The first series proved a success that led to additional series being commissioned over the course of five years the involvement of comedian Frank Skinner as a contestant in the first series, at Horne's request, also helped to entice other comedians to take part in the programme. Rosen later determined the show should be arranged in an order, pointing out that "this was a show you record and transmit in the same order".
After the pilot was aired, a series of six episodes was commissioned though intended to be shown in any order.
The pilot premiered on 19 September 2014, and proved a success with viewers. One plan for the programme was for Davies to use a cane with a golden "T" on the base, but this was later dropped. Another problem with the format of Horne's concept was that shooting a traditional pilot became implausible, despite studio segments having no issues being tested. Horne assured Rosen that the programme was not like a traditional panel show but "more like a sitcom", to account for the involvement of the same group of contestants who would appear across a series. However the channel's Deputy Director of Commissioning at the time, Hilary Rosen, was concerned with the structure of the show. British television channel Dave took interest in the idea and bought the rights to it, with comedian Greg Davies recruited to help present the programme alongside Horne. īoth stage shows proved a success with their audiences, leading Horne to recruit production company Avalon to help produce an adaptation of his concept for television before pitching his idea to several different broadcasters. In 2011, Horne conducted another stage show titled "Taskmaster II", with ten contestants tackling tasks. Mike Wozniak won the first Taskmaster competition. Horne then presented their efforts as part of a two-hour show titled "The Task Master", at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe which focused on demonstrating the differing attempts by the contestants before revealing who won based on their performances. In 2009, 20 comedians including Stuart Goldsmith, Josie Long, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Joe Wilkinson and Mike Wozniak, received monthly tasks by email over the course of a year stipulating a variety of tasks. The original concept of the programme took place over the course of two years. Taskmaster was the brainchild of comedian Alex Horne whose idea was inspired by The Crystal Maze, his work for Big Brother, and his envy of his close friend Tim Key winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009. During the COVID-19 pandemic Horne hosted #HomeTasking, a series of tasks for people to film in their own homes for each task, a montage of attempts was posted on YouTube that featured Davies awarding points to his favourite entries. Taskmaster proved a success on British television, spawning a tie-in board game, two books, and leading to the creation of international versions of the programme in Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Finland, the United States, New Zealand, Croatia, Portugal and Quebec (as of 2022). After the ninth series in 2019, the programme was acquired by Channel 4 who commissioned six new series to be broadcast over the following three years. The concept for the programme was first created by Horne for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 he later secured a deal with Dave to adapt it for television with the first episode premiering in 2015. In the programme a group of five celebrities – mainly comedians – attempt to complete a series of challenges, with Horne acting as umpire in each challenge and Davies judging the work and awarding points based on contestants' performances. Taskmaster is a British comedy panel game show created by comedian and musician Alex Horne and presented by both Horne and Greg Davies.
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