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Taskmaster

Taskmaster

  • TV comedy
  • Channel 4 / U&Dave
  • 2015 - 2024
  • 170 episodes (18 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 9 - Air Horn Andy

Taskmaster. Mawaan Rizwan. Copyright: Avalon Television
Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring take on the penultimate selection of ludicrous challenges. Highlights include Mawaan volleying oranges, Katherine counting plastic balls and Richard spilling blood for the cause. Greg Davies judges their efforts, while Alex Horne keeps score.

Preview clips

Prize task: Best bedding.

* Richard Herring: Pillows depicting Greg Davies and Little Alex Horne. - 5
* Mawaan Rizwan: An ostrich pillow. - 4
* Daisy May Cooper: Clean cotton sheets. - 3
* Katherine Parkinson: Silk sheets. - 2
* Johnny Vegas: Lambswool. - 2

Task 1: Make the biggest beermat house on this table. While making your biggest beermat house you must ring the doorbell after exactly one minute, then after 58 more seconds, then 56 seconds, and so on until zero seconds. Biggest beermat house wins. If you make more than two mistakes with the doorbell timing you will be disqualified. Your time ends when you press the doorbell for the last time, and starts now.

* Mawaan - 5
* Daisy - 4
* Richard - 3
* Johnny and Katherine: Disqualified for making more than two mistakes with the doorbell. - 0

Task 2: Complete the most tasks. There is one task behind each door. You may choose the order to open the doors. You may only move when the doors are moving and you must stay this side of the line. During the task, you must tell Alex which door to open within one minute of the previous door closing. You must tell Alex which door to open first within one minute from now. The Five Tasks: I - Throw ten yellow things through this door. II - Kick three orange things through this door. III - Empty the bucket and put both your shoes in it. IV - Eat a whole banana. V - Sit on the bucket and completely peel an orange and a banana.

* Daisy: 3 tasks complete. - 5
* Richard: 2.5 tasks completed. - 4
* Johnny: 2.3 tasks completed. - 3
* Mawaan - 2
* Katherine - 1

Task 3: Work out how many balls are in the basket. Every ball must be in the basket when you make your guess. Closest to the correct answer wins. You have four minutes. Your time starts now.

* Daisy: 555 (Correct answer: 1,192) - 5
* Richard: 395 - 4
* Mawaan: 162 - 3
* Johnny and Katherine: Disqualified for not having all the balls in the basket when guessing. - 0

Live task: Draw this monster the Taskmaster is going to describe. Most accurate drawing wins. You have two minutes from when the Taskmaster starts talking. The Taskmaster will only give his description once.

* Richard: 14 correct attributes. - 5
* Johnny and Mawaan: 11 correct attributes. - 4
* Daisy and Katherine: 10 correct attributes. - 3

Final scores

* Richard - 21
* Daisy - 20
* Mawaan - 18
* Johnny - 9
* Katherine - 6

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 10th December 2020
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

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
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
John Ford Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer
Martin Rosten Graphics

Videos

How many balls are in the basket?

You have to dig into the balls to find out the true answer...

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan & Richard Herring.

Press

Taskmaster goes even more global

After reaching its highest ratings on record with three million watching the tenth series premier on Channel 4, more countries have picked up Alex Horne's BAFTA winning Taskmaster. TV4 have picked up the UK show for Sweden and Finland, and SBS Viceland for Australia, bringing the total number of countries to 106.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th December 2020

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