Taskmaster Tasks

Series 5 / Episode 4

Residue around the hoof.

  1. 1 · Prize task

    Most extraordinary souvenir

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

    Make marmite

    Make marmite. You have 10 minutes to select your ingredients and then 10 minutes to make your marmite. The best marmite wins. Your time…

    FoodPlay at home: with tweaks · All ages · Indoors · 20 min
  3. 3 · Team task

    Do something remarkable synchronised

    Do something remarkable synchronised. You have a maximum of 30 minutes. Most remarkably synchronised behaviour wins. Your time starts now.

    Play at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Indoors or garden · 30 min
  4. 4

    Spot the difference

    Wearing this blindfold, blow up this balloon so that its circumference is the same as the length of a standard cucumber. You have 1 minute.…

    BalloonsGardenPlay at home: ready · All ages · Indoors or garden · 5 min
  5. 5

    Sneeze

    Sneeze. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

    Living roomPlay at home: with tweaks · Great for 3–7 · Indoors or garden · 5 min
  6. 6 · Live task

    Stand on one leg for the longest

    Stand on one leg for the longest whilst playing a game of Greg says, Alex says [do any command beginning with "Greg says", and ignore any…

    BalloonsLast one standingPlay at home: ready · All ages · Indoors · 5 min
  7. Tiebreak

    Back throw a Swede

    Back throw a Swede. Fewest attempts wins. Back-throw a picture of a Swede into a bin, while looking at a picture of the Taskmaster.

    Living roomPlay at home: ready · Great for 3–7 · Indoors · 5 min

Play this episode at home

All 7 tasks can be played at home, about 1 hour 20 minutes of play.

You’ll need

  • anything from around the house
  • cupboard ingredients
  • jar
  • balloons
  • blindfold
  • cucumber
  • tape measure
  • feather
  • a balloon each
  • a picture
  • bin
  • a picture of the judge

Prepare beforehand

  • Spot the difference: Have a cucumber and a tape measure ready; while a player is blindfolded, someone changes a few things in the room.

Changes for playing at home

  • Make marmite: No hob or kettle: mix ingredients cold.
  • Sneeze: Nothing up noses and no pepper: tickling with a feather or looking at a bright sky only.

More tasks to play at home