Taskmaster star Alex Horne lands 'wildly inventive' new show putting public to task
Alex Horne is ready to give the public a taste of Taskmaster with new Channel 4 show Your Time Starts Now.
Alex Horne is launching a new Channel 4 show putting households across the UK to task.
The Taskmaster creator and star, who appears as Greg Davies' assistant on the hit show, has unveiled plans for new format Your Time Starts Now, which will feature members of the public as contestants.
As reported by Broadcast, a teaser reveals: "The show will feature five households from around the UK who must pull together as a team at home in order to tackle a host of fun, creative and head-scratching tasks as set by Alex Horne of Taskmaster fame...
"The random tasks are designed to require a combination of creativity, lateral thinking, speed, some general knowledge and, of course, teamwork.
"The ultimate aim and requirement is to stay in the game and keep playing, in the hope of beating the other households and getting the chance to win a cash prize."
Alex said he is "excited and intrigued to see" how things unfold.
He commented: "With Your Time Starts Now, I’m now excited and intrigued to see how the rest of the country can cope doing simple things under the pressure of time-constraints, dogged rivals and my own snarky gaze.
"Good luck, people of the UK. I shall be watching.”
Channel 4's Tom Beck described the new show as "wildly inventive, properly funny and rooted in real people being brilliant (and, occasionally, absolutely rubbish").
He added: "It’s an utterly distinctive celebration of British family life in all shapes and sizes, and I can’t wait see how our families get on as they try and tackle Alex and Andy’s ludicrous tasks.
"Why should comedians get all the fun?"
Channel 4 has also commissioned six further series of Taskmaster over three years, as well as New Year and Champion of Champion specials.
Tom said: "Taskmaster is the most creative, funny and frankly ludicrous show on telly; I’m delighted to enable their silly brilliance for another three years."
And Alex added: "I’m pleased and quite stressed that I’ve got to come up with a lot more tasks for a lot more comedians but the thought of three more years in Greg’s deep embrace is soothing my little head."
While Greg commented: "I am delighted the comedian meat grinder remains open for business. I look forward to gleefully keeping it fed with the help of a small, introverted man that I own.”
