# tasks

summary: Draw a blind portrait
location: caravan
YT: DpV3rweizNA|1025
tags:
  ["solo","filmed","creative","mental","social","subjective","single-brief","original","bonus-points","handly"]


summary: Draw the median duck
location: stage
YT: PNrVNbLGcY8|2293
tags:
  ["solo","live","creative","mental","objective","single-brief","original","winner-takes-all","bonus-points","handly"]


summary: Vote for who should receive five points
location: caravan
YT: IIHKAfxrZdg|1735
tags:
  ["solo","filmed","mental","social","objective","single-brief","original","bonus-points","point-deductions"]


summary: Conceal grapes in your mouth or hand
location: stage
YT: ZU-_qw3MoU4|2215
tags:
  ["solo","live","mental","physical","social","objective","single-brief","original","winner-takes-all","Greg"]


summary: Draw the contents of the box
location: lab
YT: it4s4HOEpdk|894
tags:
  ["solo","filmed","creative","mental","physical","objective","single-brief","original","bonus-points","handly"]


summary: Silently mouth a ten word fact to Greg
location: stage
YT: jYwwxAolgPI|2137
tags:
  ["solo","live","mental","physical","social","objective","multiple-brief","original","bonus-points","handly","Greg"]


summary: Sausage or finger?
location: stage
YT: wjARUcpnQ24|2298
tags:
  ["solo","live","mental","physical","social","objective","single-brief","original","winner-takes-all"]


summary: Score a goal from the greatest distance
YT: 3c4ildPel5I|1836
tags:
  ["solo","filmed","creative","mental","physical","objective","single-brief","original","bonus-points"]


summary: Suitcase full of bricks, or suitcase full of balloons?
location: stage
YT: vnkNPejF0LA|2287
tags:
  ["solo","live","mental","physical","social","objective","single-brief","adapted","winner-takes-all","Greg"]


summary: Stuff your team-mate's waders
location: stage
YT: h6ZmPv3edbo|2433
tags:
  ["team","live","mental","physical","social","objective","multiple-brief","original","winner-takes-all"]


tags: ["solo","prize","creative","subjective","single-brief","original"]
location: seats
YT: wTGGZ7ifOHM|164
summary:
  The best single-word object you own and love that gets the best reaction when introduced following a drum roll


# task_briefs

brief:
  In the lab there is a watermelon.
  Eat as much watermelon as possible.
  You have one minute.
  Your time starts when you open the door to the lab.


brief:
  Completely empty this bathtub.
  Fastest wins.
  You must not remove the plug, tip or damage the bath.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pop up a tent.
  Get in the tent.
  Zip up the tent.
  Pop on a onesie in the tent, and emerge from the tent wearing the onesie.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Do something that will look impressive in reverse.
  The Taskmaster will see whatever act you perform played backwards.
  You must therefore do something backwards that will look impressive when the footage is played in reverse.


brief:
  Throw a teabag into a mug from the furthest distance.
  You have exactly one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Using this device to track your route, create the best image for Taskmaster.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts when you take your first step.
  Pop a balloon to signal that you have finished your image.


brief:
  Using only the items currently on this table, get this egg as high as possible.
  Highest wins.
  The egg must not break.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make this bed to a hotel standard while holding hands.
  Your time ends when you get into the bed.
  Fastest wins.
  Hold hands now.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get the lowest golf score using eggs.
  You must complete the five holes using chickens eggs.
  Your score will be calculated as follows: shots times eggs times minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Stage a realistic blooper from a home movie.
  The Taskmaster will give points to the best filmmakers.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best meal for the Taskmaster using ingredients beginning with every letter of the alphabet.
  You have a total of two hours.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing boxing gloves, put the blue sweets in the empty bowl.
  Most blue sweets wins.
  Non-blue sweets will be subtracted from your total.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Place these three exercise balls on the yoga mat on top of that hill.
  The task is complete when all three balls sit fully inflated and stationary on the mat.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this potato into the golf hole.
  You may not touch the red green.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Find out the following information from this Swedish person.
  The Swedish person may not speak or write in English.
  Fastest and most accurate wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pack for your holiday.
  All items must be packed in your hand luggage or worn on your body.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Using this camera take a picture of an inanimate object that looks like you.
  Closest resemblance wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Order the following pizza for the Taskmaster: an extra large vegetarian pizza with pepperoni and bacon, without tomato and cheese.
  You may not use the following words: extra; large; vegetarian; pizza; pepperoni; bacon; tomato; cheese.
  You get a bonus point if you can make the pizza person say the word “bubbles”.


brief:
  Using these big chopsticks, get these potatoes into your basket.
  You must only hold the chopsticks on the grips provided.
  The big chopsticks alone may touch the potatoes.
  Whoever has the most potatoes in their basket after 100 seconds wins.


brief:
  Put on this blindfold, then instruct only the person closest to you to open their task.

  Put the earplugs in your ears and the ear protectors over the earplugs, then continue reading.
  You must remain within your bandstand.
  Instruct the next person to open their task.

  Do not read this out loud.
  Bring a potato to your bandstand.
  You may not leave your bandstand.
  You may not speak.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Throw the rabbits into your hat.
  The person with the most rabbits in their hat after 100 seconds wins.


brief:
  Conceal this pineapple on your person.
  No part of the pineapple may be thrown away.
  You have 20 minutes, after which Alex will inspect you.
  Most incorrect guesses wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Set a fun task.
  Your task must take no more than one minute.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Using only the items on the rug, construct the best thing for the Taskmaster.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Create the highest tower using only these potato-based items.
  Your potato tower must be self-standing.
  Your potato tower must be built on the table.
  Your potato tower will be measured from the table top to the highest potato point.


brief:
  Make a bridge over the river using only the items on this table.
  Highest self-supporting bridge wins.
  The bridge alone must support the potato.
  You must not touch the Taskmaster's house.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put on a pair of food-handling gloves, eat a whole banana correctly, put on a tie and clap as many times as possible.
  All tasks must be completed in 100 seconds.
  Most claps wins.


brief:
  Get to the microwave in as few steps as possible and open the door before the microwave dings.
  There are five minutes on the clock.
  The microwave starts now.


brief:
  Propel this pea the furthest distance.
  Your pea must land and remain on the red carpet.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Balance your swedes on your Swede.
  Your Swede must remain standing at all times.
  Your swedes may only balance on the exterior of your Swede.
  Most swedes resting on a Swede after 100 seconds wins.


brief:
  Create the best upside-down self-portrait using only the materials supplied.
  The Taskmaster will judge the picture when it has been rotated 180 degrees.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Unravel a whole roll of sticky tape, put the unravelled sticky tape in your lunch box, and close the lunch box.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Create the best flag meal.
  You have 10 minutes to choose your flag and plan your meal, then 30 minutes to prepare your meal.
  Best flag meal wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Anchor these balloons using only bread.
  The person with the most fully-inflated balloons resting on their mat, and held down by bread alone, after 100 seconds, wins.


brief:
  Spread your clothes as far and wide as possible at your own expense.
  You must discard four items of clothing that you are currently wearing.
  Farthest and widest wins.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Find out what this gentleman did for a living.
  You can ask him any question, but you must whisper at all times.
  The gentleman can only nod or shake his head.
  The gentleman can only lie.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing a blindfold, cover yourself in sticky notes.
  Sticky notes must be applied individually.
  The person with the most sticky notes still sticking to their body after 100 seconds wins.


brief:
  Move the water from Bucket A to Bucket B.
  You must not move the buckets.
  Most water moved wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing one of these hands on each of your hands at all times, communicate to your teammate(s) the names of these films, books, and TV programmes.
  You may not raise your voice.
  Most correct answers wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts when the whistle’s blown.


brief:
  Do something that looks brilliant when sped up or slowed down.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Place one or more doughnuts on your stick.
  You have 100 seconds, after which the person with the lowest unique whole number of doughnuts on their stick wins.
  In the event of there being no unique numbers, the task shall be replayed until there is a winner.


brief:
  Create the best caricature of the person on the other side of the curtain.
  You may not look at the person.
  The person may only say “Yes” and “No”.
  You will get a bonus point if you can find out the person’s full name.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the most juice.
  You must pick one fruit and one tool.
  If you pick the same tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded.
  If you pick the same fruit as someone else, you must juice one-handed.
  If you pick the same fruit and tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded, one-handed, and bouncing up and down.
  You have one minute.


brief:
  Keep the basketball on the running machine for as long as possible.
  You may not touch the basketball or the running machine.
  The running machine will be turned on in two minutes.


brief:
  Paint the best picture of the Taskmaster.
  Only the paint and brush may touch the mat, easel and canvas.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Land the flour on the target.
  You may not leave the bandstand.
  Most flour lying loose on the target wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Without touching the egg or the eggcup, get the egg into the eggcup.
  You may only use the equipment currently on the table.
  If you touch a piece of equipment that another contestant touches, you will both receive a one minute time penalty per piece of equipment touched.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Looking at the Taskmaster at all times and with your arms always beneath your hairdressing smock, attach as many balloons together as possible.
  You have 100 seconds.
  Longest balloon chain wins.


brief:
  Camouflage yourself.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your camouflage.
  After a further 10 minutes you will be photographed in position.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make a trailer for Taskmaster: The Movie.
  Best trailer wins.
  You have a maximum of one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Persuade three dogs to stand on the red mat.
  Exactly 12 legs must be stood on the red mat at the same time.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Without moving the fishbowls, transfer the water from fishbowl A to fishbowl B.
  You may only use the items on this table.
  Most water moved wins.
  Also, you must commentate on your attempt throughout the task, always referring to yourself in the third person.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  If you eat any of the chocolate you will be docked five points.


brief:
  Take it in turns to say a five-letter word whenever the music stops.
  You may not say a word that has previously been said.
  If you fail to say a word before the music starts again, you are eliminated, and the game continues with different length words.


brief:
  Decant the wine into another bottle from atop an umpire's chair.
  You have one minute.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the highest splash.
  You have 15 minutes and one attempt.
  Also, before you commence the task you must say who you think will win the task.
  Those who correctly guess the winner will win an extra five points.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.


brief:
  Choreograph a dance for you and Alex to perform to any of the following ringtones: Apex, By the Seaside, Night Owl, Playtime, Radiate, Sencha, Circuit, Crystals, Uplift, Marimba, Strum, Xylophone.
  You have 30 minutes to prepare.
  Most stylish dance wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Create a portrait of a celebrity using loo roll.
  There is a camera above your head.
  The mat beneath your feet is your canvas.
  Best portrait wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Do the most incredible thing with this pommel horse.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts when you next blink.


brief:
  Maintaining constant eye contact and making continuous small talk with this Swedish person, put on the wetsuit, flippers, face mask and snorkel.
  Your head may not leave the Swedish person's frame at any point.
  You may not move the laptop from its current position.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when the Swedish person smiles at you.


brief:
  Please whisper this task to Alex.
  Put as many different things in the bathtub as possible.
  Most different things in the bathtub wins.
  You have three minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.

  Please whisper this task to Alex.
  Seal the top of this bathtub with cling film.
  Most successfully cling-filmed bathtub wins.
  You have three minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.

  Please whisper this task to Alex.
  Fill the bathtub with water.
  Most water in the bathtub wins.
  You have three minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.


brief:
  Throw something into something.
  Most unbelievable throw wins.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your throw, then 10 minutes to pull it off.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Score the best goal with this plastic bag.
  You may not handbag the bag.
  Fastest and fewest kicks wins.
  Most skilful goal gets a bonus point.
  There is a five second time penalty for every kick.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Work out what is in the sleeping bag.
  You may not look in the sleeping bag.
  You may not take items out of the sleeping bag.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Prepare these items for the second part of the task.

  Hold all the items in one hand, and put your other hand on your head.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Stand on one leg then continue reading.
  Your raised foot must not touch the ground until the task is complete.
  Bring Alex his dinner.
  Every time your raised foot touches the ground, you must eat a slice of Alex’s dinner.
  Most dinner delivered fastest wins.
  You get a five second penalty of every slice of Alex’s dinner you eat.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this wheelie bin across the finish line.
  One of you must be in the wheelie bin at all times.
  The other person/people must be blindfolded at all times.
  The wheelie bin rider must direct the wheelie bin driver(s) to complete the course and the five challenges within it.
  Also, no-one can speak English.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Unveil a new handshake.
  Best new handshake wins.
  You have five minutes to develop your new handshake, then three minutes demonstrate your new handshake with Alex.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best and biggest all-round banana out of these bananas.
  You have 100 seconds, after which the Taskmaster will judge your bananas.


brief:
  Make the most exotic sandwich.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your exotic sandwich, then 10 minutes to construct it.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Strike one of these objects the furthest distance with one of the other objects.
  You have three strikes with your chosen object.


brief:
  Do something surprising with this rubber duck.
  Most surprising wins.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your surprising thing, then 10 minutes to do it.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw the median duck.
  The median duck alone wins.
  You have 100 seconds.
  Winner takes all.
  There will also be a bonus point for best duck picture.


brief:
  Get Alex onto dry land as elegantly as possible.
  Alex must remain dry.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes.
  Alex will hoist the anchor in two minutes.


brief:
  Get the basketball through the hoop.
  You may not touch the basketball with your hands.
  You may not wear gloves or anything reasonably be construed to be gloves.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get one item of fruit into the fishbowl.
  You may not leave or move your chair.
  You may not throw your fruit.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Make the best coconut-flinging machine.
  You have 20 minutes and one attempt.
  Furthest coconut fling wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Paint the best rainbow scene.
  You may not open the lab door until the task is complete.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  There is a loaf of bread in the lab.
  Slice the loaf as neatly as possible.
  You may use one tool only, and that tool must be found in this caravan.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Achieve the greatest splat.
  One teammate must be splatted for the splat to be valid.
  You have 10 minutes to choose your splatting materials, and then 10 minutes to pull off your splat.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  With your face placed firmly in your hole at all times, paint the most recognisable animal, vegetable or mineral.
  You must incorporate your face in the picture.
  Most accurate representation of an animal, vegetable or mineral wins.
  You have three minutes.


brief:
  Remove the table tennis ball from the pipe.
  The pipe must not be moved.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make this coconut look like a businessman.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your coconut businessman, and then 10 minutes to make him.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Standing behind this rope, throw one of the items into the bucket.
  You may retrieve the item if it misses, but you must stand behind the rope on every throw.
  You may not move the rope or the bucket.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time started when you opened the first task, and ends when you have completed all three tasks.

  Eat one item.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time started when you opened the first task, and ends when you have completed all three tasks.

  Balance one item on top of the red pole.
  The item must remain balanced until the entire task is completed.
  You may not take the pole out of the ground.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time started when you opened the first task, and ends when you have completed all three tasks.


brief:
  Play table tennis with words.
  When the table tennis ball is within striking distance, you must say a word while pretending to hit the ball with your bat.
  That word must begin with the last letter of the previous word.
  If you fail to say a word within the time it would take you to hit a table tennis ball, you are out.
  After saying your word, you must run to the back of the opposite queue as the task progresses.
  Alex will serve the first word to the youngest contestant.
  Last player standing wins.


brief:
  Make Marmite.
  You have 10 minutes to select your ingredients, and then 10 minutes to make your Marmite.
  Best Marmite wins.
  Your time starts now.


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


brief:
  Wearing this blindfold, blow up this balloon so that its circumference is the same as the length of a standard cucumber.
  You have one minute.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.


brief:
  Spot the difference.
  Have a look at the scene in front of you and explain exactly what's changed since you put the blindfold on.
  You have two minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Stand on one leg for the longest while playing a game of “Greg says, Alex says”.
  Your raised foot must remain above the balloon at all times and must not touch any other item.
  Last person to pop their balloon wins.


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


brief:
  Put the biggest thing inside this balloon.
  The balloon then must be successfully inflated, tied and bigger than your head.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Generate a water cooler moment involving this water cooler.
  Most remarkable water cooler moment wins.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Send the Taskmaster an anonymous cheeky text message every single day for the next five months.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the tallest tower of cans on this table.
  Highest tower wins.
  Also, whilst building your tower you must shake Alex’s hand and say you’re from a different country once every 10 seconds.
  Alex will blow his whistle every 10 seconds.
  Your time ends when you fail to shake Alex's hand and say you’re from a different country before Alex blows his whistle.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.


brief:
  Find the Finns.
  You may each ask one question to one person.
  Your question must not pertain to the nationality of the people.
  You must then write which number you think is a Finn.
  Most accurate Finn finder wins.


brief:
  Balance Alex.
  You have 10 minutes to place your counterweight at your end of the see-saw.
  You may not use humans to balance Alex.
  Most balanced Alex wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  With this camera strapped to your head, record the most incredible footage.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your footage, and 10 minutes to record it.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Have your photo taken with this golden pineapple and other esteemed company.
  Best portfolio of pineapple photos wins.
  You have six months.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing that blindfold at all times, travel as far as possible in three minutes.
  Alex will be at your side at all times, because he is a strong, independent, handsome man.
  On removing the blindfold, you will then have another three minutes to retrace your steps to your starting position.
  Longest successful retracing of steps wins.


brief:
  Muster the biggest coconut bobsleigh team.
  Most coconut bobsleigh team members still on board when the bobsleigh comes to a halt wins.
  You may only use items in the caravan to secure your coconuts.
  You will be disqualified if you use any item used by another contestant.
  You have 20 minutes and one attempt.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Vote for which contestant you think should receive five bonus points.
  The contestant who receives the most votes will receive five bonus points.
  You may vote for yourself.
  If however, you vote for yourself and fail to receive most votes, you will lose two points.


brief:
  Make a funny little flip-book film.
  The mat beneath your feet is the paper.
  The camera above your head will take photos of your paper.
  Funniest little flip-book film wins.
  You have one hour.
  Now flip the flip-book.


brief:
  Send the most things to the Taskmaster.
  Items must travel via zip-line and land on your segment of the Taskmaster’s table.
  You may not move from your current position.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Get this coconut as far away from here as possible.
  You may not touch the ground.
  You may not step on anything more than once.
  The coconut may not travel by car.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write and perform a song about this woman.
  Best song wins.
  You have five minutes to talk to the woman, then 30 minutes to write her a song.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Throw your egg through the hoop and catch it as many times as possible.
  You may not touch the net or post.
  Most successful hoop-catch combo wins.
  You have 100 seconds and one egg.


brief:
  Either throw an exercise ball into the bath, or put all the coconuts into the shopping trolley.
  You must throw the exercise ball from under a roof, and you may not move the bath.
  You must not touch any of the coconuts with your hands, and you may not move the shopping trolley.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Blow something substantial off this table.
  Most substantial thing blown off this table wins.
  You have five minutes to select the item you think you can blow off the table and place it on the centre circle, then one minute to blow it off the table.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write down a word beginning with “T” every time Alex blows his whistle.
  The person with the second-longest word takes a step down.
  Whoever writes the longest word misses a turn.
  If you write down one of Alex’s special words you advance an extra step.
  First to reach the floor wins.


brief:
  Sing along to the Taskmaster theme tune.
  Most powerful and champion-like wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make a mask that tastes delicious and looks great.
  Your mask must be entirely edible and entirely wearable.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your mask and 20 minutes to make it.
  You then must wear your mask so that Alex can taste it.
  Most delicious and great-looking mask wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Record the highest number of steps on your pedometers.
  You may not touch your blindfold.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Make the highest tower using only what is in the bowl.
  You may wield the knife a maximum of five times.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing a hat, kiss the portrait of the Taskmaster in the Taskmaster’s house.
  The hat must not come from the grounds of the Taskmaster’s house.
  Closest to 30 minutes wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Sort the objects under the table in order of size.
  You must keep your elbows on the table top and your head in your hands at all times.
  The smallest object should be on your right, the largest object on your left, and they must all be in line under your table.
  Also, there must be no fruit in your line-up.
  If there is any fruit left under your table, you will be disqualified.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Spin around as many times as possible and kick a football at the caravan.
  Most spins wins.
  If you miss the caravan, you are disqualified.


brief:
  Get the highest score in darts.
  You can either throw one dart from one metre away, three darts from 2.37 metres away, or 60 darts from 10 metres away.
  When throwing, please stand behind whichever distance line you choose.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Keep Alex dry.
  Driest Alex wins.
  You may not touch Alex at any point.
  You may not be in the compass when the shower is on.
  The shower will be turned on for two minutes in two minutes from now.


brief:
  Take a picture of a group of people, each holding an egg.
  Most people holding eggs in a picture wins.
  You must be in your picture.
  You have one week to text your picture to the Taskmaster’s assistant.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make this wind-up little man go on the most extraordinary journey.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  When instructed, put your grape in either your hand or your mouth whilst staring at the Taskmaster.
  You must then answer the Taskmaster’s question, and fool the Taskmaster into thinking your grape is not where your grape is.
  You must not eat your grape.
  Your answer must contain at least five words.
  If the Taskmaster correctly guesses where your grape is, you are eliminated.


brief:
  Write, illustrate and read out a bedtime story for grown-ups.
  Your bedtime story for grown-ups may be no more or fewer than 50 words.
  Most engrossing bedtime story for grown-ups wins.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make something spin for the longest.
  Your thing must not be a person.
  You have 10 minutes to prepare for your spin, and one attempt at spinning.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Work out the flavours of these baby foods.
  Most accurate flavour guesses wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.
  Also, there is a bonus point for whoever eats the most baby food.


brief:
  Catch the most socks and put them in your laundry basket.
  You must stare straight forward throughout the task.
  You must not touch any pants.
  You must not move the laundry basket.
  If you drop a sock, you cannot pick it up.
  Every time you touch some pants, you lose a sock.
  Most socks wins.


brief:
  Do something manly with this cardboard box.
  Manliest thing wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Have the most fun.
  You have three minutes, at the end of which you must return to the caravan and await your second task.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Exactly recreate your attempt at the first task.
  Most accurate task re-enactment wins.
  You have three minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex shouts his own name.


brief:
  Make the best art using the entire contents of this can of squirty cream.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Remove the five pound note from under the pint without spilling any of the pint.
  You may not touch the pint glass.
  If you spill any of the pint, you are disqualified.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  When tapped on the shoulder, shake hands with the Taskmaster without revealing your identities.
  You may not speak during the task.
  Everyone must shake hands with the Taskmaster once, for at least two seconds.
  If the Taskmaster guesses your identity, you are eliminated.
  The task continues until we have a winner.


brief:
  Without leaving the caravan, work out on long this piece of string is.
  You have five minutes.
  Most accurate answer wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pull this tablecloth off this table.
  Most eggs left unbroken on the table wins.
  You have one attempt and may not tamper with the table, tablecloth or eggs.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Throw as many eggs onto the shelf as possible.
  You must lie flat on your bed at all times.
  Most eggs on the shelf wins.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Make the best snow globe.
  You have 10 minutes to order your elements, then 20 minutes to make your snow globe.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Knock over as many ducks as possible.
  You must all remain on the red carpet throughout the task.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make an announcement.
  Biggest announcement to the most people wins.
  You have 12 weeks.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best parachute for this wooden spoon.
  You have 10 minutes to order your materials, and then 10 minutes to make your parachute.
  Slowest and most dramatic fall wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  You will each be given a category.
  You each have 10 seconds to say things that fall into that category.
  First, you must each predict how many correct answers you will give.
  The person who has successfully predicted the highest number wins.


brief:
  Knock the bails off the stumps.
  You have a maximum of one over.
  You must make your attempt from behind this stump.
  No stumps may be moved.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw a picture of the contents of this box.
  You may not open the box or look inside.
  Also, you get a bonus point if you can name the person represented by the contents of the box.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write down as many obscure animals as possible.
  You have three minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Guess the animals your teammate has on their list.
  Your teammate must only use mime.
  They may not write anything down or show you the list.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Most animals guessed wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing this sweatband around your head at all times, tuck as many items in the kitchen inside the sweatband as possible.
  Then make a pancake with a diameter of at least nine inches, and eat the whole pancake.
  You have two minutes to tuck things in your sweatband, and then eight minutes to cook and eat your pancake.
  Most kitchen items successfully kept inside the sweatband wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get an egg as close to the centre of the target as possible.
  You must stand on the spot when taking your turn.
  You must ROLL two of your eggs.
  The person whose egg is furthest from the centre of the target after each round is eliminated.
  The person in first place goes first.


brief:
  Put something genuinely surprising in this chocolate egg.
  You have one hour, after which Alex will open your chocolate egg.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Find out what you have in common with this person.
  You must look the person in the eye throughout the task.
  You must shake hands every time you discover something in common.
  Most remarkable things in common wins.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing these high heels, create the best dot-to-dot picture on this canvas.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Stick a plaster to the correct body part.
  Alex will say the names of three body parts.
  You must stick a plaster to the body part that comes second in the dictionary out of the three body parts.
  Slowest person to stick a plaster to the correct body part is eliminated.
  Last player standing wins.


brief:
  Make the biggest bubble and then burst it with your nose.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Perform a scene from Taskmaster: The Musical.
  Best scene wins.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make an outfit of things bought in this stationary shop.
  You have 10 minutes and £50 to do your shopping, and 20 minutes to make your outfit.
  Your time starts now.

  Guess the pun Tim created to describe his outfit.


brief:
  Make this plastic bag as heavy as possible.
  You have 10 minutes, at the end of which the bag must hang unassisted on the scales for at least one minute.
  Heaviest bag at the end of that minute wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Knock over the fewest skittles.
  You may place one item on each of the three ramp sections, or you may place two items in one of the ramp sections.
  Your items must be found on this table, and may not include either you or the table.
  You may not tamper with the balls or the ramp.
  The bowling balls will be released in five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Blow the candle out from the furthest distance.
  Furthest person from the candle when candle goes out wins.
  You may not relight the candle after it goes out.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Tell the Taskmaster you love him in the most meaningful way.
  You have half an hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Display a number.
  You get one rosette if your number is higher than the number of the person on your right.
  You get one rosette if you number is lower than the number of the person on your left.
  If you display the same number as someone else in a round, you both lose all your rosettes.
  Most rosettes after three rounds wins.


brief:
  Design and demonstrate the best quick-change outfit.
  Best and quickest quick-change outfit wins.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Build the highest tower.
  You have five minutes from when your first box is assembled.
  You have a maximum time of 20 minutes from now.


brief:
  Work out the circumference of the caravan in baked beans.
  You have three minutes.
  Most accurate wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best fruit display hat.
  You may not touch or tamper with your hat.
  Only the fruit picker-uppers may touch the fruit.
  You may only hold the fruit picker-uppers by their handles.
  Best fruit display hat wins.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Write a 10-word story before you reach the finish line.
  You must be running while writing.
  Fastest across the finish line with a proper story wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Paint the best picture of this still life.
  The painter must remain blindfolded throughout.
  The other person/people may not move from their chair(s) and may only say the following words: Banana, Down, Left, Less, More, Pick, Right, Up, Whoops.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Predict what the person whose first name comes after yours alphabetically will do with one of the objects, then do something yourself with one of the objects.
  You also get five points if the person whose first name comes before yours alphabetically correctly predicts your own action.


brief:
  Draw the biggest and best circle.
  Biggest and best circle wins.
  Your circle must be completed in one single sweep.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the highest tower of cans within your hoop.
  You have 100 seconds, during which you must also be within your hoop.
  If you step out of your hoop during the 100 seconds, you will be disqualified.
  After the 100 seconds, you must step out of your hoop and not touch your tower again.
  Highest self-supporting tower of cans within your hoop 10 seconds after the final whistle wins.


brief:
  Excite Alex.
  Greatest increase in Alex’s current heart rate wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best noise.
  When you are ready to make your noise you must say: “This is my best noise.” After you have made your noise, you must remain still and silent for at least 10 seconds.
  You have 20 minutes and one attempt.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this ball in that hole in as few strokes as possible.
  The ball must only be struck.
  The ball must never be carried.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write down a ten-word fact.
  You will have 100 seconds.
  There is a bonus point for the best fact.

  Mouth your fact to the Taskmaster without making any noise whatsoever.
  Most words understood by the Taskmaster wins.


brief:
  Work out what happens when you flick this switch on.
  You may not take the switch out of this room.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Dramatically alter your appearance.
  Most dramatic alteration wins.
  You may start altering your appearance when you are inside the lift and the doors are closed.
  You must stop altering your appearance when the doors open again.
  You may inspect the contents of the briefcase for five minutes before the lift doors open for the first time.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make these scales read 31.770kg.
  The scales must read 31.770kg for at least five seconds.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Correctly don the most items of clothing.
  You have 100 seconds.
  Most new items of clothing correctly donned wins.


brief:
  Make the best loo roll paper aeroplane.
  You have five minutes and one attempt.
  Furthest flight wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Deliver this task to Alex in the most spectacular way.
  Alex is in his caravan.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make as many white circles on the target as possible.
  You must not step beyond this rope.
  You must not move this rope or the target.
  You have 5 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Taking it in turns, each team must dangle one of these items on the hanger.
  A different member of the team must dangle each time.
  Once you’ve touched one of the items you must dangle it, and you must dangle with 20 seconds of the previous dangler.
  The team who doesn’t cause the items on the hanger to fall wins.


brief:
  Put exactly 50 different things in this bin.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time stops when you say: “I’ve put exactly 50 different things in this bin.” Your time starts when Alex touches you on the shoulder.


brief:
  Using all the items on this mat make the best picture of the Taskmaster.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write and perform the most suspenseful soap opera cliff-hanger.
  Your scene may last no more than one minute.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  In the lab there are 10 pairs of glasses.
  The pairs of glasses may not leave the lab.
  Without breaking any of the pairs of glasses, put all the pairs of glasses into the smallest of these boxes.
  You must select your box before leaving the caravan, and may not then change your mind.
  Smallest box containing all the pairs of glasses with the lid shut properly wins.
  You have a maximum total time of five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get your doughnut as high as possible.
  You must be holding hands with the people either side of you at all times.
  Highest doughnut after 100 seconds wins.
  If your doughnut is in the air after 100 seconds, its height will be measured from where it lands.


brief:
  Throw something into the bin on the other side of this fence.
  You may not use ladders.
  You may not touch the fence.
  You must stay this side of the fence.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best Christmas cracker.
  You have 10 minutes to order your materials, and 20 minutes to make your Christmas cracker.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Walk over and hit that drum in exactly 9.58 seconds.
  Also, there are two bonus points for the person with the most magnificent walk.


brief:
  Poke something out of the hole in the roof of this grotto.
  Least expected thing poked through wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  C.
  Your time starts now.
  Now look in the microwave.

  R.
  Now look in your pigeonhole.

  E.
  Now look under the doormat.

  A.
  Now look in the lab.

  M.
  Now look in the little blue book.

  S (at the beginning).
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Bob when you hear the surname of a famous Bob.
  Pat when you hear the surname of a famous Pat.
  Kneel when you hear the surname of a famous Neil.
  Stew when you hear the surname of a famous Stew.
  Wane when you hear the surname of a famous Wayne.
  If you do an incorrect action of fail to do any action within 10 seconds of hearing the name you are disqualified.
  Last person correctly bobbing, patting, kneeling, stewing or waning wins.


brief:
  Put the most money in the small bowl.
  You may not touch the small bowl.
  The small bowl must not sink.
  Also, you must say your own name at least once every 30 seconds.
  You have five minutes.
  The money in the small bowl with the highest total of numerical value wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Be photographed in the most unusual situation wearing this fez.
  You have eight weeks.
  Your time starts now.

  Hula.
  You have one minute.
  Your time starts now.

  Improve your hula-ing.
  Greatest improvement wins.
  You have until the studio shows.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Find the sock with a satsuma inside.
  You may not look inside any of your socks.
  You may squeeze five socks.
  You may stroke 10 socks.
  You may sniff 20 socks.
  You may put your hand inside three socks.
  You may put 11 socks on your feet.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Achieve a rally of exactly 24 shots.
  You much each take the same amount of shots.
  You must be stood at least 6’8” apart from one another.
  The object stuck must neither touch the ground nor be held at any point during the rally.
  There is a bonus point for the team which uses the most ambitious equipment.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write your name and draw a picture of a happy horse on your overhead projector acetate, upside-down.
  You must not rotate or manipulate your acetate.
  You have 100 seconds.
  Most accurate picture and writing when your acetate is overhead projected wins.


brief:
  When you hear this siren during a future task, put on your boiler suit and lie flat on the ground.
  You may not touch or move the boiler suit until the siren sounds.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Find the boiled egg.
  You may touch two eggs.
  You may damage two eggs.
  You may not damage the boiled egg.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Physically recreate a classic computer game.
  Best recreation wins.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Tie yourself up as securely as possible.
  Slowest to be released by Alex wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Prod the person in front of you with either a finger or a sausage.
  If the prodded person guesses incorrectly whether they were prodded with either a finger or a sausage, they get eliminated.
  Last prodded prodder standing wins.
  Winner takes all.


brief:
  Find the receiver of this baby monitor.
  You must leave your hat on.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best ventriloquist dummy and be chatted up by it.
  Most seductive ventriloquist dummy wins.
  You have 30 minutes and your scene must last no longer than 30 seconds.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Alex is on the bridge in the distance with lights on his head.
  Get as close as you can to Alex without him noticing you.
  Alex will duck down the wall for 10 seconds, then pop up for 10 seconds, then duck down for 10 seconds and so on until he notices you.
  The task starts when Alex first ducks down behind the wall, in one minute from now.


brief:
  Get the greatest weight of doughnuts in your bucket.
  You must have your hands on your hips at all times.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Peel a banana using only your feet.
  You may not touch the banana with your hands at any point.
  You may not damage your banana.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Put something on your face which looks like a moustache from a long distance away, but when you get up close you realise it is something completely different to what you thought.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your moustache, and 10 further minutes to make your moustache.
  Most unexpected moustache wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this rice into the bottle in the living room.
  You may only use the shopping basket and its contents to transport and deliver the rice.
  You may not touch the rice with anything other than the shopping basket and its contents.
  You may not take the bottle out of the living room.
  Most grains in the bottle wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Tell your teammates what is in this chest.
  Your teammate(s) must not see what is in the chest.
  After reading the task out you may not speak again until the task is over.
  In the first minute you may only use facial expressions.
  In the second minute you may only make noises.
  In the third minute you may only shout adjectives.
  From then on you may only whisper verbs.
  Fastest correct communication wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Travel the furthest distance while making a constant noise with your mouth.
  You must start travelling in 30 seconds from now.
  Furthest wins.


brief:
  Say a species of bird, eat a grape and then shout a competitor's name, within five seconds of hearing your own name.
  If you fail to say a different species or bird, pop a grape in your mouth and shout a competitor’s name within five seconds of hearing your own name, you will be eliminated.
  You must not say any bird which has previously been said during the task.
  Last remaining player wins.


brief:
  Build the best volcano.
  You have 10 minutes to design your volcano blueprint.
  You then have 20 minutes to build and demonstrate your volcano.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Work out what Alex Horne is wearing next door.
  Both you and Alex must stay in your seats at all times.
  Alex may only communicate with Alex Horne’s horn.
  You have a maximum of 15 minutes.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Alex is in the living room.
  In 20 minutes from now you must apologise to Alex for something you have done in that time.
  Best apology for worst thing wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get into one sleeping bag, with your arms through the armholes, the zip zipped up and the hood on your head.
  Then stand to attention and salute the Taskmaster for a full five seconds.
  Then get into the other sleeping bag, with your arms through the armholes, the zip zipped up and the hood on your head, while still in your first sleeping bag.
  Then skip once.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Get this loo roll through the toilet seat.
  You may not lower the toilet seat.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best thing to engage a toddler.
  The toddler will have five minutes with your thing.
  Most engaged toddler wins.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put the most weight in the hammock, without anything falling out of the hammock.
  If anything falls out of the hammock, you are disqualified.
  Most weight in the hammock after 10 minutes wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Choose a hoop you think you can throw a frying pan into.
  Choose a distance from which you can throw a frying pan into that hoop.
  If you choose the big hoop you have one attempt, if you choose the medium hoop you have two attempts, if you choose the small hoop you have three attempts.
  The person who throws most of their frying pan into their hoop from the longest distance wins.


brief:
  Divert the sand from Bucket A into Bucket B.
  You may not touch the sand.
  You may not move the buckets.
  You may not leave the room.
  Most sand diverted into Bucket B wins.
  Your time stops when the sand stops.


brief:
  Make the most realistic injury using food.
  You have five minutes to choose your ingredients, and then 10 minutes to make your realistic injury.
  If two or more people use tomato ketchup, they are disqualified.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Have a long-distance game of catch with this beach ball.
  One team member must be filmed in one location throwing the ball out of shot.
  Another team member must be filmed in a different location catching the ball correctly and throwing it out of shot.
  Another team member must be filmed in another location catching the ball correctly and throwing the ball out of shot and so on.
  Greatest distance apparently covered by the beach ball wins.
  You have two months.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Herd the most ping pong balls into the ping pong pen.
  You may only touch the ping pong balls with the basketball, the string or one little finger.
  You may not move the ping pong pens.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Recreate the scene in the box.
  You will parade past it once and must be touching the person in front of you throughout the parade.
  Most accurate scene recreation wins.
  You have 200 seconds after the parade.


brief:
  Completely conceal yourself inside this phone box.
  No part of you or your clothing may be visible from outside the phone box.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time stops when you shout: “I’m invisible!” Your time starts now.


brief:
  Design the most iconic album cover.
  Best album cover, album title and band name wins.
  Your album cover photo will be taken in 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  In five minutes you return this pack of the cards to Alex in the lab, and tell Alex the order the cards are currently in.
  You may not leave this room during the five minutes.
  Most correctly named cards wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Score a goal from the furthest distance.
  You may only take one shot.
  If you don’t score a goal, you are disqualified.
  You must perform a terrific goal celebration whether or not you score your goal.
  There might be a bonus point for best goal celebration.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Standing behind the first line, roll your loo roll beyond the second line.
  If your loo roll fails to roll beyond the second line or falls from the runway, you are eliminated from the task.

  Retrieve your shoe.
  You may not cross the line in front of you.
  If your shoe falls off your loo roll or your loo roll breaks, you are eliminated from the task.
  Fastest wins.
  Winner takes all.


brief:
  Find the pink ladies.
  If you touch or move a bowl, you must turn it over.
  If you find the green egg, you are disqualified.
  Most pink ladies wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Choose an outfit that the contestant whose first name comes after yours alphabetically must wear throughout a future task.
  You have two minutes to make your choice.
  Your time starts now.

  Correctly wearing your complete outfit, identify the flavours of these crisps.
  Closest guesses wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Do the most powerful thing with your little finger.
  Most powerful thing done with your little finger wins.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Do not release the green egg.
  Each team will be asked a question in turn.
  If you pull the string with the correct answer you will not release the green egg.
  A different member of your team must answer each time.
  You must pull a string within 30 seconds.
  The team that doesn’t release the green egg wins.


brief:
  Make a picture in the sand of a former Taskmaster contestant using one of these implements.
  You must roll the dice to choose your implement.
  Nothing but air may touch the sand at any point.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts as soon as you roll the dice.


brief:
  Catch all the red balls in things from the shed.
  Catch all the yellow balls in clothing.
  Don’t let the green balls touch anything other than the grass.
  Catch the blue ball in something from the kitchen.
  Red balls are worth one point, yellow balls two points, the blue ball five points, but you lose two points for every green ball that touches anything other than the grass.
  You may not touch the ball machines.
  Any non-green ball which touches the ground at any point will not count.
  Highest score wins.
  The balls will start firing in two minutes from now.


brief:
  Make this beach ball cross the finishing line.
  Only water may touch the beach ball.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Complete the five-syllable word started by the Taskmaster.
  Honk your horn if you think you know what word the Taskmaster is going to say.
  If you guess it correctly after one syllable you get five points, if you guess it correctly after two syllables you get four points, three syllables for three points and four syllables for two points.
  If you guess incorrectly, you lose all your points.
  You may only guess once per word.
  Highest score after 10 words wins.
  Winner takes all.


brief:
  Bounce one of these balls the most times so that it lands in that bin.
  After propelling the ball you may not touch or strike it on its way to that bin.
  Most bounces between propulsion and that bin wins.
  You must use the ball you touched first.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Devise the most delicious dust.
  You have five minutes to choose your ingredients, and then 10 minutes to make your delicious dust and serve it in this dustpan.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make yourselves look like one person.
  The team that looks and moves most like one person wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts when one of you looks at another one of you.


brief:
  Remaining as one person throughout, put on these yellow wellington boots, eat this banana, and put the banana skin in the yellow bin over there.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Stack the most bowls and plates on your head.
  You must stack them one at a time.
  Also, you must stand upright when you stack.
  Also, you may not touch a bowl or plate that is already stacked.
  Also, you must stack the bowls and plates alternately.
  Also, you must stay standing on your spot throughout the task.
  Most bowls and plates stacked correctly after 100 seconds wins.


brief:
  Make yourself some tremendous pretend legs.
  You have five minutes to order up to five items from Alex.
  Once Alex has shopped for the items you have 20 minutes to make your tremendous legs and then demonstrate them.
  Most tremendous pretend legs wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Follow the instructions on the signs and park this buggy in the parking bay.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes to prepare your journey, during which you may not move any of the items on the course.
  Your journey must start from where the buggy is now.
  Also, you must be wearing this blindfold correctly at all times during your journey.
  Most accurate journey wins.
  Your preparation time starts now.


brief:
  Correctly wearing these goggles and with your eyes open at all times, retrieve your duck.
  You must stand on spot and hold the stick by the handle.
  You must stay standing on your spot at all times.
  Fastest to hold their duck in their hand above their head wins.
  You have a maximum of three minutes.


brief:
  Hide three aubergines in this room.
  Longest time for Alex to find them wins.
  You have nine minutes, after which Alex will start searching for the three aubergines.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Arrange the lollies in rainbow order on the board in front of you.
  You may only take off your goggles if you find the dodo.
  You may only accuse one thing of being a dodo.
  Most accurate rainbow order wins.
  You have seven minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw the second-longest snake.
  You snake must be half-an-inch wide at all points.
  You snake must be neatly curled up again after three minutes.
  There is a bonus point for the best snake.


brief:
  Correctly identify which bin Alex is in.
  You must adhere to the commandments behind the curtain.
  You may only have one guess.
  No bins are to be opened at any point during the task unless authorised.
  Fastest correct guess wins.
  Your time starts now and stops when you have your guess.
  The Seven Commandments:
  I - You may wheel one bin three metres.
  II - You may gently shake one bin.
  III - You may strike one bin with a frying pan.
  IV - You may push one bin over.
  V - You may listen to one bin with a stethoscope.
  VI - You may avert your eyes and drop one thing into one bin.
  VII - You may phone Alex's phone from the phone in the phone box.


brief:
  Draw a portrait of the Taskmaster using 16 A1 pages.
  You may not remove the A1 pages from the flipchart during your drawing.
  After the task, the A1 pages will be laid out in the pattern shown on the front page.
  You may only draw on the flipchart paper.
  Best portrait wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Complete this adventure.
  Unless otherwise stated, you must stick together and only open one task after you have completed the previous one.
  Fastest wins.
  Now either look in the toaster or go to the shed.


brief:
  Make a lovely little ball arrangement.
  You have 100 seconds.

  Flatten all of the yellow balls, throw all of the red balls into the bucket and turn all the blue balls into one big blue ball.
  Most balls in the right shape and place after 100 seconds wins.


brief:
  Go to the caravan.
  You must enter the caravan in two minutes of Alex entering the caravan.

  List all the things that are hanging from the wooden board in the lab.
  Also, say the colour of the wooden board in the lab.
  Also, say what Alex said to you in the lab.
  Most correct answers wins.
  You have three minutes.
  You may not leave the caravan.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Build the most robust statue of the most delicate thing using the materials provided and place it on the red cross.
  Your delicate thing must be recognisable on the red cross an hour after you finish and should leave you feeling enormously proud of your creation.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Break something into the most parts and completely fix it.
  You have five minutes to select your item, three minutes to break it and seven minutes to fix it.
  Your selection time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing your blindfold correctly at all times, fill a pint glass with water.
  If you make a big mess, you are disqualified.
  Closest to a pint of water wins.
  You have three minutes.


brief:
  Bring a classic board game to life.
  Best real-life board game wins.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Say a letter of the alphabet.
  You have 10 seconds.
  Your time starts now.

  Put the most things beginning with the letter you just said on this tray.
  The tray may not leave Alex, and Alex may not leave the lab.
  Most things beginning with the letter you just said on the tray in five minutes from now wins.


brief:
  Throw your things far, but not too far.
  Taking it in turns you must select a thing, and throw it beyond the line, but not off the runway.
  If your thing does not end up in the safe zone you are disqualified.
  If all objects end up in the safe zone, the person who has thrown their thing the shortest distance is disqualified.
  You may not manipulate your things in any way before throwing them.
  Last player standing wins.


brief:
  Make the most accurate and inventive egg timer.
  You have 10 minutes to plan your egg timer, and then 20 minutes to make your egg timer, after which Alex will boil an egg for as long as your egg timer lasts.
  The Taskmaster likes his eggs runny, but not too runny.
  You may not use any pre-existing timing devices.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get to know this person.
  You will be tested on your knowledge of this person in 10 minutes time.
  You may not write anything down or leave the lab.
  You must take it in turns to ask a completely different question.
  The person will tell the truth, lie, then brag in that order, but not necessarily starting with the truth.
  Your time starts now.

  Welcome to the exam.
  You may confer, and I will then only accept your first answer.
  The exam will last a maximum of ten minutes from now.

  There is a bonus point for whoever can best recreate the person's party trick.


brief:
  Looking at your mirror and facing forward at all times, build the highest tower of bricks on the table behind you.
  You must stay on your spot and use your litter pickers at all times.
  Highest tower after two minutes wins.


brief:
  Make a part of your body look abnormally long.
  Most realistic and abnormally extended body part wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Push a melon up the slide and into the caravan with these breadsticks.
  Only breadsticks may touch the melon at any point.
  There is a bonus point for the fewest breadsticks used.
  You may not adjust the slide.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Serenade yourself.
  You have 20 minutes to perform and receive your serenade.
  Most sensational self-serenade wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Slide a drink to the Taskmaster.
  The worst slider each round must leave the bar.
  Last person at the bar wins.


brief:
  Get an entire egg into one of those metal things.
  Highest single score wins.
  If you get an entire egg into one of those metal things without the egg breaking, the score is doubled.
  You may not move the chair or the metal things, and you must release your egg while on the chair.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Forge the best Mount Rushmore.
  You have 10 minutes to write your shopping list and 30 minutes to forge your Mount Rushmore.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Join your hands together so your palms are touching and each finger of one hand is touching the equivalent finger of the other hand.
  Your hands must stay in this position for the entirety of the task.
  Now turn the task over.

  Put the most gold rings on this drumstick.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Read the Taskmaster’s mind.
  The Taskmaster will choose a card.
  You must state if that card features a horse or a laminator.
  You will receive one point for every correct answer in a row.


brief:
  Throw something into this pedal bin from the furthest distance.
  The pedal bin must be shut when you throw your thing.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write the best lyrics to the Taskmaster theme tune and perform them in the most memorable way.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Supply the sound for this film.
  You will have one chance to perform all the sounds in time within the film in exactly 20 minutes from now.


brief:
  Without adjusting your welders mask at any point, draw your own face on the front of your welders mask.
  Your face should be the same size as your face, and either very angry or very happy.
  Most detailed and accurate face wins.
  You have three minutes.


brief:
  Give Alex the five-word instruction in the most spy-like way.
  You must not be seen or heard communicating with Alex in any way.
  Most subtly but successfully communicated instruction wins.
  You have 20 minutes, in which Alex must carry out your instruction.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Inflate, tie and pop as many balloons as possible in 10 minutes.
  Once you pop your first balloon, you may not inflate any more balloons.
  If any of your balloons are still inflated after 10 minutes you are disqualified.
  Most popped balloons wins.
  Also, you may not look at a clock or any sort of timing device at any point.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make either a knee and an elbow, a knee and a knee, or an elbow and an elbow look like a famous couple.
  You must only use your knees and elbows.
  Best representation of a famous couple on knees and/or elbows wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Standing in a queue, draw the most accurate pictures.
  Alex will show the person at the back of the queue a picture.
  The person at the back of the queue must draw this picture on the back of the person in front of them.
  The person at the front of the queue must draw the picture they think has been drawn on their back on their pad.
  You have one minute per drawing.
  No-one may communicate with anyone else.
  The team with the most accurate three drawings wins.


brief:
  Make the best cup of tea in this teacup.
  You must use all the equipment on the table.
  You must not use anything from the kitchen.
  You must wear the washing-up gloves throughout the task.
  Best cup of tea wins.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Complete the seven tasks.
  When you touch a task in any way, you must complete it before looking inside another task.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.

  Complete the jigsaw.

  Hide all the jigsaw pieces around the garden.

  Put this wheelbarrow in the caravan.
  The wheelbarrow must stay in the caravan for the rest of the task.

  Put 20 things all bigger than a tennis ball in the wheelbarrow.

  Roll the bowling ball from behind the rope at the top of the drive, so it knocks over at least one of the skittles in front of the front door.

  Build a tower of bricks on this red circle.
  The tower must be at least 26 inches high and must remain standing until all the tasks are complete.

  Place one of your hands on your hips and keep it there until you have completed all of the tasks.


brief:
  Pull the short breadstick.
  Taking it in turns, you must pull a breadstick out of the apron of the person next to you.
  Before each pull the breadstick’s bearer must point to one of their breadsticks, wink and say: “This is the short breadstick.” If you pull the short breadstick, that breadstick bearer is disqualified.
  Last remaining player wins.
  Winner takes all.


brief:
  Make a pop-up toy pause for the longest before it pops up.
  You may use one of the spreads provided to make your pause longer.


brief:
  Knock the coconut off its perch.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.

  Put all these drinks on the table in the caravan without spilling a single drop.
  Also, you must be clutching this teddy at all times.
  Also, you must not walk on the grass while holding drinks.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the largest object properly vanish.
  Largest object to properly vanish wins.
  You may not use any editing trickery.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Land the most egg in the frying pan.
  You may not throw any egg.
  You must stay on this balcony and you may only use the contents of one of the boxes.
  You have 20 minutes or until you run out of eggs.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get the most balls in your bucket.
  At the end of the task, all the balls in your bucket must be the same colour as each other.
  You will lose five points for every different coloured ball in your bucket.
  You may only touch your litter pickers and you must stay on your spot at all times.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Find the treasure.
  Do not break the box.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.

  Make one different noise for 10 seconds every minute for 20 minutes.
  Each noise must be slightly louder than the last and you must make no other noise during the 20 minutes.
  You must stay on this chair throughout the 20 minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex blows the whistle.


brief:
  Make the best portrait of the Taskmaster and his favourite toy, using only balloons, pegs and your own clothes.
  Your portrait must fill this frame.
  You have thirty minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get all the exercise balls in the hoops.
  You may not move the hoops or get out of the boat.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Guess the things that are making the noise.
  You will receive one point for every correct answer.
  Most accurate guesser wins.


brief:
  Select one of five wind-up toy dinosaurs and make it travel the furthest across a table.
  You have thirty seconds to select your toy.
  If the toy falls off the table you are disqualified.
  Furthest wins.


brief:
  Put all the spaghetti into the grapefruit.
  The grapefruit may not leave this room.
  Most spaghetti in the grapefruit wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  For the last eight minutes you must stand with both feet on the spot on the floor.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Catapult this shoe into the bath using a homemade catapult contraption.
  Only your feet may operate your catapult contraption.
  You may not move the bath or this red green, and you must build your catapult contraption on this red green.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw a picture of the object on your card.
  You may not speak or communicate with your teammates in any way.
  You must stay on your spot and not move the canvas or turntable.
  You may not start drawing until the whistle blows.
  First team to guess their object wins.
  Each teammate scores two points for every correct guess.


brief:
  Secretly put something that looks amazing in your bag.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Persuade the security guard to look in your bag.
  You may describe what is in your bag, but you must not say what is in your bag.
  You must stay on your spot at all times, and you must not reveal the contents of your bag at any point, starting with the tallest person.
  The tallest person can start talking in thirty seconds from now.


brief:
  Drop this water balloon from the greatest height without it bursting.
  You may not damage the water balloon or remove any water from it.
  You have 10 minutes and one attempt.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Roll an edible sphere across the finish line.
  The person whose edible sphere crosses the finish line first each round is eliminated.
  If your edible sphere stops moving before the finishing line you are eliminated.
  Slowest edible sphere roller wins.


brief:
  Bag the heaviest thing from the furthest distance.
  Your attempt ends when you have bagged an item.
  Highest score wins.
  Your score is the weight of the bagged object in grams multiplied by the distance from the bagging machine in centimetres.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Paint a picture of a howling wolf on this teapot.
  You may not touch the teapot or remove it from the turntable and you may not tamper with the turntable or its power.
  The turntable will keep speeding up until you have named 20 American states.
  If you do name 20 American states, this turntable will slow down.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Do something out of character with this £20.
  Most out-of-character thing wins.
  You have three months.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Eat the most watermelon.
  The watermelon must not leave the lab.
  You must be wearing a boiler suit and safety goggles when you are eating the watermelon.
  You must not feed yourself.
  You have four minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Eat the most watermelon.
  You must be wearing a boiler suit and safety goggles when you are eating the watermelon.
  You must stay on your platform at all times.
  You must not feed yourself.
  You must only eat the watermelon that is on your platform.
  You have four minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Say the most different words without hesitating for more than two seconds.
  Any words already said will not count.
  The person who says the fewest words each round is eliminated.
  The person in last place goes first.


brief:
  Silently, make the tastiest and prettiest cocktail with the coolest name.
  If you make any noise over 60dB, you most pour anything you’ve prepared into the bucket and shout “I love this” / “I've done it again” / “woof” / “I'm so sorry” / “failure” at a volume of over 100dB and start again.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw the animal that is watching you.
  The animal is wearing a hat.
  You may not leave this room and you must look in the mirror at all times.
  Most accurate drawing wins.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get the most water from butt A into butt B.
  You may not move a butt in the first five minutes.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw the animal named on your card.
  Each artist may draw three straight lines on their turn.
  That artist’s teammates may have one guess after these three lines.
  If the guess is incorrect, the other team’s artist can draw their straight lines.
  You may not speak or communicate with your teammates in any way.
  Each team member gets two points for each team victory.


brief:
  Get to that finish line clutching chicken No. 2.
  Get chicken No. 1 across the start line aboard the radio-controlled robot.
  You must sit on the office chair at all times.
  If anything touches the little robots your attempt is over.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Tell your teammate what is in this safe.
  You may speak into this microphone and they will hear your message played backwards.
  You have 10 minutes to open the safe and record your message.
  The most accurate answer wins.
  Your time starts now.

  Decipher the message to work out what’s in the safe.


brief:
  Make the best marble run.
  The marble that rolls for the longest time wins.
  After releasing your marble, you may not touch your marble, nor do anything to affect its movement.
  You have 30 minutes and one official attempt.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Communicate to the Taskmaster the item on your card.
  You may only make noises.
  You may not use any actions, or anything that sounds like a word.
  Slowest communicator each round is eliminated.
  Last communicator standing wins.


brief:
  Calculate how many sheets there are on a loo roll.
  Closest to the correct answer wins.
  You have 30 seconds.


brief:
  Fill this cup so that it overfloweth.
  The cup must remain atop the cup pole at all times.
  Only liquids may touch the red green.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Learn your lines.
  You have 10 minutes to prepare for each of your parts, then one take to pull it off.
  Best performance wins.
  Your first 10 minutes starts now.


brief:
  Drink one full tablespoon of coconut water.
  If you use the same coconut water extraction method as another contestant, you will both be disqualified.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Stare at your opponent without blinking.
  You must both be pulling the face that the Taskmaster chooses.
  First person to blink, look away or do the wrong expression loses.
  Each team member gets two points for each team victory.


brief:
  Make the biggest beer mat house on this table.
  While making your biggest beer mat house you must ring the doorbell after exactly one minute, then after 58 more seconds, then 56 seconds, and so on until zero seconds.
  Biggest beer mat house wins.
  If you make more than two mistakes with the doorbell timing you will be disqualified.
  Your time ends when you press the doorbell for the last time, and starts now.


brief:
  Complete the most tasks.
  There is one task behind each door.
  You may choose the order to open the doors.
  You may only move when the doors are moving and you must stay this side of the line.
  During the task, you must tell Alex which door to open within one minute of the previous door closing.
  You must tell Alex which door to open first within one minute from now.

  Throw 10 yellow things through this door.

  Kick three orange things through this door.

  Empty the bucket and put both your shoes in it.

  Eat a whole banana.

  Sit on the bucket and completely peel an orange and a banana.


brief:
  Work out how many balls are in the basket.
  Every ball must be in the basket when you make your guess.
  Closest to the correct answer wins.
  You have four minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw this monster the Taskmaster is going to describe.
  Most accurate drawing wins.
  You have two minutes from when the Taskmaster starts talking.
  The Taskmaster will only give his description once.


brief:
  Put these wellies on the spider’s feet.
  You must carry a welly at all times, but you must never carry more than three wellies.
  You must not cut, untie or snap the twine.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Perform this song.
  You have 20 minutes to prepare for your performance.
  Best all-round performance wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Neatly hang all of Bernard’s clothes on that coat rail.
  You must stay behind the line at all times.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Wearing mittens at all time, balance either all the mints or all the biscuits on a spaghetti bridge.
  The mints or biscuits must only touch spaghetti.
  The spaghetti must be balanced on the coconuts.
  The coconuts must remain on their stands.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Get the biggest thing through the doughnut without breaking the doughnut.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Sculpt the scene on the other side of this wall.
  Most accurate sculpture wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Build the lightest tower on this set of scales.
  You may not move the scales or tape anything to them, and you may not tamper with or block the fan.
  The fan will be on for one minute every other minute.
  At the end of 10 minutes, your tower must be taller than a wolf and stand by itself for 10 seconds.
  Lightest tower wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Without your fellow contestants seeing, select one object from your box.
  If you select the same object as one of your fellow contestants you will both lose 1 actual point.
  You have 30 seconds.

  Strike the most balls into the bath with your object.
  If any of your balls touch the Taskmaster you lose one actual point.
  You have one minute.


brief:
  Do the most impressive thing under this table with one hand.
  You must be looking at the camera and waving with your other hand throughout your impressive thing.
  You have 15 minutes to prepare for your impressive thing, then a minute in which to do your impressive thing.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Catch the rat.
  Most ingenious catching of the rat wins.
  You must be at least three metres from the rat when you catch it.
  The rat will run over the red green in 30 minutes from now.


brief:
  Deliver all the plates to Alex.
  When carrying the plates, you must travel by scooter or bicycle or hoverboard.
  For every plate fallen or broken, you will have 20 minutes added to your time.
  Fastest wins.
  You may start moving plates in three minutes from now.


brief:
  Stack your buckets so that they are taller than you, then put one beanbag on top of the buckets.
  You may not leave your spot at any point.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Make that balloon hover untethered for 20 seconds.
  During the hovering, the top of the balloon must not be higher than your chin, and the bottom of the balloon must not be lower than your waist.
  Also, you must sneer throughout the 20 seconds.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Have an argument.
  You must take it in turns to angrily make a point using no more than 10 words, and you must always end your point with a different four-letter word.
  You must look at each other throughout the argument and the person speaking must angrily wag their finger during their speech.
  The argument is over when there is 10 second of silence, or when one of you looks away.
  Longest argument wins.
  Your argument must begin three minutes from now.


brief:
  Correctly guess your standing in the group.
  The Taskmaster will read out a category, then you must hold the number that reflects your standing in the group.
  Most correct answers wins.


brief:
  Make the sauna stones hiss.
  You must be standing behind the rope when the stones hiss.
  You may not move the stones or the rope.
  You may not use a hose.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Create the best new way to remember how many days each month has.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get all of your luggage through security.
  You must stay inside the maze until your luggage has been through the x-ray machine.
  You may go under one rope, and release one rope.
  You may also disconnect one pole completely, but you must then pick up that pole and carry it for the rest of the task.
  If any of your luggage touches any of the barriers, the maze will restart and you must start again.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Act out the nursery rhymes for the Taskmaster to guess.
  Each team has three minutes to act out their nursery rhymes.
  Most nursery rhymes guessed by the taskmaster wins.
  You must remain silent and on your spots throughout.


brief:
  Get all of the banana in the bottle.
  You may not break the bottle.
  The bottle may not leave the lab.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put the bag of salt on that table over there.
  No-one may move while holding the bag of salt.
  If the bag of salt touches the ground at any point, you must return to your starting point.
  If any bell touches the ground at any point, you must return to your starting point.
  You may not touch the rope or your belts.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this sheet of loo roll as far from here as possible.
  Only this sheet of loo roll may touch the ground.
  The loo roll must not break at any point.
  The loo roll inner tube must stay on the loo roll holder at all times.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write down what five things are in the bowl under the table, and how many of each thing there are.
  You must look at the Taskmaster throughout this task.
  One of your hands must be in the bowl, and the other must be holding your pen throughout the task.
  You have two minutes.
  Most accurate answers wins.


brief:
  Cover your lower half in biodegradable cling film and gaffer tape so that no part of your lower half isn’t covered in biodegradable cling film and gaffer tape.
  Your time starts now.

  Put on the captain’s hat.
  Your lower half must be completely covered in biodegradable cling film and gaffer tape when you’re wearing the captain’s hat.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the best uniform for this bee.
  You must wear your beekeeping outfit throughout the task.
  You have five minutes to order five items, then 15 minutes to make the uniform.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Arrange the seven objects in a line on the table, in order of how many sides they have: fewest sides on your left; most sides on your right.
  You may only touch the objects with your face.
  If anything falls from the table, you are disqualified.
  You have 10 minutes.
  You must put on your darkness goggles now.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Grab the marshmallow with your tongs.
  When the Taskmaster says 'play', you have 10 seconds to grab the marshmallow.
  Once your tongs are over the table, you must attempt to grab the marshmallow.
  If you successfully grab the marshmallow, you win.

  Bat away the marshmallow.
  When the Taskmaster says 'play', you will have 10 seconds to bat away the marshmallow.
  Your hands may not be over the table until the other player's tongs are over the table.
  If your hand is over the table first, you are disqualified from the round.
  If you bat away the marshmallow, you win.


brief:
  Make the best portrait of the Taskmaster on this door using only your feet.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Identify the contents of the battered items in this fish 'n' chips order.
  You may lick and sniff all of the items.
  You may bite into two.
  You may squeeze one between your elbows.
  You may really stamp on one.
  You may look at one through a magnifying glass.
  You may put one in a glass of water.
  Most correctly identified items wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Tie the very ends of the string to the arms of the glasses, and then put the glasses on.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Fire as many rubber bands as possible into Alex’s dangerously-positioned bum bag.
  You have two minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Complete these tasks.
  Most tasks wins.
  You may not step beyond this line.
  You had 10 minutes from when the fuse was lit.
  Attack the biscuit
  Chuck the dog
  Embrace the fish
  Grab the hat
  Inspect the jacket
  Kick the lemon
  Mash the nectarine
  Open the plum
  Quaff the Ribena
  Sniff the turnip
  Undermine the vole
  Whack the xylophone
  Yank the zebra


brief:
  Make the best babushka meal.
  Each course must be presented inside the previous course.
  Best babushka meal wins.
  You have five minutes to order your ingredients, and 20 minutes to prepare your babushka meal.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get out of the front gate, setting off the alarm the fewest times.
  Every time the alarm goes off, you must start again.
  You must only step on your stepping stones.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make your rubber gloves and wellies as heavy as possible whilst wearing your rubber gloves and wellies.
  You have 90 seconds.
  You must only put things in your rubber gloves for the first minute.


brief:
  Say the word ‘metronome’ between each tick of this metronome.
  You may not touch or stop the metronome.
  Also, you must blow up and tie a balloon so that it’s bigger than your head, neatly gift wrap the balloon, and eat three whole poppadoms.
  You have five minutes.
  The person who accomplishes the most things with the fewest missed 'metronomes' wins.
  Your time starts when the metronome starts.


brief:
  Draw the best picture of a British animal.
  Each person must fill in one section at a time, and may not look at any other section during that time.
  Every section must be used, and you may not communicate with each other in any way during the task.
  Best picture of a British animal wins.
  You have three minutes per section.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Record the greatest aircraft safety announcement, then perform the greatest aircraft safety demonstration.
  Your announcement must be in an accent or language other than your own, and your demonstration must be unforgettable.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Stand on either one leg or both legs.
  You must do so, one at a time, behind this curtain, with your hands on your head.
  The Taskmaster will then guess if you're standing on either one leg, or both legs.
  If he guesses correctly, you are eliminated.
  The last person standing, on either one leg or both legs, wins.


brief:
  Make the most impressive and realistic weather for Taskmaster Island.
  You have 30 minutes, and your weather must last for no more than a minute.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Build a tower, and then topple a tower so that the yoghurt lands in a numbered square.
  You have one yoghurt, and one toppling attempt.
  Highest score wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Look the most different in four photos taken by the camera.
  The camera will spin around three times and take a picture every time it faces the frame.
  You must not hinder the camera or the spinning mechanism in any way.
  You must be in all four photos.
  Most varied set of photos wins.
  The camera will start spinning in 20 minutes from now.


brief:
  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 target 10 seconds after each round is eliminated.
  Last shover shoving wins.


brief:
  Make the best picture of a big, scary dinosaur using this photocopier.
  You may not leave the garage.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Scientifically work out how much Alex’s feet and head weigh.
  You may not use the internet.
  Most accurate answer wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Direct a teammate into the red circle.
  You must stay on your chair at all times.
  You may only issue one instruction of three words every 30 seconds.
  Fastest to get a teammate into the circle wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Keeping your head still at all times, correctly don your special outfit.
  For every second your face is out of the frame, 10 seconds will be added to your time.
  Put your hands in the air when you are correctly dressed.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Strike Alex with a ball.
  Alex may not run, hide or leave the Taskmaster grounds.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Paint the most flattering picture of the Taskmaster in action on the canvas in the lab.
  The canvas will either be six inches or six feet above you.
  You must lie flat on your back on the creeper at all times.
  You have 10 minutes.
  You must tell Alex if you want the canvas to be six inches or six feet above you within the next 10 seconds.


brief:
  Pop the balloon.
  You must stay behind the rope at all times.
  You must not move the rope.
  You may buy the tools you need with time.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when Alex has shown you his tool shop.


brief:
  Write down a cool hobby, a fun animal, and a famous person.
  You have 30 seconds.

  Strike a pose to represent first, your cool hobby, then your fun animal, then your famous person.
  You will have 10 seconds to strike a pose and must hold the pose until the end of the round.
  The Taskmaster will attempt to guess what each pose represents.
  You may not make a noise or movement when posed.


brief:
  Scale the mountain.
  Your attempt must last exactly five minutes and will be sped up by five times afterwards.
  Most thrilling ascent wins.
  You must start your ascent within the next 10 minutes.


brief:
  Work out the contents of these bags.
  You may not open the bags.
  You can either ask Alex to make one tiny hole in each bag, and have five minutes examination time, during which you must eat at least one big spoonful from each bag, or ask Alex to put all the contents in a blender for one minute, and then have 10 minutes examination time, during which eating is optional.


brief:
  Completely paint this space hopper green without making any mess.
  The entire space hopper must be green.
  The entire space hopper must stay in the dome.
  When you are satisfied that you are finished, put your hands on your hips and bow deeply at your green space hopper.
  Fastest and least messy wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Copy Alex.
  Alex will demonstrate his actions twice, then you will have one attempt to copy Alex.
  Closest copy wins.


brief:
  Make the highest sand bridge across the river.
  You may not leave the lab.
  Your sand bridge must support the egg, and the egg must be able to pass under the sand bridge.
  There are two bonus points for the most extravagant sand bridge.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Film the most thrilling 30-second sequence wearing the welly-cam.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Correctly guess your teammate's object.
  Your teammate will represent their object through the medium of shadows on the screen.
  Fastest correct guess wins two actual points per round.


brief:
  Complete the course as slowly as possible.
  You must be riding the bicycle forwards within the limits of the course at all times.
  Every time you put a foot on the ground, the clock will be paused, and your final time will be halved.
  If you leave the course or miss an instruction, your time will also be halved, and the clock will be paused until you are back in position.
  Slowest wins.
  Your time starts when Alex fires his starter's pistol in five minutes from now.


brief:
  Spread jam on a slice of toast in a really cool way.
  Coolest jam spreading wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Solve the riddle.
  You must all stay in your rooms.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.

  Solve the riddle.
  You must all stay in your rooms.
  Fastest wins.
  Also, you will get two bonus points if you can make one of your teammates say the word 'submarine'.
  You may not say 'submarine' at any point.
  If they think you've tried to make them say 'submarine', you lose two points.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get the most forks in your bucket.
  You may only throw a fork after a full spin on your chair.
  You must stay sat in your chair at all times and you may not move your chair.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Sit on a cake.
  Fastest wins.
  There are five bonus points available for the best cake.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get the most balls in the net.
  Everyone must stay on their spots at all times.
  If anyone other than the task reader touches or handles a ball, you lose five balls from your ball total.
  Also, the person on the middle spot must sit for 10 seconds and then stand up straight for 10 seconds on repeat.
  Any balls remaining between the task reader and the middle person will be deducted from your ball total.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex pretends his whistle isn't working.


brief:
  Prevent Alex from scoring a goal.
  Alex will attempt to score a goal in 15 minutes time, and the ball and goalposts must be on their spots when he doesl.
  You must be 12 yards from the ball when Alex attempts to score.
  Slowest goal scored by Alex wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pop the most balloons.
  You may pop between one and 10 balloons each turn.
  If you pop one of the five bad balloons, you are disqualified.
  The eventual winner gets 10 actual points.


brief:
  Bring in the most desirable thing for the person below you in the alphabet, or the highest, alphabetically, if you're the lowest, alphabetically.


brief:
  Land the iron on the ironing board from the furthest distance.
  The ironing board must be standing at its maximum height when the iron lands on it and the iron must remain on the ironing board for the attempt to count.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make a cute toy for a cute dog.
  The dog will have five minutes with your cute toy.
  Most engaged dog wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Sit on the red chair in the secret tower.
  You may only step on circles on your way.
  You may only stand on each circle once, unless it is black.
  You may stand on a black circle twice, but never twice in a row.
  Also you must put this task in the shredder within the first minute.
  If you fail for any reason, Alex will blow his whistle, return everything to its starting position, and you must start again.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when Alex says your name.


brief:
  Choose the number of sheets you want for the second part of the task.
  Each sheet will reduce your points total by five.
  You have 30 seconds to select your sheets.

  Make paper aeroplanes.
  Your paper aeroplanes must look like aeroplanes.
  You will have two minutes to make your paper aeroplanes, then 30 seconds each to throw all your paper aeroplanes into the receptacles.
  Most points wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put up a shelf for all the Taskmaster's snooker balls.
  All the Taskmaster's snooker balls must be at the Taskmaster's eyeline.
  Only the Taskmaster's snooker balls may be on the finished shelf.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write and perform a 30-second jingle.
  You must reach into the barrel to find the subject of your jingle, then pop a balloon to discover the instrument that you must play under your jingle.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts as soon as you have chosen your subject and instrument.


brief:
  Either get the pipe through the box and everything in it then get the box and everything in it through the pipe, or get the box and everything in it through the pipe then get the pipe through the box and everything in it.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Each person must direct their fellow contestants to draw an image.
  The drawing director may only use the following words: line, circle, square, big, small, up, down, left, right, middle, please, bendy.
  At the end of one minute, the drawers must write down what they think the image is.
  The drawers will receive one point per correct guess.
  The drawing director will also receive one point per correct guess.
  Most points overall wins.


brief:
  Make and wear a popcorn necklace with at least five pieces of popcorn and then do the opposite of the following:
  You must under no circumstances not avoid not making the bell not ring.
  The task is over when you have either rung the bell or not rung the bell and said "I did the right thing" three times.
  Fastest to not do the wrong thing wins.
  If you don't do the right thing, you lose five points.
  Your time started when you started reading the task.


brief:
  Play the most brilliant minute of socially-distanced sport.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Provide the most iconic and memorable commentary for this brilliant one minute of socially-distanced sport.
  One of you must commentate on the action, another must provide analysis.
  Best commentary on the most brilliant socially-distanced sport wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make your face look like another face when your face is turned upside-down.
  Most expressive and radically different upside-down face wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pop up before the object, but only just.
  You are only allowed to pop up once.
  Closest to the pop before the pop wins the round.
  If you pop up after the object, you get no points that round.


brief:
  Have the longest telephone conversation without the other person knowing you are trying to have a long telephone conversation.
  During the call, you must not mention television or Taskmaster.
  Every minute, you must reveal and carry out an action from the board.
  If the person you call says any of the key words, you must hang up immediately.
  You must call someone within two minutes from now.


brief:
  Strike the soldier with your throwing paint.
  The soldier will say your name every five seconds.
  You may not remove or tamper with your helmet.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when you are correctly wearing your helmet.


brief:
  Get the highest score by sliding your ducks.
  Each team will slide a pair of ducks three times.
  The duck slider must smirk at the Taskmaster whilst sliding their ducks.
  The winning team will receive five points per person, the losing team will get zero.


brief:
  Drink all this drink with your mouth open.
  Your mouth must be visibly open throughout.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts, and your mouth must open, when Alex blows the whistle.


brief:
  Using your whole body to make individual characters, describe the Taskmaster.
  Your description must be a minimum of 20 characters long.
  Most vivid description wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts when the whistle blows.

  Lick a chocolate button, stick it on your forehead, then transfer the chocolate button to your mouth without touching it with your hands or leaving the chair.
  Your time starts when the whistle blows.

  Work out what your teammate's tasks are.
  You must stay in the caravan and not communicate with your teammates in any way.
  After 10 minutes, you must write down what you think their tasks were.
  Best guesser wins.
  Your time starts when the whistle blows.


brief:
  One at a time, make a noise without the Taskmaster identifying you.
  The person who makes the most unidentified noises wins.


brief:
  Put the egg in the eggcup in the most daring way.
  If the egg breaks, you are disqualified.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Drink all the vinegar.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now, and stops when you shout "I've drunk all the vinegar!"


brief:
  Choose a length for this pole, then guide it through the course.
  The person who completes the course with the longest pole wins.
  Every time your pole touches something other than your hands, 10 centimetres will be taken from its length.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Choose a ball.
  You have 30 seconds.

  Turn your ball into a head.
  Your new head must be the head of one of your fellow contestants.
  Best head wins.
  You have 200 seconds.


brief:
  Find all 10 ducks.
  You must stay in the lab.
  Fastest wins.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes.
  Your time started when you entered the lab.


brief:
  Create the best picture of the Taskmaster using only lipstick on your lips.
  You have 10 minutes, and your picture must fill most of the canvas.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Devise a duel and have the duel with Alex.
  You have 20 minutes to devise your duel and have the duel with Alex.
  Most exhilarating duel wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Count to 13 as a group, each player taking it in turns to say a number.
  Every time you say an odd number, you must also squat.
  Every time you say an even number, you must also jump.
  If you make a mistake, you are out.
  If you reach 13, or someone is eliminated, other rules will be introduced.
  If the Taskmaster thinks you have hesitated for too long, you will be eliminated.


brief:
  Either tie a ribbon round the maypole or strike it with a ping pong ball.
  You must be properly blindfolded at all times, and must not step beyond the rope.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when Alex gives you a thumbs-up.


brief:
  Reveal the coolest photo in your phone.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Recreate the coolest photo in your phone.
  Most accurate recreation wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Score a goal with each of the exercise balls.
  You may only move the exercise balls on the pitch when driving the buggy.
  Each person must score a goal using their own personal wheels to drive the buggy, and no-one may score two goals in a row.
  Fastest hat-trick wins.
  Your time started when you broke the seal.


brief:
  Identify the object under your table and draw it on the canvas on the underside of your table.
  You must also write down three words to describe your object.
  Most accurate drawing wins.
  You must also stare menacingly at the Taskmaster at all times.
  You have 100 seconds.


brief:
  Accurately and emotionally recreate a great moment from history using these two traffic cones.
  Most accurate and emotional recreation wins.
  You've got 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make all of these things happen at the same time.
  The monsters must be squatting.
  The robot must be walking.
  The marble must be rolling.
  The cradle must be clicking.
  The sand must be falling.
  The fidget spinner must be spinning.
  The candles must be out.
  You must applaud when you think you've finished.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Enable Alex to bite his duck.
  You may not encroach upon the decking.
  Fastest wins.
  Also, the person who gets Alex the least wet gets a bonus point.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  As a team, put one of your faces and one of your legs through the hole.
  The Taskmaster will guess whether the leg belongs to the face or the other contestant.
  Most wrong guesses after three rounds wins.


brief:
  Display the shoe Alex is thinking of.
  All the other shoes must be out of sight at the end of your attempt.
  You may only ask yes or no questions and you must say "I have to find the shoe" / shout "No way!" / say "Okay, just one more thing" / laugh with disbelief / get increasingly exasperated after every answer.
  Fewest questions wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Give Alex the best stag minute.
  By the end of the stag minute, Alex must be ready to get married.
  You have 29 minutes to prepare for the stag minute.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make a stirring speech for the Taskmaster out of this bunting.
  Longest speech that is deemed to be stirring by the Taskmaster wins.
  You may only use the letters currently on the bunting.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Taking it in turns, roll a tyre down the Knappett.
  You must roll from on the stage.
  If your tyre does not pass the line, you may not roll any further tyres.
  If both your dolls topple, you may not roll any further tyres.
  Last doll standing wins.


brief:
  Give Alex a high five.
  The third fastest high fiver wins.
  If you are the first or the last you will receive no points.
  You must high five Alex in the next 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the water level rise to the top of the big fish tank.
  You have 15 minutes to gather six things, then you must put all six things in the big fish tank.
  You may not put anything in the big fish tank before the 15 minutes are up and, if any water leaves the big fish tank at any point, you are disqualified.
  Closest water level to the top of the big fish tank wins.
  No fish tanks may leave this room.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Answer Alex's phone call.
  If you find a cuddly toy, you must carry it with you until you answer Alex's phone call.
  Also, you must be making a noise over 50 decibels for at least 50% of the time until you answer Alex's phone.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pop three red balls out of your hole.
  You may only pop out one ball at a time.
  If you pop out a black ball, you must stop popping out balls, and scream for five seconds.
  If you pop out a white ball, everyone must stop popping out balls and dance like a worm for five seconds.
  If you pop out a duck, you are disqualified.
  Also, you must stare lovingly at the Taskmaster throughout the task.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Use the cement mixer for something other than mixing cement.
  Best use of a cement mixer, other than mixing cement, wins.
  Your time starts when Alex does an impression of you.


brief:
  Hold a meeting with yourselves.
  There must be eight of you at the meeting.
  Most dramatic meeting moment wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Correctly guess this person's first name.
  You most ask a 'yes' or 'no' question on your turn.
  If you take more than 10 seconds to ask your question, you miss a go.
  The person who guesses correctly wins 5 points.


brief:
  Sing "I've won" in your lowest voice, and "this tie-break" in your highest voice.
  Greatest vocal range wins.


brief:
  Deliver a cocktail to Greg.
  Your cocktail must have the following ingredients:
  3 different liquids, shaken and stirred.
  1 piece of fruit.
  Quite a bit of ice.
  Every ingredient must pass through a head pipe before entering the Taskmaster's glass.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now, and ends when you have garnished your cocktail with the umbrella.


brief:
  Sculpt the most beautiful sculpture.
  Your sculpture must weigh exactly 150g and be entirely edible.
  You have five minutes to order your ingredients, then 20 minutes to sculpt your sculpture.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Build the tallest tower of toilet rolls in front of your spot.
  You have 100 seconds.
  After 100 seconds, you will throw both of your shoes at the towers, one at a time, from the throwing spot.
  Whoever builds the tallest tower will throw first.
  The tallest toilet roll tower after all shoes are thrown wins.


brief:
  Learn Swedish.
  You will have a five minute conversation with a Swedish person in 15 minutes from now.
  The phrase book and tablet must remain in the caravan.
  Best demonstration of the Swedish language wins.
  Your time starts when you first said 'Swedish'.


brief:
  Stick your tongue out as far as it will go, and keep it out until further notice.

  Every time Alex blows his whistle, you must lick the lemon, then the sherbet, then the ice lolly.
  Every time Alex honks his horn, you must hold your tongue in front of the fan for five seconds.
  The tongue that sticks out for the longest time wins.


brief:
  Walk through this doorway wearing the longest shoes and the biggest hat.
  You must open the door and walk through this doorway wearing your long shoes and big hat within the next 20 minutes.
  There's a bonus point for the most stylish.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write down five things that fit the category given by the Taskmaster.
  Your team will receive a point if both players write down the same thing.
  If someone from the other team writes the same word as you, that word must be wiped from the boards.
  The team with the most points wins.
  You have 30 seconds to write your things, and you must be silent and still throughout.


brief:
  Get the most surprising thing delivered to the Taskmaster house.
  You have six hours.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the longest cup snake, and lie down next to it, outside this building.
  You may only leave the building twice.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Poke a part of your body out of the shower curtain and waggle it about for 10 seconds.
  The Taskmaster will guess what part of the body it is.
  The biggest part of the body that the Taskmaster incorrectly identifies wins.
  You must poke your body part out of the shower curtain and waggle it about within the next 15 minutes.


brief:
  Write down how many tin cans you think you can fit in your bag.
  The highest predicted number fitted in a zipped-up bag within one minute wins.
  If you don't zip up your bag or fit your predicted number of tin cans in your bag, you will be disqualified.
  After Alex blows his whistle, you will have 10 seconds to write down your number.


brief:
  Identify the liquids.
  Most accurately identified liquids wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get the most ducks in Alex's basket.
  You may only hold one duck at a time.
  If Alex rings his backwards bell, you must walk backwards until he honks his forwards horn.
  Alex will pedal as fast as he can unless you say one of the magic words.
  If you say a magic word, Alex will rest for 10 seconds.
  All the magic words are single-use magic words.
  Alex will cycle round the circuit for 10 minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex honks his horn.


brief:
  Record the best multi-track song about your team.
  You must record all six tracks with your voice or body, and each person must record the same number of tracks.
  Most powerful multi-track song wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Draw a life-size self portrait.
  Your nose must be poking through your nose hole at all times.
  Most accurate self portrait wins.
  You have 200 seconds.


brief:
  Look the most like a champion in the Taskmaster titles.
  You must do five different heroic things for five seconds.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Feed yourself a grape in the most elaborate way.
  Most elaborate self-feeding of a grape wins.
  You have one hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Cut holes in and create a scene on this board so that when you and Alex stick parts of your body through the holes, it looks wonderful.
  Most wonderful scene wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this duck into that pond.
  The duck must be launched from behind this rope, and you must stay behind this rope during its journey.
  You may not move the rope or the pond.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pack either five bricks or five balloons in your bag.
  One at a time, you must then walk across the stage and place your bag on the circle near the Taskmaster, who will guess whether you were packing bricks or balloons.
  If he guesses correctly, you are eliminated.
  If you deceive him, you qualify for another round.
  Most deceptions wins.
  You will have 100 seconds to pack your bag.


brief:
  What ten films are you in?
  You have 15 minutes.
  Most correct films named wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Land loo roll in the loo.
  You must stay on the spot at all times.
  Most loo roll in the loo wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Create the best picture of a bird on the black square.
  You may not step on or do anything to the black square.
  Alex will walk towards you every time you name a different bird.
  Alex will stop moving every time you name a different fish.
  You have a maximum of 15 minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex withdraws his nail.


brief:
  Get the most weight on the see-saw without popping the balloon.
  Taking it in turns, you must place a single item of your additional clothing in the triangular basket.
  The most weight in the triangular basket when the balloon pops wins, but if you pop the balloon, you get zero points.


brief:
  Print, laminate, and distribute the most signs.
  Each of your signs must be placed on a different seat, and all your signs must have a different instruction.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Obey all your signs.
  Highest percentage of signs obeyed wins.
  You have three minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put five grapes in the little bowl.
  You've got five minutes.
  You must wear the flippers as gloves for the entire five minutes.
  The most flour still on the plate after five minutes wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Sort the ducks and the socks.
  Ducks go in the front bucket.
  Socks go in the back bucket.
  All ducks and socks must travel along both treadmills, then fall directly into the correct bucket.
  If a duck or sock lands on the floor, you may not retrieve it.
  Most ducks and socks in correct bucket wins.
  There is a pair of bonus points for the most correctly paired socks.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the Taskmaster say your words.
  Each team will ask one question at a time, and each question must be made up of exactly six words.
  Also, each team member must take it in turns to say two words of each question.
  First to make the Taskmaster say your word wins.


brief:
  Place half your hands on half your hips, and leave them there until the second part of the task is over.
  Also, the hands that are on hips must only touch those hips until the second part of the task is over.
  You have two minutes.

  With your hands on those hips at all times, put the most sand in the shopping trolley.
  You may only move the shopping trolley when there is one minute left on the clock.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Identify the ice cream flavours.
  The most correct ice cream flavours identified wins.
  You have 10 minutes, and you must find every flavour delicious.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Predict whether an item will create a higher or lower number of decibels than the previous item.
  If you are wrong, you are out.
  Last player standing wins.


brief:
  Turn on the bubble machine.
  You may not step off or move the doormat.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this tarpaulin completely in one of the containers.
  You have a maximum of five minutes, and you must select your container before touching the tarpaulin.
  Also you must tidy everything up within those five minutes.
  Smallest container successfully filled with the tarpaulin wins.
  Your time starts after you've selected your container, and you must select your container within the next 30 seconds.


brief:
  Write down five wonderful words.
  You have one minute.
  Your time starts now.

  Write a classic song.
  You must write lyrics for a piece of classical music.
  Your lyrics must contain your five wonderful words.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Throw your egg and your spoon the same distance.
  Both egg and spoon must cross the qualifying line.
  If either your egg or spoon fall of The Knappett, you are disqualified.
  The most distanced egg and spoon each round are out.
  If your egg doesn't break, your distance is halved.
  Last player standing wins.


brief:
  Place one luggage trolley a certain distance away from the line.
  Then, starting behind the line, strike that luggage trolley with another luggage trolley.
  If you strike the first luggage trolley with another luggage trolley, you may move the first luggage trolley further away.
  You may not move any unsuccessful luggage trollies.
  Furthest luggage trolley struck wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  One member of your team must write down ten animals in two minutes.

  Communicate the other teams' animals to your team members by saying the letter that comes before it in the alphabet over and over whilst doing an impression of that animal.
  Most correct animals named wins.
  You have two minutes and one pass.


brief:
  Within 30 seconds of opening this task, you must pick up both milk bottles and hold them directly above the microwaves.
  The clock stops when a milk bottle, hand, or arm touches a microwave, or is no longer directly above the microwave.
  Lowest number on the clock wins, but if the clock reaches zero, you're disqualified.


brief:
  Get to the end of the lanes in exactly the same amount of time.
  That time must be under one minute.
  The closest two times wins.
  Also, you must mirror yourself during your attempts.
  There are two bonus points for the most stylish mirroring.
  Both attempts must take place within the next 10 minutes.


brief:
  Strike the bullseye with your paint.
  You must only step on the stepping-stones, and you must step on all of the stepping-stones.
  Also, your hands must be below your waist at all times.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Paint a picture of a unicorn using your head brush.
  You may not handle your head brush at any point.
  You have two minutes.


brief:
  Choose a room and a weapon, then await further instructions.

  Pop 99 red balloons.
  You must use your weapon to pop your 99 red balloons.
  Shout "Stop it!" when you think you've popped precisely 99 red balloons.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get this feather into the bath.
  You must not touch the feather, and the feather must not touch the ground.
  After the feather has left its cushion, it must not touch a single thing for more than five seconds in total.
  The cushion must not leave the lab.
  If you make any mistake at all, Alex will blow his whistle, and you must start all over again.
  Fastest wins.
  Finally, you must not say any words at any point from now on.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make an exercise ball touch Bernard.
  Bernard can't move.
  You may launch an exercise ball from behind the line, and may not touch any balls after each launch.
  Most balls actively involved in a successful launch wins.
  Your task ends when a ball touches Bernard, or 15 minutes have elapsed.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Blow an item the furthest on The Knappett.
  If your item falls from The Knappett, you are disqualified.
  The person who blows something the least far each round is eliminated, unless someone is disqualified.
  You must all select your blowers and items for each round before any blowing commences, and you must not use the same blower or item twice.
  Last player standing wins.


brief:
  Come up with a secret language that doesn't use words.
  You have 10 minutes, after which one of you must go to the lab.
  Your time starts now.

  Secretly give this instruction to your team-mate.
  You may not say or write any other words in the instruction.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts as soon as you walk through the door, and stops when the instruction is carried out by your team-mate.

  Feed three giraffes and an elephant to the clown.


brief:
  Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal while blindfolded.
  You have 15 minutes to find the alluring animal, make an alluring tail, put your alluring tail on the tail station, and prepare to pin your alluring tail on the alluring animal, blindfolded, starting from here.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Find the back of your hand.
  Fewest wrong guesses wins.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes, and your time starts when Alex does a hand pun.


brief:
  Snort, then blow a raspberry, then whistle.
  Then repeat that sequence for one minute.
  The most completed sequences wins.
  Your time starts when you next snort.


brief:
  Stage and perform this one-minute, one-person play.
  Best performance wins.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Choose one item from each plinth and bring them into the lab.
  You have one minute.
  Your time starts now.

  Paint a self-portrait using your brush - or sausage - on your other chosen object.
  You must use the business end of your brush - or sausage - and, in your self-portrait, you must be wielding your brush, or sausage.
  Best self-portrait wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time started when you entered the lab.


brief:
  Tie your towel as tightly as possible around your body.
  You have 30 seconds.

  Place your hands on your heads and keep them there until the end of the task.
  Get your towel completely in your bucket.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Order three things for your final task.
  You may spend up to £50.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Eat the grape.
  You must not damage the caravan, or climb out of the window.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Sculpt your team.
  Best sculpture wins.
  Only one person may look at the clay, and that person may not touch the clay.
  You have a maximum of 15 minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.


brief:
  Throw one of your objects over the caravan, then completely cover one of your items with one of your other items.
  Then put the covered item on the wooden barrel without touching that item with your hands.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Land a balloon nearest the Taskmaster.
  You must stay on your spots at all times.
  The closest balloon to the Taskmaster wins but, if you strike the Taskmaster with a balloon, you're disqualified.


brief:
  Count all the dots on this card.
  You may not touch or mark the card.
  You must give an answer in 10 minutes, and must answer the door, and obey the instructions, every time the doorbell rings.
  Most accurate final answer wins.
  Your time starts now.

  Wear these goggles until the doorbell rings.

  Stand behind the barrier until the next doorbell rings.

  Shout until the doorbell next rings.

  Wear boxing gloves and an eye patch, and count like a pirate.

  Feed the blackbird all of the seeds.

  Put on a swimming hat and swimming goggles and giggle until the end of the task.


brief:
  Recreate the picture that Alex is holding.
  Your face must not move from this position.
  Alex will show you the picture for five seconds, when you've finished reading the task, and then for a further three seconds every time you land a ball in a bucket.
  Best recreation of the picture wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put the most carp pellets in the fish bowl.
  You must not bend at the waist or the knees at any point.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Beware! The rooms are boobytrapped!


brief:
  Obey Greg's instructions.
  You must only obey the instructions which start with 'Greg says'.
  Greg says the person who obeys Greg's instructions best wins.


brief:
  Have the best first dance at a wedding with Alex.
  You can choose whatever music you want, but must be wearing these headphones throughout.
  Your first dance must last no more than a minute.
  You have 20 minutes to prepare.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Completely unwind this ball of string.
  Your time started when you said Alex's name.

  Put a neat ball of string on the cushion.
  Fastest wins.
  You do not have to unwind the ball of string.
  Your time started when you said Alex's name.


brief:
  Get all the rubber rings on your bargepole.
  You may not touch the bargepole or rubber rings at any point.
  You have a maximum of half an hour.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Throw your items into your bucket.
  You must select one item when Alex blows his whistle.
  You must then throw that item when Alex blows his whistle again.
  If your bucket falls, you're disqualified.
  You must stay on your spot, and you must not move your spot.
  Most items in a standing bucket wins.


brief:
  Compose a solo for this musician.
  The solo must be original, and less than 30 seconds long.
  You have 5 minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Make something that looks like this musician's musical instrument, then mime to your new solo.
  You may not use a musical instrument in the creation of your musical instrument.
  Best performance wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Build the highest bridge over the middle of the red green, and balance the potato on the middle of the bridge.
  The potato may not be anchored in any way.
  If anything touches the red green, you must put everything back where you found it, tut, and go back to the drawing board.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Achieve the most impressive effect with a single breath.
  You must take your breath and achieve your effect within the next 20 minutes.


brief:
  Create a recognisable picture of an animal on the back of your T-shirt using the equipment provided.
  You must stay on your spot, and you must not move your spot.
  If you create the same animal as someone else, you will both be disqualified.
  Best recognisable picture of an animal on your back wins.
  You have 200 seconds.


brief:
  Exit the caravan exactly 20 minutes after you entered the caravan.
  Also, to complete the task, you must write down and say 40 words.
  Each word must either be the same length, or shorter, than the previous word.
  Closest to exactly 20 minutes wins.


brief:
  Catch the potatoes in the potato hat.
  You must be sitting on the catching stool wearing your potato hat, and you must not touch anything at any point.
  Anything in your hat that is not a potato will be subtracted from your potato total.
  Highest potatotal wins.
  The conveyor belt will start moving in three minutes from now.


brief:
  Choreograph the most elaborate and enthralling fight scene, then perform it in slow motion.
  Your fight scene must take five minutes, and will then be sped up so that it lasts one minute.
  You have a total of 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Know the most facts about sausages.
  You have 100 seconds to learn some facts about sausages.
  Best score in the sausage exam wins.


brief:
  Strike the most drum skins and cymbals with a single throw of a bouncy ball.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Make the fastest egg boat.
  Your egg boat must look like a boat and transport an egg.
  If your egg boat sinks or loses its egg, you're disqualified.
  You have three minutes to order five materials, and then 15 minutes to make your egg boat.
  Also, all your materials must start with the same letter, and you can't order anything boat-y.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  First to complete a line or four corners wins.
  The time starts when someone shouts 'bingo'.

  Sit in the shed for three minutes and think about what you have done.

  Throw each of your shoes onto a different roof.

  Make the bingo bin go out of the main gates.

  Get fully into the sleeping bag, then get out of the sleeping bag and put the sleeping bag fully into the sleeping bag bag.

  Put exactly four pints of water in the pot.

  Scream 'I have been in all four rooms of the house' in all four rooms of the house.

  Get the banana down from the tree.

  Pop all but one bubble on the bubble wrap.

  Speak to John.


brief:
  Pour your sand into the other bottle.
  Slowest to pour their sand into the other bottle wins.
  You must pour your sand from at least a foot above your other bottle.
  If there is a break in your sand stream, you are disqualified.


brief:
  Play the instrument indicated by the light.
  Each time you play an instrument correctly, another will be added to the sequence until you make a mistake.
  longest sequence wins.
  There is a bonus point for the person who sounds the least worst.
  Your time starts when the first light goes on.


brief:
  Salvage the most spoons.
  You may not leave the lab, and all spoons must be salvaged with a magnet.
  Your salvager must not remove their headwear.
  Most salvaged spoons brought to the lab wins.
  Also, from now on, you must speak in a very high-pitched voice.
  You have 16 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Stuff all these things into your team-mate's outfit.
  If you're wearing a special outfit, you must stay on your spot with your hands on your head at all times.
  Fastest wins.

  Say how many things you stuffed in your team-mate's outfit.
  If you're correct, your points are doubled.
  If you're wrong, the other team gets your points.


brief:
  Invent an imaginary companion, then complete a domestic task with your imaginary companion.
  Your imaginary companion must either be much taller, or much littler, than you.
  Most poignant scene wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Efficiently shell an egg.
  You may not touch any part of any egg with your hands, and you may only break the shell of one of the eggs.
  Fewest pieces of egg-less shell wins.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Bash the big bell with the bowling ball.
  Fastest gets five points.
  Slowest gets four points.
  Nobody else gets any points.
  You are to stay off the grass unless you're wearing gold shoes.
  If anything other than the bowling ball or gold shoes touches the grass, you are disqualified.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Alex will give you his shoes if you do one of the following:
  deposit £100 in his bank account
  give him a perfect dippy boiled egg with buttered soldiers and a glass of milk
  physically remove them


brief:
  Walk around the chairs, listening to Greg's story, then sit on a chair when you hear a word containing two letter 'L's.
  If you stop walking, or touch a chair incorrectly, you are disqualified.
  If you fail to sit on a chair when you hear a word containing two letter 'L's, you are disqualified.
  Best listener wins.


brief:
  Rotate the pulper wheel without pulping the egg.
  You must not move from this spot at any point.
  If you pulp the egg, you are disqualified.
  Most rotations wins.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write down a number between zero and 100, a length of time between one minute and 20 minutes, five ingredients, a country, a noun, and an adjective.
  You have three minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  Make a large Scottish dog / feisty French duck / gold German shoe / cowering Kenyan bench / splendid Guatemalan duck.
  You must use all these ingredients, and you must also clap 50 / 42 / 75 / 7 / 80 times.
  You have two minutes / four minutes and 20 seconds / 15 minutes / one minute and 21 seconds / 19 minutes.
  Most accurate creation wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Say the word given to you by the Taskmaster in the accent on the card you choose.
  The Taskmaster will guess what accent you're doing.
  Highest score after three rounds wins.


brief:
  Pile the pineapples on the path.
  You must not get wet.
  Most pineapples piled on the path wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Repurpose this umbrella and demonstrate its new purpose.
  Most inventive repurposing of an umbrella wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put the most stuff on top of this jelly, without breaking the jelly.
  If anything other than jelly touches the duck, you are disqualified.
  Heaviest stuff on the jelly exactly 10 minutes from now wins.


brief:
  Using only the scratching posts, remove as many balls from your suit as possible.
  Your team-mates may throw balls from the throwing spots throughout.
  The throwing spots may not be moved.
  Fewest balls on a suit after two minutes wins.
  Also, if you're in a team of three, the two non-suit-wearers must hold hands throughout the two minutes.


brief:
  Make these things the same colour as those things.
  People and bottles must stay on their spots at all times.
  You may perform 10 bottle stamps, and two bottle squeezes.
  Best colour matches wins.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Put three single-digit numbers in the slots, then open the second task.

  Deliver a one-minute lecture about the year you selected.
  Your lecture must start in 15 minutes from now.
  Most informative lecture wins.
  You may not leave the lab.


brief:
  Make exactly 99 holes in this piece of paper.
  Your holes must have a diameter of at least three millimetres, and form a recognisable picture or pattern.
  If you make more or fewer than 99 holes, you are disqualified.
  Also, if you look at Alex or speak to Alex at any point, you are disqualified.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Combine two of your things to equal the height of the thing said by Greg.
  You may not use any of your things twice.
  Worst guess each round is eliminated.


brief:
  Fill the glass up to the line from the furthest distance.
  If you use a hose and someone else uses a hose, both hose users are disqualified.
  Furthest distance between contestant and pint glass while filling wins.
  You have a maximum of 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Do what Alex does, immediately after Alex does it, in exactly the same time as Alex does it.
  You must press your button when you're satisfied you have done what Alex has done.
  If you do not complete an activity, ten seconds will be added to your time.
  Closest to the same total time wins.
  The time starts when Alex presses his button.


brief:
  Write the name of a profession in this hole then open the task.

  Perform an original lullaby for [your profession].
  Most soporific profession-specific lullaby wins.
  You have 30 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Convince the Taskmaster that your feet are not in ice when they are in ice, or that your feet aren't in ice when they are in ice.
  You must keep your feet either in ice, or not in ice, for 30 seconds before the Taskmaster makes his judgment.
  If the Taskmaster is correct, you are disqualified.
  Last player standing wins.


brief:
  Build a tower out of the cans in the lab.
  You must put on your blindfold in this room and wear it properly for the rest of the task.
  Tallest tower wins.
  You have 5 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Connect the most individual parts of one person to individual parts of another person.
  All members of your team must be connected.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.

  You are now ready for the actual task.
  Cross the finish line with all connections still connected.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.


brief:
  Get the duck into the lake.
  You must not touch the beak.
  If the duck leaves the course, it must re-enter at the point it left the course.
  If your duck touches the boundary, or a flamingo, or a pineapple, one minute will be added to your time.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Say whether you think the next item is heavier or lighter than the previous item.
  If you are wrong, you are eliminated.
  Last person standing wins.


brief:
  Pull the sword from the stone.
  You may not force the sword or break the stone.
  The champion is the one who releases the sword fastest.
  Your time starts noW.


brief:
  Make a cheeky picture on this piece of wood using nails and one continuous piece of wire.
  Also, if any egg timers stop, you must stare at the camera shaking your head for 10 seconds.
  The best cheeky picture wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Write down one thing you like, and one thing you don’t like.
  You have 30 seconds.

  Draw your two things at the same time.
  You must be drawing with both hands and stare at the Taskmaster throughout.
  Best pair of pictures wins.


brief:
  Get the ball in the hole.
  Nothing may touch the ball.
  After you touch one tool, you may not touch another tool for one minute.
  If you decide to touch the welly, you must only do so with your foot.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get underneath the most unique things.
  Alex will write down your things when you shout "I'm underneath it!".
  If you get underneath something that someone else gets underneath, you both lose five things from your total.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Choose a new nickname based on something you do in the next 20 minutes.
  Best nickname wins.
  Your time started when you smiled.


brief:
  One member of your team must lie on three of the squares and go to sleep.
  After they have taken their position, they must not move until the task is over.
  Taking it in turn, the other team members must try to land their cushion in each of the three sleep squares.
  First team to strike out the sleeper wins.


brief:
  Make a sausage.
  You can only use seven ingredients, each beginning with the letters of the word "sausage".
  You have five minutes to order your ingredients, and 20 minutes to prepare your sausage.
  Most surprisingly pleasant sausage wins.
  You may not order sausages.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Complete all the tasks, then put the tubs back on your heads.
  One person must be looking at a teammate at all times during these tasks.
  Also, one person must be shaking their head and smiling at all times during the task.
  And one person must only shout.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle.

  Do a total of 20 squats.

  Shake hands.

  Eat one bowl of cereal in the lab.

  Shake hands.

  Make your buckets look like your faces.

  Name a total of five biscuits.

  Shake hands.

  Sniff the front door.

  Shake hands.

  Tell each other something you’ve done that you regret.

  Shake hands.

  Write a powerful message to the other team on the whiteboard.


brief:
  Recreate a well-known piece of art on these memo squares.
  You must draw on every memo square, but you may only look at one memo square at a time.
  You have 20 minutes, after which the memo squares will be arranged in a 10 by 10 square.
  Best memo square art wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Tut the loudest.
  You have 10 attempts, but your tenth tut is the one that will be officially measured.


brief:
  Burst this balloon from the furthest distance.
  You must not be looking at the balloon when you burst the balloon.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Get all the water in the vase.
  If you spill any water from the plate, you are disqualified.
  You may not leave the lab.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Avoid the rubbish robots.
  You may not remove your blindfold at any point, and at least one of your knees must be touching the floor throughout.
  Longest time untouched by a rubbish robot wins.
  Your time starts when the rubbish robots start.


brief:
  Recreate your teammate's garage scene.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts when your teammate calls.

  Instruct your teammates to recreate your garage scene.
  You may not say any of the words on any of the labels.
  You may not leave your location.
  The most accurate recreation wins.
  You had 15 minutes.
  Your time has already started.
  Also, you must try on all the outfits in the basket one at a time and not mention anything about it to your teammates.


brief:
  Present a piece called "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".
  Most powerful piece wins.
  You have 20 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Pass the pineapples amongst you for 15 seconds whilst the Taskmaster shuts his eyes and has a little think.
  When the Taskmaster opens his eyes, he will say if he thinks you are holding a pineapple behind your back or not.
  If he accuses you wrongly, you get a point.
  Most points after three rounds wins.


brief:
  Do whatever you like with these switches for five minutes.
  You will then do a task in the lab for five minutes.
  The conditions in the lab will change according to when you switch the switches in here.
  Your time starts when Alex is confident you understand the task.

  Balance the most tees on the shelves.
  You must stay on the platform throughout the task.
  You have five minutes.
  Your time starts when Alex is confident you understand the task.


brief:
  Pie Wayne in the face.
  Wayne is outside the front door.
  You may not touch Wayne, nor step on the red green.
  If you miss Wayne with the pie, you must copy Wayne’s dance moves for 10 seconds.
  You must not touch Wayne.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when you open the front door.


brief:
  Put yourself somewhere within the boundary.
  The person furthest from everyone else wins.
  The people closest together both lose two points.
  Also, throughout the task you must behave really weirdly.
  You have a maximum of 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Catch three balls on your head.
  After you’ve caught a ball, you must shout "ball".
  You may not step off your circles, move your circles, adjust your arms, or touch the balls with your hands.
  Fastest wins.


brief:
  Fire your party popper from your seat.
  The person who fires the party popper contents furthest wins.


brief:
  Bring in the best single-word object you own and love that gets the best reaction when introduced following a drum roll.


brief:
  This is not a team task.
  Find the secret task.
  You must never be in the same room as each other.
  Whenever the air horn sounds,
  you must replace anything you are holding and change rooms.
  Everyone must find the secret task before the task ends.

  This is the secret task.
  If you found this task fastest, you must choose one contestant who will lose five points.
  If you found it second fastest, you must choose one contestant who will lose one point.
  If you found it third fastest, you must choose one contestant who will get a special hat.
  If you found it fourth fastest, you must choose a contestant who will gain a point.
  If you found it slowest, you must choose one contestant who will gain five points.
  You must not choose yourself.
  You must shout the name of your contestant in 10 seconds from now.


brief:
  Complete the fortune trail.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts now.

  Walk under the ladder, or put the ladder back in the shed.

  Find a lucky penny, or put exactly £13 on the lucky plate.

  Either spill the salt or throw all the salt over your shoulder onto the pasta in the caravan.

  Either open the umbrella inside the shed or close these five umbrellas.

  Toss five heads on a coin in a row.
  Each toss of the coin must be a standard coin toss.


brief:
  Convince a child you're asleep.
  You must either have a nap lasting one minute with your face visible throughout - during this nap, you must snore and sleepwalk, or you must have a nap lasting one minute where you are not in bed at all, but the child thinks you are - during this nap, you must snore and sleeptalk.


brief:
  Mime the proverb on your card.
  There will be three minute-long rounds.
  You must be waving at each other throughout your attempt, but you can make a single noise of the Taskmaster's choosing.


brief:
  Drive across the finish line.
  You must obey all the rules of the road and must only stop your vehicle at a traffic signal.
  If you disobey a rule, Alex will blow his whistle and you must return to the start for a 10 second driving lesson.
  Fastest wins.
  Your time starts when the traffic signals first change.


brief:
  Make Greg the best gift.
  You have five minutes to order your items, then 15 minutes to make your gift.
  Your items must cost no more than £50.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Feed the clown the most cards.
  No part of you must cross the threshold of the stage.
  You have 10 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Watch Alex’s parade, then answer the questions.
  Most correct answers wins.
  You may not make any notes during the parade.


brief:
  Do something shocking but family-friendly with this doughnut.
  Most shocking doughnut deed wins.
  You have 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Demonstrate the most effective high-intensity four-part exercise routine.
  Each of your four exercises must be original and must take place on this mat.
  The first must last eight seconds, the second four, the third two, and the fourth one second long.
  Also, each move must start with a 'whoops'/'yeah'/'ahh'/gasp/scream and end with a 'whoops'/'yeah'/'ahh'/gasp/scream.
  You have a maximum of 15 minutes.
  Your time starts now.


brief:
  Throw a ball into the bathtub from behind the rope.
  You may not touch the rope.
  If a ball ends up not in the bathtub, you are eliminated.


# profanity

roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  It's a really good painting, but why on earth do I want a picture of you? It's absolutely fucking preposterous.


roots: ["bastard"]
quote:
  And the main use of them, of course, is I'll be able to see if there's any of those bastard pregnant women behind me.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  When he turned up he said, "You'll never guess, some crazy shithead wanted me to go to Camber Sands."


roots: ["bitch"]
quote:
  It looked like you could build something, but you genuinely had to use gaffer tape and a bossy bitch.


roots: ["prick"]
quote:
  Bam! I get the job done as quickly as possible, even when some prick takes the wheels off the shopping trolley.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  I don't know why drinking a massive coffee and then rolling around in goose shit would make you feel sick.


roots: ["bastard"]
quote:
  Right at the end, just as the final image of a snowman was in place, he said, "The bastard's crying, innit?"


roots: ["piss"]
quote:
  I read "domino rally" as a rally of dominoes in the same way that I saw "sweat" as sweat rather than piss.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  The point is, you did a genuinely good film and I honestly thought it was gonna be horse shit, so well done.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  It was like someone choreographing a ballet and then coming out onto the stage afterwards and having a shit.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  That is drawing a line under your Bake Off career. "You want me to destroy a cake? Fuck you, cake. I'm off."


roots: ["prick","prick"]
quote:
  It's not fair. I mean, that dog was a prick, Joe was right. But chickens, across the board, are pricks.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  You wanna see how to move water from one fishbowl to another, you go to Joe Lycett, okay, and you don't listen to bullshit.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  He was dropping a plumb line for absolute accuracy, Which is what all dads do before they totally miss the fucking bucket.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  And I was gonna put you in second, but now you've got all fuckin' aggy, you can have third. That's how it works!


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  I think there's a bigger issue for us to discuss and that's the fact that the leprechaun appears to be smeared in its own shit.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  It also really delighted me hearing a very nice woman have "Rosalind is a fucking nightmare" sung in her face.


roots: ["shit","shit"]
quote:
  It was embarrassing shitting yourself anyway... I went, "'Cause I've shit myself." And then she went to me, "Oh, not again."


roots: ["Christ","fuck"]
quote:
  But Jesus Christ, if for the sake of an entertainment show on Dave, Katherine Ryan's prepared to fuck her own family up, she's gonna get the five points.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  He died alone in a bag, you smashed the shit out of him, you brainwashed him in some cult, and you lynched him.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  I had, yeah. Literally, I had the shits, and I thought, "you know, they say write about what you know".


roots: ["damn"]
quote:
  There must be an Amish bloke out there who has a sex ritual, and I'll be damned if it doesn't look like that.


roots: ["dick"]
quote:
  I just wanted to make an homage to one of the greatest Asian entertainers in history, and also you get to see my dick and balls.


roots: ["cock"]
quote:
  Were you also partly thinking, "Everyone's gonna be so focused on my cock and balls, they won't actually see what I'm doing"?


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  "Great, this is an opportunity for me to drop dog shit onto the face of a friend I've had for 15 years."


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  You think that's going to go up and it's like Bullseye, there's gonna be a fucking camper van up there?


roots: ["tits"]
quote:
  It's a lovely reminder of childhood, listening to crackly radio while you snuggle up to your mum's feet-tits.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  I said I'll only mention my injured shoulder when my injured shoulder is actually fucking affecting how I'm performing.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  I'm thinking as long as I get sand into the bucket then at least some fuckwit's gonna disqualify himself.


roots: ["hell"]
quote:
  The temptation is to assume that the others will go hell for leather trying to accumulate as many Pink Ladies as possible.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  It's like a sort of metaphor for just life and the future, isn't it? Could be different, but all shit.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  Nice that in this episode Joe finally works out that this entire show is a metaphor for how shit life is.


roots: ["wank"]
quote:
  I'm so fed up of putting in, like, loads and loads of just genuinely, like, physical effort into the tasks and then these other people find some s‒wanky workaround.


roots: ["ass/arse"]
quote:
  And to my left, a man who Tina Turner once described as simply the best. And, in a separate conversation, as a complete arsehole.


roots: ["bollock"]
quote:
  And he says normal person but just below the lip, right in the middle, that's a little bit of bollock.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  We're essentially watching The Real Marigold Hotel up there, when you've stopped for a fucking sandwich!


roots: ["bollock","bollock"]
quote:
  You did say at the time, the wig was the dog's bollocks. You kept saying "the wig's the dog's bollocks".


roots: ["ass/arse"]
quote:
  I believe there used to be, like, Henry VIII used to have a bloke who actually wiped his arse for him.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  I'll tell you what would be nice, maybe some tissues to clean off all the fucking blood off my knees.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  Were you just thinking, "Why have they saved this boring task for the end of the series?" Because fuck me, strap in, mate.


roots: ["piss"]
quote:
  It was only Katherine, at one point inexplicably saying "Piss on that", that stopped me from running into traffic during it.


roots: ["ass/arse"]
quote:
  Like when you were pulling yourself around on a boat all huffin' and puffin' with your big dad-ass out.


roots: ["ass/arse","ass/arse"]
quote:
  I've been a real arsehole this series. And if I wasn't an arsehole to you, it would look like I favored you...


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  He's a good salesman, isn't he? It doesn't matter what horseshit's up on the screen, I start to believe him.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  I'm sick of trying to be like, "Oh, I'm gonna bring in a shoe that sings." I'm not doing that shit no more.


roots: ["twat"]
quote:
  Well, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is Captain Perigan Twatcustard, welcome aboard the flight.


roots: ["fuck","shit"]
quote:
  Fuck, mate, that, that was a lot of pressure. I actually forgot for a second. I was like, "ah, shit".


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  And that directly contrasts with, "One of the few jobs I've had, my auntie used to make me photocopy shit."


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  I'm gonna give Morgana a bonus point for her attempt, before we even give her a score. You would think it was because you set a trap for Alex, which I really enjoyed and thought, "I'm gonna give her an extra point for that, it's so clever", but it's not. It's 'cause you called Alex a little fucker.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  I'm gonna give Morgana two points, and it's basically because Desiree really bullshitted her way to three points.


roots: ["piss"]
quote:
  I know that, you know, you're gonna piss off a lot of people at home if you don't give me at least five points.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  I'd like to make this sound more scientific than it's about to be, but... we're just gonna make this shit green.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  All the time, we're being bombarded with shit and opinions that be messing up your psyche and your emotional state.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  'Cause water's very fundamental to building sand bridges, ain't it? I'm sure that was on Countryfile or some shit.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  I'm giving a man who found an old wig in his attic five points. That's Taskmaster and if you don't like it, tough shit!


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  Never seen him aggressive in his life, and then he blasted that door. I shit myself when I was sat there.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  The concept's ridiculous. Is the hair ridiculous? I was trying to start a heated debate but no one gives a shit.


roots: ["ass/arse"]
quote:
  If it's any consolation, Guz, you putting ice down your back and then it dripping into your arse crack gave me goosebumps.


roots: ["piss"]
quote:
  That's what I thought, but I hadn't seen that, so otherwise I'd have changed that to say you look like you're pissing.


roots: ["cock"]
quote:
  I put it to you, Bridget, that you've deliberately chosen a stopcock because it's got the word "cock" in it.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  My art draws the emotion after I've done it, with just simple sand and a fucking crown... what else do you need?


roots: ["dick"]
quote:
  Obviously Judi's gone straight into the Taskmaster book of quotes by saying of a bunch of bananas, "It's floating like two dicks."


roots: ["bitch"]
quote:
  When you can fry four of them at the same time evenly and they come out golden—hello, I'm that bitch. Hello.


roots: ["cock"]
quote:
  It really does feel like an evolution from us childishly drawing cock and balls on windows, as I've done, I'm ashamed to say, so many times.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  It's six foot tall and frightens the shit out of me twice a week, maybe. It's awful. Please take it away.


roots: ["piss"]
quote:
  A lot of surgeons are alcoholics, so it probably feels like they have big hands on an especially pissed day.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  "What the fuck is that?" "Did you hear that? Well, what dropped?" "You can't even buy them that small."


roots: ["tits"]
quote:
  I mean, if I'm honest, I don't know what I thought 'cause all I can hear is, "I can't see my pockets because of my tits."


roots: ["hell"]
quote:
  It's probably that I'm not street enough to appreciate rap, and also I don't know what the hell Dara was going on about.


roots: ["shit","fuck"]
quote:
  It really annoys me, 'cause I think, "Oh, it's just shit", and then I'll do some and I'll be like, "Oh, I feel a bit better", then I think, "Fuck!"


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  If I was giving bonus points out anymore, which I don't do, you'd be getting one for telling Alex to fuck off so poetically.


roots: ["piss"]
quote:
  If you're a comedian, one of the things you need... is the skill of holding in your piss for long amounts of time on car journeys.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  And that affected your system here of looking for your hands when you had your own fucking hands in front of you?


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  This is what I wrote down: "Dara looks like he's gonna turn his head inside-out, but the speed of the fucker!"


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  Well, I was worried about your career when you were just the weird jerky clockwork lady who kept shouting, "Fuck!"


roots: ["ass/arse"]
quote:
  The thing is you never see your own arse from any other angle, really, than the one you choose to see it from.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  The one place you lost me was when you started crying at the end 'cause I thought, "Okay, well, Mae's lost their fucking mind here."


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  No tricks? I mean, the awful trick would be if, at the end of all this, you said, "Now wind it all back up", and I say, "Fuck off, you sod."


roots: ["bitch"]
quote:
  Some of the other things she said was, "Back, back. Come on, pony. Calm the flip down, Jenny. Spin, bitch, spin."


roots: ["fuck","shit"]
quote:
  Yeah, let's get them out of the way, being all nice to each other. Then we can get onto this fucking shitshow.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  Mae's boat looked like the most buoyant object ever created, but it is "one shit boat", is what I wrote down.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  We're both going to lose this episode, and someone is gonna go up there and win 70 grand on a fucking scratchcard.


roots: ["Christ"]
quote:
  When Frankie shouted "Jesus Christ", I actually out loud went, "Oh, my god!" And therefore he must take the five points.


roots: ["fuck"]
quote:
  You know, a lot of plane crashes happen because the copilot is too scared to say to the brash pilot, "Look, we're gonna hit the fucking ground here, mate."


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  But because I enjoyed both your lecutres, despite them being clearly horse shit, I'm gonna give you two points each.


roots: ["damn"]
quote:
  Julian has developed an incredible technique for saying things to Alex that are seemingly innocent, but then yet are so damning.


roots: ["bastard"]
quote:
  Even when you essentially hold someone against their will and give yourself the name Chain Bastard... you just still seem really fun and friendly.


roots: ["ass/arse"]
quote:
  I just really liked the idea of stuffing a massive stick up a mannequin's arse and rotating it like a rotisserie chicken.


roots: ["shit"]
quote:
  You've just given me an awful insight into your upbringing, and then you brought me a plate full of shit, that's what you've done.


