Learn your lines was a task featured on Series 10 of Taskmaster, as the third task in Moments of silence. The task was won by Richard Herring.
Setup[]
| Location | Taskmaster House |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Script |
| Timing | 10 minutes to prepare for each part |
| Measurement | Best performance |
Summary[]
The task was presented in the mailbox with a highlighted script. The contestants had to learn the lines of two parts in a play, that was edited together for the studio so it looked like the contestants were interacting with each other. The parts were:
- Sam - Lonely Australian fisherperson
- Parker - Former American Football player (silent)
- Nicky - Excitable Scottish Junior police officer with a cold
- Boss - Ruthless businessperson from South Wales
- Dr. Buckley - A mysterious and menacing Geordie doctor
Performance[]
Daisy May Cooper: Daisy played Boss and Dr. Buckley, with both parts having the same accent but successfully remembering the majority of her words. She received 3 points.
Johnny Vegas: Johnny played Dr. Buckley and Nicky with pretty good accents and remembering most of his lines. He received 4 points.
Katherine Parkinson: Katherine was learning a monologue for the National Theatre at the time of recording the task, so ended up ad-libbing the parts of Nicky and Sam and not doing the accents at all. She received 2 points.
Mawaan Rizwan: Mawaan played Sam and Boss with questionable accents and remembering a few of his lines. He received 2 points.
Richard Herring: Richard played Parker for both of the main performances, who Greg thought appeared to be masturbating behind the bush. He also played all five parts for his own special performance of the play, remembering most of his lines. He received 5 points.
Other Appearances[]
Taskmaster NZ[]
A modified version of this task was featured in Season 3 of Taskmaster NZ, as the fifth task in the episode Butt heavy. The contestants had to make a 30-second scene from a blockbuster starring themselves as the President.
Trivia[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- Alex admitted on Taskmaster The Podcast that the killer in the play was Sam.[1]
- The name of the play "The Smart Steak" is an anagram of "The Taskmaster".