British Comedy Guide

Reggie Watts

  • American
  • Stand-up comedian

Press clippings

Alex Horne wants to host a US Taskmaster with Greg Davies

Alex Horne hopes to host a new American version of Taskmaster with Greg Davies, saying that "with a bit of luck we're going to try again" after a previous attempt flopped.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024

Munya Chawawa & Morgana Robinson star in animated satire Sweet Dreams

Munya Chawawa, Morgana Robinson and US musical comic Reggie Watts are to star in Sweet Dreams, an interactive, satirical artwork about fast food coming to Manchester in July.

British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2024

The Horne Section TV Show returning to Channel 4 for Series 2

The Horne Section TV Show is returning for a second series on Channel 4 with Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ronni Ancona and US comedian and bandleader Reggie Watts among those joining the cast and Tim Key, John Oliver and Desiree Burch also coming back.

British Comedy Guide, 25th June 2023

Fall in love with UK's Taskmaster before US ruins it

Because Taskmaster could be the next Whose Line Is It Anyway?

James Watkins, Ozy, 25th April 2018

Taskmaster USA begins next month

Last year, Comedy Central USA ordered a game show from Reggie Watts called Taskmaster, and today the network released the trailer and premiere date.

Megh Wright, Split Sider, 23rd March 2018

Comedy Central USA buys Taskmaster format

Comedy Central is to make its own version of Taskmaster in America, the challenge show involving comedians. Reggie Watts will host, with creator Alex Horne reprising his role as the assistant.

British Comedy Guide, 18th April 2017

Latitude review: Reggie Watts

Did I mention it was excellent? By the end of his show pretty much everyone was converted. People usually get up to walk somewhere else after a Latitude comedy performance. Here they got up to give Watts a standing ovation.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th July 2016

Reggie Watts: the one-man jam band

Improvised performance is ultimately about getting on a stage and taking a flight of fancy - and few people soar higher than this king of nonsense.

Joseph Morpurgo, The Guardian, 1st July 2015

Top 20 comedy shows in London - June

Featuring Stephen Fry, Aziz Ansari, Bill Bailey, Stewart Lee's alter-ego, Reggie Watts, charity fundraisers, Banana Cabaret, the Funny Side, and loads more...

London Is Funny, 2nd June 2013

The top ten comedy shows this month

Previews of Aziz Ansari, Baconface, Reggie Watts, Bill Bailey, Colin Hoult, Scott Capurro, Felicity Ward and more.

Time Out, 30th May 2013

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