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
Episode menu
Series 11, Episode 6 - Absolute Casserole
Prize task: Most annoying thing.
* Jamali Maddix: Face paints. - 5
* Sarah Kendall: A stud finder. - 4
* Mike Wozniak: A symbolic nipple. - 3
* Charlotte Ritchie: Three alarm clocks. - 2
* Lee Mack: A yard of Twix prop from Not Going Out, which turned out to contain wood rather than an actual yard of Twix. - 1
Bonus task: Fart. Fartest wins. Your time starts now.
* Mike: 3 hours 24 minutes, after he completed Task 3, but as well as farting he also dislodged a haemorrhoid. - 1
Task 1: Make the best portrait of the Taskmaster on this door only using your feet. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
* Jamali - 5
* Sarah - 4
* Charlotte - 3
* Mike - 2
* Lee - Penalised as he used other parts of his body as well as his feet. - 1
Task 2 (Team Task): Vandalise this wall. Most creative vandalism wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Mike, Lee: Parody Banksy's "Balloon Girl". - 5
* Charlotte, Jamali and Sarah: Trashed the wall. - 1
Task 3: Identify the contents of the battered items in this fish and chips order. You may lick and sniff all of the items. You may bite into two. You may squeeze one between your elbows. You may really stamp on one. You may look at one through a magnifying glass. You may put one in a glass of water. Most correctly identified items wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
* Jamali: Correctly identifies all six battered items (a kiwi fruit, a grape, an egg, batter, a leather wallet, and an apple and blackberry pie), after he finds a receipt of all the items inside the wallet. - 5
* Sarah: 5 items - 4
* Charlotte: 4 items - 3
* Mike: 3.5 items - 2
* Lee: 3 items - 1
Live task: Tie the very ends of the string to the arms of the glasses, then put the glasses on. Fastest wins. [The string and glasses are inside a padlocked toolbox.]
* Lee - 5
* Mike - 4
* Sarah - 3
* Charlotte - 2
* Jamali - 1
Final scores
* Jamali and Mike - 17
* Sarah - 16
* Lee - 13
* Charlotte - 11
Tie-break task: Fire as many rubber bands into Alex's dangerously positioned bum bag as possible. Most rubber bands in the bum bag wins. You have two minutes. Your time starts now.
* Jamali: 7 rubber bands - Winner
* Mike: 1 rubber band
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 22nd 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 |
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 |
Videos
Mike Wozniak's farting task shock
Mike Wozniak got more than he bargained for in this individual farting task.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Sarah Kendall, Lee Mack, Jamali Maddix, Charlotte Ritchie & Mike Wozniak.
Mike Wozniak brings in a nipple
Things get Freudian as Mike Wozniak brings in a symbolic nipple.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne & Mike Wozniak.
Painting with your feet
The contestants must paint with their feet.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Sarah Kendall, Lee Mack, Jamali Maddix, Charlotte Ritchie & Mike Wozniak.