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| A fat bald white man. • Look at me. • Hollowing out a baguette. • Friendship is truth. • Meat. • Spatchcock it. • No stars for naughty boys. • Tony Three Pies. | ||||||
Series 4 was the fourth series of Taskmaster and first aired on Dave from 25 April to 13 June 2017. The series featured Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc and Noel Fielding as contestants and was won by Noel Fielding.
Series breakdown[]
Spoilers!
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| Task | Description | Hugh Dennis | Joe Lycett | Lolly Adefope | Mel Giedroyc | Noel Fielding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: A fat bald white man. (25 April 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most interesting autograph on the most interesting vegetable. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Destroy this cake. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Create the best caricature of the person on the other side of the curtain. You may not look at the person. The person may only say yes and no. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Bonus: Find out the person's full name.. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | Fell all the rubber ducks. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Live: Make the most juice. You must pick one fruit and one tool. If you pick the same tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded. If you pick the same fruit as someone else, you must juice one-handed. If you pick the same fruit and tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded, one-handed and bouncing up and down. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 18 | |
| Episode 2: Look at me. (2 May 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most boastful item. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Keep the basketball on the running machine for as long as possible. You may not touch the basketball or the running machine. | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Paint the best picture of the Taskmaster. Only the paint, and brush may touch the mat, easel and canvas. | DQ | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Bonus: Also, you must smile at the camera with increasing enthusiasm every 30 seconds. | – | 0 | - | - | – | |
| 4 | Team: Land the flour on the target. You may not leave the bandstand. | 5 | DQ | DQ | 5 | DQ |
| 5 | Without touching the egg or the egg cup, get the egg into the egg cup. You may only use the equipment currently on the table. If you touch a piece of equipment that another contestant touches, you will both receive a 1 minute penalty per piece of equipment touched. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Live: Looking at the Taskmaster at all times and with your arms always beneath your hairdressing smock, attach as many balloons together as possible. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 17 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 18 | |
| Episode 3: Hollowing out a baguette. (9 May 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best membership/subscription. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Camouflage yourself. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Team: Make a trailer for Taskmaster The Movie. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Persuade three dogs to stand on the red mat. Exactly 12 legs must be stood on the red mat at the same time. | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Persuade three chickens to stand on the red mat at the same time. | - | - | 4 | - | - | |
| 5 | Without moving the fishbowls, transfer the water from fishbowl A to fishbowl B. You may only use the items on this table. Also, you must commentate on your attempt throughout the task, always referring to yourself in the third person. | 4 | 5 | DQ | 1 | 3 |
| Bonus: If you eat any of the chocolate you will be docked five points. | 0 | -5 | DQ | -5 | 0 | |
| 6 | Live: Take it in turns to say a 5-letter word whenever the music stops. You may not say a word that has been previously said. If you fail to say a word before the music starts again, you're eliminated and the game continues with different length words. | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T | Decant the wine into another bottle from atop an umpire's chair. | – | ✔ | – | – | ✘ |
| Total | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 19 | |
| Episode 4: Friendship is truth. (16 May 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most surprising picture of themselves. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Make the highest splash. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Bonus: Before your you commence the task you must say who you think will win the task. Those who correctly guess the winner will win an extra five points. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Choreograph a dance for you and Alex to perform to any of the following ringtones. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Create a portrait of a celebrity using loo roll. There is a camera above your head. The mat beneath your feet is your canvas. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Do the most incredible thing with this pommel horse. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Live: Make the highest tower using these tubes. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 17 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 23 | |
| Episode 5: Meat. (23 May 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Cutest thing. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Slide the furthest. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Maintaining constant eye contact and making continuous small talk with this Swedish person, put on the wetsuit, flippers, face mask and snorkel. Your head may not leave the Swedish person's frame at any point. You may not move the laptop from its current position. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | DQ |
| Bonus: Whoever puts the wetsuit on best. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bonus: Best small talk. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Team: Put as many different things in the bathtub. | 5 | - | 0 | - | - |
| Team: Seal the top of this bathtub with cling film. | - | 0 | - | 5 | - | |
| Team: Fill the bathtub with water. | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| 5 | Throw something into something. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Live: Make the longest continuous noise. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Bonus: Best noise. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T | Eat as many peas as possible. | ✔ | – | – | ✘ | – |
| Total | 21 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 12 | |
| Episode 6: Spatchcock it. (30 May 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best sheep-related item. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Get this camel through the smallest gap. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Score the best goal with this plastic bag. You may not handbag the bag. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bonus: Best goal. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S | Hide this ball from Alex. You may not damage the ball. | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Inflate the ball. | ||||||
| Score a goal in the garden with the ball. | ||||||
| 4 | Work out what's in the sleeping bag. You may not look inside the sleeping bag. You may not take items out of the sleeping bag. | DQ | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Prepare these items for the second part of the task. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Live: Hold all your items in one hand. Then put your other hand on your head. | ||||||
| Total | 13 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 15 | |
| Episode 7: No stars for naughty boys. (6 June 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best chair. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Stand on one leg then continue reading. Your raised foot must not touch the ground until the task is complete. Bring Alex his dinner. Every time your raised foot touches the ground, you must eat a slice of Alex's dinner. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Hide from Alex. Alex is in the caravan. | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Team: Get this wheelie bin across the finish line. One of you must be in the bin at all times. The other person must be blindfolded at all times. The wheelie bin rider must direct the wheelie bin drivers to complete the course and the five challenges with. Also, no-one can speak English. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Unveil a new handshake. | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Live: Make the best and biggest all-round banana out of these bananas. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| T | Open a jar. The jar may not leave the lab. | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | – | – |
| Total | 20 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 19 | |
| Episode 8: Tony Three Pies. (13 June 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most cash. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Make the most exotic sandwich. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Eat your exotic sandwich. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Bonus for eating Alex's beard | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Bonus for snorting an M&M | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Strike one of these objects the furthest distance with one of the other objects. You have three strikes with your chosen object. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Do something surprising with this rubber duck. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Live: Draw the median duck. The median duck alone wins. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bonus: Best duck picture. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 20 | |
| Grand Total | 129 | 136 | 125 | 134 | 144 | |
Trivia[]
- This is the first series in which every contestant wins at least one episode.
External links[]
| This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia's article "List of Taskmaster episodes" (view authors here). | 
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