Avalon announced yesterday that Estonia is among the three new countries that will be adapting their format Taskmaster for the first time. The rights have been picked up by TV3 Estonia with Thor Films producing 12 episodes for the first season.

The show will also be adapted in the Netherlands and Iceland for the first time.

Carly Hardman-Betts, SVP Global Formats & Programs, said: “We’re thrilled to announce Taskmaster will be arriving in these new territories with RTL Netherlands, TV3, and Sýn, continuing its meteoric rise and making it one of the world’s foremost comedy entertainment formats”.