Episode 5: Lotta soup

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in the worst gift from a relative, spectacularly deliver a task to Alex, make the most white circles on a target, cheer up a traffic warden, make themselves appear as large or small as possible, and place objects on a hanger without it falling.

Title context

'Lotta soup' was part of a punchline used by Phil Wang, in the 'Cheer up the traffic warden' task.

Alternate Titles

• On Denmark's TV2 Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Meget suppe', which translates as 'A lot of soup'.
• On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Paljon soppaa', which translates as 'Lots of soup'. [Translator credit: zador]
• On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'En masse suppe', which translates as 'A lot of soup'. 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

Thank you and welcome to Taskmaster with your host, trophy model and humble tyrant, Greg Davies. Hi. Right, let's get episode five underway, and meet our five galloping Goliaths.

Assistant Intro

And, next to me... He's a desperate, nervous twitch of a man, but he's all mine. Ooh, who is it?! It's little Alex Horne!

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So what have we learnt today? We've learnt, apparently, if you want to cheer up a traffic warden, don't target his arthritic knees! But now, let's hear it again for tonight's winner, a better person than any of us, it's Jessica Knappett. See you next time for our 50th show!