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Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Greg Davies, Alex Horne
Taskmaster

Taskmaster

  • TV comedy
  • Channel 4 / U&Dave
  • 2015 - 2024
  • 170 episodes (18 series)

TV format in which Greg Davies and Alex Horne set a group of comedians various outlandish challenges. Also features Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe, Tim Key and more.

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Series 1, Episode 2 - The Pie Whisperer

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Key. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV
Roisin Conaty, Tim Key, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner and Josh Widdicombe have to identify the contents of a table full of mystery pies, make a film backwards and high five a fifty five year old.

Preview clips

Prize task: Most impressive item.

* Tim Key: A London Marathon participants' medal. - 5
* Frank Skinner: A leather Christmas cracker hat. - 4
* Roisin Conaty: A Methuselah of champagne (8 standard bottles worth). - 3
* Josh Widdicombe: A Pointless Celebrities trophy. - 2
* Romesh Ranganathan: An Arsenal cap thrown from the Arsenal tour bus. - 1

Task 1: High-five a 55-year-old. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

* Josh: 3:18 - 5
* Roisin: 6:12 - 4
* Tim: 4:29 (deducted a point for lying about filming a show for Comic Relief) - 3
* Frank: 12:44 to high-five two 27-year-olds and a 1-year-old. - 2
* Romesh: An hour to high-five a 50-year-old. - 1

Task 2: Identify the contents of these pies. You may touch the pies, but you may not breach their pastry. Most accurate wins. Your time starts now.

* Tim - 5
* Roisin - 4
* Romesh - 3
* Josh - 2
* Frank - 1

Task 3: Do something that will look impressive in reverse. The Taskmaster will see whatever act you perform played backwards. You must therefore do something backwards, that will look impressive when the footage is played in reverse. Your time starts now.

* Roisin and Romesh - 5
* Josh - 3
* Tim - 2
* Frank - 1

Live task: Crack the code, unshackle yourself and sprint one metre. Fastest wins.

* Roisin - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Josh - 3
* Tim - 2
* Frank - 1

Final scores

* Roisin - 21
* Tim - 18
* Josh - 16
* Romesh - 14
* Frank - 9

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 4th August 2015
Time
10pm
Channel
U&Dave
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Romesh Ranganathan Self
Frank Skinner Self
Roisin Conaty Self
Josh Widdicombe Self
Tim Key Self
Writing team
Alex Horne Writer
Production team
Andy Devonshire Series Director
Andy Cartwright Series Producer
Alex Horne Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
James Taylor Executive Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Hilary Rosen Executive Producer
Rob Aslett Executive Producer
Richard Watsham Executive Producer
Thomas Perrett Editor
Mark Sangster Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Dru Masters Composer

Videos

Backwards Task

The comedians have to create some backward films. Here's Romesh Ranganathan's Tree Wizard entry.

Featuring: Romesh Ranganathan & Josh Widdicombe.

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