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Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Greg Davies, Alex Horne
Taskmaster

Taskmaster

  • TV comedy
  • Channel 4 / U&Dave
  • 2015 - 2024
  • 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.

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Series 16, Episode 4 - Dynamite Chicks

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Sue Perkins, Alex Horne
Greg Davies watches in awe, delight and sometimes disgust as Lucy Beaumont gets her flowers mixed up, Sam Campbell regrets a trip abroad, Julian Clary orders some edible pants and Susan Wokoma shakes her head at Sue Perkins sniffing a door.

Prize task: The best thing for a grown-up that is meant for a child.

- Lucy Beaumont: A bi-pack; a bib with a bag attached to it. - 5
- Julian Clary: Biggles Takes it Rough by Captain W. E. Johns. - 4
- Sue Perkins: A nappy. - 3
- Susan Wokoma: A lava lamp which doubles as a seasonal affective disorder lamp. - 2
- Sam Campbell: His birth certificate. - 1

Task 1: Make a sausage. You can only use seven ingredients, each beginning with the letters of the word "sausage". You have five minutes to order your ingredients and 20 minutes to prepare your sausage. Most surprisingly pleasant sausage wins. You may not order sausages. Your time starts now.

- Sue - 5
- Julian - 4
- Lucy - 3
- Susan - 2
- Sam - 1

Task 2 (Team Task): Complete all the tasks, then put the tubs back on your heads. One person must be looking at a team-mate at all times during the task. Also, one person must be shaking their head and smiling at all times during the task. Also, one person must only shout. Fast wins. Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle. I: Eat one bowl of cereal in the lab. II: Sniff the front door. III: Name a total of five biscuits. IV: Make your buckets look like your faces. V: Do a total of 20 squats. VI: Tell each other something you have done that you regret. VII: Write a powerful message to the other team on the whiteboard. VIII-XII: Shake hands.

- JLS: 6:48 - 5
- The Sues: 7:54, but missed one task. - 2

Task 3: Recreate a well-known piece of art on these memo squares. You must draw on every memo square, but you may only look at one memo square at a time. You have 20 minutes, after which the memo squares will be arranged in a ten-by-ten square. Best memo square art wins. Your time starts now.

- Sam: Edvard Munch's The Scream. - 5
- Sue: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. - 5
- Julian: A Damien Hirst spot painting. - 3
- Susan: Mark Rothko's Red. - 3
- Lucy: Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers, but she accidentally draws poppies. - 1

Live task, Part 1: Write the name of a different animal on each face of your die. You have 100 seconds. Part 2: Roll your dice to avoid being eliminated by the Taskmaster's category. Last player standing wins.

- Sam: For rolling the animal most like the Taskmaster, a human. - 5
- Lucy: For rolling the animal least like the Taskmaster, a duck-billed platypus. - 4
- Sue: For rolling the worst pet, a giant squid. - 3
- Susan: For rolling the most dangerous animal, a snake. - 2
- Julian: For rolling the most boring animal, a mouse. - 1

Final scores

- Lucy and Sue: 18
- Julian and Sam: 17
- Susan: 11

Tie-break task: Tut the loudest. You may have ten goes, but your tenth will be the one that is recorded.

- Sue: 93.4dB - Winner
- Lucy: 90.2dB

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 12th October 2023
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Julian Clary Self
Lucy Beaumont Self
Sam Campbell Self
Sue Perkins Self
Susan Wokoma Self
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
Andrew Dames Edit Producer
Mark Sangster Editor
Rebecca Bowker Editor
Hunter Allen VT Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
Ric Clark Director of Photography
John Ford Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer
Martin Rosten Graphics

Video

Sticky note masterpieces

The contestants must recreate some famous works of art using sticky notes: Munch's The Scream, Mona Lisa and Van Gogh's.... Poppies?

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins & Susan Wokoma.

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