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
- Series 4, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 11pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 91
Press clippings Page 30
Taskmaster review
The panel game that celebrates the bizarre and the mediocre.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 10th May 2018Taskmaster gets record ratings
Taskmaster Series 6 has got off to a strong start, with overnight figures suggesting the opening episode peaked with over 778,000 viewers, the highest rating in the show's history.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd May 2018The daft panel show returns for a sixth series, with Greg Davies and Alex Horne doling out challenges both inane and insane. Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard, Tim Vine and Asim "Chabuddy G" Chaudhry are their victims, taking on lemons, wheelbarrows and orienteering in this opening episode.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 2nd May 20189 questions you've always had about Taskmaster
From how the show is cast to what the comedians do between tasks, we answer some pressing Taskmaster queries.
Frances Taylor, Radio Times, 2nd May 2018Taskmaster: How does the USA version compare to UK one?
Reggie Watts is an altogether more calm and collected presence than Greg Davies, and less prone to aggressive outbursts.
Den Of Geek, 1st May 2018Taskmaster Alex Horne on loving his job
"Comedy is so worthwhile, it makes people happy."
Mike Ward, Daily Star, 1st May 2018TV review: Taskmaster, Series 6, Dave
This programme is getting so popular it can only be a matter of time before Taskmaster becomes an Olympic sport.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th April 2018The entertainingly daft gameshow returns for a sixth series. The USP is bewildering and pointless tasks - towers of lemons, wheelbarrow stunts etc - attempted by game, silly comics including Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Asim Chaudhry.
The Guardian, 27th April 2018Fall in love with UK's Taskmaster before US ruins it
Because Taskmaster could be the next Whose Line Is It Anyway?
James Watkins, Ozy, 25th April 2018Alex Horne pens Taskmaster book
Taskmaster creator Alex Horne is to publish a book to accompany the show, allowing fans to play their own challenges at home.
British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2018