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.
- Continues on Thursday on C4 at 9pm with Series 17, Episode 5
- Catch-up on Series 17, Episode 4
- Streaming rank this week: 9
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - The Pie Whisperer
Prize task: Most impressive item.
* Tim Key: A London Marathon participants' medal. - 5
* Frank Skinner: A leather Christmas cracker hat. - 4
* Roisin Conaty: A Methuselah of champagne (8 standard bottles worth). - 3
* Josh Widdicombe: A Pointless Celebrities trophy. - 2
* Romesh Ranganathan: An Arsenal cap thrown from the Arsenal tour bus. - 1
Task 1: High-five a 55-year-old. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 3:18 - 5
* Roisin: 6:12 - 4
* Tim: 4:29 (deducted a point for lying about filming a show for Comic Relief) - 3
* Frank: 12:44 to high-five two 27-year-olds and a 1-year-old. - 2
* Romesh: An hour to high-five a 50-year-old. - 1
Task 2: Identify the contents of these pies. You may touch the pies, but you may not breach their pastry. Most accurate wins. Your time starts now.
* Tim - 5
* Roisin - 4
* Romesh - 3
* Josh - 2
* Frank - 1
Task 3: Do something that will look impressive in reverse. The Taskmaster will see whatever act you perform played backwards. You must therefore do something backwards, that will look impressive when the footage is played in reverse. Your time starts now.
* Roisin and Romesh - 5
* Josh - 3
* Tim - 2
* Frank - 1
Live task: Crack the code, unshackle yourself and sprint one metre. Fastest wins.
* Roisin - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Josh - 3
* Tim - 2
* Frank - 1
Final scores
* Roisin - 21
* Tim - 18
* Josh - 16
* Romesh - 14
* Frank - 9
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 4th August 2015
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Wednesday 5th August 2015 | 10:20pm | Dave |
Friday 7th August 2015 | 12:00am | Dave |
Saturday 8th August 2015 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 6th September 2015 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Friday 1st January 2016 | 8:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 13th February 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 14th February 2016 | 2:05am | Dave |
Tuesday 2nd August 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 3rd August 2016 | 2:00am | Dave |
Saturday 3rd December 2016 | 4:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 3rd January 2017 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 14th January 2017 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Monday 15th May 2017 | 2:20am | Dave |
Friday 2nd February 2018 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Monday 19th March 2018 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 15th August 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
Wednesday 15th August 2018 | 12:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 28th July 2019 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 30th July 2019 | 9:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 31st March 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 1st April 2020 | 12:00am | Dave |
Tuesday 14th July 2020 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 15th July 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 29th August 2020 | 3:00pm | Dave |
Monday 7th September 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 20th October 2020 | 8:00pm | E4 |
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 | 2:35am | E4 |
Tuesday 16th February 2021 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Monday 14th June 2021 | 12:20am | Dave |
Tuesday 6th July 2021 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 5th January 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 5th January 2022 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Monday 25th April 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 26th July 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 27th July 2022 | 3:10am | Dave |
Monday 21st November 2022 | 1:55am | Dave |
Tuesday 22nd November 2022 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Friday 3rd March 2023 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 8th March 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 20th June 2023 | 12:40am | Dave |
Thursday 29th June 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Friday 28th July 2023 | 12:00am | Dave |
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Romesh Ranganathan | Self |
Frank Skinner | Self |
Roisin Conaty | Self |
Josh Widdicombe | Self |
Tim Key | Self |
Alex Horne | Writer |
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 |
Videos
Backwards Task
The comedians have to create some backward films. Here's Romesh Ranganathan's Tree Wizard entry.
Featuring: Romesh Ranganathan & Josh Widdicombe.
Unchained Finale
Who can crack the code first?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe & Tim Key.