{"id":472744,"date":"2026-06-11T22:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/472744\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:34:11","slug":"taskmaster-confirms-brand-new-lineup-of-contestants-for-next-series-with-peep-show-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/472744\/","title":{"rendered":"Taskmaster confirms brand-new lineup of contestants for next series \u2013 with Peep Show icon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lineup for Taskmaster season 22 has been announced, and what a lineup it is. A new group of comedians will be put to the test by Greg Davies and Alex Horne to achieve the title of Taskmaster Champion, and there’s a few very familiar faces. <\/p>\n

Joining the show will be British comedy legends such as Matt Lucas (Little Britain), Isy Suttie (Peep Show), Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd), Chloe Petts (Have I Got News For You), and Nina Conti (Sunlight).<\/p>\n

In March, series creator and co-host Horne revealed that the filming for the 22nd season was almost complete, even teasing a potential Oscar winner in a future season<\/a>. However, there has been no official confirmation on when we could expect the newest season. <\/p>\n

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This latest series isn’t the only one with an impressive lineup, with the current season 21 cast including Eternals’ Kumail Nanjiani, Gavin & Stacey’s Joanna Page, The Masked Singer’s Joel Dommett, Last One Laughing UK’s Amy Gledhill, and The Thick of It’s Armando Iannucci.<\/p>\n

In true Taskmaster fashion, the series has been a hilarious chaos, with one episode seeing Page’s “soul-destroying” incident<\/a> involving a gymnastics trick. <\/p>\n

In episode 2, titled Leg Up, Johnny!, the actor quizzed Alex on whether he could do a handstand, to which he asked: “No, can you?”<\/p>\n

Confident in her ability and Alex’s offering to learn, Page attempted to perform a handstand, but before doing so, she added: “I don’t even know if I can genuinely do a handstand now. I’m 48 and I’ve had four children.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Taskmaster’s Greg Davies on what Alex Horne does that “annoys” him<\/a><\/p>\n

However, the attempt ended with her almost face-planting the floor, as she exclaimed: “It’s not possible!” leaving the cast and audience in fits of laughter. <\/p>\n

Prior to the show’s airing, Page told Alex Jones and Clara Amfo on The One Show that she was fairly confident in her ability, saying: “Well, I’ve always done gymnastics, I’ve always done dance and I say, ‘Yeah, I’m going to do a handstand,’ and they say, ‘Are you sure? Are you alright?’ And I say, ‘Of course I’m alright, I can do a handstand’.<\/p>\n

“Boom straight into it. I realise I have no upper body strength anymore and I just went boom straight into the ground. <\/p>\n

“It was quite soul-destroying, but I had to deal with it, move on. It was Taskmaster, you have to deal with the situation, and you just get on with it.”<\/p>\n

Taskmaster is available to watch on Channel 4.<\/p>\n

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