Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / Dave
- 2015 - 2024
- 160 episodes (17 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.
- Continues on Thursday on C4 at 9pm with Series 17, Episode 5
- Catch-up on Series 17, Episode 4
Streaming rank this week: 8
Press clippings Page 6
Taskmaster: the greatest comedy show of all time?
Taskmaster, the British experimental comedy competition, has taken off around the world with spin-offs produced in more than a dozen other countries. Surviving an ill-fated U.S. iteration, as well as Covid stealing its live audience and its intimate group setting, Taskmaster continues to expand.
Joe Giambrone, The Smart Set, 27th April 2023Taskmaster's biggest controversies: Potatoes, hula-hoops and was it a throw?
Taskmaster Twitter had some big opinions about whether Mae Martin threw that ball, but Series 15 is far from the first time Greg's judging has caused mayhem.
Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 21st April 2023Greg Davies on The Cleaner, Taskmaster and the pupil who asked if he could do the Lambada
he comedian talks to Helen Brown about following your dreams and being comfortable with the gifts you've got.
Helen Brown, The Independent, 19th April 2023Taskmaster and the underrated comic genius of Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Thanks to Taskmaster, a whole new audience is finally discovering just how funny Kiell Smith-Bynoe is. Here's where to explore his genius further...
Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 14th April 2023Taskmaster viewers are opening up about how Mae Martin helped them to use they/them pronouns
Mae Martin has sent a sweet message to a fan who tweeted about how the comedian's appearance on Channel 4 gameshow Taskmaster helped them understand they/them pronouns.
Marcus Wratten, Pink News, 14th April 2023Kiell Smith-Bynoe: 'Ghosts has made me a trusty name in comedy'
But the actor is going back to his dramatic roots for Sky's Dreamland.
David Craig, Radio Times, 6th April 2023I talk to Kiell Smith-Bynoe
I caught up with Kiell Smith-Bynoe to talk about filming in Margate for Dreamland, working with Freema Agyeman and Lily Allen, keeping the fact he was doing Taskmaster a secret for almost a year as well as what Ghosts fans can expect from what we now know will be the fifth and final series.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 5th April 2023Taskmaster hall of fame: ranking the most legendary contestants!
To mark the launch of Series 15 on Channel 4, we celebrate Taskmaster's 25 most memorable and funny contestants so far.
Louisa Mellor, Elizabeth Donoghue and Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 30th March 2023BAFTA TV Awards 2023 nominations
Am I Being Unreasonable?, Big Boys, Derry Girls and Ghosts are amongst the nominees for the BAFTA Television Awards 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd March 2023Taskmaster to return for six more series, plus new kids version
Channel 4 has ordered another six series of Taskmaster, as well as new children-focused entertainment show Junior Taskmaster.
British Comedy Guide, 15th March 2023