Alex Horne reveals Taskmaster spin-off ideas based on cars, dogs and food

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Taskmaster’ creator Alex Horne has ideas for car, dog and food-based spin-offs.
The 46-year-old comedian – who started the game show as an Edinburgh Fringe performance before bringing it to television – is expanding the franchise with ‘Junior Taskmaster’ on Channel 4, and he admitted there have been other suggestions discussed over the years.
He told Radio Times magazine: “We did a pilot for ‘Foodmaster’. We’ve talked about ‘Dogmaster’ and ‘Carmaster’ and so on.
“But I think we’re pretty happy with where we are. There’s obviously a danger of diluting the product. I think, currently, junior and senior are our lot.”
The show sees a group of comedians competing in wacky tasks, which they can try to complete however they see fit.
The new kids version – which will see Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak replace Greg Davies and Alex respectively – will see children take on silly challenges in a format that builds on the Taskmaster Education programme, which lets schools use elements of the show to aid the curriculum.
The main ‘Taskmaster’ has expanded and spread around the world, with the likes of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Portugal among those to have their own local versions currently on air.
Alex and Greg tried to break the United States, but the creator would like to have another go after making “a few mistakes” in the adaptation.
He explained: “We sort of did everything the channel told us to do, so we halved the length of the show. It was 22 minutes in total.
“And all the tasks were tasks we’d already done, because we thought we’d play it safe.
“We made a few compromises, which we regret. Greg and I would jump at the chance at doing it in America again, but on our own terms.”

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