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Episode 8: The one that bats do

Image of the eye of stuffed toy white tiger (a reference to the 'Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal' task), in which a reflection of the face of the statue of Greg Davies can be seen, with the episode title, 'The one that bats do', superimposed on it.

Air date:

17/11/2022

Title coined by:

Fern Brady

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the best fancy dress, invent a secret language and then communicate an instruction using it, pin an alluring tail to an alluring animal while blindfolded, find a photo of their own hand among thousands, and guess the lengths of some extendible items.

Title context

'The one that bats do' was uttered by Fern Brady, as she described how she had wanted to use echo-location to solve the 'Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal' task.

Alternate Titles

On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Se, mitä lepakot tekevät', which translates as 'What bats do'. [Translator credit: zador]
On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Det där som fladdermöss gör', which translates as 'That thing that bats do'.
On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Sånn flaggermus gjør', which translates as 'What bats do'. 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, everybody. I'm Greg Davies, and this is Taskmaster. Lazy journalists often ask me, 'Hey, Greg, what would you be like as a competitor on Taskmaster?'. And my answer is always the same: 'Does your mum like being kissed with that dirty mouth? Huh?! Does she?! I'm the Taskmaster! Before every series, I spend six months training with Shaolin monks in the hills of China. What, should I use my jacked body to throw toilet paper around Gatwick airport? Should I use these skills to throw cottage pie through a big pipe? Ahh! I doubt it!'. Fortunately for you, there are five people here who will take on such challenges.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, the man who's the answer to the question, 'What do you get if you cross a really boring chemistry teacher with another really boring chemistry teacher?' It's... little Alex Horne!