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Episode 2: Pork is a sausage

Cloe-up image of a dead fish's face (a reference to Doc Brown's attempt at the 'Create a nursery rhyme video' task), with the episode title, 'Pork is a sausage', superimposed on it.
Air date:
28/06/2016

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must bring in the trendiest item of clothing, quickly eat an egg, create a video for a nursery rhyme, take a photo of an object that resembles them, order a pizza without using certain words, and put potatoes into baskets using giant chopsticks.

Title context

'Pork is a sausage' was a statement made by a pizza restaurant worker to an exasperated Doc Brown during the 'Order a pizza without using certain words' task.

Alternate Titles

  • On Denmark's TV2 Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Svinekød er en pølse', which translates as 'Pork is a sausage'.
  • On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Possu on makkaraa', which translates as 'Pork is a sausage'. [Translator credit: zador]
  • On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Svin er pølse', which translates as 'Pork is sausage'. 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's Sign-off

    And what have we learnt today? Well, we've learnt that Richard Osman is the only person brave enough to eat an egg. That Katherine Ryan can write genuinely brilliant nursery rhymes. We've learnt that Jon Richardson is shorter than a snooker cue. We've learnt that Doc Brown punches fish. We've learnt that Joe Wilkinson is definitely gonna come last in this series. But mainly, we've learnt that tonight's winner is Jon Richardson! Thank you, everybody. Good night!

    Official episode video

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    Official podcast episode

    Episode stats

    Official Points
    90
    Disquals
    4
    Assignment Type
    Solo
    6
    100%
    Team
    0
    0%
    Special
    0
    0%
    Split
    0
    0%
    Tie-Break
    0
    0%
    Judgment Type
    Objective
    3
    50%
    Subjective
    3
    50%
    Combination
    0
    0%
    Unjudged
    0
    0%
    No. of Task Briefs
    Single
    6
    100%
    Multiple
    0
    0%
    Task Originality
    Original
    5
    83%
    Adapted
    1
    17%

    Subtitles

    The following episode subtitle files are available for download.