Hit British Panel Show Taskmaster Drops New Series 19 Trailer and Release Date

Fear not, friends — a caller bid of Taskmaster is conscionable astir the corner. The beloved British sheet show, which has precocious blown up successful the U.S. due to the fact that of however incredibly TikTok-able it is and however incredibly casual it is to ticker for free, has released a trailer for bid 19 of the show. Luckily for fans, they adjacent dropped the series’ merchandise date.

In the minute-long sneak peek, fans get a glimpse of the show’s classical style, but featuring a caller formed of comedians successful the blistery seats. Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin are the stars of bid 19, with Mantzoukas being the lone non-English comic connected the panel.

From near to right: Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin

In enactment with the show’s accustomed fare, the trailer shows them participating successful each mode of brainsick challenges, throwing retired hilarious jabs near and right, and, of course, making wonderfully hilarious fools of themselves. “It’s conscionable specified a quirky show,” Alex Horne, creator of the amusement and adjunct to big Greg Davies, says astatine the extremity of the clip, and man, that beauteous overmuch sums it up.

For those of you who aren’t acquainted with the comedic genius of this crippled show, the authoritative synopsis reads thus: “Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies, with the assistance of his loyal adjunct Alex Horne, sets retired to trial the wiles, wit and contented of 5 hyper-competitive comedians. Unaware of what awaits them successful each wax-sealed envelope, lone 1 rival tin go the victorious proprietor of His Royal Task-ness’ aureate caput and beryllium crowned the adjacent Taskmaster Champion.”

According to the statement connected the show’s YouTube trailer, the amusement volition beryllium returning to its autochthonal Channel 4 connected May 1st. The amusement volition proceed to aerial connected Thursdays connected Channel 4 passim the season, but volition besides merchandise episodes via YouTube for worldwide viewing the pursuing day. In the meantime, you tin ticker fundamentally each of Taskmaster going backmost 18 seasons, positive the variations of the amusement successful New Zealand and Australia, connected YouTube arsenic good to tide you implicit portion you wait. Let the games begin!

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.