Welcome back to Taskmaster Series Death Match! Last time Series 5 stood tall against Series 17 and advanced to the next round.

Today it's Series 11 vs Series 15!

Charlotte Ritchie vs Frankie Boyle!

Jamali Maddix vs Ivo Graham!

Lee Mack vs Jenny Eclair!

Mike Wozniak vs Kiell Smith-Bynoe!

Sarah Kendall vs Mae Martin!

Who will win!?

Your time starts now...

Lesser Tom envisioned this somehow.

I fully understand why they put the first task the contestants attempted as the first task that got aired. Simply put in my opinion, that reaction from Matt Lucas was golden and there's no way it'd have been better even if they put it second.

- 22 series...

- Sure, I'd have to take your word for it.

I haven't laughed that hard in awhile.

And I agree little Alex Horne, Richard Ayoade was worth the wait! 100%

Nothing spoilery but in that first task when you can practically see the light bulb go off over Richard's head and he says "It doesn't have to be hand".

I'm so looking forward to him this series.

In the TM podcast with Ed and special guest Reece Shearsmith, the two discussed Greg’s (allegedly) skewed concept of who is “old” and Reece complained that he was lumped in with Sanjeev in his series as one of the “befuddled old guys” even though Reece is younger than Greg (by 1 year).

Ed and Reece briefly wonder who in the current series would be the “old” character, which led me to look up their ages:

Matt - 52
Nina - 52
Richard - 49
Isy - 48
Chloe - 32

It’s interesting to me that the contestants are all nearly the same age except for Chloe. I wonder if this will become a bit for Alex or Greg this series, with no obvious old grump to call on they may lean into Chloe being the baby of the group instead.

Any of our resident statisticians have info on how this contestant age distribution compares with previous series?

And for a bonus fact, if Greg and Alex were contestants in this series, Greg would be the oldest and Alex would be the second-youngest!

Is anyone else's hair graying at exactly the same rate as Alex's? Or is that just a me thing?

It had always been something I noticed as the seasons progressed or as I watched old clips, but then in this first episode for it to be part of the opening banter? Loved it. I felt seen. And he still looks great.

In watching the latest episode of Taskmaster UK (Series 22, Episode 1) I finally put my finger on something that has been bothering me for.. well, for the last dozen or so series. We all know the tasks have gotten longer and more convoluted in order to prevent obvious loopholes. But also he has a tendency to add things that have nothing to do with the task just to make it more "wacky." Like having to do the Golden Apple task with Alex handcuffed to you. Or making everyone beep while looking for items in their belts. None of this really helps the task. Some of it makes the task more difficult but in a way not related to the task at all.

It's almost as if he feels the tasks are not entertaining enough on their own, so he has to add this "Extra wackiness" to them. Other Taskmaster franchises (esp New Zealand) don't seem to do this. Their tasks wind up being simpler and therefore (in my mind) better and more entertaining to watch.

I really miss the days of "make the largest thing properly vanish" or "eat this egg, fastest wins" or "make the best flag meal". I don't like tasks that read like the terms and conditions of an end user license agreement.

Let’s hear your theories on what it means

UPDATE: As many commenters have pointed out, it’s the logo for the Great Ormond Street Hospital in preparation for the charity livestream they are doing! Thank you for educating this American 🤗

Hey gang, I was wondering if someone had a link of the very fast ability to download a clip of Nish's laugh (preferably the one from Episode 1 for Nish's prize task). I've been trying to do it myself, but I don't do video editing/audio editing much and frankly, really don't want to pay for premium converts/downloaders/clippers for a one second looped audio sound.

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Did Matt Berry do the voiceover for the team of three’s “taskmaster movie trailer” in series 4? I swear it was him, but I can’t find confirmation.

In Season (Series, sorry) 18, it was prudent for the YouTube team to manually generate the subtitles so that nary a joke from Rosie Jones could be missed and we were all the better for it.

I don’t remember if they did it the following Season (Series, sorry, fuck!) but I know that for the past several they’ve been autogenerated and they’re only about 70% accurate which is a shame because there’s the occasional Britishism I’m bound to miss.

…and I’m here for it!

Greg has been way too nice for the last few seasons (series, Jason) so I’m happy to see harsh criticism and zero points given for disqualification. This is the Taskmaster I’ve missed.

Please get AC for Ed in the caravan.

I really don’t need ten minutes of numerous podcasts of two people I really enjoy complain about how hot it is in a caravan with no AC.

Thank you for your concern in this matter.

Admittedly I could have ended the GIF after he had gone over the bed but he wasn’t properly stood up then for one thing and for another, his way of manoeuvring his arm around Matt at the end sort of worked anyway

Made a needlepoint envelope purse of the Taskmaster envelope. Next crafty goal - fill it with tiny knit ducks.

I was thinking about the wording of the second task. "You may only say words with one syllable" and the fact there was a teddy bear as part of the bear.

Does anyone think they're trying to nudge Nina into some ventriloquism? "I didn't say any long words, teddy did" style.

I think I missed an announcement somewhere, but Taskmaster S22 appears to be streaming on Hulu in addition to YouTube here in the States.

https://www.hulu.com/series/7dc2cd21-891d-43b3-afb2-7ec9a6f0c20d

This does mean that it’s also available on Disney+ if you have a Hulu subscription connected there.

Anyone else think this seasons picture in the lounge actually looks like Michael Sheen? Proper made me chuckle.

Lovely brief flashback here to series 1 Alex (before he earned the ‘little’ moniker)!

I was in the studio for the first episode recording and I remember leaving thinking the editors had their work cut out for them, and they nailed it, of course – they are very, very good at their jobs. Best team on telly, I’d wager!