Greg Davies Says Taskmaster Feels Fresher After 21 Seasons with Joanna Page
joanna page gets a new bit of context from Taskmaster’s own hosts: Greg Davies says the show feels “a lot more fun now” after 21 seasons, while Alex Horne says they have simply learned how to do it over time. That lands after 11 years and more than 200 episodes, a run long enough to turn a panel format into a durable TV asset.
Greg Davies and Alex Horne
Davies said he does not feel stale or bored by the series, and he called it “as fresh as it ever was.” Horne took the same line from the other side of the desk, saying the pair used to think very carefully about what they were going to say when they went to Davies’s flat, but now trust their instincts much more.
That shift helps explain why the format has changed little while the show has kept expanding its audience. Davies said their roles have become organically defined, while Horne said they have worked out how to do it over the years. For a series built on repeating a structure, that kind of routine can be a liability; here, it has become the operating model.
Taskmaster at 21
Taskmaster has now reached its 21st season over 11 years and has aired more than 200 episodes. Davies said his line about running out of ideas for jokes and tasks was only a bit for the intro, and he pointed to Horne as the reason the show still feels elastic, saying Horne consistently generates ideas that are different and surprising.
Horne went even further back, saying the show “jumped the shark in episode one,” when early tasks included “do the biggest splat.” That line is the friction point in the story: the format has stayed almost the same, but the tasks and guests now arrive with bigger budgets and higher profile names than they did at the start.
Season 21 on YouTube
Season 21 is already available on the official YouTube channel outside the United Kingdom, while viewers in the United Kingdom can watch it on Channel 4. For anyone tracking whether a long-running entertainment format still has room to grow, the answer here is plain: the people making Taskmaster say the show’s repetition is exactly what has kept it lively.
