Taskmaster

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Season 9 contestants revealed!

Spoiler

David Baddiel

Ed Gamble

Jo Brand

Katy Wix

Rose Matafeo

 

[Chris2K]

Baddiel and Brand should be amazing and I've always liked Katy Wix in her sitcoms and sketches so it'll be fun to see her in a new context.

I feel like I know the other two from somewhere, but I'm sure they'll be good. Really looking forward to this one.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

That is a fantastic line-up.

[K]

21 hours ago, Chris2Kay said:

Baddiel and Brand should be amazing and I've always liked Katy Wix in her sitcoms and sketches so it'll be fun to see her in a new context.

I feel like I know the other two from somewhere, but I'm sure they'll be good. Really looking forward to this one.

Rose Matefeo is a stand up comedian. She's very good. She's alsoJames Acasters ex.  She's been on hypothetical and a few other things. 

Ed Gamble was on one of the very early Brit comedy podcasts in the massive wake of the Ricky Gervais podcast. It was called the Peacock and Gamble podcast. He seemed to disappear for a few years while he lost an incredible amount of weight, then came back super hench. He's been on Roast Battle, Hypothetical, a bunch of other stuff and currently hosts the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster.

[FestiveJack]

He's basically as close to a Mock the Week regular you can get as well now.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

New season soon?! 

[theshadow]

Announced as returning Wednesday, September 4.

[K]

The first episode was amazing. loved the new cast. haven't seen the second one yet.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Second is brilliant.

Spoiler

The team task is ridiculous and I loved it all.

 

[K]

does anyone in the UK want a copy of Alex Horne's Word Watching book? It's been sitting on my office's free bookshelf for weeks and I feel bad for it.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Really enjoying this series, David Baddiel and Jo Brand are brilliantly absurd.

Hoping Ed Gamble gets the win.

[K]

UKTV  and Avalon are understood to have reached an impasse over the future of  Taskmaster  – with other broadcasters thought to be eying Dave’s hit format.  
  There is industry speculation that  Channel 4  is “actively engaged” in early-stage talks with the production company about picking up the five-year old show if an agreement with UKTV cannot be reached.  
    ITV  has also made no secret of its admiration for the innovative format, which has spawned a number of international remakes and won best entertainment programme at the Broadcast Awards 2018.  
  Both terrestrial channels are known to covet the format, which has generated audiences of up to 1.5m this year and accounts for the channel’s 15 top-performing shows.  
  The show, fronted by Greg Davies and co-creator Alex Horne, has run for nine series on Dave but no agreement has been reached ahead of this Wednesday’s conclusion of the current run, the last of a two-year, four-series deal.  
  “It’s a huge hit on the channel but UKTV can’t accept that it needs to re-negotiate properly,” said an industry source. “Independent production companies have to make money out of shows when they’re hits, otherwise they can’t keep going.”  

[Chris2K]

That's a bugger, it's on a real roll at the moment. On the flip side a delay might help Alex/Tim and the rest come up with new ideas for tasks, and a bigger budget would be interesting for both contestants and tasks.

[K]

UKTV must be out of their minds if they don't try and keep this show. It's the only thing they have.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Yeah, if I were them I'd throw money at it, it's the best original they've had in a good while.

I'm gonna guess with the next season up in the air that we won't find out the next set of contestants post-final like last time.

[Chris2K]

This might just be more on that same report, but it looks like this is going to be the last series on UKTV:

https://tbivision.com/2019/11/01/exclusive-avalon-pulls-taskmaster-from-uktv-as-channel-4-circles/

I'm watching the past series on UKTV Play at the moment so I'd better get them finished quickly.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Thinking Ed Gamble will win this series but if either Katy, Rose or Jo (unlikely) win, we could see a Champions of Champions with at least 4 women competing. I would love that.

[Chris2K]

No post-credit scene/announcement as expected so I guess we just wait and see.

I also wonder if we'll see a second Champions series after a tenth series if it moves channel, it would almost seem like a new timeline for the show.

[Chris2K]

Now the BBC seem to be the leading candidates to win the battle.

It says something about a show when literally every broadcaster in the country is fighting to get it.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Channel 4 are the new home, as tweeted by Alex Horne.