Taskmaster: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster who, with the help of his right-hand man, Alex, sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper competitive comedians through a series of ingenious challenges. With the chance to be crowned show champion, rivalry amongst the comedians is encouraged, dodgy tactics rewarded and bribes accepted.

Series details

• Title: Taskmaster
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2015-07-28
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 2955

Cast and credited roles

• Greg Davies — Taskmaster
• Alex Horne — Assistant

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-07-28; final listed air date 2015-09-01; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-06-21; final listed air date 2016-07-19; episode order: 5.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-10-04; final listed air date 2016-11-01; episode order: 5.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-04-25; final listed air date 2017-06-13; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2017-09-13; final listed air date 2017-11-01; episode order: 8.
• Season 6: premiered 2018-05-02; final listed air date 2018-07-04; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2018-09-05; final listed air date 2018-11-07; episode order: 10.
• Season 8: premiered 2019-05-08; final listed air date 2019-07-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 9: premiered 2019-09-04; final listed air date 2019-11-06; episode order: 10.
• Season 10: premiered 2020-10-15; final listed air date 2021-01-01; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 2021-03-18; final listed air date 2021-05-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2021-09-23; final listed air date 2022-01-01; episode order: 10.
• Season 13: premiered 2022-04-14; final listed air date 2022-06-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 14: premiered 2022-09-29; final listed air date 2023-01-01; episode order: 10.
• Season 15: premiered 2023-03-30; final listed air date 2023-06-01; episode order: 10.
• Season 16: premiered 2023-09-21; final listed air date 2024-01-02; episode order: 10.
• Season 17: premiered 2024-03-28; final listed air date 2024-05-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 18: premiered 2024-09-12; final listed air date 2024-12-29; episode order: 10.
• Season 19: premiered 2025-05-01; final listed air date 2025-07-03; episode order: 10.
• Season 20: premiered 2025-09-11; final listed air date 2026-01-03; episode order: 10.
• Season 21: premiered 2026-04-09; final listed air date 2026-06-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 22: premiered 2026-09-03; final listed air date 2026-10-08; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Taskmaster on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.