The next five famous faces taking on tasks for Greg Davies have officially been announced. <\/p>
The upcoming Taskmaster\u2019s New Year Treat looks set to be just that: a true treat.<\/p>\n
Little Alex Horne has lined up five brand new celebs to tackle tasks for the Taskmaster<\/a>\u2018s (and your) amusement, including a Dragon, a Doctor Who<\/a> star and a TV and radio icon.<\/p>\n Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden will be swapping her chair in the Dragons\u2019 Den for one in the Taskmaster studio, along with Doctor Who newcomer Lenny Rush<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also ready to perform for the Taskmaster in the one-off festive special are TV and BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball, naturist and presenter Steve Backshall and musician and artist Kojey Radical.<\/p>\n All five stars will face ludicrous and hilarious tasks when the special airs over the festive period, with the exact air date yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n They\u2019ll be vying for Greg\u2019s praise in a bid to win the Trophy of Eyebrows.<\/p> The line-up for the celebrity special was announced after the grand final of Taskmaster season 16, which saw Sam Campbell crowned the winner.<\/p>\n Sam finishes the season with 161 points, just ahead of Julian Clary, who came in second with 155 points.<\/p>\n In third place was Susan Wokoma with a respectable 139 points and, just behind her, Sue Perkins on 137 points.<\/p>\n Languishing in last place was Lucy Beaumont, who finished up a dire string of performances with a total of 129 points.<\/p>\n Taskmaster\u2019s New Year Treat will air on Channel 4 over the festive period. Looking for something else to watch in the meantime? Check out our TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The next five famous faces taking on tasks for Greg Davies have officially been announced. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":40413,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/taskmaster-confirms-new-year-treat-line-up-including-doctor-who-star.png",1568,876,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/taskmaster-confirms-new-year-treat-line-up-including-doctor-who-star-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/taskmaster-confirms-new-year-treat-line-up-including-doctor-who-star-300x168.png",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/taskmaster-confirms-new-year-treat-line-up-including-doctor-who-star-768x429.png",768,429,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/taskmaster-confirms-new-year-treat-line-up-including-doctor-who-star-1024x572.png",800,447,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/taskmaster-confirms-new-year-treat-line-up-including-doctor-who-star-1536x858.png",1536,858,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/taskmaster-confirms-new-year-treat-line-up-including-doctor-who-star.png",1568,876,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The next five famous faces taking on tasks for Greg Davies have officially been announced.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/40412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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