The series that sees comedians undertaking wildly silly tasks on a competitive basis returns. This time around, the contestants are Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips, and highlights include Phillips revealing a hitherto unexpected link between shoving cake in your armpits and cuddling. Greg Davies hosts, expansively, with show creator Alex Horne acting as his hangdog foil. Verging on Radio 4 clever-clever at moments, but funny.

Taskmaster: how Horne's show became a transatlantic hit

Comedy channel Dave has become more than just a place where panel-show repeats are put out to pasture.

Alex Horne interview

Alex Horne's an unusual entertainer. Unusual in his preference for somewhat unfashionable but quirkily effective pun-heavy material. Unusual in drifting from stand-up in the face of consistently strong reviews. And unusual in his current ability to get programme commissioners to climb over each other to turn his latest ideas into TV gold.

Alex Horne interview

The comedian and Taskmaster creator on the things that make him laugh the most, from Tim Key to The Blues Brothers.

100 of the best ever jokes & one-liners from the Fringe

For a taste of what to expect, we've put together a rather epic list of some of the best jokes and one-liners that have had audiences giggling in the Scottish capital over recent years.

Review: Taskmaster: series 4, episode 8

The finale of Taskmaster series four is a big deal: there's money up for grabs, exotic sandwiches to made, and the most average duck to be drawn.

Review: Taskmaster: series 4, episode 7

In the penultimate episodes of the series, we hop through some bunting, make more bunting out of bananas, and Alex Horne experiences some uncomfortable handshakes.

Review: Taskmaster: series 4, episode 6

This week Greg Davies and Alex Horne judged camels being dismembered, a game of "bagball", and witnessed Mel Giedroyc being so frustrated she used the word "heck".