Taskmaster Series 1, Episode 3 - The Poet And The Egg - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Celebs leave their dignity at the door as dastardly Mr Gilbert - aka Greg Davies - sets them some truly bizarre tasks, including building an egg tower.

Prize task: Most meaningful item.

* Romesh Ranganathan: His wedding ring. - 5
* Frank Skinner: His son's hobby horse. - 4
* Tim Key: A piston from the set of his Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show. - 3
* Josh Widdicombe: I Blame the Beatles by Tom Widdicombe, a self-published book of his father's letters to the local newspaper. - 2
* Roisin Conaty: A dictionary. - 1

Task 1: Throw a teabag into a mug from the furthest distance. You have exactly one hour. Your time starts now.

* Tim: 23.87m - 5
* Frank: 10.04m - 4
* Romesh: 8.5m - 3
* Roisin: 2.4m - 2
* Josh: 15.1m (disqualified for putting milk into his mug first, rather than the fact his mug was wheelbarrow) - 0

Task 2: Using this device to track your route, create the best image for Taskmaster. You have one hour. Your time starts when you take your first step. Pop a balloon to signal you have finished your image.

* Josh - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Tim - 3
* Frank - 2
* Roisin - 1

Task 3: Buy a gift for the Taskmaster. Here is £20. You have ten weeks. Your time starts now.

* Josh: A tattoo of Greg's name on his foot. - 5
* Roisin: A mouse called Greg and £3 worth of scratch-cards. - 4
* Frank: Shades with wing mirrors in them that allow Greg to see behind him. - 3
* Romesh: A picture of Greg as an angel with duck feet. - 2
* Tim: £16 worth of book tokens, which came in a card worth £4. - 1

Task 4: Using only the items currently on this table, get this egg as high as possible. Highest wins. The egg must not break. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.

* Josh: 6.8m - 5
* Romesh: 1.11m - 4
* Frank, Roisin and Tim: All break the egg. - 0

Live task: Stand up after 100 seconds. Most accurate wins.

* Josh - 5
* Romesh - 4
* Tim - 4
* Frank - 2
* Roisin - 1

Final scores

* Josh - 22
* Romesh - 22
* Tim - 16
* Frank - 15
* Roisin - 9

Tie-break task: Give Frank Skinner's age in minutes. Closest wins.

* Josh: 200,000 - Winner (Frank was 30,505,028 minutes old at the time)
* Romesh: 150,000

Broadcast details

Date

Tuesday 11th August 2015

Time

10pm

Channel

U&Dave

Length

60 minutes

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