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
Episode menu
Series 7, Episode 10 - I Can Hear It Gooping
Prize task: Most magnificent stationary.
* Kerry Godliman: A laminator. - 5
* Phil Wang; A custom-made solid gold pen, which is really a black biro covered in gold foil. - 4
* James Acaster: A pencil-shaped cake. - 3
* Jessica Knappett: A pencil which says: "I completed my 1993 Transportation Survey!" - 2
* Rhod Gilbert: A picture of his favourte star from Gladiators, Hole Punch - which is again, the same photo of Greg in just his pants. - 1
Task 1: When you hear this siren during a future task, put on your boiler suit and lie flat on the ground. You may not touch or move the boiler suit until the siren sounds. Fastest wins.
* Phil: 1:14 - 5
* Rhod: 2:22 - 4
* Jessica: 2:36 - 3
* James: 2:46 - 2
* Kerry: 8:30 - 1
Task 2: Find the boiled egg. You may touch two eggs. You may damage two eggs. You may not damage the boiled egg. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* James: 4:51 - 5
* Jessica, Kerry, Phil and Rhod: All damage the boiled egg. - 0
Task 3: Physically recreate a classic computer game. Best recreation wins. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* James: Grand Theft Auto - 5
* Rhod: Space Invaders - 4
* Jessica: Mario Kart - 3
* Phil: GoldenEye 007 - 3
* Kerry: Tetris - 2
Task 4: Tie yourself up as securely as possible. Slowest to be released by Alex wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now. [Also, five minutes into the task the siren from Task 1 rings out.]
* Rhod: He ties Alex down, meaning he couldn't untie Rhod. - 5
* James: 8:05 - 4
* Jessica: 2:46 - 3
* Kerry: 2:45 - 2
* Phil: 1:00 - 1
Live task: Prod the person in front of you with either a finger or a sausage. If the prodded person guesses incorrectly whether they were prodded with either a finger or a sausage, they get eliminated. Last prodded prodder standing wins. Winner takes all.
* Kerry - 5
Final scores
* James - 19
* Kerry - 15
* Rhod - 14
* Phil - 13
* Jessica - 11
Series scores
* Kerry - 176
* Jessica - 175
* Rhod - 167
* James - 165
* Phil - 133
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 7th November 2018
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| James Acaster | Self |
| Jessica Knappett | Self |
| Phil Wang | Self |
| Kerry Godliman | Self |
| Rhod Gilbert | 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 |
| Andi Meek | Editor |
| Joe Haughey | Editor |
| Rebecca Bowker (as Becky Bowker) | Editor |
| Pete Gellatly | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
| Anthony Dalton | Director of Photography |
| Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
The Taskmaster video game
The contestants have to create their own version of Taskmaster The Video Game, in a task that Greg Davies calls 'potentially his favourite task of all time'.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, Kerry Godliman & Rhod Gilbert.
Find the boiled egg
The contestants have to find the boiled egg, with the following rules - You may touch 2 eggs. You may damaging 2 eggs. You may not damage the boiled egg. Easy?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, Kerry Godliman & Rhod Gilbert.
Extended sausage or finger
The contestants play a game of sausage or finger, in the final episode's end of the show stage task.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, Kerry Godliman & Rhod Gilbert.
Alex Horne frees the contestants
An extended look at Alex untying all of the contestants, and seeing who he can free as quickly as possible.
Featuring: Alex Horne, James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, Kerry Godliman & Rhod Gilbert.