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| The curse of politeness. • Trapped in a loveless marriage. • I love to squander promise. • How heavy is the water? • Old Honkfoot. • It's my milk now. • Schrödinger's egg. • 100% Bosco. • A show about pedantry. • A yardstick for failure. | ||||||
A show about pedantry. is the ninth episode of Series 15 of Taskmaster and was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 25 May 2023. The episode was won by Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Episode breakdown[]
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| Task | Description | Frankie Boyle | Ivo Graham | Jenny Eclair | Kiell Smith-Bynoe | Mae Martin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prize: Sneakiest thing. | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Team: Make these things the same colour as those things. People and bottles must stay on their spots at all times. You may perform 10 bottle stamps and two bottle squeezes. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Put three single-digit numbers in the slots then open the second task. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Deliver a one-minute lecture about the year you selected. You may not leave the lab. | ||||||
| 4 | Make exactly 99 holes in this piece of paper. Your holes must have a diameter of at least three millimetres and form a recognisable picture or pattern. If you make more or fewer than 99 holes, you are disqualified. Also, if you look at Alex or speak to Alex at any point, you are disqualified. | 5 | DQ | DQ | 4 | DQ |
| 5 | Live: Combine two of your things to equal the height of the thing said by Greg. You may not use any of your things twice. Worst guess each round is eliminated. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 20 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 15 | |