<Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/taskmaster/ </Td> </Tr> <P> Taskmaster is a British comedy panel game show originally created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010, and transferred to television on Dave in 2015 . The TV series stars comedian and actor Greg Davies now in the titular role of the Taskmaster, issuing simple comedic and bizarre tasks to five regular contestants--usually comedians--with Horne acting as Davies's assistant and umpire during the challenges . The show's theme music was written and performed by The Horne Section, a jazz band and another project of Horne's . </P> <P> On 24 September 2015, it was announced that the show had been recommissioned for a second and third series, and on 3 October 2016, for a fourth and fifth series . The fifth series debuted online on Wednesday 6th September 2017, and on Dave a week later; the series will contain eight episodes . A two part "champion of champions" special with the winner of the first five series will air in December 2017 . </P> <P> The show is also broadcast in Belgium, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Australia and New Zealand . International versions of the programme have been made in Belgium and Sweden, and there is a forthcoming US version to be made with Reggie Watts as the Taskmaster, with Horne returning as the assistant . </P>

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