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
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Extortionate! Fans' fury at Taskmaster Live ticket prices
Taskmaster fans are up in arms after discovering the live experience costs up to £100 a head.
Chortle, 20th June 2024Taskmaster's top 10 episodes ranked: from House Queens to Mean Beans
Now we have the ultimate task: ranking the show's best episodes. But will our list win the ultimate prize of the golden bust of presenter Greg Davies?
Vicky Jessop, Evening Standard, 15th June 2024Rosie Jones reveals she has had to have therapy after taunts
Rosie Jones has revealed abuse from trolls has driven her to therapy, days after she endured hurtful ableist comments for competing in Channel 4 series Taskmaster.
Stuart Pink, Daily Mail, 8th June 2024Taskmaster's runaway success makes creator Alex Horne one of TV's highest earners
Alex, 45, may play second-fiddle to taskmaster Greg Davies in the hit C4 show but accounts posted by his company, Shakey Productions Ltd, reveal it is earning him around £7.5million a year.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 1st June 2024Taskmaster's Rosie Jones blasts "hurtful" abuse from trolls
Rosie Jones is enduring a wave of online abuse after it was announced that she would to appear on Series 18 of Channel 4's Taskmaster.
Marcus Wratten, Pink News, 31st May 2024Taskmaster Series 18 line-up revealed
Andy Zaltzman, Babatunde Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee and Rosie Jones will take part in Series 18 of Taskmaster, which is coming to Channel 4 later this year.
British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2024How Taskmaster became a stratospheric, and very silly, success story
The Greg Davies-fronted show has become a mega hit for Channel 4 after making the leap from Dave years ago, but execs took some convincing that it could work, creator Alex Horne tells Isobel Lewis.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 30th May 2024Taskmaster to go behind-the-scenes with new specials
Channel 4 is to air Taskmasterclass, a series of hour-long Taskmaster specials in which Greg Davies and Alex Horne, with the help of former contestants, lift the lid on the "best, worst and somewhat middling tasks".
British Comedy Guide, 22nd May 2024Taskmaster's Nick Mohammed finally explains Dracula costume choice
Speaking to comedian Ed Gamble on the official Taskmaster podcast, the actor explained that he wanted to dress up for the series after feeling "nervous" about being himself.
Sara Baalla, Digital Spy, 19th April 2024The first ever Taskmaster was a very different beast
No Greg Davies, 20 contestants, post-midnight... the original Taskmaster didn't start out as the show it is now.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 11th April 2024