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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. • Episode 8 • Episode 9 • Episode 10 | ||||||
The gangsters of the sea. is the third episode of Series 18 of Taskmaster and was broadcast on Channel 4 on 26 September 2024. The episode was won by Andy Zaltzman.
Episode breakdown[]
Spoilers!
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| Task | Description | Andy Zaltzman | Babátúndé Aléshé | Emma Sidi | Jack Dee | Rosie Jones |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prize: The object with the most soul. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Put a rocket in your pocket. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| If you draw, make or write your own rocket, that doesn't count as an actual rocket unless you are a rocket scientist. If you are not a rocket scientist, you must now put two rockets in your pockets. | - | - | - | |||
| If you swear at any point after drawing, making or writing your own rocket, you must now put three rockets in your pockets. | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3 | Recreate a famous 2D piece of art in 3D. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Team: Win the pub quiz by cheating. If the quizmaster notices you cheating, you will lose a point and you must use a different method of cheating. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Live: Rustle Russell, fill Phil, mark Mark, rob Rob and pat Pat. When Alex blows his whistle, you must all either immediately say one word to the person next to you or perform one action. The people may only say yes or no. If you perform the wrong action, you are disqualified. You will then meet a new person. | 5 | DQ | 0 | DQ | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 14 | |
Trivia[]
- For part of his prize task, Zaltzman wore a large, orange robe in the studio, claiming to be a wizard. This resulted in him being nicknamed "The Wizard" for the run of the episode.
- This episode's opening banter section is cut in the broadcast version of the episode. The section involved Greg calling Alex a knob before Alex pulls out cards parodying Channel 4's adult humour messages, saying the show contains strong adults (instead of strong language and adult humour).