Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4 / U&Dave
- 2015 - 2024
- 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.
- Due to return in January 2025
- Catch-up on Series 18, Episode 10
- Streaming rank this week: 17
Episode menu
Series 12, Episode 10 - Caring Uncle Minpict
Prize task: Most magnificent floppy thing.
- Desiree Burch: An air dancer. - 5
- Alan Davies: A voodoo doll of himself made for a TV show, which the props people added genitals too, which did not appear during the original show. - 4
- Guz Khan: A blood pressure monitor. - 4
- Morgana Robinson: A wig Claudia Winkleman's fringe. - 2
- Victoria Coren Mitchell: A DVD of the film flop Battlefield Earth. - 1
Task 1: Drink all this drink with your mouth open. Your mouth must be visibly open throughout. Fastest wins. Your time starts and you mouth must open when Alex blows the whistle.
- Desiree: 0:07 - 5
- Guz: 1:05 - 4
- Alan: 2:08 - 3
- Morgana: 3:00 - 2
- Victoria: 8:30 - 1
Task 2 (Team Task), Part 1 [Alan and Morgana]: Using your whole body to make individual characters, describe the Taskmaster. Your description must be a minimum of 20 characters long. Most vivid description wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts when the whistle blows. Part 2 [Victoria and Desiree]: Work out what your teammate's/teammates's task is. You must stay in the caravan and not communicate with your teammate(s) in any way. After ten minutes, you must write down what you think their tasks are/were. Best guesser wins. Your time starts when the whistle blows. Part 3 [Guz]: Lick a chocolate button. Stick it on your forehead, then transfer the chocolate button to your mouth without touching it with your hands or leaving the chair. Your time starts when the whistle blows.
- Alan and Victoria - 5
- Desiree, Guz and Morgana - 4
Task 3: Propose to Alex in the most irresistible way. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
- Guz: Gets Alex into the caravan bed, then reveals to him an offer he can't refuse: a horse's head in the bed, in reference to The Godfather. - 5
- Morgana: Dresses as a mermaid and propose to Alex from a bath. - 5
- Alan: Make Alex breath in Vicks VapoRub, then reveals a sign proposing marriage while wearing a blond wig and offering Linda the dummy cow as a dowry. - 4
- Desiree: Performs a song for Alex. - 4
- Victoria: Asks Alex quickly and directly to marry him. - 3
Live task: One at a time, make a noise without the Taskmaster identifying you. The person who makes the most unidentified noises wins.
- Guz and Morgan: 2 - 5
- Alan, Desiree and Victoria: 1 - 3
Final scores
- Guz - 22
- Desiree - 21
- Alan - 19
- Morgana - 18
- Victoria - 13
Series scores
- Morgana - 168
- Guz - 167
- Alan and Desiree - 161
- Victoria - 121
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 25th November 2021
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Alan Davies | Self |
Desiree Burch | Self |
Guz Khan | Self |
Morgana Robinson | Self |
Victoria Coren Mitchell | 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 |
Roberta Grady | Edit Producer |
Thomas Perrett | Editor |
Rebecca Bowker | Editor |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Video
Series 12 task to make sounds
This is the way Series 12 ended, not with a whimper, but a bloodcurdling scream form the wow monster.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Desiree Burch, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alan Davies, Guz Khan & Morgana Robinson.