Episode 4: How heavy is the water?

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the most fun non-headwear to wear on your head, strike the most drums with a bouncy ball, make the fastest egg boat, play a game of task bingo, and pour your sand into a bottle.

Title context

Kiell Smith-Bynoe asked "How heavy is the water?" during the 'Make the fastest egg boat' task.

Alternate Titles

• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Paljonko vesi painaa?', which translates as 'How much does water weigh?'. [Translator credit: zador]
• On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Hvor mye veier vannet?', which translates as 'How much does the water weigh?'. 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, thank you. I'm Greg Davies, and I'm the captain of televisual flight number TM154. There are only five passengers on this journey. Their chairs don't recline for comfort. There are no lights directing them towards an escape route, for there is no escape. They're flying by the seat of their pants, and the turbulence is nasty. But it will end well for one of them as, when they return home safely, they will win this tasteless memento. Thank you for flying TM Airlines and that, thank God, is the end of a broadly unsuccessful analogy. So please welcome our five rivals once more.

Assistant Intro

And to my left, the answer to the question "What does a corpse look like after the hair continues to grow post-mortem?". It's... Little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So, what have we learnt today? We've learnt that in the unlikely event that Morrissey sees sense and reforms the seminal '80s band The Smiths, they need look no further for their album cover than this. But, at the end of the fourth episode, there is just one winner, and that winner is Jenny Eclair.

Note: When Greg refers to the album cover, a monochrome still of Ivo Graham sat in the caravan with his head in his hands during the 'Task bingo' task is displayed, with the words 'IVO GRAHAM I'll Sit In The Shed' superimposed on it.