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Filmed tasks
Tasks filmed before the studio record, mostly at the Taskmaster house or out on location.
Series 18
Say how many chairs are in this cinema
Say how many chairs are in this cinema. You may only give one answer. You must not say any numbers until you give your answer, and you must…
Either throw five fives in a row or...
Either throw five fives in a row or do 100 press-ups or eat a raw onion or find the needle in the haystack or sit silently for 10 minutes.…
Present "The Goose"
Present "The Goose". Best "The Goose" wins. You have a maximum of thirty minutes. Your time starts now.
NYT 2025
Remove all your gloves and put them back in the glove box
Don as many gloves as possible. You have five minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2: Remove all your gloves and put them back in the glove…
Do something you regret
Do something you regret. Biggest regret wins. You have twenty minutes. Your time starts now.
Transfer the most water from the bucket to the bottle
Transfer the most water from the bucket to the bottle using only the contents of one of these bins. You may open one bin every minute, but…
Series 19
Pour all the vinegar into the fish tank
Put your hands on the hands, shut your eyes and keep them shut until you hear the whistle. Your time starts now. Part 2: Pour all the…
Do your cool thing backwards
Do something really cool. You have a maximum of ten minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2: Do your cool thing backwards. The cool thing…
Win the Pealympics
Win the Pealympics. There are five events. The top two performance in each event gets a medal. Most medals wins. Part 2: Pea Find: Work out…
Commentate on yourself achieving something really tricky, then achieve that really tricky thing
Commentate on yourself achieving something really tricky, then achieve that really tricky thing. Most iconic really tricky thing achieved…
Give Alex exactly 100 marbles on a plate and an eggcup full of tepid water
Give Alex exactly 100 marbles on a plate and an eggcup full of tepid water. One of you must always be sitting down, one of you must always…
Get the most liquid in this can
Get the most liquid in this can. You may not leave the Submaravan. You have fifteen minutes. Your time starts now.
Answer the cheese phone
Answer the cheese phone. Every time you move, Alex will play the French horn. If you choose to only use your sense of smell, Alex will not…
Read this out loud and in full
Read this out loud and in full. If you fail to read this out loud and in full, you will fail the current task. Dear [contestant],…
Wear the magic moustache
Congratulations, you have discovered the magic moustache and must wear it until the end of the task.
Move the most cushions from one bin to the other bin without Alex correctly saying what colour cape you're wearing
Move the most cushions from one bin to the other bin without Alex correctly saying what colour cape you're wearing. You must be wearing a…
Paint the best picture of the Taskmaster and his assistant having fun on the canvas in the lab
Paint the best picture of the Taskmaster and his assistant having fun on the canvas in the lab. You may only enter the lab when there are…
Put the most wetsuits on mannequins
Put the most wetsuits on mannequins. The mannequins must be wearing their wetsuits properly. Also, you must tiptoe throughout and put your…
Convince the other team that the following things are the opposite of what they are
Convince the other team that the following things are the opposite of what they are. The liquid in the cup is very hot or very cold. The…
Tell Alex why the light bulb turns on
Tell Alex why the light bulb turns on. You may not touch or tamper with the light bulb. Fastest correct answer wins. Your time starts now.
Read this out loud and in full
Read this out loud and in full. If you fail to read this out loud and in full, you will fail the current task. Dear [contestant],…
Be the least annoying person round the campfire
Be the least annoying person ' [Added by Jason]round the campfire. You must either sing a folk song, tell a ghost story or recite a beat…
Draw the monster
Draw the monster. You must not turn around or leave the car. If you fail to honk your horn when you see a lollipop lady, you must surrender…
Write down every word you said in this room before you opened this task
Shorten these pencils and place your shortened pencils in the pencil case. You have five minutes. Your time has started when you mentioned…
Make as many holes in this sheet of paper as possible
Make as many holes in this sheet of paper as possible. You may only use the hole punch once. Most holes wins. Your time starts now.
Work out what Alex has on the very top of his head
Work out what Alex has on the very top of his head. The very top of your head must never be more than five foot six inches from the ground.…
Capture your relationship with a classic family home video moment
Make yourselves look like one of you is the parent of the others, then capture your relationship with a classic family home video moment.…
Teach the Taskmaster's Assistant a lesson he'll never forget
Teach the Taskmaster's Assistant a lesson he'll never forget. Most memorable lesson wins. You have twenty minutes. Your time starts now.
What is in the one yellow box?
What is in the one yellow box? You may only give one answer. You may not force open any boxes. All the…
Eat this yoghurt with the most/least dignity
Eat this yoghurt with the most/least dignity. Most extreme eating wins. You have thirty minutes. Your time starts now.
Put at least six litres of water in the vase
Put at least six litres of water in the vase. You must either use bucket A and route A or bucket B and route B. If you choose A, you must…
Fail the next task in the most heartbreakingly spectacular way
Knock over all 10 skittles in 10 minutes. The final skittle should fall exactly when the whistle sounds. If any skittle is left standing…
Paint your memorable scene so that your teammates can guess your three words
Each person must write down three words to describe a memorable scene. You must be silent throughout and your teammates must not see what…
Obey the autocue
Obey the autocue. The most authoritative delivery with the fewest mistakes wins. Your time starts when the autocue starts.
Wear the magic moustache
Congratulations, you have discovered the magic moustache and must wear it until the end of the task.
Place something somewhere surprising
Place something somewhere surprising. The thing that makes the Taskmaster ask, "How did that get there?" the loudest wins. There is a bonus…
Create the most exciting new bodies so that you and Alex become a dynamic duo
Create the most exciting new bodies so that you and Alex become a dynamic duo. You must then do something dynamic together for no more than…
Conquer the multitask
Conquer the multitask. You must complete every task in every room you enter. Fastest wins. Your time starts now. Now either have a snack in…
Completely fill the yellow box with sand
Completely fill the yellow box with sand. Once you have touched a box, you must hold that box for the rest of the task. Fastest wins. Your…
Stay completely still in your powerful pose
Freeze on your spot in the most powerful pose in five minutes from now. You must be touching two of the objects. Your time starts when you…
Provide the best drive-through experience
Provide the best drive-through experience. Your first customer will arrive in five minutes from now. The next five customers will arrive…
Series 20
Honk the horn
Honk the horn. Fastest wins. Your time started when you said your first word.
Roll an object onto the target
Roll an object onto the target. You must release your object from behind this line. You may not move the line or target and you may not…
Do something behind this curtain that sounds disgusting but is actually really nice
Do something behind this curtain that sounds disgusting but is actually really nice. Highest D x N wins, where D is your disgustingness…
Identify Alex's five things
Identify Alex's five things. You may only use one sense. If you choose hearing, you get five points per item; Smell, four points; Taste,…
Remove the most flour from the tray without touching flour with your hands
Write a superpower on the little clipboard. You have two minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2: Each team member must hook a duck, silently…
Take the most surprising thing out of this bag
Take the most surprising thing out of this bag. You have a maximum of fifteen minutes. Your time starts now.
Make the most accurate little model of the Chesham United mascot
Make the most accurate little model of the Chesham United mascot. You may only see what is inside two of the toilet tents. You have ten…