Transmission details for the festive Taskmaster specials have been revealed. Taskmaster Champion of Champions IV will air at 9pm, Monday 22nd December, while the two-part Taskmaster’s New Year Treat will air at 9pm Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd January on Channel 4. The shows will also air elsewhere globally on the Taskmaster YouTube Channel at 5pm EST/2pm PST following their UK premier.
TASKMASTER CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS:
There are now 20 Taskmaster Champions swanning about, revelling in the prestige of owning the coveted golden trophy that looks a tiny bit like the Taskmaster, Greg Davies. Only three of those winners can also claim to be Champion of Champions, but now a fourth name will be added to that elite list as the five most recent victors collide in a one-off epic battle to see who is best at poetic rodeo, bigging themselves up, and just generally being brilliant.
The five former champs greedy for more glory are: Andy Zaltzman, John Robins, Maisie Adam, Mathew Baynton and Sam Campbell, all of whom have made startling costume choices for their tilt at immortality. The fiendish tasks they attempt will of course be administrated by the world’s most efficient assistant, Alex Horne, while Greg Davies will hand down the judgements that will decide the fate of this fantastic fivesome.
TASKMASTER’S NEW YEAR TREAT:
Taskmaster’s annual new year celebration sees five brand new contestants from outside the world of comedy compete to win Greg Davies’s much-coveted golden eyebrows trophy.
For the first time ever, this Treat takes place over two episodes which means contestants have double the opportunity to impress Greg with their brilliance - and, conversely, double the possibility of making him really cross with their incompetence.
The five stout-hearted stars who believe they can take on the Taskmaster’s baffling tasks are: Big Zuu, Jill Scott, Sam Ryder, Susie Dent and Rose Ayling-Ellis. How will they fare when asked to prod a dangerous animal? What will they do when presented with a case of dice? And which one of them will spend twenty minutes sweating over a foot pump?
As ever, Alex Horne will bear witness to all their attempts, whether they are playing the glockenspiel or getting baffled by flags. He’ll feed all the relevant facts and figures back to Greg who will use his peerless judgement to award points to the contestants who are most deserving as the fearless five attempt to plot their way to new year glory.
