Jasper Carrott to make TV comeback in game show?

Jasper Carrott could make a TV comeback in 'Taskmaster'.

Alex Horne, who created and co-hosts the Channel 4 comedy panel gameshow, has put the comic at the top of his celebrity wanted list for a new series.

He told the 'Always Be Comedy' podcast: "There are a few old-school people who I’d love to have, like Jasper Carrott."

Alex would also love to recruit Joe Pasquale as one of the five comedians on a new series of the programme.

He added: "He’s not chasing things [career-wise], but I think Joe Pasquale would do it and I think he would be great.

"But it’s a big conversation, because if you’re having Pasquale, you’re not having someone else and it’s ten episodes."

Jasper still performs stand-up comedy, but is no longer a regular on TV as he was in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.

He presented daytime game show 'Golden Balls' from 2007 to 2009, and fronted sketch show 'Canned Carrott' from 1990 to 1995.

Jasper has also portrayed fictional characters, starring as Bob Louis in TV series 'The Detectives', and he appeared as Colin Craddock sitcom 'All About Me'.

The show, which ran from 2002 to 2004, was about a multicultural family living in Birmingham, where Jasper was born.

Meera Syal portrayed Colin's wife Rupinder Craddock in the first series, and Nina Wadia later portrayed the character in series two and three.

Like Jasper, Joe is best known for being a comedian, as well as an actor and TV presenter.

He previously won the fourth series of 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' in 2004 and he finished seventh in the eighth series of 'Dancing on Ice' in 2013.