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: 118
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Series 18, Episode 2 - ...And Then A Detective Comes In
Prize task: The most serious object that looks quite silly.
- Rosie Jones: Her own coffin, decorated with a pride flag, fake boobs, and the phrases: "Boo hoo I am dead" and "Honk if you miss me". - 5
- Andy Zaltzman: A Guy Fawkes effigy. - 4
- Jack Dee: An abseiling harness. - 3
- Emma Sidi: A clock displaying the phrase: "ComicSans Is My Daddy <3" in Comic Sans. - 2
- Babatunde Aleshe: A horned Viking helmet. - 1
Joker Task: Wear this outfit throughout one future task and your points will be doubled for that task. You have until your time in Taskmaster is over.
- Andy: Worn in Episode 10, the live task.
- Babatunde: Worn in Episode 4, Task 2.
- Emma: Worn in Episode 8, Task 3.
- Jack: Wears it for the very next task.
- Rosie: Worn in Episode 7, Task 2.
Task 1, Part 1: Remember these ten fine people. You have two minutes to acquaint yourself with these fine people. Best memory wins. Your time starts now. Part 2: Identify these ten fine people. Most fine people correctly identified wins. You have four fine minutes. Your time starts now.
- Jack (PLAYING JOKER OUTFIT): 7 - 4, doubled to become 8
- Emma: 10 - 5
- Babatunde: 6 - 3
- Andy and Rosie: 1 - 2
Task 2 (Team Task): Become the best multi-headed creature. Your creature must prove they are the best by doing something impressive. Also, during that impressive thing, they must speak one word at a time and explain what it is they are doing and why it is impressive. You have 20 minutes. You time starts now.
- Andy, Babatunde and Emma: A beast with many heads making a smoothie. - 2
- Jack and Rosie: A two-headed beast playing an impressive song. - 2
Task 3: Capture the most remarkable footage on this doorbell camera. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Rosie: Plays the Virgin Mary and gives to the baby Jesus, played by Alex. - 5
- Jack: Takes the camera off the wall and films the sewer just outside the house. - 4
- Emma: Makes a pancakes and posts it through the front door letterbox. - 3
- Andy: Plays a ghost from the future asking Alex how he brings to bring down Greg. - 2
- Babatunde: Does a variety of activities (badly) while waiting for someone to answer the door, including keepie uppies, crawling through a tube, drinking tea and sitting on Linda the cow. - 1
Live task: Spin the wheel the same number of times or more as the person before you. If you land on gold, you are automatically through to the next round, and the next person has to spin it one more time than the previous person.
- Babatunde: 5
- Emma: 4
- Jack: 3
- Andy: 2
- Rosie: 1
Final scores
- Jack: 20
- Emma: 16
- Rosie: 15
- Babatunde: 13
- Andy: 12
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 19th September 2024
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Andy Zaltzman | Self |
Babatunde Aléshé | Self |
Emma Sidi | Self |
Jack Dee | Self |
Rosie Jones | 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 |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Christina Baker (as Chrissie Baker) | Make-up Designer |
Chris Kempton | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Alex Horne | Creator |
Video
Doorbell camera task
Greg Davies and Alex Horne judge a 'Serious but Silly' prize task, and the contestants get creative with a doorbell camera.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Babatunde Aléshé, Jack Dee, Rosie Jones, Emma Sidi & Andy Zaltzman.