Taskmaster was originally a hard sell. Channel execs worried that audiences would be bored by the cast not changing every episode. “People didn’t think viewers would tune in the next week to see the ...

Imagine being someone who’s never seen Taskmaster. A virgin to joy. Someone whose eyes have never before drunk in the sight of a banana-Noel Fielding hiding in a fruit bowl, of Joe Wilkinson ...

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The format of Taskmaster is ...

Here is an extract from An Absolute Casserole: The Taskmaster Compendium, explaining what a filming day at the Taskmaster house is like. The Taskmaster house is constantly occupied. Two-thirds of the ...

Aspiring young comedians better get their best game face on, because Taskmaster is launching a new junior series on Channel 4. The flagship series has proven a critical success for the network and now ...