Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&Dave
- 2015 - 2025
- 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.
- Returns on Sunday 29th December on C4 at 9pm with New Year Special
Streaming rank this week: 98
Press clippings Page 22
The joy of Taskmaster, TV's funniest show
By setting comedians surreal challenges and watching them lose the plot, Greg Davies and Alex Horne have created a hit. As the series returns, they explain its twisted appeal.
Luke Holland, The Guardian, 3rd October 2020The 30 shows to look forward to this autumn
Includes comedies The Duchess, Spitting Image and Taskmaster.
Phil Harrison and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 29th August 2020Comedy shows nominated in Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2020
Defending The Guilty, Feel Good, GameFace, Mum, Sex Education and Stath Lets Flats are amongst the nominees for the Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2020US broadcasts of Taskmaster move to streaming service
The CW moved its British game show acquisition Taskmaster to its free streaming app CW Seed Tuesday after pulling the show from its broadcast Sunday slot last week.
Margeaux Sippell, The Wrap, 11th August 2020America dumps Taskmaster after only one episode
One task that Taskmaster couldn't quite, erm, master is making it beyond a single episode on The CW. The U.K. panel game show has been dumped from the US network's Sunday schedule after it premiered to terrible numbers last weekend.
Will Thorne, Variety, 5th August 2020Taskmaster: the cult UK comedy coming to save the USA
This is no exaggeration. British comedy show Taskmaster is airing in the US for the first time and, just as it has in the UK, it will make Americans' lives better.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 31st July 2020Stath Lets Flats leads comedy results at BAFTA TV Awards 2020
Stath Lets Flats, Sian Clifford, Jamie Demetriou, Mo Gilligan, Romesh Ranganathan, Taskmaster and Gavin & Stacey were the winners in the BAFTA TV Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 31st July 2020Can Taskmaster make it in America?
A show about comedians performing bizarre tasks has won thousands of fans via YouTube reruns, and now The CW has picked it up.
Jeremy Fuster, The Wrap, 30th July 2020Taskmaster Series 10 line-up revealed
Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring will take part in Series 10 of Taskmaster.
British Comedy Guide, 29th July 2020Taskmaster now filming: how covid will change series 10
The new series of Taskmaster is currently filming and still set to air on Channel 4 in October. Alex Horne and Greg Davies tell Den of Geek what will be different this time around...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 27th July 2020