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New Year's Treat 2023

Cover image for the third New Year’s Treat special of the UK show Taskmaster, picturing the cast of the special: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Carol Vorderman, Sir Mo Farah, Greg James, and Rebecca Lucy-Taylor (aka 'Self-Esteem').

Studio filming date:

22/11/2022

Air date:

01/01/2023

Episode title:

That's a swizz

Title coined by:

Carol Vorderman

Episode title context

'That's a swizz' was uttered by Carol Vorderman during the 'Collect carp pellets in a fish bowl' task.

Alternate Titles

On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'En skuffelse', which translates as 'A disappointment'. 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]

Close-up image of a soap bubble (presumably a reference to footage of the contestants shown during the title sequence), with the episode title, 'That's a swizz', superimposed on it.

Special synopsis

The 2023 New Year's Treat special aired on 1 January 2023, and featured the contestants Amelia Dimoldenberg, Carol Vorderman, Sir Mo Farah, Greg James, and Rebecca Lucy-Taylor, aka 'Self-Esteem'.

Filming of the live studio segments took place at Pinewood Studios, near Iver Heath, on 22 November 2022.

During the special, the contestants had to bring in the most surprising thing they owned, count all the dots while completing some other distracting tasks, recreate a picture from the comfort of a massage chair, collect carp pellets in a fish-bowl while evading booby-traps, and obey Greg's instructions to ensure a collection of objects were in the right places.

Assistant Intro

And next to me, a man who told me, in a private moment, that he believes climate change is a hoax propagated by, and I quote, "Liberal pussies who don't know how to party". It's little Alex Horne!

Special prize

Image of the New Year's Treat prize, a trophy featuring Greg's golden eyebrows.

The prize up for grabs in this special is a trophy featuring Greg's golden eyebrows.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

Have a great year and join us soon for another series. But for now, it's our Special Treat winner, please, Sir Mo Farah.

Notes

On 31 October 2022, applications opened to secure tickets to attend the filming of the live studio segments of the New Year's Treat 2023 special, via the SRO Audiences website.
On 21 November 2022, a teaser trailer for the special was released on social media, revealing that the cast would consist of YouTuber Amelia Dimoldenberg, TV presenter Carol Vorderman, Olympic athlete Sir Mo Farah, radio DJ Greg James, and musician Self-Esteem.