With Tim Key, John Oliver, Desiree Burch and others

Alex Horne will again appear alongside Taskmaster Greg Davies in his new Channel 4 programme, The Horne Section TV Show.

Also appearing in the programme, which makers Avalon describe as ‘unruly, ridiculous, and surprisingly satisfying’ will be Tim Key, and John Oliver, who is regular special guest – although their exact roles have not been announced.

Fellow comedian, and former Taskmaster contestant, Desiree Burch will Alex’s frustrated producer, Staged’s Georgia Tennant plays a Channel 4 executive and Camille Ucan (Lee and Dean) is the talk show’s researcher.

The show will also feature guest appearances from Martin Kemp, Big Zuu, Imogen Heap, Anneka Rice, and Dr Ranj Singh, Channel 4 has announced today.

And backing Horne in the band are Joe Auckland (trumpet and banjo), Mark Brown (saxophone and guitar), Will Collier (bass), Ben Reynolds (drums and percussion), Ed Sheldrake (keyboards).

The news comes ahead of the launch of series 14 of Taskmaster on Thursday next week featuring Dara O Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa and Sarah Millican as contestants.

An air date for The Horne Section TV Show has not yet been announced.

Made by: Avalon
Producer:  Matt Stronge
Director: Barbara Wiltshire
Executive producers:  Alex Horne, James Taylor, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner
Commissioned for Channel 4 by: Former head of comedy, Fiona McDermott and commissioning executive, Joe Hullait

Published: 21 Sep 2022