Episode 9: Assistantbury

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must: bring in the most splendid spherical thing; come up with a new tradition to celebrate Assistant’s Day; repeatedly peg a sock, bin a sock, and then don a sock; make the back of their head look like the front of a head; and bounce a ball on a bar a given number of times.

Title context

Steve Pemberton tells Alex that he’ll see him at “Assistantbury”, during the ‘Celebrate Assistant’s Day’ task.

Taskmaster Intro

Hello! Hello again. Welcome to Taskmaster! Or, as it's referred to in North Korea, a correction facility for enemies of the state. Our five remain unbroken, but I'm yet to use my full body weight. Let the games continue.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, a man who says that the mothers at the gate of his children's school are ‘a duplicitous gaggle of witches’. It's little Alex Horne!