Revealed: Who's in series 2 of Taskmaster | Comics try to impress Greg Davies © UKTV Gold

Revealed: Who's in series 2 of Taskmaster

Comics try to impress Greg Davies

The contestants have been announced for the second series of Taskmaster.

Jon Richardson, Richard Osman, Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan and Doc Brown are the comedians who will be set challenges by Greg Davies.

And Alex Horne, who also devised the show, will again be keeping score when the show returns to. Dave later this year.

Taskmaster started out as a live show at the 2010 Edinburgh, transferring to TV last year with Roisin Conaty, Tim Key, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner and Josh Widdicombe. Widdicombe even resorted to getting Greg’s name tattooed on his foot to secure his place as series victor.

The series was was nominated for Best Entertainment Programme at the 2016 Broadcast Awards and was last year’s most-watched commission on UKTV’s  catch-up  service, UKTV Play.

Published: 11 Mar 2016

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