{"id":348029,"date":"2026-03-26T01:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348029\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:45:12","slug":"taskmasters-new-series-confirms-return-date-and-its-really-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348029\/","title":{"rendered":"Taskmaster’s new series confirms return date \u2013 and it’s really soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taskmaster has confirmed when the new season will premiere \u2013 and fans won’t have too long to wait. As per tradition, the hit comedy series has already unveiled its star-studded line-up<\/a>, with the new episodes set to see a number of huge names compete.<\/p>\n

They are Hollywood star Kumail Nanjiani, The Thick of It’s Armando Iannucci, Gavin & Stacey’s Joanna Page, Last One Laughing UK star Amy Gledhill and The Masked Singer’s Joel Dommett.<\/p>\n

It’s now been confirmed that season 21 will debut on Thursday, 9 April at 9pm on Channel 4, while it will later stream on the Taskmaster YouTube channel globally at 10pm BST\/5pm EST\/2pm PST following the format change last season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While we’ll have to wait a few weeks to see what hilarious antics the contestants got up to, creator Alex Horne has teased a “never-before-seen”<\/a> show moment featuring Nanjiani.<\/p>\n

“There is a moment involving Kumail Nanjiani,” he recently told RadioTimes.com<\/a>. “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

“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.”<\/p>\n

Horne also revealed that Iannucci surprised him \u2013 but in a way that fans wouldn’t expect.<\/p>\n

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Channel 4<\/p>\n

“He’s a comedy legend and a very clever man, you’d think,” he noted. “Not on Taskmaster! It 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.”<\/p>\n

The last main season of Taskmaster was won by Maisie Adam, who is currently appearing in the second season of Last One Laughing UK alongside Gledhill.<\/p>\n

Taskmaster season 21 will premiere on Thursday, 9 April at 9pm on Channel 4, and will stream on the Channel 4 YouTube channel later.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taskmaster has confirmed when the new season will premiere \u2013 and fans won’t have too long to wait.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147144,184966,2115,184965,2117,156,2116,111,139,69,184964,437],"class_list":["post-348029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-taskmaster","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-74b87445-d6b4-45d8-aaea-4283971b5d96","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-locale-gb","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shorttitle-taskmasters-new-series-confirms-return-date-and-its-soon","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}