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 12, Episode 5 - Croissants Is Croissants
Prize task: The most elegant thing beginning with "G".
- Guz Khan: A portrait of Guz in a suit given to him by the BBC. - 5
- Alan Davies: A monogrammed dressing gown given to him by The London Studios. - 4
- Morgana Robinson: A glass giraffe Christmas decoration. - 3
- Victoria Coren Mitchell: A homemade Mr. Greedy toy. - 2
- Desiree Burch: A gardenia. - 1
Task 1: Sit on a cake. Fastest wins. There are five bonus points for the best cake. Your time starts now.
- Morgana: One hour and 45 minutes, but gets the bonus points for the best cake. - 6
- Victoria: 0:25 - 5
- Desiree: 2:45 - 4
- Guz: 7:27 - 3
- Alan: 11:55 - 2
Task 2 (Team Task): Get the most balls in the net. Everyone must stay on their spots at all times. If anyone other than the task reader touches or handles a ball, you lose five balls from your ball total. Also, the person in the middle spot must sit for ten seconds, and then stand up straight for ten seconds on repeat. Any balls remaining between the task reader and the middle person will be deducted from your ball total. You have five minutes. Your time starts when Alex pretends his whistle isn't working.
- With Desiree, Guz and Khan scoring -1, and Alan and Victoria scoring -128, Greg rules both attempts so bad that no-one scores anything. - 0
Task 3: Prevent Alex from scoring a goal. Alex will attempt to score a goal in 15 minutes time. The ball and the goalposts must be on their spots when Alex makes his attempt. You must be 12 yards from the ball when Alex attempts to score. Slowest goal scored by Alex wins. Your time starts now.
- Morgana: 10:45 - 5
- Alan: 9:47 - 4
- Guz: About six minutes - 3
- Victoria: First attempt, but the ball had to travel a long upward path to avoid items in front of it. - 2
- Desiree: First attempt, with only clingfilm blocking the goal. - 1
Live task: Pop the most balloons. You may pop between one and ten balloons each turn. If you pop one of the five bad balloons you are disqualified. The eventual winner gets ten actual points. Everyone else gets points based on how many balloons they pop.
- Guz: 26, but last one standing. - 10
- Alan: 26 - 4
- Morgana: 14 - 3
- Desiree: 4 - 2
- Victoria: 3 - 1
Final scores
- Guz: 21
- Morgana: 17
- Alan: 14
- Victoria: 10
- Desiree: 8
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 21st October 2021
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| Alan Davies | Self |
| Desiree Burch | Self |
| Guz Khan | Self |
| Morgana Robinson | Self |
| Victoria Coren Mitchell | 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 |
| Roberta Grady | Edit Producer |
| Thomas Perrett | Editor |
| Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
| John Ford | Lighting Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
| Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Videos
Victoria Coren-Mitchell smashes the riddle task
Victoria Coren Mitchell is good at puzzles.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson & Victoria Coren Mitchell.
Loads of balls
Don't ever say Alex doesn't put his body on the line for the good of the task. Ow.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Desiree Burch, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alan Davies, Guz Khan & Morgana Robinson.
Stop Alex scoring a goal
The contestants must prevent Alex scoring a goal for as long as possible.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Desiree Burch, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alan Davies, Guz Khan & Morgana Robinson.