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A fundamental aspect of Taskmaster is that the contestants must leave their comfort zone and enter The Taskmaster’s comfort zone. And The Taskmaster has a very different idea of comfort to most people. His involves an all-white laboratory entirely covered by plastic sheeting, and an infinite number of pictures of Himself. Every household usually has plenty of spare birthday candles lying around, and now it’s time to put them to use for something other than birthday wishes. This starts out so purely – simply make the most exotic sandwich you can. As everyone runs to spread some custard, peanut butter and tuna on the nearest slice of bread, announce that they actually have to eat their creations.
Five minutes of fun for the toddler now, followed by a lifetime of therapy. As the one hand-picked like a raspberry by The Taskmaster to ensure His tasks are accomplished without too much faff, I do try to make sure the contestants adjust quickly. As well as providing milk, sandwiches and cuddles, this involves giving them a warm-up task to help them settle down. As soon as you walk into the room and open up a task, the time starts. So the following tasks should help you bed in. The premise sees a contestant draw a picture on the back of another contestant – who then has to recreate their work of art on a piece of paper without communicating.
It’s a potato
What else could have made self-isolating and social distancing more bearable than the Taskmaster, little Alex Horne delivering weekly tasks and hilarity in #HomeTasking? Contestants have to find the satsuma in one of 30 socks hanging from a washing line – by sniffing, hitting, listening, etc. Wang thinks he has found it, but when he checks, it turns out it’s a lime. He takes it well – by screaming “It’s a lime! But as it turns out, I don’t hate it, I love it.

Cooper and Herring turn from reasonable, well-respected comedians into wild, watermelon-obsessed beasts, gorging themselves until their clothes run red with melon blood. The task where contestants have to eat as much watermelon as they can in one minute. Widdicombe carefully opens it and gently spoons it into his mouth ; Ranganathan immediately throws it on to the ground and starts shovelling flesh off the floor into his mouth like a zombie .
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The task where the contestants have to propel a pea the furthest distance on a red carpet. Al Murray takes the red carpet, bungs it in a taxi and drives to Slough for £150. That is dedication to a TV show on Dave.

Now the kids are teens we do them on birthdays instead of pass the parcel etc. Birthday Child gets to be the task master and judge the rest of us. Grape in hand or mouth challenge- you have a grape in either your mouth of your hand and they have to guess which . Or they have the grape and you guess, depending on age since grapes can be a choking hazard for younger ones.
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One of the pies is a hot toothpaste pie, a pie filled with hot toothpaste. It is one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen. The task where the contestants have to sneak up on Horne in a snowy trainyard, in a game where contestants have to plot their route with intense, almost military strategy.
In the show's third episode, the comedians were asked to buy the best gift for Greg Davies with £20 within 10 weeks. After an hour, Alex walked out of the shed to find Rob Beckett sat on a sofa, dressed as a granny before the comedian shouted, "Alex you've been a bad boy" and fired a water gun in his face. Nish Kumar approached the 'special cuddle' by making it incredibly comfy for Alex, strapping several sofa cushions to himself and covering Alex with a blanket while they hugged. 15) Balloon, blindfold, equipment to change for a spot the difference scenery. 13) Buckets, water, hose, tarp, colander, ball, towel and a tray.
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Another egg-citing game is to see who can eat one the quickest. Extra points for speed, and points deducted if you can’t quite keep it down. Series 10 of Taskmaster begins on Channel 4 on Thursday 15th October. If you’re looking for something to watch, check out our TV Guide.
Make sure everyone knows they need to keep themselves and each other safe. The person leading the activity should welcome everyone to the game and introduce the taskmaster. Think on your feet and try to impress the master of tasks with these fun challenges. Contestant is asked to complete the task individually. Usually there is either a time limit, or the winner is determined based on whoever completes the task first. In the actual show, the contestant who has earned the most points from the episode usually gets to keep all the prize task submissions.
It sounds simple enough, but it rarely actually goes right. In teams, draw a picture on the back of another contestant – who then must recreate their work of art on a piece of paper without communicating. The task where contestants have to draw on the back of another contestant, who then has to draw that image on a piece of paper. Gamble is paired with Baddiel and suffers seven separate fury-related aneurysms (“WHY ARE YOU STILL DRAWING?” “WHAT IN THE LIVING FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?!”) when Baddiel goes rogue. Series four's collection of comedians were given a rather mouth-watering challenge in episode eight – they were asked to "make the most exotic sandwich", with 10 minutes to plan it and 10 minutes to construct it. This series six task asks contestants to remove a five pound note, which has been placed under a pint glass filled with water/beer/whatever you'd like, without spilling the pint or touching the glass.

Comedian Rob Beckett emerged as the champion of Taskmaster's third series and after watching this clip, it's not hard to see why. Unsurprisingly, hilarity ensued, with Jon Richardson attempting to kick, throw and carry the bouncing balls up the mount, while Joe Wilkinson ends up rolling them up the hill one-by-one. Here's a list of some of the best tasks seen across all 10 series of the show so far. Juice either a grape, banana, lime, coconut or pineapple using either a shoe, tweezers, toothbrush or hammer. If someone picks the same fruit you’re blindfolded. If someone chooses the same tool you can only use one hand.
Before we knew it, under the #hometasking hashtag, entries started pouring in. Well, if there's one thing we know about Taskmaster fans, it's that they're committed and they love a chance to play along – you only need to look back at what resulted from the Taskmaster book. "I shall be setting some HOME TASKS for individuals, families and friends, starting on Monday morning," he announced on Twitter at the end of last week .

The task where contestants have to surprise Horne when he comes out of a shed. Pascoe presents him with a dead body , Murray bangs a gong semi-naked , Beckett dresses as a grandma and sprays Horne with a powerhouse . The task where the contestants put eight wellington boots in the lab on a stuffed spider in the garden. Parkinson doesn’t understand that she can leave the lab, so spends 20 minutes searching for the spider in the lab, before deciding that the table is a spider and putting the boots on the legs of that instead.
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The task where the contestants have to transfer as much water as possible between two fish bowls without moving them. Noel Fielding sucks up water through a snorkel and nearly drowns. Viewers have seen watermelons multiple times on the Taskmaster stage – but that’s because they’re delicious, which is definitely a change from some food offerings in the past.