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| The natural friends. • Hell is here. • Languidly. • Dynamite chicks. • Skateboard Division. • Brother Alex. • I'm off to find a robin. • Never packed a boot. • Fagin at the disco. • Always forks and marbles. | ||||||
The natural friends. is the first episode of Series 16 of Taskmaster and was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 21 September 2023. The episode was won by Sam Campbell. The title refers to the team of Campbell, Julian Clary, and Lucy Beaumont, specifically in their performance of the third task.
Episode breakdown[]
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| Task | Description | Julian Clary | Lucy Beaumont | Sam Campbell | Sue Perkins | Susan Wokoma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prize: Most wonderful wooden thing that they've owned for a while. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Build a tower out of the cans in the lab. You must put on your blindfold in this room and wear it properly for the rest of the task. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Team: Connect the most individual parts of one person to individual parts of another person. All members of your team must be connected. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Team: Cross the finish line with all connections still connected. | ||||||
| 4 | Get the duck into the lake. You must not touch the beak. If the duck leaves the course, it must re-enter at the point it left the course. If your duck touches the boundary or a flamingo or a pineapple, one minute will be added to your time. | DQ | DQ | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Say whether you think the next item is heavier or lighter than the previous item. If you are wrong, you are eliminated. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 14 | |