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 on C4 at 9pm with New Year Special
- Streaming rank this week: 110
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Series 8, Episode 4 - The Barrel Dad
Prize task: Best present for a doctor.
* Sian Gibson: A name badge with a star rating system. - 5
* Joe Thomas: A BMX. - 4
* Lou Sanders: A herb garden and a bottle of whisky. - 3
* Iain Stirling: A night-out party kit. - 1
* Paul Sinha: A fake beard and hat, to stop said doctor being bothered by the general public. - 1
Task 1: Get this loo roll through the toilet seat. You may not lower the toilet seat. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Iain: 1:04 - 5
* Lou: 1:19 - 4
* Joe: 1:38 and a bonus point for being the only person to get the entire loo roll through the seat. - 4
* Sian: 5 minutes - 2
* Paul: 13 minutes - 1
Task 2: Make the best thing to engage a toddler. The toddler will have five minutes with your thing. Most engaged toddler wins. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Sian: Creates an exercise video. - 5
* Paul: A replica of an ecosystem of rubber ducks being attacked by a toy thresher shark, all in a baking tray. - 5
* Joe: Made a toy called "Joe Dough". - 4
* Iain: Makes a puppet called "Clare". - 4
* Lou: Hangs a toy duck by the neck, like a piƱata, and the toddler is given a croquet mallet to whack it and release sweets. - 3
Task 3 (Team Task): Put the most weight in the hammock, without anything falling out of the hammock. If anything falls out of the hammock, you are disqualified. Most weight in the hammock after 10 minutes wins. Your time starts now.
* The Actors - 3
* The Comedians: Disqualified as a book fell out of the hammock. - 0
Live task: Choose a hoop you think you can throw a frying pan into. Choose a distance from which you can throw a frying pan into that hoop. If you choose the big hoop you have one attempt, if you choose the medium hoop you have two attempts, if you choose the small hoop you have three attempts. The person who throws most of their frying pan into their hoop from the longest distance wins.
* Lou - 5
* Paul - 4
* Iain, Joe and Sian: Fail to land in the hoop. - 0
Final score
* Joe, Lou and Sian - 15
* Paul - 11
* Iain - 10
Tie-break task: Whip a bottle off a barrel while standing behind a rope. Fastest wins.
* Sian: 9.4 seconds - Winner
* Joe: 50.3 seconds
* Lou: 52 seconds
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 29th May 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 |
Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
Get the loo roll through the toilet seat
Get some loo roll through a toilet seat - simple right? Well, let's see how Iain Stirling and Paul Sinha approach it.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha & Sian Gibson.
Make the hammock as heavy as possible
A simple task to explain... but can the teams do well?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha & Sian Gibson.
Outtake: Greg Davies leaves contestants speechless
Greg Davies' choice of discussion topic leaves all the contestants lost for words.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Lou Sanders & Sian Gibson.
Press
Taskmaster: Series 8, Episode 4 review
Tonight's episode was a reminder that some of the best moments in Taskmaster come from the most unexpected places. Let's face it, before any of this, who thought you could get laughs by introducing a toddler to tray containing rubber ducks and a thresher shark, in order to teach it about the dangers faced by animals in their natural habitat?
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 29th May 2019