Season
Taskmaster: Series 16
Overview
Greg Davies is ready to pass merciless judgement on Julian Clary, Sue Perkins, Sam Campbell, Susan Wokoma and Lucy Beaumont, while Little Alex Horne watches on from behind his clipboard.
Details
- Series
- Taskmaster
- Season
- Season 16
- Air date
- 2023-09-21
- Episodes
- 10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Natural Friends
Greg slaps Alex because of peas. Lucy Beaumont marvels at a canned blindfold. And everyone tries to put a big duck in a lake.
Episode 2: Hell Is Here
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 3: Languidly
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 4: Dynamite Chicks
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 5: Skateboard Division
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 6: Brother Alex
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 7: I'm Off to Find a Robin
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 8: Never Packed a Boot
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 9: Fagin at the Disco
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 10: Always Forks and Marbles
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?