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 10, Episode 4 - Toshwash

Taskmaster. Johnny Vegas. Copyright: Avalon Television
Daisy flirts with a security guard, Richard is surprised by some chickens and Johnny convinces Alex to wear sparkly shoes while operating heavy machinery. As ever, Greg Davies decides who is the best of the worst.

Preview clips

Prize task: The cheekiest food.

* Mawaan Rizwan: A meal of lentils and rice which he stole from his housemate. - 5
* Katherine Parkinson: A cake in the shape of a bum. - 4
* Richard Herring: Beef cheeks. - 3
* Daisy May Cooper: A single slice of Billy Bear ham. - 2
* Johnny Vegas: A piece of heavily buttered bread in an overflowing Pot Noodle. - 1

Task 1: Make this phone ring. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

* Richard: 10:00 - 5
* Daisy: 11:20 - 4
* Mawaan: 17:07 - 3
* Katherine: 20:46 - 2
* Johnny: Just under half-an-hour - 1

Task 2 (Not quite a Team Task), Part 1: Secretly put something that looks amazing in your bag. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2: Persuade the security guard to look in your bag. You may describe what is in your bag, but you must not say what is in your bag. You must stay on your spot at all times, and you must not reveal the contents of your bag at any point, starting with the tallest person. The tallest person can start talking in thirty seconds from now.

* Daisy and Johnny - 5
* Katherine, Mawaan and Richard - 0

Task 3: Drop this water balloon from the greatest height without it bursting. You may not damage the water balloon or remove any water from it. You have ten minutes and one attempt. Your time starts now.

* Daisy, Johnny and Katherine: 7.35m - 5
* Richard: 3.5m - 4
* Mawaan: 1.725m - 3

Live task: Roll an edible sphere across the finish line. The person whose edible sphere crosses the finish line first each round is eliminated. If your edible sphere stops moving before the finishing line you are eliminated. Slowest edible sphere roller wins.

* Johnny - 5
* Katherine - 4
* Daisy - 3
* Mawaan - 2
* Richard - 1

Final scores

* Daisy - 19
* Johnny - 17
* Katherine - 15
* Mawaan and Richard - 13

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 5th November 2020
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 7th November 2020 9:00pm E4
Sunday 8th November 2020 6:00pm E4
Monday 9th November 2020 10:00pm 4seven
Tuesday 10th November 2020 11:25pm C4
Wednesday 11th November 2020 9:15pm 4seven
Sunday 31st January 2021 11:00pm E4

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Daisy May Cooper Self
Johnny Vegas Self
Katherine Parkinson Self
Mawaan Rizwan Self
Richard Herring Self
Writing team
Alex Horne Writer
Tim Key Task Consultant
Production team
Andy Devonshire Series Director
Andy Cartwright Series Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
James Taylor Executive Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Rob Aslett Executive Producer
Andy Devonshire Executive Producer
Alex Horne Executive Producer
Dan Trelfer Edit Producer
Vicky Winter Line Producer
Thomas Perrett Editor
Mark Sangster Editor
Rebecca Bowker Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
John Ford Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer
Martin Rosten Graphics

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