[TV] Taskmaster 4 new series commissioned

[Postman Pat]

Was in tears last night with the treasure hunt task.

Guantanamo Bay....

 

[marcos3263]

I loved the fact they just made themselves a cup of tea!

 

[Munkfish]

Last night had me im stitches.

Dont think ive laughed at a taskmaster episode since Bob Mortimer was on there.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I'm looking forward to watching this tonight on catch-up. Baddiel, Brand and Wix have disaster written all over them.

 

[schmunk]

I'm looking forward to watching this tonight on catch-up. Baddiel, Brand and Wix have disaster written all over them.

Is that one of the tasks?

 

[Postman Pat]

Confirmed moving to Channel 4.

Channel 4 has nabbed British entertainment format Taskmaster – the highest profile channel swap for a show since The Great British Bake Off moved from the BBC to C4.

The network has handed the Avalon Television-produced series a six season deal across three years and will launch episodes in 2020.

Creator Alex Horne said, “We’ve had an amazing nine series on Dave and I’d like to thank UKTV for letting us do such ridiculous things for so long. Greg and I are looking forward to getting started on a new series for Channel 4 from next year. It seems like the right time to move to a channel with a broader audience and I can reassure people who like the show that it won’t be changing one bit and I’ll still be forced to do things no one should ever have to do.”

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I really hope they leave it alone, the current format works.

https://deadline.com/2019/11/channe...er-from-uktv-with-six-season-deal-1202792786/

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Confirmed moving to Channel 4.

Channel 4 has nabbed British entertainment format Taskmaster – the highest profile channel swap for a show since The Great British Bake Off moved from the BBC to C4.

The network has handed the Avalon Television-produced series a six season deal across three years and will launch episodes in 2020.

Creator Alex Horne said, “We’ve had an amazing nine series on Dave and I’d like to thank UKTV for letting us do such ridiculous things for so long. Greg and I are looking forward to getting started on a new series for Channel 4 from next year. It seems like the right time to move to a channel with a broader audience and I can reassure people who like the show that it won’t be changing one bit and I’ll still be forced to do things no one should ever have to do.”

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I really hope they leave it alone, the current format works.

https://deadline.com/2019/11/channe...er-from-uktv-with-six-season-deal-1202792786/

It is a shame that smaller channels do all the work to make a series a hit and then C4 swoop in and chuck money at it. Perhaps if they concentrated on making their own programmes better, they could save themselves a few quid.

 

[SAC]

I think Taskmaster is the only thing I have ever watched on Dave. Had to set to video each week otherwise I would have forgotten it was there, in fact as there are so many adverts, I would have recorded it anyway. Looking forward to the next series, will be hard to better Brand and Baddiel though.

There could be lots of decent stuff on Dave but I never think to look there.

 

[clapham_gull]

It is a shame that smaller channels do all the work to make a series a hit and then C4 swoop in and chuck money at it. Perhaps if they concentrated on making their own programmes better, they could save themselves a few quid.

Well the production company have done most the work, it's made by Avalon. That's the way many programmes are made these days, even the BBC are making them for other channels. Graham Norton on the BBC is made by ITV.

As for the UKTV channels being "smaller" they are owned by the BBC.

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[clapham_gull]

.. as for Channel 4 concentrating on making better programmes they don't actually make any.

They are all made by independent producers.

All Avalon have done is find a customer willing to pay more for THEIR programme.

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[Stat Brother]

As good a place as any:-

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[Robot Chicken]

My favourite moment is Rhod's creepy video of Greg. Comedy gold.

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

 

[Stat Brother]

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[Dick Swiveller]

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Herring finally moaned his way on then. Nice. Never heard of the other guy though who isn't Vegas though.

Did see an article yesterday saying 95% of the tasks were filmed pre-Covid but some of the team tasks and all of the studio recordings will be socially distanced.

 

[A1X]

Ridiculously excited about this

 

[Stato]

Whenever the 'What would be your ideal Taskmaster line up?' conversation has come up, my answer has always been 'Johnny Vegas and four other people''. The most excited I've been about a series since Bob Mortimer was on. Herring has been desperate to play and should win, but having seen both Greg Davies and Alex Horne on RHLSTP, I'm fairly sure that they know how much fun there is to be had in making sure that he doesn't.

 

[Music City Gull]

They’ve been uploading an episode a week on YouTube during the shutdown so we in the states can watch it. So far they’ve just finished uploading the final from season 6. IMO all of them have been great except for season 6, but I’m pretty much anxiously awaiting the seasons with Rhod and Acaster as I think they’re two of the funniest people on the planet. I wish Richard Ayoede would do it because not only is he intelligent but he quietly a very good athlete.

 

[Stato]

They’ve been uploading an episode a week on YouTube during the shutdown so we in the states can watch it. So far they’ve just finished uploading the final from season 6. IMO all of them have been great except for season 6, but I’m pretty much anxiously awaiting the seasons with Rhod and Acaster as I think they’re two of the funniest people on the planet. I wish Richard Ayoede would do it because not only is he intelligent but he quietly a very good athlete.

6 was the weakest series. You have a treat to come with 7.Ayoade has previously said that he'd like to do it. I think that he had to turn down a previous series because of scheduling commitments for 'Travel Man'. I've read that they have already filmed some tasks for Series 11, so there is a hope that he may be one of the contestants for that one.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Sara Pascoe is filth!

 

[Music City Gull]

6 was the weakest series. You have a treat to come with 7.Ayoade has previously said that he'd like to do it. I think that he had to turn down a previous series because of scheduling commitments for 'Travel Man'. I've read that they have already filmed some tasks for Series 11, so there is a hope that he may be one of the contestants for that one.

I am now through episode 9 (just posted today on YouTube) of the 7th season. I don’t want Rhod and Acaster out of my life when episode 10 posts next Thursday. I’ve loved several of the seasons but this one is special to me. Can’t wait to catch up on the following seasons. I’m going to now have to go back and listen to the Acaster Christmas special podcast with Greg Davies as they referred to taskmaster a bunch and I didn’t understand some of it.