Joe Tasker (YouTuber)

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Joe Tasker
Born
Joe David Tasker

(1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 31)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Teesside
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • social media content creator
Years active2013–present
PartnerJack Biggs

Joe David Tasker (born 30 July 1993) is an English television presenter, YouTuber and social media content creator. He has presented on CBBC since 2019.

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Career

Tasker presented CBBC HQ from 2019 to 2022, and is the co-presenter of Saturday Mash-Up! with Shereen Cutkelvin and recurring presenter Kia Pegg. [1] As of 2023, his YouTube Channel has approximately 220,000 subscribers. [2] Tasker also co-hosts the debate podcast Settle It with Lee Hinchcliffe. [3] He then made Swipe It the show on POP and POP MAX.

In 2022 Tasker co-hosted Bro's in Control for CBBC, along with Adam and Callum Beales. [4] A second series was commissioned in September 2023. [5]

Personal life

Tasker was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He studied Performance for Live and Recorded Media at Teesside University, graduating in 2014. [6] He later moved to London in 2017 to pursue his radio and television career.

Tasker came out as gay on 12 February 2023 and confirmed that he had been in a relationship with fellow YouTuber Jack Biggs since 2019. [7] [8]

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References

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