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 2025. A total of 182 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
Last episode
1:00:00
1:00:00Taskmaster
Greg Davies challenges his five fearful funny people to entertain him by completing more baffling challenges, which this week involve corneas, crackers and construction.
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Greg Davies and Alex Horne host the 50th ever episode. Kerry Godliman and Jessica Knappett have a catfight. (S7 Ep6/10)
55:00Rhod Gilbert endangers Alex Horne's life (again), Jessica Knappett's sunny outlook is tested by a grumpy man, and Phil Wang has fun with mayonnaise. (S7 Ep5/10)
50:00Jessica Knappett wonders how much water weighs. James Acaster presses the emergency alarm in a lift. Rhod Gilbert comes to regret smearing mustard in his eyes. (S7 Ep4/10)
1:00:00Taskmaster Greg Davies sets our five intrepid comics more tricky tasks. What really gets Alex Horne's pulse racing? (S7 Ep3/10)
50:00Five fearless comics continue their Taskmaster battle. Phil Wang makes ogres poignant. Jessica Knappett mimics a foghorn. James Acaster goes round in circles. (S7 Ep2/10)
50:00James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang and Rhod Gilbert perform pointless tasks involving clothes, construction and baked bean counting. (S7 Ep1/10)
Series 6
50:00
50:00It's the series finale. Tim Vine does a risky impersonation. Liza Tarbuck gifts Alex Horne a messy cake. And one supreme contestant lifts Greg's golden bonce. (S6 Ep10/10)
45:00It's the penultimate episode of the series, and Liza Tarbuck is the leader of the pack vying to win the Taskmaster trophy. This time: hook, feline and singers! (S6 Ep9/10)
50:00Alex 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)
1:00:00Taskmaster Greg Davies and his secretary Alex Horne set five comics rigorous tests involving wet bras, skinny elephants and competitive pancake consumption. (S6 Ep7/10)
50:00The Taskmaster makes more carefully considered judgements as his five competitors wrestle with snow globes, rubber ducks and wooden spoons. (S6 Ep6/10)
50:00Asim 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)
45:00Tim 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)
45:00Taskmaster 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)
50:00Our 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)
50:00Alice 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 50:00
50:00Aisling 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)
55:00In 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)
55:00Alex 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)