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 15, Episode 2 - Trapped In A Loveless Marriage
Prize task: The object which, whenever you look at it, makes you feel the weirdest.
- Kiell Smith-Bynoe: A glove on a foot. - 5
- Frankie Boyle: Medieval paintings of cats. - 4
- Ivo Graham: Magnetic detachable reading glasses. - 3
- Jenny Eclair: The original magic eye book. - 1
- Mae Martin: A mirror. - 1
Task 1, Part 1: Compose a solo for this musician. The solo must be original and less than 30 seconds long. You have five minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2: Make something that looks like this musician's musical instrument, then mime to your new solo. You may not use a musical instrument in the creation of your musical instrument. Best performance wins. You have 15 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Ivo: Saxophone. - 5
- Jenny: Trumpet. - 5
- Kiell: Keyboard. - 5
- Frankie: Drums. - 4
- Mae: Double bass. - 4
Task 2 (Team Task): Build the highest bridge over the middle of the red green, and balance the potato on the middle of the bridge. The potato may not be anchored in any way. If anything touches the red green, you must put everything back where you found it, tut, and go back to the drawing board. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Frankie and Ivo: 2.81m. - 5
- Jenny, Kiell and Mae: 2.4m. - 3
Task 3: Achieve the most impressive effect with a single breath. You must take your breath and achieve your effect within the next 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Mae: Blows a marble down some pipes and lands it on a xylophone. - 4
- Frankie: Interrupting a golfer by blowing a whistle mid-swing. - 3
- Ivo: Blows a basketball and lands it on some glasses, while telephoning Ed Gamble. - 1
- Jenny: Saving the caravan by setting a curtain on fire for a second and blowing it out. - 1
- Kiell: Blows a golf ball down a pipe and fails to land it in a bowl. - 1
Live task: Create a recognisable picture of an animal on the back of your T-shirt using the equipment provided. You must stay on your spot, and you must not move your spot. If you create the same animal as someone else, you will both be disqualified. Best recognisable picture of animal on your back wins. You have 200 seconds.
- Jenny: Butterfly - 5
- Mae: Duck - 4
- Ivo: Giraffe - 3
- Frankie and Kiell: Disqualified for both doing snakes. - 0
Final scores
- Ivo: 17
- Frankie and Mae: 16
- Jenny: 15
- Kiell: 14
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 6th April 2023
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Frankie Boyle | Self |
Ivo Graham | Self |
Jenny Eclair | Self |
Kiell Smith-Bynoe | Self |
Mae Martin | Self |
Joe Auckland | Guest |
Mark Brown | Guest |
Will Collier | Guest |
Ben Reynolds | Guest |
Ed Sheldrake | Guest |
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 | Associate Producer |
Gabby Tomlinson | Edit Producer |
Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
Iain Chambers | VT Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Videos
Doing something impressive with a single breath
The contestants are asked to achieve the most impressive effect using a single breath.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Ivo Graham, Mae Martin & Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Make the highest potato bridge
Frankie Boyle and his long-lost son Ivo Graham attempt to build the highest bridge for a potato.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Ivo Graham, Mae Martin & Kiell Smith-Bynoe.