Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&Dave
- 2015 - 2025
- 171 episodes (18 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.
- Returns on Sunday on C4 at 9pm with New Year Special
- Streaming rank this week: 112
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Series 18, Episode 1 - The Faceless Facilitators
Prize task: The best thing that has been inside you.
- Rosie Jones: A letter opener, which she used to dig out stuff from her belly button. - 5
- Emma Sidi: A USB stick containing details about her best ex-boyfriend. - 4
- Jack Dee: A ten-year-old toothbrush. - 3
- Babatunde Aleshe: Jamaican oxtail stew. - 2
- Andy Zaltzman: A lung. - 1
Task 1, Part 1: Do not say any of this out loud. Carry out each instruction before reading the next. You must remain silent until you've completed all four instructions. Stare at camera number one for at least 30 seconds without smiling. Eat an imaginary fly that has just landed on you. You don't like how it feels in your stomach at all. Look under the 6th, 33rd, 56th and 91st letters of this task. Part 2: Say a word beginning with Q. Fastest wins. Your time started when you stared at the camera.
- Jack: 3:32 - 5
- Emma: 3:58 - 4
- Andy: 7:54 - 3
- Rosie: Time not given. - 2
- Babatunde: 17:59 - 1
Task 2: Knock over exactly 100 cans. You must throw all five balls and pull one rope nice and hard. You must stay on the spot at all times, and you may not move the spot. Closest to 100 cans wins. Your time starts now.
- Jack: 68 - 5
- Rosie: 47 - 4
- Emma: 36 - 3
- Babatunde: 32 - 2
- Andy: 104, but disqualified for stepping off the spot. - 0
Task 3: Do the most beautiful thing with bubbles. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts when you haven't said a word beginning with B for five seconds.
- Andy: Makes a black-and-white, French new wave-style film featuring bubbles. - 5
- Babatunde: Draws a picture of his baby daughter and dances in front of it while blowing bubbles through the air. - 4
- Jack: Does a toast to the crew with vegan, non-alcoholic champagne. - 3
- Emma: Has a sexy bubble bath. - 2
- Rosie: Plays a bubblegum fairy, and makes Alex eat bubblegum. - 1
Prize task: Drink the vinegar. On your turn, you can either drink from one straw, or not drink at all and get a clue from Alex instead. You must stand on the spot when choosing your straw, and you must never stray from the spot. Only the vinegar drinker wins. Winner takes all.
- Rosie: Drinks the vinegar, from straw 17. - 5
Final scores
- Rosie: 17
- Jack: 16
- Emma: 13
- Andy and Babatunde: 9
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 12th September 2024
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Andy Zaltzman | Self |
Babatunde Aléshé | Self |
Emma Sidi | Self |
Jack Dee | Self |
Rosie Jones | 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 |
Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
Dan Trelfer | Edit Producer |
Vicky Winter | Line Producer |
Amy Tuckwell | Associate Producer |
Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Christina Baker (as Chrissie Baker) | Make-up Designer |
Chris Kempton | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Alex Horne | Creator |
Video
The best thing that has been inside you
The first prize task for Series 18 grosses out Greg Davies.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Andy Zaltzman, Babatunde Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee & Rosie Jones.
Press
Taskmaster review: why wasn't this wonderfully stupid show up for an NTA?
How Mrs Brown's Boys was voted Best Comedy over Alex Horne and Greg Davies' hoot of a series is beyond farce.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 12th September 2024