Hello and welcome to the Taskmaster podcast Happy New Year from me Ed Gamble.

Host of the Taskmaster podcast, very exciting episode today, we're back talking about

series 5 and we're talking about series 5 episode 5 and we have a very special guest

for today's episode, it's the wonderful Mark Watson, of course, one of the stars of series

5 of the Taskmaster and this potentially his most eventful episode, we're talking trousers,

we're talking texts, so much happens in this episode, it's a really fantastic episode,

I can't wait to talk to Mark about that, get down to the nitty gritty, chat about the tasks,

some backstage goss, that sort of stuff, we might get some facts we've not heard before,

it's very exciting, I mean let's just let's just pack on with it, you guys know the drill by now,

you can get all of Taskmaster on all four, you can find it, you can watch it, come back here,

listen to us chat about it, that's how it works, hope you all had a nice Christmas and New Year,

we are back into the thick of it now with series 5, only eight episodes series 5, so a few more of

those left and then we'll just keep this thing rolling, but for now this is Mark Watson.

Welcome back, Mark Watson, to the Taskmaster podcast.

Thank you, not too many people return, do they, this does be.

Not many returners, you're one of a few returners, we of course had to have you back on,

because we're talking about series 5 at the moment, and series 5 episode 5, specifically this is

pure Watson this episode, I'd say this is you're the headlining star of this episode.

I don't like using phrases like headlining star, or guiding force, or the main talent,

I saw myself very much as part of a collective, as you know, but it is true,

well the major turning points occurred in this episode and which people still

asked me about and which they will continue to ask me about long after, they've forgotten

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