Taskmaster Tasks

Series 19 / Episode 8

Science all your life.

  1. 1 · Prize task

    Best object that you've borrowed from a fairly close friend

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

    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…

    GardenPlay at home: ready · All ages · Garden · 15 min
  3. 3 · Team task

    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…

    ArtGardenPlay at home: ready · All ages · Garden · 15 min
  4. 4

    Obey the autocue

    Obey the autocue. The most authoritative delivery with the fewest mistakes wins. Your time starts when the autocue starts.

    LabPlay at home: with tweaks · 8+ · Indoors · 5 min
  5. 5 · Live task

    Say whether the next person will have a higher or lower number of things than the previous person

    Say whether the next person will have a higher or lower number of things than the previous person. The category of things will change each…

    Last one standingPlay at home: ready · 8+ · Indoors · 10 min

Play this episode at home

All 5 tasks can be played at home, about 55 minutes of play.

You’ll need

  • anything from around the house
  • skittles or bottles
  • ball
  • rope
  • paint
  • paper
  • phone or laptop teleprompter app
  • category list

Prepare beforehand

  • Obey the autocue: Write a script of instructions into a teleprompter app on a phone or laptop.

Changes for playing at home

More tasks to play at home