"Put as much money into my bank account – most money wins." While this request might, at first glance, seem like someone's clever ruse to collect as much cash from their mates as possible, these words more or less marked the very beginning of Having sent this instruction to 20 of his comrades on the comedy circuit back in 2009, following up with one additional task per month, Alex Horne took to the stage of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to announce the first-ever Taskmaster winner. Five years and ten series later, and it feels as though the format was born for television. But, according to its creator, it wasn't dreamt up with the intention of hitting the small screen at all.