Taskmaster Season 17 Episode 08 Description
| Episode 8: The umbrella wink. | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The thing of yours Greg would most like to squeeze in his mighty hands. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Flick, flip and flap a flip-flop, flan and flapjack. You may only flick, flip and flap once. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | In the next task, you must say the word “umbrella” five times. If you say the word “umbrella” five times and no-one else says the word “umbrella”, you get two bonus points. Your teammates must hear you say your umbrellas and you must not mention the concept of a bonus task. If you fail, you lose two points. | – | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| In the next task, you must lie on the floor for 30 seconds. If you lie on the floor for 30 seconds without anyone questioning why you’re lying on the floor, you get two bonus points. If you fail, you lose two points. | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| In the next task, you must get something from the caravan, the shed, the hutch and the toilet before the task is finished. If you get something from all those places without anyone questioning why you’re getting something from all those places, you get two bonus points. If you fail, you lose two points. | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Team: Put the watermelon on this table. The table may not be moved. Once you leave this room, you may not re-enter this room. Also, you may not step on the stage and the watermelon may not touch the stage, floor or ground. Finally, you must speak into your hand-held microphones at all times. | 5 | 5 | DQ | 5 | DQ | |
| 4 | Make this mannequin come alive. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Write down a letter of the alphabet. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Live: Every time Greg asks you a question, you must write down an answer. Last correct answer placed on the board is eliminated. | ||||||
| Total | 17 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 17 | |
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Taskmaster Show Description
Taskmaster is a British comedy panel game show created by comedian and musician Alex Horne and presented by both Horne and Greg Davies. In the programme, a group of five celebrities – mainly comedians – attempt to complete a series of challenges, with Horne acting as umpire in each challenge, and Davies judging the work and awarding points based on contestants’ performances. The concept for the programme was first created by Horne for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010; he later secured a deal with Dave to adapt it for television, with the first episode premiering in 2015. After the ninth series in 2019, the programme was acquired by Channel 4, who commissioned six new series to be broadcast over the following three years.
Taskmaster proved a success on British television, spawning a tie-in book and board game, and leading to the creation of international versions of the programme in Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Finland, the United States, and New Zealand. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Horne hosted #HomeTasking, a series of tasks for people to film in their own homes; for each task, a montage of attempts was posted on YouTube that featured Davies awarding points to his favourite entries.
