
- 25th November via Digital Spy: Ed Gamble reveals what wasn't shown in Taskmaster 9
- 24th November via Digital Spy: Ed Gamble gives his verdict on Taskmaster's move
- 22nd November: Taskmaster moves to Channel 4
- 21st November: Comedies shortlisted for Broadcast Awards 2020
- 6th November: Taskmaster to move to Channel 4?
- Genre
- Comedy
- Broadcast
- 2015 - 2019
- Channel
- Dave
- Episodes
- 74 (9 series)
- Creator
- Alex Horne
- Starring
- Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe, Tim Key, Jon Richardson and others
- Writer
- Alex Horne
- Directors
- Andy Devonshire and Peter Orton
- Producers
- Andy Cartwright and Alex Horne
Taskmaster sees Greg Davies take the title role of 'The Taskmaster'; setting a group of well-known comedians challenges and then ultimately deciding who wins.
Whether trying to paint the best picture of a horse while riding a horse, filling an egg cup with tears or trying to high-five a 55-year-old, one thing is for sure: Comedians have never been so competitive.
But it's much more than just a test of skill, wit and guile. They're risking more than their reputations, because in order to take part, they must put something personal into the prize pot... anything from valuable art to favourite items of clothing, even a wedding ring is on offer!
The comedians do these tasks individually, under the careful gaze of Alex Horne. When they are brought together for the Taskmaster to judge their efforts, none of them know how they've done or, even more crucially, how the others did.
Here they must try and convince the Taskmaster to reward their efforts. The results are sometimes up for debate but the Taskmaster's word is always final. With their personal possessions up for grabs, they have everything to play for - especially their dignity.
Rivalry is encouraged, dodgy tactics rewarded and bribes accepted in what is set to be the most the most dogged, hard-fought and ridiculous comedy show on TV.
Taskmaster started out as a critically acclaimed live show, also devised by Alex Horne, which ran at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 and 2011.
- Production company
- Soundtrack
- Title music by The Horne Section.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 28th July 2015 on Dave at 10pm
- Last new broadcast
- Wednesday 6th November 2019 on Dave at 9pm
- Length of episodes
- 1 hour
- Upcoming repeats
- Series 4 Episode 7: Today at 10:40pm on Dave
- Series 4 Episode 8: Tuesday at 10pm on Dave
- Series 7 Episode 7: Sunday 22nd December at 10:40pm on Dave
- Series 8 Episode 7: Monday 23rd December at 11pm on Dave
- Series 6 Episode 6: Tuesday 24th December at 11pm on Dave
- Series 3 Episode 1: Wednesday 25th December at 11pm on Dave
- Series 3 Episode 2: Thursday 26th December at 11pm on Dave
- Series 3 Episode 3: Friday 27th December at 11pm on Dave
- Series 3 Episode 4: Saturday 28th December at 11pm on Dave
- Series 3 Episode 5: Sunday 29th December at 11pm on DaveShow all repeats
- Champion Of Champions Episode 1: Thursday 2nd January at 12:40am on Dave
- Champion Of Champions Episode 1: Thursday 2nd January at 10pm on Dave
- Champion Of Champions Episode 2: Friday 3rd January at 10pm on Dave
- Series 8 Episode 1: Monday 6th January at 10pm on Dave
- Series 8 Episode 2: Tuesday 7th January at 10pm on Dave
- Series 8 Episode 3: Wednesday 8th January at 10pm on Dave
- Series 8 Episode 4: Thursday 9th January at 10pm on Dave
- Series 8 Episode 5: Friday 10th January at 10pm on Dave
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