Taskmaster
Taskmaster is a game show on Dave. Famous contestants, infuriating challenges and a wheelbarrow of withering putdowns. Taskmaster Greg Davies and sidekick Little Alex Horne oversee the weird, wonderful, BAFTA-winning comedy game show. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 122 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
Last episode
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1:00:00Taskmaster
Comedy game show. Alex Horne has a makeover, Bob Mortimer champions sausage meat, Sally Phillips returns to the womb, and Nish Kumar has a heart-to-heart with the Taskmaster. (S5 Ep6/8)
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1:05:00Greg Davies watches on in wonder, delight and sometimes disgust as Alex Horne chokes down some vaguely cylindrical meals. And Sue Perkins sniffs a door. (S16 Ep4/10)
Series 5
1:00:00
1:00:00Comedy game show. Alex Horne risks the Taskmaster's wrath by setting a cheeky unsanctioned task, and Sally Phillips locks herself in the caravan with an amorous water cooler. (S5 Ep5/8)
Series 3 1:00:00
1:00:00Greg Davies sets bewilderingly brilliant tasks - involving vegetable propulsion, snowmen and Swedes - to five celebrities, including Al Murray and Dave Gorman.
Series 16 1:05:00
1:05:00Poor Alex Horne gets insulted by a panpipe-playing Sue Perkins. Meanwhile, Julian Clary destroys a table and Lucy Beaumont munches on a tree. (S16 Ep3/10)
Series 5 1:00:00
1:00:00Comedy game show. The five task-hungry comics attempt to make Marmite. Plus: can anyone recognise Alex Horne when he's wearing a hat? (S5 Ep4/8)
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00Greg Davies sets crackpot celebrity challenges. Richard Osman does something appalling with a shopping trolley, before the series champion is crowned.
Series 16 1:05:00
1:05:00Julian Clary finds a former Taskmaster champion hiding behind a door. Susan Wokoma does something unexpected with mice and fish. Sue Perkins loves portcullises. (S16 Ep2/10)
Series 5 1:00:00
1:00:00Comedy game show. Greg Davies ranks five comics in order of competency as they attempt complex tasks such as coconut costumery. Plus: can Mark Watson open an unlocked briefcase? (S5 Ep3/8)
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00Greg Davies draws on his wicked Inbetweeners alter-ego as he sets Katherine Ryan and other celebs cruel tasks, from pet rescue to pineapple concealment.
Series 16 1:05:00
1:05:00Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma take on the Taskmaster. In episode one, Greg Davies slaps Alex Horne because of peas. (S16 Ep1/10)
Series 5 1:00:00
1:00:00Comedy game show. Greg Davies and Alex Horne bear witness as Aisling Bea bleeds on bread, Nish Kumar pretends that he's Robin Hood and Mark Watson feels the wrath of yoghurt. (S5 Ep2/8)
1:00:00Comedy game show. Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips tackle futile tasks: basketball (no hands), rowing (no oars) and cuddles (no kissing). (S5 Ep1/8)
Series 15 1:05:00
1:05:00It's the grand final, and the competitors' mettle is tested in the most dramatic gladiatorial arena of all as they all contemplate using a hose. Things just got serious. (S15 Ep10/10)
Series 4 1:00:00
1:00:00Comedy game show. It's the series finale, but who will lift Greg Davies' golden head? Noel Fielding finds his soulmate, and Mel Giedroyc bites off more than she can chew. (S4 Ep8/8)
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00Richard Osman and Doc Brown are amongst the funny folk who have to impress a guy in gold chains: the Mayor of Chesham! Greg Davies sets the nutty tasks.
Series 15 1:05:00
1:05:00In the penultimate episode, the pressure is so intense that Mae Martin forgets the only rule to a task. Expect paint, stomping and sneaky prizes in this sort-of semi-final. (S15 Ep9/10)
Series 4 1:00:00
1:00:00Comedy game show. Greg Davies and Alex Horne watch with despair as five comics take on wheelie bins, bunting and an unstable mannequin in the battle for Greg's golden head. (S4 Ep7/8)
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00Dastardly Greg Davies sets fiendish tasks for five plucky - some would say foolish - comics. Tune in for Jon Richardson's disturbing take on Three Blind Mice!
Series 15 1:05:00
1:05:00The comics retrieve pineapples from a pond and inventively repurpose umbrellas. And in a fitting climax, Frankie Boyle goes to town on a gigantic cat scratching post. (S15 Ep8/10)