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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
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Series 15, Episode 2 - Trapped In A Loveless Marriage

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Frankie Boyle, Ivo Graham, Jenny Eclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mae Martin
At Greg's request, Little Alex Horne has split his band five ways for the sake of a task. This in turn leads to Jenny Eclair imparting her knowledge on trumpeters and piles. And Frankie Boyle shares some pretty strong opinions on golf.

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

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Frankie Boyle Self
Ivo Graham Self
Jenny Eclair Self
Kiell Smith-Bynoe Self
Mae Martin Self
Guest cast
Joe Auckland Guest
Mark Brown Guest
Will Collier Guest
Ben Reynolds Guest
Ed Sheldrake Guest
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
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.

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