Richard Ayoade brings deadpan contempt to new Taskmaster series

Richard Ayoade joins the new series of Taskmaster on Channel 4 at 9pm, bringing his characteristic deadpan contempt to the show's 22nd season. He is joined by comedians Nina Conti, Chloe Petts, Isy Suttie, and Matt Lucas. The episode marks Ayoade's clear intention to do the bare minimum, a dynamic that often makes the show funnier. Other evening highlights include Renovation Rescue in Nottingham and The Yorkshire Vet on Channel 5. A House Through Time on BBC Two concludes its history of an Edinburgh Georgian home, tracing its story from the 1930s to the present day. The programme covers the building's past as a "house of ill fame" and its survival of poverty, war, and 1960s demolition threats.