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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 11, Episode 2 - The Lure Of The Treacle Puppies

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Alex Horne, Jamali Maddix. Copyright: Avalon Television
There's discord between contestants Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall as rows erupt over facial hair and Jamali's driving skills. Taskmaster Greg Davies is likely pleased that his usual divide-and-conquer tactics are seemingly paying early dividends, as he watches Mike vaulting a high fence, Sarah wearing shoes on her knees, Charlotte grappling with static electricity and Lee struggling to see a balloon and a ghost. As usual, Alex Horne offers the intrepid contenders moral support.

Preview clips

Prize task: Best drinking vessel.

* Charlotte Ritchie: Her granddad's glass-bottomed tankard. - 5
* Mike Wozniak: A hand-whittled wooden cup he made himself and stained with his own blood. - 4
* Sarah Kendall: A mug made by her then seven-year-old daughter. - 3
* Lee Mack: Simon Cowell's mug from the set of Britain's Got Talent. - 2
* Jamali Maddix: A plastic cup. - 1

Task 1: Make that balloon hover untethered for 20 seconds. During the hovering, the top of the balloon must not be higher than your chin, and the bottom of the balloon must not be lower than your waist. Also, you must sneer throughout the 20 seconds. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

* Jamali: 4:50 - 5
* Mike: 8:00 - 4
* Sarah: 21:18 - 3
* Charlotte and Lee: Disqualified as the balloon, which is filled with helium, flies away. - 0

Task 2 (Team Task): Have an argument. You must take it in turns to angrily make a point using no more than ten words, and you must always end your point with a different four-letter word. You must look at each other throughout the argument and the person speaking must angrily wag their finger during their speech. The argument is over when there is ten second of silence, or when one of you looks away. Longest argument wins. Your argument must being three minutes from now.

* Mike, Lee: 5:35 - 5
* Charlotte, Jamali and Sarah: 3:08 - 2

Task 3: Make the house haunted. Most haunted house wins. You have one hour. Your time starts now.

* Sarah: Parodies The Shining, with her playing the Grady Twins. - 5
* Mike: The house lures Alex into it by offering him puppies covered in treacle, and then he is hemisected (cut in two). - 4
* Lee: Pretends to hold a séance in the caravan, then admits he doesn't, but as he does a ghost of a girl appears which he claims he can't see but Alex can. - 4
* Charlotte: Hides under a table while a dummy of her is in a room with spookily moving objects. - 3
* Jamali: Uses a lot of string to make things fly across the house, including two cabbages and a white sheet. - 3

Live task: Correctly guess your standing in the group. The Taskmaster will read out a category, then you must hold the number that reflects your standing in the group. Most correct answers wins.

* Lee: 4 correct answers. - 5
* Mike and Sarah: 2 correct answers. - 4
* Charlotte and Jamali: 1 correct answer. - 2

Final scores

* Mike - 21
* Sarah - 17
* Lee - 16
* Jamali - 13
* Charlotte - 12

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 25th March 2021
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Sarah Kendall Self
Lee Mack Self
Jamali Maddix Self
Charlotte Ritchie Self
Mike Wozniak Self
Writing team
Alex Horne Writer
Tim Key Task Consultant
Production team
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
Will Charles Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer
Martin Rosten Graphics

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