Taskmaster Tasks

Season 5 / Episode 8

Australia's Occasional Sweetheart.

  1. 1 · Prize task

    The object with the best personal story attached to it that can be told in just three words

    Play at home: ready · All ages · Indoors or garden · 10 min
  2. 2

    Wake Tom

    Tom is having his after-lunch nap. Wake him.

    Play at home: with tweaks · Great for 3–7 · Indoors · 5 min
  3. 3

    Get your Tom-horse to win the race

    Get your Tom-horse to win the race. Your Tom-horse must have a name. You may order one item for your Tom-horse to wear, one item for your…

    Play at home: with tweaks · All ages · Garden · 15 min
  4. 4

    Make an incredible catch with these tongs

    Make an incredible catch with these tongs. Your first catch counts.

    Play at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Garden · 10 min
  5. 5 · Live task

    Drink your milkshake

    Drink your milkshake. You must be sitting in your seat throughout. If you knock your or someone else's milkshake over, you are disqualified.

    Play at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Indoors · 5 min

Play this episode at home

All 5 tasks can be played at home, about 45 minutes of play.

You’ll need

  • anything from around the house
  • megaphone or rolled paper
  • a costume item, a snack and a prize per horse
  • kitchen tongs
  • ball or soft things
  • milkshakes
  • long straws

Prepare beforehand

Changes for playing at home

  • Wake Tom: A volunteer pretends to nap; wake them in the most creative (gentle) way.
  • Get your Tom-horse to win the race: Grown-up volunteers are the horses; coach them to win with a name, a costume, a snack and a prize.

More tasks to play at home