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
Streaming rank this week: 22
Press clippings Page 19
Taskmaster special line-up revealed
John Hannah, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Nicola Coughlan, Rylan Clark-Neal and Shirley Ballas will take part in the Taskmaster festive special.
British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2020Taskmaster's Rosalind appears as Chase contestant
Rosalind, a woman always doing cool stuff / a f***ing nightmare who was the subject of two songs for a task on Taskmaster, appeared as a contestant on yesterday's episode of The Chase.
Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 25th November 2020Taskmaster Christmas special revealed
Taskmaster is to return for a one-off Christmas special, featuring different contestants than those involved in Series 10.
British Comedy Guide, 19th November 2020This Country USA remake gets 14 episode series order
US network Fox is remaking hit BBC sitcom This Country. A fourteen-episode series is now set to go into production.
British Comedy Guide, 30th October 2020Review: Taskmaster
Taskmaster dumps Dave for C4.... and - hooray - is as silly as ever!
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th October 2020Taskmaster, Channel 4 review
The comedy show makes a seamless transfer.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 16th October 2020Taskmaster wins 1.7million viewers for Channel 4
That figure is roughly in line with what the show scored on Dave when catch-up viewing was also counted - which means the show is sure to grow its audience with the change in broadcaster, once on-demand requests are also counted. Channel 4 has also hailed the fact that the show won its 9pm slot among the key 16-34 year-old demographic.
Chortle, 16th October 2020TV review: Taskmaster, C4
First episode, as thoroughly entertaining as ever.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th October 2020Taskmaster series 10 review
Channel 4's task in poaching Dave's best programme was simple: don't screw it up. And by barely changing a single thing for Taskmaster's tenth series, they passed with flying colours.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th October 2020Taskmaster review - a delightfully daft diversion
Sure, test and trace might be more medically useful, but would it be as much fun? Take your pleasures where you can.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 15th October 2020