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
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Series 8, Episode 6 - Rock 'n' Roll Umlaut
Prize task: Best see-through item.
* Joe Thomas: A window. - 4
* Lou Sanders: The book 50 Ways to See Thru People by Vernon Howard. - 1
* Paul Sinha: A hoola hoop. - 1
* Sian Gibson: A bottle of gin. - 1
* Iain Stirling: A beer fridge with a glass front, but not a see-through back. - 1
Task 1: Completely conceal yourself inside this phone box. No part of you or your clothing may be visible from outside the phone box. Fastest wins. Your time stops when you shout: "I'm invisible!" Your time starts now.
* Iain: 4:46 - 5
* Lou: 8:17 - 4
* Joe and Sian: Slightly visible. - 2
* Paul: His entire face is visible. - 1
Task 2 (Team Task): Design the most iconic album cover. Best album cover, album title and band name wins. Your album cover photo will be taken in 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
* The Actors: Shoë with its too big (with umlauts on the "s" and "g"). - 4
* The Comedians: Lou Sanders and the Lovely Boys with SSSex. - 2
Task 3: In five minutes you return this pack of the cards to Alex in the lab, and tell Alex the order the cards are currently in. You may not leave this room during the five minutes. Most correctly named cards wins. Your time starts now.
* Paul: 1 mistake. - 5
* Joe: 7 mistakes. - 4
* Sian: 13 mistakes. - 3
* Iain: 25 mistakes. - 2
* Lou: Disqualified for leaving the room, and she put the cards in a different order. - 0
Task 4: Score a goal from the furthest distance. You may only take one shot. If you don't score a goal, you are disqualified. You must perform a terrific goal celebration whether or not you score your goal. There might be a bonus point for best goal celebration. You have five minutes. Your time starts now.
* Sian: Only person to score, doing so from 9.8m. - 5
* Iain, Joe, Lou and Paul: All failed to score, and no bonus point is given. - 0
Live task: Part 1 - Standing behind the first line, roll your loo roll beyond the second line. If your loo roll fails to roll beyond the second line or falls from the runway, you are eliminated from the task. Part 2 - Retrieve your shoe [the surviving players' right shoes are place at the end of their loo roll]. You may not cross the line in front of you. If your shoe falls off your loo roll or your loo roll breaks, you are eliminated from the task. Fastest wins. Winner takes all.
* Lou - 5
* Iain and Sian: Slower than Lou. - 0
* Joe and Paul: Fail the first part of the task. - 0
Final scores
* Sian - 15
* Joe - 14
* Lou - 12
* Iain - 10
* Paul - 9
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 12th June 2019
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
| Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
| Iain Stirling | Self |
| Joe Thomas | Self |
| Lou Sanders | Self |
| Paul Sinha | Self |
| Sian Gibson | 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 |
| Vicky Winter | Line Producer |
| Thomas Perrett | Editor |
| Rebecca Bowker (as Becky Bowker) | Editor |
| James Dillon | Production Designer |
| Kyz Kistell (as Kyz Kistel) | Production Designer |
| Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
| Christina Baker (as Chrissie Baker) | Make-up Designer |
| Martin Kempton | Lighting Designer |
| Dru Masters | Composer |
| Tom Howe | Composer |
Videos
Create the best album cover
Lou Sanders, Iain Stirling and Paul Sinha create their own album covers for their fictional band.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Lou Sanders & Paul Sinha.
Perform the best goal celebration
The contestants must give the best goal celebrations whether they score a goal or not. Iain Stirling has a trick up his sleeve...
Featuring: Alex Horne, Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha & Sian Gibson.
Outtake: Greg Davies got the James Bond theme wrong
Greg Davies and contestants Sian Gibson and Iain Stirling discuss the wrong lyrics to the James Bond theme Skyfall.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Iain Stirling & Sian Gibson.
Outtake: Lovely boys song
After the success of the Lovely Boys album cover, Paul Sinha starts off a special rendition of one of their songs.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Iain Stirling, Lou Sanders & Paul Sinha.
Press
Taskmaster: Series 8, Episode 6 - review
In this week's edition we learn that one of the biggest elements of Taskmaster is diversity. One point you may be riding high with your ability to remember a deck of cards, the next you are wallowing in misery because when trying to hide yourself you failed to cover your own face.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 13th June 2019