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The Pie Whisperer
Season 1, Episode 2
Greg Davies sets tasks for Roisin Conaty, Tim Key, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner and Josh Widdicombe. They have to identify the contents of a table full of mystery pies, make a film backwards and high five a 55 year old. Alex Horne helps coax the contestants to reveal how comic, creative and seriously competitive they are
Game Show/Quiz/Contest
Show/Game Show
Cast & Crew
Greg Davies
(Host)
Alex Horne
(Co host)
Frank Skinner
(Contestant)
Tim Key
(Contestant)
Roisin Conaty
(Contestant)
Josh Widdicombe
(Contestant)
Romesh Ranganathan
(Contestant)
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)
Frank Skinner
(Contestant)
Born:
January 28, 1957
in
West Bromwich
Best Known For:
Penning football anthem Three Lions.
Early-life:
Born Graham Christopher Collins on January 27, 1957, in the West Midlands suburb of Oldbury, but he is better known by his stage name Frank Skinner. He is the youngest of former semi-professional footballer John Collins and his wife Doris's four children. He has a Masters degree in English literature and, after a spell of unemployment, became a lecturer. He gave that up in 1989 to become a professional stand-up comedian. He was known as Graham to his family and Chris to his friends, but renamed himself Frank Skinner after a member of his father's dominoes team because Equity already had a Chris Collins on their books.
Career:
A four-year slog on the comedy circuit, financed by a string of day jobs, led to Skinner establishing his own club in Birmingham. The work paid off in 1991, when he won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival ahead of Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard. Fantasy Football League and Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned catapulted Skinner and his co-host David Baddiel into the mainstream during the 1990s and early 2000s. Skinner's solo work has included his own ITV chat show and short-lived sitcom Shane. In 2005, Skinner announced he was to turn his back on TV to return to his stand-up roots, but has since returned with various documentaries and as host of Room 101. He also co-presents a Saturday-morning show on Absolute Radio.
Quote:
'Being a celebrity is great - it's a lot easier than working in a factory, and I've done both. Everyone is loathe to say, 'My life is fabulous', but I'm pretty happy with mine. I like signing autographs and chatting to people.'
Trivia:
Skinner plays the ukelele like his hero, George Formby, and wrote and performed the Radio 4 comedy series Don't Start.
Tim Key
(Contestant)
Roisin Conaty
(Contestant)
Born:
March 26, 1979
in
London
Best Known For:
Being a comedian and starring in Man Down.
Early-life:
Roisin was born in London on March 26, 1979. In 2010, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival. In the same year, she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three and performed alongside other female comedians for charity on Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues on Sky One.
Career:
Conaty stars in the BBC's hidden camera series Impractical Jokers and she has appeared as a guest on a number of panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2013, she began playing Jo in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down.
Quote:
'I'm a terrible dresser. I wouldn't know what's in or what season I'm in. It's a real effort for me not to look mad.'
Trivia:
Conaty also performs as one half of female double act The Cakes with Caroline Ginty.
Josh Widdicombe
(Contestant)
Born:
April 08, 1983
in
Dartmoor
Best Known For:
Being a comedian and a regular on The Last Leg.
Early-life:
Joshua Widdicombe was born in Dartmoor on April 8, 1983. He has a brother, Henry. Josh went on to study linguistics at the University of Manchester. He began performing stand-up in 2008 and made it to the final of So You Think You're Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival the same year.
Career:
In 2011, Widdicombe performed his debut solo show in Edinburgh and was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award in the best newcomer category. Since 2012, he has been a regular on Channel 4's The Last Leg, alongside Adam Hills and Alex Brooker. He has also appeared on Mock the Week, QI and Have I Got News for You.
Quote:
'The thing about stand-up is that you end up meeting your idols.'
Trivia:
In December 2013, Widdicombe won his edition of Celebrity Mastermind - his specialist subject was Blur.
Romesh Ranganathan
(Contestant)
Born:
January 30, 1978
in
Crawley
Best Known For:
Being a comedian.
Early-life:
Born Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan in Crawley on January 30, 1978. He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. He started performing stand-up while he was working as a mathematics teacher at schools in Crawley and Banstead. He became a professional comedian in 2012.
Career:
Ranganathan's breakthrough came in 2013 when he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Since then, he has appeared on a number of comedy panel shows, including Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He has also performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and presented the BBC Three series Asian Provocateur and co-presented the ITV series It's Not Rocket Science.
Quote:
'I think I'm a mango. Just very sweet and lovely.'
Trivia:
Ranganathan is a vegan and supports Arsenal FC.
