Alan Davies' Best Moments | Taskmaster

Take a look at some of the chuckle inducing moments from Alan Davies.
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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.

[@ambergris5705]

Desiree might not have realised it, but her commentary on Alan standing in the bathtub being a great dad must have warmed his heart to no end.

[@pokeydokey8226]

Why do you say that ?

[@ambergris5705]

@@pokeydokey8226 Alan Davies has suffered a very traumatic childhood in particular due to his dad. It's often both a fear and a destiny for victims to reproduce the patterns that led to the abuse, and for the abused to become the abuser. Alan has children, and to be validated as a great dad must be very comforting for him.

[@CatsForTheCatGod]

@@ambergris5705 Holy shit I never knew this! The poor guy, I'm so glad he's become such a great man and dad despite that monster

[@terrilucas3945]

I love how he has embraced his inner child, he is so silly 😊

[@loading9110]

​@@ambergris5705How did you find out about his childhood? I've only ever seen him on things like Jonathan Creek, QI etc. All light hearted stuff.

[@Dan_G.R.S.]

Ah, the WOW monster. One of the finest moments in the history of television

[@TonyTheYouTuba]

If I know I need to laugh at any point, I can come and watch that moment and it will happen

[@EdgyShooter]

"No I'm under water" Such a Victoria line 😂

[@hjt091]

"Victoria, can you speak?" "No, I'm underwater" Is it weird that I can hear this in her voice?

[@poilboiler]

It's totally something she would say lol

[@themug406]

Its not

[@tamaraflury]

alex having to contain himself from laughing during the sound task and his confused look at guz after his monster sound at 11:51 gives me life

[@peachysandie]

I was flabbergasted at Guz' noise😅😂

[@auntlynnie]

@@peachysandie I think Alex was, too!

[@england6013]

I love Guz.. Man like Mobeen is hilarious

[@neithere]

I've watched the Alan-Guz monster duo so many times... The noises, the surprised faces, the figures simultaneously folding in half in background and Greg's hiss and sobbing... Perfection.

[@nybbleme]

Does anything beat the reaction on Alex's face when munya tried to put helium into an egg?

[@201081hero]

The highlight of the live noise task is of course Alan's wow monster, but Morgana's reactions throughout that task are a sight to behold.

[@needamuffin]

I love the shot composition as well of seeingntenperson make the noise seeing her react in the background.

[@nybbleme]

I like the look that Alex gave guz when he did his noise in one of those rounds. The look of incredulosity was just awesome.

[@hailsaturn]

@@nybbleme 11:54 it’s perfect

[@lucas29476]

@@nybbleme I agree. However, it’s spelled “incredulity” :)

[@petekamper9497]

I re watch the wow monster so much

[@robertbrookes2000]

Alan's impression of Victoria is spot on. And the fact Victoria didn't click it was her is even better.

[@toeguides]

The wow monster is my favourite Taskmaster moment. So completely unexpected hearing that sound from that man, especially given his history with prior tasks.

[@deltabeta5527]

I think the people involved in the editing of the task montages deserve the praise for playing that sad violin note when Alan was holding the googly eyes 😂

[@themug406]

I like that not even Alan expected the wow monster

[@katmcvicar]

Still cracks me up that even he looked surprised by being the wow monster. 🤣

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

NOTHING will ever top the “wow monster”.

[@auntlynnie]

I swear that even Alan looked surprised at what came out of him! 😂

[@AlyJeann]

Not sure what big "scary" monsters are under Alan's bed, but I'd love to meet them 😂

[@LevelUpLeo]

If you suddenly heard a WOW coming from under your bed in the middle of the night, I think it would count as scary.

[@ra3511]

"20 seconds to give a man a soul!"

[@nimbusrex8404]

These pandemic series are absolutely golden, they perfectly capture everyone’s slow descent into madness 😂😂

[@nybbleme]

In some cases there wasn't much descent required, lol

[@Sunprism]

The best part of the wellie video is when it pans back to reveal a grown man giggling while standing in a bathtub in a lawn

[@england6013]

I love Alan. He's perfect in my eyes. I want him on every series

[@ethfun]

imagine him and mike wozniak together

[@carenmontgomery2384]

I agree...and hysterically funny also on QI with Sandi or....eeek brain fog- you know who...

[@helenagackowska8398]

Wahh me too!!

[@england6013]

@@ethfun It might be just too much to bear. Love them both

[@nybbleme]

He's on every episode of Qi if that's good enough for you?

[@YvanTDF]

Alan brought such a great, calm energy

[@nealcaffrey541]

Well, calm until his inner wow monster came out xD

[@lrizzard]

chaotic calm

[@JoeyDND]

This was without a doubt the best season of TM. All of the cast of comedians were phenomenal and unique.

[@libbilation]

I don't know why, but I can't get enough of Greg's old man jokes. Alan Davies, Richard Herring, etc... Greg really overdoes them and I laugh every single time 🤣

[@iliketrains3495]

The very first task featured the line "There's a lot of ageist jokes about Frank Skinner being the oldest member of the panel", very fitting

[@kisbie]

Any man who’s even so much as a day older than him gets called ‘grandad’ and talked of as if he’s about 80. 😂

[@GabeNotNewell]

scary monster is his most iconic moment on taskmaster.

[@england6013]

Apart from Mike's casserole. !

[@iliketrains3495]

Ah yes, the Wow monster, probably the best live task yet if not the drawing on backs one. What made it better was that nobody gave it away after Greg guessed, which is why it didn't work so well when they tried a similar thing in series 6 because Russell Howard kept shouting in anger

[@shirin4762]

series 12 is my absolute fav, the alan & victoria duo is golden! alan davies is a living legend

[@nybbleme]

I found it strangely delightful when Victoria admitted she had never learned to ride a bike and has to quickly try to learn for the obstacle course task. I don't know why but I found that really adorable, just the Joy on her face as she's learning to ride suddenly.

[@beth12svist]

@@nybbleme Extra relatable for me because I only learned to ride a bike when I was... twelve I think? I had done it before as a child for a moment, but I generally don't like the feeling of not having solid ground to step on, so I did not follow up on that childhood learning experience until much later. And then kind of had the same sort of "eureka!" moment that Victoria had as a grown woman on camera.

[@4321chanson]

Who's Alan Davies? This is the Wow Monster 🤨

[@genghiscan2918]

"Desiree?"

[@KellyLouiseYeahx]

The reactions in the sound guessing challenge are what make it extra funny 🤣

[@Land967]

Obviously the WOW monster is the main highlight here but it has to be said that Alex's reactions was equally as funny as he doesn't break character often :D

[@kida4313]

Alan was such a joy

[@VeroNika-sw3rw]

The upside down face is glorious :D I laughed myself to tears

[@EnoVarma]

"The King of QI" and rightfully so.

[@sigi9669]

Oh, darnit! Sitting here, a little while after breaking my rib. I saw this video pop on, and figured it'd be the perfect re-introduction to slight laughter. As I really can't bare full laughter yet. But this is just too painful.

[@tpilot_error404]

Try using your face muscles more intensive when laughing instead of the inbetween rib or stomach ones . That's my experience.

[@FLFL-Cookays]

I really like the theme tunes used in this season, I wish they were uploaded seperately somewhere.

[@Shroganor]

The WOW monster gets me every time!

[@somethingelse9176]

The genteel smile from Morgana after making her big scary monster noise is so fucking hilarious.

[@ultraberry98]

Is it just me, or does Alan remind you James May a bit. The hair, his mannerisms, the way he talks.🧓

[@beth12svist]

Alan was one of my favourites on his season, but quite honestly that's not saying much because I think it was my favourite season. :D But I loved his relaxed approach to everything; 2021 had been a terribly stressful year and Taskmaster was a joy that helped keep me sane; and Alan Davies definitely helped there.

[@manumemanu]

The Wow Monster always breaks me. It's a moment in history.

[@felix_christopher]

What a legend. Playing the clueless jester most of the time, but whenever something the production team came up with was especially witty or absurd, he'd break character, only for a short honest laugh of admiration, as if to say „well done!”

[@beth12svist]

Funny thing is, I didn't even think of it as breaking character, and those moments of his genuine delight were a big part of the reason I loved him on this season so much.

[@dustinbell1943]

WOOOOOOOW i got that shit as my alarm clock.... aint no sleepin through that, shit'll make your heart stop.

[@juliannechan7282]

Good way to start the day - choking on your own laughter 😂👍

[@Recklesshade]

Wow monster is undefeated. Watched it at least 20 times still funny as hell.

[@tamaraflury]

11:15 no matter how many times i see this it will always crack me up

[@hiddenbutdeadly]

Alan was royally screwed in the welly task, there was nothing about seeing Alan standing in the bath, just whatever the welly films!

[@nybbleme]

That was totally the TV show editors fault since that wasn't a clip that was part of his. They should have only revealed that after the fact because that did kind of spoil it. Quite a few of these British comedian types seem like they would be absolutely delightful to hang out and have a pint with. Alan davies, katherine ryan (yeah I know she's Canadian) Sandy toksvig, rhod Gilbert, and Bill Bailey are always just such a delight to watch.

[@juliannechan7282]

Couldn't agree more!! His was in fact the only one that qualified, everyone else just made a film, whether the camera was on their wellies was irrelevant, might as well have been hand-held!

[@themug406]

Breaking news, comedy show makes jokes

[@cannibalbananas]

Loving all of these clips and highlights. Hope to get full episodes of this series on KZbin for the non-UK audience. Every episode is great 👍

[@bigh7972]

Enjoyed Alan Davis on QI now on Taskmaster. I guess I am now officially a fan.

[@alexisschutt6106]

I want to know where Morgana got her sheer kimono with the beading SO BADLY!!!!

[@kyqg2606]

I don't know what it is, but the Wow Monster cracks me up.

[@TheXquid]

For me it was myself violently shaking the phone during upsidedown face, because I thought the damn screen had flipped again...

[@praalgraf]

loved him in this series, i'm mostly used to him on qi so this was a great change of pace, he was great with victoria as well

[@mythicalashley9542]

The wow monster gets me every time

[@dkutlay1282]

Best of the newer series!!!

[@Mantajourneys]

"I just don't know what to do" - Alan Davies.

[@user-sk3zr4eh5h]

Alan really is "father time"...😂

[@KathyGraves1]

I know I’ve seen this episode before but I completely forgotten about Alan’s wee-wee!!

[@GrigoriyBabenko]

I have just witnessed top 5 beatboxers in UK. Thank you.

[@dishmurphy6539]

Daily Alan Davies please✌️

11:13 The wooOOOOWW!!! Monster was the best part of this video 😂😂😂😂 OMG

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

"Oh, imagine him parking" is the funniest shit to me hahaha

[@mickharrison90]

Love the dignity hoody (if you know)

[@leaffinite3828]

The bathtub one is really sweet, i love it

[@rcrdtlo]

Morgana started reading (the noise task) and I started laughing

[@mokeyat]

C'mon, I can't be bothered to troll through Alan's comments but am I the only Simpson's fan? The Van Houten's drawing of dignity? It's on his shirt.

[@genghiscan2918]

They don't know dignity when they see it

[@beth12svist]

Lots of people in the comments remarked on his hoodie when the season was running.

[@mokeyat]

@@beth12svist ah, thanks. I didn't see that on youtube. I didn't think I'd be the only one to notice. Thanks for your reply!

[@TaskmasterMN]

Absolutely loved Alan's carefree and good-natured approach to all the tasks! Loved him picking the one person who wouldn't have been thrilled to be part of his welly cam movie and drowning her.

[@nybbleme]

If you enjoy watching Alan Davies then you should check out qi.

[@juliannechan7282]

Still pissed off that he didn't win that welly-cam task!

[@bcaye]

Wow monster, 😂

[@juliannechan7282]

@@bcaye If he would write a story about that!!

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

7:20 Didn't know Tarantino directed an ep of Taskmaster.

[@kfz7594]

The task just said "you must reach into the barrel to find the subject of your jingle" it didn't say it had to be the first one u pulled out. Tho "a balloon" somewhat implys singular, also just realised it didn't specify it had to be in the barrel before the task started could of written it down or shoved you head in and chosen whatever

[@themug406]

Implies

[@phi4444]

"20 seconds to give a man a soul?"

[@lisahenry20]

Beatboxing protip- boots and cats

[@DHGr33t]

12:30 I thought my phone rotated and spend a full 10 sec trying to change it

[@beansprovideentertainment]

16:26 somebody had a little wacky baccy

[@CassySida]

9:02 the double take i made seeing Alex's tail

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

The Wow Monster, 😂.

[@gorkemgulan]

Yeeeey

[@rhystyne3903]

if you ever seen the big lez show, alan davies could do a decent choomah impression

[@georgielancaster1356]

I had my phone in my pocket for the birdsong. I could pick Victoria as the first bitdsong immediately.

[@thehungrylittlenihilist]

7:22 Brought to you by Quentin Tarantino

[@AbrahamssonAlexander]

11:16 - Thats what you are all here for xD

[@bridgetheuvel2859]

Okay but why does Alex have a tail in the beatboxing section

[@chrishicks7946]

10:35 - I would of signalled to the other contestants for them too lie on the floor, then pull them across the floor...😀

[@christianoaks775]

Alright who else thought their phone auto flipped when their faces were upside down

[@yeshua7238]

Father Time doesn’t have the strength to pop a balloon

[@ayszhang]

NEW SEASON DROP PLZ 🥰

[@nybbleme]

The 29th of September on channel 4 at 9:00 p.m. unfortunately I'm in the US so I have to catch many of my favorite British shows through shenanigans.

[@crazylizard1889]

11:15 You're welcome

[@odd_shoes]

Victoria didn't know Alan's film was about her...

[@shamalam4371]

Has Alan watched Big Lez? 😂

[@nybbleme]

Is this a show about morbidly obese lesbians?

[@neconeconeco]

wOOW

[@bookgal63]

I'm in the US where can I watch series 11?

[@somethingelse9176]

Check out ozmartian on yt

[@genghiscan2918]

Probably September 30th on the taskmaster supermax plus app and KZbin. They're finishing up season 10 this month with 1 episode every Friday

[@blackmoon9793]

Now that was a barbaric yawp if I ever heard one.

[@toddthechimeralinguist]

no more google eyes

[@nybbleme]

I have the urge to buy a bulk pack of googly eyes and just start putting them on random things at home and in the office.

[@genghiscan2918]

See, they're much happier here

[@bedirgonul5868]

She was nice.

[@ryeencoke]

Bad Dong

[@nybbleme]

That was definitely one of my favorite big fat quiz episodes. Greg Davies into madness has he tries to resist the urge to put bad dong in as an answer. Him saying he regrets the entire thing and Richard ayoade just deadpan saying "I regret nothing"

[@nnj4035]

why do greg's feet go invisible at 5:34 lol

[@themug406]

They.. dont?

[@epicgamerninja1096]

Sorry, what is the relation between Greg and Alan Davies?

[@beth12svist]

Surname? That sort of coincidence happens sometimes, and I think it isn't a completely uncommon one in Britain.

[@juliannechan7282]

@@beth12svist And that they're both funny af 😏

[@beth12svist]

@@juliannechan7282 Well, yes, but I did not think that needed saying. :D

[@juliannechan7282]

@@beth12svist Nope, but I love saying it 🤣😛🤭

[@flippont]

first

[@MrNakedslave]

RIP Alan Davies

[@MeandMonkeyLP]

Hes not dead

[@genghiscan2918]

@@MeandMonkeyLP doesn't need to be, just wishing a peaceful rest

[@90boyle]

He's not dead.

[@wangchi_]

That's right! Dead serious about knowing dignity when he sees it!

[@odd_shoes]

I think Victoria is a bit crap on this programme. Sometimes it feels like she's never watched it before. She's really moody too and just not funny.

[@JoeyDND]

This was without a doubt the best season of TM. All of the cast of comedians were phenomenal and unique.

[@JoeyDND]

This was without a doubt the best season of TM. All of the cast of comedians were phenomenal and unique.

[@themug406]

Well except one