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 5, Episode 2 - The Leprechaun Or The Lesbian

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Aisling Bea, Sally Phillips, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Avalon Television
Administrative sidekick Alex Horne watches on as Aisling Bea bleeds on bread, Nish Kumar pretends he's Robin Hood and Mark Watson feels the wrath of yoghurt.

Preview clips

Prize task: Hippest item of headware

* Sally Phillips: A beret and balaclava with hips attached to it. - 5
* Bob Mortimer: A military hat for a future war, given to him by Vic Reeves. - 4
* Aisling Bea: A Yorkshire pudding hat. - 3
* Mark Watson: A hat with a neon sign reading: "Taskmaster". - 2
* Nish Kumar: A cap made for him at Disneyworld reading: "Nishi". - 1

Task 1: Make the best coconut-flinging machine. You have 20 minutes and one attempt. Furthest coconut fling wins. Your time starts now.

* Bob: 16.2m - 5
* Sally: 5:5m - 4
* Nish: 5:3m - 3
* Aisling: 4.4m - 2
* Mark: 18.9m, but penalised for using a hat rather than creating a machine. - 2

Task 2: [In a darkened lab] Paint the best rainbow scene. You may not open the lab door until the task is complete. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.

* Aisling - 5
* Sally - 4
* Mark - 3
* Nish - 2
* Bob - 1

Task 3: There is a loaf of bread in the lab. Slice the loaf as neatly as possible. You may use one tool only, and that tool must be found in this caravan. You have five minutes. Your time starts now.

* Nish: Uses a hardback book cover. - 5
* Mark: Uses a grill. - 4
* Aisling: Disqualified for slicing the wrong loaf of bread. - 0
* Bob and Sally: Disqualified for using more than one tool. - 0

Task 4 (Team Task): Achieve the greatest splat. One teammate must be splatted for the splat to be valid. You have ten minutes to choose your splatting materials, and then ten minutes to pull off your splat. Your time starts now.

* Mark and Nish - 3
* Aisling, Bob and Sally - 2

Live task: With your face placed firmly in your hole at all times, paint the most recognisable animal, vegetable or mineral. You must incorporate your face in the picture. Most accurate representation of an animal, vegetable or mineral wins. You have three minutes.

* Aisling, Mark, Nish and Sally: 5
* Bob: 4

Final scores

* Sally - 20
* Mark and Nish - 19
* Aisling - 17
* Bob - 16

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 20th September 2017
Time
9pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 24th September 2017 10:00pm Dave
Tuesday 14th November 2017 8:00pm Dave
Monday 22nd January 2018 2:50am Dave
Monday 22nd January 2018 10:00pm Dave
Friday 1st June 2018 6:00pm Dave
Tuesday 4th February 2020 10:00pm Dave
Monday 4th May 2020 11:00pm Dave
Tuesday 5th May 2020 6:00pm Dave
Monday 17th August 2020 11:00pm Dave
Saturday 12th September 2020 5:00pm Dave
Thursday 5th November 2020 11:20pm Dave
Wednesday 11th November 2020 8:00pm E4
Saturday 3rd April 2021 2:40am E4
Wednesday 7th April 2021 6:00pm Dave
Monday 2nd August 2021 11:15pm Dave
Tuesday 8th February 2022 6:00pm Dave
Tuesday 8th February 2022 11:00pm Dave
Tuesday 17th May 2022 6:00pm Dave
Monday 16th January 2023 6:00pm Dave
Friday 21st April 2023 6:00pm Dave
Wednesday 2nd August 2023 6:00pm Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Aisling Bea Self
Nish Kumar Self
Bob Mortimer Self
Sally Phillips Self
Mark Watson Self
Writing team
Alex Horne Writer
Tim Key Task Consultant
Production team
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
Tom Webber Edit Producer
Thomas Perrett Editor
Martin McEwan Editor
Andi Meek Editor
Barry Osment Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
Martin Kempton Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer

Videos

Paint the best rainbow in the dark

Can the contestants paint a good rainbow with the lights off?

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips & Mark Watson.

Cut bread without using a knife

The contestants are tasked with slicing an uncut loaf of bread without using a knife. Some interesting choices from Nish and Mark...

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Nish Kumar & Mark Watson.

Press

Taskmaster: series 5, episode 2 review

Tonight's episode features dystopian rainbow scenes, a blood-covered loaf of bread in the wrong room, and a woman drenched in urine.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th September 2017

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