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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
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 117

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Series 12, Episode 9 - Nothing Matters

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Desiree Burch, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
Taskmaster Greg Davies can barely conceal his contempt as he witnesses Alan yawning at a friend, Victoria throwing paint and his sidekick Alex Horne blowing cold air down Desiree's neck via a long tube.

Prize task: 40 things that are all the same and can all fit on a towel.

- Alan Davies: Tiny glasses of fizzy Blue Nun on a towel themed on Greg's hometown of Wem. - 5
- Desiree Burch: Tiny trophies, each containing a pound coin. - 4
- Guz Khan: Tennis balls on a really big towel. - 3
- Victoria Coren Mitchell: Cherry liqueur chocolates. - 2
- Morgana Robinson: Chips. - 1

Task 1: Have the longest telephone conversation without the other person knowing that you are trying to have a long telephone conversation. During the call you must not mention television or Taskmaster. Every minute you must reveal and carry out an action from the board. If the person you call says any of the keywords, you must hang up immediately. You must call someone within two minutes from now.

- Desiree: 8:27 - 5
- Victoria: 3:41 - 4
- Guz: 1:46 - 3
- Morgana: 0:53 - 2
- Alan: 0:20 - 1

Task 2: Strike the soldier with your throwing paint. The soldier will say your name every five seconds. You may not remove or tamper with your helmet. Fastest wins. Your time starts when you are correctly wearing your helmet [which makes the contestant only see what is behind them].

- Morgana: 1:39 (thanks to Alex not fitting the helmet properly.) - 5
- Desiree: 8:30 - 4
- Guz: 12:54 - 3
- Victoria: 13:30 - 2
- Alan: 19:20 - 1

Task 3: Get goosebumps. Your goosebumps must be revealed in the lab. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

- Morgana: 2:49 - 5
- Alan: 13:51 - 4
- Desiree: 24:30 - 3
- Guz: Failed to get goosebumps. - 0
- Victoria: 0:56, but disqualified for just drawing goosebumps on her arm, but Greg says her will give her points retrospectively if he can find proof that Victoria is nicknamed Old Goosebump Arm. - 0

Live task (Team Task): Get the highest score by sliding your ducks. Each team will slide a pair of ducks three times. The duck slider must smirk at the Taskmaster while sliding their ducks. The winning team will receive five points per person. The losing team will get zero.

- Desiree, Guz and Morgana: 16 - 5
- Alan and Victoria: 8 - 0

Final scores

- Desiree: 21
- Morgana: 18
- Guz: 15
- Alan: 11
- Victoria: 8

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 18th November 2021
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Alan Davies Self
Desiree Burch Self
Guz Khan Self
Morgana Robinson Self
Victoria Coren Mitchell 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
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

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