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Episode 1: A fat bald white man

Image of a raw egg on a plate, along with the two halves of the black eggshell it came out of (it's unclear what this image is a reference to...), with the episode title, 'A fat bald white man', superimposed on it.

Air date:

25/04/2017

Title coined by:

Greg Davies

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in the most interesting vegetable autograph, beautifully destroy a cake, draw a portrait of someone who's behind a curtain, fell all the rubber ducks, and make the most fruit juice.

Title context

'A fat bald white man' was how Greg Davies described Hugh Dennis' portrait of a black woman, during the 'Draw a blind portrait' task.

Alternate Titles

On Denmark's TV2 Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'En fed, skaldet, hvid mand', which translates as 'A fat, bald, white man'.
On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Lihava kalju valkoihoinen mamma', which translates as 'Fat bald caucasian mamma'. [Translator credit: zador]

Assistant Intro

And, for the fourth series in a row, I'm assisted and sat next to... little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So, what have we learnt today? Well, we've learnt if you're thinking of being Hugh Dennis' baby, it don't matter if you're black or white. We've also found at that the winner of the first episode of series four of Taskmaster is none other than Mr Noel Fielding! Thank you, everybody! See you next time.