Alex Horne
- 46 years old
- English
- Writer, producer, musical comedian, composer and actor
Press clippings Page 24
Review: Taskmaster: Series 5, Episode 3 - Phoenix
The challengers this time struggle opening a suitcase, retrieve Greg Davies's favourite ping pong ball, and try to carry out three tasks at once.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 27th September 2017Preview - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
These days, when watching Cats Does Countdown, you sometimes expect that one of the regulars will be missing, but annoying tonight we're missing two.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 22nd September 2017Alex Horne - The Horne Section interview
Fun is guaranteed [with The Horne Section] - the decidedly non-musical Horne plays hectoring frontman to a group of musical pals as they inject a shot in the arm to the musical comedy genre. Some songs are one-liners in themselves, some soundtrack jokes, some just delightfully absurd. It all sits just the right side of shambolic.
Sharon Lougher, Metro, 20th September 2017Taskmaster: series 5, episode 2 review
Tonight's episode features dystopian rainbow scenes, a blood-covered loaf of bread in the wrong room, and a woman drenched in urine.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th September 2017The series that sees comedians undertaking wildly silly tasks on a competitive basis returns. This time around, the contestants are Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips, and highlights include Phillips revealing a hitherto unexpected link between shoving cake in your armpits and cuddling. Greg Davies hosts, expansively, with show creator Alex Horne acting as his hangdog foil. Verging on Radio 4 clever-clever at moments, but funny.
Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 13th September 2017Alex Horne on series 5, casting, remakes, the future
Taskmaster returns for a fifth series tonight on Dave, featuring Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Nish Kumar, Aisling Bea and Mark Watson...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th September 2017Taskmaster Champion Of Champions specials to be filmed
Dave is to show Taskmaster Champion Of Champions, two hour long specials featuring the winners of the first five series of the hit challenge show.
British Comedy Guide, 13th September 2017Taskmaster: series 5, episode 1 - Dignity Intact review
The fifth series of Dave's hit comedy sees elegant boating, pear poking, and cake being placed under armpits.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 13th September 2017Taskmaster: how Horne's show became a transatlantic hit
Comedy channel Dave has become more than just a place where panel-show repeats are put out to pasture.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 11th September 2017Alex Horne interview
Alex Horne's an unusual entertainer. Unusual in his preference for somewhat unfashionable but quirkily effective pun-heavy material. Unusual in drifting from stand-up in the face of consistently strong reviews. And unusual in his current ability to get programme commissioners to climb over each other to turn his latest ideas into TV gold.
Ian Cater, What's On London, 7th September 2017