Frank Skinner MBE is an English comedian, writer and television presenter. He has hosted The Frank Skinner Show from 1995 to 2005, panel show Room 101 from 2012 to 2018 and has previously worked with comedian David Baddiel on Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned.
In 2015, Frank Skinner appeared in Series 1 of Taskmaster, finishing joint second with 93 points.
Performance[]
| Task | Description | Frank Skinner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: Melon buffet. (28 July 2015) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most unusual item. | 4 | ||||
| 2 | In the lab, there is a watermelon. Eat as much watermelon as possible. | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Paint the best picture of a horse whilst riding a horse. | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Completely empty this bathtub. You must not remove the plug, tip or damage the bath. | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Pop up a tent. Get in the tent. Zip up the tent. Pop on a onesie in the tent. And emerge from the tent wearing the onesie. | 4 | ||||
| T | Find Alex | ✔ | ||||
| Total | 19 | |||||
| Episode 2: The pie whisperer. (4 August 2015) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most impressive item. | 4 | ||||
| 2 | High-five a 55-year-old. | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Identify the contents of these pies. You may touch the pies, but may not breach their pastry. | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Do something that will look impressive in reverse. The Taskmaster will see whatever act you perform played backwards. You must therefore do something backwards that will look impressive when the footage is played in reverse. | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Crack the code and unshackle yourself. | 1 | ||||
| Total | 9 | |||||
| Episode 3: The poet and the egg. (11 August 2015) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most meaningful item | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Throw a teabag into a mug from the farthest distance. | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Using this device to track your route, create the best image for the Taskmaster. Pop a balloon to signal you have finished your image. | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Buy the best present for the Taskmaster. Here is £20. | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Using only the items currently on this table, get this egg as high as possible. The egg must not break. | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Live: Stand up after 100 seconds. | 2 | ||||
| Total | 15 | |||||
| Episode 4: Down an octave. (18 August 2015) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most beautiful item. | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Make this ice block disappear as fast as possible. | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Team: Get to 11 points as fast as possible. | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Fill an egg cup with as many tears as possible. | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Memorise the names of an Australian rules football team. | 1 | ||||
| Total | 14 | |||||
| Episode 5: Little denim shorts. (25 August 2015) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most valuable item. | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Get this boulder as far from this place as possible. | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Grow the longest nail. | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Team: Make this bed to a hotel standard whilst holding hands. Your time ends when you get in the bed. Hold hands now. | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Make this Swedish person blush as deeply as possible. | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Live: Blow up the biggest balloon whilst blindfolded. | 4 | ||||
| Total | 20 | |||||
| Episode 6: The last supper. (1 September 2015) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most satisfying item. | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Get the lowest golf score using eggs. You must complete the 5 holes using chicken eggs. You score will be calculated as follows: Shots x eggs x minutes. | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Team: Stage a realistic blooper from a home movie. | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Make the best meal for the Taskmaster using ingredients beginning with every letter of the alphabet. | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Separate the blue sweets from a bowl of multicoloured sweets whilst wearing boxing gloves. | 3 | ||||
| Total | 16 | |||||
| Grand Total | 93 | |||||
Trivia[]
- Frank did not win a single prize task or a single live task from his series. He is the only contestant in the UK to win neither of these, although Guy Montgomery did the same in TMNZ.
- Frank, along with Tim Key, was one of the first contestants to receive 0 points from a task without being disqualified completely.
- Frank was the first ever contestant to win a tiebreaker.
- Despite coming joint second, Frank won the least amount of tasks joint with Romesh Ranganathan (excluding tiebreakers), with only 5 tasks won.
- Coincidentally, the two ended up tying for second place.
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