Martin Lewis joins legendary celebrities for his most unexpected TV role yet

We can’t judge we’re typing this, but Martin Lewis MBE is going to beryllium joining Taskmaster.

The wealth expert, 52, volition beryllium connected the comedy task amusement successful a peculiar New Year instalment – truthful no, helium hasn’t forayed into the drama world.

Usually the deed Channel 4 amusement sees a radical of comedians vie against each different successful a bid of ridiculous tasks, and lone 1 tin beryllium crowned victor and drawback the expansive prix: big and Taskmaster Greg Davies’ aureate eyebrows.

Taskmaster play 18 has conscionable wrapped up, with The News Quiz host Andy Zaltzman crowned victor this evening. Stand-up comic Jack Dee came second, with Ghosts actress Emma Sidi successful third, portion Celebrity Gogglebox star Babatunde Aléshé came 4th and comedian Rosie Jones successful fifth.

As the last occurrence aired, fans didn’t person agelong to hold for the adjacent announcement to drop, which sees Martin instrumentality connected challenges alongside erstwhile England footballer David James MBE, world Professor Hannah Fry, All Saints prima Melanie Blatt, and histrion Sue Johnston OBE.

Alongside Taskmaster Greg, the festive peculiar titled Taskmaster’s New Year Treat volition besides spot Alex Horne connected adjunct hosting duties arsenic per.

In caller years, the amusement has go 1 of Channel 4’s astir fashionable programmes, arsenic its 3rd astir streamed rubric past year, and was crowned the champion drama amusement entertainment successful 2022 and 2023.

Martin has go 1 of the UK’s astir celebrated fiscal journalists, arsenic helium is known for creating wealth proposal website Money Saving Expert.

He is besides well-known for his galore money-related TV shows, including The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, and helium often makes impermanent appearances connected shows including This Morning.

He is also a regular host of Good Morning Britain alongside Susanna Reid.

He archetypal launched the website MoneySavingExpert.com in 2003 from his surviving room, with conscionable £80 superior to get things going.

The conception (aiming to assistance radical chopped backmost connected their bills) is present regarded arsenic 1 of the most-trusted user websites successful the country.

His play wealth tips email besides alert into galore inboxes astir the country, portion his site’s occurrence has besides seen him writer galore fiscal proposal books.

In 2012, Martin sold the website to the MoneySupermarket.com group.

He was the site’s Editor-In-Chief until 2015, and successful 2016 took connected a caller relation arsenic the Executive Chair of Money Saving Expert.

In 2022, Martin was named successful the New Years Honours List, receiving a CBE for his services to broadcasting and user rights. He archetypal received an OBE backmost successful 2014.

The Sunday Times Rich List estimated Martin’s nett worthy astatine £123 million in 2021 – truthful possibly we truly should perceive to him…

But that doesn’t mean he’ll beryllium immoderate bully astatine Taskmaster.

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