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.
- Due to return for Series 19
- Champion Of Champions, Episode 2 repeated Monday at 11pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 137
Press clippings Page 3
Review: Taskmaster: The Live Experience
The Taskmaster Live Experience is very enjoyable and very memorable.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th October 2024Taskmaster hosts dig into long-running British comedy game show's viral appeal
Hosts Alex Horne and Greg Davies talk about the long-running show.
John Kapetaneas, Stephanie Ramos, and Sean Keane, ABC News (USA), 6th October 2024Pinewood TV studios set to close
The studios have been used to film Taskmaster, Red Dwarf and Would I Lie To You?.
Danny Fullbrook, BBC, 2nd October 2024Taskmaster: The Live Experience, spoiler-free review
The first rule of the Taskmaster Live Experience should be that you do not talk about the Taskmaster Live Experience, given that not quite being sure what to expect is a big part of the fun.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd October 2024Count the bounces! Balance the egg! Can Taskmaster triumph as a live experience?
Playing gimcrack games and being teased by Greg Davies' digital avatar in a facsimile of the Taskmaster house will delight fans of the TV show - once the kinks are ironed out.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd October 2024Taskmaster to feature US screen star
Taskmaster is to feature an American film and television star as the hit Channel 4 series seeks to extend its pool of participating comedians. Meanwhile, Taskmaster: The Live Experience is launching a lottery for fans to win £25 tickets.
British Comedy Guide, 27th September 2024How Taskmaster started and my part in its beginning
Comedy critic Bruce Dessau on the small but important role he played in the Greg Davies hit and how Alex Horne made him go into the icy sea...
Bruce Dessau, What To Watch, 12th September 2024Taskmaster review: why wasn't this wonderfully stupid show up for an NTA?
How Mrs Brown's Boys was voted Best Comedy over Alex Horne and Greg Davies' hoot of a series is beyond farce.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 12th September 2024The secret science of Taskmaster: "It's embarrassing nonsense, but it's also good telly"
Taskmaster creator Alex Horne reveals how his childish show became an unlikely global TV juggernaut - and why it's about to get even bigger.
Liam Kelly, The Telegraph, 12th September 2024New Taskmaster companion book announced
Alex Horne has co-written a new Taskmaster companion book, An Absolute Casserole, to mark the show's upcoming 10th anniversary.
British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2024