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
Episode menu
Series 16, Episode 3 - Languidly
Prize task: The present you have been given that raises the most questions.
- Sam Campbell: The Thesaurus of English?, a thesaurus in which he put a question mark after each word, thus creating lots of questions. - 5
- Julian Clary: A collage of a 4ft penis presented to him following a performance at the Bloomsbury Theatre. - 4
- Lucy Beaumont: A quiche Lorraine. - 3
- Sue Perkins: A phallic-looking dog toy given to her by Battersea Dogs Home. - 2
- Susan Wokoma: A Snickers bar. - 1
Task 1: Get the ball in the hole. Nothing may touch the ball. After you touch one tool, you may not touch another tool for one minute. If you decide to touch the welly [that is attached to a leaf-blower], you must only do so with your foot. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
- Julian: 3:25 - 5
- Sam: 3:31 - 4
- Lucy: 5:20 - 3
- Susan: 8:24 - 2
- Sue: 9:32 - 1
Task 2: Get underneath the most unique things. Alex will write down your things when you shout: "I am underneath it." If you get underneath something that someone else gets underneath, you both lose five things from your total. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
- Sam: 49 - 5
- Julian and Sue: -5 - 4
- Lucy: Total not given. - 2
- Susan: Total not given. - 1
Task 3: Choose a new nickname based on something you do in the next 20 minutes. Best nickname wins. Your time started when you smiled.
- Sam: Doctor Cigarettes - 5
- Lucy: Lucyfer the Rock God - 4
- Sue: Lassue Perkins - 3
- Susan: Chain Bastard - 2
- Julian: Butch - 1
Live task (Team Task): One member of your team must lie on three of the squares and go to sleep. After they have taken their position, they must not move until the task is over. Taking it in turn, the other team members must try to land their cushion in each of the three sleep squares. First team to strike out the sleeper wins.
- JLS - 5
- The Susans - 0
Final scores
- Sam - 24
- Julian - 19
- Lucy - 17
- Sue - 10
- Susan - 6
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 5th October 2023
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| Julian Clary | Self |
| Lucy Beaumont | Self |
| Sam Campbell | Self |
| Sue Perkins | Self |
| Susan Wokoma | 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 |
| Stephanie Kemp | Edit Producer |
| Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
| Hunter Allen | VT Editor |
| Steve Nayler | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
| Ric Clark | Director of Photography |
| Gary Parkhurst | Director of Photography |
| John Ford | Lighting Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
| Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Video
Lucy Beaumont & Sam Campbell antics
Julian Clary attempts to come up with a new nickname, however fails to match the efforts of Sue Perkins and Lucy Beaumont! Also, Sam Campbell finds his perfect task.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins & Susan Wokoma.