Taskmaster’s Alex Horne and Greg Davies

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We’re talking all things Taskmaster! The British game show in which comedians compete against each other through a series of odd, sometimes very funny, tasks. The show’s creator, Alex Horne, and his co-host, Greg Davies, join us to chat about some of their favorite past tasks, why most of the contestants are comedians, and how they come up with tasks for the show.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of Maximum Fun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:38.9	It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne. Imagine a TV show, a game show. A game show where the stakes could not be lower. There are no prizes to speak of. There are no rich guys who are going to invest in your smart coffee thermos or whatever.
0:47.9	And imagine a game show where each contestant could not be more invested in the outcome of the game. So invested, they will do anything to win. Make an eat an insane sandwich. Make a noise without the host identifying who you
0:57.9	are. Eat the most watermelon. Any dumb old thing. The show is called Taskmaster. It's a British show.
1:05.5	It airs on Channel 4 in the UK. Here in the United States, you can watch it on YouTube for free.
1:12.0	I've pretty much given you the premise of the show. You get a bunch of comedians together,
1:15.7	you assign them dumb tasks to do, and then the host decides who did the best job.
1:22.1	If you've heard of Taskmaster, odds are that you're part of the show's gigantic, passionate,
1:29.9	growing fan base in the United States.
1:31.2	Here is a story.
1:35.1	We did a live bullseye recording last year with Jason Manzuchus.
1:38.2	Jason, a very successful actor.
1:42.6	He's on Brooklyn Nine-N-Nine and The Good Place and the League and a bunch of other shows.
1:46.5	He also co-hosts a huge podcast called How Did This Get Made?
1:53.6	Wonderful Shell. None of those credits earned him as much applause as when I mentioned that he had just appeared in season 19 of Taskmaster, which had not aired yet. Our audience at LAist in Pasadena
2:00.7	absolutely lost their stuff.
2:06.0	Now, Taskmaster was created by Alex Horn.
2:09.6	He co-hosts the show with Greg Davies.
2:12.3	I could tell you more about them.
2:13.9	We have a lot to get into, though, with Alex and Greg.
2:16.0	So let's just do it.
2:17.4	The Taskmaster, lads, on into, though, with Alex and Greg. So let's just do it.
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