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Exclusive: Taskmaster's Alex Horne reveals CBB star he really wants on show

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Photo credit: UKTV

From Digital Spy

Taskmaster has become such a well-loved show in recent years, you'd think that it wouldn't be hard to get any and every celebrity to sign up.

But there's a wishlist of people that the show's creator Alex Horne still wants to pin down, including one particular comedian he hopes will recreate an iconic Celebrity Big Brother moment.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, the Horne Section frontman said: "Jack Dee is the person I mention in every interview, because I'm desperate for him to do it. I don't know if you saw, in the first Celebrity Big Brother, Jack Dee was in it, and tried to escape by digging a hole with a spoon.

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Photo credit: Danny Martindale - Getty Images

"That just made me think: that approach would be perfect on Taskmaster – trying to achieve something impossible with something mundane. So yeah, he's the one I'm still pinning my hopes on."

Alex also pointed to Bob Mortimer as his comedy hero, and comics like Roisin Conaty and James Acaster as some of his favourites stars who have done the show.

"We've been spoilt," he said. "So yeah, it's been really fun. People have been easier and easier to persuade as rumours of it being reasonably enjoyable have spread."

Having said that, Alex also said that Roisin is among the worst contestants the show has ever had, bless her.

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Photo credit: Getty Images

We also got Alex to reveal which celebrities have turned down the show and why, and which star absolutely loves the show but thinks doing it would ruin their enjoyment of it forever.

Taskmaster returns to Dave on May 8. In the meantime you can catch-up with series 1-7 on UKTV Play.


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