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 14, Episode 2 - Enormous Hugeness

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Dara O Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican
Little Alex Horne is as happy as a sandboy when he gets to supervise tasks involving administration, little ducks and, best of all, messy flour, all for his beloved Taskmaster. John Kearns gets nostalgic about fonts, Sarah Millican searches for a door and Munya Chawawa falls in a bath.

Prize task: The best thing you nearly keep throwing away, but can't quite bring yourself to.

- Dara O Brian: Part of his leg that broke off him during a game of football. - 5
- Munya Chawawa: His first ever houseplant, which he has barely kept alive for five years. - 4
- Fern Brady: A dirty tankard which her boyfriend keeps his toothbrush in. - 3
- Sarah Millican: A dummy zombie owned by her husband. - 3
- John Kearns: A copy of Ulysses by James Joyce. - 1

Task 1, Part 1: Print, laminate and distribute the most signs. Each of your signs must be placed on a different seat, and all your signs must have a different instruction. You have 20 minutes.

- Dara: 25 signs - 5
- Fern: Number not given - 4
- Sarah: 14 signs
- Munya: 9 signs - 2
- John: 7 signs - 1

Task 1, Part 2: Obey all your signs. Highest percentage of signs obeyed wins. You have three minutes. Your time starts now.

- Dara and Munya: 100% - 5
- Sarah: 91% - 3
- Fern: 75% - 2
- John: About 50% - 1

Task 2: Put five grapes in the little bowl. You have five minutes. You must wear the flippers as gloves for the entire five minutes. The most flour still on the plate after five minutes wins. Your time starts now.

- Dara: 2,903g
- Munya: 2,514g
- John: Nearly 2,000g
- Sarah: 900g
- Fern: Disqualified for not getting enough grapes into the bowl. - 0

Task 3: Sort the ducks and socks. Ducks go in the front bucket. Socks go in the back bucket. All ducks and socks must travel along both treadmills, then fall directly into the correct bucket. If a duck or dock lands on the floor, you may not retrieve it. Most ducks and socks in the correct buckets wins. There is a pair of bonus points for the most correctly paired socks. You have 15 minutes. Your time starts now.

- Dara: 91, and the most socks paired. - 7
- Munya: 66 - 4
- Sarah: 58 - 3
- Fern: 57 - 2
- John: 10 - 1

Live task (Team Task): Make the Taskmaster say your words. Each team will ask one question at a time, and each question must be made up of exactly six words. Also each team member must take it in turns to say two words of each question. First to make the Taskmaster say your word wins.

- Dara, Fern and John: 3
- Munya and Sarah: 2

Final scores

- Dara: 30 (first ever clean sweep)
- Munya: 21
- Sarah: 16
- Fern: 14
- John: 10

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 6th October 2022
Time
9pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 6th October 2022 11:05pm 4seven
Saturday 8th October 2022 1:15am 4seven
Sunday 9th October 2022 1:45am 4seven
Tuesday 11th October 2022 2:20am BBC1
Thursday 13th October 2022 12:20am C4
Tuesday 8th August 2023 8:00pm E4

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Dara O Briain Self
Fern Brady Self
John Kearns Self
Munya Chawawa Self
Sarah Millican 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
Amy Tuckwell Associate Producer
Rebecca Bowker Editor
Iain Chambers VT Editor
Malcolm Finch Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
John Ford Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer
Martin Rosten Graphics

Videos

Episode 2 highlights

A grape task frustrates Munya and Dara and some questionable tactics in the live task have everyone in absolute hysterics.

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Fern Brady, Munya Chawawa, John Kearns, Sarah Millican & Dara O Briain.

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