We have a new #1...
Year: 2025
Channel: Channel 4
Contestants:
Number of Episodes: 10
Notes:
I wasn't sure if any series would outrank series 14 as my favorite of the UK Taskmasters. Series 19 manages to do so.
What a great series. It's a great cast- all five of the contestants are clearly having a great time, and it's clear they all like each other. There is a ton of banter between them and Greg/Alex. Faitha and Greg spend the series flirting by way of taunting each other. Matthew is trying very hard to win. Rosie Ramsey is brilliantly weird; Stevie is both weird and trying hard to win. All four are great contestants.
And then there's Jason. Jason Mantzoukas does an incredible balancing act- he is both an agent of chaos, trying hard to win, alternating between both fantastic successes and amusing failures... all the while still being a great teammate (he and Stevie make a wonderful team; every time he's doing a team task he stops being destructive). Alex and him are arguing over USA/UK the entire series. Jason walks in claiming his mission was the destroy the Taskmaster House, but it's obvious he is a giant fan of the show.
Plus, there are some brilliant tasks throughout the series. Finding a cheese phone while Alex is playing a French Horn every time you move. Teaching Alex Horne a lesson he'll never forget. Pour all of the vinegar into the fish tank. Freeze on your spot in the most powerful post.
This isn't a great series in terms of racing to get points- the winner is pretty obvious- but the other four are extremely close in points for the entire series.
The entire series is a blast to watch, and takes the top spot of the rankings.
Portrait Decor:
Series 19 had a scientific theme, and portrait showed Greg Davies as Albert Einstein:
"Knock over all 10 skittles in 10 minutes. The final skittle should fall exactly when the whistle sounds. If any skittle is left standing after 10 minutes, you have failed. You must stay behind the rope at all times." Sounds like a basic taskmaster task. Trust me... it's not.
Worst task of the season:
"Team: Provide the best drive-through experience." This isn't a bad task- it's just long (10+ minutes)
Trivia:
* The location tasks were at Painshill
* Rosie Ramsey is the spouse of Chris Ramsey, who was in Series 13
Contestant Rankings:
- Jason Mantzoukas (Series 19)
- Dara O'Briain (Series 14)
- Kiell Smith-Boyle (Series 15)
- Mel Giedroyc (Series 4)
- Rhod Gilbert (Series 7)
- Ed Gamble (Series 9)
- James Acaster (Series 7)
- Stevie Martin (Series 19)
- Sarah Millican (Series 14)
- Wildly Inappropriate Rosie Jones (Series 18)
Series Ranking:
- Series 19
- Series 14
- Series 9
- Series 7
- Series 15
- Series 13
- Series 18
- Series 17
- Series 12
- Series 16
- Series 4
- Series 11
- Series 5
- Series 10
- Series 8
- Series 6
- Series 2
- Series 1
- Series 3
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