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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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Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2023 - That's A Swizz

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Carol Vorderman, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Greg Davies, Greg James, Alex Horne, Mo Farah, Self Esteem. Credit: Avalon Television
The third New Year's Treat sees Amelia Dimoldenberg, Carol Vorderman, Greg James, Sir Mo Farah and Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka Self Esteem) trying to win Greg's golden eyebrows.

Prize task: The thing which Greg would be most surprised that you own.

- Sir Mo Farah: A hairdryer. - 5
- Carol Vorderman: A military-style van with an opening roof, where she lives for most of the year. - 4
- Amelia Dimoldenberg: A coffin for a fly. - 3
- Rebecca Lucy Taylor: An ashtray designed to look like herself in the bath. - 2
- Greg James: A painting depicting Jonathan Ross as the Virgin Mary, and Chris Moyles as a fat baby Jesus. - 1

Task 1: Count all the dots on this card. You may not touch or mark the card. You must give an answer in ten minutes, and you must answer the door and obey the instructions every time the doorbell rings. Most accurate final answer wins. Your time starts now. [Doorbell instructions: I - Wear these goggles until the doorbell rings. II - Stand behind the barrier until the doorbell next rings. III - Shout until the doorbell next rings. IV - Wear boxing gloves and an eye patch, and count like a pirate. V - Feed the blackbird all of the seeds. VI - Put on a swimming hat and swimming goggles, and giggle.]

- Greg: 1,724 (correct answer 1,742) - 5
- Carol: 1,683 - 4
- Amelia: 752 - 3
- Mo: 2,880 - 2
- Rebecca: 293 - 1

Task 2: Recreate the picture that Alex is holding. Your face must not move from this position. Alex will show you the picture for five seconds when you have finished reading the task, and then for a further three seconds every time you land a ball in a bucket. Best recreation of the picture wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.

- Greg and Rebecca - 4
- Mo - 3
- Ameila - 2
- Carol - 1

Task 3: Put the most carp pellets in the fish bowl. You must not bend at the waist or the knees at any point. You have 15 minutes. Your time starts now. (Beware! The rooms are booby-trapped!)

- Mo: 24,546 - 5
- Rebecca: 24,038 - 4
- Greg: 23,292 - 3
- Carol: About 23,000 - 2
- Amelia: About 9,000 - 1

Live task: Obey Greg's instructions. You must only obey the instructions which start with: "Greg says". Greg says the person who obeys Greg's instructions best wins.

- Amelia and Mo - 5
- Carol and Rebecca - 3
- Greg - 1

Final scores

- Mo - 20
- Amelia, Carol, Greg and Rebecca - 14

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 1st January 2023
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Amelia Dimoldenberg Self
Carol Vorderman Self
Greg James Self
Mo Farah (as Sir Mo Farah) Self
Self Esteem (as Rebecca Lucy Taylor) 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
Mark Lucey Edit Producer
Mark Sangster Editor
Hunter Allen VT Editor
David Abramsky VT Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
John Ford Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer
Martin Rosten Graphics

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