Taskmaster — Season 5
All 8 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.
- 01
Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips tackle futile tasks: basketball (no hands), rowing (no oars) and cuddles (no kissing)
- 02
Greg Davies and Alex Horne bear witness as Aisling Bea bleeds on bread, Nish Kumar pretends he's Robin Hood, and Mark Watson feels the wrath of yoghurt
- 03
Greg Davies ranks five comics in order of competency as they attempt complex tasks such as coconut costumery. Plus: can Mark Watson open an unlocked briefcase?
- 04
The five task-hungry comics attempt to make Marmite. And can anyone recognise Alex Horne when he's wearing a hat?
- 05
Alex Horne risks the Taskmaster's wrath by setting a cheeky unsanctioned task, and Sally Phillips locks herself in the caravan with an amorous water cooler
- 06
Alex Horne has a makeover, Bob Mortimer champions sausage meat, Sally Phillips returns to the womb, and Nish Kumar has a heart-to-heart with the Taskmaster
- 07
In the series semi-final, Greg Davies and Alex Horne baffle the contestants by giving them bread to hold while blindfolded and calling yet another referendum
- 08
Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson and Sally Phillips battle to win the Taskmaster trophy in the series finale, and Nish Kumar comes along for the ride
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