Taskmaster Bleeped: Is That Number Got Curves?


8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Friday, July 3 on E4 Extra (31)

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Is That Number Got Curves?
Season 20, Episode 6

Greg Davies presides as the series enters its second half. Reece Shearsmith builds a ladder out of chopsticks, Ania Magliano lassos a weathervane and Sanjeev Bhaskar attempts to crush an egg. Meanwhile, Alex Horne is forced to give up his prized watch, Phil Ellis's sunny disposition costs him dear and Maisie Adam hits a new low


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Cast & Crew

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Alex Horne (Co host)
Maisie Adam (Contestant)
Reece Shearsmith (Contestant)
Sanjeev Bhaskar (Contestant)
Phil Ellis (Contestant)
Ania Magliano (Contestant)
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)

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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)
Maisie Adam (Contestant)
Reece Shearsmith (Contestant)
Born: August 27, 1969 in Hull
Best Known For: The League of Gentlemen.
Early-life: Born Reeson William Shearsmith on August 27, 1969, in Hull. He met the men who would join him in The League of Gentlemen - Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson - while studying drama at Bretton Hall. In 1995, they began performing a sketch show at London's Cockpit Theatre, soon afterwards landing a residency at the Canal Café pub theatre, which compelled them to create new material at a fast pace.
Career: In 1997 the quartet won the Perrier Award, and their subsequent radio series, On the Town with The League of Gentlemen, set in the fictional town of Spent, won a Sony Award. In 1999 the League moved to TV - and Royston Vasey - with subsequent series in 2000 (including a typically sinister Christmas special) and 2002; plus a film, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, in 2005. Outside of the League, Shearsmith has appeared alongside Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in the comedies Catterick and House of Fools. He also popped up in Spaced and TLC. His other work includes Eric and Ernie, The Widower and Chasing Shadows on the small screen, and Burke and Hare, The World's End and A Field in England on the big screen. He has also appeared on the stage in Art, The Producers and Betty Blue Eyes. He re-teamed with fellow League star Steve Pemberton for Psychoville and Inside No 9.
Quote: 'I think League of Gentlemen drew on our experiences growing up in northern towns, not that they were as weird and remote as Royston Vasey was. But it pervaded our material.'
Trivia: In 2006, he appeared in the West End as Leo Bloom in The Producers.
Sanjeev Bhaskar (Contestant)
Born: June 28, 1964 in Ealing
Best Known For: The Kumars at No 42.
Early-life: Born on June 28, 1964, in Ealing, London, to Asian immigrants living in Hounslow. He gained a degree and worked in marketing for seven years, writing monologues and sketches as a hobby. After realising he didn't like working in an office, he began performing comedy routines in clubs. His friend, musician Nitin Sawhney, encouraged him after the duo realised nobody was doing stand-up about being Asian and British. They formed a double act called The Secret Indians (Non-Asian) in 1996.
Career: As Bhaskar and Sawhney's stage act grew in popularity they were noticed by the producer of sketch show The Real McCoy, who introduced Bhaskar to Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia and Meera Syal - who then formed the Goodness Gracious Me team. It began on radio, before making its TV debut in 1998. It was an instant success. Since then, he's appeared in Notting Hill, The Guru, Anita and Me, and cult chat-show The Kumars at No 42. He's also starred in the West End in long-running hit Art and visited his ancestral home in what is now Pakistan during the travelogue India with Sanjeev Bhaskar. Other acting gigs include sitcom Mumbai Calling and daytime drama The Indian Doctor.
Quote: 'Most of my characters are based on truth. The Kumars at No 42 are basically my parents.'
Trivia: He married actress Meera Syal in 2005. They have a son, Shaan.
Phil Ellis (Contestant)
Ania Magliano (Contestant)
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)