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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.

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Taskmaster: Series 18—the entire run. (Autumn 2024)  Season 18 (Full Season)

The waiting is over! It's time once again to perform wacky random tasks to earn the appreciation of the Taskmaster, thereby being doled out valueless points so we can win a cheap likeness of the Taskmaster's head! ...Or, more accurately, it's time blablablah random tasks vicariously, by watching five unlucky comedians attempting said wacky shit, blablablah etc. Let's welcome to the stage: Andy Zaltzman! Babatunde Aléshé! Emma Sidi! Jack Dee! and Rosie Jones! Their time starts NOW! [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Sep 13 at 8:37 PM - 29 comments

Taskmaster: Season 17 (Full Season)  Season 17 (Full Season)

Flanked by his efficient assistant Alex Horne, Greg Davies returns to remorselessly judge five quaking comics desperate to get their hands on his fabled golden head trophy. [more inside]
posted by merriment on Mar 30 at 7:39 AM - 82 comments

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions 3  Season 15 (Specials)

Four champions and one runner up from series 11 to 15 compete in a special episode to crown the third Taskmaster Champion of Champions. (Note: post and links contains spoilers for the winners of previous seasons). The episode is available on the Taskmaster YouTube channel in the USA, and on Channel 4's website in the UK. [more inside]
posted by merriment on Jan 16 at 2:11 PM - 9 comments

Taskmaster: Series 16, "I think my legs are actually arms without fingers..."  Season 16 (Full Season)

Taskmaster: Series 16! (TRAILER) — This autumn, battling it out for the Golden Head Of The Taskmaster will be: Julian Clary!, Lucy Beaumont!, Sam Campbell!, Sue Perkins!, and Susan Wokoma!. Make the biggest bowl of popcorn: your time starts on September 21, 2023.
posted by not_on_display on Sep 12, 2023 at 8:00 PM - 141 comments

Taskmaster: Full Season 15  Season 15 (Full Season)

The 15th series kicks off with Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Ivo Graham, Mae Martin, and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 31, 2023 at 7:42 AM - 80 comments

Taskmaster: Taskmaster's New Year Treat 2023  Season 15 (Specials)

Amelia Dimoldenberg, Carol Vorderman, Greg James, Mo Farah and Self Esteem compete in this one-off event, featuring lots of dots and countless carp pellets, to win Greg Davies' eyebrows.
posted by Kyol on Jan 1, 2023 at 7:07 PM - 11 comments

Taskmaster: Series 14  Season 14 (Full Season)

Little Alex Horne (6'2") kicks off Season 14 by posting his interview with/analysis of Dara Ó Briain. The other contestants vying for the Golden Noggin are Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa, and Sarah Millican. The fourteenth series airs Thursday, September 29 through December 1, 2022, on BBC 4 (never mind on their goofy-named streaming service, Taskmastersupermaxplus). There's another series preview on their twitter channel. Who will win? Hopefully, the audience.
posted by not_on_display on Sep 27, 2022 at 7:32 PM - 63 comments

Taskmaster: Series 13: The whole thing, beginning with the preview.  Season 13 (Full Season)

Taskmaster: Series 13 [TRAILER] premieres Thursday 14 April 2022. A live studio audience will be in attendance for the first time since Series 9—Nov 2019! The lucky panelists whose personal items and egos will be on the line are Ardal O'Hanlon, Bridget Christie, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love and Sophie Duker. Their time ... starts ...
posted by not_on_display on Apr 5, 2022 at 10:29 PM - 52 comments

Taskmaster: Live at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe  Season 2 (Specials)

The Vega Lupina Taskmaster Outtakes channel is posting the on-stage version of Taskmaster from the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe—between seasons 2 & 3—one round at a time. In it, the contestants are all industry producers, two of which had rejected Taskmaster when pitched. So far we have: • Task 1 (Prize Task) • Task 2Task 3 ...and probably a couple more rounds to follow.
posted by not_on_display on Feb 23, 2022 at 8:14 PM - 8 comments

Taskmaster: New Year Treat 2022 / Basic recipe 28.  Season 12, Episode 11

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster. Little Alex Horne is the Taskmaster's assistant. A special / one-off: Adrian Chiles, Claudia Winkleman, Jonnie Peacock (Alan Davies in-studio), Lady Leshurr, and Sayeeda Warsi. Available on Youtube and channel4.com.
posted by Pronoiac on Jan 5, 2022 at 12:40 AM - 8 comments

Taskmaster: The Entirety of Series 12  Season 12 (Full Season)

Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson and Victoria Coren Mitchell all vie for the Golden Head of the Taskmaster—and to eventually advance to the Champion of Champions III! But first they have to elbow their way through the ten-episode labyrinth of odd tasks overseen by Little Alex Horne... and then convince Greg Davies—the Taskmaster—that they actually performed said tasks, nevermind whether they may have done well. See the astonished looks on everyone's faces when Greg totally mishandles the doling out of precious points. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Sep 25, 2021 at 7:45 PM - 76 comments

Taskmaster: Series 8  Season 8 (Full Season)

"It's a very rare treat on a television program, to see someone lose their job on a different television program." Available on YouTube or on Channel 4. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on May 1, 2021 at 11:07 AM - 21 comments

Taskmaster: Series 7  Season 7 (Full Season)

"I know it's early days. Are we the stupidest so far?" [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Apr 17, 2021 at 8:40 AM - 24 comments

Taskmaster: Series 6  Season 6 (Full Season)

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster. "Little" Alex Horne is the Taskmaster's assistant. Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine are the contestants. Episodes are available on YouTube in the USA, and on the Channel 4 website in the UK. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Apr 3, 2021 at 7:50 AM - 16 comments

Taskmaster: Champion of Champions  Season 5 (Specials)

The Champions! THE CHAAAAMPIOOONS!! The champions of series 1 to 5 compete in a 2-episode special to crown the Champion of Champions. (Note: post and links contains list of previous-season champions.) Episodes are available on the Taskmaster YouTube channel in the USA, and on Channel 4's website in the UK. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Mar 26, 2021 at 3:06 PM - 5 comments

Taskmaster: Series 5  Season 5 (Full Season)

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster. Little Alex Horne is the Taskmaster's assistant. Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips are the contestants. Episodes are available in the USA on the Taskmaster YouTube channel, and in the UK on the Channel 4 website. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Mar 16, 2021 at 5:33 PM - 21 comments

Taskmaster: Series 4  Season 4 (Full Season)

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster. "Little" Alex Horne is the Taskmaster's assistant. Contestants are Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding. THAT'S RIGHT IT'S A BAKE-OFF SHOWDOWN. Also, the seasons are longer now: behold, 8 glorious episodes! Episodes are available in the USA on the Taskmaster YouTube channel (whole season playlist), and in the UK on the Channel 4 website. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Mar 3, 2021 at 3:23 PM - 22 comments

Taskmaster: Series 3  Season 3 (Full Season)

Contestants are Al Murray, Dave Gorman, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett and Sara Pascoe. Flamboyant clocks! Flag meals! Swedes on Swedes! Scoopy! Weirdly-disturbing winking! All episodes are available in the USA on the Taskmaster YouTube channel and in the UK on Channel 4. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Feb 24, 2021 at 3:09 PM - 14 comments

Taskmaster: Series 2  Season 2 (Full Season)

Contestants are Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, and Richard Osman. Come to watch a man throw a potato, stay for an inanimate object that looks like someone, be rewarded by watching them hide the pineapple. All episodes are on the Taskmaster channel on YouTube. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Feb 17, 2021 at 5:31 AM - 12 comments

Taskmaster: Series 1  Season 1 (Full Season)

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster. Alex Horne is the Taskmaster's assistant. Contestants for series 1 are Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, and Tim Key. All episodes (in the USA) are on the Taskmaster YouTube channel. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Feb 11, 2021 at 5:19 AM - 21 comments