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 8 - Their Water's So Delicious

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Alex Horne, Mark Watson. Copyright: Avalon Television
The series reaches its dramatic climax. Four comics are locked in a thrilling battle to win the coveted Taskmaster trophy, while Nish Kumar is at least enjoying the ride. Greg Davies, ably supported by Alex Horne, holds their fate in his powerful hands as he weighs up Aisling Bea's cushion-leaping, two songs about a woman named Rosalind and Bob Mortimer's intimate knowledge of Dumfries and Galloway. Who will win?

Preview clips

Prize task: Most awkward item for somebody else to take home.

* Mark Watson: A full bathroom suite. - 5
* Nish Kumar: 14kg of curry. - 4
* Sally Phillips: Around 100 helium balloons. - 3
* Aisling Bea: A giant cardboard cut-out of herself. - 2
* Bob Mortimer: A "I love Katie Hopkins" hat and a "I love Donald Trump" shirt. - 1

Task 1: Get this coconut as far away from here as possible. You may not touch the ground. You may not step on anything more than once. The coconut may not travel by car. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.

* Sally - 5
* Bob - 4
* Aisling - 3
* Nish - 2
* Mark: Disqualified for touching the ground. - 0

Task 2: Create the best graph [on a beach]. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.

* Nish: A graph showing time with Nish against fun, with Nish as the vertical axis. - 5
* Bob: A bar graph showing the counties of Britain and how much urine they produce. - 4
* Mark: A 60m x 60m graph showing vote share across all time and people. - 3
* Sally: An omni-purpose "jaws of doom" graph. - 3
* Aisling: An inaccurate graph showing the difference in the number of men and women on Taskmaster. - 3

Bonus task: Make the most fish puns. Most fish puns wins. You have one minute. Your time starts now.

* Alex: 11 - Awards himself 5 points, but Greg refuses to give him the points.
* Sally: 8 - 0

Task 3 (Team Task): Write and perform a song about this woman. Best song wins. You have five minutes to talk to the woman, then 30 minutes to write her a song. Your time starts now.

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

Live task: Throw your egg through the hoop and catch it as many times as possible. You may not touch the net or post. Most successful hoop-catch combo wins. You have 100 seconds and one egg.

* Bob: Once - 5
* Sally: Once, but not fully through the hoop. - 4
* Aisling, Mark and Nish: None - 0

Final scores

* Sally - 17
* Bob - 16
* Nish - 14
* Mark - 11
* Aisling - 10

Series scores

* Bob - 138
* Mark and Sally - 130
* Aisling - 126
* Nish - 107

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 1st November 2017
Time
9pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 2nd November 2017 2:40am Dave
Sunday 5th November 2017 10:00pm
60 minute version
Dave
Tuesday 7th November 2017 11:00pm Dave
Wednesday 31st January 2018 10:00pm Dave
Monday 11th June 2018 6:00pm Dave
Friday 14th February 2020 10:00pm Dave
Tuesday 12th May 2020 10:40pm Dave
Wednesday 13th May 2020 6:00pm Dave
Tuesday 25th August 2020 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 13th September 2020 4:00pm Dave
Tuesday 15th September 2020 6:00pm Dave
Friday 13th November 2020 11:20pm Dave
Thursday 19th November 2020 8:00pm E4
Friday 20th November 2020 2:30am E4
Sunday 11th April 2021 2:20am E4
Thursday 15th April 2021 6:00pm Dave
Tuesday 10th August 2021 11:00pm Dave
Wednesday 16th February 2022 6:00pm Dave
Wednesday 25th May 2022 6:00pm Dave
Thursday 19th January 2023 6:00pm Dave
Monday 1st May 2023 6:00pm Dave
Thursday 10th 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
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

Outtake: Alex Horne dancing

Greg makes Alex dance, and he has got the moves!

Featuring: Greg Davies & Alex Horne.

Taskonbury: Nish & Mark's song for a stranger

Nish Kumar and Mark Watson's epic and legendary performance in front of a sell-out crowd at Taskonbury, October 2017, as they write and sing a song about a stranger.

Featuring: Alex Horne, Nish Kumar & Mark Watson.

Press

Taskmaster's Rosalind appears as Chase contestant

Rosalind, a woman always doing cool stuff / a f***ing nightmare who was the subject of two songs for a task on Taskmaster, appeared as a contestant on yesterday's episode of The Chase.

Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 25th November 2020

Taskmaster: series 5, episode 8 review

It's the grand final!

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 1st November 2017

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