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 11, Episode 4 - Premature Conker
Prize task: The craziest thing.
* Sarah Kendall: Melted wax angel faces. - 5
* Charlotte Ritchie: Faked photos of her attending the inaugurations of the four US Presidents during her lifetime. - 4
* Mike Wozniak: An empty loo roll on top of a pedal bin. - 4
* Jamali Maddix: A photo of a baby smoking. - 3
* Lee Mack: A lady's swimming costume which is printed to look like what is under the skin. - 1
Task 1: Get all of this banana into the bottle. You may not break the bottle. The bottle may not leave the lab. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Sarah: 8:49 - 5
* Lee: 11:13 - 4
* Jamali: 23:19 - 3
* Charlotte: 23:22, but penalised for not putting all of the banana into the bottle. - 1
* Mike: Disqualified for taking the bottle out of the lab. - 0
Task 2 (Team Task): Put the bag of salt on that table over there. No-one may move while holding the bag of salt. If the bag of salt touches the ground at any point you must return to your starting point. If any bell touches the ground at any point you must return to your starting point. You may not touch the rope or your belts. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Charlotte, Jamali and Sarah: Completed the task. - 5
* Mike, Lee: Disqualified for putting a bag of sugar on the table instead. The bag of salt was under the table which the bag of sugar was on. - 0
Task 3: Get this sheet of loo roll as far from here as possible. Only this sheet of loo roll may touch the ground. The loo roll must not break at any point and the loo roll inner tube must stay on the loo roll holder at all times. You have twenty minutes. Your time starts now.
* Jamali: 363m - 5
* Sarah: 14m - 4
* Lee: Disqualified as he takes the loo roll off the holder. - 0
* Charlotte and Mike: Disqualified as their loo roll breaks. - 0
Live task: Write down what five things are in the bowl under the table and how many of each thing there are. You must look at the Taskmaster throughout this task. One of your hands must be in the bowl and the other must be holding your pen throughout the task. You have two minutes. The most accurate answers wins.
* Jamali: 4 correct answers - 5
* Sarah: 3 correct answers - 4
* Charlotte: 2 correct answers - 3
* Lee and Mike: 1 correct answer - 2
Final scores
* Sarah - 23
* Jamali - 21
* Charlotte - 13
* Lee - 7
* Mike - 6
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 8th April 2021
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Sarah Kendall | Self |
Lee Mack | Self |
Jamali Maddix | Self |
Charlotte Ritchie | Self |
Mike Wozniak | 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 |
Mark Sangster | 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 |
Video
Little Alex Horne: The Human Calculator
Little Alex Horne impresses The Taskmaster with his beyond-human maths skills. Or so it would seem...
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Sarah Kendall, Lee Mack, Jamali Maddix, Charlotte Ritchie & Mike Wozniak.