Episode 3: Run up a tree to the moon

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in most shocking cat- to pig-sized thing, make some sauna stones hiss, create a 'days in month' mnemonic, get their luggage through security, and act out nursery rhymes.

Title context

'Run up a tree to the moon' was something that Greg Davies suggested that Charlotte Ritchie would be able to do, if she could 'run faster that gravity', as she had attempted to do during the 'Make the sauna stones hiss' task.

Alternate Titles

• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Puuta pitkin kuuhun', which translates as 'Up a tree to the moon'. [Translator credit: zador]
• On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Säkerhetskontroll utom kontroll', which translates as 'Security check out of control'. This is a reference to the 'Get your luggage through security' task. [Translator credit: DANI]
• On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Løp opp et tre til månen', which translates as 'Run up a tree to the moon'. 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, and welcome to Taskmaster. I'm your captain, Greg Davies, and I'm in charge of this almighty, yet volatile warship, as it pitches wildly through task infested waters. A brave crew will learn something new about themselves every day before returning to dry land to immediately sack their agents. The audience are watching from a distant island. So let's meet the scurvy-gummed biscuit eaters of the high seas.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, is a man whose head is shaped like the rubber at the end of a pencil, and whose body is shaped like a pencil. He's a human pencil with a killer smile. It's little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So, what have we learnt today? We've learnt that I don't know many nursery rhymes, apart from this new classic: "Jamjod Snaj is Sarah's friend, and Lee is covered in brine. Alex's friends are all pretend, and Mike likes bamboo time. Charlotte says time has just two hands, she wishes that it would go faster. And that leaves Jamali all on his own, he's never heard of Taskmaster." We'll see you next time, but for now let's applaud tonight's winner one more time, Sarah Kendall!