New line-up announced

The line-up has been announced for the 19th series of Taskmaster.

The contestants for the new run, coming soon to Channel 4, are:

Fatiha El-Ghorri

London-born Muslim comedian who comes from a Moroccan family. She started stand-up in 2015 and has appeared on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club, The Russell Howard Hour and last month’s edition of The Big Fat Quiz of Everything on Channel 4. In 2022 she was one of six comedian cast members on the second series of Dave’s survival-themed game show Outsiders, hosted by David Mitchell.

Jason Mantzoukas

American comedian and podcaster best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League and Jay Bilzerian in the Netflix animated series Big Mouth,  and as one of the three co-hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made? He also played Nadal in the Sacha Baron Cohen film The Dictator, and had recurring roles in Parks and Recreation (as Dennis Feinstein), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (as Adrian Pimento), and The Good Place.

Mathew Baynton 

Ghosts co-creator and star, who played dandyish poet Thomas Thorne in the hit BBC series, having previously created Horrible Histories and Yonderland with the same team. He was also the co-creator of the comedy-drama The Wrong Mans, starring alongside James Corden . Other major television roles include Deano in Gavin & Stacey, Spy, Simon in Peep Show and William Agar in Quacks.

Rosie Ramsey 

The podcaster wife of comedian Chris Ramsey, with whom she hosts the successful Shagged Married Annoyed podcast as well as their own BBC show. A former Butlins blue coat and Capital Radio presenter, her solo appearances include Michael McIntyre game show The Wheel, Would I Lie to You and the Strictly Come Dancing 2022 Christmas special, three years after he husband had been a contestant in the main show.

Stevie Martin 

Actor and podcaster who started in comedy at Durham University alongside Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar and then as part of the sketch group Massive Dad alongside Tess Coates and Liz Kingsman. She is now best known for online sketches, which have had more than 45million views. She was one of the newsreaders on Late Night Mash, appeared in one episode of Rose Matafeo romcom Starstruck and was in the supporting cast of the Emily Atack Show.

Greg Davies returns as Taskmaster with Alex Horne as its  faithful assistant.

Broadcast details have yet to be announced.

The original UK version of Taskmaster can now be seen in 120 countries, while the Taskmaster YouTube channel has  reached more than 1 billion impressions since its launch in October 2019

Executive producers: Alex Horne, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, James Taylor, Jon Thoday and Andy Devonshire
Series director: Andy Devonshir
Series producer: Andy Cartwright
Commissioned by: Channel 4's head of live events, Tom Beck

Published: 22 Jan 2025