniest Dick Van Dyke impersonators of all time. Me Ol' Bamboo has to be seen to be believed."
Trivia:
She has played the title role in Radio 4 sitcom Clare in the Community since 2004.
Andy Cartwright
(Series producer)
Andy Devonshire
(Series director)
Richard Watsham
(Executive producer)
Hilary Rosen
(Executive producer)
Rob Aslett
(Executive producer)
James Taylor
(Executive producer)
Jon Thoday
(Executive producer)
