Taskmaster (New Zealand TV series)
Taskmaster New Zealand (also known as Taskmaster or Taskmaster NZ) is a New Zealand comedy panel game show, first broadcast in 2020 on TVNZ 2. The format for the show was created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 and was subsequently developed into a successful UK television show in 2015.
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| Also known as | Taskmaster (seasons 1–3) |
| Genre | Comedy, panel game |
| Created by | Alex Horne |
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| Directed by | Andy Robinson & Tom Furniss |
| Presented by | Jeremy Wells |
| Starring | Paul Williams (assistant) |
| Theme music composer | The Horne Section |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Running time | 44 minutes |
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| Network | TVNZ 2 |
| Release | 21 October 2020 – present |
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| Taskmaster (British TV series) | |
Following the format of the original British version, the show consists of five contestants who compete in a series of strange and unusual tasks to gain points from the Taskmaster, Jeremy Wells, administered by his assistant, comedian Paul Williams.
Taskmaster New Zealand is produced for TVNZ with support from NZ On Air. The first series was broadcast in the autumn and summer of 2020, while the second series was broadcast in the winter of 2021, the third in winter 2022, and the fourth in winter 2023. Funding for a fifth series was announced in November 2023, for 2024 broadcast.