Episode 8: An orderly species

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in the most satisfying wobbly thing, complete various tasks while saying 'metronome', draw the best exquisite corpse image of a British animal, perform the greatest aircraft safety demonstration, and play a game of 'One Leg or Two?'.

Title context

'An orderly species' was one of the ways that Greg Davies characterised the animal created by Mike Wozniak and Lee Mack during the 'Draw the best picture of a British animal' task.

Alternate Titles

• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Järjestelmällinen laji', which translates as 'A systematic species'. [Translator credit: zador]
• On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Säg metronom som ett fån', which translates as 'Say metronome like a fool'. This is a reference to the 'Complete various tasks while saying "metronome"' task. In Swedish, the words 'metronom' and 'fån' almost rhyme. [Translator credit: DANI]
• On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'En velorganisert art', which translates as 'A well organised species'. 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. Welcome to Taskmaster. I'm Greg Davies, and I am the wizard of Task Towers. With a wave of my wand, five intelligent, successful people have parked their dignity and bravely exposed themselves to judgment. One of them even trumped a bit of his bottom out trying to please me, for goodness' sake. How far will our magical five be prepared to go today? Let's meet them and find out.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, a man who once drunkenly confessed that he hasn't bought car tax or insurance since the '90s, because he thinks its an example of 'big government'. It's... little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So, what have we learnt today? We've learnt that if you find yourself out, wandering on the moors, and you hear a strange noise that draws you in and you want to discover what its source is... Try not to worry - it's just Charlotte Ritchie powering through some poppadoms. Bye for now. See you next time, but not until we've applauded tonight's winner once more, Mr Lee Mack!