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Filmed tasks
Tasks filmed before the studio record, mostly at the Taskmaster house or out on location.
Season 1
Make a sculpture of something starting with your letter, only using items starting with your letter
Take one of these letters. Part 2: Make a sculpture of something starting with your letter. You may only use items starting with your…
Create the fanciest cocktail
Create the fanciest cocktail. You may only use ingredients that rhyme with each other. Bonus points may be earned if the vessel also…
Choose a piece of fruit and hit it as far as you can with your choice of bread
Choose a piece of fruit and hit it as far as you can with your choice of bread. You must use the first bread and the first fruit you touch.…
Keep the balloon in the air the longest
Keep the balloon in the air the longest. You may strike the balloon but cannot hold it. Every strike must be with a unique object. Your…
Reassemble the vase to its original condition
Smash this vase as fast and dramatically as you can. Your time starts now. Part 2: Reassemble the vase to its original condition
Write and perform a new national anthem for your country
Throw this dart at the map and hit a country. Part 2: Write and perform a new national anthem for your country. The most rousing national…
Make this tree sexy
Make this tree sexy. Sexiest tree wins. Your time starts now.
Catch a grape with this tuba from the furtherest distance
Catch a grape with this tube from the furtherest distance. You may not throw the grape. Your distanced will be measured from the first…
Pack this Pinata with the most surprising filling
Pack this piñata with the most surprising filling. You have five minutes to plan and twenty minutes to fill the piñata. Your time starts…
Hide one of these vegetables completely inside another
Hide one of these vegetables completely inside another. If you use the same vegetable hiding combination as another comedian, you will both…
Create a 90-second long one-shot film
Create a 90-second long one-short film. All of you must appear in it. One of you must hold the camera at all times. Your film must include…
Make this Mum proud
Make this Mum proud. You have five minutes to interview the Mum, then twenty minutes to make her proud. Proudest Mum wins. Your time starts…
Blow this egg the furtherest from the table
Blow this egg the furtherest from the table. Furtherest egg wins. You have 5 minutes or until the egg breaks. Your time starts now.
Be as unhealthy as possible
Be as unhealthy as possible. You have ten minutes to plan and 10 seconds to be unhealthy. Your ten seconds will start when you shout "Let's…
Do the most impressive thing hands-free
Do the most impressive thing hands-free. Most impressive thing done without using your hands wins. You have thirty minutes. Your time…
Make the biggest thing disappear
Make the biggest thing disappear. Biggest thing made to disappear wins. You have 1 hour. Your time starts now.
Transfer as much soup as you can from the blue vat to the yellow vat
Gather your tools and bring them to your area. You have two minutes. Your time starts now. Part 2: Transfer as much soup as you can from…
Leave this room
Leave this room. Fastest wins. Your time started when Paul left the room.
Find Paul and hit him with this frisbee
Find Paul and hit him with this frisbee. You may not walk or run while holding the frisbee. Every time you throw the frisbee, you must put…
Go on the most convincing fake holiday
Go on the most convincing fake holiday. Most convincing fake holiday wins. You have thirty minutes. Your time starts now.
Paint the Taskmaster
Paint the Taskmaster. Your painting must trick the Taskmaster into thinking it was painted by a five-year old. Your painting will be…
Get someone you went to primary school with on the phone
Get someone you went to primary school with on the phone. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
Deduce the flavours of these dips
Deduce the flavours of these dips. Most dips correctly deduced wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
Wear the most outlandish costume under your studio outfit
During the studio record for episode 8, wear the most outlandish costume under your outfit. Your costume must be completely concealed under…
Correctly place the letters, numbers and symbols back on this keyboard
Correctly place the letter, numbers, and symbols back on this keyboard. Make the keyboard as accurately as you can. You may not leave the…
Completely colour this whiteboard
Completely colour this whiteboard. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
Create the most amusing amusement park ride
Create the most amusing amusement park ride. Paul must be able to ride. Most amusing amusement park ride wins. You have forty minutes, Your…
Make a sausage
Make a sausage. You must use seven ingredients, one beginning with each letter of the word sausage. You have five minutes to choose your…
Pass NCEA Level 1 Mathematics
Pass NCEA Level 1 Mathematics. Highest exam mark wins. You may not leave the room. You have one hour. Your start time starts now.
Commit a crime
Commit a crime. You may not break the law. You have ten minutes to plan your crime, then ten minutes to commit it. Best crime wins. Your…
Handcuff yourselves together at the wrist, then score 10 points
Handcuff yourselves together at the wrist, then score 10 points. Fastest to 10 points wins. Your time starts now.
Make the best desert
Make the best desert. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
Season 2
Knock over all the pins on the other side of the field
Knock over all the pins on the other side of the field. You cannot leave the caravan. Paul cannot deliberately knock over the pins. Fastest…
Fly
Fly. Best flying wins. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
Brush Paul's teeth from the furthest distance
Brush Paul's teeth from the furthest distance. Furthest distance wins. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
Float this brussels sprout down from the balcony
Float this brussels sprout down from the balcony. Longest float time wins. You have 20 minutes and one floating attempt. Your time starts…
Transform this room when the lights go out
Transform this room when the lights go out. You will have 30 seconds of darkness. Most spectacular transformation wins. Your time starts…
Squirt the sunscreen the furthest
Squirt the sunscreen the furthest. You have one attempt. Your time starts now.
Star in a one-minute multi-character film
Star in a one-minute multi-charactered film. You must play all the characters. Each character must be distinctive. Most characters wins.…
Build a castle out of wheat biscuits
Build a castle out of wheat biscuits. You may not leave the room. For every dry wheat biscuit you eat, you'll be given 15/7 additonal wheat…
Hop the scotch along the hopscotch and pop it in the pail
Hop the scotch along the hopscotch and pop it in the pail. Most scotch successfully popped in the pail wins. You have five minutes. Your…
Get a photo of a person in the most extraordinary location
Get a photo of a person in the most extraordinary location. The person must be doing a thumbs up with one hand, pointing to their thumbs up…
Get the swiss ball in the kayak
Get the swiss ball in the kayak. You cannot get wet. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
Perform an original Christmas song
Choose a present. Part 2: Perform an original Christmas song. It cannot include any of the following words: Santa, joy, jingle, snow,…
Shoot a chocolate fish into the fishbowl
Shoot a chocolate fish into the fishbowl. You must say the name of a different animal with each shot. Your first successful shot is your…
Spill the beans
Spill the beans. Fastest to open the can of beans wins. Your time starts now.
Make your hometown proud
Make your hometown proud. Biggest hometown hero wins. You have 45 minutes. Your time starts now.
Make the loudest noise
Make the loudest noise. You may not use your voice either during your noise or during your preparation. You must salute Paul for 5 seconds…