Taskmaster Series 5, Episode 2 - The Leprechaun Or The Lesbian - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Aisling Bea, Sally Phillips, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Avalon Television

Preview clips

Prize task: Hippest item of headware

* Sally Phillips: A beret and balaclava with hips attached to it. - 5
* Bob Mortimer: A military hat for a future war, given to him by Vic Reeves. - 4
* Aisling Bea: A Yorkshire pudding hat. - 3
* Mark Watson: A hat with a neon sign reading: "Taskmaster". - 2
* Nish Kumar: A cap made for him at Disneyworld reading: "Nishi". - 1

Task 1: Make the best coconut-flinging machine. You have 20 minutes and one attempt. Furthest coconut fling wins. Your time starts now.

* Bob: 16.2m - 5
* Sally: 5:5m - 4
* Nish: 5:3m - 3
* Aisling: 4.4m - 2
* Mark: 18.9m, but penalised for using a hat rather than creating a machine. - 2

Task 2: [In a darkened lab] Paint the best rainbow scene. You may not open the lab door until the task is complete. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.

* Aisling - 5
* Sally - 4
* Mark - 3
* Nish - 2
* Bob - 1

Task 3: There is a loaf of bread in the lab. Slice the loaf as neatly as possible. You may use one tool only, and that tool must be found in this caravan. You have five minutes. Your time starts now.

* Nish: Uses a hardback book cover. - 5
* Mark: Uses a grill. - 4
* Aisling: Disqualified for slicing the wrong loaf of bread. - 0
* Bob and Sally: Disqualified for using more than one tool. - 0

Task 4 (Team Task): Achieve the greatest splat. One teammate must be splatted for the splat to be valid. You have ten minutes to choose your splatting materials, and then ten minutes to pull off your splat. Your time starts now.

* Mark and Nish - 3
* Aisling, Bob and Sally - 2

Live task: With your face placed firmly in your hole at all times, paint the most recognisable animal, vegetable or mineral. You must incorporate your face in the picture. Most accurate representation of an animal, vegetable or mineral wins. You have three minutes.

* Aisling, Mark, Nish and Sally: 5
* Bob: 4

Final scores

* Sally - 20
* Mark and Nish - 19
* Aisling - 17
* Bob - 16

Broadcast details

Date

Wednesday 20th September 2017

Time

9pm

Channel

U&Dave

Length

60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

Greg Davies Host / Presenter
Alex Horne Host / Presenter
Aisling Bea Self
Nish Kumar Self
Bob Mortimer Self
Sally Phillips Self
Mark Watson Self

Writing team

Alex Horne Writer
Tim Key Task Consultant

Production team

Andy Devonshire Series Director
Andy Cartwright Series Producer
Richard Allen-Turner Executive Producer
James Taylor Executive Producer
Jon Thoday Executive Producer
Hilary Rosen Executive Producer
Rob Aslett Executive Producer
Andy Devonshire Executive Producer
Alex Horne Executive Producer
Dan Trelfer Edit Producer
Tom Webber Edit Producer
Thomas Perrett Editor
Martin McEwan Editor
Andi Meek Editor
Barry Osment Editor
James Dillon Production Designer
Sam Montague Director of Photography
Martin Kempton Lighting Designer
Dru Masters Composer
Tom Howe Composer

Videos

Paint the best rainbow in the dark

Can the contestants paint a good rainbow with the lights off?

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips & Mark Watson.

Cut bread without using a knife

The contestants are tasked with slicing an uncut loaf of bread without using a knife. Some interesting choices from Nish and Mark...

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Nish Kumar & Mark Watson.

Outtake: Greg Davies swear box

Greg Davies' swearing gets out of control!

Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Sally Phillips & Mark Watson.

Press

Taskmaster: series 5, episode 2 review

Tonight's episode features dystopian rainbow scenes, a blood-covered loaf of bread in the wrong room, and a woman drenched in urine.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th September 2017