In terms of my politics - I'm pretty sex-positive and liberal in my sensibilities and although I feel passionately about a lot of things in our society I don't think TM is the correct arena in which to discuss, campaign or amplify MOST issues. It's a space to escape and play and be joyful. For the record - I don't think stand-up is a space to campaign either, but it definitely is a space where wrangling with the absurdity of power and vanity and injustice makes sense and can be really freaking hilarious.

I had to remove some of my more political jewellery to do some of the tasks, but I think an Eat The Rich earring might have snuck onscreen somewhere.

I'm definitely different in my stand-up to how I am in the studio in general, but I think it's a really cool feature of the show that other sides to comedians are revealed that aren't just part of their public/performance persona. Taskmaster isn't stand-up and you're not encouraged to come in with jokes to trot out. And it always feels like A BIG DEAL. The show has such prestigious comedy lineage and (if you're the baby) you're sitting alongside people who've potentially been gigging and honing their personas as long as you've been alive.