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.
- Continues on Thursday on C4 at 9pm with Series 17, Episode 5
- Catch-up on Series 17, Episode 4
Streaming rank this week: 8
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 2 - Pork Is A Sausage
Prize task: Trendiest item of clothing.
* Doc Brown: A pair of waterproof Converse trainers. - 5
* Katherine Ryan: Leggings depicting a fight between a unicorn and a robot dinosaur. - 4
* Jon Richardson: A cardigan with another cardigan sown into it. - 3
* Joe Wilkinson: A tie depicting women and vintage cards. - 2
* Richard Osman: A T-shirt depicting his face over all the members of the band The Osmonds. - 1
Task 1: Eat me [an egg which turns out to be raw]. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Richard: Time not given, but he was the only one to eat the egg raw. - 5
* Doc: 3:35 - 4
* Jon: 5:12 - 3
* Joe: 10:46 - 2
* Katherine: DNF - 1
Task 2: Make the best music video for a nursery rhyme. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
* Doc and Jon - 5
* Katherine- 3
* Richard - 2
* Joe - 1
Task 3: Using this camera take a picture of an inanimate object that looks like you. Closest resemblance wins. Your time starts now.
* Richard - 5
* Jon - 4
* Katherine - 3
* Joe - 2
* Doc - 1
Task 4: Order the following pizza for the Taskmaster: an extra large vegetarian pizza with pepperoni and bacon, without tomato and cheese. You may not use the following words: extra; large; vegetarian; pizza; pepperoni; bacon; tomato; cheese. You get a bonus point if you can make the pizza person say the word "bubbles". Most accurate and fewest mistakes wins. Your time starts now.
* Joe: Gets bonus - 6
* Jon: No bonus - 5
* Katherine: Gets bonus - 4
* Doc: Gets bonus - 3
* Richard: No bonus - 2
Live task: Using these big chopsticks, get these potatoes into your basket. You must only hold the chopsticks on the grips provided. The big chopsticks alone may touch the potatoes. Whoever has the most potatoes in their basket after 100 seconds wins.
* Jon: 11 out of 10 - 5
* Katherine: 5 out of 10 - 4
* Doc, Joe and Richard: Disqualified for touching the potatoes with their hands. - 0
Final scores
* Jon - 25
* Katherine - 19
* Doc - 18
* Richard - 15
* Joe - 13
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 28th June 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 29th June 2016 | 1:00am | Dave |
| Friday 1st July 2016 | 8:00pm | Dave |
| Sunday 2nd October 2016 | 10:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 27th December 2016 | 7:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 10th January 2017 | 10:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 27th June 2017 | 9:00pm | Dave |
| Wednesday 28th June 2017 | 12:00am | Dave |
| Sunday 2nd July 2017 | 10:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 8th May 2018 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Thursday 23rd August 2018 | 1:00am | Dave |
| Thursday 23rd August 2018 | 12:00pm | Dave |
| Thursday 31st January 2019 | 10:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 25th February 2020 | 10:00pm | Dave |
| Wednesday 8th April 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Thursday 9th April 2020 | 12:00am | Dave |
| Wednesday 22nd July 2020 | 10:40pm | Dave |
| Thursday 23rd July 2020 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Sunday 30th August 2020 | 3:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 6th October 2020 | 11:00pm | Dave |
| Wednesday 28th October 2020 | 8:00pm | E4 |
| Wednesday 24th February 2021 | 2:05am | E4 |
| Wednesday 24th February 2021 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Thursday 13th January 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Thursday 13th January 2022 | 11:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 3rd May 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Wednesday 3rd August 2022 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Thursday 4th August 2022 | 3:10am | Dave |
| Saturday 24th December 2022 | 5:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 3rd January 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Tuesday 14th March 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Wednesday 15th March 2023 | 11:00pm | Dave |
| Wednesday 28th June 2023 | 12:00am | Dave |
| Friday 7th July 2023 | 6:00pm | Dave |
| Saturday 8th July 2023 | 1:00am | Dave |
| Friday 22nd September 2023 | 11:00pm | Dave |
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| Jon Richardson | Self |
| Katherine Ryan | Self |
| Joe Wilkinson | Self |
| Ben Bailey Smith (as Doc Brown) | Self |
| Richard Osman | Self |
| Alex Horne | Writer |
| Tim Key | Task Consultant |
| Andy Devonshire | Series Director |
| Peter Orton | Director |
| Andy Cartwright | Series Producer |
| Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
| James Taylor | Executive Producer |
| Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
| Hilary Rosen | Executive Producer |
| Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
| Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
| Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
| Thomas Perrett | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
Video
Jon Richardson's Three Blind Mice music video
Here's Jon Richardson's disturbing take on Three Blind Mice!
Featuring: Jon Richardson.
Press
Taskmaster: series two - episode 2 review
On this week's episode of the comedy challenge show, we watch some disturbing music videos, horrible culinary habits, and learn that Joe Wilkinson looks like a battered toaster.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 28th June 2016