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: 105
Episode menu
Champion Of Champions 3 - Spider In My Pocket
Bonus task: Star in the best chase sequence. Alex will chase you. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
- Everyone: No points awarded in this task. - 0
Prize task: The best thing that you would wish for if you had one wish from a genie.
- Morgana Robinson: A spare pair of hands. - 5
- Kiell Smith-Bynoe: His own assistant, in the form of an Alex hand-puppet, made by Mae Martin's dad. - 4
- Dara O Briain: Hair, in the form of a wig. - 3
- Sophie Duker: A pair of cosplay outfits of Greg and Alex. - 2
- Sarah Kendall: A black belt in karate. - 1
Task 1: Be the best waiter. You must serve Alex all his food, drink and cutlery as it is currently set. If you drop of spill any items, you must clap for a full minute, or else you will be disqualified. You may not run. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
- Sophie: 18:20 - 5
- Dara: 18:42 - 4
- Sarah: 51:20 - 3
- Kiell: Disqualified for not giving the meal to Alex. - 0
- Morgana: Disqualified for not clapping for a full minute. - 0
Task 2, Part 1: Give yourself a disadvantage for the next task. Most severe disadvantage wins. You have two minutes to announce your disadvantage. Your time starts now.
- Kiell: Stuff satsumas in his mouths and have one hand in his pocket. - 5
- Morgana: Handcuffed. - 5
- Dara: One hand tied behind his back and the other hand constantly clicking out a jazzy rhythm. - 3
- Sarah: Gagged and mute. - 3
- Sophie: Low self-confidence. - 3
Task 2, Part 2: Put your hat [chosen from a selection inside the caravan] on the Taskmaster's head from the furthest distance. The person furthest from the Taskmaster when their hat settles on the Taskmaster's head wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Dara: 17.1m - 5
- Kiell: 6.3m - 4
- Dara: 3.6m - 3
- Sarah: 2.51m - 2
- Morgana: 1.8m (One Rowan Atkinson) - 1
Task 3: Do something really stupid. Most really stupid thing wins. You must not hurt yourself or anyone else. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Morgana: Pours paint over herself, squirts some of the paint into her mouth, which she spits out, and covers her head with feathers. - 5
- Dara: Fires rubber hands from off the top of his head. - 4
- Sophie: Insults Greg. - 3
- Sarah: Puts a bucket on her head, is spun around, throws her keys away, then carries a bike as she tries to find them. It takes her 80 minutes. - 2
- Kiell: He does a magic show. - 1
Live task: Don't say the Taskmaster's favourite thing. Alex will say a category. One at a time, you must shout a thing that falls in that category within two seconds of the previous person. If you pause, repeat, make a mistake, or say the Taskmaster's favourite thing, you are eliminated. Last player standing wins.
- Sophie - 5
- Sarah - 4
- Dara - 3
- Morgana - 2
- Kiell - 1
Final scores
- Dara - 22
- Sophie - 21
- Morgana - 18
- Kiell and Sarah - 15
Notes
This is the 150th episode of the TV format.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 14th January 2024
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Sarah Kendall | Self |
Morgana Robinson | Self |
Sophie Duker | Self |
Dara O Briain | Self |
Kiell Smith-Bynoe | 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 |
Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
Hunter Allen | VT Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Gary Parkhurst | Director of Photography |
Christina Baker (as Chrissie Baker) | Make-up Designer |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Videos
Champion of Champions 3 interviews
The contestants taking part in the 2024 Champion of Champions special answer questions sent in by fans of the show.
Featuring: Sophie Duker, Sarah Kendall, Dara O Briain, Morgana Robinson & Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Greg Davies baffled By Kiell Smith-Bynoe's stupidity
The task to do something really stupid.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Sophie Duker, Sarah Kendall, Dara O Briain, Morgana Robinson & Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Champion of Champions 3 - Outtakes
Six minutes of outtakes from the Champion of Champions 3 episode.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Sophie Duker, Sarah Kendall, Dara O Briain, Morgana Robinson & Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Press
Dara O Briain wore is Taskmaster prize wig at a gig in New Zealand
This particular outtake which has just gone viral on Twitter, Dara's tale of when he wore a wig for a gig in New Zealand and it's a minute very well spent.
John Plunkett, The Poke, 17th January 2024Taskmaster's Mae Martin responds to Kiell Smith-Bynoe on Champion of Champions
"The most intense FOMO I have ever felt."
Stephanie Chase, Digital Spy, 16th January 2024Taskmaster: Champion of Champions, review
A cult classic no more - this is a British comedy great.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 14th January 2024