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Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&Dave
- 2015 - 2024
- 170 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 Thursday on C4 at 9pm with Series 18, Episode 1
- Series 6, Episode 4 repeated tomorrow at 11pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 111
Episode menu
Series 14, Episode 4 - Crumbs In My Bralette
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Prize task: The greatest addition to a garden.
- Sarah Millican: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, which she uses to prevent Magnum wrappers from flying away. - 5
- Dara O Briain: A thermometer displaying a 1920s French advert, which uses someone who looks like himself. - 4
- John Kearns: A Leylandii plant that will one day grow into a hedge maze. - 3
- Munya Chawawa: A model of Smooth Rupert, a blackbird he befriended. - 2
- Fern Brady: A grubby pizza oven. - 1
Task 1: Turn on the bubble machine. You may not step off or move the doormat. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
- Sarah: 6:16 - 5
- Dara: 6:35 - 4
- Fern: 7:40 - 3
- John: 10:45 - 2
- Munya: 11:41 - 1
Task 2: Get this tarpaulin complete in one of the containers. You have a maximum of five minutes and you must select your container before touch the tarpaulin. Also you must tidy everything up within those five minutes. Smallest container successfully filled with the tarpaulin wins. Your time starts after you have selected your container, and you must select your container within the next 30 seconds.
- Sarah - 5
- Dara - 4
- Fern - 3
- John - 2
- Munya - 1
Task 3, Part 1: Write down five wonderful words. You have one minute. Your time starts now. Part 2: Write a classic song. You must write lyrics for a piece of classical music. Your lyrics must contain your five wonderful words. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Sarah - 5
- Fern and John - 4
- Dara and Munya - 2
Live Task: Throw your egg and your spoon the same distance. Both egg and spoon must cross the qualifying line. If either your egg or spoon fall off the Knappett you are disqualified. The most distanced egg and spoon each round are out. If your egg doesn't break, your distance is halved. Last player standing wins.
- Dara - 5
- Fern - 4
- Munya - 3
- Sarah - 2
- John - 1
Final scores
- Sarah - 22
- Dara - 19
- Fern - 15
- John - 12
- Munya - 9
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th October 2022
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Dara O Briain | Self |
Fern Brady | Self |
John Kearns | Self |
Munya Chawawa | Self |
Sarah Millican | 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 |
Vicky Winter | Line Producer |
Amy Tuckwell | Edit Producer |
Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
Steve Nayler | Editor |
Craig Harbour | VT Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |