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.
- Due to return in January 2025
- Catch-up on Series 18, Episode 10
- Streaming rank this week: 19
Episode menu
Series 17, Episode 4 - Apropos Of Apoppo
Prize task: The greatest thing to give to a granny.
- John Robins: A bottle of wine, a bar of chocolate, and 20 cigarettes. - 5
- Steve Pemberton: Two greetings cards, one sweet made when he was eight, and other more sexual when was a teenager. - 4
- Nick Mohammed: A good luck potion. - 3
- Sophie Willan: An animal-print onesie. - 2
- Joanne McNally: A tooth grill. - 1
Task 1: Work out who you are shaking hands with. You must only shake hands with the hands, and you may not handle the hands in any other way. You may chop off a total of three things and one thumb, but if you set off the health and safety emergency alarm, you are disqualified. Also, you may not look around, over, under or through the fence. Best hand identification wins. You have a maximum of 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Nick: Eight correct handshakes, and correctly identified that he was shaking hands with Alex. - 5
- Joanne: Five correct handshakes, but also correctly identified Alex. - 4
- John: Six correct handshakes. - 3
- Sophie: Five correct handshakes. - 2
- Steve: Three correct handshakes. - 1
Task 2: Create the biggest and best dot-to-dot picture. Biggest and best dot-to-dot picture wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
- John: A snail. - 5
- Sophie: A cow. - 5
- Steve: A framed Mona Lisa. - 3
- Joanna: A moustache above a nasolabial fold. - 2
- Nick: A snake. - 1
Task 3 (Team Task), Part of the task: Fastest team to discover the other half of this task wins. You must always hold hands. You time starts now. Full task: Fastest team to go to the lab, discover the cake, eat one half, put the other half in the postbox, put a flower on top of this task and then sit on top of this task wins five points. You must not necessarily always hold hands. That's up to you. Your time started when you said your time starts now.
- Joanne, John and Sophie: 10:05 - 5
- Nick and Steve: 11:12 - 4
Live task: Pass all your loo roll through your loo roll inner tube. If your loo roll breaks at any point, you must put down your loo roll and put both your hands in the air for ten seconds before carrying on. Fastest wins.
- Joanne: Only one to complete the task. - 5
- John, Nick, Sophie and Steve: Disqualified for failing to get all of the loo roll off, or in the case of Nick tearing the tube and putting the paper on top of it. - 0
Final scores
- John: 18
- Joanne: 17
- Sophie: 14
- Nick: 13
- Steve: 12
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 18th 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 |
Dan Trelfer | Edit Producer |
Vicky Winter | Line Producer |
Mark Sangster | Editor |
Mark Hardyman | VT Editor |
Lachlan Wilson | VT 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
Gifts for grandmas
Gold teeth, slut dropping animal print onesie... What else would a Grandma need?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Joanne McNally, Nick Mohammed, Steve Pemberton, John Robins & Sophie Willan.