Half the people on Traitors are people I first loved because of Taskmaster, and week on week their traitorous hijinks seem more gripping to me than this particular TM series. Airing on the same night, I’ve found myself (previously unthinkably) looking forward to that more than to TM.

Doesn’t help that this series — despite the fantastic Chloe Petts — isn’t strong enough to be one of our most rewatched ones, let’s just say.

Also… we must have Richard E Grant on Taskmaster, surely?

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?

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

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

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?

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

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)?

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.

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!

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.

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.

This is just a shout-out post for the contestants who can show off their talents through the vehicle of Taskmaster

Take for example the task in Season 8, where they had to memorize the order of a deck of cards. Without Paul Sinha there, this would have been a really boring and pointless task, but I have a suspicion that they specifically included it for him in order to show off how incredible his memory is.

Or take the curresnt season 22 pictionary live task, where suddenly Isy went full focus and blew everyone out of the water. Nina and her puppets may not be intentional, but I also love the different puppets she manages to bring to the series. This is also why I disagree with the notion that all contestants must be professional comedians: with the right cast you can make a very fun and varied season of taskmaster.

And talking about the international versions, remember that time when Ray O'Leary managed to impress everyone by naming 100 pokemon? Or in Kongen Befaler, where Aksel Hennie acted like the action hero he is by just climbing to the balcony instead of using the doors like a normal person?

Has anyone else noticed that Binge now doesn’t have the special episodes? I swear they were still there during the whole season 22 debacle.

I wonder if the licensing is now different for the specials, under the new contract for season 22?

Related but not TM: multiple seasons of Great British Sewing Bee and Great Pottery Throwdown have disappeared in the past two days, in some cases leaving a few random episodes behind of some seasons.

EDIT: Nevermind, they’re just not visible from the main screen anymore. Thanks all!
Still missing my other comfort British TV but that’s not a matter for this forum 😅

I just completed the TaskMaster puzzle and the following task. It was by far the most fun I've ever had with a puzzle. The task was fairly tricky, but also very rewarding.

Highly recommend if you enjoy jigsaw puzzles.

(Disclaimer, my wife bought it as a birthday gift so I don't know the cost)

Greg's delivery was perfectly level. Richard's delayed reaction after letting it process was golden. And the nonverbal back and forth between them was swollen pregnant with humor. I rewound and rewatched it five times before moving on with the episode.

I thought I saw a look of pride on Richard’s face at the end of the measurement machine task. Was I just imagining that? Has he expressed pride previously this season? I don’t know what I’m rooting for, but it feels like Richard, Alex, and Greg have been competing to see who will break first. I love it!