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.
- Continues on Thursday on C4 at 9pm with Series 18, Episode 9
- Catch-up on Series 18, Episode 8
Streaming rank this week: 16
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 2 - The Leprechaun Or The Lesbian
Prize task: Hippest item of headware
* Sally Phillips: A beret and balaclava with hips attached to it. - 5
* Bob Mortimer: A military hat for a future war, given to him by Vic Reeves. - 4
* Aisling Bea: A Yorkshire pudding hat. - 3
* Mark Watson: A hat with a neon sign reading: "Taskmaster". - 2
* Nish Kumar: A cap made for him at Disneyworld reading: "Nishi". - 1
Task 1: Make the best coconut-flinging machine. You have 20 minutes and one attempt. Furthest coconut fling wins. Your time starts now.
* Bob: 16.2m - 5
* Sally: 5:5m - 4
* Nish: 5:3m - 3
* Aisling: 4.4m - 2
* Mark: 18.9m, but penalised for using a hat rather than creating a machine. - 2
Task 2: [In a darkened lab] Paint the best rainbow scene. You may not open the lab door until the task is complete. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
* Aisling - 5
* Sally - 4
* Mark - 3
* Nish - 2
* Bob - 1
Task 3: There is a loaf of bread in the lab. Slice the loaf as neatly as possible. You may use one tool only, and that tool must be found in this caravan. You have five minutes. Your time starts now.
* Nish: Uses a hardback book cover. - 5
* Mark: Uses a grill. - 4
* Aisling: Disqualified for slicing the wrong loaf of bread. - 0
* Bob and Sally: Disqualified for using more than one tool. - 0
Task 4 (Team Task): Achieve the greatest splat. One teammate must be splatted for the splat to be valid. You have ten minutes to choose your splatting materials, and then ten minutes to pull off your splat. Your time starts now.
* Mark and Nish - 3
* Aisling, Bob and Sally - 2
Live task: With your face placed firmly in your hole at all times, paint the most recognisable animal, vegetable or mineral. You must incorporate your face in the picture. Most accurate representation of an animal, vegetable or mineral wins. You have three minutes.
* Aisling, Mark, Nish and Sally: 5
* Bob: 4
Final scores
* Sally - 20
* Mark and Nish - 19
* Aisling - 17
* Bob - 16
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 20th September 2017
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| Aisling Bea | Self |
| Nish Kumar | Self |
| Bob Mortimer | Self |
| Sally Phillips | Self |
| Mark Watson | 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 |
| Hilary Rosen | Executive Producer |
| Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
| Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
| Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
| Dan Trelfer | Edit Producer |
| Tom Webber | Edit Producer |
| Thomas Perrett | Editor |
| Martin McEwan | Editor |
| Andi Meek | Editor |
| Barry Osment | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
| Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
Paint the best rainbow in the dark
Can the contestants paint a good rainbow with the lights off?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips & Mark Watson.
Cut bread without using a knife
The contestants are tasked with slicing an uncut loaf of bread without using a knife. Some interesting choices from Nish and Mark...
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Nish Kumar & Mark Watson.
Outtake: Greg Davies swear box
Greg Davies' swearing gets out of control!
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Sally Phillips & Mark Watson.
Press
Taskmaster: series 5, episode 2 review
Tonight's episode features dystopian rainbow scenes, a blood-covered loaf of bread in the wrong room, and a woman drenched in urine.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th September 2017