Underplayed Gems

Taskmaster NZ (2020)

Taskmaster NZ poster
Genre
panel game
Country
New Zealand
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Five comedians and performers compete in bizarre creative tasks for points judged by a taskmaster. The show is a comedy panel game with a silly competitive structure.

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What happens

Taskmaster New Zealand (also known as Taskmaster or Taskmaster NZ especially prior to season 4) is a New Zealand comedy panel game show, first broadcast in 2020 on TVNZ 2. The format for the show was created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 and was subsequently developed into a successful UK television show in 2015. Following the format of the original British version, the show consists of five contestants who compete in a series of strange and unusual tasks to gain points from the Taskmaster, Jeremy Wells, administered by his assistant, comedian Paul Williams. Taskmaster New Zealand is produced for TVNZ with support from NZ On Air. The first series was broadcast in the spring of 2020, while the second series was broadcast in the winter of 2021, the third in winter 2022, the fourth in winter 2023, and the fifth in winter 2024. The sixth series was announced in November 2024 and premiered on 18 August 2025. Funding for a seventh season was announced in November 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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