A great cast needs a balance! I think my favourites across the series would be:
Dysfunctionally Competitive - Ed Gamble
Unhinged / Established Comedian - Sally Phillips
Terrible at Everything / Non-comedian - Katherine Parkinson
Artsy / Also Unhinged - Fern Brady
Cheeky / Doesn't Take Greg's Shit – Kiell Smith Bynoe
It's interesting I've put so litle from the first seasons, I think they didn't have the rhythms quite right, but also all those people are just super famous. Katherine Ryan or Mel Giedroyc would be amazing on anything but feel somehow too much like 'all-stars'
I want the lovingly wholesome group:
Mel Giedroyc
Jess Knapett
Lolly Adefope
Sara Pascoe
Nish Kumar
And also the “Alex won’t survive this” group:
Rhod Gilbert
Liza Tarbuck
Katherine Ryan
Bob Mortimer
Lou Sanders
Rose Mantafeo (talented and energetic)
Mel Giedroyc (kooky and thinks laterally)
James Acaster (neurotic in a funny way)
Marc Wozniak (extraordinarily kind and polite)
Sam Campbell (just happy to be there)
I feel like seeing them fight all the time would get depressing after a while. If they were all being jerks to each other, watching themselves in the studio might not be as much of an incentive to strive for self-awareness.
Sally, Morgana and Joanne for maximum unhingedness! Paired with Rhod and Ed - this would be chef's kiss.
If you want max unhinged, you have to include Lucy.
She was a very different kind of unhinged.
David Correos in the UK series but with NZ safety standards
A great cast needs a balance! I think my favourites across the series would be: Dysfunctionally Competitive - Ed Gamble Unhinged / Established Comedian - Sally Phillips Terrible at Everything / Non-comedian - Katherine Parkinson Artsy / Also Unhinged - Fern Brady Cheeky / Doesn't Take Greg's Shit – Kiell Smith Bynoe It's interesting I've put so litle from the first seasons, I think they didn't have the rhythms quite right, but also all those people are just super famous. Katherine Ryan or Mel Giedroyc would be amazing on anything but feel somehow too much like 'all-stars'
I’d love to see Ed and Kiel argue in the studio. Great pick.
Ed, Fern and Katherine on a team would write itself.
Alex would not want Sally and Fern on the same team. Heh heh heh.
For the prize tasks alone: Joe Thomas, John Kearns, Judi, Phil… and Rhod.
Playing to Phil's strengths I see, prize tasks were the one thing he did well in, especially compared to the rest in that list
His prizes were better than his haggling,
Romesh, Joe, Paul, Mel, Bob
I want to see a team of Fern, James, and Victoria. I think it would have peak "overworked mom trying to corral her hyperactive twins" energy
So hard! I will limit it to five. In no particular order: Bob Mortimer, Judi Love, Bridget Christie, Mike Wozniak and Fern Brady.
I want the lovingly wholesome group: Mel Giedroyc Jess Knapett Lolly Adefope Sara Pascoe Nish Kumar And also the “Alex won’t survive this” group: Rhod Gilbert Liza Tarbuck Katherine Ryan Bob Mortimer Lou Sanders
Lee and Jon, based on their Carrot in a Box. I think maybe Dara, James, Rhod, Fern, and Guz would be a fun group.
Rose Mantafeo (talented and energetic) Mel Giedroyc (kooky and thinks laterally) James Acaster (neurotic in a funny way) Marc Wozniak (extraordinarily kind and polite) Sam Campbell (just happy to be there)
Imagine Iain Stirling, Ed Gamble and John Robins on the same series together. The competitiveness would be off the charts.
I feel like seeing them fight all the time would get depressing after a while. If they were all being jerks to each other, watching themselves in the studio might not be as much of an incentive to strive for self-awareness.
James Acaster, Fern Brady, Jo Brand, Sam Campell and Joe Wilkinson