Hello and welcome to the Taskmaster podcast. It's me, Ed Gamble. Look, you must have

listened to the Taskmaster podcast before. You're not just starting with this one, are you?

If you are, this is what the Taskmaster podcast is. We will chat about a specific episode

of Taskmaster today. We are talking about series seven, episode five. And we have a special

guest as we do every week. And our special guest this week is Brinley Stent. Brinley

Stent, a wonderful comedian, a wonderful improviser from New Zealand. She was one of the stars of

Taskmaster New Zealand series, one very excited to have her on. She's currently at the

Edinburgh Fringe, performing in Snort, who are a wonderful improv group featuring many,

people who've been on Taskmaster New Zealand, and just some other wonderful comedians from New

Zealand. And Rosemar Tefeo regularly appears with Snort. We're excited to chat to Brinley

about Taskmaster series seven, episode five, and about her time on Taskmaster New Zealand.

So let's get on with it. Welcome to the Taskmaster podcast, Brinley Stent.

Thank you so much for having me. You are most welcome. One of the stars of Taskmaster New Zealand

season one, one of the OGs. I think you could call yourself an NZ OG, right?

Yeah, I don't feel old, but now that there's been three seasons, I feel like I've got

I'm old and I'm wise and I've got so much advice for all the young players.

Did the competitors in season two and three come to you when they were asked to do the show to

ask for advice and you know, some sage wisdom? Yeah, well actually I was living with one of the

season three competitors Chris Parker at the time when he was doing and he was pretty,

he was pretty sneaky and keeping it very quiet, but he did hit a breaking point and he came

to me and was like, let's just brainstorm, please, please. Now I've not seen any of season three yet

very much looking forward to seeing it, but let's not talk about those guys. We're here to talk

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