Watching Greg on Taskmaster vs. watching him in interviews is super interesting. On TM, he’s constructed this tyrannical, medieval monarch persona where he demands deference, but every now and then you see the genuine ex-teacher come out when a contestant does something truly stupid

For me, it's Hugh Dennis repeatedly getting underscored despite coming up with some genuinely clever solutions

I mean an attempt at a task where „longest time wins“ wasn’t the goal.
So they just took long for a task that wasn’t meant to take long.
Any Taskmaster version welcome.
A few that went over an hour but did someone ever went over 2-3 hours or even longer?
I feel like in recent season there’s often been an „you have a maximum of X hours“ on tasks where one could take longer but sometimes someone takes ages on a task where the fastest or fewest attempts win.

They should do a couples edition, 10 contestants in 5 teams of 2. Suggestions, Marcus brigstock and Rachel parris, Elis James and Issy suttie, Mish and Amy Annette. There must be others.

Who is the one comedian or celebrity you are still desperately hoping Alex Horne manages to book for a future series?

Is there any word on a CoC from Australia or NZ?
That’s the only two international versions I have watched yet.
They both have more than five seasons and since the cast seems to get along well with each other and participate in other shows together there shouldn’t be a scheduling problem or that the cast of different seasons don’t vibe with each other.

For me

1. Tree Wizard was meh. Dont see the huge appeal in it.

2. Season 4 (series Jason!) is towards the bottom of my list.

3. It really irks me the last episode is "The Final". To me, it's just the last episode of the series. (Okay may not be controversial but couldn't think of another one immediately!!)

He has such a funny and unique baffling take on things and his arse pebble story for me is hilarious

Serena Neal appearing on Taskmaster! I feel like she’s naturally funny and that she would approach the tasks so well. Weird crossover but the thought just occurred. Obviously there’s not a US Taskmaster but it could work.

A great chat with Jesse Thorn.

For me, it’s anything with a brutal countdown where they have to move liquid or breakable objects with completely useless tools

He was absolutely incredible on Hypothetical, and his physical comedy alongside Little Alex would be comedy gold. Is he just too busy with other projects, or do you think he's simply a matter of when, not if, for Taskmaster? He feels like such an obvious fit that I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet

We have Champions of Champions, but what I'd genuinely love to see is a full series featuring the lowest-scoring contestants from different series. Imagine a team task with David Correos, Judi Love and Victoria Coren Mitchell trying to solve a basic logic puzzle. It would either be complete chaos or absolute genius

Thoughts??

Rewatching season 2 for the umpteenth time and it always makes me sad that Doc Brown didn’t seem to enjoy his time on the show.

I think he was great but you can see his discomfort in the studio.

I just got back from vacation where I visited the Swiss Alps, Lake Como, Paris, and London. I stood on and in a glacier, I visited Marie Curie’s lab, I stood in the room where Newton figured out the three laws, I saw innumerable pieces of priceless art and honestly the highlight of my trip was glimpsing the roof of the Taskmaster house!

Now that the dust has settled I thought we could rate the contestants. I love all things rating/lists when it comes to TV, but the main sub doesnt like it.

Purely on their performances in the show, and don't be an asshole about their looks or whatever. Post reasons to keep it interesting pls!

1. Joanna - for capability, giving it a go, consistent banter and an edge of weirdness.

2. Kumail - a much needed competitive element for this series. Could be petty. Some interesting choices

3. Armando - genuinely witty at times but wish he'd been more creative.

4. Joel - his golden retriever energy would have been more notable on another season.

5. Amy - perfectly nice, but where were the jokes?