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 5 - Little Denim Shorts

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV
Greg Davies and Alex Horne host as Frank Skinner takes a boulder onto a train for a pleasant excursion. Then he and the other comedians try to make a Swedish man blush.

Preview clips

Prize task: Most valuable item.

* Josh Widdicombe: A signed blank cheque. - 5
* Frank Skinner: A ring worth £3,995. - 4
* Romesh Ranganathan: A Peugeot 407 worth £590. - 3
* Tim Key: Eight copies of his book The Incomplete Tim Key, which he could autograph. - 2
* Roisin Conaty: A fake diamond ring worth £12. - 1

Task 1: Get this boulder as far away from this place as possible. You have one hour. Your time starts now.

* Josh: All the way to Windsor. - 5
* Frank: 6.5 miles. - 4
* Tim: 2.3 miles. - 3
* Romesh: 1.75 miles. - 2
* Roisin: 300 yards. - 1

Task 2: Grow the longest nail. You have 10 weeks. Your time starts now.

* Josh: 2.8cm - 5
* Romesh: 2.2cm - 4
* Frank: 2.1cm - 3
* Roisin: 1.8cm - 2
* Tim: DNS - 1

Task 3 (Team Task): Make this bed to a hotel standard while holding hands. The time ends when you get into the bed. Fastest wins. Hold hands now. Your time starts now.

* Frank and Tim: 10:57 - 2
* Josh, Roisin and Romesh: 16:03 - 0

Task 4: Make this Swedish person blush as deeply as possible. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now.

* Roisin - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Frank - 3
* Tim - 2
* Josh - 1

Live task: Blow up the biggest balloon whilst blindfolded. You have 100 seconds and one balloon.

* Roisin - 5
* Frank - 4
* Romesh - 3
* Josh - 2
* Tim - 0 (disqualified for not tying his balloon up)

Final scores

* Frank - 20
* Josh - 18
* Romesh - 16
* Roisin - 14
* Tim - 10

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 25th August 2015
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 26th August 2015 10:20pm Dave
Friday 28th August 2015 12:00am Dave
Saturday 29th August 2015 10:00pm Dave
Sunday 13th September 2015 5:00pm Dave
Saturday 5th March 2016 10:00pm Dave
Tuesday 23rd August 2016 10:00pm Dave
Wednesday 24th August 2016 1:20am Dave
Saturday 17th December 2016 3:00pm Dave
Friday 6th January 2017 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 8th February 2018 10:00pm Dave
Monday 9th April 2018 11:00pm Dave
Saturday 18th August 2018 1:00am Dave
Monday 20th August 2018 12:00pm Dave
Sunday 18th August 2019 11:00pm Dave
Tuesday 20th August 2019 2:40am Dave
Tuesday 20th August 2019 10:00pm Dave
Friday 3rd April 2020 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 4th April 2020 12:00am Dave
Friday 17th July 2020 10:40pm Dave
Monday 20th July 2020 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 29th August 2020 6:00pm Dave
Friday 23rd October 2020 8:00pm E4
Thursday 11th February 2021 2:05am E4
Friday 19th February 2021 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 10th July 2021 12:00am Dave
Monday 10th January 2022 6:00pm Dave
Monday 10th January 2022 11:00pm Dave
Thursday 28th April 2022 6:00pm Dave
Friday 29th July 2022 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 30th July 2022 3:10am Dave
Tuesday 13th December 2022 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 9th March 2023 11:00pm Dave
Friday 10th March 2023 5:00pm Dave
Friday 23rd June 2023 12:00am Dave
Tuesday 4th July 2023 6:00pm Dave
Wednesday 5th 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

Get This Boulder Out Of Here

Watch how Roisin deals with the challenge - in her own beautiful, and slightly slow, way.

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

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