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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.
- Returns on Thursday 12th September on C4 at 9pm with Series 18, Episode 1
- Champion Of Champions, Episode 2 repeated tomorrow at 11pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 93
Episode menu
Series 17, Episode 1 - Grappling With My Life
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Prize task: The most glorious thing that sounds a bit like "Greg Davies" if you mumble it.
- Steve Pemberton: Peg Mavis - Mavis from Coronation Street as a peg doll. - 5
- John Robins: Grieg dairies - the diaries of Edvard Grieg. - 4
- Sophie Willan: Egg babies - eggs made up to look like babies. - 3
- Nick Mohammed: Eggs Benedict. - 2
- Joanne McNally: Glug gravies - a glug jug full of gravy. - 1
Task 1: Do the riskiest thing involving this egg without breaking this egg. The egg in the greatest danger that doesn't break wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
- John: Gets the egg to drive him home, with the egg swerving to avoid the egg's husband riding Linda the Cow, saving all their lives. - 5
- Joanne: Surrounds the egg with a large amount of bubble wrap, hits the egg against the wall and with various sporting equipment. - 4
- Nick: Hard boils the egg and throws bricks at it. Disqualified for breaking the egg. - 0
- Sophie: Tries to walk straight with the egg on her head. Disqualified as the egg falls off and breaks. - 0
- Steve: Conducts a puppet performance with the egg riding carriage number nine through a town. Disqualified as the egg falls off and breaks at the very end of the journey. - 0
Task 2 (Team Task): Create the best single picture of an animal doing something surprising. All six blinds must be fully and equally involved in your picture. You may not see each other's work, and you may only say two words at a time. After the task your pieces will be lined up next to each other in this order. 1. Shortest Wikipedia entry. 2. Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe winner. 3. Smallest shoe size. 4. The person whom Alex said hello to first. 5. Most Twitter followers. 6. Lowest-scoring full name in Scrabble. You may not move outside of your segment. You have 15 minutes. Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.
- Nick and Steve: A giraffe lying down giving birth. - 5
- Joanne, John and Sophie: A vole dancing, a dog driving, cow dancing and a bird smoking. - 3
Task 3: Hoopla Gary [the non-endangered gorilla] before he crosses the finish line. Your time is double every time one of your limbs gets wet. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
- Joanne: 0:48 - 5
- Steve: 1:28 - 4
- John: 2:05 - 3
- Nick: 11:00 - 2
- Sophie: Failed to hoopla Gary. - 0
Live task: Bring your sausage to life. You have 30 seconds. You may not write any words on your drawing. Best sausage wins.
- Sophie: Last person standing. - 5
- Steve: Worst at making his sausage sexy. - 4
- John: Worst at making his sausage sporty. - 3
- Sophie: Worst at making her sausage scary. - 2
- Nick: Worst at making his sausage human. - 1
Final scores
- Joanne, John and Steve - 18
- Nick - 10
- Sophie - 8
Tie-break task: Which chess piece is not in the peas chest? Fastest correct answer wins. Your time starts now.
- Steve: 0:13 - Winner
- John: 1:26
- Joanne: 4:28
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 28th March 2024
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Joanne McNally | Self |
John Robins | Self |
Nick Mohammed | Self |
Sophie Willan | Self |
Steve Pemberton | 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 |
Mark Sangster | Editor |
Hunter Allen | VT Editor |
Mark Hardyman | VT Editor |
Lachlan Wilson | 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 |
Video
Sophie Willan has an atrocious start
Alex Horne shows off his bad boy side, eggs feature prominently in the prize task and the new contestants desperately try to hoopla a gorilla as fast as possible.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Joanne McNally, John Robins, Nick Mohammed, Sophie Willan & Steve Pemberton.