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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
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 118

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Series 1, Episode 6 - The Last Supper

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV
In the last episode of the series the five comics are not only playing for homemade chowder but also for the inaugural Taskmaster series winner's trophy. Tasks include: playing golf with eggs and cooking a meal using ingredients starting with every letter of the alphabet.

Preview clips

Prize task: Most satisfying item.

* Tim Key: A homemade fish chowder. - 5
* Josh Widdicombe: A complete 2014 World Cup sticker album. - 4
* Romesh Ranganathan: His vape mod. - 3
* Frank Skinner: An esure.com stress ball, which plays the voice of the late Michael Winner when the ball's squeezed. - 2
* Roisin Conaty: An orgasmatron head massager. - 1

Task 1: Get the lowest golf score using eggs. You must complete the five holes using chickens eggs. Your score will be calculated as follows: shots times eggs times minutes. Your time starts now.

* Roisin: 1,000 points - 5
* Frank: 1,096 points - 4
* Tim: 1,200 points - 3
* Josh: Over 6,000 points - 2
* Romesh: 35,088 points - 1

Task 2 (Team Task): Stage a realistic blooper from a home movie. The Taskmaster will give points to the best filmmakers. You have one hour. Your time starts now.

* Frank and Tim - 2
* Josh, Roisin and Romesh - 0

Task 3: Make the best meal for the Taskmaster using ingredients beginning with every letter of the alphabet. You have a total of two hours. Your time starts now.

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

Live task: Wearing boxing gloves, put the blue sweets in the empty bowl. Most blue sweets wins. Non-blue sweets will be subtracted from your total. You have 100 seconds.

* Tim: 21 - 5
* Romesh: 12 - 4
* Fran: 11 - 3
* Josh: 10 - 2
* Roisin: -2,143 - 1

Final scores

* Tim - 18
* Frank - 16
* Romesh - 12
* Josh - 9
* Roisin - 8

Series scores

* Josh - 94
* Frank - 93
* Romesh - 93
* Tim - 88
* Roisin - 68

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 1st September 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

Video

Frank Skinner and Tim Key's blooper video

The teams have to make a You've Been Framed style video. Here's what Tim Key and Frank Skinner came up with.

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe & Tim Key.

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