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 5 - I Hate Your Trainers

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Alex Horne, Daisy May Cooper. Copyright: Avalon Television
The competing comics demonstrate their love of watermelon and Johnny tries to win points by grabbing a passing cyclist and introducing him to some Christmas-related equipment.

Preview clips

Prize task: The pointiest thing.

* Richard Herring: A mask of Pinhead from Hellraiser. - 5
* Katherine Parkinson: A Venetian mask. - 4
* Johnny Vegas: A meat thermometer. - 3
* Daisy May Cooper: A kebab stick. - 2
* Mawaan Rizwan: The book How To Get Your Point Across In 30 Seconds. - 1

Task 1: Bag the heaviest thing from the furthest distance. Your attempt ends when you have bagged an item. Highest score wins. Your score is the weight of the bagged object in grams multiplied by the distance from the bagging machine in centimetres. You have twenty minutes. Your time starts now.

* Katherine: 47,000,000. - 5
* Richard: 4,100,000. - 4
* Mawaan: 2,623,000. - 3
* Daisy: 1,800,000. - 2
* Johnny: 1,000,000. - 1

Task 2: Paint a picture of a howling wolf on this teapot. You may not touch the teapot or remove it from the turntable and you may not tamper with the turntable or its power. The turntable will keep speeding up until you have named 20 American states. If you do name 20 American states, this turntable will slow down. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.

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

Task 3: Do something out of character with this £20. Most out-of-character thing wins. You have three months. Your time starts now.

* Daisy: Took out on a subscription to Portable Restroom Operator magazine. - 5
* Mawaan: Took a qualification in how to deal with aggressive people at work. - 5
* Richard: Has a tarot reading. - 4
* Johnny: Waxes his body, getting the letters "TM" done on his chest. - 4
* Katherine: Pretending to deposit the money into the bank. - 3

Task 4 (Team Task): Eat the most watermelon. You must be wearing a boiler suit and safety goggles when you are eating the watermelon. You must not feed yourself. You have four minutes. Your time starts now. [Bonus rule for team of two: The watermelon must not leave the lab. Bonus rules for team of three: You must stay on your platform at all times. You must only eat the watermelon that is on your platform.]

* Daisy and Richard: At least 1kg. - 5
* Johnny, Katherine and Mawaan: 331g. - 3

Live task: Say the most different words without hesitating for more than two seconds. Any words already said will not count. The person who says the fewest words each round is eliminated. The person in last place goes first.

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

Live scores

* Richard - 26
* Daisy - 24
* Katherine - 20
* Mawaan - 17
* Johnny - 15

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 12th November 2020
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 14th November 2020 9:00pm E4
Sunday 15th November 2020 5:55pm E4
Monday 16th November 2020 10:00pm 4seven
Tuesday 17th November 2020 11:20pm C4
Wednesday 18th November 2020 9:15pm 4seven
Sunday 7th February 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
Rebecca Bowker Editor
Jennifer Sheridan Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
John Ford Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer
Martin Rosten Graphics

Videos

Taskmaster gets weird with watermelons

You'll never be able to un-see Daisy May Cooper eating a watermelon.

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Daisy May Cooper & Richard Herring.

Bagging up a stranger like a Christmas Tree

The contestants have to put things through the netting...

Featuring: Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas & Katherine Parkinson.

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