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 3 - The Poet And The Egg

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV
Celebs leave their dignity at the door as dastardly Mr Gilbert - aka Greg Davies - sets them some truly bizarre tasks, including building an egg tower.

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
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

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

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