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

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
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Series 1, Episode 4 - Down An Octave

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Alex Horne, Frank Skinner. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV
Greg Davies and Alex Horne test the skills of their troupe of comedians. Can Roisin Conaty, Tim Key, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner and Josh Widdicombe fill an eggcup with tears, remember an Aussie rules football team or play Taskmaster squash?

Preview clips

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

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

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