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 today on C4 at 9pm with Series 17, Episode 5
- Catch-up on Series 17, Episode 4
- Streaming rank this week: 11
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4 - Down An Octave
Prize task: Most beautiful item.
* Tim Key: A flight to Cologne to see the city's cathedral. - 5
* Josh Widdicombe: A magic eye picture of Greg. - 4
* Frank Skinner: A country mouse-themed vacuum cleaner cover. - 3
* Roisin Conaty: A colourful cardigan. - 2
* Romesh Ranganathan: A statuette symbolising the love between mother and child. - 1
Task 1: Make this ice block disappear as fast as possible. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 17:04 - 5
* Frank: 27:28 - 4
* Roisin: 30:20 - 3
* Romesh: 47:30 to make most of it disappear. - 2
* Tim: 13:40 to dump into into a river, where further along the ice would have presumably appeared to someone else. - 1
Bonus task, part 1: Count the beans in this baked bean tin. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 406 - 0
Bonus task, part 2: Count the hoops in this tin of spaghetti hoops. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 433 - 0
Task 2 (Team Task): Get to 11 points as fast as possible. Your time starts now.
* Josh, Roisin and Romesh: 11:12 - 2
* Frank and Tim: 18:01 - 1
Task 3: Fill an eggcup with as many tears as possible. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Frank: 12 - 5
* Romesh: 10 - 4
* Josh: 7 - 3
* Roisin: 0 -1
* Tim: 0 - 1
Bonus task, part 3: Count the grains of rice in this bag of rice. Your time starts now.
* Josh: 25,000 - 1
Live task: Memorise the names of an Australian rules football team. Most accurate wins.
* Everyone: 1 - 1
Final scores
* Josh - 16
* Frank - 14
* Romesh - 10
* Roisin - 9
* Tim - 9
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 18th August 2015
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Wednesday 19th August 2015 | 10:20pm | Dave |
Friday 21st August 2015 | 12:00am | Dave |
Saturday 22nd August 2015 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 13th September 2015 | 4:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 27th February 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 16th August 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 17th August 2016 | 1:40am | Dave |
Saturday 10th December 2016 | 4:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 5th January 2017 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 7th February 2018 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Monday 2nd April 2018 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Friday 17th August 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
Friday 17th August 2018 | 12:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 11th August 2019 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 13th August 2019 | 2:35am | Dave |
Tuesday 13th August 2019 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 2nd April 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Friday 3rd April 2020 | 12:00am | Dave |
Thursday 16th July 2020 | 11:05pm | Dave |
Friday 17th July 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 29th August 2020 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 22nd October 2020 | 8:00pm | E4 |
Wednesday 10th February 2021 | 2:30am | E4 |
Thursday 18th February 2021 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 8th July 2021 | 11:10pm | Dave |
Friday 7th January 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Friday 7th January 2022 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 27th April 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 28th July 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Friday 29th July 2022 | 3:10am | Dave |
Monday 5th December 2022 | 2:00am | Dave |
Tuesday 6th December 2022 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 8th March 2023 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Thursday 9th March 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Wednesday 21st June 2023 | 11:40pm | Dave |
Monday 3rd July 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 4th July 2023 | 1:00am | Dave |
Friday 4th August 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 |
Video
How to make a block of ice disappear
Who will be able to disappear a block of ice the fastest out of Frank Skinner, Tim Key, Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan or Roisin Conaty?
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe & Tim Key.