EXCLUSIVE: Taskmaster’s worldwide rollout is continuous apace, with an area model greenlit by Polish broadcaster TVN. Warner Bros. Discovery-owned TVN’s model of the hit comedy-entertainment format will likely be produced by Avalon and Constantin. The information comes as a number of new worldwide Taskmaster sequence have simply launched, with extra to return by means of 2026.
The format has an omnipotent ‘Taskmaster’ who, with the assistance of a loyal assistant, checks the wiles of a panel of comedians over the course of every sequence by setting them extraordinary challenges.
Alex Horne created the present and is a number on the long-running UK model alongside comic Greg Davies. “I believe this has obtained a bit uncontrolled, to be sincere,” he stated as information of the newest worldwide deal dropped. “However I’m nonetheless thrilled that the folks of Poland are lastly going to see their prime comedians casting dignity to 1 aspect as they attempt to impress the Polish model of Greg Davies.”
There may be wind within the Taskmaster sails internationally. The Poland information comes after Swedish industrial community TV4 greenlit two extra seasons, with Avalon and Fremantle producing what will likely be their fourteenth and fifteenth seasons of the present. WBD in Norway has additionally renewed its deal and is making extra Taskmaster regionally, with Nordisk producing alongside Avalon. The Norwegian model gained the native TV Academy Award (Gullruten) for Greatest Comedy Present in 2024.
Iceland and Estonia launched their very own takes on the format final month on Syn and TV3 respectively. Elsewhere, a Dutch Taskmaster will bow on RTL later this yr. The TVN deal will take the full variety of international locations which have their very own model to 14.
Avalon sells the present around the globe in addition to producing it. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with TVN and Constantin to carry Taskmaster to Poland,” stated Paula Warwick, Head of Distribution at Avalon. “The energy of the format and its capacity to ship assured comedy have pushed its devoted world following, and we are able to’t wait to carry it to Polish audiences. With extra territories approaching board this yr, its world growth reveals no indicators of slowing.”
