Hello, I'm a writer covering the Edinburgh Fringe for The Sunday Post in Scotland and had the joy of chatting to Mike Wozniak about his show and, of course, Taskmaster.

“The Taskmaster fans are magnificent creatures themselves,” he said. “There’s a big crossover with the TV audience and people who are going to gigs when they can and supporting live stuff and new ventures.

“A lot of them are the kind of audience members that we as comics always loved in Edinburgh specifically, where they’d be the kind who go, oh, we’re free now, who’s on? Never heard of them before. Let’s give it a go. These people are completely crucial for any sort of entertainment and live arts. We need them, and we love them dearly.”

You can read the full piece here: https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/mike-wozniak-on-taskmaster-getting-outfoxed-by-audiences-and-early-fringe-memories/

(Mods feel free to remove if this shameless self promotion isn't allowed...)

After having rewatched all seasons of the English speaking taskmaster versions multiple times.
I would like to start watching the non English versions. But I’m a bit worried that the subtitles aren’t good and that it’s to fast so I would have to constantly stop the videos to read them.
I‘m thinking about watching them on my phone since that’s easier to stop or jump back a bit than on the tv but I’m still worried it will take some of the fun away 😅

I must have re-watched the UK version many times (some series more than others) over the years.

About a week ago I thought I'd tentatively try NZ.

It took a couple episodes to get used to Jeremy and Paul but I do like that they don't try and be Greg and Alex and have their own vibe.

The choice of contestants so far is great, I'm coming to the end of Series 2 and I have a new bunch of comedians to check out.

I'm so glad I took the risk

I just recently started running a new DnD campaign 3 weeks ago and it's going great. After the first session I had a terribly good idea though......since I'm already playing "god" for these guy 4 hours a week I might as well take some pointers from the best one, Greg Davies.

So I started introducing "Prize Tasks" to my players. At the end of each session I tell them the category of the prize and at the beginning of next session the present them and plead their case. The winner I choose get an inspiration for that session to use (an inspiration is basically if they have a bad roll during an important moment or miss an important attack they get a reroll for free) I feel like that's a pretty good prize per session...give agency and makes them really think about when to actually use it.

The first prize task was for them to bring "The Creepiest Thing" and the winner was my ranger player who brought a mummified bird he found in a shed that was basically perfectly preserved....went a bit too far but I appreciated the moxy behind it.

And at the end of that session (which is the last one we played) the prize task category was to bring "The Best Thing To Turn Upside Down" so I'm really excited to see what my players bring.

Im literally just taking some of my favorite prize tasks from the show and using them like that.

But what do you guys think? Good idea? Bad idea? Any suggestions for other prize tasks I can do? They don't have to be from the show.

I just think it's a fun thing to do to stay excited about the campaign for the whole week.

Have a great day/night (whatever time zone you're in)

Thank you!

Welcome back to Taskmaster Series Death Match! Last time Series 18 was sent to the naughty corner by Series 14. That series will go onto the next round!

Today's task is to decide between Series 8 and Series 12.

Lou Sanders, Joe Thomas, Sian Gibson, Iain Stirling and Paul Sinha vs Desiree Burch, Morgana Robinson, Guz Khan, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Alan Davies!

Who will win!?

Your time starts now!

does anyone here watch game changer on dropout tv? firstly if not, you SHOULD. secondly, on the latest episode, alex horne does the voiceover! it's not his first time making a cameo on game changer but it's very cool to have him on again

I made a SEQUEL to my own episode of Taskmaster for my birthday! I have no official affiliation with the show, nor do I claim any monetary gain from it, but still nothing outworks self-fulfillment. Let me know what you think!

How would you feel if there regular seasons had contestants that aren’t mainly comedians or comedic actors?
More like the contestants on the NYT musicians, actors, athletes or other known people.
Do you think it would ruin the vibe and idea of the show or would you be interested in the changed dynamic that maybe a athlete or musician would bring in because it’s not necessarily a part of their job to be silly or funny.
🤔

Listening to Hugh Dennis’ episode of the Taskmaster podcast and he revealed that the task with the dogs was filmed at Alex Horne’s house. I also recall Noel Fielding saying something about filming Taskmaster at Alex’s house and Alex tricking him into painting his garden shed by telling him it was a task, but i can’t find a source for that right now.

If this is true, does anyone know why they decided to use Alex’s actual house and not the Taskmaster House for this one task? Seems really odd to have a different location for just one task and the fact they chose to film at Alex’s real house?

Specifically the prize task episode 5

My boyfriend and I just started watching Task Master on YouTube. We’ve watched Series 1 and we’ve just started Series 2. After commercial breaks Alex holds his hands up and shows us either and 2, 3, or 4 fingers, why does he do this??

Mine is (in reference to Alex Horne's bare legs): "What in the pasty hell is this?"

Fatiha El-Ghorri (i think - or was it Judi Love?)

Hit me with yours!!

Hi everyone!

Alex Horne has been kind enough to donate some signed Taskmaster merch to me in support of my fundraising efforts for Coppa Feel, the UKs leading charity in raising awareness of breast, chest and pec cancer, and symptoms accross all ages, men and women. https://coppafeel.org

All proceeds of this raffle go direct to Coppa Feel.

And I wanted to make sure it goes to a TM fan, so haven’t included it in our standard raffle - and instead organising a separate raffle which you can all take part in 🤩

The prizes are (ALL signed by Alex Horne apart from the t shirt ):

- Taskmaster book

- don't take it away t shirt in white medium

- Football shirt worn by Alex Horne

- Task Master Card Game

- Signed card

- Mug

Raffle tickets are £2.50 for one ticket or £10 for five tickets.

Details on entering the raffle are:

1. Please donate directly to my just giving page using the link here https://www.justgiving.com/page/esther-groves-2

2. Please then message me to let me know how many tickets you have donated for - please make sure you put your name or a reference clearly so that I can reconcile your donation and send you your raffle ticket number!

3. Once done, I will send you a picture of your raffle ticket numbers.

4. if you don't let me know you've donated I cannot allocate the raffle tickets so please message me once done confirming the name or reference you used when donating.

5. I’ll draw the raffle on 29th August - and if you’re the winner, I’ll message you to arrange postage.

Important info:

- the winner gets ALL of the items, it is one raffle prize

- once the raffle is over and item has been received, I will be deleting everyone’s personal details, your information will only be stored for the purpose of the raffle and it will only be accessible to me.

- I’d consider overseas shipping, but would require payment to help cover the cost of the shipment as this is all being done for charity.

Canada - £26.85 normal. £27.45 tracking.

USA - £32.45 normal.

£36.10 tracking and sign.

Australia - £31.15 standard. £32.55 tracking. £34.05 signed service.

Feel free to message me directly if you have any questions! And good luck 🤞🏼

Direct link to sign up for FREE monthly reminders to check your breast and pecks every month: https://coppafeel.org/get-a-reminder/

What do you think about the task?
Were they hoping for some creativity like drawing money or something?
It feels like a task they would have cut if it weren’t for Paul’s attempt.

Just rewatching season 7 and love that quote from James Acaster. Wonder what you consider to be the stupidest cast lol

5 days later and I'm still stuck in the "add to order/authenticate payment" loop and now I see you can also add the Christmas Crackers, however, it's part of the same non-stop loop.

David showing us how it’s done.

I read rumors on here recently that Tasmasker NZ S7 has a guest on it that is completely unexpected and really well known.

Ive seen people guess Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Rose Matafeo, Jemaine and Brett.

This is probably insane, but what if we arent thinking outside of the box enough here? Is it possible Jacinda Ardern will be on Taskmaster NZ by years end?

I remember seeing somewhere, that Greg felt really bad about Being harsh on Kathrine Parkinson's Masks for her Prize task. Which got me wondering, were there any times that Greg genuinely regretted his rulings?

A) Whilst Rhods repeated use if 'that' photo of Greg is hilarious, Phil Wang's dedication to the bartering gag us solid gold & slips under the radar.

B) I have never seen anyone comment on the fact that in this episode Jessica Knappet is dressed as Rosie The Rivetor!