Taskmaster returns to Dave for a fourth series from Tuesday 25th April at 10pm with a fresh line-up of comedians, Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis, Noel Fielding, Mel Giedroyc and Joe Lycett. The new series of the hit show, recently nominated for the Broadcast Awards, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Chortle Awards and RTS Programme Awards, will also see BAFTA-nominated Greg Davies return as Taskmaster, with Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Alex Horne as his loyal assistant.
Taskmaster
In each series the Taskmaster and his loyal assistant judge the five new contestants as they compete against each other with creativity, cunning and genius in a series of stupefying tasks. Series one was won by Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan took home the series two crown, and Rob Beckett laughed his way to glory in series three. All series of Taskmaster are available to watch, for free at UKTV Play.
Taskmaster returns for its fourth series on Tuesday 25th April at 9pm on Dave, with the first episode available on UKTV Play from Tuesday 18th April. The fifth series of the hit show will air on Dave in the Autumn.
An Avalon Television production, series four and five of Taskmaster were commissioned by Hilary Rosen, Deputy Director of Commissioning at UKTV and ordered by Richard Watsham, Director of Commissioning, and Dave General Manager, Steve North. Executive Producers for the series are Alex Horne (who also devised the show), Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, James Taylor, Jon Thoday, and Andy Devonshire (The Apprentice and The Great British Bake Off), who also acts as series director, and Hilary Rosen for UKTV. Andy Cartwright is series producer.
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or Charlotte Robertshaw or Nathan Dean at Avalon: charlotter@avalonuk.com \ nathand@avalonuk.com \ 020 7598 7222
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Daves had a haircut and shave in recent years as it grows from awkward teenager to fully-fledged commissioner of new and original shows. And its not just comedy these days but entertainment and even some knock-out live sport. Hit UKTV Original commissions include Taskmaster, Dave Gorman Modern Life is Goodish, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and Crackanory, all laden with the biggest names in British comedy. Dave enjoyed critical success with two series of Hoff the Record, a mockumentary ensemble comedy led by the living legend David Hasselhoff.
As well as home-grown delights Dave also goes stateside, cherry-picking cult US Shows including the sharp-witted and sharp-suited Suits and much-loved Parks and Recreation along with Emmy-nominated The Last Man on Earth. This all contributed to Daves award win at the 2016 Broadcast Digital Awards for Best Entertainment Channel.
Dave is the UKs most watched non-PSB channel broadcasting to over 27 million people per month, and viewers continue to enjoy the ludicrously addictive American Pickers and UK remake of Storage Hunters. The channel continues to grow its original commissioning slate with political show Unspun With Matt Forde, Red Dwarf XI, Dara O Briains Go8Bit, fantasy comedy Zapped! and Celebrity Storage Hunters airing later this year.
About UKTV UKTV is the biggest multichannel broadcaster in the UK.
The award-winning independent has eleven imaginative brands - UKTV Play, Dave, W, Gold, Alibi, Yesterday, Drama, Really, Home, Eden and Good Food. These include the two most popular non-PSB channels in the UK and account for nearly 10% of the British commercial TV market. The companys most recent financial results showed record-breaking year-end revenue of £319m and EBITDA of £82m. It invested £148m in programming and related launches last year, and is becoming an increasingly significant investor in UK creativity.
UKTV has a truly innovative model, curating brand-defining commissions, high-profile acquisitions and the very best of BBC, alongside programmes originally shown on ITV and Channel 4. The network embraces technology to deliver inspired channels to audiences through Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat, Amazon Fire and UKTV Play, and distributes its highly valued original programmes to 200 territories.
Now celebrating over 20 years at the forefront of digital television, UKTV - an independent commercial joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (SNI) - is proud to be the only British television broadcaster in The Sunday Times top 100 companies list.
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About Avalon Television Taskmaster is produced in the UK by Avalon Television for UKTVs Dave. Avalon Television is a completely independently owned production house operating out of New York, Los Angeles and London. Avalon Television are currently in production with: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), Not Going Out (BBC One), Catastrophe (Channel 4), Russell Howards Stand Up Central (Comedy Central UK), Russell Howard & Mum: USA Road Trip (Comedy Central UK), Man Down (Channel 4), The Chris Ramsey Show (Comedy Central UK), Adam DeVines House Party (Comedy Central USA), Unspun With Matt Forde (Dave) and Workaholics (Comedy Central USA).
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Taskmaster returns to Dave for a fourth series from Tuesday 25th April at 10pm with a fresh line-up of comedians, Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis, Noel Fielding, Mel Giedroyc and Joe Lycett. The new series of the hit show, recently nominated for the Broadcast Awards, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Chortle Awards and RTS Programme Awards, will also see BAFTA-nominated Greg Davies return as Taskmaster, with Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Alex Horne as his loyal assistant.
