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Taskmaster

Created by Alex Horne

2015–present

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion?

First aired
28 Jul 2015
Episode length
45 min
Also known as
Stormester UK, Kongen befaler UK, Bäst i test England
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Writer
Alex Horne
Executive producers
Alex Horne, Andy Devonshire, James Taylor and 3 others
Producer
Andy Cartwright
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 202 episodes

  • Series 1

    Season 1 · 2015

    Greg Davies is the all-powerful Taskmaster. Assisted by Alex Horne, he sets a series of devious tasks for comedians Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan and Tim Key.

  • Series 2

    Season 2 · 2016

    Greg Davies judges another comedic task force - Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman - while the efficient but obsequious Alex Horne steers the Taskmaster ship.

  • Series 3

    Season 3 · 2016

    Not many series can return for a third run and claim they have footage of five comedians making out-of-season snowmen, spreading their clothes as far and as wide as possible and whispering questions at an 83-year-old called Hugh in the hope of winning a golden version of Greg Davies’s head. Taskmaster can.

  • Series 4

    Season 4 · 2017

    Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding all believe they have what it takes to win the most coveted prize in comedy. Let Taskmaster Greg Davies be the judge of that...

  • Series 5

    Season 5 · 2017

    Tasks are set, seals are broken and unpredictable actions take place, as Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips compete to earn the respect of Greg Davies and Alex Horne.

  • Series 6

    Season 6 · 2018

    Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine attempt futile tasks that inspire both breathtaking brilliance and rank incompetence. Greg Davies and Alex Horne keep score.

  • Series 7

    Season 7 · 2018

    James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang and Rhod Gilbert take on more mostly meaningless challenges, as Taskmaster Greg Davies and his assistant Alex Horne host a seventh series.

  • Series 8

    Season 8 · 2019

    Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha and Sian Gibson pit their wits against perfectly pointless problems in a bid to impress Taskmaster Greg Davies and his simpering secretary Alex Horne.

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