Taskmaster - Season 16

Taskmaster - Season 16

Season 16

Simultaneously bringing their A-Game and bracing themselves for the most bizarre show on television are; Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma. All five are vying to win points, prizes, and eternal glory in hope of winning the coveted golden trophy along with bragging rights as the Taskmaster Series 16 Champion.

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Episodes10
DatesSept. 21, 2023 - Jan. 2, 2024
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Episodes

The Natural Friends
Season 16Episode 160 min

The Natural Friends

Comedian Julian Clary, actress writer and stand-up Lucy Beaumont, award-winning stand-up Sam Campbell, , writer and comedian Sue Perkins and actress, writer and director Susan Wokoma battle to win an elaborate joust to become the 16th Taskmaster champion. As usual, Alex Horne helps maintain order amid the chaos, though falls foul of Taskmaster Greg Davies at one point because of peas. Elsewhere, Lucy marvels at a canned blindfold and everyone tries to put a big duck in a lake.

Sept. 21, 2023
Hell Is Here
Season 16Episode 260 min

Hell Is Here

Alex Horne sets the five new comics another set of challenges ranging from the cunning to the crackpot, before Greg Davies leads the all-important debrief and score-giving back in the studio. Highlights include Julian Clary finding a former Taskmaster champion hiding behind a door, Susan Wokoma doing something unexpected with mice and fish and Sue Perkins demonstrating her love of portcullises.

Sept. 28, 2023
Languidly
Season 16Episode 360 min

Languidly

Julian Clary destroys a table, Lucy Beaumont munches on a tree and Sam Campbell gets underneath some lint. Meanwhile, Alex Horne is subjected to a tickling by Susan Wokoma and is verbally insulted by a panpipe-playing Sue Perkins.

Okt. 5, 2023
Dynamite Chicks
Season 16Episode 460 min

Dynamite Chicks

The episode sees Alex having to choke down some vaguely cylindrical meals created by the five contestants. Greg watches in wonder, delight - and sometimes disgust - as Lucy gets her flowers mixed up, Sam regrets a trip abroad, Julian orders some edible pants and Susan shakes her head at Sue sniffing a door.

Okt. 12, 2023
Skateboard Division
Season 16Episode 560 min

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.

Okt. 19, 2023
Brother Alex
Season 16Episode 660 min

Brother Alex

Sue Perkins makes an extraordinary noise, Julian Clary gets on his hands and knees, and Lucy Beaumont creeps everyone out. Elsewhere, Sam Campbell proves adept at identifying colourful birds, and Susan Wokoma finds unexpected reasons to be grateful for her formal acting training.

Okt. 26, 2023
I'm Off to Find a Robin
Season 16Episode 760 min

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, while Sue Perkins assesses whether a deer head is preferable to a boundary line. Faced with all this wonderment, Sam Campbell rips off his own head. Alex Horne wonders if Taskmaster Greg Davies will ever respect him as he tries to maintain order amid the chaos.

Nov. 2, 2023
Never Packed a Boot
Season 16Episode 860 min

Never Packed a Boot

Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma battle to win an elaborate joust to become the 16th Taskmaster champion. The mystery of the secret task is finally revealed to the baffled cast of comics, before the answers are gathered to some age-old questions - why does everyone keep choosing Sam, why is Sue tossing her head like a lion - and, crucially, who will get to wear the 'Special Hat'?

Nov. 9, 2023
Fagin at the Disco
Season 16Episode 960 min

Fagin at the Disco

It's the business end of the series, and time is running out for certain contenders to make their late run to claim Taskmaster Greg's head. Susan Wokoma has excuses when it comes to road sweeping, Julian Clary makes smart use of a fishing rod, Sue Perkins reimagines Botticelli, Sam Campbell collects some coins and Lucy Beaumont asks Taskmaster Greg Davies's assistant Alex Horne to sit on a sled.

Nov. 16, 2023
Always Forks and Marbles
Season 16Episode 1060 min

Always Forks and Marbles

The series reaches an exhilarating climax as Sam Campbell designs a small bikini, Sue Perkins forgets about the milk, Lucy Beaumont feeds her young, Susan Wokoma pairs cornflakes with hot sauce and Julian Clary gently assaults an innocent Taskmaster Assistant.

Nov. 23, 2023

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