Taskmaster: The People's Podcast
Aug 10, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 11 segments
Jenny and Jack revisit *A Pistachio Eclair* so that Jenny can see how Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Doc Brown, Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman go about impressing the mayor of Chesham. Also…
Jenny EclairHost
So we're talking about the cast of this series, which was filmed, we think, 10 years ago.
Oh, and also, and then also to complete the set, John Richardson, who of course is still going strong.
Richard Osman at this point, was he a bestselling author or had he just started with those? I don't think he'd started with his cozy
I don't think he, I'm not even sure he'd started House of Games at this point.
was just doing pointless he of course had produced a lot of shows beforehand and pointless was the first time he had appeared on the screen um uh but he had been pointless at this point for about oh i want to say six at least
provide some wonderful lines i mean for someone who doesn't do stand-up as the you know the permanent the prominent job yeah the the he quietly in the background has in this episode delivers some corkers no
he he i mean i do think richard osman is a very funny and very naturally funny guy and i think what's what's interesting about his appearance on this show so early is um it kind of opened up the idea that actually no it's not just it didn't have to just be your your standard uh dave panel show comics it was it was like this is a show where everyone gets an opportunity and if you're
So we're talking about the cast of this series, which was filmed, we think, 10 years ago.
Oh, and also, and then also to complete the set, John Richardson, who of course is still going strong.
Richard Osman at this point, was he a bestselling author or had he just started with those? I don't think he'd started with his cozy
I don't think he, I'm not even sure he'd started House of Games at this point.
was just doing pointless he of course had produced a lot of shows beforehand and pointless was the first time he had appeared on the screen um uh but he had been pointless at this point for about oh i want to say six at least
provide some wonderful lines i mean for someone who doesn't do stand-up as the you know the permanent the prominent job yeah the the he quietly in the background has in this episode delivers some corkers no
he he i mean i do think richard osman is a very funny and very naturally funny guy and i think what's what's interesting about his appearance on this show so early is um it kind of opened up the idea that actually no it's not just it didn't have to just be your your standard uh dave panel show comics it was it was like this is a show where everyone gets an opportunity and if you're
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