Taskmaster Series 11 Press Pack

Category: Press Pack

3 March 2021

The BAFTA-winning Taskmaster returns to the Channel 4 schedules this March with a brand new cast of hopefuls all keen as a condiment to win television’s most revered gong: a vague representation of Greg Davies’s head sprayed with gold paint.

Those contestants are: Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall.

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Alex Horne & Greg Davies

Where did the idea for Taskmaster come from? Alex: Eleven years ago, my wife and I had had a baby, so I didn’t go to Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in years. Tim Key won the comedy award and I was sat at home with the baby feeling very jealous, genuinely. So, I set up a show for the following

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Charlotte Ritchie

Were you a fan of the show before you signed up? Yeah, it’s great. I couldn’t believe I got asked to do it, I was so chuffed. Especially as I’m not a stand-up, I don’t write anything, so they’re taking a risk and I think they’ll see that they’ve taken a risk now that they’ve seen me in the studio

3 Mar 21 Press Pack Article

Jamali Maddix

Were you a fan of the show before you signed up? I knew the show. It’s been around for ages, it’s well known in the comedy community. It feels like jury service, you’re going to get the call sooner or later … I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I would be someone they would consider but when they offered

3 Mar 21 Press Pack Article

Lee Mack

Have you always been a fan of this show? It’s my children’s favourite show, it’s endlessly on our TV. I’ve been asked to do it before and haven’t been able to for a combination of reasons, but the kids begged me to do it: my son’s turning 16 this year so I have to do it while he’s still officially a

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Mike Wozniak

You’ve got a very long history with Taskmaster, haven’t you? I did the prototype, the Edinburgh Fringe version. It was a lot of fun and we didn’t know what we were doing. It was an era when most of us were stand-ups or doing sketch shows, scrounging around trying to get whatever live work we could

3 Mar 21 Press Pack Article

Sarah Kendall

Were you a fan of the show before you signed up? I did know about it and I’m into the fact that you do genuinely start caring about the outcome. You go into it sort of thinking, ‘Well, who cares if you can’t get a frozen banana into a bottle of lubricator’ and then by the end of the show you find