Taskmaster series and episodes list

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

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Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe, Tim Key. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV

Taskmaster Series 4 features Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis, Noel Fielding, Mel Giedroyc and Joe Lycett. So, how will these five comics fare when faced with tasks involving cuddly camels, pommel horses and real live dogs? Is it possible to create a celebrity portrait using loo roll? And what's the best way to transport plain flour with the use of balloons, tortillas and fishing line?

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Greg Davies, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Alex Horne, Sally Phillips. Copyright: Avalon Television

Series 5 (2017)

Nish Kumar, Sally Phillips, Bob Mortimer, Aisling Bea and Mark Watson take part in the fifth series.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Bob Mortimer, Josh Widdicombe, Greg Davies, Katherine Ryan, Alex Horne, Noel Fielding, Rob Beckett. Copyright: Avalon Television

Champion Of Champions (2017)

Greg Davies and Alex Horne return to Dave with a seasonal treat - Taskmaster brings together the show's first five series champions for the ultimate battle in a two-part special.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Greg Davies, Russell Howard, Alex Horne, Tim Vine, Liza Tarbuck. Copyright: Avalon Television

Series 6 (2018)

Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine contest Series 6.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Rhod Gilbert, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, James Acaster, Jessica Knappett. Copyright: Avalon Television

Series 7 (2018)

James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, Kerry Godliman and Rhod Gilbert take on a fresh set of challenges.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Lou Sanders, Iain Stirling, Greg Davies, Sian Gibson, Alex Horne, Paul Sinha, Joe Thomas. Copyright: Avalon Television

Series 8 (2019)

Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha and Sian Gibson compete in Series 8 of Taskmaster.

Series 9 (2019)

David Baddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix and Rose Matafeo face challenges ranging from secreting shiny vegetables, to bringing a classic board game to life, to performing a sensational self-serenade.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Greg Davies, Richard Herring, Alex Horne, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan. Copyright: Avalon Television

Series 10 (2020)

The first of at least six series on Channel 4. Most of the tasks were recorded before the coronavirus, but there is no studio audience. Instead the audience reaction was recorded at a series of special advance screenings of the show. Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring are the contestants.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Shirley Ballas, John Hannah, Greg Davies, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Alex Horne, Nicola Coughlan, Rylan Clark-Neal. Copyright: Avalon Television

The champions from Series 6-10 - Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble and Richard Herring - attempt to follow in the footsteps of Josh Widdicombe and win the only trophy greater than the golden head of Greg Davies, in the form of the rest of Greg's golden body.

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Dara O Briain, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Fern Brady, John Kearns

Series 14 (2022)

Dara O Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa and Sarah Millican compete to be the 14th Taskmaster champion.

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Alex Horne, Carol Vorderman. Credit: Avalon Television

Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2023

The third New Year's Treat sees Amelia Dimoldenberg, Carol Vorderman, Greg James, Sir Mo Farah and Rebecca Lucy Taylor (AKA Self Esteem) trying to win Greg's golden eyebrows.

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mae Martin, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Ivo Graham

Series 15 (2023)

Frankie Boyle, Ivo Graham, Jenny Éclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Mae Martin do battle.

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins, Susan Wokoma, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont

Series 16 (2023)

Series 16 witnesses Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma battling it out to win Greg's golden head.

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Steve Backshall, Zoe Ball, Greg Davies, Deborah Meaden, Alex Horne, Kojey Radical, Lenny Rush

Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2024

Deborah Meaden, Kojey Radical, Lenny Rush, Steve Backshall and Zoe Ball compete for Greg's golden eyebrows in the fourth New Year Treat.

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Sophie Duker, Dara O Briain, Sarah Kendall, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Morgana Robinson

Champion Of Champions 3 (2024)

Dara O Briain, Kiell Smith-Bynoe (standing in for Mae Martin), Morgana Robinson, Sarah Kendall and Sophie Duker attempt to become the third person to win the rest of Greg's golden body.

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Nick Mohammed, Joanne McNally, Greg Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alex Horne, John Robins, Sophie Willan

Series 17 (2024)

Joanne McNally, John Robins, Nick Mohammed, Sophie Willan and Steve Pemberton take part in this series.

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

Taskmasterclass (2024)

Greg Davies, and his servile assistant, Little Alex Horne, narrate this series that seeks to answer some of the most burning questions surrounding Taskmaster.