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Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&Dave
- 2015 - 2024
- 170 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 Thursday on C4 at 9pm with Series 18, Episode 1
- Series 6, Episode 4 repeated tomorrow at 11pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 111
Episode menu
Series 4, Episode 8 - Tony Three Pies
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Prize task: Most cash
* Lolly Adefope: £2,000 and a blank cheque. - 5
* Joe Lycett: £250 in pennies, weighing 89kg. - 4
* Noel Fielding: A £500 banknote he himself created. - 3
* Mel Giedroyc: A suitcase containing nearly £1million, but actually only £240 is real and the rest is Monopoly money. - 2
* Hugh Dennis: 2million Vietnamese dong, worth £72.20. - 1
Task 1, Part 1: Make the most exotic sandwich. You have ten minutes to plan your exotic sandwich, then ten minutes to construct it. Your time starts now.
* Noel - 5
* Joe - 4
* Lolly - 3
* Mel - 2
* Hugh - 1
Task 1, Part 2: Eat your exotic sandwich. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Hugh - 5
* Mel - Bonus point for getting an M&M stuck up her nose. - 5
* Lolly - 3
* Joe - 2
* Noel: Bonus point for eating part of Alex's beard. - 2
Task 2: Strike one of these objects [Babybell, rubber duck, coconut, ping-pong ball] the furthest distance with one of the other objects [Snooker cue, swimming noodle, large novelty pencil]. You have three strikes with your chosen object.
* Noel: 29.6m - 5
* Hugh: 24m - 4
* Joe: 18.45m - 3
* Mel: 8.12m - 2
* Lolly: 25cm - 1
Task 3: Do something surprising with this rubber duck. Most surprising wins. You have ten minutes to plan your surprising thing, then ten minutes to do it. Your time starts now.
* Mel: Manages to hide the duck in a package on the back of a courier's motorbike. - 5
* Noel: Marries the duck, with Tim Key acting as vicar. - 4
* Joe: Brings it into the studio with a message on the bottom of it, revealing Joe has bought Greg a holiday, namely an overnight stay in a timber yurt. - 3
* Hugh: Attaches the duck to a toy so when it is turned the duck goes "moo". - 2
* Lolly: Sends the duck flying in a basket lifted by helium balloons. - 1
Live task: Draw the median duck. The median duck alone wins. You have 100 seconds. Winner takes all. There will also be a bonus point for best duck picture.
* Mel - 5
* Noel: Bonus point - 1
Final scores
* Mel - 21
* Noel - 20
* Joe - 16
* Hugh and Lolly - 13
Series scores
* Noel - 144
* Joe - 136
* Mel - 134
* Hugh - 129
* Lolly - 125
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 13th June 2017
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Lolly Adefope | Self |
Hugh Dennis | Self |
Noel Fielding | Self |
Mel Giedroyc | Self |
Joe Lycett | Self |
Tim Key | Guest |
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 |
Hilary Rosen | Executive Producer |
Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
Dan Trelfer | Edit Producer |
Thomas Perrett | Editor |
Mark Sangster | Editor |
Martin McEwan | Editor |
Andi Meek | Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
Outtake: Greg Davies Loses His Temper
In this clip from the final round which was cut from TV, we see Greg Davies once again having to call on his teacher authority to silence a rowdy audience.
Featuring: Greg Davies.
Outtake: Carpet Snake Alex Horne
Greg makes a claim about how Alex Horne moves.
Featuring: Greg Davies & Alex Horne.
Outtake: Fit Just Like You
Alex has to read something off the autocue.
Featuring: Greg Davies & Alex Horne.
Outtake: Alex Horne can't finish his sentence
"And then..." Will Alex ever finish his sentence?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Hugh Dennis & Joe Lycett.
Mel Giedroyc's exotic sandwich
Mel Giedroyc makes an exotic sandwich out of some sweet and tasty treats, but she gets a little surprise at the end from Alex Horne...
Featuring: Alex Horne & Mel Giedroyc.
Noel Fielding's exotic sandwich
Noel Fielding makes an exotic sandwich with the help of Alex Horne, much to his amusement.
Featuring: Alex Horne & Noel Fielding.
Press
Review: Taskmaster: series 4, episode 8
The finale of Taskmaster series four is a big deal: there's money up for grabs, exotic sandwiches to made, and the most average duck to be drawn.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 13th June 2017