Taskmaster (Greg Davies sets some comedians daft challenges!)

Penn

Lucy Beaumont and Sam Campbell starting a podcast together

https://twitter.com/LucyABeaumont/status/1731980073031327984?s=20

On the one hand, they were the two funniest on the last series of Taskmaster. On the other hand, it could be the hardest thing to listen to for more than 10 minutes at a time.

Zaph

Sam Campbell just announced as support for David O'Doherty's gigs in Vicar Street at the start of January.

Posy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121417389#Comment_121417389

I really enjoyed the abandoned airport location in that series!

Penn

Interesting one, Kiell Smith-Bynoe replacing Mae Martin in the next Champion of Champions

https://twitter.com/taskmaster/status/1735238208722513959?s=20

Presumably a scheduling conflict meant Mae couldn't do it or something. No complaints from me anyway.

Edit: From Chortle

"Series 15 champ Martin said: ‘I am absolutely fuming at the fact that I am unable to participate in Taskmaster's Champion of Champions. I would love nothing more than to fight for the title of ultimate champion, and spend another week of my life being ridiculed by Greg. 

‘I am, however, confident in the choice to send Kiell to fight on my behalf. He is an agile and profoundly competitive young man, and also much much cooler and funnier than me, so we should have it in the bag. I have sent some surprises so that my presence is felt. Good luck Kiell, I am holding my breath from the U.S. and rooting for you.'

Smith Bynoe added: ‘As if it wasn’t enough pressure representing the whole of black Britain in series 15 now I have to represent the entire nation of Canada in Champion of Champions. I’ve never even been. I didn’t even win my series. 

‘Look, I’ll try all right…"

corcaigh07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121493740#Comment_121493740

It'll make for a better show

Exclamation Marc

Will make the show so much better. Mae is a cure for insomnia.

Exclamation Marc

Picked up tickets last night for Fern Brady whos playing Vicar Street next September. Her last gig was brilliant so would highly recommend catching her if you liked her on Taskmaster.

Degag

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121494766#Comment_121494766

Probably the worst TM contestant ever.

ArnoldJRimmer

Maybe the most boring, but Iain Stirling and Kerry Godliman were much more annoying and unwatchable in otherwise decent series

Exclamation Marc

Champion of Champions 3 is set to air on Sunday January 14th,2024.

ArmaniJeanss

New Years non-comedian episode tonight.

Deborah Meaden Kojey Radical Lenny Rush Steve Backshall Zoe Ball

Hopeful rather than optimistic - I suspect Greg and Alex will have to do a lot of the heavy lifting.

Basq

Lenny Rush is an entertaining lad.. the rest, meh!

Zaph

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121563204#Comment_121563204

Only seen little bits of him and found him pretty irritating. Agree on the rest being meh, I have low expectations for this episode.

Penn

I enjoyed it. Deborah Meaden was actually great. The others were fine, nothing spectacular. It wasn't the best New Year's Treat episode, but it was decent enough.

Exclamation Marc

I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Pretty good tasks for a one-off episode and the studio task was one of the better ones in the last few years.

Not long to wait til Champion of Champions thankfully.

Basq

Kojey was the best of them I thought.. seemed like a proper fan of the show!

Similar to Self Esteem last year.

corcaigh07

Kojey was good, liked his vibe.

gmisk

I thought new episode was good.

Lenny and Kojey great fun, I like Deborah as well she has comic timing too, Steve and Zoe grand too.

Degag

Thought it was really good! Tasks were of a good quality and all the contestants delivered i thought. Best non-comedian one that i can remember.

Dodge

Agree with the consensus. Great effort

expectationlost

very meh

Exclamation Marc

Fantastic Champion of Champions episode. I really enjoyed it for a one-off.

Next season's line-up looks interesting.

Joanne McNally, Nick. Mohammed, John Robins, Steve Pemberton and Sophie Willan.

Mr Crispy

New series' lineup. I like it.

https://twitter.com/taskmaster/status/1746653415592300675?t=eMOcyRmM_7-ujdhr0CxkhA&s=19

Penn

Champions of Champions 3 was excellent. Great tasks, varied contestants. Really great. Ridiculous Dara got so many points with his rubber bands though, christ that was a poor showing from him.

Lineup for next series also announced:

Joanne McNally

John Robbins

Nick Mohammed (f*ck yeah!)

Sophie Willan

Steve Pemberton

Basq

Not a fan of McNally personally but the rest of all great.

The lineup leaked a few weeks ago on Reddit - even Mohammed accidentally tweeted his involvement after New Year special, but deleted shortly just posting this as a response:

https://twitter.com/nickmohammed/status/1742313846050546047

Exclamation Marc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616430#Comment_121616430

Mmmm agreed, I'm really not a fan of McNally at all either. John Robins should be great.

the whole year inn

Bosh

Basq

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616443#Comment_121616443

Indeed. Anyone who watched Bad Golf with Alex and John knows he's been planting this seed for a while..

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616406#Comment_121616406

That is a terrific lineup bar Joanne McNally...

Sophie Willan is absolutely brilliant love love love Alma's not normal.

John Robins, overdue he has been angling for it for long enough lol. Love him on the radio.

Nick Mohammed is excellent love Mr Swallow.

Steve Pemberton should also be good fun.

siblers

Sarah Kendall was quite forgettable but the other 4 were very good. Delighted Dara won though.

Bit surprised by Nick Mohammed's announcement, thought he'd be busy with other stuff after Ted Lasso