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 9 - I've Been A Bit Ill
Prize task: Best form of protection.
* Lou Sanders: A rubber mackintosh with a beekeeper's hat, a prayer, garlic, a cross and washing-up gloves. - 5
* Paul Sinha: A pink onesie with "The Sinnerman" written in the back. - 4
* Iain Stirling: A novelty sumo wrestler suit. - 4
* Sian Gibson: Sweaty eggs, to protect yourself from people sitting next to you on a train. - 3
* Joe Thomas: A voucher for access to a bunker. - 3
Task 1: Bounce one of these balls the most times so that it lands in that bin. After propelling the ball you may not touch or strike it on its way to that bin. Most bounces between propulsion and that bin wins. You must use the ball you touched first. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Lou: 225 with hollow plastic ball. - 5
* Sian: 112 with rubber band ball. - 4
* Iain: 36 with bouncy ball. - 3
* Paul: 9 with tennis ball. - 2
* Joe: 4 with rubber band ball. - 1
Task 2: Devise the most delicious dust. You have five minutes to choose your ingredients, and then ten minutes to make your delicious dust and serve it in this dustpan. Your time starts now.
* Iain - 5
* Joe - 4
* Paul - 3
* Sian - 2
* Lou - 1
Task 3, Part 1 (Team Task): Make yourselves look like one person. The team that looks and moves most like one person wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts when one of your looks at another one of you.
* The Comedians - 3
* The Actors - 2
Task 3, Part 2 (Team Task): Remaining as one person throughout, put on these yellow wellington boots, eat this banana, and put the banana skin in the yellow bin over there. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* The Actors: 3:30 - 4
* The Comedians: 5:43 - 1
Live task: Stack the most bowls and plates on your head. You must stack them one at a time. Also, you must stand upright when you stack. Also, you may not touch a bowl or plate that is already stacked. Also, you must stack the bowls and plates alternately. Also, you must stay standing on your spot throughout the task. Most bowls and plates stacked correctly after 100 seconds wins.
* Lou - 5
* Paul - 4
* Iain - 3
* Joe - 2
* Sian - 1
Final scores
* Lou - 20
* Iain - 19
* Paul - 17
* Joe and Sian - 16
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 3rd 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 |
| 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
Bounce a ball in the bin
It's Episode 9 of Taskmaster Series 8 and the contestants are faced with a bouncing ball challenge.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha & Sian Gibson.
Make the most delicious dust
What' the first thing that springs to mind when asked to make the most delicious dust?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Paul Sinha & Sian Gibson.
Outtake: Iain Stirling surprises Greg Davies
Iain Stirling says 'Hello daddy' to Greg Davies... and likes it more than he expected.
Featuring: Greg Davies & Iain Stirling.
Outtake: Iain Stirling pronounces sandwich wrongly
Iain Stirling has realised he's being sandwich wrong his whole life, and pronouncing it 'sangwich'.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling & Lou Sanders.
Press
Taskmaster: Series 8, Episode 9 - review
In the penultimate episode of the series, we witness the invention of the bounce stabiliser, listen to delicious dust, and see a terrible remake of The Human Centipede.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 3rd July 2019