Kammala wannan magana: "Taskmaster" shine tunanin mai ban dariya Alex Horne, wanda ra'ayinsa ya samo asali ne daga dalilai da yawa: "The Crystal Maze"; aikinsa na "Big Brother"; da kishi ga Tim Key, babban aboki, don lashe gasar
Kyautar Edinburgh Comedy a shekara ta 2009. Tsarin farko na shirin ya faru ne a tsawon shekaru biyu. A cikin 2009, 'yan wasan barkwanci 20, gami da Stuart Goldsmith, Josie Long, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Joe Wilkinson da Mike Wozniak, sun karɓi ayyukan wata-wata ta imel a cikin shekara guda da ke ba da ayyuka iri-iri. Horne ya gabatar da kokarin su a matsayin wani ɓangare na wasan kwaikwayo na awa biyu, mai taken "The Taskmaster", a bikin Edinburgh Festival Fringe na 2010, wanda ya mai da hankali kan nuna bambancin da masu fafatawa suka yi kafin bayyana wanda ya ci nasara bisa ga ayyukansu. Mike Wozniak ya lashe gasar Taskmaster ta farko. A cikin 2011, Horne ya gudanar da wani wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon, mai taken "Taskmaster II", tare da 'yan takara goma da ke magance ayyuka.