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 9 - A Show About Pedantry
Prize task: The sneakiest thing.
- Kiell Smith-Bynoe: A spy pen that recorded Greg Davies speaking, as he signed something for Tseikna Ensgith, which is an anagram of "Sneakiest thing". - 5
- Frankie Boyle: The book Orlando The Marmalade Cat, which he read to his children to send them to sleep, but they got bored of it so her made a fake cover for the book, entitled Harry Potter And The Kung Fu Death Cult, to trick them into thinking it was something else. - 4
- Jenny Eclair: A dog mask, concealing a copy of her book The Writing On The Wall, in the hope of getting some publicity and sell more copies. - 4
- Mae Martin: A knock-knock joke, split into multiple parts and hidden among the panellist's pockets. Also, they are wearing a pair of Alex Horne's socks that his wife sent to Mae in the post. - 4
- Ivo Graham: A fake dictionary, inside of which is a copy of the world's smallest dictionary. - 2
Task 1 (Team Task): Make these things the same colour as those things. People on bottles must stay on their spots at all times. You may perform ten bottle stamps and two bottle squeezes. Best colour matches wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
- Everyone: Both teams got their items (an aubergine, a mango and a potato) the same colour, although both broke some rules. - 5
Task 2, Part 1: Put three single-digit numbers in the slots, then open the second task. Part 2: Deliver a one-minute lecture about the year you selected. Your lecture must start in 15 minutes from now. Most informative lecture wins. You may not leave the lab.
- Ivo: 1125 - 5
- Frankie: 1417 - 4
- Mae: 1123 - 3
- Jenny: 1642 - 2
- Kiell: 1500 - 2
Task 3: Make exactly 99 holes in this piece of paper. Your holes must have a diameter of at least three millimetres and form a recognisable picture or pattern. If you make more or fewer than 99 holes, you are disqualified. Also, if you look at Alex or speak to Alex at any point, you are disqualified. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
- Frankie: 5:51 - 5
- Kiell: 11:47 - 4
- Ivo, Jenny and Mae: Disqualified for talking to Alex. - 0
Live task: Combine two of your things to equal the height of the thing said by Greg. You may not use any of your things twice. Worst guess each round is eliminated.
- Kiell - 5
- Ivo - 4
- Mae - 3
- Frankie - 2
- Jenny - 1
Final scores
- Kiell - 21
- Frankie - 20
- Ivo - 16
- Mae - 15
- Jenny - 12
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 25th May 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 |
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 |
Emily Pickthall | Edit Producer |
Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
Iain Chambers | VT Editor |
Ally Morgan | Editor |
David Abramsky | VT Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |