Season 2 • Episode 13
LatestComedy quiz show. Comic actress Sharon Horgan competes against explorer and anthropologist Benedict Allen in answering questions set by members of the public.
We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of celebrities answering questions which have previously been texted in by the public, or the audience, to 63336, a text message service.
Writing
Questions so unhinged they had to be real texts.
Acting
Tim Key's Question Master persona: unhinged, petty, iconic.
Production
Alex Horne's homemade graphics: PowerPoint as art form.
Creators
Tim Key, Alex Horne, Mark Watson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This trio later formed the core of Taskmaster's creation team—Horne as assistant, Key as contestant, Watson tragically never invited.
The 63336 service was real; viewers genuinely paid to send questions, funding the show's shoestring budget.
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