Episode 1: A pea in a haystack

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in the most flamboyant clock, reach a microwave in as few steps as possible, propel a pea along a red carpet, make the best snowman, and balance swedes on a Swede.

Title context

'Like finding a pea in a haystack' was how Paul Chowdhry characterised the challenge of finding a pea on the lawn during the 'Propel a pea along a red carpet' task.

Alternate Titles

• On Denmark's TV2 Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'En ært i en høstak', which translates as 'A pea in a haystack'.
• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Herne heinäsuovassa', which translates as 'A pea in a haystack'. [Translator credit: zador]
• On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'En Ert i en Høystakk', which translates as 'A pea in a haystack'. Note: this Norwegian translation of the title only appears in the subtitles for the episode, whereas the episode title listed on the platform is the original English title. [Translator credit: Jan Harald]

Taskmaster Intro

Hello there. I'm Greg Davies. Welcome to a brand new series of Taskmaster. We have five fresh comedy goliaths primed and ready to humiliate themselves in a series of tricky tasks. All in the vague hope of taking home this: the Taskmaster trophy. At the end of the series, only one of them will take home my shiny golden bonce as the ultimate winner of Taskmaster. So, without further ado, let's meet our new contenders.

Assistant Intro

And here, my faithful servant, and would-be friend, Alex Horne.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

What have we learnt today? Well, what we've learnt today is, if you wanna scare your children, just get Al Murray or Paul Chowdhry to make them a snowman. But most importantly, despite that, we've found out that our winner of episode one of series three of Taskmaster is Mr Al Murray! Thank you, everybody. Good night!