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: 117
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Series 5, Episode 4 - Residue Around The Hoof
Prize task: Most extraordinary souvenir.
* Aisling Bea: A bag of her own baby teeth. - 5
* Nish Kumar: A single man-made leaf from the set of Lord of the Rings. - 4
* Sally Phillips: Abba Monopoly. - 3
* Mark Watson: A Kuwait T-shirt, despite the fact he hasn't been allowed into Kuwait. - 2
* Bob Mortimer: A large Woody Woodpecker cuddly toy which he won at a holiday camp in Spain. - 1
Take 1: Make Marmite. You have ten minutes to select your ingredients, and then ten minutes to make your Marmite. Best Marmite wins. Your time starts now.
* Bob - 5
* Mark - 4
* Aisling - 3
* Sally - 2
* Nish: Disqualified for using actual Marmite in his Marmite. - 0
Task 2 (Team Task): Do something remarkable synchronised. You have a maximum of 30 minutes. Most remarkably synchronised behaviour wins. Your time starts now.
* Aisling, Bob and Sally - 3
* Mark and Nish - 2
Task 3, Part 1: Wearing this blindfold, blow up this balloon so that its circumference is the same as the length of a standard cucumber. You have one minute. Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.
* Mark - 5
* Bob - 4
* Aisling - 3
* Sally - 2
* Nish - 1
Task 3, Part 2: Spot the difference. Have a look at the scene in front of you and explain exactly what's changed since you put the blindfold on. You have two minutes. Your time starts now.
* Aisling: 5 - 5
* Mark and Nish: 3 - 4
* Bob and Sally: 2 - 2
Task 4: Sneeze. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Bob: 10:01 - 5
* Mark: 48 hours. - 4
* Nish: Gives up. - 0
* Aisling and Sally: Disqualified for not doing genuine sneezes. - 0
Prize task: Stand on one leg for the longest while playing a game of "Greg says, Alex says" [Do any command beginning with the phrase: "Greg says", and ignore any command beginning with: "Alex says".] Your raised foot must remain above the balloon at all times and must not touch any other item. Last person to pop their balloon wins.
* Aisling - 5
* Mark - 4
* Sally - 3
* Nish - 2
* Bob - 1
Final scores
* Aisling and Mark - 24
* Bob - 21
* Sally - 15
* Mark - 12
Tie-break task: Back-throw a picture of a Swede into a bin, while looking at a picture of the Taskmaster. Fewest attempts wins.
* Mark: 15 attempts. - Winner
* Aisling: 66 attempts.
Notes
All the Marmite recipes are in the official Taskmaster book.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 4th October 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 |
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
Make The Best Marmite
In this task, the contestants have to make their own Marmite...
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips & Mark Watson.
Do something remarkable synchronised
In this task, Nish and Mark synchronise their breakfast eating.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Nish Kumar, Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips & Mark Watson.
Press
Taskmaster: series 5, episode 4 - review
This week the panel perform a task you'll either love or hate, we see Bob Mortimer snort white pepper, and realise that Alex Horne is sometimes unnoticeable.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 4th October 2017