Awhile back I asked for some recommendations for British shows that weren’t police procedurals, since that seems to be about 90% of our “britbox” subscription options here in the states. Anyway, thought I would post some thoughts about them as I work my way through the list, starting with Taskmaster.
This show is great! I was already familiar with Greg Davies from Dr. Who & The Inbetweeners. I also recognized a lot of contestants from season to season, and even found some more I liked who were new to me. I love watching the interactions between the comedians, and it’s especially good when they have a history with Greg. We’ve also found the “Champion of Champions” episodes and have watched the first couple of those. Lastly, the outtakes and other bits on YT are fantastic. We’re all caught up and will definitely keep watching.
There’s a lot of other “panel shows” where it’s random famous (for Brits) competing.
You can’t really get them on streaming, but there’s a bunch of YouTube channels that upload them.
None as crazy of physical as Taskmaster, but it’s a pretty common format over there, and a lot better than “guest on a couch” American equivalents
If you haven’t seen Greg’s standup, I recommend it. “You Magnificent Beast” is his most recent special and its easy to find as it was a netflix release. His first was “Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog” is probably my favorite and should be findable… I think. The middle of the 3 specials, “Back of My Mum’s Head” is probably the hardest to find (or was when I was hunting it down) but it has a fun cameo by a very young Ed Gamble as a tree.
