Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Taskmaster" bụ echiche nke onye na-eme ihe ọchị bụ Alex Horne, onye echiche ya sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ site n'ọtụtụ ihe: "The Crystal Maze"; ọrụ ya maka "Big Brother"; na ekworo ya na Tim Key, ezigbo enyi ya, maka mmeri nke
Edinburgh Comedy Award n'afọ 2009. Echiche mbụ nke usoro ihe omume ahụ weere ọnọdụ n'ime afọ abụọ. N'afọ 2009, ndị ọchịehi iri abụọ, gụnyere Stuart Goldsmith, Josie Long, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Joe Wilkinson na Mike Wozniak, natara ọrụ kwa ọnwa site na email n'ime otu afọ na-ekwupụta ọtụtụ ọrụ. Horne gosipụtara mgbalị ha dịka akụkụ nke ihe ngosi awa abụọ, nke akpọrọ "The Taskmaster", na 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, lekwasịrị anya na igosipụta mgbalị dị iche iche nke ndị asọmpi ahụ tupu ekpughe onye meriri dabere na arụmọrụ ha. Mike Wozniak meriri asọmpi Taskmaster mbụ. N'afọ 2011, Horne duziri ihe ngosi ọzọ, nke akpọrọ "Taskmaster II", ebe ndị asọmpi iri na-arụ ọrụ.