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 January 2026.
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1:00:00Taskmaster
What will Mel Giedroyc do to a pommel horse, and why are Alex Horne and Noel Fielding dancing like shrews? Dastardly Greg Davies sets the nutty tasks.
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Greg Davies sets ludicrous tasks for five comics. This time, there's long-distance painting, bread gloves, a flying trestle table and some flagrant cheating. (S4 Ep2/8)
1:00:00Greg Davies and Alex Horne host as Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding beautifully destroy a cake. (S4 Ep1/8)
Series 3
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1:00:00It's the series finale, but before Greg Davies hands over the trophy, which contestant has the most handsome relative? And why's Rob Beckett livid with a melon? (S3 Ep5/5)
55:00In the penultimate episode of the series, can the comedians impress Greg Davies by giving an item of clothing to a passing cyclist and whispering to an old man? (S3 Ep4/5)
Series 4 1:00:00
1:00:00Punishing celebrity challenges. Devious Greg Davies tries to spot our five camouflaged comics, then the gang attempt to herd some dogs and chickens.
Series 3 1:05:00
1:05:00Al Murray goes to extreme lengths to maximise his point potential with an egg cup. Sara Pascoe swiftly becomes one of the greatest sporting minds of our time. (S3 Ep3/5)
1:00:00Greg Davies sets our five comics more tenuous tasks. Who can give Alex Horne the biggest surprise when he emerges from his shed after an hour cooped up inside? (S3 Ep2/5)
Series 1 1:00:00
1:00:00Roisin Conaty and Frank Skinner are among the comedians at the mercy of Greg Davies, who sets them some batty challenges - including playing golf with eggs.
Series 3 1:00:00
1:00:00Al Murray, Dave Gorman, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett and Sara Pascoe encounter out-of-season snowmen and swede-on-Swede action. (S3 Ep1/5)
Series 1 1:00:00
1:00:00Pro-celebrity suffering in Greg Davies' comedy challenge series. Frank Skinner takes a boulder onto a train, and can the comedians make a Swede blush?
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00In the last episode of the series, Richard Osman gets carried away with a shopping trolley. Who will emerge victorious clutching Greg's golden head? (S2 Ep5/5)
Series 1 1:00:00
1:00:00Greg Davies lays down tricky tasks to a gaggle of comedians. Josh Widdicombe and Frank Skinner are two of the poor souls who have to fill an eggcup with tears.
1:00:00Celebrities leave their dignity at the door as dastardly Mr Gilbert - aka Greg Davies - sets them some truly bizarre tasks, including building an egg tower.
Series 2 50:00
50:00Comedy game show. In the penultimate episode of the series, the opponents conceal a pineapple on their person. And one of them is used as a guinea pig in a Taskmaster experiment. (S2 Ep4/5)
Series 1 1:00:00
1:00:00Comedians get competitive as devious Greg Davies sets them some absurd challenges. Identifying pie contents and making a film backwards are on the agenda here.
Series 2 50:00
50:00Comedy game show. Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman are confronted with an intimidating man in gold chains: the mayor of Chesham. (S2 Ep3/5)
Series 1 1:00:00
1:00:00Schoolmasterly Greg Davies sets five fellow comedians - including Tim Key and Frank Skinner - devious tasks in this offbeat challenge show. First up: melon-eating!
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00Comedy game show. Greg Davies judges our famous five. Jon Richardson gives his disturbing take on Three Blind Mice as he tries to create the best music video for a nursery rhyme. (S2 Ep2/5)
55:00Comedy game show. Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman tackle tricky tasks, including a potato hole-in-one that will go down in TV history. (S2 Ep1/5)