Next line-up revealed as a new champion is crowned

The line-up has been revealed for the next run of Taskmaster, after series 21 ended on Channel 4 tonight.

Taking part in season 22 will be:

Chloe Petts

The Edinburgh Fringe favourite is already a familiar presence in the Taskmaster universe as a regular guest on  the spin-off podcast hosted by her friend Ed Gamble, for whom she regularly provides tour support. Her other TV credits include Have I Got News For You, the new Dave escape room series The Way Out and the Netflix comedy special, Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda.

Isy Suttie

Best known for playing  Dobby in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, Suttie appeared in series 3 and 4 of Greg Davies’s comedy Man Down, playing Ally, the teacher who took over his job. Married to fellow comic Elis James, she has had a relatively low profile since that show ended in 2017. In July 2021, her first novel, Jane Is Trying, was published.

Matt Lucas

Best known for his work with  David Walliams on  Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, Lucas also presented Channel 4’s Great British Bake Off alongside  Taskmaster alumnus Noel Fielding from 2020 to 2023. His many other credits include Doctor Who, Bridesmaids,  Paddington, Wonka and Gladiator II. He was made an OBE in the New Year Honours this year.

Nina Conti

The comic ventriloquist known for her Monkey sidekick as well as having acting role in the likes of   Black Books, Holby City and the Radio 4 comedy Clare in the Community. Her debut feature film Sunlight – co-written by and co-starring her partner  Shenoah Allen – just dropped on Prime Video following its cinema release last year.

Richard Ayoade

Taskmaster fans have long called for Ayoade to be a Taskmaster contestant – and even the show’s creator Alex Horne said in a 2024 interview that Ayoade had long been on his own wishlist. Like Horne, Ayoade started in comedy with the Cambridge Footlights (he was president in 1997 with John Oliver his vice-president). He came to TV on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace followed by The Mighty Boosh and most notably The IT Crowd before becoming a panel show regular and host of Gadget Man,  Travel Man and The Crystal Maze, while enjoying a parallel career as a writer and director. 

The cast had previously been leaked online.

Series 21 featured Amy Gledhill, Armando Iannucci, Joanna Page, Joel Dommett, and Kumail Nanjiani.

Channel 4 has committed to airing Taskmaster until at least series 27. In a session at the SXSW London festival earlier this week Horne said: ‘We've got the 25th series coming up in a couple of years, and we have plans to do something to celebrate that.’

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Published: 11 Jun 2026