Hello and welcome to the Taskmaster podcast. It's me, Ed Gamble, host of the Taskmaster

podcast. We are, of course, now deep into series 14 of Taskmaster. We are absolutely

loving it. It is on every Thursday, 9 p.m. Channel 4. That's where you need to watch it.

You need to come straight over here and listen to the podcast. If you have not seen episode

4, series 14 of Taskmaster, put down your headphones, go and watch it on all four and come back

and listen to me discuss it with Fern Brady. That's who we've got on the show today.

One of the wonderful contestants in series 14 of Taskmaster. She is absolutely hilarious.

She's completely smashing it. We all love Fern. We cannot wait to talk to her about this

episode and about her experience of Taskmaster in general. Some things you need to know about

Fern Brady. She is a wonderful stand-up comedian, of course, but she has also written a book

that is out on the 14th of Feb next year. 14th of Feb 2023, you need to get strong female

character by Fern Brady. Get online, pre-order it now. These pre-orders matter. I'm sure it's

going to be absolutely wonderful. She's a brilliant writer and very, very funny. Can't wait

to speak to her about series 14 in general and, specifically, series 14 episode 4. Here it is.

Welcome, Fern Brady to the Taskmaster podcast. Hello. Very excited to have you here, Fern.

You are, of course, one of the stars of series 14. Oh, my God. You are absolutely. I mean,

it would be awkward if I said there were four stars and you weren't one of them, but I'd say

you are more than one of the stars of Taskmaster series 14. You're absolutely smashing it. We're

loving watching you on it. I saw one mildly negative thing the other day and it wasn't even true.

I was looking at the Reddit Taskmaster thread, which the two and these told me not to do.

Yes, the first thing you shouldn't do if you're on Taskmaster is look at the Reddit. It's

broadly a very positive place, but there are some bad eggs, so and that's the people that will

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