Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
Taskmaster

Taskmaster

  • TV comedy
  • Channel 4 / Dave
  • 2015 - 2024
  • 160 episodes (17 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.

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Series 1, Episode 6 - The Last Supper

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV
In the last episode of the series the five comics are not only playing for homemade chowder but also for the inaugural Taskmaster series winner's trophy. Tasks include: playing golf with eggs and cooking a meal using ingredients starting with every letter of the alphabet.

Preview clips

Prize task: Most satisfying item.

* Tim Key: A homemade fish chowder. - 5
* Josh Widdicombe: A complete 2014 World Cup sticker album. - 4
* Romesh Ranganathan: His vape mod. - 3
* Frank Skinner: An esure.com stress ball, which plays the voice of the late Michael Winner when the ball's squeezed. - 2
* Roisin Conaty: An orgasmatron head massager. - 1

Task 1: Get the lowest golf score using eggs. You must complete the five holes using chickens eggs. Your score will be calculated as follows: shots times eggs times minutes. Your time starts now.

* Roisin: 1,000 points - 5
* Frank: 1,096 points - 4
* Tim: 1,200 points - 3
* Josh: Over 6,000 points - 2
* Romesh: 35,088 points - 1

Task 2 (Team Task): Stage a realistic blooper from a home movie. The Taskmaster will give points to the best filmmakers. You have one hour. Your time starts now.

* Frank and Tim - 2
* Josh, Roisin and Romesh - 0

Task 3: Make the best meal for the Taskmaster using ingredients beginning with every letter of the alphabet. You have a total of two hours. Your time starts now.

* Frank - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Tim - 3
* Josh - 1
* Roisin - 1

Live task: Wearing boxing gloves, put the blue sweets in the empty bowl. Most blue sweets wins. Non-blue sweets will be subtracted from your total. You have 100 seconds.

* Tim: 21 - 5
* Romesh: 12 - 4
* Fran: 11 - 3
* Josh: 10 - 2
* Roisin: -2,143 - 1

Final scores

* Tim - 18
* Frank - 16
* Romesh - 12
* Josh - 9
* Roisin - 8

Series scores

* Josh - 94
* Frank - 93
* Romesh - 93
* Tim - 88
* Roisin - 68

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 1st September 2015
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 2nd September 2015 10:20pm Dave
Sunday 13th September 2015 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 12th March 2016 10:00pm Dave
Tuesday 23rd August 2016 11:00pm Dave
Wednesday 24th August 2016 2:20am Dave
Saturday 17th December 2016 4:00pm Dave
Friday 6th January 2017 11:00pm Dave
Friday 9th February 2018 10:00pm Dave
Saturday 10th February 2018 3:00am Dave
Monday 16th April 2018 11:00pm Dave
Tuesday 21st August 2018 1:00am Dave
Tuesday 21st August 2018 12:00pm Dave
Sunday 25th August 2019 11:00pm Dave
Tuesday 27th August 2019 2:30am Dave
Tuesday 27th August 2019 10:00pm Dave
Monday 6th April 2020 6:00pm Dave
Tuesday 7th April 2020 12:00am Dave
Monday 20th July 2020 11:15pm Dave
Tuesday 21st July 2020 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 29th August 2020 7:00pm Dave
Monday 26th October 2020 8:00pm E4
Thursday 18th February 2021 2:05am E4
Monday 22nd February 2021 6:00pm Dave
Monday 12th July 2021 11:20pm Dave
Tuesday 11th January 2022 6:00pm Dave
Tuesday 11th January 2022 11:00pm Dave
Friday 29th April 2022 6:00pm Dave
Monday 1st August 2022 6:00pm Dave
Tuesday 2nd August 2022 3:10am Dave
Tuesday 20th December 2022 10:00pm Dave
Friday 10th March 2023 6:00pm Dave
Friday 10th March 2023 11:00pm Dave
Saturday 24th June 2023 12:20am Dave
Wednesday 5th July 2023 6:00pm Dave
Thursday 6th July 2023 1:00am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Romesh Ranganathan Self
Frank Skinner Self
Roisin Conaty Self
Josh Widdicombe Self
Tim Key Self
Writing team
Alex Horne Writer
Production team
Andy Devonshire Series Director
Andy Cartwright Series Producer
Alex Horne Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
James Taylor Executive Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Hilary Rosen Executive Producer
Rob Aslett Executive Producer
Richard Watsham Executive Producer
Thomas Perrett Editor
Mark Sangster Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Dru Masters Composer

Video

Frank Skinner and Tim Key's blooper video

The teams have to make a You've Been Framed style video. Here's what Tim Key and Frank Skinner came up with.

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe & Tim Key.

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