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SHE GIGGLES
SHE SCREAMS GIBBERISH
LOUD STATIC
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Hello, I'm Greg Davies, and this is Taskmaster.
Welcome back to our light-hearted entertainment show,
a place where talented comedians prove there's more to them
than just raising a smile - or, as I call it,
THE THEATRE OF PAIN!
You want... HE LAUGHS
You want to win my golden head?
Well, this is where you pay the ferry man.
And he's drunk on his own power, baby!
OK, good. We're ready.
Our players are Daisy May Cooper! APPLAUSE
Johnny Vegas! APPLAUSE
Katherine Parkinson! APPLAUSE
Mawaan Rizwan! APPLAUSE
And Richard Herring! APPLAUSE
And here, a jittery, feral man with a bearded protuberance
he calls a face.
It's little Alex Horne!
CHEERING
Thank you. All right?
I'm all right. A bit wistful. Oh. Why so?
Why so? Well, I sort of realised recently,
I think I've only got one item left on my bucket list.
Right, what is it?
Riding a horse naked and galloping up the high street of my hometown,
holding a sword.
LAUGHTER
Right, prize task. Yes, please.
And this week's category is one we've long been hankering for.
It's the cheekiest food. Ooh, cheeky!
Yes, we've gone big-time.
The person that's brought in the cheekiest food will get five points,
and the winner at the end of the show
will take home five cheeky foods.
Good luck explaining THAT to your partner!
Katherine, hello. Hi.
What's your cheekiest food?
I thought I'll make, erm, a cake in the shape of...
GREG GASPS
..a bum. All right.
That's home-made, spectacular bum cake.
I'll be honest, I was intending to spend longer on this cake.
And then time ran out and I went to a well-known cake shop,
and got a small pistachio and rose cake, and cut it...
And then you just put a line down the middle of it? Yeah. Yeah. Good.
Richard. Can you beat Katherine?
Well, I thought - immediately thought of beef cheeks.
Here are his beef cheeks. Strap in, veggies. Wow.
They are literally... They're the cheekiest food you can get,
because they are... Do you see? They're literally cheeks.
They're literally the cheeks of a creature. Oh, God!
MAWAAN: I'm very triggered right now. Yeah?
I need to leave. Yeah.
I don't blame you, I want to leave.
Johnny, anything more cheeky than the severed face of an animal?
Well, it's heavily buttered bread. Yeah.
And an overfilled Pot Noodle.
And using the bread to mop up the gravy...
Oh, I feel a bit sick.
..from the pot noodle. Here it is.
GROANING
MAWAAN: That looks more like an arse than your cake.
LAUGHTER
But when you were lowering that into your mouth
like the saddest of fish...
LAUGHTER
..I put it to you that at no point did you think to yourself,
"Cheeky."
No, this is where the cheeky element comes in. Yeah?
I said to my son, "Do you want a Sunday lunch?"
And he walked in as I was pulling the bread -
and I thought, now is the point of going, do I cry? Yeah?
And tell him that I've just had a job cancelled? Yeah?
Or do I go, "Cheeky"?
LAUGHTER
There's nothing cheeky about it.
Mawaan. Yeah.
Can you do something that is correct? Yes.
This is the cheekiest, cheekiest food you'll ever eat.
It's lentils and rice in a Tupperware.
Here it is. OK.
LAUGHTER
But it is cheeky because...
..it's my housemate's lunch and I stole it.
And, as I did that, I made this face.
KATHERINE: Oh! Look at his cheeky face.
Thieving...cheeky, thieving face.
And I put a little curry leaf in there -
ooh, cheeky bit of flavour.
Naughty. Erm, Daisy? Cheeky?
Billy Bear ham. One slice. JOHNNY GASPS
Here it is. A solitary slice.
LAUGHTER
And if you look actually into it,
it looks like a frog's been shot in the nose.
Oh, my God, that's really good.
I'll tell you why it's cheeky. Yeah, do.
Cos it's kind of disguising itself as a ham.
Yeah, that's cheeky.
I'll tell you what else is cheeky, it's the shades of it.
But I still fall for the guy every time I walk past the deli counter.
It's a twist to... When I first saw it, I thought
you were going to tell me that you feed it to your child. Mm-hm.
Now that I know it's you eating it, it feels less cheeky. Yeah.
Hey, listen, all of these have been a step up from previous attempts.
The winner is going to get five amazing prizes tonight.
At least they're interesting.
I'm sorry, it was heartbreaking, not cheeky.
One point - Johnny Vegas. What?
One point to Johnny. Right.
In fourth place? It's not cheeky.
Two points to Daisy. Oh...
Three points, I'm going to give it to the severed face.
Richard - three points. Three points to Richard.
And the reason why Katherine gets four points is because hers
is literally cheeky...and cheeky. MAWAAN: Combination, fair enough.
Four points to her. But the winner,
cos of his cheeky face, and because of the cheeky act...
You naughty boy!
Five points. Mawaan Rizwan!
Five points, you cheeky devil! Ho-ho-ho!
Let's get on. Task! Yes, please.
And this one sees us all hanging out in the locker room!
WOLF WHISTLE
All right, Alex? Yes. How are you?
I'm good. This is a bit foreboding.
It's like a horror film.
Which one? Erm... The...
..The Scary Thing In The Locker.
Phone.
"Make this phone ring."
"Fastest wins. Your time starts now."
Daisy, do you know that sometimes when you read a task out,
you look like you're discovering language for the first time.
LAUGHTER
Right, who's first? Well, they've got to find an 11-digit number.
There's thousands of lockers there.
We're going to start off with Mawaan and Richard.
Basically, I want to go into Settings, and then be, like,
"ring tone" and just play the ring tone.
All right, well, this says "784," and is a key.
Where's the bloody ring tone thing?
HE SIGHS
Oh! I'm so stupid!
I'm going to call me, and then, I'll get the number. Why...?
What? Yeah, there's no credit on that phone.
There's no credit on the phone?
No, you can call it, but it can't call you.
OK, that's a red herring.
"784." 784!
There's nothing in here that says "784".
Yeah, that's been there the whole time.
Why didn't you tell me that, Alex?
Let me have another look.
"076."
You tricked me!
Well, this could be a locker...
..and the key works.
Thank you, OK.
OK.
BOTH: "Two down, 50 across."
Nine, ten, 11, 12, 13...
Oh...wait, what number was that?
Oh, shit. What's happening?
I just forgot - I was counting, and then, I just stopped counting.
"This locker, plus 188."
522.
49, 50. OK.
Yes. 522.
"This locker, plus 188."
What the hell is this? Hello?
WALKIE-TALKIE: Two. Huh?
188... 188.
Well, it's 500 and...take away 12.
512.
500 and...12.
BOTH: "Last locker is the first locker."
"Channel 4." Channel 4.
He-ha! OK.
WALKIE-TALKIE: Three. Four.
Hello, is anyone there?
Hello, can you please...? Hello, hi?
WHISPERING OVER WALKIE-TALKIE:
Nine, five, six...
WHISPERS: That was really creepy.
956.
"Last locker is the first locker."
So, the last locker is the first...
So, the first locker is the last locker. OK.
Whoa!
HE SCREAMS
HE LAUGHS
That's the scary thing! Three cocks.
Er, three chickens. OK.
Is that relevant?
Three French hens?
That's not a phone number.
784, 522, 956.
Three - three chickens!
522...5963?
Three.
PHONE RINGS
That was so bad.
PHONE RINGS
It's a good ring tone.
Thank you, Richard. Thank you very much.
Well done. Thanks. APPLAUSE
They got there. Pretty quick. Not bad.
Interesting contrast between you men.
The way I saw the whole thing was a young man acting on impulse,
following his gut instinct to track down the numbers.
And then, just this old maths teacher...
LAUGHTER
..doing long division.
Yeah, Mawaan did spend a long time in the beginning trying to work
his youthful way through the phone. Is that correct? Yeah.
I mean, it's all relative, isn't it?
Comparatively, yeah, I'm really young.
LAUGHTER
Richard, you used the phrase "red herring" at one point. I did.
I thought that must be a difficult phrase for you.
Because here, there was literally a... There was a red herring. Yeah.
And also, sometimes we've seen you, like, when you were pulling yourself
around on a boat, all huffing and puffing...
..with your big dad-arse out.
Right, I was thinking about... That was also a red Herring.
LAUGHTER
Do you want to reveal which of the two generations was faster?
Richard, ten minutes exactly.
Mawaan, 17 minutes and seven seconds.
Oh! Ah! APPLAUSE
Yeah. The old man takes the lead. Very interesting.
Maybe you have got something to learn.
Uh-oh, who's next?
Uh-oh, it's Katherine and Daisy. Lovely.
784, and a key.
Oh.
Why has that got "076" written on it?
"076"...
Aha. Aha! "Two down, 50 across."
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28...
Ah! "This locker, plus 188."
WALKIE-TALKIE: Three.
Hello? Four. Yeah, what...?
LOUD STATIC
God! That was loud.
188 + 324 equals...
BOTH: 512!
Aha!
"Last locker is the first locker."
Does that mean this last locker or the last locker I did?
Hello?
WALKIE-TALKIE: Two. Three.
Huh?
What did you say? Hello?
What am I doing? I don't understand.
"Channel 4!"
Is that the channel on the walkie-talkie?
Four. Hello?
WHISPERING OVER WALKIE-TALKIE: Nine...five...six.
That sounds like a ghost.
Hello?
WHISPERING OVER WALKIE-TALKIE: Nine...five...six.
I think that was a poltergeist.
Right, let's just figure this out.
SHE SCREAMS
SHE LAUGHS
Oh, gosh.
I just wasn't expecting that.
That's not a number.
"956."
We'll just go through all the numbers. OK.
♪ On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, five... ♪
Sorry, we'll have to do this. # Gold rings... ♪
I don't know it off by heart.
DIAL TONE
No.
So, the last number's three.
My God, this might work.
"9563."
PHONE RINGS
Yes! KATHERINE LAUGHS
Oh, God!
Oh, my God, I really... Finally...
I know I won't have won, but I got there.
I got there. Oh, yeah, you got there.
APPLAUSE
We couldn't see two more contrasting characters, really.
One largely poised, Agatha Christie-type character,
even at one point responding to a phone call like this...
LAUGHTER
..and a lunatic toddler.
LAUGHTER
They were very different.
They had very different methods of finding that last number.
And Katherine's method - she saw three French hens,
so she sang the whole Christmas carol
till she got back down to three French hens.
And then chose the number three? Yeah, that was...
..embarrassing. Whereas Daisy was far quicker than Catherine. Ohh!
11 minutes, 20 - second place at the moment.
20 minutes, 46 - last place at the moment.
Oh, my God, it's all over the place, this. God.
And that, my friends, is the end of part one.
DEAL WITH IT!
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Hello! Welcome back to Taskmaster.
It's the start of part two, isn't it, young Alex?
ALEX SIGHS
I suppose so. What? What do you mean?
I don't know. What do I know? I'm just the assistant, aren't I? Tut!
AUDIENCE: Aww!
SOFTLY: Alex. Hey. Look at me.
MENACINGLY: Pull yourself together, or I'll take everything from you.
Everything? Everything.
LAUGHTER OK.
On we go.
Last to figure out the locker challenge, in the hope of making
the phone ring - it's Johnny Vegas!
So, what's the...? No, don't do that, cos I'll come
back and read it again, going,
"Make this phone ring, not shove it up your arse
"and pretend you're going through customs."
"Make this phone ring" - so I need another phone to...
Well, it's obviously not going to ring this, is it?
I'll get something else. PHONE BEEPS
The number you have dialled has not been recognised.
No, course it's not.
784!
784, 784, 78...
Doesn't go up to 784, does it?!
Johnny, it's probably worth reading the task one more time.
Yeah, I would, Alex, but it's gone down the back of my leg, hasn't it?
How did it get down there?
I tucked it in the back of my pants, cos I thought I might need it again,
cos I knew you were going to advise me again because, once again,
I haven't read it properly.
HE GASPS
76.
No, that's not it! It's just a number, isn't it?
LINE BEEPS No, that's taking me back...
HE BABBLES INCOHERENTLY
HE GROANS
Right...
HE GASPS
What, eh?
Right, what do I do with it? That's a walkie-talkie.
Hello?
"This locker," 324, "plus 188."
512.
"Last locker is the first locker."
Is there another key in there?
Yeah, 512. Mm.
Oh, God, yeah! Maybe there...
There WAS a key, wasn't...? No, that was a...
I don't know...
Do you want...do you want a hug?
Yes, please! Just a little one.
Please! There was no key in there.
I've only got a key, but that was from the key to there.
There's nothing there!
I can't, I...
HE GASPS
"Channel 4!"
HE GASPS LOUDLY Ohh!
OHH!
WALKIE-TALKIE: Two. Three. Four.
Hello? Hello?
WHISPERING OVER WALKIE-TALKIE: Nine. Five. Six.
Wh-What's 556 got to do with...?
Oh, I see.
LAUGHTER
What is that again? WHISPERING: Nine. Five. Six.
NINE 56?!
You've really got to be clear, cos it sounds like a five.
But I think it's a nine.
Now, stop rasping and say it clearly, please!
WHISPERING: Nine. Five. Six.
Do you see?! There is no 956!
Sorry, this might be it.
I'm opening 701.
So, Johnny, why have you opened 701?
I'm just storing my stuff in there, Alex.
There's absolutely nothing to do with what...
"The last locker is the..."
Oh!
OHH!
Three chickens.
Come on, erm, three hens... Yeah.
Cock-a-doodle... no, that's not a number!
Got a belly on, cos he's French?
The dialling code for France?
I don't know what relates to, like...
Three. Three.
The number three.
That was it?!
07... Ohh!
784...
522...784...
956...
3.
Have you pressed the dialling button?
You've got to push the green button. Oh, yeah.
I genuinely think it's a network issue.
Look, no service! LAUGHTER
Oh, that is true, you haven't got any service.
"Don't think you've pressed the green button, Johnny."
You want to borrow my phone, Johnny?
PHONE RINGS
APPLAUSE
LAUGHTER I have...nothing...!
I don't know...he...
I've never had my world so instantly implode.
I've never seen anyone go through such a range of emotions -
and characters!
It was like my own version of Inception.
LAUGHTER
It just got worse...and worse.
You also said "cock-a-doodle" -
and I presume you were going for "cock-a-doodle-two".
LAUGHTER
Heartbreaking. Do you want to get into times now, or...?
Well, I can tell you Richard was the fastest, with ten minutes exactly.
So, five points to Richard.
Daisy next, with 11 minutes, 20.
Four points. Mawaan, third. Katherine, fourth.
But just under half an hour, Johnny gets one point.
He was nine minutes slower than everyone else.
Can we see the scoreboard, Alex? We can.
I can also tell you that there are joint leaders in the series
at the moment. GREG GASPS
Daisy and Richard both have 54 points.
RICHARD WHISTLES
OK? Wow. But in THIS episode... there's joint leaders, as well.
And this time, it's Richard and Mawaan, with eight points.
Have a look at this.
OK. Lovely.
APPLAUSE
Two different generations, top of the pile.
I quite fancy a team task, Alex. Do you have one? Yes!
No. Well, yes, but...sort of no.
It's sort of... Well, here it is, Greg.
After you. Thanks. Oh, look.
Ooh.
JOHNNY: Oh-ho-ho-ho!
When my mum wasn't well, I used to sell and collect
her Avon in a bag like this.
Really? Might be my time to shine.
"Secretly put something that looks amazing in your bag.
"You have ten minutes. Your time starts now."
What does that mean?
I know exactly where I'm going, and I know what I want.
So, we're not working together? No.
JOHNNY: No, no, no! This is MY choice. Come on.
OK, I'm going to take my bag inside.
Something that looks amazing... into my bag.
So it was a team task, but this time, Greg,
they're not playing together - they're against each other.
I understood that. Yes.
Richard took 25 seconds.
Daisy took the full ten minutes.
We're going to see them together first of all,
with what happened next. Lovely.
DAISY: Who IS that guy?
Thank you. I'll open the task, that might...
Er, "Persuade the security guard to look in your bag."
He's a security guard. Oh.
"You may describe what is in your bag,
"but you must not say what is in your bag.
"You must stay on your spot at all times, and you must not reveal
"the contents of your bag at any point..."
Oh, my... "Starting with the tallest person.
"The tallest person can start talking in 30 seconds from now."
How tall are you, Daisy? I think you're taller than me.
Five-eight-and-a-half. How tall are you?
I mean, you know...let's say 5'8".
LAUGHTER
So, Daisy, you'll speak first. WHISTLE BLOWS
Daisy. What's your name? Richard. Richard?
I guarantee you, the thing that is in this bag is something that
you will never have seen before in your entire life. Really?
And I think, as a security guard... you've seen some things.
I've seen some things, yes.
WHISTLE BLOWS Richard. Hello, Richard.
I'm also called Richard. Hello.
So, you know, we've got something in common.
Probably not much, but carry on. OK. LAUGHTER
Do you like looking at people with no clothes on? Yes. Yeah? Yes.
You should definitely look in my bag, you know...
WHISTLE BLOWS Ooh. Daisy.
Do you have a wife? Yes. She's going to watch this,
and she's going to know that you wanted to look at
something that's rude.
And if I was your wife, I'd be absolutely livid.
WHISTLE BLOWS
But, Richard, remember, you're a security guard,
and it's your job to look in bags. WHISTLE BLOWS
In my bag - this is me being honest, right?
WHISTLE BLOWS
She hasn't even said what's in there. I've told you what's in mine.
It's great, does exactly what it says on the tin.
It's a beautiful thing, as well.
And we don't even know what - we haven't even got a clue
what Daisy's got in there. WHISTLE BLOWS
What's your favourite type of hummus?
My favourite type of...?
WHISTLE BLOWS
I mean, this woman is not a woman of the people.
No-one's got a favourite type of hummus.
Your wife will be very pleased with you if you look in my bag,
and you will get the wonderful thrill of seeing some bare flesh.
WHISTLE BLOWS Thank you, Richard. Thank you, Daisy.
Please leave your bags in the bandstand and head
back to the house. Good luck.
It was an absolute pleasure meeting you, my love.
Thrilled to meet you, and I mean that. She's not allowed to talk
to him now! I was obeying the rules. She's just saying goodbye, Richard.
Well, she's buttering up the...
RICHARD LAUGHS
See you somewhere else. Come on, that's not on!
Look in my bag, and you'll get everything you need. Call me.
Bye, Richie!
Bye, Dickie!
THEY LAUGH
Wow. Wow. Yes.
APPLAUSE
Well, this is very interesting.
I put it to you there's some naked hypocrisy going on during that.
Your initial plan was to make, A, Richard seem like a pervert.
Sure, there are those who might think he is.
And then, initially...you suggest that Richard's disgusting
for offering up lascivious goods.
Well, no, first of all,
I'm disgusted that he thinks he's 5' 8".
LAUGHTER
Then you try and guilt Richard the security guard into not go to
his bubbling cauldron of filth that's Richard's bag,
because he's got a wife.
Daisy took a moral high ground.
Yeah. And then...
..I mean, let's say it as it is - tried to get off with him.
LAUGHTER
Yeah. Well, this is what Richard the security guard thought.
What did you think of Richard's argument?
Erm, absolute toshwash, unless it's a circus act.
But I don't know.
And Daisy said you've never seen anything like it before.
Unlikely, but I'm intrigued.
Which bag were you most persuaded to look in?
I think Daisy's.
Unbelievable.
Weird.
STATUE SHATTERS
And that's what men get if they're drawn against the rocks
by a wicked temptress.
Do we think he fancied Daisy? I think there was... A little bit.
Of course he did! He was drawn onto the rocks by your siren call,
and what did he get for it? He got the head of a baby.
With a, sort of, cactus growing out of it.
Yeah, with a horrible plant growing out of its head.
MAWAAN: It's classic mythology, isn't it? It is.
It is! LAUGHTER
It will be ultimately.
Right! HE LAUGHS
You think YOU'RE having a bad day?
What about poor old part two?
Without a second thought, it's gone and been replaced with a new,
younger, more supple part three.
The state of our world! He-he-he!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Hello there, and welcome back to Taskmaster.
We're right in the middle of a task,
and it's all about the power of persuasion.
Yes, we've seen the team of two, so all that's left is to see
the team of Mawaan, Johnny, and Katherine!
WHISTLE BLOWS What's your name? Richard.
Richard, look, I can tell you're a guy who has hopes and aspirations,
and dreams, you know?
You can project your hopes and feelings onto this
canvas of an object. WHISTLE BLOWS
Hi, Richard. Hello.
I fell upon this really quite amazing precious piece of art.
Do you like art? Yes. Er, would you be, erm...
Do you like...? WHISTLE BLOWS
When you pull out what's in my bag, we'll have stuff to discuss.
We may end up hugging, we might end up crying.
It's up to you. But I'm here.
If you want to explore me, come and explore.
But if not, get back on Tinder. WHISTLE BLOWS
You're going to be telling your grandkids about this.
This is so out there, but at the same time, so...in there,
it's going to change you. WHISTLE BLOWS
Richard, as a woman, I've had to fight battles that
I don't think these guys have had to fight.
For once, you should look in the woman's bag.
Give the woman the chance. WHISTLE BLOWS
I don't have to sell it, mate.
I actually don't WANT you to look in me bag.
I'm embarrassed about what's in me bag.
I'm ashamed about what's in me bag. So don't look in it.
WHISTLE BLOWS All right, talk to the hand.
When I was a kid, Richard, I performed for my parents.
I would put a little play together, and they didn't clap,
and ever since then, I sort of set out on a life where external
validation meant everything.
WHISTLE BLOWS So for you to look in this...
You're clearly a man of taste.
You're bound to like what I've got, because it's more in the, kind of,
Antiques Roadshow sort of area... Oh!
..in terms of... Insult.
That wasn't - no, no, no, that's not what I was saying.
That's the sort of show I like,
and if you're into objets d'art... WHISTLE BLOWS
I've been hurt. And I want to hurt others.
And if you're any good at your job,
mine's the bag that you want to go through.
Because you know that I want to inflict the kind of injury
that's been put on me. Cos if I'm paying for it, they should too.
WHISTLE BLOWS ALEX: OK, thanks, guys.
If you could leave your bags there and head back in the directions
in which you came. Goodbye.
JOHNNY: Do what feels right. Make the right choice, Richard.
I'm going to light a cigarette in a really mean and moody way.
But, you know... you do what feels right.
OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Oh, man. Whoo! OK, all right.
APPLAUSE
Katherine played a female empowerment card. Mm-hm.
You said you've had to struggle more than the two men that are
with you, and certainly you're standing up for all of womankind.
And what I admire about it is, after you made that point,
you didn't try and get off with him.
LAUGHTER
Mawaan, your initial thing was quite sweet.
"You're a man with hopes and aspirations, and dreams."
I don't want to cast aspersions about Richard, I don't know him,
but I suspect he hasn't.
LAUGHTER
I mean, I was somewhat sobered up by Johnny's
"if you want to explore me, come and explore me".
I tried the reverse psychology of, I'm a danger, and it's his duty -
his moral duty - to look in my bag.
Oh. Ready to see what the security guard thought? Yeah. Here we go.
What do you think of Mawaan?
No. Too much flannel.
What about Katherine?
I thought she was playing on the female angle and...
..it was just too much.
What about Johnny? I like the sound of it.
I like the way he was trying to sell it -
or wasn't trying to sell it, should I say.
Do you like what you've found?
Whatever is THAT?
It's a bird cage with some cuddly toys in.
Oh, dear.
JOHNNY: I just made it dark.
And security guards are attracted to the...the unknown.
So, what do you want to do points-wise, Greg?
These two people were the ones who persuaded him.
Five points each. Five points each, and zero over here.
There we go. Zero?
Johnny and Daisy! APPLAUSE
I'd like another task, though, please! Rightio.
Here's one that involves a balloon and a contraption.
DAISY: Oh, God.
Now, this...
It just looks like something I could do some damage with.
What is this?
Is it a stretcher?
For wounded people.
No, you know, when you get stretched when you're not the right height
as a child?
"Drop this water balloon from the greatest height
"without it bursting."
"You may not damage the water balloon or remove
"any water from it."
"You have ten minutes and one attempt."
"Your time starts now."
It'll be me operating the winch. OK. When you're ready.
I'm going to winch it up, and you can tell me when to stop it. Right.
It goes up to seven-and-a-half metres.
Oh, well, it's just a gamble, isn't it?
I'll find something for it to land on. Hopefully.
I've got to go and look in the shed. OK.
I mean, I understand the task. I understand the task.
Looking forward to see it.
I'll briefly ask Katherine if she grew up in medieval times.
Look, I grew up in the '80s,
and Sarah Jane in the other class was stretched.
LAUGHTER On a machine?
As far as I know, on a machine that looked very like that one.
The girl who had to be stretched.
So... First up, and I mean first up, it's Mawaan,
and he's up first.
Can I do a few tests with other balloons?
You've got nine minutes.
OK. I've got a model balloon.
Oh, this is easy, I reckon I can go, like, maximum height.
First test.
So, I can't go very high. OK.
Was that the wrong way to test it?
Cos I threw it up, so maybe it was added pressure.
We'll try again.
You've got hot water in it? Yeah.
I mean, it does a different thing every time, man.
OK, this is the tallest I'm going to go.
And it'll just drop it like this.
Yeah. We're going this high.
Is that one worse? Yeah. Yeah.
170.
OK, now we're in the danger zone.
Can I get two-and-a-half more centimetres? Yes, you can.
Nailed it.
You feeling confident? Uh-huh.
Please count me down from five.
Five, four, three...
BIRD CAWS ..two, one.
AUDIENCE: Ohh!
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Did it break? No.
But it was close, which makes me think...
..I've nailed it.
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Pleased with that? Yeah.
Lot of logical thinking went on there.
And I even, like, recreated the... "wheew" with my hands. Yeah.
Wheew! He never once touched the balloon. Interesting.
Didn't want to fuck with the specimen, innit? Yeah.
Let's see who's going to beat Mawaan first.
Well...next up, it's Richard.
Will we also see him HERRING on the side of caution?
Oh, get lost, mate. Ohh. No? Really? Get lost. Here it is.
They're quite attractive cushions. They're nice.
Will they deaden the fall?
I mean, the bricks aren't sharp, but they've got a little corner.
I think it should be all right.
And then, I could put these round the edge, in case it bounces off.
Let's just go for it. Let's see what happens.
You want me to get into my winching position? Yes, please.
Winch it up! I'll tell you when I feel comfortable.
I'm comfortable.
Oh, it does look quite pregnant,
now I look at it bobbling around on there.
Keep going? How high is it now?
Three metres. Let's go to 350.
That's a long way, isn't it? That's too far.
That's 3 metres 50.
OK. Let's try it from there. I think it's going to burst.
You think it's going to burst? Step back a bit.
You understand the task, though? I do, yeah. OK.
Richard, please count us down from five.
Five, four, three, two, one, don't burst!
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It worked perfectly! Very exciting.
It bounced out of a bin of bricks. Yeah. Thank you, Richard.
Thank you very much. Bye-bye. Bye.
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I don't really understand. It was a bin of bricks.
Well, they were foam bricks. Oh!
KATHERINE: Did you not realise? No!
LAUGHTER
I thought he'd lost his mind.
You didn't say they were rubber bricks.
LAUGHTER CONTINUES
Still remarkable they didn't break. They did have sharp edges.
It's not AS remarkable, now I know they're rubber!
But the bin had sharp edges, so he had to make it land in
exactly the spot. It did.
The height was Albert Einstein standing on Rihanna,
or two Jason Stathams - Jason Statham, Jason Statham -
11' 5".
Lovely work. Whatever.
Unlucky, Mawaan. No, it's just...
No need to be clever about it, Richard.
Only one part left to win
Katherine Parkinson's awful bum cake.
So, do hurry back!
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Hello and welcome back to the final instalment of today's Taskmaster.
Yes, and don't mind me. Before the break, the contestants
were trying to achieve the highest distance to drop a water balloon
from without it bursting. Brave Mawaan dropped it from
around the height of a person, meaning we could have saved a day's
hire on our expensive winch system.
Rich is currently in the lead with his score of 3m 50.
But can it be beaten?
Last up, we're going to see Katherine Parkinson,
Johnny Vegas, Daisy May...and Cooper all have their attempts.
Shall we have a look and see if we can find something to clothe it in?
Who's "we"? You and me.
Reverse childbirth.
You know what I'm actually going to do? I'm going to see if I can get
the balloon and you to land without being hurt. And me?
Yeah. Vengeance. DAISY MAY: How long do I have? You've only got
five minutes, now. You can run a bath in five minutes.
Can you hold that for me? Keep that running for a minute.
High heels! High heels!
I mean, the question is, shall we just go for quite a big height?
You keep saying "we".
DAISY MAY: How long now? You've got one minute 50.
Oh, that wasn't very much. Johnny, I'm not going up there.
There's a release mechanism.
It doesn't matter if you wear heels or not? I can wear the heels.
How long? 20 seconds.
You know what? Just for the hell of it, put the shoes on. OK.
You'd like me to raise your balloon up? Yes, please.
That's it. Walk like a lady.
Up we go. Up we go.
Can you really go higher than the house?
I mean, I have no idea.
I have no idea. So we might as well go as high we can. OK. Go for it.
Don't you think?
That's 5m. Yeah? Oh, whoa!
All the way. It's all or nothing.
I just think if I'm going to win, I should go to the full amount,
because some fucker's going to. Some... Pardon? I'm sorry.
My theory is if people in the States can jump off massive cranes
into paddling pools, which are, what, 30cm of water,
and still don't break any bones...
And don't look at me like that, because I have seen it done.
In the States?
Johnny, we're at maximum height.
7m 35 seems to be the pinnacle. OK, I think we should stand back.
Hang on. Can we put something on the floor to cushion its fall?
You've got four minutes left. Oh!
Oh! It's very high. I know it's high.
But I'm too far gone, now.
This could be - it could be the end,
because it might hit that and then we might have ruined our chances,
but I'll just add one more cushion. "We"?
Mine's going to burst, isn't it? Johnny, would you mind counting me
down from five? Course not, Alex.
Five, four...
Three, two.
Release the balloon!
AUDIENCE LAUGHTER Agh!
Aaagh!
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Yes!
SHE LAUGHS
I can't believe it!
Come on, come on.
She's OK? She's fine. Congratulations, Katherine.
Thank you.
The balloon and I are going for some personal time. Thank you.
Three miracles. I'm genuinely amazed that all three balloons survived.
Johnny thought I was going to go up on the mechanism
and come down with the balloon.
Do you really think he was going to jump off that fucking winch?
I thought he might, if I put enough water in the bath.
What's all this massive crane stuff you've seen in America?
I'm sure it's sort of Deep South stuff.
Yeah. 30cm of water, you said. Even less than that. Paddling pools.
Sorry, you're suggesting in the Deep South of America,
it's commonly known...
That you pay to see...
Human beings.
Quick. Let's look at the scores.
Yeah, so all three achieved the maximum height of
7.35m. Amazing. So, five points each.
Yes. Yes!
Richard was next, and then Mawaan.
So how many points do you want to give these two? Oh, come on.
We're all friends now. Four and three. What?
Very generous. Four and three. Shut up.
Isn't it a bit endearing that
I totally missed the point of the task?
You're so close to popping down to a two.
OK. So, Johnny, Katherine and Daisy all win the task. Hurray.
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Five, five, five, three, four.
Right, we'll have a quick look at the scores. OK. The scores are in.
Yes, Katherine, Mawaan both have 11. Johnny and Richard both have 12.
But the leader at this stage is Daisy with 16 points. Yes, please.
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All to play for. Right, please make your way to the stage for the final
task of the show!
Ooh! Oh! Curiouser and curiouser. Thank you.
Would you like Mawaan Rizwan to read the task? Yes, I would, Mawaan.
"Roll an edible sphere across the finish line.
"The person whose edible sphere crosses the finish line first,
"each round, is eliminated.
"If your edible sphere stops moving before the finishing line,
"you are eliminated.
"Slowest edible sphere roller wins."
So just to explain it, you've got to keep your pipes
behind the red line at all times. You've got to stay on your spots
all the time. And your edible spheres must cross
the green finishing line.
If it doesn't cross the line, you're out.
If your sphere crosses it first, you're out. So, it's round one.
Please select an edible sphere and thrust it towards the Taskmaster.
Interesting. It's apple, apple, apple, tomato, apple.
You must release it on the whistle. We will be hot on that.
Remember, if they stop moving, you're out. Good luck, everyone.
Three, two, one. Let's roll.
Oh, oh. Are they going to cross? Are they going to cross?
Oh! Ooh!
One didn't cross. Richard Herring is out from round one.
Please cradle your fruit, just to show that you're out.
Please select your next edible sphere
and thrust it towards the Taskmaster.
That's me. Oh, sorry.
This time, tomato, orange, orange, kiwi.
OK, on the whistle, please.
Three, two, one.
WHISTLE BLOWS
Off we go. Oh, lovely.
Oh...
It's going to be... Oh. Oh.
The kiwi first!
If this crosses,
we've lost Mawaan Rizwan.
Please lower your pipe and cradle your edible spheres.
JOHNNY: I like this.
It's quite soothing to watch.
Three left, Greg. Please select another edible sphere
and thrust it towards the Taskmaster. Thrust it this way.
Scotch egg, tomato, Scotch egg.
Thank you. I've observed them. Play on.
On the whistle, please release.
Three, two, one.
WHISTLE BLOWS
Off they go.
You've got to give it... No.
They can't stop, they mustn't stop.
They mustn't... Oh! Oh!
God!
Oh!
Greg...
Daisy's Scotch egg did not cross the line.
It also stopped moving at the very start. OK.
She is gone. OK. We've reached the final.
Please select your final edible sphere
and thrust it towards the Taskmaster.
Lovely. Kiwi, excellent choice.
Kiwi plays...?
Dare she? Dare she?
She dare!
Kiwi versus tomato, Greg. My God.
They must not stop rolling.
It's never been seen before!
Not kiwi versus tomato!
It's fucking madness!
Three, two, one.
WHISTLE BLOWS
Lovely. The roll's on.
They are rolling.
They must not stop rolling.
Oh. Oh... Oh.
Oh, stewards...
And they must cross the finishing line.
Go on, go on, go on, go on! No!
Yes! We have a winner. Wow.
Very good. Take a seat.
And the country is on its feet.
Please join me down here and we'll add up the final scores!
What a finale. Well, he did win the battle.
He didn't win the war, though. No.
We now have an outright leader of the series
and she has also now won two episodes on the trot.
With 19 points in this episode, the winner
is Daisy May Cooper again!
Wow.
Incredible.
There you go, look at that.
I'm shocked. I'm...more shocked than anyone else here.
Yes, thank you very much. Daisy May Cooper wins.
Go and gloat over your cheeky food!
So, what have we learned today?
If you ever find yourself in a challenging situation
and you can't get the result you want,
get yourself to the Deep South of America,
cos there's a guy there who every day
has to jump off a crane into a paddling pool.
Every day,
allegedly.
That's a wrap for four.
Halfway point next time,
but for now, let's hear it for Daisy May Cooper!
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