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 2024. A total of 172 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2025.
Last broadcast:18/07/2025 at 00:00Genres: Game Shows
Last episode
1:00:00


Taskmaster
Greg Davies sets the truly absurd tasks as Russell Howard wraps a tie round his head and Tim Vine is left bereft by a small piece of bent metal.
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Comedy game show. Alex Horne devours a clutch of surprising chocolate eggs as Greg Davies sets tricky challenges for five willing comics. Plus: Tim Vine's big toe bobble hat. (S6 Ep8/10)


Comedy game show. Taskmaster Greg Davies and his secretary Alex Horne set five comics rigorous tests involving wet bras, skinny elephants and competitive pancake consumption. (S6 Ep7/10)


Comedy game show. The Taskmaster makes more carefully considered judgements as his five competitors wrestle with snow globes, rubber ducks and wooden spoons. (S6 Ep6/10)


Comedy game show. Asim Chaudhry plays snooker with drainpipes, Tim Vine gets stuck in a tunnel, and Alex Horne suffers a sharp telling-off from the Taskmaster. (S6 Ep5/10)


Comedy game show. Tim Vine stands semi-naked in a box at the roadside. Russell Howard gets some macho tattoos. Alice Levine apes Leonardo da Vinci using squirty cream. (S6 Ep4/10)


Comedy game show. Taskmaster Greg Davies judges with fire and fury as five comics attempt baffling assignments involving spinning, baby food and bedtime stories for grown-ups. (S6 Ep3/10)


Comedy game show. Our five comics continue their quest to win Taskmaster Greg Davies' great golden bonce. This time: darts, eggs and a doomed wind-up man on a penny-farthing. (S6 Ep2/10)


Comedy game show. Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine negotiate wheelbarrow stunts, lemon towers and a wardrobe in a field. (S6 Ep1/10)
Series 5
55:00


Comedy game show. Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson and Sally Phillips battle to win the Taskmaster trophy in the series finale, and Nish Kumar comes along for the ride. (S5 Ep8/8)


Comedy game show. In the series semi-final, Greg Davies and Alex Horne baffle the contestants by giving them bread to hold while blindfolded and calling yet another referendum. (S5 Ep7/8)


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)
Series 19
55:00


A shiny-new champion is about to be crowned, but not before Fatiha El-Ghorri kicks in a door, Mathew Baynton threatens a puppy and Stevie Martin expertly burns some toast. (S19 Ep10/10)
Series 5
1:00:00


Comedy 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)


Comedy 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)


Comedy 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)


Comedy 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)


Comedy 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 19
55:00


It's the penultimate episode of the series, and Patatas the cat is back! Fatiha El-Ghorri knocks down an egg-shaped Alex Horne. And who's the master of multi-tasking? (S19 Ep9/10)
Series 4
50:00


Comedy 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)