Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&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.
- Due to return for Series 18
- Series 3, Episode 2 repeated Monday at 10:40pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 86
Episode menu
Series 4, Episode 6 - Spatchcock It
Prize task: Best sheep-related item.
* Lolly Adefope: Sponsored a sheep. - 5
* Noel Fielding: A woollen doll of himself, complete with genitalia. - 4
* Joe Lycett: A lamb shank. - 4
* Hugh Dennis: A woollen hat from Kenya. - 2
* Mel Giedroyc: Some raw wool. - 1
Task 1: Get this [toy] camel through the smallest gap. You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Mel: Took the camel in and out of a branch of Baby Gap. - 5
* Hugh: 9mm - 4
* Lolly: 3.1cm - 3
* Joe: 4.6cm, but not all the camel went through. - 1
* Noel: 4cm, but only for 8% of the camel. - 0
Task 2: Score the best goal with this plastic bag. You may not handbag the bag. Fastest and fewest kicks wins. Most skilful goal gets a bonus point. There is a five second time penalty for every kick. Your time starts now.
* Hugh: 1:51 and 0 kicks = 1:51 - 5
* Mel: 3:00 and 3 kicks = 3:15 - 4
* Lolly: 5:04 and 8 kicks = 5:44 - 3
* Joe: 1:54 and 77 kicks = 8:16, plus bonus point - 3
* Noel: 7:12 and 42 kicks = 10:42 - 1
Bonus task: Part 1 - Hide this ball from Alex. You may not damage the ball. You have five minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2 - Inflate the ball in the Taskmaster house. Part 3 - With the same ball, score by getting it into a tiny goal in the Taskmaster garden.
* Mel - 0
Task 3: Work out what is in the sleeping bag. You may not look in the sleeping bag. You may not take items out of the sleeping bag. You have five minutes. Your time starts now.
* Joe, Lolly and Noel: 2 - 5
* Mel: 0 - 2
* Hugh: Disqualified for taking all the items out of the bag. - 0
Live task: Part 1 - Prepare these items for the second part of the task [An egg, an orange, grapes, three rubber ducks, a bottle, clingfilm, glue, a stapler and tape]. Part 2 - Hold all the items in one hand, and put your other hand on your head. Fastest wins.
* Noel - 5
* Mel - 4
* Lolly - 3
* Hugh - 2
* Joe - 1
Final scores
* Lolly - 19
* Mel - 16
* Noel - 15
* Joe - 14
* Hugh - 13
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 30th May 2017
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| Lolly Adefope | Self |
| Hugh Dennis | Self |
| Noel Fielding | Self |
| Mel Giedroyc | Self |
| Joe Lycett | 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 |
| Hilary Rosen | Executive Producer |
| Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
| Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
| Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
| Dan Trelfer | Edit Producer |
| Thomas Perrett | Editor |
| Steve Nayler | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
| Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
Outtake: Greg's sexy face
In this clip cut from the TV show, Noel Fielding asks Greg to look at him in a sexy way.
Featuring: Greg Davies & Noel Fielding.
Outtake: Hey You Guys
In this outtake, Greg Davies struggles to use the word 'Guys' seriously in a sentence.
Featuring: Greg Davies.
Outtake: Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding Bake Off Fall Out
In this outtake, Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding dispute the use of sorbet on The Great British Bake Off and Mel gets fiery about the use of cockney rhyming slang, "Mutton Jeff".
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Noel Fielding & Mel Giedroyc.
Fit a camel in the smallest gap
Lolly Adefope tried to triumph in this task by pulling a camel through some unusual small gaps.
Featuring: Alex Horne & Lolly Adefope.
Mel Giedroyc ball task
It's pointed out by the Taskmaster that Mel Giedroyc approaches all the tasks with extreme happiness and excitement, so they decide to push Mel to her limits in an inflatable ball challenge...
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne & Mel Giedroyc.
Press
Review: Taskmaster: series 4, episode 6
This week Greg Davies and Alex Horne judged camels being dismembered, a game of "bagball", and witnessed Mel Giedroyc being so frustrated she used the word "heck".
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 31st May 2017