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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Taskmaster - What They Never Told You

Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll review – Taskmaster star’s endearing, earthy tour of the East End

The comic delivers candid gags about her life and neighbourhood with choice descriptions and brutal punchlines

The Guardian - UK

Taskmaster Is One Of My Favorite Shows. Now I Need More Americans To Watch It

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Cinemablend

Phil Ellis: Bath Mat review – Taskmaster goof celebrates his midlife failures

The northerner finds the funny in banalities with this raucous compendium of all-in-it-together bants

The Guardian - UK

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Channel 4 boss Ian Katz resigns after nine years

His tenure saw Channel 4 deliver ratings hits such as The Piano, It’s A Sin, Big Boys, and Help

The Independent UK

Ian Katz stepping down as chief content officer of Channel 4

The man credited with bringing Taskmaster to the channel will leave his post in October.

Evening Standard

Aisling Bea review – glamourpuss meets accidental mum in a scatty show that revels in immaturity

The sitcom star and Taskmaster stalwart is on commanding form as she embarks on Older Than Jesus, her first – and deeply daft – standup tour

The Guardian - UK

Taskmaster star Greg Davies to host the Bafta Television Awards 2026

‘I will do everything I can to ensure it’s a night of warm celebration for all,’ says the 57-year-old

The Independent UK

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TV tonight: get ready to scream at the screen through The Traitors final

It may not have lived up to its celebrity offspring, but this season has offered brightness in the January gloom. Plus, David Baddiel meets Wilfred the ugly cat. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: David Baddiel gives cats the television show they deserve

The comedian goes paddleboarding with Bongo the tabby in a surprisingly moving new series. Plus, an ‘educational’ Taskmaster spin-off. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Taskmaster fans go wild over ‘genius’ lineup featuring Gavin and Stacey legend plus Kumail Nanjiani

Actors will be joined by ‘The Thick Of It’ creator Armando Iannucci and more

The Independent UK

Schedule some laughs: The best comedy shows to see in 2026

The unmissable comedy tours you really should book now or risk missing out on big laughs this coming year

Evening Standard

The best comedy on TV this Christmas

Here are the best comedy shows to keep you chuckling despite being with your family

Evening Standard

I tried using NotebookLM’s new AI Video Overviews and ended up with some usefully informative, but rather dull PowerPoint presentations

NotebookLM's Video Overviews are useful but somewhat dull.

TechRadar

Taskmaster viewers left shaken by moment they didn’t think could be ‘legally broadcast’

Viewers were left shook at the moment which involved Mathew Baynton, a pair of shoes and some yoghurt

The Independent UK

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Taskmaster needs to end before we all grow sick of it

STATE OF THE ARTS: The quirky comedy game show has been one of British TV’s great modern success stories. But Louis Chilton reckons the only way to go is down

The Guardian - AU

Tom Cashman: ‘Danny Bhoy thinks I’m still mad about Space Invaders. I really hope he reads this’

The comedian and host of Taskmaster Australia on athletics, germs and the skit that was ‘too sexual’ to air

The Independent UK

Taskmaster viewers stunned as Brooklyn Nine-Nine star joins season 19 cast

The casting has been called ‘inspired’

The Guardian - UK

Rose Matafeo: ‘When you walk into a pub quiz and see a table of old geezers, you’re screwed’

The Kiwi comedian on Junior Taskmaster, her love of games, and her bizarre childhood Christmases featuring… the lollyman

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Total Film

The new Marvel Thunderbolts trailer has fans convinced that one of the characters dies early on in the movie

Is Taskmaster a goner?

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Until I Kill You; The Day of the Jackal; Junior Taskmaster; Asia – review

Anna Maxwell Martin and Shaun Evans grip in an edgy true crime drama; Eddie Redmayne’s suave lone assassin meets his match; Junior Taskmaster is a chip off the old block. Plus, sea bunnies with David Attenborough

The Guardian - UK

Alex Horne: ‘When Liverpool score I nod. With Chesham, I punch the air’

Taskmaster star and Chesham United director shares his passion for the social side of non-league football as his club prepare for Lincoln in the FA Cup

Evening Standard

Taskmaster: The Live Experience review – getting to have a go at the gameshow phenomenon is a delight

The set and props from the global hit show have been lovingly recreated for fans to enjoy the challenges for themselves

The Guardian - UK

‘I will be hunted down for my Taylor Swift jokes!’ Rose Matafeo on her scary return to standup

She won comedy’s top award, reinvented the romcom and now hosts Junior Taskmaster. So why does the New Zealand comic need Buddhist podcasts to get through the day?

The Guardian - UK

Count the bounces! Balance the egg! Can Taskmaster triumph as a live experience?

Playing gimcrack games and being teased by Greg Davies’ digital avatar in a facsimile of the Taskmaster house will delight fans of the TV show – once the kinks are ironed out

WhatToWatch

How to watch Taskmaster season 18 online and from anywhere

If it's worth doing at all, it probably isn't on this show. The art of the inane as television gold. Here's how you can watch Taskmaster season 18 online anywhere in the world...

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