Episode 2: Pork is a sausage

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 Intro

Hello, I am Greg Davies and this is Taskmaster. Only on this show will you find five of the country's most cunning comics competing for my golden cranium. At the end of the series, the overall winner will lift it high above their head, roughly in line with my own head. Unless Osman wins. Let's meet them now.

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!