Greg Davies is grilled by children

New Comic Relief video

Greg Davies is put through his paces by a group of mischievous schoolchildren in this new Comic Relief sketch.

In it, the Taskmaster is seen patiently waiting in the reception area of the charity’s HQ for a meeting with some of the charity’s executives about his role in Red Nose Day on March 15.

But when he is summoned to the boardroom, the reality of the situation quickly hits home. If this former teacher was to have any chance of securing a part in this year’s Red Nose Day campaign, he was going to need to impress his old adversary…schoolchildren.

The youngsters, aged 6 to 10, launch into a series of questioning worthy of Jeremy Paxman, or a Line of Duty interrogation…

Davies said: ‘When my agent first told me I’d be meeting a small committee of Comic Relief execs, your mind naturally goes in one direction – "a nice informal chat over coffee with Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis you say…of course, clear the diary and I’ll grab my Red Nose". Yet I couldn’t have been more wrong, could I?

‘Though if I’m being totally honest, it’s not the strangest audition in my time.

‘Filming the sketch took me right back to my teaching days on Red Nose Day – the chaos of it all and the feeling that kids were taking a bit of ownership. It was brilliant.

‘For me, Red Nose Day was always a lot like the phenomena of there being a dog in the school – something that used to drive the children crazy in the most amazing way. Helped by everyone wearing a big, silly looking Red Nose on their hooter - there was just a positive lunacy to it all that'd make for such a special atmosphere. It’s something I’ll always remember very fondly.’