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 8, Episode 10 - Clumpsy Swayey Clumsy Man
Prize task: Best thing that will actually change your life for the better the most.
* Iain Stirling: A toilet stool. - 5
* Joe Thomas: A singular hair transplant. - 4
* Lou Sanders: A voucher for an appointment with her spiritual healer, Jill in the Pyrenees. - 3
* Paul Sinha: An electronic massage pad. - 3
* Sian Gibson: Some miracle berry pills. - 2
Task 1: Completely erase this eraser. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Iain: 20 seconds - 5
* Paul: 54 seconds - 4
* Lou: 2:50, but bonus point for chewing her rubber up. - 4
* Joe: 19:32, but three bonus points for destroying his eraser the most. - 4
* Sian: 9:40 - 2
Task 2: Make yourself some tremendous pretend legs. You have five minutes to order up to five items from Alex. Once Alex has shopped for the items you have 20 minutes to make your tremendous legs and then demonstrate them. Most tremendous pretend legs wins. Your time starts now.
* Sian - 5
* Lou - 4
* Iain - 3
* Paul - 2
* Joe - 1
Task 3: Follow the instructions on the signs and park this buggy in the parking bay. You have a maximum of ten minutes to prepare your journey, during which you may not move any of the items on the course. Your journey must start from where the buggy is now. Also, you must be wearing this blindfold correctly at all times during your journey. Most accurate journey wins. Your preparation time starts now.
* Iain - 5
* Sian - 4
* Joe - 3
* Paul - 2
* Lou - 1
Live task: Correctly wearing these goggles [that make everything appear upside-down] and with your eyes open at all times, retrieve your duck. You must stand on spot and hold the stick by the handle. You must stay standing on your spot at all times. Fastest to hold their duck in their hand above their head wins. You have a maximum of three minutes.
* Everyone fails - 0
Final scores
* Iain - 18
* Sian - 13
* Joe - 12
* Lou - 12
* Paul - 11
Series scores
* Lou - 164
* Iain - 156
* Joe - 150
* Sian - 143
* Paul - 136
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 10th July 2019
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Iain Stirling | Self |
Joe Thomas | Self |
Lou Sanders | Self |
Paul Sinha | Self |
Sian Gibson | 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 |
Vicky Winter | Line Producer |
Thomas Perrett | Editor |
Mark Sangster | Editor |
Rebecca Bowker (as Becky Bowker) | Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Kyz Kistell (as Kyz Kistel) | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Christina Baker (as Chrissie Baker) | Make-up Designer |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
Sian Gibson's tremendous legs
In this clip from the series 8 finale, Sian Gibson shows everyone up with her creation of some tremendous legs.
Featuring: Alex Horne & Sian Gibson.
Make the most tremendous legs
In this clip from the series 8 finale, Joe Thomas gets a little tired as he tries to make a pair of tremendous legs. Meanwhile, Paul Sinha underestimates the size of a childs pool cue.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha & Sian Gibson.
Joe Thomas finally loses it
Joe Thomas has been holding back all series, and now he finally loses it...
Featuring: Greg Davies, Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas & Paul Sinha.
Outtake - Drunk on miniatures
Greg Davies has a story about his friends mum who drank all his miniature bottles of alcohol.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Lou Sanders & Sian Gibson.
Outtake: Alex Horne can't shout
In this extended version of what was seen on TV, Greg Davies makes fun of Alex for not being able to shout.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne & Iain Stirling.