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.
- Continues on Friday 10th January on C4 at 10pm with Taskmasterclass, Episode 2
- Catch-up on Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2025, New Year Special
- Streaming rank this week: 111
Episode menu
Series 10, Episode 3 - Point Of Swivel
Prize task: The best thing that probably has a spring in its mechanism.
* Johnny Vegas: A one-armed bandit. - 5
* Mawaan Rizwan: A mattress. - 4
* Richard Herring: A penguin race game. - 3
* Katherine Parkinson: A water pistol. - 2
* Daisy May Cooper: An umbrella. - 1
Task 1: Make the best upside-down film. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* Johnny - 5
* Mawaan - 4
* Katherine - 3
* Daisy - 2
* Richard - 1
Task 2: Put all the spaghetti into the grapefruit. The grapefruit may not leave this room. Most spaghetti in the grapefruit wins. You have ten minutes. For the last eight minutes you must stand with both feet on the spot on the floor. Your time stands now. [Bonus rule: After two minutes have past, the lights go out and you must complete the rest of the task in the dark.]
* Daisy: 757g - 5
* Mawaan: 442g, but he was a sneaky pasta snake for taking some spaghetti away and binning it. - 4
* Johnny: 407g - 3
* Richard: 147g - 2
* Katherine: 73g - 1
Task 3: Catapult this shoe into the bath using a homemade catapult contraption. Only your feet may operate your catapult contraption. You may not move the bath or this red green, and you must build your catapult contraption on this red green. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Daisy: 8:05 - 5
* Johnny: 12:20 - 4
* Richard: 16:10 - 3
* Mawaan: 31:12 - 2
* Katherine: 32:45 - 1
Live task (Team Task): Draw a picture of the object on your card. You may not speak or communicate with your teammates in any way. You must stay on your spot and not move the canvass or turntable. You may not start drawing until the whistle blows. First team to guess their object wins. Each teammate scores two points for every correct guess.
* Daisy and Richard - 6
* Johnny, Katherine and Mawaan - 0
Final scores
* Daisy - 19
* Johnny - 17
* Richard - 15
* Mawaan - 14
* Katherine - 7
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 29th October 2020
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Daisy May Cooper | Self |
Johnny Vegas | Self |
Katherine Parkinson | Self |
Mawaan Rizwan | Self |
Richard Herring | Self |
Alex Horne | Writer |
Tim Key | Task Consultant |
Andy Devonshire | Series Director |
Andy Cartwright | Series Producer |
Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
James Taylor | Executive Producer |
Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
Dan Trelfer | Edit Producer |
Vicky Winter | Line Producer |
Thomas Perrett | Editor |
Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Videos
Catapult a shoe into the bathtub
The contestants try their best to catapult a shoe into a bathtub using their feet.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan & Richard Herring.
Put all the spaghetti into the grapefruit
After two minutes the contestants get a surprise.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan & Richard Herring.
Make the Best Upside-Down Film
Katherine Parkinson finds herself hampered by Little Alex Horne's awful acting ability.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan & Richard Herring.