Streaming tip: YouTube Task Manager

Taskmaster is probably the funniest show to appear on British television in several years. On the format’s official YouTube channel, you can catch up on several seasons, legally and for free, as Greg Davies gives leading candidates impossible tasks.

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Taskmaster (United Kingdom)

At the beginning of 2020 we brought you the British Game Show “Task ManagerAs part of our broadcast tips, but a lot has happened since then. At that time ie only three seasons on The official YouTube channel of the show The entire 13 seasons plus bonus material such as interviews and bonus scenes have been online since last month. On UK TV on Channel 4, Series 15 ends next week…and there’s no end in sight.

But what does it all mean? The task-giver of the title is handsome comedian Greg Davies, who you can see from series like Man Down, Cuckoo and The Cleaner (UK) or from his Netflix special “You are a wonderful beast“You might know. In.”Task ManagerSays the show’s stern director dad, who, with the help of his loyal assistant, Little Alex Horn (who looks short compared to gigantic Davis, at 6’1″, invites five celebrities each season to show them weird and goofy, impossible, sometimes unfair, but often They are creative assignments they complete in pre-shoot segments weeks before the show on an estate not far from London.

The scope of tasks ranges fromShoot the best Taskmaster trailer“up”Eat most of the watermelonsorGive Taxmaster the best gift for £20” reach to “Build the best snowman (in summer)orTalk to this SwedeUnconventional solutions are usually welcomed, but sometimes the most beautiful moments are those of skillful failure…

The vigilant taskmaster, strangling his assistants, rates the efforts of the studio participants with a system of up to five points and asks his guests to perform a task live in front of the audience at the end of each broadcast. Prizes brought by the candidates themselves can be won according to a certain slogan, which leads to the first distribution of points for the show and from the “Bring the most unusual watches” reach to “Bring the best invention with you“It could be enough.

Among the many guests over the past 15 seasons are stars such as Romesh Ranganathan, Kathryn Ryan, Noel Fielding, Aisling Bea, Russell Howard, James Exeter, Jo Brand, Jo Lysette, Daisy Mae Cooper, Joz Khan, Ardalan O’Hanlon, Sarah Millican. David Padel, James Exter, or May Martin.

“Task ManagerIt was first broadcast on the BBC’s Dave station and was then taken over by Channel 4. The production has also spawned some international offshoots. For example in Norway, New Zealand and Australia. The US remake only lasted one season with little interest. But we want to especially thank RTL, which decided against the German version with Taskmaster Atze Schröder after the pilot, which was not broadcast …

here “Task ManagerSeason Trailer: