Joe David Tasker (born 30 July 1993) is an English television presenter,

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and social media content creator. He has presented on

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since 2019.

Career

Tasker presented ''CBBC HQ'' from 2019 to 2022, and is the co-presenter of '' Saturday Mash-Up!'' with Shereen Cutkelvin and recurring presenter

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. As of 2023, his

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Channel has approximately 220,000 subscribers. Tasker also co-hosts the debate

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''Settle It'' with Lee Hinchcliffe. 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

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and Callum Beales. A second series was commissioned in September 2023.

Personal life

Tasker was born in

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. He studied Performance for Live and Recorded Media at

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, graduating in 2014. He later moved to

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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.

References

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