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Taskmaster. Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
Alex Horne

Alex Horne

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

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Taskmaster goes even more global

After reaching its highest ratings on record with three million watching the tenth series premier on Channel 4, more countries have picked up Alex Horne's BAFTA winning Taskmaster. TV4 have picked up the UK show for Sweden and Finland, and SBS Viceland for Australia, bringing the total number of countries to 106.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th December 2020

Taskmaster special line-up revealed

John Hannah, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Nicola Coughlan, Rylan Clark-Neal and Shirley Ballas will take part in the Taskmaster festive special.

British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2020

Taskmaster Christmas special revealed

Taskmaster is to return for a one-off Christmas special, featuring different contestants than those involved in Series 10.

British Comedy Guide, 19th November 2020

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

Taskmaster wins 1.7million viewers for Channel 4

That figure is roughly in line with what the show scored on Dave when catch-up viewing was also counted - which means the show is sure to grow its audience with the change in broadcaster, once on-demand requests are also counted. Channel 4 has also hailed the fact that the show won its 9pm slot among the key 16-34 year-old demographic.

Chortle, 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

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