Taskmaster The Podcast Rewind - Series 1 Ep1. With Alex Horne
Taskmaster The Podcast
Avalon
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Hello Taskmaster Podcast fans!
We are rewinding back to 2021 when Ed talked to Alex Horne about the very early days of Taskmaster as well as the first ever episode (that transmitted!)
They discuss Edinburgh, show formatting, how they got their first legendary line up - Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan and Tim Key!
Tasks include, painting a horse while on a horse, empty the bath AND eat the most watermelon...
Catch up on all of Taskmaster at channel4.com and for all the latest TM news visit Taskmaster.tv
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| 0:00.0 | So, Emma's birthday. What are you wearing? |
| 0:02.5 | I was thinking maybe a dress, but now I'm not sure. |
| 0:06.9 | Probably just wear some smart jeans and a... |
| 0:09.0 | What was I saying? |
| 0:11.3 | Do you need to get that? You seem a bit distracted? |
| 0:14.5 | There's more pictures from him. |
| 0:16.3 | I've only just met him and he thinks it's okay to send me naked pictures. |
| 0:19.7 | Sending her unwanted nudes is abuse. |
| 0:22.6 | Enough. |
| 0:23.6 | End violence against women and girls. |
| 0:25.6 | See it for what it is. |
| 0:26.6 | Visit gov.uk, forward slash enough. |
| 0:29.6 | Let's stop there. |
| 0:33.6 | Being a soldier, it's exciting. |
| 0:36.6 | You already know that. |
| 0:38.6 | What you want to know is, what's in it for me? |
| 0:41.8 | I wanted to learn leadership skills from the experts. |
| 0:45.0 | I wanted to get paid to earn qualifications. |
| 0:47.9 | I wanted more confidence. |
| 0:49.6 | And I'll look, I'm on the radio. |
| 0:51.6 | That's what was in it for me. |
| 0:53.7 | Get skills, get qualified, get confident. Army. Recruiting now. Search Army jobs. |
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