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| It's not your fault. • The Lure of the Treacle Puppies. • Run up a tree to the moon. • Premature conker. • Slap and tong. • Absolute casserole. • You've got no chutzpah. • An orderly species. • Mr Octopus and Pottyhands. • Activate Jamali. | ||||||
The Lure of the Treacle Puppies. is the second episode of Series 11 of Taskmaster and was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 25 March 2021. The episode was won by Mike Wozniak.
Episode Title[]
"The lure of the treacle-covered puppies" was a phrase used by Greg Davies to summarise how Alex Horne had fallen pray to Mike Wozniak's haunted house in the Make the house haunted task.
Alternate Titles[]
- On Denmark's TV2 Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Sirupshvalpenes tiltrækningskraft', which translates as 'The allure of the syrup puppies'.
- On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Siirappisten koiranpentujen houkutus', which translates as 'The lure of syrupy puppies'.
- On Sweden's SVT Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Skräck och ballångest', which translates as 'Horror and balloon-anxiety'. This is a reference to the Make the house haunted and Make the balloon hover untethered for 20 seconds tasks. 'Ballångest' is a punny portmanteau on the words 'ballong' (balloon) and 'ångest' (anxiety), since 'ong' and 'ång' sound the same, in this context.
- On Norway's Discovery+ Norge streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Sirupvalpene kaller', which translates as 'The syrup puppies call'. Note: this Norwegian translation of the title only appears in the subtitles for the episode, whereas the episode title listed on the platform is the original English title.
- On Portugal's RTP Play streaming platform, this episode is titled 'A atração dos cãezinhos de melaço', which translates as 'The lure of molasses puppies'.
Episode breakdown[]
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| Task | Description | Charlotte Ritchie | Jamali Maddix | Lee Mack | Mike Wozniak | Sarah Kendall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prize: Best drinking vessel. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Make the balloon hover untethered for 20 seconds. During the hovering the top of the balloon must not be higher than your chin and the bottom of the balloon must not be lower than your waist. Also you must sneer throughout the 20 seconds. | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Team: Have an argument. You must take it in turns to angrily make a point using nor more than 10 words, and you must always end your point with a different four-letter word. You must look at each other throughout the argument and the person speaking must angrily wag their finger during their speech. The argument is over when there is ten seconds of silence, or when one of you looks away. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Make the house haunted. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Correctly guess your standing in the group. The Taskmaster will read out a category. Then you must hold the number that reflects your standing in the group. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 12 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 17 | |
Trivia[]
- The title card references the pointing the contestants did during the Have an argument task.