Buy A Gift For The Taskmaster For £20 | Full Task | Taskmaster

From Series 2, Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, and Richard Osman attempt to buy the best present for The Taskmaster for a total price of £20.
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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.

[@darthplagueis13]

Not gonna lie, "I've used the budget to gamble for a bigger budget and then proceeded to donate that to charity" is the biggest flex I've seen in a while.

[@robertofontiglia4148]

if you completely ignore the number of bets that probably didn't work out for him. I wonder how much money he lost trying to get these good bets to show off...

[@booknerdjebbi5037]

Chaotic good in a nutshell

[@wolffrags9856]

@@endgovernmentextremism That's gotta be a joke? right..?

[@endgovernmentextremism]

@@wolffrags9856 No, you're just oblivious to reality and conditioned to pity people who outbreed you 12 to 1 just because their skin is darker than yours.

[@blockchaaain]

@@endgovernmentextremism Funny how their 3x birth rate comes with a 6x child mortality, eh? I'm sure they're still absolutely overrun with kids somehow 🙄

[@thefinalfrontear]

i will never ever get over the overwhelming fear everyone briefly had that katherine had somehow legally changed greg’s name

[@genericname2747]

Legally changing someone else's name would be a powermove

[@YurimoHikashi]

@@genericname2747 someone please legally change mine

[@genericname2747]

@@YurimoHikashi I will legally change your name to Lord Greg

[@ym10up]

Especially she seems like someone who could possibly do that for real

[@SeanNicholsEh]

@@ym10up I mean: we have all seen her sinking her teeth into the "make a mess and clean it up" task...

[@maiNmusica]

I saw the headline of the video and burst out "I chaaanged it!". One of the most iconic Taskmaster moments, no doubt.

[@nosaiyamu4331]

Swear to God I did the same thing.

[@415bean]

I can never get over how Alex absolutely loses his shit after she says it.

[@TheRubySpider]

Almost as iconic as “1… 2… 3… a laminATOR!!!!!!!!!!!”

[@alexcan669]

I got one for my parents for Christmas and I did the same thing 😂. I changedddd ittt

[@Gpz0]

It's hilarious how every time time Richard kept trying to humble and give the win away, he ended up shaming Greg into giving him more points then he already was.

[@MyNameIsNeutron]

So essentially Richard is responsible for Katherine getting robbed

[@symphix]

Well, he didn't end up Pointless at least.

[@thomasgustafson8151]

He 100% knew what he was doing at the same time. He played the ultimate card.

[@rkah6187]

@@thomasgustafson8151 I cannot decide whether he was genuine or was masterfully manipulating everyone involved. He just has this very earnest face, he could make me believe anything.

[@Jaxsf1]

That was definitely his intention. That’s someone who understands the power of guilt. You preempt them by saying something “humble.” Like a grandmother saying, “You don’t have to come visit me, you just live your life and go to the party.” Effective :)

[@ceroman_]

“What’s your name” “Greg” “no it’s not” “yes it is?” Gets me every time

[@zeisss]

The "I chaaaangeeed it" tops it off so nicely :)

[@iont8172]

She said NO he said YES Not no it's not or yes it is

[@NaveenBosco]

@@iont8172 Thank you

[@DareenKS]

@@zeisss Yeahh

[@Deisi666]

Laughed so hard at this to the point where no noise was coming out, and all I was doing was stomping my feet on the floor!

[@RobinHood3000]

Katherine's gift is incredible and sweet, but the chaos suggested by her presentation where you don't know whether it's good or bad makes it the iconic moment we remember.

[@SharinganMan]

is it incredible or sweet?

[@elainagilbert7663]

@@SharinganMan It's incredibly sweet.

[@jeffclark5268]

Too bad it’s a scam…

[@qwertyTRiG]

​@@jeffclark5268As a gag gift, there's nothing wrong with Established Titles. And they do actually preserve land and plant trees. The gift itself is not a scam. The problem was the advertising.

[@mariobosnjak99]

​@qwertyTRiG except for the fact that this has been a well known scam across Northern UK for the last 30 years

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

Everything starting from “What’s your name?” through Greg and Alex’s reaction to “I chaaaaanged it” is absolutely hysterical

[@daninagy4173]

Richard's emotional blackmail is so good.

[@rkah6187]

Right?? He seems so sincere, I can't decide if he was actually being generous or just playing Greg (and all of us) like a fiddle. He is a genuinely lovely chap as well, which makes it even harder to decide.

[@ym10up]

@@rkah6187 I think he's too smart for the general players

[@ceruleansin77]

It's better because he gambled the 20 quid, though I wonder how many times he had to bet to 20 to get the results? It was a good story though.

[@decoydamsel]

Doc's gift was really sweet. My favorite kind of gift to give is one that shows you know something about the person. Maybe that information is gained by stalking their social media, maybe not. You can't prove anything.

[@theatog]

When he said "Thanks for making me think you care", I had a tear in my eye.

[@MrR2TheZ]

Richard Osman is the nicest person on that panel, and he isn't even the Canadian one.

[@reallifeistoflat]

Katherine made Greg a Lord. Seems pretty nice to me

[@Chimera_Photography]

@Rain spirit And, naming a star after someone? Also nice, but doesn’t change lives. Who said nice things have to be life changing? How many gifts have you received in your life that were “life changing”? Is every person who gave you a normal gift, a shite human being in your mind then?

[@pudgypanda6391]

it's a common misconception that Canadians are nice, just visit Alberta to know my meaning.

[@MadcapShambleton]

@@pudgypanda6391 edit: "...that ALL Canadians are nice..." (and/or not nice from Alberta)

[@zyaicob]

To be fair, Katherine's career is built around being a(n inexplicably lovable) bitch, she's not allowed to be nice on camera

[@artstsym]

I think if anyone pulled that Osman gambit now it'd land them in 3rd. Greg's really embraced his inner monster.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

By the same token I think a gift like doc's in later seasons would be less well received.

[@panda4247]

And yet, Doc's gift seemed the best to my eyes. Yes, it is a joke thing, but a personalized researched joke, which makes it much more gift than the generic Lord certificate, etc.

[@Una_Ridlow]

Richard genuinely putting the 20 quid to good use makes my heart very happy. It didn't please the Taskmaster but I figure he used the oppurtunity to do the most good he could possibly do and that's what this hellish world needs in these times.

[@mikemack9701]

It pleased the Taskmaster greatly, don't you doubt. He's playing very hard at not being empathetic.

[@Una_Ridlow]

@@mikemack9701 I think you're right. I'm glad that's so.

[@DyrianLightbringer]

He also could have easily lost it. He did say he made a series of bets that paid off in his favor. He could have shown up to taping with nothing.

[@Una_Ridlow]

@@DyrianLightbringer okay, and? that isn't what happened.

[@tmkoe]

as someone else pointed out, he probably did lose a bunch of money too (with his "own" money) on the way to making those good ones that he could show@@DyrianLightbringer

[@VynceMontgomery]

Really shocked Greg didn't make Alex put on the helmet and then take a whack or two

[@sokonek1]

I have a feeling he wanted to and the health and safety people said no

[@John-1984]

I was waiting for him to ask, "Does this fit Alex's head" lol

[@AmaraEmme]

It took a while to develop the dynamic- he didn’t even start calling Alex ‘Little Alex’ until s3

[@maxmustsleep]

@@sokonek1 I feel like Alex has endured much MUCH worse on the show lol. I especially remember a certain task involving a nice cake

[@VynceMontgomery]

@@maxmustsleep the best part of that is Liza running away after, like she's about to die of embarrassed glee

[@imallfordabulls]

The best is the response from Uganda where they also apparently sent two huge pictures of Greg.

[@diegomartinez6100]

Richard made me warm and fuzzy with this one, he seems a genuinely nice guy.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

@@diegomartinez6100 that poor lady was probably like "Who the fuck does this guy think he is."

[@akp0583]

Series 2 contestants often get overlooked but their chemistry was fantastic. Infairness every series has a good mix.

[@howardbaxter2514]

Series 1 and 2 were easily the best series of the show.

[@Mazurecki56]

@@howardbaxter2514 Mike Wozniak though

[@bubbaguy4411]

As an American, I have yet to see a series that didn't have a good mix of chemistry...as long as Greg was the Taskmaster.... So, you know...obviously that rules out that disaster of "the American version" that we just won't talk about...

[@nicosmind3]

@@bubbaguy4411 it's like they picked the worst guests they could get for that version

[@DarkDutch007]

@@bubbaguy4411 have you tried the New Zealand version of Taskmaster? 2 seasons now.

[@dylanwilliams5801]

This is such a great task and it definitely works better with people who really know Greg, but I’d love to see it repeated more in other series

[@carlscheuermann3684]

Yeah, but repeating tasks series after series leads future contestants to plan ahead. It might work for a while, but it'll stop, and I'm glad they quit before it became too much.

[@dylanwilliams5801]

@@carlscheuermann3684 I mean it would only be leading if contestants actually watched the show which most of them don’t and I’m not saying do it every season, just in more seasons. It’s a great insight into the contestants minds and they literally have free reign to make it however serious or ridiculous they want.

[@dielegende9141]

@@carlscheuermann3684 I'd say in a 20 week task it doesn't really matter if contestants plan ahead

[@crizznik2312]

@@dielegende9141 Well, unless someone decided to go balls to the wall, put 20 pounds in some stock before they even know they'll be on the show, turn that 20 pounds into like 20k, then buys Greg a car during the season and pockets the 20 pounds they gave them.

[@MastiffMike1]

They could mix it up slightly, thus making it harder to pre-plan. For instance, one season it could be: The Taskmaster© is busy being awesome, buy a birthday gift for the Taskmaster© to give to Alex. You have 20 weeks. Your time starts NOW!

[@Schattendragonfly]

Katherine's opening lines crack me up each time I see this :D

[@tenphes3]

They did this a few times in the beginning, but I wish theyd bring this back. Its so simple but really shows off the individuality of each contestant.

[@medievalist]

I adored Doc's. He's a very under-rated contestant.

[@diegomartinez6100]

He's got that razzle-dazzle, and doesn't advertise it at all, just an all around nice chap.

[@EricaVeee]

I highly recommend the ep of the official Taskmaster podcast that he guested on.

[@medievalist]

@@EricaVeee Thanks! I'll check it out ☺️

[@GreedyRadish]

I really wish they had kept this task as a sort of tradition going forward. I always enjoy the "you have 20 weeks" tasks.

[@gemturner4709]

It's the "i ChAnGeD iT" for me lol

[@MrR2TheZ]

From an economics standpoint, Joe got 2 points for 3 quid, so who's the real winner here?

[@WyattUTFT]

Joe's 66p per point is much better than Richard's £50 per point

[@brianmathews2926]

Depends if Katherine gets any royalties off the land, assuming the land can somehow produce income

[@lilyliao9521]

@@brianmathews2926 it doesnt

[@beyouinyourlife]

✨ I _chaAAanged_ it ✨

[@EgyptinPrinssi]

I'm honoured for Lord Greg to join the ranks. I was made a Lord for my 30th birthday by a good friend, and now my squire.

[@brianm6337]

My Lord- where does one get this. I can be a Jedi Lord. Meh. Screw the Jedi part. Where's that Rit dye.

[@allvariationstaken]

I chaaaaaaaaaaaaanged it.

[@balrogdahomie]

Why does Joe always look like he’s in a deeply unsettling Russian social horror film

[@PhoebeGrigor]

It’s Greg looking at Alex for support that does it for me 😂

[@thaneofstuff7340]

5:17 is just the greatest conversation I have ever heard. Just, such good stuff happened is such short sentences

[@Fadexpl]

I love how Alex loses it at "I changed it"

[@SensationalBanana]

Greg's face and movement when he answers what his name is is ADORABLE!! So CUTE!!

[@SamOGr]

Noone will ever top what Josh did, but would love to see this task make a return

[@TwoTreesFarm]

Season 1 was off the rails! Tattoos, giving away all the money in their bank account (both Josh if I'm not mistaken), eating smashed watermelon off the floor... It lacked a little of the polish and pizzazz of the followings seasons, but damn, no rules for anyone!

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@TwoTreesFarm the rough patches are what makes that season special. It genuinely looked like all the contestants were having fun (not that this isn’t the case in other seasons).

[@rkah6187]

There is apparently a pretty similar one in this new season, Alan Davies said in an interview.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

@@TwoTreesFarm Honestly I loved how the trophy for season 1 was clearly improvised.

[@Saltywinterchild]

Of course Osman played the charity card, the clever bastard 😆

[@mattreeves8302]

100% jimmy carr in the Audience, cannot mistake his laugh at about 1:50

[@estherjermann9341]

Nice catch

[@duchess8762]

Omg, whatt

[@NotASummoner]

Nah, that's someone who also laughs while breathing in. The voice was quite a bit deeper than Jimmy's

[@jamesobrien4993]

@@NotASummoner no it's definitely jimmy

[@nedcurfman3486]

Could’ve been, but maybe not. It didn’t have that same upward inflection at the end Jimmy has as he trails off, but it started the same, for sure.

[@CBCook]

Richard may have won the task, but Katherine won the internet with "I chaaaanged it"

[@sfshinz]

There needs to be a book published about the games Greg has invented, with and without his sister.

[@Kernel15]

There's also the Snorkel Parka Music Practice Room, and the Hoot Owl of Death

[@sfshinz]

To which I can only respond: "Cu-SHON!"

[@shantayedincsoy1611]

And Milky Cow

[@kantahanwithkahel]

Alex should make tasks out of them.

[@MisterSolitude]

Nothing beats theft and shrubbery

[@sasariwtf]

“What’s your name” “Greg.” “No” “.....yes” “No, I changed it~~” Should be the most iconic moment of this series in my opinion

[@lillyschehen1398]

This show brings me so much comfort. I always watch it when I’m stressing out and it makes everything temporarily better.

[@MartijnPennings]

I feel that this is the only task that they should do every series.

[@TheGlowingFairy]

5:18 just putting this comment here for myself cause I keep replaying this moment

[@stone5against1]

I wish they had kept this task for future series after series 3, it was the only one I wouldn't have minded seeing repeated since it was a bit like prize tasks, you never knew what you were going to get

[@TMTM7]

3:50, my new ringtone

[@KryptoKn8]

The lordmanship thing is lowkey the most baller move you can make ngl

[@howardbaxter2514]

I recently found out that this is a legitimate thing. It’s meant to help with forest and land conservation.

[@KryptoKn8]

@@howardbaxter2514 so why aren't you a lord yet? It's only 20£

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@KryptoKn8 it got bumped up to £30 recently. Also, I’m American, so it wouldn’t feel entirely right to be a lord in Scotland.

[@NeekSquad]

@@howardbaxter2514 Part of my family came from Ireland and Scotland so I would feel ok about it.

[@KryptoKn8]

@@howardbaxter2514 I mean, being a lord is being lord, Regardless of location. Also, I'm pretty sure it depends on what kind of land you buy, because as always different prices for almost identical things

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

IIII chaaanged iiiit…

[@TyroRNG]

Google thinks this comment isn't english and tries to translate it to "Cheengeet song..." for whatever reason XD

[@samshritaanand1290]

I feel bad for the people of the land, their Lord is a Mad Hat Murderer

[@AstaraBrightwing]

The lordship thing is an obvious scam. This is well-known.

[@TheTjoconnor]

Richard basically blackmailed his way to victory in this one

[@neabby]

"I chaaanged it" 🎶😂

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Technically the lordship isn’t legally binding.

[@coltonblake13]

1:52 jimmy carr in the audience

[@ReinhardP]

Jon should have been disqualified for saying that the Big Kahuna Burger is from Reservoir Dogs.

[@AnimalzyNL]

I think this should be a task in every season. Would be cool to see what everyone can come up with.

[@eamonahern7495]

That's one that kept me smiling throughout ☺

[@billyfox6368]

I was expecting it to be an anti-gambling charity. 😂

[@avixenk]

"Richardson in last place." "YOUR A TYRANT!"

[@liambohl]

They should have changed the name of the show to Task Lord after this one

[@fictionrules]

I think they should repeat this one, I loved it.

[@bananaboatcharlie]

🎶 _I changed it..!_ 🎶

[@jakecarpenter1838]

As someone who lives in Kampala I've never heard of that charity

[@davidkatz6197]

This was surprisingly wholesome, even the murder helmet

[@dootlord8673]

rhod would have given him a picture of him looking fat lol

[@GhostBear3067]

In a fancy frame.

[@rkah6187]

@@GhostBear3067 The frame was 19.90, the picture 10p.

[@russellblose4228]

Literally the best taskmaster clip

[@tuomashoffren534]

The Mad Helmet Murderer game brought back a memory from school: Our teacher used to tell us we'd play a game called "Blanket Ball". In this game you need a large blanket, a baseball bat and a group of kids. All but one of the kids go under the blanket and the one left whacks the baseball bat and tries to hit someone in the head. When they do, they need to recognize the person they hit by voice, and if they do, they get to go under the blanket.

[@McFrax]

You need to be careful to not whack too hard, as it would shorten the available sound and lower the number of heads. That would be impractical.

[@NikolaiProkoschenko]

Last place from me for mixing up Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs!

[@Emilio1985]

Big Kahuman Burger is in a lot of Tarantino films, including Reservoir Dogs. He didn't mix-up anything.

[@NikolaiProkoschenko]

@@Emilio1985 I've looked into the actual book, the recipe is under "Entrées" and is called "Pulp Fiction: BIG KAHUNA BURGER". While you are right that Reservoir Dogs also includes Big Kahuna, it's explicitely famous for its Pulp Fiction use and Jon obviously hasn't looked into the book one bit, so his last place is blatantly deserved.

[@Gustavae]

@@Emilio1985 The advertising for the chain appears in many films as Easter Eggs, but nobody says "You know, Big Kahuna Burger from the From Dusk Til Dawn television series." Pulp fiction is the only movie that spotlighted the burger.

[@myiachanmagicalgirl]

Can you imagine being a huge darts enthusiast and watching this episode For the First Time? Those were some giant upset victories and I bet there's a whole story behind it.

[@DaveWraptastic]

I would've gotten him a bag full of veggies delivered by an Austrian man saying: here are your VEGETUBBELS

[@mikemack9701]

Nice!

[@localasian]

1:52 that sounded like Jimmy Carr's laugh

[@FangToh]

Katherine understood the assignment so well

[@Arcturuseyes]

I would pay money to see Greg try those waterskis out.

[@patrickholzer6415]

I would have bought him a little shocker collar for his assistant and a big red button to activate it.

[@heck-r]

1) Emotional blackmail 2) Ego boost 3) Shows attention 4) Random shit that won't be used 5) Random shit that can't be used (with a joking insult as a preparation plus candy. As it turns out candy by itself would have been better :D)

[@Sicho84]

I'd love to see this with a thousand pounds just to find out what they come up with :D

[@gyroscope915]

Dunno if the show can just shill out 5k on a single gag

[@benzaiten933]

there would definitely be many how bought like a goldfish for 5£ and kept the rest for themselves.

[@hgjfkd12345]

Katherine was really ahead of the established titles game

[@Piterdeveirs333]

I mean, this scam has been going on for a very long time

[@shant756]

I won't be able to sleep after seeing Daisy and Richard's watermelon task

[@ftd888]

Too bad the lordship thing is a complete scam. You certainly don’t become a lord - and you don’t even own the plot of land. Should have been last place.

[@FlashyTieBar]

One of the best tasks in the whole series

[@IvanaV_]

2 days until series 12 :D

[@octodaddy877]

I wonder if those pictures of Greg are STILL around in Uganda

[@sergepopov6483]

Taskmaster Have you in the corner give him £20

[@c1ttyc4tty]

Joe presenting the skis will never not be funny to me

[@mohammedhammam4981]

was I the only one moved when the lady said my Anabelle?

[@Tropper73]

Can't wait for the next season!!!

[@davidva8694]

If only the Lordship weren’t a scam

[@Provinceman]

Can't wait for Series 12!

[@bobroberts2581]

I was half expecting someone to buy the cheapest envelope equivalent possible then putting the paper bill change in the envelope. Maybe a single sheet of white paper or some tissue. Cash: nothing beats it this side of stock and gold.

[@danielwarren7110]

along with the uh oh from the tattoo mouse gift, kathrine's I changed it is awesome... there is a big part of me that would have loved if she had actually changed it somehow.

[@scattypetty]

It's a shame that these lordship gift thingies turned out to be a scam.

[@radiantphoenix_5147]

I was hoping somebody just gave him the 20

[@brianm6337]

*Gets a lordship* SUCK IT NOW, NORTH CAROLINA!!!!!!🤣

[@theabstracthour178]

What the Fuck is this 😂 I’m frying on acid and have no idea what I’ve clicked... I was watching Karl Pilkington

[@AmaraEmme]

I was shocked when I saw Osman’s gift, bc that was what my plan was, except I would have invested instead of bet and donated to a different charity. Not that the charity he chose was unworthy, I just hadn’t heard of it before haha

[@rkah6187]

You would not really profit anything from investing twenty pounds in twelve weeks.

[@AmaraEmme]

@@rkah6187 true, but I’m too risk averse for betting and maybe knowledgeable enough ab investing to find some quick gains

[@rkah6187]

@@AmaraEmme Aren't they basically the same thing?

[@AmaraEmme]

@@rkah6187 true to a significant extent. I feel like I’m making a more informed risk with investments though.

[@dennistay9980]

The new series is out tomorrow!

[@UnshavenStatue]

Katherine's jokes for me have always been kind of hit or miss, but man when they hit they really hit so well

[@sergeboivin566]

Why can't we get series 12 in Canada? We could watch series 11 episodes the next day. Now we get an error that S12e1 is not available in our country.

[@MrBrownnn696]

Your Majesty lmfao

[@krekmanski]

-6:40 yeeeah but it makes me look like shit..... Alex? - yes, your Lordship? - you say it!

[@nosecretingredient]

5:19😂😂😂

[@Erikutis55]

Lord task master lol 😆

[@emolgana]

Where's the part where Greg realizes the lordship title thing is a total scam and he's furious about not being royalty

[@KeganSelby]

That not what lords are in England, and never was it always been land owners

[@dankification]

Ngl joe looks like somewhat like Alan from the hangover franchise

[@YurimoHikashi]

Apparently that lady / lord thing is fake but it's still funny

[@Marie-jz1qw]

*I changeeed iiiit* is the best line ever