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: 118
Episode menu
Series 11, Episode 8 - An Orderly Species
Prize task: Most satisfying wobbly thing.
* Jamali Maddix: A completed Rubik's cube in a jelly. - 3
* Lee Mack: A jelly in the shape of his belly. - 3
* Charlotte Ritchie: A letter from her therapist detailing her wobbly sense of self-esteem in a jelly. - 3
* Mike Wozniak: A milk tooth. - 3
* Sarah Kendall: A sausage of chicken meat. - 3
Task 1: Say the word "metronome" between every tick of this metronome. You may not touch or stop the metronome. Also, you must blow up and tie a balloon so it's bigger than your head, neatly gift wrap the balloon, and eat three whole poppadoms. You have five minutes. The person who accomplishes the most things within the fewest missed metronomes wins. Your time starts when the metronome starts.
* Mike: 1 missed metronome. - 5
* Jamali and Lee: 3 missed metronomes. - 4
* Charlotte: Failed to eat the poppadoms in the time. - 1
* Sarah: Failed to complete any of the tasks. - 1
Task 2 (Team Task): Draw the best picture of a British animal. Each person must fill in one section at a time and may not look at any other section during that time. Every section must be used, and you may not communicate with each other in any way during the task. Best picture of a British animal wins. You have three minutes per section. Your time starts now.
* Mike, Lee - 3
* Charlotte, Jimali and Sarah - 2
Task 3: Record the greatest aircraft safety announcement, then perform the greatest aircraft safety demonstration. Your announcement must be in an accent or language other than your own, and your demonstration must be unforgettable. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Mike: German language. - 5
* Charlotte: Scottish accent. - 4
* Jamali: French language. - 4
* Lee: Australian accent. - 3
* Sarah: Gibberish. - 3
Live task: Stand on either one leg or both legs. You must do so one at a time behind this curtain, with your hands on your head. The Taskmaster will then guess if you are standing on either one leg or both legs. If he guesses correctly you are eliminated. The last person standing on either one leg or both legs wins.
* Lee: Winner - 5
* Jamali and Sarah: Out second round. - 3
* Charlotte and Mike: Out first round. - 1
Final scores
* Lee - 18
* Mike - 17
* Jamali - 16
* Sarah - 12
* Charlotte - 11
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 6th May 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
Outtake: Mike Wozniak's bodily sounds
A listen it to yet another one of Mike Wozniak's bodily sounds...
Featuring: Greg Davies & Mike Wozniak.
Mike Wozniak eats a poppadom whilst saying 'metronome'
From series 11, Mike Wozniak is tasked with eating some poppadoms and wrapping a balloon all whilst saying the word 'metronome' on the beat of a metronome.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Sarah Kendall, Lee Mack, Jamali Maddix, Charlotte Ritchie & Mike Wozniak.
Outtake: Greg impersonates a hedgehog having sex
Greg Davies claims that mating hedgehogs sound like bears.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Sarah Kendall, Lee Mack & Charlotte Ritchie.
Outtake: Lee Mack vs. an aeroplane tannoy
Lee has problems replacing a tannoy phone.
Featuring: Lee Mack.