Taskmaster start date confirmed after Greg Davies admitted co-host ‘annoys’ him

Channel 4’s Taskmaster is back with Greg Davies and Alex Horne in the hotseats

Channel 4 ‘s Taskmaster is returning for a new series in a matter of weeks and the confirmation comes after Greg Davies admitted how his co-host “genuinely annoys” him.

Welshman Greg, who is from St Asaph, will return to Channel 4 alongside Alex Horne on Thursday, September 3 for series 22.

But recently, the 58-year-old stand-up comedian admitted there are things his co-host does that “genuinely annoys” him.

Greg told Metro: “I think he deliberately sits down and thinks: ‘I know how to get Greg into character, and it’s to properly wind him up.’ He says things that have no structure, punchline [or] comic premise, and it genuinely annoys me.

“[The scoring] is my revenge. It’s the little things he doesn’t like. When I give two contestants the same score, if you look into his eyes, his little brain is on fire with rage because he wants things put into boxes.”

But hopefully there won’t be too much squabbling between them when the series returns with a number of famous names among the cast including Peep Show’s Isy Suttie, Doctor Who’s Matt Lucas, ventriloquist comedian Nina Conti, stand-up comedian Chloe Petts and The Bad Guys’ Richard Ayoade.

The tasks this time around will see the celebs “crawl through secret tunnels, look for faces on toast, go on holiday with shoes and make interesting use of their armpits”, reports Digital Spy.

In an interview with Polygon in June, Greg said their “roles have become organically defined, rather than in those first few seasons — sorry, series — when we sat down and decided what the dynamics should be and how we should respond”.

He added: “They were almost ‘eggy’ in comparison to where we are now, which is that we both know the limits of our roles and what the dynamic is. It feels a lot more fun now, to be honest, because we know the [Taskmaster] world and the limitations to the world.”

Taskmaster has been expanding across the globe in recent years, with the YouTube channel almost doubling its views across 2025.

Earlier this year, it was announced that a Polish version is on the way, which is the 14th international version.

The upcoming season of Taskmaster UK will return to the UK on Thursday, September 3 at 9pm – its usual time slot – and will then drop an hour later on the Taskmaster YouTube channel around the world.

Taskmaster returns to Channel 4 on September 3