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 6
- Catch-up on Series 17, Episode 5
- Streaming rank this week: 10
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - The Poet And The Egg
Prize task: Most meaningful item.
* Romesh Ranganathan: His wedding ring. - 5
* Frank Skinner: His son's hobby horse. - 4
* Tim Key: A piston from the set of his Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show. - 3
* Josh Widdicombe: I Blame the Beatles by Tom Widdicombe, a self-published book of his father's letters to the local newspaper. - 2
* Roisin Conaty: A dictionary. - 1
Task 1: Throw a teabag into a mug from the furthest distance. You have exactly one hour. Your time starts now.
* Tim: 23.87m - 5
* Frank: 10.04m - 4
* Romesh: 8.5m - 3
* Roisin: 2.4m - 2
* Josh: 15.1m (disqualified for putting milk into his mug first, rather than the fact his mug was wheelbarrow) - 0
Task 2: Using this device to track your route, create the best image for Taskmaster. You have one hour. Your time starts when you take your first step. Pop a balloon to signal you have finished your image.
* Josh - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Tim - 3
* Frank - 2
* Roisin - 1
Task 3: Buy a gift for the Taskmaster. Here is £20. You have ten weeks. Your time starts now.
* Josh: A tattoo of Greg's name on his foot. - 5
* Roisin: A mouse called Greg and £3 worth of scratch-cards. - 4
* Frank: Shades with wing mirrors in them that allow Greg to see behind him. - 3
* Romesh: A picture of Greg as an angel with duck feet. - 2
* Tim: £16 worth of book tokens, which came in a card worth £4. - 1
Task 4: Using only the items currently on this table, get this egg as high as possible. Highest wins. The egg must not break. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 6.8m - 5
* Romesh: 1.11m - 4
* Frank, Roisin and Tim: All break the egg. - 0
Live task: Stand up after 100 seconds. Most accurate wins.
* Josh - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Tim - 4
* Frank - 2
* Roisin - 1
Final scores
* Josh - 22
* Romesh - 22
* Tim - 16
* Frank - 15
* Roisin - 9
Tie-break task: Give Frank Skinner's age in minutes. Closest wins.
* Josh: 200,000 - Winner (Frank was 30,505,028 minutes old at the time)
* Romesh: 150,000
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 11th August 2015
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Wednesday 12th August 2015 | 10:20pm | Dave |
Friday 14th August 2015 | 12:00am | Dave |
Saturday 15th August 2015 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 6th September 2015 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Friday 1st January 2016 | 9:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 20th February 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 21st February 2016 | 2:00am | Dave |
Tuesday 9th August 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 10th August 2016 | 1:40am | Dave |
Saturday 10th December 2016 | 3:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 4th January 2017 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 6th February 2018 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Monday 26th March 2018 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 16th August 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
Thursday 16th August 2018 | 12:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 4th August 2019 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 6th August 2019 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 1st April 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 2nd April 2020 | 12:00am | Dave |
Wednesday 15th July 2020 | 10:40pm | Dave |
Thursday 16th July 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 29th August 2020 | 4:00pm | Dave |
Monday 14th September 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 21st October 2020 | 8:00pm | E4 |
Thursday 4th February 2021 | 2:05am | E4 |
Wednesday 17th February 2021 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Monday 21st June 2021 | 12:20am | Dave |
Wednesday 7th July 2021 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 6th January 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Friday 7th January 2022 | 12:40am | Dave |
Tuesday 26th April 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 27th July 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 28th July 2022 | 3:10am | Dave |
Monday 28th November 2022 | 2:00am | Dave |
Tuesday 29th November 2022 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Monday 6th March 2023 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 9th March 2023 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 21st June 2023 | 12:00am | Dave |
Friday 30th June 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 3rd August 2023 | 11:00pm | 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 |