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 9 - Nothing Matters
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
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 |