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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, series two, episode 1

Taskmaster is great at displaying people's laterial thinking.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st June 2016

TV review: Taskmaster, Dave

It is no surprise that comedians are ruthlessly competitive. What I didn't realise until Taskmaster came along was how cunning and crafty they can be when he comes to getting one over on their stand-up rivals.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st June 2016

Taskmaster Series 2 preview

Fear not, because Dave have absolutely pulled it out the bag yet again and picked a terrific mix of people who are each so different, but unite in stupidity.

Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 17th June 2016

Taskmaster Series 2 contestants announced

Jon Richardson, Richard Osman, Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan and Doc Brown will be the contestants joining Greg Davies and Alex Horne for Series 2 of Taskmaster.

British Comedy Guide, 11th March 2016

Made to look as if it was shot on old film stock, this short has Alex Horne and his band offering their version of a cloying Bing Crosby-style festive special as fake friends holed up in an elegant country home while the snow falls outside. The clunking, stilted exchanges between Horne and the musicians are a delight, while they showcase a couple of Yuletide tracks, most satisfying of which is a deliciously blasphemous reimagining of the Nativity with disgusting images contrasting with the beautiful hymn-like presentation.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th December 2015

Taskmaster to return for two new series

Greg Davies and Alex Horne will return to Dave for second and third series of hit comedy format Taskmaster.

British Comedy Guide, 24th September 2015

Edinburgh Fringe interview: Alex Horne

Alex Horne stupidly ambitious, logistically problematic and potentially disastrous DIY comedy show is back. Now even bigger and even less likely to succeed, this is Monsieur Butterfly.

The New Current, 11th August 2015

Interview: Alex Horne - Monsieur Butterfly

'Everyday something goes wrong. It's so unpredictable.'

Marissa Burgess, The List, 7th August 2015

Taskmaster is the kind of Dave thing that shouldn't quite work but is actually wildly stupid fun. Mainly thanks to Alex Horne, late of so much splendid radio, and Greg Davies, and regulars such as Frank Skinner and Romesh Ranganathan. And eating a watermelon in a minute, and having to paint a horse while riding a horse and other activities that would have been unsuited to, say, Queen Victoria's funeral. A winner.

Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 2nd August 2015

Some fairly interesting facts about comedian Alex Horne

The star of Dave's new show Taskmaster is a neologist with a penchant for Powerpoint...

Radio Times, 28th July 2015

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