Nick Mohammed: The Celebrity Traitors, Taskmaster & Ted Lasso!

Nick Mohammed is a double Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, and writer. He's featured on-screen in Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and Taskmaster, and on-stage with his creation of Mr Swallow!

We discuss all things The Celebrity Traitors, initially turning down Ted Lasso, trying to get a Mr Swallow sitcom off the ground, the systemic issues surrounding race in the UK television commissioning and his legendary run in Taskmaster!

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00:00 Introduction
01:21 Magic & Comedy
09:50 Mr Swallow: Show Pony
16:09 Turning Down Ted Lasso
17:50 The Race Issue In TV Commissioning
41:55 Becoming Ted Lasso's Nate Shelly
51:20 Ted Lasso Season 4
53:40 Expanding Audiences
59:08 Taskmaster
1:03:33 BAFTAs
1:13:27 The Celebrity Traitors
1:19:14 Is Nick Mohammed Happy
1:20:34 Post Episode

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