Taskmaster Bleeped - The Chassis, the Wings - 01:05 am Saturday, April 18 on E4 Extra

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)

Dara O Briain (Contestant)

Born: February 04, 1972 in Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland

Best Known For: Mock the Week.

Early-life: Born in Bray, Co Wicklow, on February 4, 1972, and attended a tough school on Dublin's southside. He studied maths and theoretical physics at University College, Dublin. While a student there, he was both the auditor of the Literary and Historical Society (the university's oldest debating society and the official College Debating Union) and the co-founder and co-editor of the University Observer college newspaper. In 1994, he won the Irish Times National Debating Championship and the Irish Times/Gael Linn National Irish language debating championship.

Career: O Briain's first post-uni job was as a children's TV presenter for RTE. He also began performing stand-up gigs on the Irish comedy circuit. He came to prominence as a team captain on the Irish topical panel show Don't Feed The Gondolas (1998-2000). He then toured heavily, performing across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. In 2002, O Briain began making appearances on British TV shows. He has hosted the comedy panel game Mock the Week since 2005, and continues to perform stand-up. He took over from Adrian Chiles as the host of The Apprentice: You're Fired! in 2010, but quit in 2014. He has also branched out into maths and science with the series School of Hard Sums and Stargazing Live.

Quote: On School of Hard Sums: 'I only did it to get the problems, because I quite like doing equations. There's a bit of me that just pined for a bit of maths.'

Trivia: O Briain was one of the six celebrities who took on the Zambezi River for Comic Relief's 2013 Through Hell and High Water challenge.

Fern Brady (Contestant)

John Kearns (Contestant)

Munya Chawawa (Contestant)

Sarah Millican (Contestant)

Born: May 29, 1975 in South Shields

Best Known For: Her north east accent.

Early-life: Born Sarah Jane King on May 29, 1975, in South Shields. She was raised in what she describes as a typical working-class household. Married at 22, she hoped to become a playwright. After the sudden collapse of her marriage she attended a performance workshop and discovered a gift for comedy, although she had never attended a comedy club before taking to the stage for the first time. Sarah began touring, quickly building a large following who were impressed with her honest, or very blue, approach.

Career: Her debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Sarah Millican's Not Nice, won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer in 2008; she hasn't looked back since. She has appeared as a panellist on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You, You Have Been Watching and as a performer at The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 and 4 Stands Up. She was featured in the Manchester edition of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, broadcast in June 2009, and provided vocal work to the BBC's natural history footage for Walk on the Wild Side. She briefly joined the Loose Women panel in January 2011 and launched her own show, The Sarah Millican Television Programme, in 2012.

Quote: 'It's all very well to be a feminist, but it's nice to know you've got good knockers.'

Trivia: In 2012 she won £20,000 for charity while appearing in a celebrity edition of Deal or No Deal.

Richard Allen-Turner (Executive producer)

Rob Aslett (Executive producer)

Andy Devonshire (Executive producer)

James Taylor (Executive producer)

Jon Thoday (Executive producer)

Andy Cartwright (Series producer)

Taskmaster Bleeped: The Chassis, the Wings

01:05 am - 02:10 am, Saturday, April 18 on E4 Extra (31)

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The Chassis, the Wings
Season 14, Episode 1

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