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 at 11pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 132
Press clippings Page 38
Taskmaster: series Two, episode 4 - review
In the penultimate episode of the series we witness a hostage taking, fruit hiding and vegetable constructing.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 12th July 2016Ben Bailey Smith interview
Ben Bailey Smith on being Doc Brown, working with Ricky Gervais and keeping things weird.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 8th July 2016Former Chesham Mayor takes starring role in Taskmaster
Among the many engagements last year's Mayor of Chesham Cllr Peter Hudson undertook was a starring role in the hit television comedy show Taskmaster.
Debby Thompson-Buck, Buckingham Press, 6th July 2016Taskmaster: series two, episode 3 review
In this week's episode of Taskmaster we see artistic silhouettes, a huge number of Calippos, and the return of old friends.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 5th July 2016Greg Davies: tricky being anonymous when you're 6ft 8
Funny man Greg Davies, 48, on finding comedy fame late in life, needing therapy, and why he'd love to play a Bond villain...
Lara Kilner, The Mirror, 3rd July 2016Ben Bailey Smith: Don't call me cool...I'm a bookish geek
The star of ITV drama Brief Encounters and the new Ricky Gervais film Life on the Road talks to Ben Dowell about being a rapper who doesn't like to be labelled.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 3rd July 2016Taskmaster: series two - episode 2 review
On this week's episode of the comedy challenge show, we watch some disturbing music videos, horrible culinary habits, and learn that Joe Wilkinson looks like a battered toaster.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 28th June 2016A new series of the show in which Greg Davies sets a series of increasingly irritating tasks for famous comedians, this week comprising Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, Doc Brown and Richard Osman. At stake and up for grabs is the most important document each comedian owns. In the case of Joe Wilkinson, it's his marriage certificate, so nothing trivial. The biggest take-home from this is that lateral thinking is clearly not a comic's forte.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 21st June 2016Review: Taskmaster, series two, episode 1
Taskmaster is great at displaying people's laterial thinking.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 21st June 2016TV review: Taskmaster, Dave
It is no surprise that comedians are ruthlessly competitive. What I didn't realise until Taskmaster came along was how cunning and crafty they can be when he comes to getting one over on their stand-up rivals.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st June 2016