{"id":490291,"date":"2026-03-23T03:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490291\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T03:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:31:17","slug":"taskmaster-return-date-revealed-for-21st-series-on-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490291\/","title":{"rendered":"TASKMASTER RETURN DATE REVEALED FOR 21st SERIES ON CHANNEL 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dEt5S sjVPj _3kxAM nEzPS\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-93acz17538\">It has been revealed which five brand-new stout-hearted contestants are set to grasp the opportunity to impress the mighty Taskmaster Greg Davies, under the vigilant observation of Little Alex Horne, in series 21 of the International Emmy nominated, and BAFTA and Rose D\u2019Or winning show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d56877_2dde125272ee4aa6a5d009dcc6e2ca3f~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvzoneuk.com\/post\/taskmaster-series21-launchdaterep1\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/d56877_2dde125272ee4aa6a5d009dcc6e2ca3f~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1280,h_720,al_c,q_85\/d56877_2dde125272ee4aa6a5d009dcc6e2ca3f~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"dEt5S sjVPj _3kxAM nEzPS\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-djqdk17550\">The fearless five who have signed up to leave all dignity at the door and demonstrate their nerve, cunning, and dexterity are: Comedian, actor and writer Amy Gledhill; BAFTA and Emmy award winning writer, director, and broadcaster Armando Iannucci; Presenter, broadcaster and actress Joanna Page; Comedian and presenter Joel Dommett; and Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated writer, actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dEt5S sjVPj _3kxAM nEzPS\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-bw94u18196\">Each of these competitors will step forward with a healthy mix of respect, fear and a keen desire to lay claim to Greg\u2019s golden head, struck in what is potentially 24-carat gold, and become the next Taskmaster Champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dEt5S sjVPj _3kxAM nEzPS\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-jtpa117604\">Series 21 of Taskmaster begins Thursday 9th April on Channel 4 (via British Comedy Guide).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been revealed which five brand-new stout-hearted contestants are set to grasp the opportunity to impress the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-490291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}