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Filmed tasks
Tasks filmed before the studio record, mostly at the Taskmaster house or out on location.
Series 7
Make the best Christmas cracker
Make the best Christmas cracker. You have 10 minutes to order your materials and 20 minutes to make your Christmas cracker. Your time…
Poke something out of the hole in the roof of this grotto
Poke something out of the hole in the roof of this grotto. Least expected thing poked through wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts…
Scream
C. Your time starts now. Now look in the microwave. Part 2: R. Now look in your pigeonhole. Part 3: E. Now look under the doormat. Part 4:…
Compose the best 30 second piece of music
Compose the best 30 second piece of music. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
Put the most money in the small bowl
Put the most money in the small bowl. You may not touch the small bowl. The small bowl must not sink. Also, you must say your own name at…
Be photographed in the most unusual situation wearing this fez
Be photographed in the most unusual situation wearing this fez. You have 8 weeks. Your time starts now.
Hula
Hula. You have one minute. Your time starts now. Part 2: Improve your hulaing Greatest improvement wins. You have until the studio shows.…
Find the sock with a satsuma inside
Find the sock with a satsuma inside. You may not look inside any of the socks. You may squeeze 5 socks, strike 10 socks and sniff 20 socks.…
Achieve a rally of exactly 24 shots
Achieve a rally of exactly 24 shots. You must each take the same amount of shots. You must be stood at least 6 foot 8 inches apart from one…
Tie yourself up as securely as possible (part 1)
When you hear this siren during a future task, put on a boiler suit and lie flat on the ground. You may not touch or move a boiler suit…
Find the boiled egg
Find the boiled egg. You may touch two eggs. You may damage two eggs. You may not damage the boiled egg. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
Physically recreate a classic computer game
Physically recreate a classic computer game. Best recreation wins. You have one hour. Your time starts now.
Tie yourself up as securely as possible (part 2)
Tie yourself up as securely as possible. (Siren sounds) You have ten minutes. [Also, five minutes into the task the siren rings out.]
Series 8
Find the receiver of this baby monitor
Find the receiver of this baby monitor. You must leave your hat on. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
Make the best ventriloquist dummy and be chatted up by it
Make the best ventriloquist dummy and be chatted up by it. The most seductive ventriloquist dummy wins. You have 30 minutes and your scene…
Get as close as you can to Alex without him noticing you
Alex is on that bridge in the distance with lights on his head. Get as close as you can to Alex without him noticing you. Alex will duck…
Peel a banana using only your feet
Peel a banana using only your feet. You cannot touch the banana with your hands. The peeled banana cannot be damaged. Fastest wins. Your…
Put something on your face that looks like a moustache from a long distance away
Put something on your face that looks like a moustache from a long distance away, but when you get up close, you realise it's something…
Get this rice into the bottle in the living room
Get this rice into the bottle in the living room. You may only use the shopping basket and its contents to transport and deliver the rice.…
Tell your teammates what is in this chest
Tell your teammates what is in this chest. Your teammates must not see what is in the chest. After reading the task out, you may not speak…
Travel the furthest distance while making a constant noise with your mouth
Travel the furthest distance while making a constant noise with your mouth. You must start travelling in 30 seconds from now.
Build the best volcano
Build the best volcano. You have ten minutes to design your volcano blueprint. You then have 20 minutes to build and demonstrate your…
Work out what Alex Horne is wearing next door
Work out what Alex Horne is wearing next door. Both you and Alex must stay in your seats at all times. Alex Horne may only communicate with…
Apologise to Alex for something you've done
Alex is in the living room. In 20 minutes from now, you must apologise to Alex for something you've done in that time. Best apology for the…
Get this loo roll through the toilet seat
Get this loo roll through the toilet seat. You must not lower the toilet seat. The fastest wins. Your time starts now. Bonus: For getting…
Make the best thing to engage a toddler
Make the best thing to engage a toddler. The toddler will have 5 minutes with your thing. Most engaged toddler wins. You have 30 minutes.…
Put the most weight in the hammock
Put the most weight in the hammock without anything falling out of the hammock. If anything falls out of the hammock, you are disqualified.…
Whip the bottle off the barrel
Standing behind this rope, whip the bottle off the barrel. Fastest wins. You time starts now.
Divert the sand from bucket A into bucket B
Divert the sand from bucket A into bucket B. You may not touch the sand. You may not move the buckets. You may not leave the room. Most…
Make the most realistic injury using food
Make the most realistic injury using food. You have 5 minutes to choose your ingredients and 10 minutes to make your realistic injury. If…
Have a long-distance game of catch with this beach ball
Have a long-distance game of catch with this beach ball. One team member must be filmed in one location throwing the ball out of shot.…
Herd the most ping-pong balls into the ping-pong pen
Herd the most ping-pong balls into the ping-pong pen. You may only touch the ping-pong balls with the basketball, the string or one little…
Completely conceal yourself inside this phone box
Completely conceal yourself in this phone box. No part of you or your clothing may be visible from outside the phone box. Fastest wins. The…
Design the most iconic album cover
Design the most iconic album cover. Best album cover, album title and band name wins. Your album cover photo will be taken in 30 minutes.…
Tell Alex the order that the cards are currently in
In five minutes, you must return this pack of cards to Alex in the lab and tell Alex the order that the cards are currently in. You may not…
Score a goal from the furthest distance
Score a goal from the furthest distance. You may take only one shot. If you don't score a goal, you're disqualified. You must perform a…
Find the pink ladies
Find the pink ladies. If you touch or move a bowl, you must turn it over. If you find the green egg, you are disqualified. Most pink ladies…
Identify the flavours of these crisps
Choose an outfit that the contestant whose first name comes after yours alphabetically must wear throughout a future task. You have two…
Do the most powerful thing with your little finger
Do the most powerful thing with your little finger. Most powerful thing done with your little finger. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts…
Make the best picture in the sand of a former Taskmaster contestant
Make the best picture in the sand of a former Taskmaster contestant using one of these implements. You must roll the dice to choose your…
Catch all the red balls, catch all the yellow balls, catch the blue ball
Catch all the red balls in things from the shed. Catch all the yellow balls in clothing. Don't let the green balls touch anything other…
Make this beach ball cross the finishing line
Make this beach ball cross the finishing line. Only water can touch the beach ball. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
Bounce one of these balls so that it lands in that bin
Bounce one of these balls so that it lands in that bin. After propelling the ball, you may not touch or strike it on its way to that bin.…
Devise the most delicious dust
Devise the most delicious dust. You have 5 minutes to choose your ingredients, then 10 minutes to make your delicious dust and serve it in…
Make yourselves look like one person
Make yourselves look like one person. The team that looks and moves most like one person wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts when…
Completely erase this eraser
Completely erase this eraser. The fastest wins. Your time starts now. Bonus for fully erasing the eraser Bonus for attempting to eat the…
Make yourself some tremendous pretend legs
Make yourself some tremendous pretend legs. You have 5 minutes to order up to five items from Alex. Once Alex has shopped for the items,…
Follow the instructions on the signs and park this buggy in the parking bay
Follow the instructions on the signs and park this buggy in the parking bay. You have a maximum of 10 minutes to prepare your journey,…