Five comedians are set tasks challenging their creativity and wit. The tasks are supervised by Alex Horne but the Taskmaster, Greg Davies, always has the final word.
Cast:Greg Davies , Alex Horne , Kerry Godliman , Ed Gamble , Richard Herring , Lou Sanders , Alan Davies , Liza Tarbuck , James Acaster , Asim Chaudhry , Sian Gibson , David Baddiel , Daisy May Cooper , Desiree Burch , Sarah Kendall , Bridget Christie , Fern Brady , Frankie Boyle
Schoolmasterly Greg Davies sets five fellow comedians - including Tim Key and Frank Skinner - devious tasks in this offbeat challenge show. First up: melon-eating.
Comedians get competitive as devious Greg Davies sets them absurd challenges. Identifying pie contents and making a film backwards are on the agenda here.
Celebs leave their dignity at the door as dastardly Mr Gilbert - aka Greg Davies - sets them some truly bizarre tasks, including building an egg tower.
Greg Davies lays down tricky tasks to a gaggle of comics. Josh Widdicombe and Frank Skinner are two of the poor souls who have to fill an eggcup with tears.
Pro celebrity suffering in Greg Davies' comedy challenge series! Frank Skinner takes a boulder onto a train. And can the comedians make a Swede blush?
A round of mini-golf using eggs, picking blue sweets out using boxing gloves and making a meal using ingredients representing each letter of the alphabet are among the challenges in the series finale.
A new feckless five, fastidious Jon Richardson, ice-queen Katherine Ryan, dilapidated Joe Wilkinson, multi-talented Doc Brown and the unflappable Richard Osman, compete in the second series.
Eating an egg isn't a challenge - unless it's one of the bizarre tasks on this show. The rival comedians must also order a pizza without using key words and put potatoes in a basket using chopsticks.
Taskmaster Greg Davies sets the competitors one of the show's most difficult challenges yet, as they must try to impress an intimidating man in gold chains - the Mayor of Chesham.
The competition intensifies as the series approaches its climax. The rivals are tasked with concealing a pineapple about their person and one discovers they have been the subject of an experiment.
Home stretch of season 2. 1st a stream to overcome during a grocery store task. 2nd some videography. 3rd, there must be a bridge. 4th Katherine issues a tampon challenge then they put on gloves and clap. There can be only one.
The show returns with another group of hapless comedians given some fiendishly tricky tasks. In this opening episode these include vegetable propulsion, Scoopy the out-of-season snowman and some hot swede on Swede action.
The guests have to put the 'heaviest' item they can find into a shoe box, along with other nonsensical tasks. Al Murray's Morse code knowledge lets him down.
The guests take on more ridiculous tasks, whilst Al Murray is convinced urine and sweat are the same thing.
The guests have to get four items of clothing as far away as possible, along with other equally ridiculous tasks.
Al Murray gets out the gong again, as the celebs compete to crown the season's winner and win the coveted Taskmaster trophy.
Five, fresh competitors go head-to-head as the gloriously bonkers show returns for an expanded fourth series. They paint a model they can't see, fell a load of rubber ducks and beautifully destroy a cake.
The participants present prizes they have won. Other tasks include long distance painting, intense staring and putting an egg in an eggcup. Joe Lycett has a personal task - to smile every 30 seconds.
Taskmaster Greg Davies tries to spot the five camouflaged comedians before they try to herd dogs and chickens. They also have to re-home a fish and create a trailer for Taskmaster: The Movie.
Which guest can perform the best moves on a pommel horse and other ridiculous tasks.
The five witless guests attempt to score points by completing wacky tasks, but can they all cooperate for the team task?
The feckless five attempt to go biblical and pass the camel through the eye of a needle, along with other pointless and hilarious tasks.
The guests have to come up with a special handshake and other wacky challenges.
Season finale in which the feckless five have to create the most exotic sandwich and other ridiculous tasks.
The new season kicks of with 5 new guests; Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips. But are they up for the wacky challenges ahead of them?
The guests have to see who can make the biggest splash, along with other ridiculous tasks.
Who can make a coconut look most like a business and other pointless and crazy tasks face the guests this week.
The guests try to make marmite from scratch and other equally stupid tasks.
Who can make to best water cooler video and other asinine tasks await the guests this week.
Bob Mortimer reveals his bizarre machine to make his children eat cheaper sausages and then attempts bizarre tasks with the other guests.
The guests go all Hansel and Gretel, leaving a trail of breadcrumbs, along with doing equally wacky tasks.
The guests compete to be crowned winner of the season.
5 new guests start the new season; Actor Asim Chaudhry, comedian Russell Howard, TV presenter Liza Tarbuck, 'comedian' Tim Vine, and the lovely DJ Alice Levine. But can they complete the kooky challenges set by little Alex Horne?
Little Alex Horne sets out the challenge to see who can make the best short video with a moustached man on a penny farthing, along with equally odd tasks.
Can the funky five work out what's in the so-called baby food and other preposterous tasks?
The five get manly with a cardboard box, have fun with fun, get arty with cream and shaky with the taskmaster. Now with added assistant!
Sturdy prizes, an age-old conundrum, getting snookered by eggs.. the teams tackle all these and more under the stern gaze of Greg Davies.
It is snowy globes, rubbery ducks and wooden-y spoons, as the competitors use their ingenuity to impress Taskmaster Greg Davies.
Tim Vine encounters a wet bra, Alice Levine barely attempts cricket and Russell Howard makes a convincing liger. Greg Davies sets the tasks.
Russell Howard charms a nice lady called Carol and Liza Tarbuck makes a puzzle for children, that should not be seen by children.
Russell Howard wraps a tie round his head and Tim Vine is left bereft by a small piece of bent metal.
Tim Vine attempts a risky impersonation and Alex Horne receives a gift from Liza Tarbuck. The recipient of the Taskmaster's golden bonce is revealed.
Velcro is key, tape is vital and bean juice is crucial. Greg's simpering sidekick Alex Horne supplies facts, figures and unconditional love.
Phil Wang makes ogres poignant despite his eye-catching costume, Jessica Knappett beautifully mimics a funny noise and James Acaster finds various circles. Alex Horne carefully records it all for his beloved boss, Greg Davies.
Rhod Gilbert force-feeds Greg's exec sec Alex Horne a jug of mocha, Kerry Godliman boshes a cricket ball with a croquet mallet and Phil Wang makes a really strange noise.
Can the gang match Ollie's weight with objects found around the house, whilst Rod continues to show Greg's naked picture.
Rhod Gilbert endangers Alex's life again, Jessica Knappett's sunny outlook on life is severely tested by a former traffic warden and Phil Wang has a lovely old time with a squeezy jar of mayonnaise.
It's the 50th episode and everyone is in a festive mood, but all they'll get from the Taskmaster is even more tough challenges, including the one where they have to come up with and film an intense soap opera cliffhanger ending.
Greg Davies challenges his five fearful funny people to entertain him by completing more baffling challenges which this week involve corneas, crackers and construction.
Phil Wang makes sure his outstanding outfit leaves even less to the imagination that it did before, Jessica Knappett demonstrates her mastery of a child's percussion instrument and James Acaster's dream comes true.
Two episodes remain in the series and with Greg Davies's shiny head trophy within touching distance, tensions are beginning to run high between the beleaguered contestants.
The series reaches its majestic climax. Who will win Greg Davies's coveted golden head to become just the seventh Taskmaster Champion in history?
The Taskmaster challenges a new set of comedians to compete for his golden head.
The competition continues as the Taskmaster judges even more Tasks, including one that Joe Thomas describes as 'dehumanising'.
Can the contestants guess what Alex is dressed as? Can they create a volcano? Most importantly, can they apologize for what they've done?
Herding ping-pong balls, playing catch around the globe and creating food-based injuries are just three of the tasks on offer as the show reaches its halfway point.
This week, the comedians are challenged with designing an album cover, scoring a goal, remembering the order of some very special playing cards and hiding in a phone-box.
Can the contestants pick the Pink Ladies? Can they do something powerful with their pinkies? The taskmaster intends to find out.
The taskmaster imagines an aquatic trauma when the contestants are asked to bring in the best thing to hold, before an underdog begins to rise through the ranks as the word-based final task approaches.
The penultimate episode sees the formation of some very strange new people.
Who will take home the coveted 'golden head' trophy in the Taskmaster series 8 finale?
Greg Davies is back, joined as ever by Alex Horne. The five celebs making grand entrances for series nine are David Baddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix and Rose Matafeo.
Jo and David have time to stop for a sandwich while Ed, Rose and Katy are stuck in a loop.
A memory game catches the guests off guard and Ed squashes a (fake) baby.
Homoerotic water-features, a human donkey and peas in a tray. Plus, David just can't help taking his clothes off.
Special guest Kerry Godliman has to defend Katy Wix's rubbish lassoing, water torture and far-too-personal questioning.
Katherine Ryan subs a still-ill Katy Wix, the team play around with bread-sticks and the Taskmaster is up to his old tricks.
Katy Wix is back; she's throwing eggs, sculpting mash and sucking fingers. Plus, Jo Brand reveals her psychic powers.
How well do the contestants know the Taskmaster theme tune? Surely that's easier than throwing something in a bin while the lid is closed.
It's the penultimate episode and the stakes are higher than ever - well, for Ed, at least.
It's the series final and it's all to play for. Unless you're David Baddiel, that is.
Hoping to impress the Taskmaster and be crowned the next champion are: Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring.
Johnny Vegas yells stuff from a tall chair, Katherine Parkinson forgets how balloons work and Richard Herring flails about in a dinghy.
Mawaan Rizwan attempts a farm-related illusion in the hope of impressing domineering Taskmaster Greg Davies. Plus: pasta disasters and catapult calamities.
Daisy May Cooper flirts with a security guard, Richard Herring is surprised by chickens and Alex Horne wears sparkly high heels while operating heavy machinery.
The competing comics demonstrate their love of watermelon and Johnny tries to win points by grabbing a passing cyclist and introducing him to some Christmas-related equipment.
Daisy May Cooper gets rather cross, Mawaan Rizwan learns a lesson about waterfowl and Richard Herring wrings out a wet sock
Mawaan Rizwan masters remote control cars. Katherine Parkinson is baffled by a giant marble. Can Daisy May Cooper decipher Richard Herring's mysterious messages?
Alex Horne gets an acting role, while Richard Herring delivers a star turn from behind a bush. Mawaan Rizwan nicks a cup of tea. Johnny Vegas takes a tumble.
Richard Herring bleeds on beer mats, Mawaan Rizwan volleys oranges and Katherine Parkinson counts plastic balls.
In a tense grand final, Katherine Parkinson searches for a spider and Daisy May Cooper destroys a mannequin. But who will become the 10th Taskmaster champion?
Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak, and Sarah Kendall try and impress Taskmaster Greg Davies and his assistant Little Alex Horn with some under-the-table hand routines, and they try to catch a rat.
The contestants argue about facial hair. Mike Wozniak vaults a high fence. Lee Mack struggles to see a balloon.
Lee Mack attempts an audacious hammer throw, Sarah Kendall makes sitting down memorable, and Jamali Maddix forgets his passport.
The cast bring in crazy things, trail loo roll, throw salt, and feel things in jars.
Greg Davies and Alex Horne set their captive band of comics humiliating missions involving cling film, fashion for insects, and face-based shape-shifting.
Jamali Maddix decorates the Taskmaster caravan, Sarah Kendall bites into a deep-fried kiwi fruit, and Mike Wozniak leaves Greg Davies in a state of horrified delirium.
There are fires, alarms, bizarre banquets and surprising sound effects, as our five comics complete pointless tasks under the watchful eye of Greg Davies and Little Alex Horne.
Taskmaster Greg Davies is impressed by Charlotte Ritchie's snack-munching methods and Jamali Maddix's pretty wings, as the race to win Greg's shiny skull-trophy continues.
It's all to play for in the penultimate episode of the series. Mike Wozniak issues a stark warning. Lee Mack has a makeover. And there's a storm brewing on Taskmaster Island.
Charlotte Ritchie stumbles into some sand, Lee Mack dunks Alex Horne, Sarah Kendall stacks some fish fingers, Jamali Maddix staggers around a bit and Mike Wozniak staggers absolutely everyone. Again.
Greg Davies and Alex Horne welcome five fresh competitors, including Guz Khan, who are desperate to lay their mitts on Greg's golden head-trophy. This time: creepers, catapults and one (fake) cactus.
The contestants have a mountain to climb as they must find a way to prove they can handle some teamwork. Morgana Robinson inspects suspect doggy bags and Guz Khan slaps a space hopper.
Taskmaster Greg Davies struggles to contain his scorn as Desiree Burch does something inexplicable with sand, Victoria Coren Mitchell draws an exploding cat and Alan Davies hurts himself with a rubber band.
Crafty comics including Morgana Robinson contend with pea, jam, sunglasses and songs.
It's the 100th episode of Taskmaster. Greg Davies, Alex Horne and their merry band of comics celebrate the only way they know how: with tasks involving plastic balls and flapjacks.
Greg Davies climbs aboard his judgement throne once more as Desiree Burch tackles tennis balls and gaffer tape, Alan Davies finds out how many circles he can carry, and Victoria Coren Mitchell constructs a rudimentary pulley system.
The Integrity of the Product: Morgana Robinson slides a pole through a sponge; Alex Horne shows off his acting skills.
Desiree Burch draws on her face, Guz Khan endures a ball to the groin and Alan Davies loses an eye, as the quest to win Greg Davies' head heats up.
It's the penultimate episode of the series. Can Alex Horne give Desiree Burch goosebumps?
In the prestigious grand final, there's chocolate gobbling, bizarre body movements and indecent proposals, but which plucky competitor will be declared the Taskmaster series champion?
Ardal O'Hanlon, Bridget Christie, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love and Sophie Duker enter Greg Davies' lair to begin a bitter battle for glory. Alex Horne invigilates while trying to avoid a barrage of fruit.
Greg Davies' personal valet Alex Horne diligently notes the facts and figures as Ardal O'Hanlon makes some sheep, Chris Ramsey gets younger, Judi Love becomes a queen and Bridget Christie gets lost in a small field.
Bridget Christie shoves a cuddly toy inside a traffic cone, Sophie Duker does a dinosaur impression, Ardal O'Hanlon is defeated by a robot, Chris Ramsey is impressed with a hose, and Judi Love is confident about everything except marbles.
The contestants must pick which shoe is Alex's with only yes or no questions.
The comics are baffled by high fives and a fish tank. Bridget Christie has a present for the Taskmaster, and Sophie Duker covers some keys in saliva.
The contestants present new uses for a cement mixer, count their steps, and gather for a very dramatic meeting.
Ardal O'Hanlon indulges in a plant-based snack, liquids are poured down a giant tube on Sophie Duker's head, Chris Ramsey refuses to consume dried spaghetti and Bridget Christie browns a bun.
Ardal sings about leaning on a fence, Judi Love designs some classy headgear, Sophie Duker displays genuinely world-class levels of endurance and fortitude, Chris Ramsey finds he can still fit into Alex Horne's horrible slip-on shoes.
Chris Ramsey surprises everyone, Bridget Christie doesn't know what a cup is, and Ardal O'Hanlon has some fun with yoghurt.
The teams get musical, some liquids are available for tasting and the contestant flatter themselves through art.
Dara Ó Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa and Sarah Millican join the Taskmaster circus as they drop jaws and toilet paper, as well as finding balance.
Munya Chawawa falls in a bath, Sarah Millican searches for a door, and Alex Horne is as happy as a sandboy when he gets to supervise tasks involving admin, ducks and messy flour.
Can Fern Brady fly? Is Sarah Millican fireproof? And why would the notoriously brutal Taskmaster treat the entire gang to a tasty dessert? All these questions and more will be answered.
Dara Ó Briain displays a fabulous flair for folding, Fern Brady complains about being forced to tidy up, and Munya Chawawa tries to work some DIY magic with a coat hanger.
Sarah Millican gets her hands in some cottage pie, Fern Brady becomes Brandy Alexander, Munya Chawawa demonstrates a mastery of martial arts, and John Kearns survives an operation.
Dara Ó Briain leads the pack at the halfway point of the series, but even he's baffled by a quantity of milk. John Kearns and Munya Chawawa do some elaborate skipping and jumping.
Sarah Millican flails about with a frying pan, Munya Chawawa pulls off a brilliant billiards shot, and all five comics spend far too long searching for a bath, given the size of the bath.
Fern Brady and Munya Chawawa are yet to claim a win. Can a rare tailless tiger bring them some luck? Dara Ó Briain gets frustrated with John Kearns, and Sarah Millican does something clever.
In the penultimate episode of the series, John Kearns blunts the business end of a sausage, Fern Brady struggles with a raspberry, and can Sarah Millican find a novel use for a ping-pong ball?
After nine tense episodes, it's time for the glorious grand final, featuring grapes, ducks and moon boots. Which lucky contestant will stroll away with Greg Davies' golden head?
Five new contestants enter the ring - Frankie Boyle, Ivo Graham, Jenny Eclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Mae Martin. There's a dancing, string and barges for all.
Ivo Graham makes several phone calls. Jenny Eclair discusses piles. And Kiell Smith-Bynoe gets very angry. Also some potatoes get suspended.
Jenny Eclair has the best time of her life, while Ivo Graham has the worst. Mae Martin finds a clock. And the pressure is heaped on the contestants in the all important Sausage Exam.
Tension rises as there is heated debate among the contestants. There is also some alphabetic boat building, a shoeless game of bingo and several bottles of sand.
Mae Martin uses some mystic powers. Jenny Eclair honks a horn. And Frankie Boyle shows off his vocal range.
Ivo Graham prepares breakfast. Jenny Eclair does some painting. And Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Frankie Boyle and Mae Martin cry in the kitchen.
The comedians are perplexed by some heavy machinery, eat some sweets, and do some funny walks.
Frankie Boyle does some interesting dancing. Kiell Smith-Bynoe sets a trap. And Mae Martin once again employs their cunning.
As the series nears its conclusion, Mae Martin becomes uncharacteristically forgetful. Jenny Eclair loses track of time. And Ivo Graham does some stamping.
In the series final, Frankie fills a bath, Ivo goes to bed, Jenny eats some fruit, Kiell does some impressions, and Mae plays a guitar.
Alex is slapped by Greg because of peas. Lucy Beaumont marvels with a canned blindfold, While everyone tries to put a big duck in a lake.
