{"id":367520,"date":"2026-03-27T05:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/367520\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T05:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:50:15","slug":"channel-4-confirms-taskmaster-return-date-as-beloved-comedy-gears-up-for-21st-series-and-there-isnt-long-to-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/367520\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 confirms Taskmaster return date as beloved comedy gears up for 21st series – and there isn’t long to wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Channel 4<\/a>\u00a0has revealed when Taskmaster will be back on screens as the beloved comedy returns for series 21.<\/p>\n

Greg Davies and Alex Horne are welcoming five new famous faces hoping to win the famed Taskmaster trophy.<\/p>\n

Namely, they are Amy Gledhill, Armando Iannucci, Joanna Page, Joel Dommett<\/a>\u00a0and Kumail Nanjiani.<\/p>\n

Viewers do not have long to wait, as series 21 launches\u00a0at 9pm on Thursday, April 9 at 9pm on Channel 4.<\/p>\n

As well as this, worldwide viewers on Taskmaster’s YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel will be able to tune in from 10pm.<\/p>\n

Previous winners include Bob Mortimer<\/a>, Katherine Ryan<\/a>, Rob Beckett and Noel Fielding<\/a>\u00a0to name a few.<\/p>\n

\"Channel <\/p>\n

Channel 4 has confirmed when Taskmaster will be back on screens for series 21 – with stars Greg Davies and Alex Horne welcoming give new faces<\/p>\n

\"Hoping <\/p>\n

Hoping to win the Taskmaster trophy are Joel Dommett, Amy Gledhill, Kumail Nanjiani, Joanna Page and Armando Iannucci<\/p>\n

Speaking previously to Radio Times<\/a>, Taskmaster creator and co-host Alex Horne gave an insight into what to expect.<\/p>\n

He said: ‘There is a moment involving Kumail Nanjiani.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I don’t want to give much away, but he gives a lot away about what he does by himself in his hotel room. So that’s what you’ve got to tune in for.’<\/p>\n

Alex added: ‘He surprised himself by what he revealed, and I was sat next to him, and it’s a big moment. It’s a never-before-seen Taskmaster moment.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he also revealed how a particular series 21 contestant ultimately surprised him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alex explained of Armando Ianucci: ‘He’s a comedy legend and a very clever man, you’d think.<\/p>\n

‘Not on Taskmaster!\u00a0It turns out Armando is an idiot, which is so nice to [know].<\/p>\n

‘I found him quite daunting to meet and work with, but within five minutes, you realise he’s the same as everyone else. He crumbles under pressure,’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Series 20 saw Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith and Sanjeev Bhaskar take part.<\/p>\n

During this run, horrified viewers branded a challenge\u00a0‘the most disgusting and disturbing thing they’ve ever seen on TV’.<\/a><\/p>\n

The bizarre objective\u00a0that the stars were given was identifying hidden objects behind a wall, using just one of their senses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They read out: ‘Identify Alex’s things. You may only use one sense. If you choose hearing, you get five points per item.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Smell – you get four points, taste is three points, touch is two points, sight is one point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The highest total score wins. You have a maximum of 10 minutes. Your time starts as soon as you have decided which sense you will be using.<\/p>\n

‘I am looking for an adjective and a noun.’\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sanjeev went for hearing, Ania went with smell,\u00a0Maisie and Reece went with taste, and Phil went with touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"'Horrified' <\/p>\n

‘Horrified’ Taskmaster viewers have branded a series 20 challenge ‘the most disgusting and disturbing thing they’ve ever seen on TV’ – and raged that Channel 4 ‘should have cut it from the episode’<\/p>\n

This meant that Maisie and Reece had to put their tongue through a hole in a cardboard wall, and had to put a frozen sock, wet teeth and yogurt in their mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many went to X, formerly known as Twitter, were shocked that they had to do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Reece and Maisie licking wet human teeth in a bowl is one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen on #Taskmaster – and that’s saying something!’<\/p>\n


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‘That task was the most disturbing thing I\u2019ve ever seen #taskmaster.’<\/p>\n

‘Just watched someone lick a bowl of human teeth. Ah yes taskmaster the silly game show #taskmaster.’<\/p>\n

‘This is so gross but Reece saying fury hole has me cackling.’<\/p>\n

‘Gross…\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My god watching Maisie and Reece doing that task was horrifying.’<\/p>\n

‘I was going to take it back but no… this is STILL the round they should have deleted.’<\/p>\n

Maisie, 32, who is now appearing on Last One Laughing series two, emerged as the winner after defeating Ania and Phil in a tie-breaker.<\/p>\n

Taskmaster airs on Channel 4 and is available to stream on channel4.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Channel 4\u00a0has revealed when Taskmaster will be back on screens as the beloved comedy returns for series 21.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1795,539,93,61,60,27070,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-367520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-channel-4","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-joel-dommett","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}