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: 106
Episode menu
Series 6, Episode 3 - One Warm Prawn
Prize task: Most magnificent day trip.
* Tim Vine: Visit Jurassic Encounters crazy golf course, have lunch in The American Way burger restaurant in Cheam, where Tim is the radio DJ, then take free kicks and penalties against Sutton United's reserve goalkeeper if he is available. - 5
* Liza Tarbuck: Collected by car, taken to a master tailor where you will be measured for a coat, then taken on a blue plaque walking tour, and finally go to a restaurant with guests tailored to the winner. - 4
* Russell Howard: Spending the day with his mother and visiting Aqua Land, Benidorm. - 3
* Asim Chaudhry: Visiting art galleries in Barcelona to make silly poses near the paintings. - 2
* Alice Levine: A travel card of Zones 1-6 on the London Underground. - 1
Task 1: Write, illustrate and read out a bedtime story for grown-ups. Your bedtime story for grown-ups may be no more or fewer than 50 words. Most engrossing bedtime story for grown-ups wins. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* Liza - 5
* Asim and Russell - 3
* Tim - 2
* Alice - 1
Task 2: Make something spin for the longest. Your thing must not be a person. You have ten minutes to prepare for your spin, and one attempt at spinning. Your time starts now.
* Liza: 84 minutes - 5
* Asim: 5:59 - 4
* Tim: 3:47 - 3
* Russell: 0:10 - 2
* Alice: 2.2 seconds - 1
Task 3: Work out the flavours of these baby foods. Most accurate flavour guesses wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now. Also, there is a bonus point for whoever eats the most baby food.
* Asim: Bonus for eating the most - 6
* Liza - 4
* Russell - 3
* Alice - 2
* Tim - 1
Live task: Catch the most socks and put them in your laundry basket. You must stare straight forward throughout the task. You must not touch any pants. You must not move the laundry basket. If you drop a sock, you cannot pick it up. Every time you touch some pants, you lose a sock. Most socks wins.
* Russell: 2 - 5
* Asim, Tim and Liza: 0 - 4
* Alice: -3 - 1
Final scores
* Liza - 22
* Asim - 19
* Russell - 16
* Tim - 15
* Alice - 6
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 16th 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
Story Time with Liza Tarbuck
Liza Tarbuck reads us her unique, weird and wonderful story.
Featuring: Alex Horne & Liza Tarbuck.
Make Something Spin For The Longest
The contestants have to make something spin for the longest. The thing cannot be a person.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard & Tim Vine.
Outtake: Greg Davies sabotages Alex Horne
Alex Horne gets his words mixed up and Greg Davies sabotages his retake.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Alice Levine, Russell Howard & Tim Vine.