Taskmaster

Taskmaster: Series 8, Episode 4 review

Tonight's episode was a reminder that some of the best moments in Taskmaster come from the most unexpected places. Let's face it, before any of this, who thought you could get laughs by introducing a toddler to tray containing rubber ducks and a thresher shark, in order to teach it about the dangers faced by animals in their natural habitat?

Take Taskmaster challenge at MCM Comic-Con & win tat!

Alex Horne, creator of Taskmaster has set you a fun task to do at MCM Comic-Con this weekend.

Taskmaster - Series 8, Episode 3 review

We are seeing some more patterns with the contestants this series. In particular the highlights include Joe Thomas's awkwardness with just about everything - and indeed creating awkwardness in the show.

Taskmaster: Series 8, Episode 2 - review

Only two episodes in and we are already seeing some early riders and trailers.

Review: why serious silliness is so ludicrously funny

There shouldn't be anything entertaining about a grumpy quiz enthusiast searching for a lost baby monitor in a caravan. More interesting things happen to every one of us daily. But the spectacle on Taskmaster (Dave channel) of a furious and frustrated Paul Sinha, better known as The Sinnerman from teatime general knowledge gameshow The Chase, was ludicrously funny.

Taskmaster Series 8, Episode 1 review

It's looking like it'll be one of the best [series] yet to warms the cockles of my heart, and I've no doubts at all that it'll make everyone who watches it laugh an enormous amount over the next couple of months.

Season eight of the reliably daft gameshow sees Sian Gibson, Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders and Paul Sinha in the thrall of the man-mountain king as they try to impress Greg Davies. Among the usual pettiness and point-scoring there is an ad hoc ventriloquism round that may scar the nation's psyche.

Alex Horne: 'I've been sent somebody's heart in a jar'

We chat to Taskmaster creator Alex Horne about the show's early hurdles, dedicated fans, the US remake and the power of jealousy...

Review - Taskmaster: Series 8, Episode 1 - Hello

While it is of course to early to tell who is the most dominant in this series so far, there are some things we can already gather. Chief among these is that the Sinnerman is not as smart as he looks.