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 17, Episode 2 - Jumungo
Prize task: The most fun thing to turn upside down.
- Joanne McNally: A right-way up bat. - 5
- Steve Pemberton: A haiku written on an upside down calculator. - 5
- Nick Mohammed: A drum which is mother mistook for a flower vase. - 4
- John Robins: The logo for the Chicago Bulls, because it looks like a robot having sex with a crab. - 3
- Sophie Willan: A steak pudding. - 1
Task 1: Rescue the cat. The cat must come out of the top hole. Your head may not enter the dome. The door must remain closed. Fastest wins. Your time starts now. Goes by the name Patatas.
- Steve: 2:19 - 5
- John: 3:24 - 4
- Nick: 14:00 - 3
- Joanne: 22:20 - 2
- Sophie: 26:06 - 1
Task 2 (Team Task): Do the most epic thing using green material and this green screen onesie. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Joanne, John and Sophie: Sophie is a Tudor queen, who licks a magic lizard, causing things and herself to fly. - 5
- Nick and Steve: Steve gets an invisible Nick to make pancakes. - 4
Task 3: Stick the heaviest thing to the board using three of the ingredients on the shelves. Once you have chosen your ingredients you may not change your mind. Heaviest thing that sticks to the board for at least one minute wins. You have 12 minutes and you must choose your thing in the first two minutes. Your time starts now.
- Sophie: 3.3kg - 5
- Steve: 713g - 4
- Joanne: 85g - 3
- Nick: Disqualified for not sticking his selected item to the wall. - 0
- John: Disqualified as his item did not stick to the board for one minute. - 0
Live task (Team Task): Guess the movie that your team-mate is saying. Your team-mate can only say the first three letters of each word of the movie title. Most movies in each round wins.
- Joanne, John and Sophie - 5
- Nick and Steve - 3
Final scores
- Steve - 21
- Joanne - 20
- John and Sophie - 17
- Nick - 14
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 4th April 2024
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| Joanne McNally | Self |
| John Robins | Self |
| Nick Mohammed | Self |
| Sophie Willan | Self |
| Steve Pemberton | 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 |
| Karen Murdoch | Edit Producer |
| Hunter Allen | VT Editor |
| Mark Hardyman | VT Editor |
| Lachlan Wilson | VT Editor |
| Ally Morgan | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
| Ric Clark | Director of Photography |
| Gary Parkhurst | Director of Photography |
| Will Charles | Lighting Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
| Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Video
Rescue the cat
Alex Horne's cat is missing, and the contestants take very differing approaches to animal rescue.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Joanne McNally, Nick Mohammed, Steve Pemberton, John Robins & Sophie Willan.