Taskmaster Tasks

Series 11 / Episode 9

Mr Octopus and Pottyhands.

  1. 1 · Prize task

    Nattiest knitwear

    Play at home: ready · All ages · Indoors or garden · 10 min
  2. 2

    Make the most impressive and realistic weather for Taskmaster island

    Make the most impressive and realistic weather for Taskmaster island. You have 30 minutes and your weather must last for no more than a…

    Play at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Garden · 30 min
  3. 3

    Build a tower, then topple your tower so that yoghurt lands in a numbered square

    Build a tower, then topple your tower so that yoghurt lands in a numbered square. You have one yoghurt and one toppling attempt. Highest…

    Out and aboutPlay at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Garden · 20 min
  4. 4

    Look the most different in four different photos taken by the camera

    Look the most different in four different photos taken by the camera. The camera will spin round three times and take a picture every time…

    GardenPlay at home: with tweaks · Great for 3–7 · Garden · 20 min
  5. 5 · Live task

    Shove your fish onto the target using your mop

    Shove your fish onto the target using your mop. You must shove your fish within 10 seconds of Alex laying down your fish. Furthest from the…

    Last one standingPlay at home: with tweaks · Great for 3–7 · Indoors · 5 min

Play this episode at home

All 5 tasks can be played at home, about 1 hour 25 minutes of play.

You’ll need

  • anything from around the house
  • fans, water sprayers, flour, torches
  • yoghurt pot
  • boxes, blocks
  • chalk
  • phone
  • swivel chair
  • dressing-up clothes
  • mop
  • toy fish or wet sponge
  • tape

Prepare beforehand

Changes for playing at home

More tasks to play at home