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Taskmaster. Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
Alex Horne

Alex Horne

  • 46 years old
  • English
  • Writer, producer, musical comedian and composer

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Review: Taskmaster

Taskmaster dumps Dave for C4.... and - hooray - is as silly as ever!

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th October 2020

Taskmaster, Channel 4 review

The comedy show makes a seamless transfer.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 16th October 2020

TV review: Taskmaster, C4

First episode, as thoroughly entertaining as ever.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th October 2020

Taskmaster series 10 review

Channel 4's task in poaching Dave's best programme was simple: don't screw it up. And by barely changing a single thing for Taskmaster's tenth series, they passed with flying colours.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th October 2020

Taskmaster review - a delightfully daft diversion

Sure, test and trace might be more medically useful, but would it be as much fun? Take your pleasures where you can.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 15th October 2020

Taskmaster, series 10, review

So much fun, you could almost forget the pandemic.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 15th October 2020

Taskmaster podcast reaches No. 2 in charts

Ahead of the BAFTA winning tv show making it's Channel 4 debut on Thursday 15th October at 9pm, it was announced today that the brand-new official Taskmaster Podcast has reached number two in the iTunes charts only two days following the trailer release and before any episodes have aired.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th October 2020

Horne teases "nod" to a past episode in the new series

"The very first task in series one was 'eat the most watermelon', and there's a task which is inspired by that in this series."

Dan Seddon and Laura Jane Turner, Digital Spy, 14th October 2020

Davies & Horne: which celebs they'd like on Taskmaster

While the upcoming series features a stellar line-up, the Taskmaster presenters have revealed which comedians they'd want on future seasons.

Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 14th October 2020

Bruce Dessau on doing the first Taskmaster in Edinburgh

Taskmaster began life as an Edinburgh Fringe show 10 years ago. Comedy critic Bruce Dessau, one of the first contestants, recalls the fun, chaos and rivalry.

Bruce Dessau, i Newspaper, 14th October 2020

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