Welcome to TASKMASTER

The race for glory heats up as we reach the business end of the series. Bridget Christie researches Welsh royalty, and Judi Love pokes a shoe under a shower curtain.

Chris Ramsey draws the line at dried spaghetti, the comics are shaken and stirred by a big tube, and Judi Love 'impresses' the Taskmaster with her life achievements

The comics are baffled by high fives and a fish tank. Bridget Christie has a present for the Taskmaster, and Sophie Duker covers some keys in saliva.

Emotions run high as Bridget Christie shoves a cuddly toy inside a traffic cone. Sophie Duker does a strange dinosaur impression. Plus: robots, and an impressive hose!

Ardal O'Hanlon, Bridget Christie, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love and Sophie Duker enter Greg Davies' lair to begin a bitter battle for glory. Alex Horne invigilates while trying to avoid a barrage of fruit.

Greg can barely conceal his contempt as he witnesses Alan yawning at a friend, Victoria throwing paint and his sidekick Alex Horne blowing cold air down Desiree's neck via a long tube.

This time, Alex Horne lends his considerable acting skills to a promotional film, while Morgana Robinson passes a pole through a sponge, and Victoria Coren Mitchell tries to come to terms with a swanee whistle.

It's the 100th episode of Taskmaster. Greg Davies, Alex Horne and their merry band of comics celebrate the only way they know how: with tasks involving cling film and flapjacks!

The perfect Taskmaster contestant should be as versatile as an egg, able to turn their hand to anything from construction to choreography. This is the contestant that Greg Davies dreams of, yet instead, in this episode, he gets Victoria Coren Mitchell drawing an exploding cat, Alan Davies hurting himself with a rubber band and Desiree Burch doing something inexplicable when faced with sand. Alex Horne provides statistical analysis.

Greg and Alex welcome Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson and Victoria Coren Mitchell with tasks featuring creepers, catapults and one (fake) cactus.

The penultimate episode sees everyone all still in with a chance of winning Greg Davies's splendid gilded head.

There are fires and alarms in this episode, though not at the same time, as Taskmaster Greg Davies grades the five courageous comics on their task-completion skills. Little Alex Horne is forced into supping cold soup, Lee Mack destroys a vole and Sarah Kendall invents a sweet dressing for an unusual salad. Also, Charlotte Ritchie provides sound effects for a set of Russian dolls.

Lee Mack raises serious questions around the use of cling film, Charlotte Ritchie anoints an insect, and Jamali Maddix nearly chokes on a many-sided dessert.

Lee Mack takes on an audacious hammer throw, Sarah Kendall makes sitting down memorable and Jamali Maddix forgets his passport.

Taskmaster returns for a brand new series! Hoping to appease the Taskmaster and be crowned series champion are: Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall.

As ever, Greg Davies will be perched on his regal throne as the Taskmaster, while the doting Little Alex Horne scuttles about his master’s feet generating stats, measurements, and generally irritating his keeper, as these task titans compete in the ultimate quest for victory.

Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring take on the penultimate selection of ludicrous challenges.

Mawaan Rizwan is not at all fazed when faced with a task involving office chairs, chickens and remote control cars, although the same cannot be said of his rivals. Daisy May Cooper tries to decipher mysterious messages from Richard Herring, and Katherine Parkinson is baffled by a giant marble.

The competing comics demonstrate their love of watermelon and Johnny tries to win points by grabbing a passing cyclist and introducing him to some Christmas-related equipment.

The quest to take ownership of presenter Greg Davies golden head continues, under the beady eye of Little Alex Horne.

Hoping to impress the Taskmaster and be crowned the next champion are: Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring. Wax seals will open, dreams will be made and/or broken, and Little Alex Horne will be wrapped around his master's little finger providing stats and moral support in the most ridiculous and ferociously fought game show on television.

The five comics go undercover as they try to impress Greg Davies with their attempts at high-level espionage. Results, involving a white van, a newspaper and a paper cup, are mixed.

Alex Horne lures all five competitors to a remote wasteland for a challenge involving eggs and medical equipment. Meanwhile, David Baddiel spray-paints his face, Rose Matafeo sculpts some vegetables and Jo Brand reveals her stunning psychic superpowers.

Jo Brand shows cowboys how to cowboy, Katy Wix tortures Alex Horne with the help of a garden arch and Rose Matafeo asks a stranger if they have a library card.

Why is David Baddiel steering heavy machinery towards a representation of his childhood sweetheart? Why is Jo Brand destroying a large slab of confectionery? And why is Rose Matafeo curling up into a foetal position?

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster and he is back for a glorious ninth series of the show that bears his grand title. This season's brand new high-class hopefuls are: David Baddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix and Rose Matafeo.

Paul Sinha, Lou Sanders and Iain Stirling become one while Greg Davies watches on, ready to issue his judgements.

Greg Davies hands down more brutally honest judgements as five comics fight among themselves to win his golden head. Today: the pink, the powerful and the pirate.

Taskmaster Greg Davies and loyal lickspittle Alex Horne take careful notes as Paul Sinha has some struggles with a basketball and Joe Thomas has a disastrous birthday.

Taskmaster Greg Davies runs his terrifying eye over the efforts of five comics desperate to impress him by completing his fiendish tasks. Featuring erupting volcanoes and a NSFW text.

Taskmaster Greg Davies returns with miniature sidekick Alex Horne in tow, as five new contestants are ordered to attempt tasks that may result in comprehensive humiliation. Today: seductive puppets.

Two episodes remain in the series and with Greg Davies’s shiny head trophy within touching distance, tensions are beginning to run high between the beleaguered contestants.

Greg Davies challenges his five fearful funny people to entertain him by completing more baffling challenges, which this week involve corneas, crackers and construction.

Taskmaster Greg Davies dishes out more praise and vitriol at his poor cast of comics. Today: spectacular fireworks, mayonnaise circles and a grumpy traffic warden.

Five intrepid comics compete to win Taskmaster Greg Davies’s gorgeous golden skull. This week we discover what really makes Alex Horne’s pulse race.

Taskmaster Greg Davies returns with simpering sidekick Alex Horne as five courageous comics line up to attempt his mostly meaningless challenges. Today: clothes, construction and caravans.

Just two episodes left in the series and Liza Tarbuck is still in pole position to win Taskmaster Greg Davies’s lovely golden head-trophy. This week: hook, feline and singers.

More rigorous tests are set by the Taskmaster, Greg Davies, and his secretary Alex Horne for five wary competitors. This week: a wet bra, a skinny elephant and a banana pancake.

Asim Chaudhry gets busy with some drainpipes, Tim Vine gets stuck in a tunnel and Alex Horne suffers a sharp telling off from his Taskmaster, Greg Davies.

Taskmaster Greg Davies judges with fire and fury as five comics attempt baffling assignments that involve spinning, baby food and bedtime stories.

Taskmaster Greg Davies is back with his deferential assistant Alex Horne to challenge five brave comics to take on his tricky tasks. Today: wheelbarrow stunts and lemon towers. 

Critically-acclaimed, multi-award nominated Taskmaster welcomes back all five series champions: Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan, Noel Fielding, Rob Beckett and Bob Mortimer.

It's the series finale and Greg Davies needs several questions answered before awarding the winner with the Taskmaster trophy... Who has the most handsome relative? How much money is Al Murray willing to spend to win? And why is Rob Beckett in such a strop with a melon, some frozen peas and a bag of flour?

Greg Davies's onslaught of tasks don't get any easier. When Al Murray is confronted with an eggcup he goes to extreme lengths to maximise his point potential and Sara Pascoe takes a simple loaf of bread, a few balloons and swiftly becomes one of the greatest sporting minds of our time.

Greg Davies and Alex Horne return with a new set of challenges, frustrating the minds of Al Murray, Dave Gorman, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett and Sara Pascoe. Includes vegetable propulsion and a snowman called Scoopy.

In the penultimate episode the five contestants set out to impress Greg Davies by concealing a pineapple about their person, plus one unsuspecting competitor discovers they've been used as a guinea pig in a unique task experiment.

Nursery rhymes are the flavour of this episode and viewer discretion is advised for Jon Richardson's disturbing take on Three Blind Mice as he strives to create the perfect music video. Another stupefying task reveals just why Doc Brown isn't an egg man.

It's the semi-final and time is running out to claim the points needed to become the Taskmaster Series Champion. In this episode, Greg Davies and Alex Horne set the contestants a series of cruel conundrums: should Nish Kumar use the coconut harness?

A wind-dried puffin. Alex Horne risks the wrath of his fierce employer Greg Davies with an unsanctioned task and Sally Phillips locks herself in the Taskmaster caravan with an amorous watercooler.

Taskmaster Greg Davies continues to rank five comics in order of competency as they attempt complex assignments such as jelly-balancing and coconut costumery. Plus, can Mark Watson open an unlocked briefcase?

Greg Davies returns as the Taskmaster for a fifth series, ready to irrationally judge five new courageous comics in their efforts to complete his pointless tasks. Today: Basketball (no hands), rowing (no oars) and cuddles (no kissing).

Greg Davies and loyal assistant Alex Horne watch with surprise and despair as five comics battle for Greg’s Golden Head of Glory. Featuring wheelie bins and an unstable mannequin.

This week Greg Davis and assistant Alex Horne engage in some role-play to assess the success of a throwing task.  Plus Noel Fielding has a sliding session, Swedishman Fred receives an intense video call and all hell breaks loose in The Battle of the Bath.

The onslaught of tasks continues as Greg Davies ruthlessly judges the competitors’ ability to both camouflage themselves and herd dogs.  Plus, see the first two trailers for Taskmaster: The Movie.

Greg Davies returns as the Taskmaster to judge the task attempts of five new hyper-competitive comedians.  Today sees cake destruction, duck-felling and painting a person they can’t see.

How do you make a Swede blush? Can you take a boulder on a train? Find out, as Greg Davies and Alex Horne torment a captive band of comics.

Greg Davies and Alex Horne set anarchic tasks for comedians. They learn how to not break an egg and paint with the internet.