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The fourth season of a sitcom that's more likely than any other current show to provoke proper, hooting, tearful mirth. Greg Davies and his collaborators have an infectious love of imaginative profanity (this week, Stephanie Cole rolls out the phrase "venison bukkake" with some relish) and a delight in methodically creating big visual payoffs: the way two subplots conspire to produce a single glorious shot of Davies looking particularly absurd is a work of comedy art.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 25th October 2017Greg Davies: 'I don't find Brexit funny'
Greg Davies, the 6ft 8inch Goliath of an actor and comedian, is relaying the ignominy of being told his running technique makes him look as though he's having a cardiac arrest.
India Sturgis, The Telegraph, 23rd October 2017TV review: Man Down, C4
Greg Davies returns for a fourth series of Man Down and I sense a bit of a theme emerging. He has previously had a run-in with a turkey and in the first episode of the new run of this tragic, anarchic sitcom he has an oversized chicken thrown at him. But that is just a small indignity compared to some of his other issues in this opening instalment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th October 2017Taskmaster: series 5, episode 6 review
This time Greg Davies needs to have a chat with Nish Kumar, Alex Horne is born, and Aisling Bea sends a golden pineapple to Kildare.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 18th October 2017Greg Davies returns to Man Down: 'It's therapeutic'
Watching Man Down's inept schoolteacher is therapeutic, says Greg Davies. It's good to see someone struggle more than you.
James Rampton, The Daily Express, 14th October 2017Taskmaster - series 5, episode 5 review
Passing the half-way point of the fifth series, we sample a balloon bruschetta, a lot of cheeky texts, and a geographical inaccuracy.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 11th October 2017Review: Greg Davies amuses & repulses in equal measure
Just moments after charging onto stage to R Kelly's Ignition, Greg Davies warned the audience the content of the show was going to cross boundaries. And the Shropshire giant was true to his word. Not for the fainthearted, Greg regaled the audience with stories of his parents, his terrifying love life and his days bullying children as a drama teacher.
Alison Stacey, The Birmingham Mail, 10th October 2017Greg Davies - You Magnificent Beast review
Long may the ridiculous journey continue.
Victoria Nangle, The Latest, 4th October 2017Taskmaster: series 5, episode 4 - review
This week the panel perform a task you'll either love or hate, we see Bob Mortimer snort white pepper, and realise that Alex Horne is sometimes unnoticeable.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 4th October 2017Review: 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 2017