Overview
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?
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Taskmaster turns the standard game show format into a series of increasingly absurd personal failures. By pitting comedians against bizarre and needlessly complicated challenges, the show exposes how easily logic collapses under the pressure of a stopwatch. The humor relies on the gap between how smart the contestants assume they are and how truly ridiculous their solutions become.
The production functions as a controlled experiment in frustration, fueled by the detached judgment of Greg Davies. While other competitions strive for technical proficiency or grand stakes, this series prioritizes unconventional problem solving and the petty rivalries that emerge from arbitrary rules. Every task highlights that being funny is rarely an asset when asked to paint a picture while riding a horse or hiding a pineapple on one's person.
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- First Aired
- July 28, 2015
- Status
- Returning Series
- Origin
- GB
- TMDB Votes
- 210