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| The faceless facilitators. • ...and then a detective comes in. • The gangsters of the sea. • I'm a girl who likes a clean line. • Big stupid things. • A dance as old as time itself. • Captain Jackie and the hotdog. • The Nexus of Truth. • The cockle children. • Le Goose. | ||||||
Big stupid things. is the fifth episode of Series 18 of Taskmaster and was broadcast on Channel 4 on 10 October 2024. The episode was won by Emma Sidi.
Episode breakdown[]
Spoilers!
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| Task | Description | Andy Zaltzman | Babátúndé Aléshé | Emma Sidi | Jack Dee | Rosie Jones |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prize: The thing that is best when you add liquid to it. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Direct the robot to its charging station and plug it in. You must give the robot an instruction every 10 seconds. The robot will ignore any instructions that contain the letter O or E. You may not touch the robot. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Make the strongest smell. You must seal your smell in this jar and the Taskmaster will open it in the studio. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| You must smell your smell in the studio before the Taskmaster smells your smell. If you refuse to smell your smell, the Taskmaster will not smell your smell and you will receive zero points. | ||||||
| 4 | Team: Present the most heart-warming final story for a local news programme. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Live: Land your skydiver closest to the seal. You must catapult your skydiver with the catapult. Furthest from the target each round is eliminated. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| T | Work out how many days old Alex will be on Christmas Day 2024. You must make eye contact with Alex the whole time and can only give one answer. | - | - | ✔ | ✘ | - |
| Total | 13 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 12 | |
Trivia[]
- For the studio segments of the episode, Zaltzman wore a snooker player outfit. This was one of his four studio outfits that lead up to his outfit for the final episode.