Alex Horne
- 46 years old
- English
- Writer, producer, musical comedian, composer and actor
Press clippings
Chortle editor Steve Bennett's most memorable gigs of 2024
Another year, another 250-plus comedy shows watched as editor of Chortle. Here's my rundown of the most memorable of them. That's not always the same as the best, but there's usually a strong correlation...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2024Taskmaster Series 19 to premier in New York
Greg Davies and Alex Horne will be hosting the world premiere of the next series at the Town Hall in New York on January 21.
Chortle, 19th December 2024Taskmaster wins international Rose d'Or Award
Greg Davies and Alex Horne picked up the 2024 Rose d'Or Award for Comedy Entertainment for Taskmaster.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd December 2024Taskmaster's Alex Horne: 'Am I rich? Crudely, I suppose that's true'
"I have come to terms with the fact that I think what we do is beneficial to society on some very light level. At least we're doing something that makes people happy."
Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Sunday Times, 1st December 2024Alex Horne shares anger at 'really disgusting' abuse aimed at Rosie Jones
Jones faced hurtful trolling after she was announced as a Taskmaster contestant earlier this year.
Katie Rosseinsky, The Independent, 1st December 2024An Absolute Casserole: The Taskmaster Compendium review
As of the summer of 2025, Taskmaster will have been on our screens for ten years. This handy, highly readable and fun little book serves as the perfect companion to the first 17 series of the original UK version of the show featuring a wealth of information on all 160 episodes, 789 tasks, 3 champion of champion contests, 12,409 points and 325 disqualifications which have been released during that time.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 27th November 2024Alex Horne reveals his Taskmaster guest near misses
Alex Horne has revealed some of the stars he has nearly bagged for his hit show Taskmaster.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th November 2024Jazz Emu announces visual concept album Ego Death
Comedy musician Jazz Emu is releasing a "hubristic" visual concept album, a "self-indulgent" 30-minute music film featuring a host of comic talent, including Harry Enfield, Alex Horne, Al Roberts, Charly Clive, Ellen Robertson, Phil Dunning, Ed Jones and Will Hislop.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024Alex Horne wants to host a US Taskmaster with Greg Davies
Alex Horne hopes to host a new American version of Taskmaster with Greg Davies, saying that "with a bit of luck we're going to try again" after a previous attempt flopped.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024Taskmaster New Year Treat 2025 line-up revealed
David James, Hannah Fry, Melanie Blatt, Martin Lewis and Sue Johnston will take part in the next Taskmaster one-off special.
British Comedy Guide, 14th November 2024