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Interview: Alex Horne - Monsieur Butterfly
'Everyday something goes wrong. It's so unpredictable.'
Marissa Burgess, The List, 7th August 2015Taskmaster is the kind of Dave thing that shouldn't quite work but is actually wildly stupid fun. Mainly thanks to Alex Horne, late of so much splendid radio, and Greg Davies, and regulars such as Frank Skinner and Romesh Ranganathan. And eating a watermelon in a minute, and having to paint a horse while riding a horse and other activities that would have been unsuited to, say, Queen Victoria's funeral. A winner.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 2nd August 2015Radio Times review
As a civilisation, we're starting to realise that asking questions about news or trivia from behind a desk isn't the best way to wring semi-improvised laughs out of moderately popular comedians. Far wiser to make them do something less restrictive, where the thing itself is funny before anyone starts. So we come to this fun new jolly, where titular Taskmaster Greg Davies - flanked by the show's creator Alex Horne - awards comics marks for eating as much watermelon as they can in a minute, emptying a bathtub without pulling the plug out, or painting a horse while riding a horse.
The comfortingly familiar guests are Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan and Tim Key. Skinner is a good weathervane, since he's been around far too long to bother laughing politely at unfunny jokes. Here, he laughs a lot.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 28th July 2015Some fairly interesting facts about comedian Alex Horne
The star of Dave's new show Taskmaster is a neologist with a penchant for Powerpoint...
Radio Times, 28th July 2015Greg Davies, Alex Horne and Tim Key talk Taskmaster
'I can't believe I actually cared.' That was the verdict of Greg Davies after one of the challenges set in the new gameshow Taskmaster.
Chortle, 24th July 2015Alex Horne interview
Alex Horne spent a whole year setting silly tasks for his mates for an hour's worth of fun at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010 and 2011. Now, he's bringing Taskmaster to TV with the help of Greg Davies and Dave.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 22nd July 2015Interview: Alex Horne
Alex Horne bills himself as the country's premier comedian, writer, band leader, gambler, bird watcher and potential neologist, and he might also be one of the hardest-working stand ups in the country at the minute.
Matthew Brown, Narc Magazine, 14th July 2015Tim Key and Alex Horne: How we met
"We spent an afternoon seeing how much stuff we could fit down our trousers. I managed a toaster and quite a lot of cutlery."
Adam Jacques, The Independent, 12th July 2015Tim Key and Alex Horne: How we met
'We spent an afternoon seeing how much stuff we could fit down our trousers. I managed a toaster and quite a lot of cutlery'
Adam Jacques, The Independent, 12th July 2015Review: The Horne Section
Alex Horne and his merry band of musicians combined hoovers, audience participation and, of course, music, to hilarious effect in the run up to this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Jon Pritchard, Nottingham Post, 3rd July 2015