Taskmaster (Greg Davies sets some comedians daft challenges!)

Basq · 22-02-2018 09:21AM

^ Well, that's a mighty disappointing line-up.

Most underwhelmed I've been from a line-up so far!

EDIT: Very good news however..

https://twitter.com/davechannel/status/966583358867189762

Penn · 22-02-2018 10:22AM

I dunno, Tim Vine and Russell Howard at least should be quite good, and Liza Tarbuck might go a bit of a Mel Geidroyc route and be surprisingly alright. Never heard of the other two.

Still though, four more series' of ten episodes each? That's f*cking fantastic, and well deserved too.

Toto Wolfcastle · 22-02-2018 12:48PM

I think Alice Levine will be pretty good on it. I think it’s one of those shows where it doesn’t matter hugely what you think of the cast beforehand because you usually end up loving someone you thought you’d hate.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 22-02-2018 12:57PM

So no James acaster?

Penn · 22-02-2018 01:00PM

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

So no James acaster?

Article says he's likely in a future series. I'm guessing series 7. Chances are there'll be two series of Taskmaster this year, one in Spring and one in the Autumn, so he'll probably be in the one later this year.

Skid X · 22-02-2018 01:05PM

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

So no James acaster?

Not in Series 6, but they are probably filming more than one series at the moment.

Guy:Incognito · 23-02-2018 12:23AM

Filming for series 6 studio bits is 22nd - 28th March. Anyone know how soon after filming we saw previous series?

Did the American one air yet or what's the deal?

Basq · 26-03-2018 07:32PM

First trailer for US remake.. complete with * U.S Trailer Voice *..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_eYeParsRc

Starts April 27th... and looks all a bit meh!

EPAndlee · 26-03-2018 07:36PM

That looks really bad to be honest. Will probably be like the us inbetweeners

Penn · 26-03-2018 07:56PM

I actually quite liked the trailer and the p*sstake tone they took with it. Hard to see what way Reggie Watts will play it. Doubt he'll be emulating Greg Davis.

Ultimately, it all depends on the contestants, and from the look of that Ron Funches might make the whole thing worthwhile.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 26-03-2018 09:14PM

Penn wrote: »

I actually quite liked the trailer and the p*sstake tone they took with it. Hard to see what way Reggie Watts will play it. Doubt he'll be emulating Greg Davis.

Ultimately, it all depends on the contestants, and from the look of that Ron Funches might make the whole thing worthwhile.

Aye, only time will tell; bit too early to judge off the trailer, and Ron Funches automatically makes everything ten times better by his presence alone - that guy deserves so much more recognition...

Skid X · 10-04-2018 06:40PM

New Series of Taskmaster (UK) begins May 2nd!

Tim Vine

Liza Tarbuck

Russell Howard

Asim Chaudhry

Alice Levine

https://twitter.com/davechannel/status/983726150802427906

skipper_G · 10-04-2018 06:52PM

Great news! Russell Howard can be a bit preachy on his own show but he should be good on this. I know Liza & Tim as well, both should be decent enough. Can't say I know the other two. Looking forward to it, just a few weeks to wait

budhabob · 10-04-2018 06:55PM

skipper_G wrote: »

Great news! Russell Howard can be a bit preachy on his own show but he should be good on this. I know Liza & Tim as well, both should be decent enough. Can't say I know the other two. Looking forward to it, just a few weeks to wait

This is a weird show, the people I hate as stand ups (e.g. Al Murray) I've loved on this. Howard is someone similar, so hoping to his works well.

skipper_G · 10-04-2018 07:03PM

budhabob wrote: »

This is a weird show, the people I hate as stand ups (e.g. Al Murray) I've loved on this. Howard is someone similar, so hoping to his works well.

Yeah I totally get that as well, I think the format allows them to be natural and not trying to hit a punchline. That way we just see a bunch of people having a laugh at themselves doing silly things

Basq · 16-04-2018 08:03PM

"Taskmaster Lite" on BBC on Friday evening..

https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/gameshows/357035-button-new-game-show-creators-taskmater-arrives-bbc-one.html

Toto Wolfcastle · 29-04-2018 10:18PM

Watched Taskmaster US this evening and really enjoyed it. So much better than I expected it to be. It could be longer though.

The U.K. version is back this week.

Basq · 30-04-2018 08:41AM

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Watched Taskmaster US this evening and really enjoyed it. So much better than I expected it to be. It could be longer though.

Thought it was OK.. needed to be longer so was thankful for the 2 episodes.

Not a funny bunch particularly.. Horne's quips made me laugh most along with Ron Funches occassionally.

Lisa Lampinelli is truly despicable though!

skipper_G · 02-05-2018 12:34PM

The first episode is available for download on the UKTV player already

skipper_G · 02-05-2018 02:07PM

Watched the first episode, I like the balance of the group. A couple of creative attempts and a couple less so :pac:

Adamocovic · 02-05-2018 02:29PM

skipper_G wrote: »

Watched the first episode, I like the balance of the group. A couple of creative attempts and a couple less so :pac:

Will watch today, bit nervous as only one I really am aware of is Russel Howard, and I'm not a huge fan of his!

budhabob · 02-05-2018 03:11PM

Adamocovic wrote: »

Will watch today, bit nervous as only one I really am aware of is Russel Howard, and I'm not a huge fan of his!

That's the great thing about taskmaster, the people I dislike as standups etc have proved to be some of the best on this.

skipper_G · 02-05-2018 03:15PM

Adamocovic wrote: »

Will watch today, bit nervous as only one I really am aware of is Russel Howard, and I'm not a huge fan of his!

I know three of them, Russell Howard, Tim Vine & Liza Tarbuck. Howard is arguably the most high profile of them and some of his stand-up routine can be a bit preachy so I was wary of him but actually wasn't bad. I loved his use of

gin and fags in the wheelbarrow stunt task, it was just so unnecessary and random

Basq · 02-05-2018 09:57PM

I thought it was a padlock!

Degag · 04-05-2018 12:43AM

Have high enough hopes after the first episode. I like Liza Tarbuck already even after (i think) not seeing her in anything before.

I actually think the programme's biggest issue is coming up with "decent" tasks. I just thing that some of them are unimatinative at times especially compared to the early seasons. Smallish complaint though, still really enjoy it!!

Degag · 05-05-2018 09:51AM

Second episode is up on On Demand.

skipper_G · 05-05-2018 06:14PM

Degag wrote: »

Second episode is up on On Demand.

It wasn’t a great episode. I don't think I laughed out loud even once, just a few chuckles

skipper_G · 09-05-2018 11:12PM

Episode 3 is up on demand now

Edit: first task in and it's already the best episode so far

Basq · 11-05-2018 02:21PM

Episode 3 is best so far..

.. gotta say Alex Levine is turning into quite a delight.

The rest of them? Not so much.

loyatemu · 11-05-2018 02:53PM

you can never have too much Tim Vine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmoQA0nofY

Taskmaster (Greg Davies sets some comedians daft challenges!)

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