Taskmaster Tasks

Series 1 / Episode 6

You can't milk a pigeon.

  1. 1 · Prize task

    The best thing with eyes

    Bring in the best thing with eyes.

    Play at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Indoors or garden · 10 min
  2. 2

    Pump up the inflatable cows

    Pump up the inflatable cows. When the doorbell rings, you must remind Mike that he needs to buy some milk. When the cow bell rings, you…

    Play at home: with tweaks · Great for 3–7 · Indoors or garden · 10 min
  3. 3

    Balance some things on a thing

    To everyone: On the next task, write down a number between 1 and 10 in the first hole, a letter of the alphabet in the second hole, and one…

    Play at home: ready · 8+ · Indoors or garden · 15 min
  4. 4

    Write a poem about your favourite celebrity

    Write a poem about your favourite celebrity. Your poem must have at least four lines. You must perform your poem to Mike in 10 minutes.…

    Play at home: ready · 8+ · Indoors · 10 min
  5. 5 · Live task

    Unravel the tape

    Unroll the roll of sticky tape. Put all the sticky tape into your bum-bag. Zip up the bum-bag and hold the naked cardboard wheel above your…

    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 50 minutes of play.

You’ll need

  • anything from around the house
  • balloons or pool inflatables
  • hand pump
  • two different bells
  • frying pan
  • paper
  • pen
  • roll of sticky tape
  • bum-bag or small bag

Prepare beforehand

Changes for playing at home

  • Pump up the inflatable cows: Use balloons or pool toys; the host rings a doorbell and a hand bell at random and players respond with the silly lines.

More tasks to play at home