Episodes

In the first episode of the new series, with his simpering secretary Alex Horne in tow, Taskmaster Greg Davies beckons a fresh quintet of quivering comics into his world of misrule: Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin. Their success in this series opener will rest on their skills in tasks involving vinegar, raisins and, as is traditional, peas.

The first team task of the series brings the usual awkwardness, but also the joys of Stevie Martin inventing a new way for humans to move, and Fatiha El-Ghorri sweeping the lawn with a small broom. Elsewhere, Rosie Ramsey has a visceral reaction to mental arithmetic, Mathew Baynton strikes his own face with a grape, and Jason Mantzoukas destroys a shower.