Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Taskmaster" yakanga iri pfungwa yomuseki Alex Horne, ane pfungwa yakafuridzirwa nezvinhu zvinoverengeka: "The Crystal Maze"; basa rake nokuda kwe"Big Brother"; uye godo rake raTim Key, shamwari yepedyo, nokuda kwokukunda
Edinburgh Comedy Award muna 2009. Pfungwa yapakuvamba yepurogiramu yakaitika mukati memakore maviri. Muna 2009, vatambi 20 vanosanganisira Stuart Goldsmith, Josie Long, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Joe Wilkinson naMike Wozniak, vakagamuchira mabasa emwedzi nemwedzi kuburikidza neemail mukati megore rinotaura mabasa akasiyana-siyana. Horne akabva aratidza zvavakaita sechikamu chechiratidziro chemaawa maviri, chakanzi "The Taskmaster", pa2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, yakanangana nekuratidzira kuyedza kwakasiyana nevakwikwidzi vasati vafumura kuti ndiani akahwina zvichibva pane zvavakaita. Mike Wozniak akakunda makwikwi okutanga eTaskmaster. Muna 2011, Horne akaitisa chimwe chiratidziro chemuchadenga, chakanzi "Taskmaster II", nevakwikwidzi gumi vachitarisana nemabasa.