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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 6, Episode 1 - The Old Soft Curved Padlock
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Prize task: Best liquid
* Tim Vine: Fizzy Benylin. - 5
* Alice Levine: Blood - 4
* Liza Tarbuck: A bottle of the world's cleanest water from Chile. - 3
* Asim Chaudhry: His own peanut dust vape. - 1
* Russell Howard: Brut for Men. - 1
Task 1: Perform the best stunt using this wheelbarrow. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* Alice: Sits in the wheelbarrow with a rope attached to her feet. Alex drives away with the rope and "pulls off" Alice's legs. - 5
* Russell: Drinks gin, smokes, gets into the wheelbarrow with a toy shark, and crashes into a wheelie bin full of rubber bricks. - 4
* Liza: Makes a zip-wire, turns the wheelbarrow into some kind of the creature, and sends it down the wire delivering chocolates. - 3
* Tim: "Sledge Ravine" - slides down the wheelbarrow while Alex throws tennis balls at him. - 2
* Asim: Attaches the wheelbarrow to a bike, rides through a fake brick wall, picks up a dummy and takes it to the caravan. - 1
Task 2: Make the highest tower using only what is in the bowl [lemons]. You may wield the knife a maximum of five times. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
* Russell: 11 inches - 5
* Alice: 9 inches - 4
* Liza: 8 inches - 3
* Tim: 7 inches - 2
* Asim: 4cm - 1
Task 3: Wearing a hat, kiss the portrait of the Taskmaster in the Taskmaster's house. The hat must not come from the grounds of the Taskmaster's house. Closest to 30 minutes wins. Your time starts now.
* Alice: 28:30 - 5
* Russell: 24:00 - 4
* Liza: 20:50 - 3
* Tim: 10:40 - 2
* Asim: 9:00 - 1
Live task: Sort the objects under the table in order of size. You must keep your elbows on the table top and your head in your hands at all times. The smallest object should be on your right, the largest object on your left, and they must all be in line under your table. Also, there must be no fruit in your line-up. If there is any fruit left under your table, you will be disqualified. You have 100 seconds.
* Liza: 3 items. - 5
* Asim and Russell: 2 items. - 4
* Alice and Tim: Disqualified for having fruit under the table. - 0
Final scores
* Alice and Russell - 18
* Liza - 17
* Tim - 11
* Asim - 8
Tie-break task: Spin around as many times as possible and kick a football at the caravan. Most spins wins. If you miss the caravan, you are disqualified.
* Alice: 24 - Winner
* Russell: 19
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 2nd May 2018
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Alice Levine | Self |
Asim Chaudhry | Self |
Liza Tarbuck | Self |
Russell Howard | Self |
Tim Vine | 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 |
Thomas Perrett | Editor |
Mark Sangster | Editor |
Joe Haughey | Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
Russell Howard & Asim Chaudhry's lemon tower
In this clip, Russell Howard and Asim Chaudhry take on the task of building the tallest tower of lemons. Find out who is simply the zest.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Asim Chaudhry & Russell Howard.
Wheelbarrow stunts
Alex Horne makes quite the entrance with a wheelbarrow, setting the task of performing the best stunt using said wheelbarrow.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne & Asim Chaudhry.
Outtake: Alex Horne's blood curdling scream
Alice Levine asks Alex Horne to do his best scream over her wheelbarrow stunt. Let's see how he gets on...
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Alice Levine & Asim Chaudhry.
Outtake: Alex Horne grammar checks Greg Davies
Little Alex Horne feels brave and corrects Taskmaster, Greg Davies' grammar.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne & Asim Chaudhry.
Outtake: Alex's sexy dance for Greg
Alex Horne does a sexy dance for Taskmaster Greg Davies, leaving the contestants a little confused. Russell Howard also explains why he was wearing sunglasses to do his task.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Russell Howard & Tim Vine.
Press
Taskmaster: TV's best comedy is back, bigger and better
The best comedy of 2017 is back - bigger and better than ever.
James Croot, Stuff.co.nz, 15th May 2018The daft panel show returns for a sixth series, with Greg Davies and Alex Horne doling out challenges both inane and insane. Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard, Tim Vine and Asim "Chabuddy G" Chaudhry are their victims, taking on lemons, wheelbarrows and orienteering in this opening episode.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 2nd May 2018TV review: Taskmaster, Series 6, Dave
This programme is getting so popular it can only be a matter of time before Taskmaster becomes an Olympic sport.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th April 2018