Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&Dave
- 2015 - 2025
- 171 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.
- Returns on Sunday 29th December on C4 at 9pm with New Year Special
- Streaming rank this week: 89
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4 - Down An Octave
Prize task: Most beautiful item.
* Tim Key: A flight to Cologne to see the city's cathedral. - 5
* Josh Widdicombe: A magic eye picture of Greg. - 4
* Frank Skinner: A country mouse-themed vacuum cleaner cover. - 3
* Roisin Conaty: A colourful cardigan. - 2
* Romesh Ranganathan: A statuette symbolising the love between mother and child. - 1
Task 1: Make this ice block disappear as fast as possible. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 17:04 - 5
* Frank: 27:28 - 4
* Roisin: 30:20 - 3
* Romesh: 47:30 to make most of it disappear. - 2
* Tim: 13:40 to dump into into a river, where further along the ice would have presumably appeared to someone else. - 1
Bonus task, part 1: Count the beans in this baked bean tin. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 406 - 0
Bonus task, part 2: Count the hoops in this tin of spaghetti hoops. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 433 - 0
Task 2 (Team Task): Get to 11 points as fast as possible. Your time starts now.
* Josh, Roisin and Romesh: 11:12 - 2
* Frank and Tim: 18:01 - 1
Task 3: Fill an eggcup with as many tears as possible. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Frank: 12 - 5
* Romesh: 10 - 4
* Josh: 7 - 3
* Roisin: 0 -1
* Tim: 0 - 1
Bonus task, part 3: Count the grains of rice in this bag of rice. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 25,000 - 1
Live task: Memorise the names of an Australian rules football team. Most accurate wins.
* Everyone: 1 - 1
Final scores
* Josh - 16
* Frank - 14
* Romesh - 10
* Roisin - 9
* Tim - 9
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 18th August 2015
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Romesh Ranganathan | Self |
Frank Skinner | Self |
Roisin Conaty | Self |
Josh Widdicombe | Self |
Tim Key | Self |
Alex Horne | Writer |
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 |
Video
How to make a block of ice disappear
Who will be able to disappear a block of ice the fastest out of Frank Skinner, Tim Key, Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan or Roisin Conaty?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe & Tim Key.