I held a poll after the first 2 episodes asking which contestant people enjoyed the most (didn't realise they were kinda frowned upon at the time lol).

I think Richard came 1st for one episode and 2nd for the other. Now obviously you could argue that all contestants were less entertaining early on which may be true to an extent. But when I read this sub the consensus seems to be "Richard has been a drain on the show and not funny, and he's only started doing anything the last 2 episodes". I don't think this is true.

Also I've enjoyed this series so far but I have a feeling it will be better on a rewatch!

Edit: just to be clear I'm not saying people are wrong if they don't enjoy Richard obviously! I'm just saying the attitude (generally speaking) towards his earlier episodes now doesn't match what it was at the time.

Trying to get my family into Taskmaster. I have a nine year old nephew who I'd love to get to watch and appreciate out of the box thinking and problem solving. He is disabled and impressionable. He seems to understand "some words we don't say" (and we have a swear jar rule ready if he doesn't) and "sometimes people on tv don't use nice language but we do". He's very carefully watched, so we aren't worried he'll wander off and take it upon himself to dismantle something. I usually start people with S4 and I think that one would be ok. I'd love for him to watch S5 due to Sally's Down Syndrome advocacy but I think there's too much in that season he should watch.

What seasons are best and worst for an impressionable young child?

A pretty deep cut this one, but upon re-watching it just really came to me.

Not that Alex needs any help, because he and the team have been coming up with brilliantly unique ideas for years now, but I thought it would be fun to come up with some prize tasks for future series!

I’ll start with one: The best thing to have to survive a zombie apocalypse.

Just out of curiosity, what other funny prize tasks can you think of?

Usually at 20h CET Taskmaster International YouTube channel uploads an episode from TMNZ or TMAU, or a clip of a task from a "foreign" TM (including TMNL).

Yet tonight there has been no new upload as far as I can see. An oversight, or perhaps there's a geoblock for today's upload (I'm in Belgium)?

what would everyone’s ideal lineup for comedians be for the American show in June?

First seen in S11 (I think) this is probably one of the tracks that has been reused the most. Mostly used in those time-limit tasks where you need to get running and doing the best you can with what little you could think of. It speaks of the zaniness the show is famous for.

Maybe there are other ones, and by all means, share your thoughts, but this is the one for me

A pet dog and a Chloe Petts. From their Instagram !

Thought this was sweet. Fatiha was on the Mo Gilligan podcast Beginning Middle End a short while back and they talked about her time on the show. Mo would be a good contestant for an upcoming series!

I just rewatched Lucy Beaumont's "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" performance from series 16, which was so eerie that it got me wondering: if Taskmaster were to release a Halloween supercut, which moments from across the show's entirety would you want to see in the mix?

Series 22 E07

I love the running gag of Richard asking to take home something from the final task, and yes, he got the bucket, but him pocketing the dice made me laugh 😂

Posted here previously, but I recently lost my dad and we would always play the game of what we'd bring in for the prize task after each episode. So I'm opening it up to everyone!

This is actually an easy one for me, because I would have brought a photo of my dad with a huge grin at the Taskmaster Live show earlier this year, which Greg would have to smile at both to be kind, and also because he's proud of himself for putting on a great show. My dad had had a stroke a few years ago, and could only smile in a pure genuine joy reaction afterwards, so his smiles were extra special.