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: 118
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 6 - Spoony Neeson
Prize task: Best thing they have made themselves.
* Bob Mortimer: A sausage / pork pie presentation unit. - 5
* Aisling Bea: A vegetarian sausage roll. - 4
* Nish Kumar: A T-shirt with the faces of all the players and hosts dubbed, "The Taskmaster Seven". - 3
* Sally Phillips: A birdbath, which is really a plunger with some plastic flowers tied to it. - 2
* Mark Watson: A 4,000 piece jigsaw of Greg's face. - 1
Task 1: Balance Alex. You have ten minutes to place your counterweight at your end of the see-saw. You may not use humans to balance Alex. Most balanced Alex wins. Your time starts now.
* Nish - 5
* Sally - 4
* Aisling - 3
* Bob - 2
* Mark - 1
Task 2: With this camera strapped to your head, record the most incredible footage. You have ten minutes to plan your footage, and ten minutes to record it. Your time starts now.
* Sally: The birth of Alex. - 5
* Aisling: A parody of the film Taken. - 4
* Bob: Rummaging through a box full of Wotsits which also contains Bob's head. - 4
* Mark: Watching a film of a motorbike travelling through a forest. - 4
* Nish: Nish filling out a Su Doku incorrectly. - 1
Bonus task: Have your photo taken with this golden pineapple and other esteemed company. Best portfolio of pineapple photos wins. You have six months. Your time starts now.
* Aisling: She sent the pineapple to her mother Helen in Kildare, Ireland who took photos of it on her iPad. - 0
Task 3: Using this flame, light the candle in the caravan. Fastest wins. Your time starts now. [Rule only for Mark: Also, please don't say any words containing any of the letters in the word "Taskmaster".]
* Bob: Only one to light the candle, doing so in 3:05. - 5
* Mark: Light out in the living room. - 4
* Sally: Light out just outside the caravan. - 3
* Nish: Light out in the hallway. - 2
* Aisling: Light out in 9.1 seconds. - 1
Live task: Make yourself monotone. Most monotone after 100 seconds wins.
* Aisling - 5
* Sally - 4
* Mark - 3
* Bob - 2
* Nish - 1
Final scores
* Bob and Sally - 18
* Aisling - 17
* Mark - 13
* Nish - 12
Tie-break task: Get the most yoghurt onto the middle of a target on a wall, with one good kick.
* Sally - Wins after a member of the audience suggests Bob should win.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 18th 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 |
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
Nish Kumar blows out a candle
Sally and Nish try and transport a candle without blowing it out. Nish has some difficulty.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Nish Kumar & Sally Phillips.
Greg Davies gives Nish Kumar a pep talk
Greg gives Nish Kumar a pep talk to encourage him to 'really give the show a go'.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne & Nish Kumar.
Exclusive outtake - Mark Watson's best achievement
Mark Watson does an impressive kick to get a yoghurt pot in the centre of a target. Alex Horne describes it as 'the best thing he's ever done'.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Aisling Bea & Mark Watson.
Press
Taskmaster: series 5, episode 6 review
This time Greg Davies needs to have a chat with Nish Kumar, Alex Horne is born, and Aisling Bea sends a golden pineapple to Kildare.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 18th October 2017