ADRIAN CHILES – CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN – JONNIE PEACOCK MBE – LADY LESHURR – BARONESS SAYEEDA WARSI
Feeling in a particularly festive mood, the almighty Taskmaster Greg Davies has once again gathered five famous faces from radically different specialities for another standalone special on Channel 4 with ‘Taskmaster’s New Year Treat’. Set
to air over the festive season, the formidable Taskmaster will put these celebrity guests through their paces in a series of ludicrous challenges supervised by his devoted sidekick, assistant, and stats keeper Little Alex Horne.
Our well-known contestants hoping to impress are: broadcaster and journalist Adrian Chiles (BBC Radio 5 Live), television and radio presenter Claudia Winkleman (Strictly Come Dancing, BBC One), double Paralympic, World & European 100m Champion Jonnie Peacock MBE (Jonnie’s Blade Camp, Channel 4), rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and TV personality Lady Leshurr (Don’t Hate the Playaz, ITV 2), and lawyer, businesswoman, campaigner and Ex Cabinet Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Have I Got News for You, BBC One), who will each compete for a chance to win a coveted Taskmaster trophy in the most ridiculous game show on television.
Transmission details will be confirmed in due course.
WHAT THE PRESS HAVE SAID ABOUT TASKMASTER:
“This has become one of the funniest shows on television”
Helen Stewart, The Sunday Times
“Taskmaster is a beacon of silliness; a show that leaves dignity at the door and offers good-natured absurdity instead”
Phil Harrison, The Observer
“Now on its 12th series, and still probably the funniest show on TV”
Guardian Guide
“This is the 12th series of the BAFTA-winning show, but the well of ingeniously tedious tasks will seemingly never run dry. Davies and Horne are a fine double act, and their “pre-prepared banter” is as much a reason to watch as the tasks”
Joe Clay, The Times
“Alex Horne’s peculiarly brilliant imagination keeps churning out inventive challenges, Greg Davies continues to hand out withering insults and a steady stream of competitors line up to take both on the chin, they could screen this wonderful show all year round and no one would much mind”
Gabriel Tate, The Daily Telegraph
“The formula has evolved slightly over the years and across the channels, but it’s still the case that for pure, artisanal silliness, there’s not much that can beat a dose of Taskmaster”
David Butcher, Radio Times
“on the basis of this opening episode, it’s going to be an excellent series”
★★★★★ Steven Perkins, TV Times Magazine
“The peculiarly addictive, even oddly poignant affair, is back for a 12th series, as greg Davies’s eponymous mad god put the latest lost souls through their pointless paces”
Ali Catteral, The Guardian
“Back with more absurd mayhem, this is possibly the best comedy game show on telly”
Sara Wallis, The Daily Mirror
“The hilarious, BAFTA-winning game show is best for a 12th series, and its as wacky as ever”
★★★★ Daily Mail
“Taskmaster is still the most reliably lough-out-loud show”
★★★★★ Mail on Sunday
“[A] sort of wonderful silliness that makes this show unique (well, until the copycats arrived”
Gerrard Gilbert, The I
“The most consistently funny show on TV returns for series 12”
Simon Ward, Virgin Media
“I’m beyond delighted to report that the wonderful Greg Davies and the wonderful Alex Horne are back with another series of the wonderful Taskmaster”
Mike Ward, Daily Express
★★★★ Boyd Hilton, Heat Magazine
“As always, it’s fun, incredibly silly and very funny viewing”
The Sun TV Mag
“Alex Horne’s ridiculous challenge show continues to be the most reliably entertaining hour on TV”
Total TV Guide
“There’s an infantile joy in comedy game show Taskmaster. Now in it’s 12th series, and about to reach the 100th episode, its becoming more popular than ever, and comedians are falling over themselves top take part”
Tom Spilsbury, TV Choice
★★★★ JL, TV Times Magazine
“Taskmaster is one of the best TV Game shows of all time. Fact”
Sara Wallis, The People
“Its pure mindless fun… it often veers into unexpectedly hilarious territory”
Simon Bland, Joe.co.uk
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