About TaskMaster.Info

Welcome to TaskMaster.Info, the online database of a Taskmaster obsessive!

I discovered the original British version of the show Taskmaster in 2018, and was hooked from the moment that I watched Romesh Ranganathan slam a watermelon into the floor and then try to choke himself with it.

My journey into the extended international Taskiverse began with the disappointing American adaptation, but then kicked into high gear once I watched the first season of the excellent Taskmaster NZ. Reassured that it was, in fact, possible to adapt the show in other countries without completely fucking it up, I searched desperately online for ways to watch the other international versions, but was generally only able to find short promotional clips on YouTube with no subtitles. I played 'guess what the task is' for a while, but it wasn't satisfactory.

And then I discovered the r/panelshow subReddit, and its commmunity of dedicated comedy panelshow fans who are willing to seek out - and, if necessary, translate, and subtitle non-English versions of - such shows in order to spread the joy. Once I knew it might be possible to watch all of the international versions of the Taskmaster franchise, I knew I would have to build a database to document them. Since February 2021, that's pretty much all I've been doing (apart from the day job), and the resulting fruit of that labour is what you're now looking at.

At the current time, the site has details of 9,708 attempts at 3,165 tasks, from 608 episodes, of 96 season or specials, of 16 shows, from the international Taskmaster franchise!

The database is by no means finished, of course. For starters, there are new seasons of multiple versions of the show anticipated in 2023 alone, and hopefully for many years beyond that! I will endeavour to keep it as up-to-date as is possible as we march forwards into the glorious and inevitable future of Taskmaster world domination. Apart from that, I haven't yet even added all of the details I originally aimed to include on all of the existing episodes. What you're seeing right now is just the bare bones.

Well, please do have a good poke around to find out more about all the wonderful (and a couple of less than wonderful) versions of my favourite TV show in the world. And follow me on my socials (see the footer for links) if you want to be kept apprised of any notable updates.

I've taken the liberty of imagining some questions you might have for me, and provided answers for them below. If you have questions which I have not already plucked from the very tip of your tongue, please do hit me up on the aforementioned socials, and I'll see what I can do.

QIPYMAs (Questions I Presume You Might Ask)

So, why didn't you just, like, become a contributor to the Taskmaster Wiki?

Hey, don't get me wrong, the Taskmaster Wiki is an awesome resource for Taskmaster fans. In fact, that's where I went for much of my information, in the early stages of this project. The people running that site are heroes, and they are welcome to re-use any of the information on this site to fill any gaps they might have over there. However, I dislike the fandom.com platform enough that I would not enjoy using it for this labour of love. Also, let's be honest, I wanted to do things my own way. This is my baby, and I want full control over how it looks and functions.

Why are there detailed records of task attempts for some episodes but not others?

Quite simply, because there are only 24 hours in a day, and I have a full-time job already. It's taken me about two years to build this site so far, and that's without the laborious process of describing every single attempt at every single task.

What's more - and I recognise that this is a great problem to have, as a Taskmaster fan - most of the time I do have to work on the site is spent keeping up with all of the new episodes that are coming out each year, and that's only going to become more challenging as additional countries start producing their own adaptations. Since I started building the site, four additional adaptations have been announced and/or started airing, and I'm pretty sure there will be more to come.

I'd love to have details of every single attempt in place, one day, and will continue to work on it, but it takes a lot of time. I'll post updates on my social media accounts as and when I finish adding the attempt records for additional episodes, so follow me on one of those platforms to hear about when your favourite one has been completed.

Also, if you'd like to help out with this Sisyphean task, just let me know through one of my social media accounts, and we can chat about it. A few people have already offered to help work on this apect of the site, and some of the fruits of their labours have now been published. All I can offer you in return is a writer's credit (with optional link), unfortunately, but if you have the time and inclination to contribute, we should talk.

Will you add my fan version of Taskmaster to your database?

That's unlikely, sorry. As noted above, I already have an awful lot of work left to do. Also - and please don't take this personally - I find it very hard to watch most fan versions of the format. I LOVE that people are into it enough to have a go at it themselves, but I find most iterations quite painful. The only exception to this so far has been the incredible Taskmaster Minnesota which, if you haven't already seen, you should go do so now. Now THAT's how you make a fan version! If I was to start adding fan-made shows to the database, Taskmaster MN would be at the top of the list. I like to pretend that it's the official US version.