Hello and welcome to the Taskmaster podcast, it's Ed Gamble here. I am your host, this is

the podcast where we discuss Taskmaster episode by episode and break it down task by task

with a special guest and this week of course we are discussing series 12 episode 2 series

12 only recently kicked off on Channel 4. You can watch it every Thursday night 9pm on

Channel 4 and catch up on all four afterwards. We've only just started but it's a brilliant

series. We're going to be talking to a wonderful special guest about episode 2 today. But

before that I have more exciting news about Taskmaster because the brand new Taskmaster

book bring me the head of the taskmaster is out now 101 next level tasks that will

lead one lucky reader to some very special taskmaster treasure. Are you up to the task?

You can buy your copy now online or from your local book shop. I know personally that

I've looked at the book and I am not up to the task. I am useless. I read some of those

things I thought I don't understand that but I know there's plenty of people out there

who are starting to solve the tasks already so get the book, get on with it, you might

win the taskmaster treasure. Also there's a new official taskmaster

app, excitingly called Taskmaster the app, very on brand. It's a jam packed taskmaster

extravaganza. There's a show companion so you can watch and score along at home as

if you were the taskmaster. There's also a taskmaster academy with various quizzes, group

tasking and solo tasking games and a jukebox with all of the music from the show. It's

very early days with the app there's a lot more content still to come. There might even

be the odd bug, not a deliberate bug. This is not one of Alex's tricks but that's all

part of the fun. Check it out and do give us some feedback at taskmaster.tv. So what are

you waiting for? Get involved and make good choices. Okay, let's crack on because we

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