Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&Dave
- 2015 - 2024
- 171 episodes (18 series)
TV format in which Greg Davies and Alex Horne set a group of comedians various outlandish challenges. Also features Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe, Tim Key and more.
- Due to return in January 2025
- Catch-up on Series 18, Episode 10
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Why David Mitchell said no to Taskmaster
"I've been asked and I've said 'no thanks'", explained Mitchell. "It's a very good show but I don't want to be on it. My feeling is that I'd be shit but not in a funny way."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th October 2021Gremlins hit Taskmaster AGAIN
Taskmaster has been hit with transmission problems for the second time in as many weeks. The show went out last night with no subtitles, a week after Channel 4 aired the incorrect edit with all the swear words bleeped out. The issue - which also affected Joe Lycett's Got Your Back and other shows across several broadcasters - was down to the company responsible for transmitting the programmes, Red Bee Media.
Chortle, 1st October 2021The best Taskmaster contestants
We pick our six favourites.
Olivia Cathcart, Paste Magazine, 1st October 2021Complaints over lack of swearing in Taskmaster
Producer Andy Cartwright tweeted a brief explanation towards the end of the broadcast: "Wrong version of Taskmaster played I'm afraid. Oops. Ding happens."
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd September 2021Taskmaster: what's not to love?
Is it comforting during this time to watch other people trapped in a house, doing extremely silly projects and having fun in the process? It's worth a try.
Rebecca Shaw, The Guardian, 21st September 2021Victoria Coren Mitchell's red hair for Taskmaster?
Victoria Coren Mitchell's appearance on last night's Only Connect has sent social media into a frenzy. Coren Mitchell hosted the quiz with red hair - presumably a wig - but made no reference of it at the start of the programme. Viewers were immediately puzzled, asked why she was sporting red hair and ran riot on Twitter with various theories, many wondering if it was to do with Coren Mitchell's forthcoming appearance on Taskmaster.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th September 2021Comedies in the running for Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2021
Bloods, Brassic, Motherland, Starstruck, Trying and We Are Lady Parts are amongst the nominees for the Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 8th September 2021Alex Horne on Taskmaster
'Greg is sort of the eye candy in the show'.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 30th August 2021Improv Corner - improv in the media - Taskmaster
I think when you do improv and you get the same suggestions or play the same games over and over again it can be hard to look at it from a different angle, however that is why Taskmaster is good because most of the time everyone approaches a task in a completely unique way and it is a metaphor for what improv is an can be.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 26th July 2021Asim Chaudhry reveals how Taskmaster is filmed
"I was the worst contestant but I did have an absolute amazing time on Taskmaster, I think it's just genius," he says.
Radio Times, 6th July 2021