Taskmaster Season 16

September. 21,2023      TV-14
Rating:
9
Trailer Synopsis

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?

Episode 10 : Always Forks and Marbles
November. 23,2023
The series reaches a thrilling climax with Sue Perkins forgetting about the milk and Julian Clary performing a gentle assault. Who will lift Greg's golden head to the heavens?
Episode 9 : Fagin at the Disco
November. 16,2023
Julian Clary makes smart use of a fishing rod, Sue Perkins reimagines Botticelli, Sam Campbell collects some coins and Lucy Beaumont asks Alex Horne to sit on a sled.
Episode 8 : Never Packed a Boot
November. 09,2023
Excitement reaches volcanic proportions as the mystery of the secret task is finally revealed to the baffled cast of comics. And who will get to wear the Special Hat?
Episode 7 : I'm Off to Find a Robin
November. 02,2023
Lucy Beaumont wonders if she should risk flicking a forbidden switch. Julian Clary wonders if he needs more than one pie. Sue Perkins wonders if a deer head is preferable to a boundary line. And Sam Campbell rips off his own head.
Episode 6 : Brother Alex
October. 26,2023
Sue Perkins makes an extraordinary noise, Julian Clary gets on his hands and knees, and Lucy Beaumont creeps everyone out. Sam Campbell proves adept at identifying colourful birds, and Susan Wokoma is grateful for her formal acting training.
Episode 5 : Skateboard Division
October. 19,2023
Susan Wokoma finds something hidden in a flower, Lucy Beaumont gets handy with loo roll, and Julian Clary makes some kitchen receptacles look a bit sinister. Meanwhile, Alex Horne gets intimidated by Sam Campbell.
Episode 4 : Dynamite Chicks
October. 12,2023
Assistant Alex finds himself having to choke down some vaguely cylindrical meals created by the five contestants. Greg Davies watches in awe, delight and sometimes disgust as Lucy Beaumont gets her flowers mixed up.
Episode 3 : Languidly
October. 05,2023
Poor Alex Horne gets insulted by a panpipe-playing Sue Perkins. Meanwhile, Julian Clary destroys a table and Lucy Beaumont munches on a tree.
Episode 2 : Hell Is Here
September. 28,2023
Julian Clary finds a former Taskmaster champion hiding behind a door, Susan Wokoma does something unexpected with mice and fish, and Sue Perkins demonstrates her love of portcullises.
Episode 1 : The Natural Friends
September. 21,2023
Greg slaps Alex because of peas. Lucy Beaumont marvels at a canned blindfold. And everyone tries to put a big duck in a lake.

Seasons

Season 17
Season 17 2024
Season 16
Season 16 2023
Season 15
Greg Davies is excited to subject Frankie Boyle, Mae Martin, Jenny Eclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ivo Graham to a barrage of humiliating tasks. Little Alex Horne is excited about all the admin.
Season 15 2023
Season 14
Greg Davies and Alex Horne wreak havoc on the lives of noble knights Dara Ó Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa and Sarah Millican, as they battle to become the 14th Taskmaster champion
Season 14 2022
Season 13
The BAFTA-winning behemoth is back for a 13th series, as Ardal O'Hanlon, Bridget Christie, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love and Sophie Duker battle to win Taskmaster Greg Davies' golden head
Season 13 2022
Season 12
The five brave souls desperate to display Greg's regal golden head on their mantelpiece this time are: Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson and Victoria Coren Mitchell.
Season 12 2021
Season 11
Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall are all keen as a condiment to impress Greg Davies and Alex Horne in a series of crafty tasks.
Season 11 2021
Season 10
Taskmaster settles into its new home on Channel 4, as Greg Davies and Alex Horne put Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring to the ultimate test
Season 10 2020
Season 9
Five famous faces are put through their paces as Taskmaster Greg Davies and Little Alex Horne set David Baddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix and Rose Matafeo a series of mystifying missions
Season 9 2019
Season 8
Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha and Sian Gibson pit their wits against perfectly pointless problems in a bid to impress Taskmaster Greg Davies and his simpering secretary Alex Horne
Season 8 2019
Season 7
James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang and Rhod Gilbert take on more mostly meaningless challenges, as Taskmaster Greg Davies and his assistant Alex Horne host a seventh series
Season 7 2018
Season 6
Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine attempt futile tasks that inspire both breathtaking brilliance and rank incompetence. Greg Davies and Alex Horne keep score.
Season 6 2018
Season 5
Tasks are set, seals are broken and unpredictable actions take place, as Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips compete to earn the respect of Greg Davies and Alex Horne
Season 5 2017
Season 4
Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding all believe they have what it takes to win the most coveted prize in comedy. Let Taskmaster Greg Davies be the judge of that...
Season 4 2017
Season 3
Not many series can return for a third run and claim they have footage of five comedians making out-of-season snowmen, spreading their clothes as far and as wide as possible and whispering questions at an 83-year-old called Hugh in the hope of winning a golden version of Greg Davies’s head. Taskmaster can.
Season 3 2016
Season 2
Greg Davies judges another comedic task force - Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman - while the efficient but obsequious Alex Horne steers the Taskmaster ship
Season 2 2016
Season 1
Greg Davies is the all-powerful Taskmaster. Assisted by Alex Horne, he sets a series of devious tasks for comedians Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan and Tim Key.
Season 1 2015

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