Greg Davies and Alex Horne say Taskmaster 'feels a lot more fun now'

Taskmaster has just wrapped its 21st season over the course of 11 years, amassing over 200 episodes while keeping the show's format largely unchanged. The budget has grown, apparent in higher-profile guests and more elaborate tasks, but the core approach was set early on.

In a remote interview, the pair were asked what has changed behind the scenes that viewers might not notice. Horne said they have simply "worked out how to do it over the years." "I used to go to Greg's flat," he added. "We used to think about it very carefully, about what we're going to say, we'd worry about it.

Whereas now, we take it as seriously, but we trust our instincts much more. I think we know how to be funny and how to have fun with it." Davies said their "roles have become organically defined, rather than in those first few seasons — sorry, series — when we sat down and decided what the dynamics should be and how we should respond.

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