Comedian

I love 'Takeshi's Castle.'

It's one thing looking up your own book in a library, but imagine being able to look up your own word in the dictionary.

We had one task where we had a yoga mat on a big hill and told them to get three yoga balls at the bottom of the hill onto the mat. We didn't think that one of them would bring the yoga mat down to where the balls were, so that was a reminder that sometimes these comedians can be smarter than us.

When I created 'Taskmaster,' it was never meant to be suitable for family Christmases. The host, Greg Davies, is a sweary giant, the comedians are often uncouth and the show was on late-night TV.

'Bring Me The Head of The Taskmaster' is a unique chance for one person to prove they are the ultimate Tasker. This interactive book is more than just a spin off, it provides a unique 'Taskmaster' experience into which you can dive and then swim around in search of treasure.

I'm a big 'Countdown' fan.

I do like the word 'juggernaut.'

It's nice not to have to talk about children all the time.

I really love the BBC, and my wife works for them, and they've given me lots of work!

It would be amazing if we got someone like Sarah Silverman on the show, not having a script and just being herself. That's the best part of doing this show: just having funny people being funny.

Of course you can't go wrong with Daniel Kitson.

Greg never knows anything I'm going to say before the show, so when he's reacting to me it's completely off the cuff and we obviously never know what the contestants are going to say at any point.

New shows do tend to be eaten up by Twitter.

I quite enjoy that, seeing people get tetchy.

Australians are particularly competitive.

I'm a quarter Scottish but that's not enough to warrant wearing a kilt at any point in my life.

Peter Crouch has been my hero for fifteen years, Maya Jama is a superstar and I am a mild-mannered bandleader with a motley troupe of absurdly talented musicians at my disposal - if those aren't the ingredients for a delicious post-football entertainment dish then we're all doomed.

I am almost incredible at table football. It's nothing to be proud of.

I definitely think everyone's competitive on some level, there's virtually no-one who hasn't cared at some point about something they've done.

I don't have courage in my convictions and I'm not interested in serious things or politics: if you're doing an hour of standup, you should talk about a few serious things.