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: 118
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - The Last Supper
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
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
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.