Channel 10 is set launch Taskmaster, a new comedy game show on February 2.
Hosted by funnyman Tom Gleeson, 48, the new series will see a group of five comedians attempt to complete a series of challenges.
The Project’s Tom Cashman will co-star alongside Utopia’s Luke McGregor and Nina Oyama, children’s entertainer Jimmy Rees, and stand-up favourites Julia Morris and Danielle Walker.
Channel 10 is set launch Taskmaster, a new comedy game show on February 2. Pictured: host Tom Gleeson on the red carpet for the AACTA Awards in 2020
An hilarious new trailer reveals that fans can look forward to the contestants applying themselves to completing crazy challenges.
‘For those that take joy in seeing comedians humiliating themselves…good news, that’s kind of our whole deal,’ Gleeson says in the teaser.
Among the highlights featured in the preview are scenes of the cast struggling to sink a bowling ball sitting on a pontoon and floating in a lake – without getting wet.
At one point. McGregor is seen pitching bowling pins to knock the bowling ball into the water.
Pictured: Tom Gleeson and Tom Cashman (seated) and the cast of Taskmaster – Luke McGregor, Danielle Walker, Nina Oyama, Julia Morris and Jimmy Rees (lying down)
Meanwhile, Gleeson serves as the ‘taskmaster’, awarding points and judging the efforts of the comedians.
Based on a hit U.K. show, Variety Australia reports that the format has been sold to 12 countries including New Zealand, Sweden, and Denmark.
It also has a YouTube channel, an app and a board game.
The new serie will see a group of five comedians attempt to complete a series of hard-to-complete and silly challenges. Pictured: Utopia’s Luke McGregor in Taskmaster
A U.S. version, launched in 2018 by the Comedy Channel, failed to take off with viewers and was axed after one season.
It was later re-launched in 2020 on CW, but was pulled from the air after only one episode because of poor ratings.
Meanwhile, the U.K. version, hosted by creator Alex Horne and ‘taskmaster’ Greg Davies, is a hit with audiences and critics and has enjoyed 15 seasons on air.
Taskmaster will be seen on Channel 10’s main channel and 10Play.
Among the highlight’s featured in the preview are scenes of the cast struggling to sink a bowling ball sitting on a pontoon and floating in a lake – without getting wet (pictured)
Source: | Dailymail.co.uk
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