This programme contains strong language and adult humour
Is this a joke?
Oh!
Oh, I like that!
Wow.
APPLAUSE #S
Hello, I'm Greg Davies
and every morning I judge the first person I see
to sharpen my skills for preparation for my work on this throne.
This morning it was Lydia Evans who runs my local bakery.
Lacklustre service and a horrible shrill voice.
Easy. Now, let's meet the lemmings queuing up
for a write-off on camera, they are
Alan Davies,
Desiree Burch,
Guz Khan,
Morgana Robinson
and Victoria Coren Mitchell.
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Now, he's small, he's hairy and he sleeps in my underpants,
it's little Alex Horne!
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Thank you. Nice.
All right? Bit nervous.
Are you?
I wanted to tell you something which I've never told you before.
OK. Uh, I love you.
I want, I want you to look at me the way I look at you.
I can imagine.
Finished?
OK.
No, it's awful, isn't it? But who created this atmosphere?
I didn't.
Right, let's get going with, with the show, I guess.
OK, so the Prize Task this week,
you demanded that they bring in the most desirable thing
for the person below you in the alphabet,
or the highest alphabetically if you're the lowest alphabetically.
So, Alan has chosen something desirable for Desiree,
Desiree for Guz and so on, until eventually,
Victoria has brought something in for Alan.
Five points will be awarded to the most desirable thing
and the winner of the episode will bring home five things,
one of which will be desirable for them.
Ooh. Hello, Alan.
Hi. Who've you brought a present for?
Uh, Desiree. It's a book of etiquette for English ladies.
Ahh. And, it's, it's very helpful for people who are coming
to these shores, living here.
Mid-19th century, things like,
"you are not expected to recognise any friend
"on the opposite side of the street. Even if you see them, do not bow."
That is a relief. Thank you, that's... Stop. Do not bow.
Stop bowing! Also, Desiree, "Do not walk so fast,
"you are not chasing anybody. Walk slowly, gracefully."
Yeah, that's been a big problem for me my entire existence.
You flipping yanks running around bowing all over the place.
Desiree, who have you bought something for?
I have bought something for Guz.
I happen to know what Guz really wants is a Bully Kutta,
which is a Pakistani Mastiff.
It's a huge dog that's super protective.
Kutta means dog and Bully is, it's a bully dog.
You want a Bully Kutta? It's a Bully Kutta, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. So, what I've done is commissioned Idil Sukan,
who is an incredible artist, to create a painting of one
so that you can always have your dream dog in your home
to protect you and your family.
I'm so excited. Oh!
Right, isn't he fly?
He's got the gold puffy coat
and everything cos that's your dog, man.
That is incredible.
Yes. Just give her the five points now. Yes.
This task has really backfired.
I know. I used to love it.
I was hoping you were gonna insult each other.
No, we adore Guz.
He has only got a one in five chance of taking it home, though.
Look, if I win it, I'll give it to you.
Will you do that? Yeah, of course.
Stop being nice!
Me too, Guz, you're totally having it.
Thank you, mate. Yeah, yeah.
We have defeated the format of your show.
You haven't cos I'm gonna go backstage
and cut that painting up.
Guz, who have you bought for?
So, I have bought for Morgana.
What is it? My G, and...
A weekend in the Seychelles?
It was actually gonna be something different, yeah,
and then now we've all been spending so much time together,
I switched it and made it something that I hope you will really appreciate.
Yeah? It's one of Guz's long coats.
I love it!
I love it, it's the one that you were wearing the other day.
You said you really liked it and I was like, yeah. I love it!
I'm gonna feel guilty if I take that home.
No, you won't. Don't feel guilty, it's what Guz wants.
He either wants, in life, paintings of himself
or to make other people look like him.
All right, what have you bought, Morgana?
OK, so I have bought Victoria a. GREG GROANS
..personalised velvet vintage smoking jacket
with, if that's not enough, some matching slippers.
Oh. Embossed in your name,
to sort of pimp up her late night smutty poker nights.
I mean, that sounds amazing.
Wow. Whoa. Are those Victoria's initials?
I mean, I really, really want that.
Can you imagine a big cigar, nothing underneath,
"Six of clubs, have that!"
That's how you play, isn't it?
It's like looking in a mirror.
That's a great present as well, obviously.
Um, if we can rely on one person to get us back on track.
No, this is a good thing. No, I've got a good thing.
I have bought Alan a season ticket to Manchester United
because he always goes to see the Arsenal. I don't...
The team he supports?
Yeah, well, whatever the reason that's where he always is.
I knew you wouldn't let me down.
No, because I assumed if he loves football,
he's gonna want to see the best team.
If you look at the cups and everything... Yep.
..it's usually Manchester United and I thought,
I don't know why Alan's never treated himself to a ticket to that.
I think Alan's about to tell you.
Anyway, it's not the whole... Because it's so expensive,
it turned out to be, I got a voucher towards a season ticket.
So you haven't even bought the whole season ticket.
Well, I bought most of it. To a team I imagine you hate.
Of course.
He'll be sat with all the people he hates as well,
he's in the wrong end. He's in the Man United end.
And many of them, I'd like to point out, hate me.
Yes, yes, they all know you're an Arsenal fan.
And she hasn't even paid for it all!
This is it! I knew it.
It's the most passive-aggressive, calculated personal attack
that I've ever experienced.
It's fabulous, one point to Victoria.
Well done, Victoria.
Two points to, uh, Alan's etiquette book.
OK, fair enough. Three points to Guz trying to make someone into him.
Right. Uh, the smoking jacket,
Victoria will look fine and dandy in it, I must concede.
But the painting, it just tipped it for me
so I'm gonna give five points to Desiree.
Five points to Desiree Burch!
What's next, please?
Ironing.
Oh, there you are. Hello, mate.
Aww. What a busman's holiday.
Oh, a little domestic work, this is nice. OK.
OK. Uh,
land the iron on
the ironing board from the furthest distance.
What? Land what?
The ironing board must be standing at its maximum height
when the iron lands on it, so at the maximum height.
And the iron must remain on the ironing board
for the attempt to count.
What attempt to count?
You have 20 minutes.
I don't understand.
So, so the ironing board has to be far away
and arrive at the ironing board?
Well, you've said ironing board twice now.
Your time starts now. Can I leave the room?
All the information's on the task, Guz.
Oh, I have to be the furthest distance, not the iron.
Well, you need to make the iron land on the board.
Seems to have baffled Victoria, this one. Yes.
It, it seems quite straightforward to me,
it's got to land on the ironing board from the furthest distance,
not necessarily thrown, just land.
Yeah, it's like, it's like the hammer throw in the Olympics
but landing it on a hammer board.
With an iron. Yes.
Good. Well, let's not talk about it, let's see it.
Yes. First to attempt long distance iron throwing are Guz and Desiree
and let's not forget Alan!
OK, I think I got to go out.
I'll measure that.
Ahh.
Maximum height. Am I allowed to move the ironing board,
can I ask you again? All the information's on the task.
Listen, I know you're probably trying
to keep this level of communication to a minimum with
the other contestants but me and you are different. Are we?
There's a connection. Can you feel it?
Shh, close your eyes.
I felt it. Did you feel it?
You could really get some distance.
Uh, remember Neville Southall?
Yeah. Big lad, used to play for Everton. Big Nev.
This is for Neville Southall!
That's from there.
Yes, I've, I've logged that.
Logged that.
Yeah, I'd go.
All right, this is the first one.
Is this your fence or the neighbours'?
Ooh!
Ahh, boom!
Lovely shot.
Alex, please can I have your assistance, brother?
Yeah, there you go. Do you know who we're gonna channel for this one?
Shaka Hislop. You remember Shaka? Shaka Hislop for the win.
Oh, no. Oh, no,
I hadn't factored in the iron smashing to pieces.
I don't know how many more goes I've got.
Uhh... All right. There's a better way.
OK. I wish I could figure it out.
I'm good with that. Thanks, guys.
Oh, look at that!
I'm out.
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Fuck!
All right, you know, well...
Thanks, Alan.
Sorry about the iron.
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Lovely.
I got a tad mad.
The first thing that struck me about that was the fact that Alan, uh,
didn't question what he had to do.
He read it once and he went,
"OK, yeah, all right, iron throwing, I'm in, let's go."
And that was borne out by the style of the man.
That was so... It was like an athlete at the top of his game.
It really was. One foot off the ground, big smile on his face.
I thought you were the most stylish until I closely observed Desiree
in action, because much like the curling champions,
who I so admire,
she always went with the follow through arm.
Very, yeah!
Always.
Yeah, you would think that accuracy might come with poise.
It did not, but I felt proud of my actions.
Guz, the bath, stroke of genius.
Yeah, absolutely.
And lovely to see some sporting greats being, uh, celebrated.
You've got to, you've got to channel the people that came before you.
It's the reason why we're here today.
The people that led to iron throwing, the sport.
Well, give me some statistics.
I've measured it.
You know how people throw things over double decker buses?
Yeah. I've done it in Double Deckers, the chocolate bars,
15 centimetres long. Desiree, 32 Double Deckers.
Yeah. Yeah? OK. Yeah, get this out your system
then we'll hear the real distances.
OK. 4.80 m. Yep.
Uh, Guz, 82 and two thirds Double Deckers.
Wow. Or 6.4 Shaka Hislops, that's 12.40 m.
Uh, whereas Alan, 56.4 original Curly Wurlys,
that's 93 and a third Double Deckers, that's 14.10 m.
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Hello, welcome back to Taskmaster.
Alex, please remind the nice viewers what was happening before
the nasty adverts.
We went way back to the iron age, a period in time when sport
took the form of throwing irons onto ironing boards from a distance.
We've seen Guz, we haven't seen Morgana, we've seen Alan,
we haven't seen Victoria and we've seen Desiree, until now.
OK. I'm just gonna go and have, and find some bits and bobs,
if that's all right.
I was imagining what if I could rig up some sort
of pulley system.
How hard can this be?
Oh, for God's sake. Oh, there we go.
I don't know if this will work.
Get then and then just tie it across.
It's over.
Little fucker.
OK.
Ahh, they're too thin!
Ah! This is not what I imagined.
Should we swap places? Let's swap places.
OK...OK. All right. OK.
It's on.
But if I had more time I could try to get further away.
Well, you have got more time. OK.
Up we go.
It nearly worked, didn't it?
Yeah, it didn't stay on the ironing board though. I know.
Can you lift the iron?
It's going down my sleeve into my arm.
Well, that's... You've bought a bad iron.
Go on, mate.
I'll tell you what, I wish I had my glasses.
You're gonna have to tell me if it's over the board.
It's over the board.
Is it on? Yes. Great. I'm happy.
Thank you, Morgana. Thank you.
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Wow. Felt like a real evolution of the sport there.
Pulley system, leverage, and they were successful.
Mm-hm. Morgana was punching the air and running around.
I was having a whale of a time.
You were, which was lovely to watch.
Victoria, slightly more muted celebration. "I'm happy."
I was very happy that the iron was on the board
but you've got to balance that with this is not where I hoped
to be professionally at this stage of my life.
For me, I'm like, pinnacle.
You're, you're... I'm at that sweet spot.
I'm peaking here. That's why you're doing the double hands in the air.
I'm Peking duck. Course. Thank you.
Yeah. Well, they were both very successful.
Yes. Seems to me. Well, there was only one Double Decker between them.
GASPING
Victoria was 8 metres 60, 57 Double Deckers,
Morgana 8 metres 44.
Oh. So Victoria's was just longer.
Oh. So, Desiree did the shortest throw and gets one point,
then it's Morgana with 8 metres 44, two points.
Victoria, three points. Guz, four points
but the champion iron thrower was Alan Davies
with five points and 14 metres 10. There it is.
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Know what I'd love? A scoreboard.
OK, well, it's Alan and Guz in the lead with seven.
Lovely.
I want another one!
Yes, and this one's just so dog-gone cute.
AUDIENCE: Aww!
Hello.
Hi, there, cheeky.
Cheeky? Uh, Alex.
Cutie!
Is he a little pug or bulldog?
He's a bull, yeah.
"I can't breathe!" OK.
What's this thing?
Is there a dog in it?
HE WOOFS
"Make a cute toy for a cute dog."
Is there gonna be a real dog?
Yes, but you will not meet the dog. Why?
"The dog will have five minutes with your cute toy."
"Most engaged dog wins!"
"You have 20 minutes." Oh, that's ages.
They're really expecting something good, then.
"Your time starts now." OK.
You literally can't beat a tennis ball, that's the problem.
In that box, there's all vet-approved items.
I couldn't, I couldn't get the lid off it just now.
I saw that.
Have you got a dog? I do have a doggy.
He's called Stinks.
He's got very bad breath.
Yeah, I mean, there.
Am I allowed to soak any of it in food?
What I would ideally do is rub it on a cat.
I guess you don't have one?
I haven't checked through the whole box.
I mean, I could wee on it. What time does this go out?
Is it a boy dog or a lady dog?
Oh. I have no idea how you tell.
Imagine if it's a boy dog in heat, yeah, and we made a lady dog?
Just, I've cooked a chicken thigh.
Slippery little sucker.
I'm gonna try and cut out a cat.
You say cute, innit? Yes, please.
Oh, that is cute.
You must've done that before. I've never done that before.
You and I look at that and see a cat. Do we?
Give it a name or something.
What's a cute name? Pipe, Pipey.
Is it gonna have a name, do you think?
Yeah. It's gonna be Chonky.
I'm giving it a hat.
You're giving it a hat? Yeah, I'm giving it a hat.
It's Priscilla.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, come on. Are you feeling this?
I reckon that's all right, you know.
Yeah.
But what people tend to do with dogs is they tend
to create something that looks like a cat.
It doesn't look at it and think of it as a cat. You do.
Cat.
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Wow, Victoria.
When you got out the tennis ball and popped it down,
I accepted your authority. Hmm.
Then I even accepted your authority
when you suggested rubbing a cat on it.
You didn't even lose me at the idea
that they might be attracted by wee. Hmm.
Where you lost me is that
the dog might be attracted to YOUR wee.
Well, it'd be hard to get someone else's wee.
I was alone in the room.
Well, that is true. OK.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, Guz -
you randomly just put a load of rubbish together.
No. I was thinking, human beings have been so...
distanced physically during this pandemic that dogs must also
be feeling exactly the same, so I created Priscilla
so that dog could sniff Priscilla's bum or whatever they do,
like, as, as a model.
This is like QVC, isn't it? No, I did have a point!
"And they're flying off! Ring now, we've only got 50 of them."
My money's on Chonky,
I'm gonna put it out there before we see the videos. OK, well...
I mean, my money's on chicken but I hope for Chonky.
Well, it's time to meet Marco
and it's time for Marco to meet Victoria and Desiree's creation.
Come in, Marco.
Hello, Marco. You have five minutes, starting now.
This is Chonky, Marco.
Look, there's a toy.
Hello, Marco? You're running out of time.
Marco, you've got 90 seconds left.
Ooh, look, look at Chonky.
Bye-bye.
BELL RINGS
That's your time up, Marco.
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Well. Well done.
Looks like I backed the wrong horse.
Yeah, actively offended by Chonky.
And I mean, worse, not even aware of Chonky.
Even when Alex demonstrated Chonky.
Marco bit your balls, though. Victoria. Yeah.
He went in on the cat
and I think Marco's initial instinct was,
"Ah, there's a cat! I'm gonna rip it to pieces"
and then he came round the front and he went,
"Someone's already been at this cat."
Who's next?
OK, next it is the two dog owners,
so let's see Alan and Morgana completely storm the task.
I should say that Alan did also demand
we put a little bit of dog food in his one, so there is a little bit
of food on one end of his. Ooh! Here we go.
OK, you've got five minutes, Marco. Off you go.
This is Pipey, Marco.
Hmm.
Marco, can I interest you in the other end of Pipey?
There's not just that end, look, there's all this bit.
Back on the mat, ready?
OK, Marco, that's your time up.
BELL RINGS
Marco, please leave the room.
That's your time up, Marco.
You have to leave.
What's that?
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I think one of these two pipe-based toys is better than the other.
Would you like to guess which one I think's better?
Um, I think you're gonna say Morgana's one.
Correct. Do you?
I do. I thought you were gonna pick Pipey.
No, I'm... Don't get me wrong... Pipey had a hat.
For me, as a toy, the food was concealed within...
What's yours called?
The Roast Chicken Cracker for Poodles.
It's a better toy because the chicken was concealed.
Hmm. Whereas Alan got a load of pipes together
and then last minute got one of you to smear some food on the outside.
That is true. Well, is it a better toy in a week
when that's reeking of rotten chicken and that still smells like,
you know, dog treats? That's a good point. Well, the great thing
about Pipey is that if your dog's not that interested in it,
it's just a lovely object to have around the house.
It's beautiful. It's beautiful.
A break now.
Sometimes it's good to stop and reflect,
to really appreciate what you've got,
and this is one of those times.
So, if you're lucky enough to be next to someone,
just look across, take a moment and be thankful.
Urgh...
it's just your tooth.
APPLAUSE
Hello. Welcome back to Taskmaster.
Hope you've brought lots of stuff.
Oh, I did, actually. All of my sea monkeys died when
we were having a bath, so I've bought some more sea monkeys.
Before the break, we watched how
Marco the dog engaged with the creations of our competitors.
All of them, that is, but Guz's.
Here's how Marco got on with Priscilla.
Marco!
This is Priscilla.
OK, you've got three minutes left.
Marco, that's one of Priscilla's legs.
OK, Marco, you've got two minutes.
BELL RINGS
So, time up, Marco, you can leave.
You have to leave now, Marco.
Ahh. He loves it. Who'd have thunk it?
You're gonna make such a good dog father.
I mean, I take it back.
Priscilla, the absolute, uh, runaway hit.
Yeah. Just a load of rubbish.
A load of rubbish that didn't represent anything
and the dog would've stayed there all day.
So, I imagine you can score this already?
Yeah, if you're happy they're all cute toys.
As I've said, they're all objets d'art I'd welcome around my home.
I mean, Marco ignored Desiree's Chonky completely.
Of course. Chonky was a commercial disaster,
and I, I invested in that toy.
So one point to Desiree.
It would be two to Victoria, I think, because, uh,
he did play a little bit. Three points, then, to Alan's Pipey.
Yep. Four to Morgana's Roast Chicken Cracker.
And then against all odds...
Yes. Guz's Priscilla - no food involved, just string,
a tongue and some toilet rolls -
five points!
Five points for Guz Khan. Big up Priscilla.
Yeah!
Just goes to show you that on this show sometimes
it pays to put virtually no thought into your attempt.
Right, what have we got next?
Circles. Lots of circles and a shredder. Ooh!
Oh, hello.
The energy I brought to you.
Do you mind shutting the door behind you?
Hi, Morgana. Hello.
How are you feeling?
I'm excellent, very, very calm. Chilled.
I love it when you have that cheeky smile like,
nothing to see here.
So much to see here.
"Sit on the red chair."
"Sit on the red chair in the secret tower."
Oh, secret tower, OK, great.
"You may only step on circles on your way."
"You may only stand on each circle once." Oi, oi, oi.
"Unless it is black."
"You may stand on a black circle twice but never twice in a row."
That's enough rules.
"Also"... Oh, come on!
SHE SIGHS
"Also, you must put this task in the shredder
"within the first minute."
"If you fail for any reason, Alex will blow his whistle.
"Return everything to its starting position
"and you must start again." This is cruel, brother.
It's cool? It's cruel. Very cool. C-R-U-E-L. Oh, yes.
OK, just hold on a second, does that sign say secret tower? Yes.
"Fastest wins." My time starts when Alex says my name.
I don't un... I don't understand.
Yeah, she wasn't the only one not to understand.
No. But she was the main one.
Each of them are sort of locked in
a specific way of reacting to most tasks now.
Guz is always absolutely calm,
even though I know he's usually gonna do quite badly.
There's a feeling of, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think I've got this."
Um, the difficulty here for me would be remembering the rules.
Yes. They were many and varied. It was overly complicated deliberately
cos they then had to shred the task so they couldn't refer to it again. Yes, they couldn't reread it.
Very clever. Yes, a very clever boy.
Do you want to see how Desiree and Victoria got on?
You know I do.
OK, here we go.
I hope you have a nice time in the great hall, Victoria.
Thank you!
Oh, you've said my name. Right, OK.
Well, have a nice time, Desiree.
Cheers, thanks for starting my time, much appreciated.
Why did I put that so far away?
Within the first minute?
Holy crap, that's not a lot of time.
But you can go black, black, it's just the same one it can't be?
All the information's on the task.
SHE LAUGHS
This is stressful.
WHISTLE BLOWS
Please return to your first circle and start again.
What did I do wrong? You were too slow to get to the shredder.
Mother-father!
Where's the chair?
But it says it's a red chair in the secret tower.
There is not a chair in this room.
Ah, moving.
Wow.
But there... But there isn't a red chair.
Oh, joy. OK...
I've stopped the clock.
Yay. Thanks for my sweet.
Yes, you can enjoy that now.
Are they in the balloon?
This is a sweet...
I mean, there can't be a chair in a sweet, can there?
Am I supposed to make a chair?
I mean...
Do...do I have to...
..make it be in here?
I think you do have to make it be in there.
But there isn't a red chair!
There's no red chair anywhere.
So, if something...
..is being sat on by a person,
does that make it a chair?
So, looking around, there's a red chair in the secret tower
if I sit on it, which I am now doing.
Do you want me to stop the clock? Yes.
I've stopped the clock. Thank you.
Well, great.
APPLAUSE
GREG: OK, good.
Desiree just disappointingly chilled, really.
Yeah! Just perfectly happy with the task.
You briefly said, "mother-father",
and I thought, "Good, we're on for some frustration,"
but pretty cool, got there. I got there in the end.
Well done, you. Now, Victoria.
LAUGHTER
If ever there was a sentence that showed us
we should never judge people
on our previous impression of their intelligence,
I believe it is the sentence,
"There can't be a chair within that sweet, can there?"
Do you know,
after a certain number of tasks,
there was no trust left.
My mind was addled.
I...maybe you suck the sweet and then there's a little bit of...
..and there's...you'll find the chair out of the window.
It was yet another task where she forgot her glasses. Yeah.
It's one of the main problems. Yeah.
Let's cut the lady some slack. OK.
Because she has, on national television, just said,
"There can't be a chair within that sweet, can there?"
And...and that's gonna be there for life.
LAUGHTER
That is, that's there forever.
I'm gonna allow your definition of a chair at this stage, so... OK.
..let's leave it. Fine. Charitable! Who's next?
Next up it's Alan and Guz.
Are you ready, Alan?
I can only step on a red circle...
Was that you saying my name? Yes.
..twice, but never twice in a row.
Good luck, Guz.
You said my name.
Oh, no.
SHREDDER WHIRS
And now I realise,
cos this is the kind of person I am,
I should've read it one more time before I shredded it.
Now I don't even know what the task is.
Long story cut short.
Oh, do you know what?
HE LAUGHS
What's wrong, Alan?
Well, I haven't got the red chair.
It was....I was going so well, look, I've gone all this way.
I was meant to get to the red chair with that stepping on these things,
now I'm here in this chair
and I don't know what the fuck is going on.
I'm gonna make a mistake right now.
Don't step in a row. WHISTLE BLOWS
You've stepped on that one three times, Guz.
You'll have to start again. Please stand on that first circle.
You know, I've just eaten two Creme Eggs
and I'm not really up for this.
There's a sweet, can I have it?
You can have the sweet. I'll stop the clock.
Are you sat down on the red chair in the secret tower? I am.
I'll stop the clock.
Can I have my balloons back, please?
Huh?
What balloons you talking about?
LAUGHTER
APPLAUSE
You see what I mean about Guz? That initial confidence.
I'd... I'd follow Guz into battle.
When...when you get there, you go,
"Oh, no, we shouldn't have come over this ridge."
We'd get absolutely slaughtered.
Guz went from, "Yeah, yeah, no, I've got this covered,"
to being a man
standing in a room with a handful of cardboard circles in his hand
having to guess the task.
I'm sort of intrigued by your two Creme Eggs system.
Yeah, before every task, Alan would have...
Is that what happens at a certain time of day?
Alan's got to have his two Creme Eggs?
I don't remember at all.
What I remember about that task
is I'd collected every circle I could find in the room
cos I thought, when it said "secret tower" and you opened the door,
I imagined there was gonna be another mile of walking
and it was just this tiny little room.
Yeah. Pointless. I went all the way over there to get these.
The Creme Eggs had given you too much energy
and you forgot the chair!
Right, only one part left, but first, some adverts.
I hope there's an advert where a family buys some things
and then they're all happier.
GROW UP!
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
APPLAUSE
Ah, hello!
Welcome back to the warm love fest-slash-battle zone
that is Taskmaster.
There was a tricky little task going on before the break,
wasn't there, Alex? You're right.
They've been trying to get to the secret tower with a red chair,
standing only on circles on their way. One person left,
and she's the only Morgana we'll ever have on the show,
so let's savour her name and watch her take on the task.
Here is Morgana.
Only step on circles, please, Morgana.
So that's the shredder there? Yes.
OK, I think I've got an idea.
Well, I've said your name.
Fuck!
AUDIENCE: Ooh!
Pop it in the shredder?
SHREDDER WHIRS
WHISTLE BLOWS
Right, please start again.
How? I've only stood on it once.
Yeah, but afterwards, you stood over there.
I don't want to argue with you. Please stand on the big circle.
Sit on the red...chair in the secret tower!
I totally forgot about that bit, didn't I? Yes.
SHE LAUGHS
Oh!
But where's the secret tower?
What?
This doesn't make any sense. This isn't a secret tower.
No. WHISTLE BLOWS
Right, I need... I need to give you another task now.
You've just spent over a minute and you haven't shredded it.
SHE GROANS
Oh, the secret tower!
SHREDDER WHIRS
SHE GIGGLES
I might take these just in case. OK.
SHE GIGGLES
Ah!
SHE GIGGLES
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
Can I have that sweet?
I've stopped the clock. You can eat your sweet.
Thank you.
It's a bit spooky, innit?
Are you scared?
Yeah, I don't like it. It smells funny in here.
APPLAUSE
Right, well done.
That created that will become known from this day forth
as the Morgana slide. Yes.
And, bonus, we were treated to, uh,
Jack Nicholson as the Joker.
GREG CACKLES
I actually got the giggles cos it was so ridiculous.
I was like, what am I doing?
Well, do you want me to give you the times? Yeah.
And do you want me to give them in minutes and seconds,
or to convert it into years, if we say one hour is the average lifespan of a human?
Well, I'd like it just in minutes... Yes, but I've done...
..like a normal person. ..quite a lot of maths.
But I also... Yeah? ..I...I know that you like this...
..this novelty bullshit, so convert it if you want.
In which case, Victoria would've spent 11 years and 11 months
getting to that secret tower.
What on earth are you talking about? Well, I just said...
Just...just indulge him.
Whereas Guz, Guz, 9 years and 1 month,
so still quite a long time. 6 minutes 45.
Alan, 5 minutes 37, 7 years and 6 months.
Morgana took almost exactly 5 years,
that's 3 minutes 45.
But Desiree, just over 4 years, 3 minutes 5 seconds,
she was quicker than the slide! She gets five points!
Oh, yes! Oh, my God. It feels so good! Yes!
Morgana didn't win the task
but she is joint in the lead with Guz Khan on 14 points.
Whoa.
OK, please remove yourselves from the chairs
and head to the stage for the final task of the show!
Hello, friends and hello, Alex.
I love you.
AUDIENCE: Aww! OK, do you want
someone to read the task? Yes, please. Guz Khan.
OK. Perfect.
Let's try it then, go on.
Choose the number of sheets you want
for the second part of the task.
Each sheet will reduce your points total by five.
You have 30 seconds to select your sheets.
So by sheets, obviously, I meant sheets of paper,
but we all know that.
Um, I should say every sheet of paper used
will cost you five points in the game,
whatever the game is. Ready? Hmm.
WHISTLE BLOWS
How many are in here?
There's 25 in that box.
Are we likely to wish we had more paper or wish we had less?
Mm... Sheets on the table.
Blud...
WHISTLE BLOWS
That has annoyed them more than I thought it might.
OK, so, Alan, how many sheets of paper did you choose?
I've got eight. Eight for Alan.
Whoops, he's on -40 already.
Desiree, how many have you got? Two.
Guz? I did two as well.
Morgana? Six.
And Victoria? Seven. Seven.
OK, I've got part two of the task for you now. Hmm.
Make paper aeroplanes. Oh.
Your paper aeroplanes must look like aeroplanes. Oh...
You can't just scrunch them into balls.
You'll have two minutes to make your paper aeroplanes,
then 30 seconds each to throw all your paper aeroplanes into the receptacles.
You'll see the receptacles have points on them.
Most points wins.
Your time starts now.
Great...great.
This is painful.
So, the likes of Alan, he's up against it,
he's on minus 40,
but the bin over there is worth ten points.
I mean, imagine if I'd taken all 25, which I considered.
Don't!
LAUGHTER
How do you make it have that triangle at the end?
Look, do that...that bit there.
Five seconds.
VICTORIA: I don't know how you do it!
MORGANA: Oh, this is so unfair.
Please stop folding your paper.
So we're gonna go from first to last this time. Yeah.
Morgana is joint in the lead so, Morgana,
please bring all your planes over to the front.
You're on -30 points at the moment.
You've got 30 seconds to throw seven aeroplanes.
Let's fly.
WHISTLE BLOWS
Bollocks.
Five points down.
Bollocks. Ten points.
Bollocks!
Ooh... So close to not bollocks.
Oh! Ooh, now will she get any points for that, Greg?
I'm afraid she won't, no.
Bollocks. Oh.
It's -30 to Morgana. Please return to your table.
Sorry, Morgana.
Them's the breaks.
Flying is a tough game. Who's next?
Next to play the tough game is Guz Khan. Ah, top gun.
What are you flying towards, Guz?
We try for the five. Uh-huh.
And if it don't pan out, we'll just slap it down there. Yeah?
That's what pilots say. Good luck.
WHISTLE BLOWS OK.
Oh, beautiful. Oh! Oh!
DESIREE: He had to go for it.
Oh! Oh!
Guz Khan scores minus ten.
Next up, it's Alan, who's currently in third place.
Alan, please bring your many, many planes to the front.
Alan. Yes? 38 planes.
WHISTLE BLOWS
Oh!
Alan's gonna do it.
That was cruel. ALAN: It was cruel.
That took eight seconds. Go on, Al. Oh!
Oh, the glide on it!
17 seconds.
Oh! 14 seconds.
15 points down. Oh...
Ten seconds left, Alan. Ten seconds.
Ten seconds left. Ten seconds left.
Oh! Five seconds.
Oh! Four seconds.
Oh, it's gone miles!
Oh, my God. WHISTLE BLOWS
- 40 to Alan Davies.
APPLAUSE
An aeronautical disaster!
LAUGHTER
Desiree up next with her... Go on, D. ..two... Dessy!
Go, then, D. ..two aeroplanes. Lovely.
WHISTLE BLOWS
Oh, so close!
All right... Wow.
Oh! Oh!
- 10 to Desiree.
APPLAUSE
Well, it's all built up to Victoria's moment. Has it? Has it?
Are you gonna be the unlikely top gun?
Can you show me that end one just there?
This is...this is, no... This is an avant-garde...
Look, there's its pointy nose and... DESIREE: It's a Frank Gehry.
Yeah, it's like a... It's a work of art. Yeah, I buy that.
Good luck, Victoria. WHISTLE BLOWS
Oh, lovely floating action.
Not a disaster. Get it in the bowl!
ALAN: Got to get a bit of air. Don't go downwards.
Throw a little bit upwards. Yeah.
Oh! Oh!
ALL: OH!
15 seconds left, Victoria. 15 seconds.
You almost saved the show.
Nope.
Oh, it hit it.
You've got ten seconds left, Victoria. Oh, OK.
There... There.
And this...
And the avant-garde one. This is the one. This is the one!
Come on, come on, come on.
This is the runt of the litter, come on! Three!
LAUGHTER
WHISTLE BLOWS
That's...that's -35.
Absolutely appalling.
LAUGHTER
Come down so we can conclude
the worst task in the show's history.
APPLAUSE
Welcome back.
That was so exciting.
It... Oh, honestly, what an adrenaline rush.
Well, it was a task to see who could pick
the fewest pieces of paper out of the box,
so, um, Alan came last.
Gets 1 point with his -40.
Victoria, 2, with -35. Morgana, 3, with -30.
We've got joint first place with -10,
Desiree and Guz Khan. There it is.
That means that Guz Khan is now into triple figures
with the series score. Wow. Wow.
He is our current leader.
He has also won this episode with a massive 19 points, Guz Khan.
Oh, my God. Guz Khan wins!
Please, go and get your desirable thing and some other things!
My!
So what have we learned today?
We've learnt that if you find yourself on holiday
and all the sun loungers have been taken,
then why not wade your way through a tin of Quality Street?
You never know, there might be a chair in there!
We've also learnt that paper aeroplanes and bathroom furniture
don't make good television.
See you soon.
And well done again to Guz Khan!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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