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

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
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Champion Of Champions, Episode 2 - I've Sinned Again

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Alex Horne, Noel Fielding. Copyright: Avalon Television
Five hall of famers return for more consensual indignity at the hands of Greg Davies and Alex Horne. The challenges include making a mask which both looks and tastes great.

Preview clips

Bonus task: Sing along to the Taskmaster theme tune. Most powerful and champion-like wins. Your time starts now.

Josh - 0.

Prize task: Best thing.

* Rob Beckett: Del Boy's ring. - 5
* Noel Fielding: A song from Kasabian called You're the Best Thing. - 4
* Josh Widdicombe: The keys to his house. - 3
* Bob Mortimer: A broccoli rotation and delivery unit. - 3
* Katherine Ryan: A jacket featuring a patch of Romesh Ranganathan which Romesh hated, which is also embroidered with the date of an important gig he was doing. - 1

Task 1: What's in the case? Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

* Noel: 3:19 - 5
* Josh: 5:30 - 4
* Rob: 5:45 - 3
* Bob: 7:42 - 2
* Katherine: 14:03 - 1

Task 2: Make a mask that tastes delicious and looks great. Your mask must be entirely edible and entirely wearable. You have 10 minutes to plan your mask and 20 minutes to make it. You then must wear your mask so that Alex can taste it. Most delicious and great-looking mask wins. Your time starts now.

* Bob - 5
* Josh - 4
* Katherine - 3
* Noel and Rob - 2

Task 3: Make the biggest mess and completely clean it up. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.

* Katherine - 5
* Noel and Rob - 4
* Josh - 3
* Bob - 1

Live task: Record the highest number of steps on your pedometers. You may not touch your blindfold. You have 100 seconds.

* Katherine: 1,263 - 5
* Josh: 1,059 - 4
* Rob: 840 - 3
* Bob: 730 - 2
* Noel: 627 - 1

Final scores

* Josh - 18
* Rob - 17
* Noel - 16
* Katherine - 15
* Bob - 13

Series scores

* Josh - 37
* Rob - 36
* Katherine - 35
* Noel - 32
* Bob - 24

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 20th December 2017
Time
9pm
Channel
U&Dave
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Josh Widdicombe Self
Katherine Ryan Self
Rob Beckett Self
Noel Fielding Self
Bob Mortimer Self
Writing team
Alex Horne Writer
Production team
Andy Devonshire Series Director
Andy Cartwright Series Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
James Taylor Executive Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Hilary Rosen Executive Producer
Rob Aslett Executive Producer
Andy Devonshire Executive Producer
Alex Horne Executive Producer
Thomas Perrett Editor
Mark Sangster Editor
Andi Meek Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
Anthony Dalton Director of Photography
Martin Kempton Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer

Videos

Josh Widdicombe sings Taskmaster theme tune

Josh Widdicombe has to sing along to the Taskmaster theme tune.

Featuring: Josh Widdicombe.

Noel Fielding smashes briefcase

Noel Fielding has to smash open a briefcase. How quick can he do it?

Featuring: Noel Fielding.

Make a mess and clean it up

Bob and Josh try to make the biggest mess, and then clean it all up again, all in 10 minutes.

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Josh Widdicombe & Bob Mortimer.

Press

The entertainingly daft gameshow returns for a sixth series. The USP is bewildering and pointless tasks - towers of lemons, wheelbarrow stunts etc - attempted by game, silly comics including Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Asim Chaudhry.

The Guardian, 27th April 2018

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions, Episode 2 - review

Helped by Josh Widdicombe singing the theme tune (for no points), tonight we find out who is greatest champion of all.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th December 2017

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