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: 117
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Series 10, Episode 5 - I Hate Your Trainers
Prize task: The pointiest thing.
* Richard Herring: A mask of Pinhead from Hellraiser. - 5
* Katherine Parkinson: A Venetian mask. - 4
* Johnny Vegas: A meat thermometer. - 3
* Daisy May Cooper: A kebab stick. - 2
* Mawaan Rizwan: The book How To Get Your Point Across In 30 Seconds. - 1
Task 1: Bag the heaviest thing from the furthest distance. Your attempt ends when you have bagged an item. Highest score wins. Your score is the weight of the bagged object in grams multiplied by the distance from the bagging machine in centimetres. You have twenty minutes. Your time starts now.
* Katherine: 47,000,000. - 5
* Richard: 4,100,000. - 4
* Mawaan: 2,623,000. - 3
* Daisy: 1,800,000. - 2
* Johnny: 1,000,000. - 1
Task 2: Paint a picture of a howling wolf on this teapot. You may not touch the teapot or remove it from the turntable and you may not tamper with the turntable or its power. The turntable will keep speeding up until you have named 20 American states. If you do name 20 American states, this turntable will slow down. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
* Daisy and Richard - 5
* Johnny - 3
* Mawaan - 2
* Katherine - 1
Task 3: Do something out of character with this £20. Most out-of-character thing wins. You have three months. Your time starts now.
* Daisy: Took out on a subscription to Portable Restroom Operator magazine. - 5
* Mawaan: Took a qualification in how to deal with aggressive people at work. - 5
* Richard: Has a tarot reading. - 4
* Johnny: Waxes his body, getting the letters "TM" done on his chest. - 4
* Katherine: Pretending to deposit the money into the bank. - 3
Task 4 (Team Task): Eat the most watermelon. You must be wearing a boiler suit and safety goggles when you are eating the watermelon. You must not feed yourself. You have four minutes. Your time starts now. [Bonus rule for team of two: The watermelon must not leave the lab. Bonus rules for team of three: You must stay on your platform at all times. You must only eat the watermelon that is on your platform.]
* Daisy and Richard: At least 1kg. - 5
* Johnny, Katherine and Mawaan: 331g. - 3
Live task: Say the most different words without hesitating for more than two seconds. Any words already said will not count. The person who says the fewest words each round is eliminated. The person in last place goes first.
* Daisy - 5
* Katherine - 4
* Mawaan and Richard - 3
* Johnny - 1
Live scores
* Richard - 26
* Daisy - 24
* Katherine - 20
* Mawaan - 17
* Johnny - 15
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 12th November 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 |
Jennifer Sheridan | Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Videos
Taskmaster gets weird with watermelons
You'll never be able to un-see Daisy May Cooper eating a watermelon.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Daisy May Cooper & Richard Herring.
Bagging up a stranger like a Christmas Tree
The contestants have to put things through the netting...
Featuring: Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas & Katherine Parkinson.