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 3, Episode 3 - Little Polythene Grief Cave

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Rob Beckett, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
As the series reaches its midway point, Greg Davies's onslaught of tasks don't get any easier. When Al Murray is confronted with an eggcup he goes to extreme lengths to maximise his point potential and Sara Pascoe takes a simple loaf of bread, a few balloons and swiftly becomes one of the greatest sporting minds of our time.

Preview clips

Prize task: Best battery operated item.

* Rob Beckett: A light for a toilet. - 5
* Paul Chowdhry: A hair-band. - 4
* Sara Pascoe: Her iPod. - 3
* Al Murray: A WALL-E toy. - 2
* Dave Gorman: A baby-calming toy named Ewan the Dream Sheep. - 1

Task 1: Fill this eggcup with your own sweat. Most sweat wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time stars now. [Rule only for Rob: You must complete the whole tasking speaking in an accent different from your own.]

* Paul: 12 drops - 5
* Sara: 8 drops - 4
* Dave: 5 drops - 3
* Rob: 0 drops - 2
* Al: Disqualified for trying to use urine instead of sweat. - 0

Task 2: Make the best domino rally. You have one hour. Your time starts now.

* Paul - 5
* Dave - 4
* Rob - 3
* Al and Sara - 1

Task 3: Buy a gift for the Taskmaster. He is £20. You have 20 weeks. Your time starts now.

* Dave: A selection of gifts based on Greg's hometown of Wem, namely the book The Story of Wem, the programme from Wem Town F.C.'s biggest game, a bottle from the Wem brewery, and the single "Wem" by Howard Carpendale. - 5
* Rob: A footstool to match Greg's throne. - 4
* Al: £20 worth of the last Rolo. - 3
* Paul: The game Twister. - 2
* Sara: One page of script for Greg's sitcom Man Down written by herself. - 1

Task 4: Create the best flag meal. You have 10 minutes to choose your flag and plan your meal, then 30 minutes to prepare your meal. Best flag meal wins. Your time starts now.

* Dave: Skull and Crossbones - 5
* Paul: Intended to be Mexico, but accidentally did Mali - 4
* Sara: Canada - 3
* Al: United Kingdom - 2
* Rob: Japan - 1

Live task: Anchor these balloons using only bread. The person with the most fully inflated balloons resting on their mat and held down by bread alone after 100 seconds wins.

* Sara: 10 - 5
* Rob: 7 - 4
* Dave: 6 - 3
* Paul: 3 - 2
* Al: 2 - 1

Final scores

* Paul - 22
* Dave - 21
* Rob - 19
* Sara - 17
* Al - 9

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 18th October 2016
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 19th October 2016 1:00am Dave
Sunday 23rd October 2016 10:00pm Dave
Sunday 18th December 2016 10:00pm Dave
Monday 19th December 2016 2:00am Dave
Wednesday 18th January 2017 10:00pm Dave
Sunday 9th April 2017 10:00pm Dave
Tuesday 8th August 2017 9:00pm Dave
Sunday 13th August 2017 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 4th January 2018 10:00pm Dave
Wednesday 16th May 2018 6:00pm Dave
Friday 31st August 2018 1:00am Dave
Tuesday 13th November 2018 9:00pm Dave
Tuesday 26th February 2019 10:00pm Dave
Friday 27th December 2019 11:00pm Dave
Thursday 16th April 2020 10:40pm Dave
Friday 17th April 2020 6:00pm Dave
Thursday 30th July 2020 11:10pm Dave
Friday 31st July 2020 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 5th September 2020 4:00pm Dave
Thursday 15th October 2020 11:00pm Dave
Thursday 5th November 2020 8:00pm E4
Monday 22nd February 2021 1:25am Dave
Monday 22nd February 2021 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 11th March 2021 2:40am E4
Thursday 18th March 2021 6:00pm Dave
Thursday 15th July 2021 11:00pm Dave
Friday 21st January 2022 6:00pm Dave
Friday 21st January 2022 11:00pm Dave
Wednesday 11th May 2022 6:00pm Dave
Thursday 11th August 2022 6:00pm Dave
Friday 6th January 2023 6:00pm Dave
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 6:00pm Dave
Monday 17th July 2023 6:00pm Dave
Friday 3rd November 2023 11:00pm Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Rob Beckett Self
Paul Chowdhry Self
Dave Gorman Self
Al Murray Self
Sara Pascoe Self
Writing team
Alex Horne Writer
Tim Key Task Consultant
Production team
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
Sam Montague Director of Photography
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer

Press

Taskmaster: series 3, episode 3 - review

This week we witness one of most disgusting ways to win a challenge ever, a return of a classic task, and some balloon-on-bread action.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 18th October 2016

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