Episode 3: The end of the franchise

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in the most old-fashioned thing that they still use, copy Alex's dance routine, make a sand bridge across a river, film a thrilling sequence with a welly-cam, and communicate using shadows.

Title context

'The end of the franchise' was what Greg Davies thought would happen if Victoria Coren Mitchell's idea for a Bond movie were to be realised, in the 'Film a thrilling sequence with a welly-cam' task.

Alternate Titles

• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Bond-leffojen tuho', which translates as 'The destruction of Bond movies'. [Translator credit: zador]
• On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Irriterande repeterande kopierande', which translates as 'Annoying repetitive copying'. These Swedish words rhyme, and are referring to the 'Copy Alex' task. [Translator credit: DANI]
• On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Slutten på serien', which translates as 'The end of the series'. 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, everyone. Welcome to Taskmaster. I'm Greg Davies, or as I'm known in Spain, the snake-hipped matador of authority, El Maestro de tareas. When I asked our new contestants why they would want to put themselves through the gruelling challenges of this show, the consensus was they wanted to show a different side of their personalities. Now, just two episodes in, they're all screaming, 'Not that side! I've kept that side hidden! Why do you want to show that side?'. Let's see if we can calm them down.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, a man who walks like a weird Victorian clockwork toy soldier. It's... little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So what have we learnt today? We've learnt that life is unfair. Human beings are fallible, and art can be cruelly subjective. We've also learnt Desiree Burch eats sand. Thank you for watching. Take good care of each other, but first, let's applaud the glory of tonight's winner, once more. Desiree Burch!