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.
- Continues on Thursday on C4 at 9pm with Series 18, Episode 9
- Catch-up on Series 18, Episode 8
- Streaming rank this week: 16
Episode menu
Series 16, Episode 10 - Always Forks And Marbles
Prize task: The thing that, when you turn it round, gives you the biggest shock.
- Julian Clary: An urn containing the ashes of a friend of him, which on one side has the word "shit" on it. - 5
- Lucy Beaumont: A lamp, the switch on it is made out of her own hair. - 4
- Susan Wokoma: Vanilla ice cream, which lists the ingredients on the back, including a component from the anal secretions of beavers. - 3
- Sam Campbell: A baby-doll with an ugly face. - 2
- Sue Perkins: A cut-out of the back of Alex dressed, on the back of which is the same cut-out of Alex naked. - 1
Task 1: Do something shocking, but family-friendly, with this doughnut. Most socking doughnut deed wins. You have 15 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Lucy: Dresses as a bird, chews up the doughnut, then feeds the doughnut to Alex as if he was her baby.
- Julian: Eats the whole doughnut and spits it out into Alex's face. - 4
- Susan: Eats as wide an assortment of various different foodstuffs including the doughnut as possible, then heads out to be sick. - 4
- Sam: Puts the doughnut in a bikini, puts it on the roof, and a bird knocks the doughnut off to its death. - 3
- Sue: Makes a catapult and fires the doughnut at Alex. - 1
Task 2: Demonstrate the most effective high-intensity four-part exercise routine. Each of your four exercises must be original, and must take place on this mat. The first must last eight seconds; the second, four; the third, two; and the fourth, one-second long. Also, each move must start with the following - Julian: "Yeah", Lucy: "Ahhh", Sam: a gasp, Sue: "Whoops", Susan: a scream - and end with the following - Julian: a scream, Lucy: "Whoops", Sam: "Ahhh", Sue: "Yeah", Susan: a gasp. You have a maximum of 15 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Julian - 5
- Sam - 4
- Sue and Susan - 3
- Lucy - 2
Task 3 (Team Task): Give your guest the best service [to the Taskmaster hotel]. He has 30 minutes. His time starts now.
- The Sues - 5
- JLS - 2
Live task: Throw a ball into the bath tub from behind the rope. You may not touch the rope. If a ball ends up not in the bath tub, you are eliminated. Last player standing wins.
- Sam: Survives one round. - 5
- Julian, Lucy, Sue and Susan: All fail first time around. - 1
Final scores
- Julian - 17
- Sam and Susan - 16
- Lucy - 14
- Sue - 11
Series scores
- Sam - 161
- Julian - 155
- Susan - 139
- Sue - 137
- Lucy - 129
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 23rd November 2023
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Julian Clary | Self |
Lucy Beaumont | Self |
Sam Campbell | Self |
Sue Perkins | Self |
Susan Wokoma | Self |
Alex Horne | Writer |
Tim Key | Task Consultant |
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 |
Hunter Allen | VT Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Ric Clark | Director of Photography |
Gary Parkhurst | Director of Photography |
Will Charles | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Alex Horne | Creator |
Videos
Lucy Beaumont's disgusting bird
Lucy Beaumont does something quite disturbing with a doughnut.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins & Susan Wokoma.
Extended Task: Sue and Susan's Taskmaster Hotel
An extended version of Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma's management of the Taskmaster Hotel.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Sue Perkins & Susan Wokoma.
Extended Task: Julian, Lucy and Sam's Taskmaster Hotel
An extended version of Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont and Sam Campbell's time running the Taskmaster Hotel.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell & Julian Clary.