Taskmaster Tasks

Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal while blindfolded

Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal while blindfolded. You have 15 minutes to find the alluring animal, make an alluring tail, put…

Find the back of your hand

Find the back of your hand. Fewest wrong guesses wins. You have a maximum of 20 minutes and your time starts when Alex does a hand pun.

Snort, then blow a raspberry, then whistle

Snort, then blow a raspberry, then whistle, then repeat that sequence for one minute. The most completed sequences wins. Your time starts…

Write a one minute one person play

Write a one minute one person play. Best script wins. You have twenty minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2: Stage and perform this…

Paint a self-portrait using your brush or sausage

Choose one item from each plinth and bring them into the lab. You have one minute. Your time starts now. Part 2: Paint a self-portrait…

Order three things for your final task (part 1)

Order three things for your final task. You may spend up to £50. You have five minutes. Your time starts now.

Eat the grape

Eat the grape. You must not damage the caravan or climb out the window. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

Sculpt your team

Sculpt your team. Best sculpture wins. Only one person may look at the clay and that person may not touch the clay. You have a maximum of…

Order three things for your final task (part 2)

Throw one of your objects over the caravan. Then completely cover one of your items with one of your other items. Then put the covered item…

Count all the dots on this card

Count all the dots on this card. You may not touch or mark the card. You must give an answer in ten minutes and must answer the door and…

Recreate the picture that Alex is holding

Recreate the picture that Alex is holding. Your face may not move from this position. Alex will show you the picture for five seconds when…

Put the most carp pellets in the fish bowl

Put the most carp pellets in the fish bowl. You must not bend at the waist or at the knees at any point. You have 15 minutes. Your time…

Have the best first dance at a wedding with Alex

Have the best first dance at a wedding with Alex. You can choose whatever music you want but must be wearing these headphones throughout.…

Put a neat ball of string on the cushion

Completely unwind this ball of string. Your time started when you said Alex's name. Part 2: Back: Put a neat ball of string on the cushion.…

Get all the rubber rings on your bargepole

Get all the rubber rings on your bargepole. You may not touch the bargepole or rubber rings at any point. You have a maximum of half an…

Make something that looks like this musician's musical instrument

Compose a solo for this musician. The solo must be original and less than 30 seconds long. You have five minutes. Your time starts now.…

Build the highest bridge over the middle of the red green

Build the highest bridge over the middle of the red green and balance the potato on the middle of the bridge. The potato may not be…

Achieve the most impressive effect with a single breath

Achieve the most impressive effect with a single breath. You must take your breath and achieve your effect within the next twenty minutes.…

Exit the caravan exactly 20 minutes after you entered the caravan

Exit the caravan exactly twenty minutes after you entered the caravan. Also, to complete the task, you must write down and say forty words.…

Catch the potatoes in the potato hat

Catch the potatoes in the potato hat. You must be sitting on the catching stool wearing your potato hat and you must not touch anything at…

Choreograph the most elaborate and enthralling fight scene, then perform it in slow motion

Choreograph the most elaborate and enthralling fight scene, then perform it in slow motion. Your fight scene must take five minutes and…

Strike the most drum skins and cymbals with a single throw of a bouncy ball

Strike the most drum skins and cymbals with a single throw of a bouncy ball. You have a maximum of twenty minutes. Your time starts now.

Make the fastest egg boat

Make the fastest egg boat. Your egg boat must look like a boat and transport an egg. If your egg boat sinks or loses its egg, you are…

Complete a line or four corners

First to complete a line or four corners wins. Your time starts when someone shouts "bingo". Part 2: 29: Scream "I have been in all four…

Fake something

Fake something. Best fake wins. You have twenty minutes. Ready steady go.

Play the instrument indicated by the light

Play the instrument indicated by the light. Each time you play an instrument correctly, another will be added to the sequence until you…

Salvage the most spoons

Salvage the most spoons. You may not leave the lab and all the spoons must be salvaged with a magnet. Your salvager must not remove their…

Invent an imaginary companion

Invent an imaginary companion then complete a domestic task with your imaginary companion. You imaginary companion must either be much…

Efficiently shell an egg

Efficiently shell an egg. You may not touch any part of any egg with your hands and you may only break the shell of one of the eggs. Fewest…

Bash the big bell with the bowling ball

Bash the big bell with the bowling ball. Fastest gets five points. Slowest gets four points. Nobody else gets any points. You are to stay…

Rotate the pulper wheel without pulping the egg

Rotate the pulper wheel without pulping the egg. You must not move from this spot at any point. If you pulp the egg, you are disqualified.…

Completely free yourselves and have a team hug

Completely free yourselves and have a team hug. Fastest team hug wins. Your time starts now.

Make a "adjective" "country adjectival" "noun"

Write down a number between 1 and 100, a length of time between 1 minute and 20 minutes, five ingredients, a country, a noun, and an…

Pile the pineapples on the path

Pile the pineapples on the path. You must not get wet. Most pineapples piled on the path wins. You have fifteen minutes. Your time starts…

Repurpose this umbrella and demonstrate its new purpose

Repurpose this umbrella and demonstrate its new purpose. Most inventive repurposing of an umbrella wins. You have twenty minutes. Your time…

Put the most stuff on top of this jelly

Put the most stuff on top of this jelly, without breaking the jelly. If anything other than jelly touches the duck, you are disqualified.…

Make these things the same colour as those things

Make these things the same colour as those things. People and bottles must stay on their spots at all times. you may perform ten bottle…

Deliver a one-minute lecture about the year you selected

Put three single digit numbers in the slots, then open the second task. Part 2: Deliver a one-minute lecture about the year you selected.…

Make exactly 99 holes in this piece of paper

Make exactly 99 holes in this piece of paper. Your holes must have a diameter of at least 3mm and form a recognisable picture of pattern.…

Fill the glass up to the line from the furthest distance

Fill the glass up to the line from the furthest distance. If you use a hose and someone else uses a hose, both hose users are disqualified.…

Do what Alex does immediately after Alex does it in exactly the same time as Alex does it

Do what Alex does immediately after Alex does it in exactly the same time as Alex does it. You must press your button when you're satisfied…

Perform an original lullaby for your profession

Write the name of a profession in this hole, then open the task. Part 2: Perform an original lullaby for a [profession]. Most soporific,…

Scream the loudest with your mouth closed

Build a tower out of the cans in the lab

Build a tower out of the cans in the lab. You must put on your blindfold in this room and wear it properly for the rest of the task.…

Cross the finish line with all connections still connected

Connect the most individual parts of one person to individual parts of another person. All members of your team must be connected. You have…

Get the duck into the lake

Get the duck into the lake. You must not touch the beak. If the duck leave the course, it must reenter at the point it left the course If…

Pull the sword from the stone

Pull the sword from the stone. You may not force the sword or break the stone The champion is the one who releases the sword the fastest.…

Make a cheeky picture on wood using nails and one continuous piece of wire

Make a cheeky picture on this piece of wood using nails and one continuous piece of wire. Also, if any egg timers stop, you must stare at…