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Episode 2: Weatherstripping liquorice

Image of the title card at the start of this episode, showing a task brief with the show title, 'Kongen Befaler', and the episode title, 'Tetningslistlakris' ['Weatherstripping liquorice'], on a wooden desk. At the edges of the image, part of a typewriter keyboard and a stack of leather-bound books can be seen.

Air date:

01/10/2020

Original title:

Tetningslistlakris

Title coined by:

Calle Hellevang-Larsen

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in something which looks like food but isn't food, fill a bathtub with water from a box, build a house of cards, change their appearance in a lift, and slide bar orders to the Taskmaster.

Title context

'Weatherstripping liquorice' was one of the many delicacies created by Calle Hellevang-Larsen for the 'Something which looks like food but isn't food' prize task.

Alternate Titles

On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Åka hiss i korthus', which translates as 'Ride the lift in a house of cards'. This is a reference to both the 'Change your appearance in a lift' and 'Build the tallest house of cards' tasks. [Translator credit: DANI]

Taskmaster Intro

Welcome to Kongen Befaler! In this programme, five court jesters will entertain me by solving various tasks, with various results and levels of difficulty. The least hopeless and helpless throughout the season wins this: a bust in gold... of me.