Champion of Champions 1 - Episode 1 | Full Episode | Taskmaster

In Episode 1 of Taskmaster Champion of Champion's; Bob Mortimer, Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan, Noel Fielding and Rob Beckett attempt to throw an exercise ball into a bath, blow the most substantial object off a table and perform a miracle.
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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.

[@antster1983]

Josh revealed on the Taskmaster Podcast that he filmed all his tasks for Champion of Champions in one day (Bob, Katherine, Noel and Rob did their tasks in two days), and he was exhausted because his baby daughter Pearl arrived a few days earlier. When filming was complete, he returned to the green room at the Taskmaster House to find another Task envelope. Inside the envelope was the text: *"Dear Pearl. Have the best life ever. Your time starts now."* Josh later had the opened envelope framed and hung on his daughter's nursery wall.

[@krikstne]

That's incredibly sweet, thank you for sharing

[@Obsidian0Knight]

That's amazing

[@teriannebeauchamp254]

That will be a treasure she can keep and pass on to her children

[@joannarobinson4149]

@@KingofEverything1 Why would the OP make that up? Josh told this story himself on the podcast! So you're saying Josh was making it up?

[@MinekEzQM]

Admit it, event if this wasn't true (it is) still, it made many readers's day? And this is Taskmaster's impact on us fans. The power of a story most of the time does not come from it's reality but it's background and moral.

[@berkpick]

I really want to see the loser of losers episode. There's not always a runaway winner but there's usually one contestant who is WAAAAAAAAY in the back and they're often the most entertaining.

[@mikeyneggs6873]

nish nish nish !

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Wouldn't it be Champion of Losers, or Winner of Losers?

[@iliketrains3495]

Now with the recent season, I'd say the only ones that didn't have a 'runaway loser' are 4, 6 and 14

[@boreragnarok249]

I don’t think they’d ever do this because it incentivises losing as well as winning.

[@vappyreon1176]

​@@boreragnarok249 it's all fun and games in the end

[@thedmbgirl]

Rob's genuine delight in watching his good friend's most embarrassing moment all over again made me die laughing.

[@ringofasho7721]

Am I the only one surprised to learn he has a wife?

[@Sunprism]

"Childbirth? That's a miracle" "...You have one hour"

[@KrisCasey4]

of course Noel would be embarrassed by a completely normal picture

[@blackspike2710]

What else could possibly embarrass him?

[@LifeLostSoul]

I thought everyone is supposed to be extremely embarrassed by those kinds of perfectly normal childhood photos.

[@nekodromeda]

Can we talk about how Noel Fielding has legs for days?

[@imtheonewhobroughtthebeans915]

Diana Hsu *yes* my words exactly!!!

[@pahlkott]

Noel and Bob traffic in the absurd and ridiculous as their shtick. Of course they were going to be the worst at that task

[@evergreentree8042]

After 25 seasons they'll be able to have the champion of champions of champions.

[@mithroth6703]

After 30 seasons

[@generalhargrievous9928]

I'm counting on that shit

[@evergreentree8042]

@@mithroth6703 if you're counting Champions of Champions as a season, then yes. But this is a special and not included in the count.

[@mithroth6703]

@@evergreentree8042 Why whouldn't you count it as a season?

[@jetthethreat8165]

Thats like a Quater Quell of Hunger Games

[@brianm6337]

I see Rhod Gilbert was NOT on the trophy design committee...

[@bacul165]

Noah, dyslexic: comes first at spelling Josh, asthmatic: comes second at blowing Bob, unable to be embarrassed: comes last at the embarrassing thing...

[@singenstattatmen5096]

His name's Noel. ;)

[@bacul165]

@@singenstattatmen5096 Now I could say that was intentionally, but that would be a lie 😂. Thanks!

[@singenstattatmen5096]

@@bacul165 Happy to help! 😅👍

[@sinsoftheswamp8346]

I mean if you can't ve embarrassed you can't have something that embarrasses you

[@vercingetorix444]

You mean Noeg?

[@desinerd0224]

I would love a redemption series too lol: losers of all series

[@stargate525]

I don't think the house would be STANDING by the end of it.

[@DQuaternion]

Yeah the losers were often the most entertaining people of the shows

[@molitovv]

That is a fantastic idea actually

[@crazyrobots6565]

Aye, but who wins the series? The loser of the losers or the winner of the losers?

[@njujuznem6554]

Horney's said he doesn't want to do one because it would encourage people to do badly

[@Keschet]

Golden statuette of the taskmaster really needed to be lying down in that 'paint me like one of your french girls' pose that we're so fond of from Greg

[@lamisamhaz7755]

Bahahahahah that would've been epic. Can't believe you remember that... then again Rhod doesn't let anyone forget it

[@Soloman_Gumball]

That Rhod season aired after this though. Maybe after series 10.

[@blackmagic3286]

too bad they got to mock that picture only in season 7, while this was just before season 6.

[@TheShakenCondor]

I think was filmed after season 5 finished. That wasn’t a joke yet! Time travel is weird

[@JazzyWaffles]

I wish I could go back in time and suggest that haha, but this was filmed shortly after Series 5.

[@amberdunten1569]

My favorite thing about Josh is that he's so inherently good-natured that even at his most outraged, he's still smiling a little bit and there's a gleam in his eye.

[@Itsaluigi123]

Josh Widdicombe: I’ve brought in a video of me counting Spaghetti-Os for no reason

[@theplasmawolf]

The "write a word" task was absolute madness with all the rules. Then the pen-debacle makes it all complete :)

[@maxellis3325]

I followed it just fine. Maybe most people are just a little on the slow side.

[@JO-mr8tp]

@@maxellis3325 Yes, you are much smarter than the average person. Hooray. You must be very popular!

[@maxellis3325]

@@JO-mr8tp Uh oh. Dumb-dumb got their little feelings hurt for not understanding something simple. Hooray. You must have no friends!

[@davidchav6795]

@@maxellis3325 Thank you for a great example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@bioguy8329]

They needed to keep the permanent markers. Call it an "added complication," where each new word adds to the count. Seems to me they missed a golden opportunity there.

[@MrBrabbzy]

So awesome that the show runners are embracing KZbin and uploading full episodes. Thanks all involved for bringing your art to the people.

[@FollowBetulas]

And with no bleeps for the f'in' and jeffin'!

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

And they lined up the ads with the actual ad breaks!

[@AllTheArtsy]

@@kylekinsey2624 get an adblocker

[@adamfalldorf1581]

@@AllTheArtsy or don't and support the content creators...

[@TinyManNasty]

@@AllTheArtsy or pay for premium and still support the creator qithout watching ads :)

[@iwong3357]

I don't see why they keep having Noel on the show considering the questionable nature of having a magical wood nymph complete against ordinary humans. I swear, anything that can be won instantly mostly by chance or a good toss he has in the bag. Always. Then there's that time he turned into a banana. Truly magical.

[@theTRUTHgroup]

Plus he automatically wins anything that has to do with artistic talent.

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

@@theTRUTHgroup which was like 30% of the tasks in series 4.

[@theTRUTHgroup]

@@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 Ha, true! :D

[@jasonpost913]

"It's all unfair." - Alex Horne 43:18

[@kurtsudheim825]

I was upset at your first line, & I'm not even a huge Noel fan

[@fredhasopinions]

I don't care how few points he gets, Bob Mortimer with his unconventional ideas and genuine creativity is an absolute pillar of Taskmaster and they'll be hard pressed to find a better contestant anywhere

[@A_O_Leary]

It's like 'Would I Lie To You?' where his absurdities aren't shtick but literally winning. David Mitchell has palpatations the more absurd and lie like things get.

[@itsflashmf9632]

he could have crushed the blow your item off the table task if he lubed the table with the wd-40 he found

[@slipknot95maggot]

"...and see how they've aged!" .......I mean, far as I can tell, Josh is still the exact same 14 year old

[@juliasutter6996]

LOL TRUE

[@Magitek85]

And Katherine got even more gorgeous!

[@Firstanold]

Are you kidding? Josh is the only one that has noticeably aged. Bob looks old but in exactly the same way. Noel doesn't age, he's a vampire. Catherine wears so much makeup you'd never know. Rob is 90% tooth enamel. But pause on a good shot of Josh in the studio when he's not the one talking and imagine he has a beaded chain coming off the back of his glasses. He looks EXACTLY like my granny. She's got the same hair and glasses as him and her creases are deeper and she's a little more jowly but he's dead on the right track.

[@Firstanold]

@5:23 this shot is a perfect example. He looks EXACTLY like my grandmother.

[@sophiaredwood5825]

HAHAHAHA

[@nathanfox5861]

Seeing them do this for a series makes me want to see another series with all the losers (last place) from the first 5 seasons

[@doing_aok]

the only thing is we need phil wang

[@pepesilvia2094]

@@doing_aok james acaster

[@deferencetodusk]

Only 2 episodes, not a series

[@nathanfox5861]

I honestly want joe Wilkinson back on thought he was super funny, him and wang would be fun to see but I agree acaster would also be fun to watch again!

[@redstorm5628]

The trophy for the losers' bracket should be a golden little Alex Horne bust.

[@binaryalgorithm]

"... tried to blow a giraffe off the table". "I don't know is that uncharacteristic?"

[@CaesarTjalbo]

That was the second time. The first time was when Noel threw a tantrum about the jump rope with the carrots. Greg: "And you don't like flights of fancy" or something like that.

[@BlackHe4rtQueen]

Rob is a living breathing proof that nothing is embarrassing if you say it out loud without feeling embarrassed about it.

[@caliaguilar4]

Noel during the first real task just confirms Greg's realization from that season that Noel is just a lad

[@MadcapShambleton]

From Goth2Bo ...Tony Three Pies

[@somethingelse9176]

Noel "Secret Lad, Loves a Tidy" Fielding is proof that people are vast and contain multitudes, and somehow devastatingly sexy.

[@carveylover]

He has gone on record to say before Art School he was a bit of a chav. Is that similar to a lad?

[@allisonforfornsed]

@@somethingelse9176 So well said!

[@allisonforfornsed]

@@carveylover No, chav is a word that means something like poor white trash (although there seem to be a significant number of black Brits that are chavs also, so...) but anyway, it's kind of like american trailer trash

[@eod97]

"Josh Widdicombe's last? That means one of two things on this show." *cut to Josh slowly shaking his head*

[@mandine100]

every single viewer: "OH NO"

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

never not funny.

[@nomadicroadrat]

Why wasn't Josh Widdicombe not cast in the LOTR? He is a perfect 14 year old.

[@vR-bs7rl]

I don't get it plz explain?

[@andurilcuivie]

@@vR-bs7rl often the person going last is the most … something. Often the most awesome or most terrible. The coconuts were the latter.

[@chestersnap]

I'm really upset Rob wasn't called out on the fact that he clearly only ordered two _pizzas_ and 98 _pizza boxes_

[@Friendlysociopath]

He got dead-last as it was.

[@mienzillaz]

@@Friendlysociopath true, no reason to bash him more..;)

[@Quarrel47]

Rob shouldn't even be on TV

[@gravityjuice4055]

@@Quarrel47 Whoa. Step it back a bit mate.

[@frang2342]

@@Quarrel47 lol why I wanna know

[@starstella3427]

Don't you love how all the British comedians hang out with each other so often they're like a tiny school of friends and history it's great

[@EatinPaste]

I'm sorry, but Noel being the banana was and still is the greatest surprise twists in TV history.

[@justincoleman3805]

Someone didn’t watch Newhart.

[@canadianmoth]

@@justincoleman3805 na bananas still tops

[@MadcapShambleton]

@@justincoleman3805 Joint first place!

[@EatinPaste]

@@MinekEzQM Alright, fun police.

[@bisma1352]

wait where was that?

[@RalIix]

What I love about the Champion of Champions special is that over the course of the two episodes, every single of them did something truly impressive and remarkable, so you remember just why they became champions in the first place.

[@henrietta9206]

I love them all ❤

[@swine13]

To be fair, though, its a lot like whose line in that the games are made up and the points don't really matter

[@MinekEzQM]

The most remarkable thing was Rhod Gilbert's solution of "Tie yourself up." task. Absolutely genius.

[@kurtsudheim825]

@@swine13 well the points so matter, it's not that big of a deal who wins, but show are given out somewhat reasonably & there is a winner, that's how we got this coc

[@swine13]

@@kurtsudheim825 key word being "somewhat" - the contestants are under the whimsy and will of Greg for the entire duration, a fact he takes some effort to routinely remind everyone. So as long as he can just wave his hand and go "nah I like it better this way" then it's hard for me to put much stock in the voracity of the points system. Its not on par with the significance of points in 8oo10cdc, and even that show it's like... who cares? Sean (may he RIP) lost that show 19 times out of 20 but there's no prizes, they don't keep official tallies... there's no difference for the "contestants" whether they win or lose each week, it's all just a format for the actual show which is comedy. So even there, the points ultimately don't mean anything. Its all for a bit of fun, anyway. We're not running national inquiries on Joe's disqualification in the potato toss or Rhods suss qualifications despite visibly failing tasks etc.. as long as we all have a laugh and James has maybe lost his mind a little bit during the process, Greg can do whatever he likes 👍

[@tristancox2156]

"I forgot to tell you, my grandfather gave me those cheese puffs" had me rolling 😂

[@franka9942]

26:43 i love how alex just put that in as a joke but greg got all teacher mode on him, that was sadistic haha

[@TheGrumbliestPuppy]

I absolutely love that Noel in heels and feminine fashion is the most athletic man in this show.

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

Icon. This is why he’s my crush

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

​@@stayforthepeelpronpls4774 in season 4 I was too distracted by my love for Sex Man Joe Lycett but in this one...phwoar, Noel is killing me.

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

yurig014 exactly. He’s like them but he’s in high definition

[@disneyrockz12]

@@yurig014 shhhhhh, they overuse every word in the dictionary these days, with all their twittering and whatnot...

[@amys495]

@@disneyrockz12 Words change meaning over time. Stop being a grouchy old fart about it.

[@Crazyivan777]

The marker mistake absolutely killed me! Though I hope no one actually lost their job....

[@arkayv]

I wish that was actually built in to the task, whoever wrote in big letters have to stick with it because they were confident and the smaller font ones would have more space to write, would've been an amazing twist to the task.

[@Propulus]

@@arkayv My thoughts exactly, and even better if it was a mistake. Genuinely made me start snort laughing.

[@sophiaredwood5825]

Vishal Royam I was thinking the same thing! I thought it was intentional at first, what with all the other plot twists in this show 😂

[@kurtsudheim825]

@@arkayv I thought of that, but it would be a bit unfair on top of this, unless you make this the fake game, & that ends up being the real game/2nd task, like make a silly sandwich, them task 2 eat it

[@kurtsudheim825]

Well maybe they should, maybe there's someone who deserves it more? I don't want to sound too harsh, cause it's not nice losing your job, so maybe just demotion

[@MorningDusk7734]

I am so disappointed that not a single person brought in their Taskmaster trophy for the Prize Task.

[@zyaicob]

You think anyone isn't extremely proud of having won Taskmaster?

[@MorningDusk7734]

@@zyaicob Fair, but for the sake of the bit it makes sense

[@mainie_videoediting]

Yes! Plus, they could've combined the head and the body... fun!

[@MinekEzQM]

They've e-bayed it already. :) (I'm just a fan of Richard Ayoade asking the contestants not to ebay the commemorative crystal right away after their run in Crystal Maze. :) )

[@MinekEzQM]

@@mainie_videoediting They were waiting for the eyebrows. :) (See 2021 new year treat)

[@grumpymonk9908]

as a pizza delivery driver, the fact that he carried 100 boxes, even if they didn't have pizzas in them, is a miracle. I struggle to carry 20

[@theresayannetty2444]

Noel, putting on his lizard costume: No one's going to outweird me! Bob: Hold me lager.

[@derekehlmann2126]

I loved the “Lord Greg Davies” callback, that was indisputably the highlight of Series 2

[@AmaraEmme]

Nah the potato was

[@ethanbrundeen1756]

I love how gleeful Alex was in this episode. You can tell during the tasks he was really enjoying watching these people have fun.

[@Abhothra]

_I forgot to tell you, my grandfather gave me those cheesepuffs_ 🤣🤣🤣

[@firerednaxela]

you ever think about how Josh Widdicombe got a karate trophy instead of Greg's head for winning Series 1?

[@torfrida6663]

firerednaxela It was because they didn't think they would get a second series commissioned. They proved far more successful than they dared hope. Hope the move to Channel 4 doesn't spoil the fun and you folks in the USA can still get it.

[@katiehough2499]

Alex said they did actually provide him with his own head trophy after they started that tradition.

[@kabiragnihotri7333]

We need a series where Alex is a contestant. I'd pay to see that. And James Acaster takes Alex's role.

[@Orangecatinahoodie]

*Alex walks in frame* Hi James! James:.....

[@jeezuschryst]

Genius!

[@maudglazbrooke1287]

Nah, it should be Rhod.

[@kabiragnihotri7333]

@@maudglazbrooke1287 disrupts the alex and greg power balance though.....

[@yogzoth]

Alex designs literally all the tasks though. Would probably lose some magic without that.

[@ILuvAyeAye]

Noel's reaction to Bob's miracle made me wish they worked the same season. Imagine the two of them on one team. We would have gotten to see some insane shit.

[@PeopleAcct707]

Bob Mortimer's world is magical and lovely.

[@sophiaredwood5825]

We all want to live there even though I get the sense that Bob’s the only one who can survive it...

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

@@sophiaredwood5825 yes

[@medievalist]

If you haven't watched Shooting Stars, the very first show he did in the Ninties, I recommend it. Total Bob madness!

[@RussellCope]

@@medievalist If you haven't watched the shows Bob did before Shooting Stars in the 90s I recommend them even more. Check out 'Vic Reeves Big Night Out' and 'The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer'

[@medievalist]

@@RussellCope Thanks, I will check them out 😊

[@stephengilmore2741]

We've got to get David Mitchell on at some point, right? It would just be 10 episodes of him getting progressively more annoyed and passive-aggressive.

[@dunbar9finger]

Greg has a history of subtracting points when people argue with his rulings. David would have the worst score ever.

[@afroembrya]

OMG, this would be so perfect.

[@wimvaughdan7032]

Would love to see it, but I don't think David would enjoy doing this show.

[@littlered6340]

I want this so badly for someone I'm pretty sure will never be on this show 😂

[@benzaiten933]

Lee Mack is now in Series 11 - nothing is impossible!

[@catheriner999]

Bob is just such a joy, I had forgotten entirely how lovely he is. I hope he's doing great out there with his knicker parties and fishing.

[@aryst0krat]

I absolutely love Katherine's fierce determination on this show. She's got a plan, she's got backup plans, and she's fully prepared to ream anyone out to defend them afterwards.

[@Khronosian]

This, this RIGHT HERE, was the ONLY reason I wasn't sad when the previous series ended. I've watched enough british television to know, this was coming eventually. In my opinion, though, TaskMaster might also benefit from the occasional losers-bracket round. Maybe the holiday specials?

[@pepesilvia2094]

whatever brings james acaster back im down

[@googiegress7459]

@DraKaleel 18 Just do it after the show is winding down and it's only got a series or two left.

[@Tigercg11]

Taskmaster redemption or taskmaster fan favorites would be fun

[@KL-ol8xf]

I believe they addressed this previously, felt it didn’t sound good/nice to have a “loser’s round”

[@MrK4399]

Special series of team is fun too, think about Mel and Deskie(Hugh), Rob and Sara, Nish and Mark in the same series and they doing the team task~

[@petertaylor4980]

Bob brought in some WD-40 and I expected him to oil the table.

[@VortexMagus]

I thought he was just going to use the aerosol cans to blow things around instead of his lungs.

[@LoDega]

@@VortexMagusSame

[@infinite5imal]

I honestly think Noel's "Greg, one more thing: I use Cheetos as contact lenses" tops James Acaster's "my eyes are circles"

[@hotflash4494]

I can't believe no one in the audience laughed when Bob almost cracked up when talking about blowing things.

[@charlespreidis4483]

I was waiting for someone to ask Alex up onto the table!

[@chaotickreg7024]

I want to get blown off the table 😳

[@silver_biscuit8161]

You're probably misunderstanding it, though. He wasn't laughing about blowing, but blowing off. Which means farting.

[@kelzuya]

God Greg really is huge

[@captainblacktail8137]

Little Alex Horne is 6'2" if you believe him

[@Bulldog1878]

6 foot 8

[@heatherwhited5735]

@@captainblacktail8137 I wouldn't believe him at all, honestly. I'm 4'11'' and I *totally* stood next to Alex once and I think he was a bit shorter than I am.

[@SylviusTheMad]

@@captainblacktail8137 He also says he's 13 stone. Imagine how thin a 13 stone man would be at that height.

[@timobeugelink2527]

i feel obligated to say this.... THATS WHAT SHE SAID! no regrets

[@Movrings]

As someone who worked in tv production before, I genuinely hope nobody got fired because of these waterproof markers...as funny as it was, this can be a damn stressful job!

[@swine13]

Yeah between production crews and ER heart surgeons, I have a hard time telling which one has the more stressful workplace. 😂

[@amazingabby25]

EXQUISITE NACHOS so I work in film, every minute productions are delayed can be anywhere from 1k to 100,000. For one minute. A big blockbuster, being delayed ten minutes could be a million dollars wasted

[@baconfluffy]

Same, in my opinion, the waterproof markers made it way funnier.

[@FormedUnique]

@@amazingabby25 theres no way minutes equate to millions when the entire budget for movies are millions

[@silverfawkes1219]

@@amazingabby25 Your hyperbole is ridiculous and unbelievable.

[@syoudipta]

I will never forget Bob's entering the room quip, "heavy door today, Alex"!

[@berkpick]

Alex Horne is 6'2 and now everyone in his life calls him "Little Alex Horne."

[@adrenalineunlimited]

In the voice, no less

[@yazplatt]

Compared to Greg he’s little! But I guess compared to Greg, a looooot of people are little 🙃

[@bannaanlana]

@@yazplatt compared to greg I'm a toddler standing at a whopping 5'1"

[@yalikebe3ns797]

@@yazplatt how tall is greg then?

[@sparky4878]

@@yalikebe3ns797 about 6’8

[@Kayworx]

The "these are permanent markers!" bit on the whiteboards had me cackling

[@jonathangordon1457]

all i want is a "Worst of the worst" mini series, with the people who have the lowest scores.

[@swine13]

Have to have a bonus round for Sean Locks performance on 8oo10cdc, just cause it'd make him grumpy and thats always a good laugh 😂

[@zyaicob]

the best part of this concept is that we get more of Roisin

[@Sharpe1502]

Nish, Katherine, and Roisin!

[@ladambell]

Another series with Nish Kumar, Joe Wilkinson, Alice Levine, Paul Chowdhry, and Lolly Adefope? Sign me up!

[@alexchapman8927]

@@Sharpe1502 and Phil

[@shailejanarain]

Why is no one talking about Katherine's DTF outfits 😂🤣

[@AnotherParamoreFan]

I can’t tell what it says underneath the letters!

[@somethingelse9176]

It says "Determined to Fight."

[@fmbz858]

@@somethingelse9176 thanks, but I've made my choice for what it means in my mind - just as she no doubt intended

[@dallasl3688]

The best thing to come out of this show is the fact that his own children call him, "Little Alex Horne."

[@benzaiten933]

Noel dancing on water, dressed like a lizard is the contend I needed this week!

[@masenneihaus6178]

I love that they brought Katherine's floating candle trick (I know it wasn't "hers" but you know what I mean) back for a future task lol

[@CallMeProm]

I don't think it's possible for Bob Mortimer to be embarrassed. He lost that prize task before it started.

[@peterclarke7006]

Yeah. It would be like asking him to tell a tale of his youth without it descending into madness. Can't be done. 😂

[@amyjensen9505]

For the perform a miracle one, rob should’ve just taken his contacts out again and put them back in: “I can see!!!”

[@rapunzelz5520]

All he needed was contact solution

[@wowieitssam9457]

Oh my goshhhhh! I didn’t think they’d actually do it! This is gonna be such a good season. Edit: Yeah, I realize the season’s not new. The show’s just not streamed in my area, and I’m just glad they put it online! And also the cast is great together!

[@luHD007]

It has been on UK PLAY for years. But I think it is made available for the world via YT.

[@stephengilmore2741]

This is quite old...?

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

Sadly it’s only 2 episodes 😭

[@altinjpn]

Is this not new? I thought this was Season 10! Woohoo!

[@jamesroberts3013]

Rob Beckett’s laugh makes me think he could be a very entertaining Joker.

[@PimpMacSlickBac]

Certainly has the teeth for it, a la Romero's or Hamill's.

[@get-the-joke]

The perfect Joker should be genuinley intimidating and funny at the same time. That's Greg Davies.

[@jamesroberts3013]

@@get-the-joke Wait, would that make Little Alex Horne his Harley Quinn? Alternatively, I could see Greg as an Alfred-esque figure.

[@PimpMacSlickBac]

@@get-the-joke he'd make a fantastic Kingpin, and Beckett is honestly more cut out for the Green Goblin, Ayoade for Spiderman, Noel for Vulture.

[@get-the-joke]

@@PimpMacSlickBac Do you really think the British comedic elite are stupid Marvel characters?

[@radsical1392]

Noel Fielding has a lovely laugh. He looks like a little kid when he laughs. It’s so pure

[@rmiraflor]

“Were you genuinely embarrassed?” “Not really” Ladies and gentlemen, the king, Bob Mortimer!

[@medievalist]

Clearly his son is a chip off the old block!

[@grapesofwraith1066]

I didn't think they were going to post this series, but this is great!!!

[@Movrings]

I'm rooting for a 'Fan Favourites' series with Mel, Hugh, James, Jessica and Nish or Joe 😂

[@stargate525]

I want to see Hugh and Rhod doing a task together. It would be terrifying and hilarious.

[@markbrown7913]

My favorite has been Sally Phillips. Mel a close second.

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

every fan has different favorites!

[@maccladoz]

@@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 Correct, I myself would love to see David Baddiel back.

[@swine13]

No Bob?

[@supersucks]

“I use Cheetos as contact lenses” is such a bizarre funny thing to say out of context

[@krashd]

Someone is not familiar with the Mighty Boosh I see.

[@Ano-Nymous]

"Interview with Hitler" 🤣 I want that piece to be released asap! It's of public interest and there's no reason to withhold it from us any longer.

[@rachelwatson5266]

I could not be more excited it’s Thursday. Highlight of my week is laughing at these guys and this is going to be a FANTASTIC season. Thank you for uploading full episodes. I need this every week to get through my Masters degree.

[@sirkittius]

Unfortunately there are only 2 episodes in this series. Series 8 will likely be uploaded after the next episode. Still fun!

[@rachelwatson5266]

sir kittius Nooooooooooo

[@mylatahiri2572]

Thought bob was gonna try lubricating the table when he grabbed the WD40 but then he just blew the can LOL

[@oliverthatcher]

Their reactions they each had after walking in to collect the second task perfectly sums up each of their personalities

[@matthewgriffin3486]

That they took the table out on the first side shot and left it in for Noel's dismount is just genius

[@matthewgriffin3486]

oh it wasn't needed at all I'm a fool still hilarious

[@TheMovieSequelDude49]

People are gonna be really excited for this... until they find out this season's only two episodes long.

[@laurastanley1475]

WHAT?!

[@rabia94chocolate]

glad to know before I find out myself

[@curioushoodie]

I was wondering about that. Thanks for managing our expectations.

[@sandoumir4348]

Maybe pay more attention to the video because it was mentioned 5 times in the episode.

[@studiocelestedesign]

Sad. Pandemic likely hung them up.

[@sammorgison3329]

Katherine's in it to win it, but this is gonna be a close season.

[@mmramish]

The Champion of Champions series only had two episodes, I'm afraid, so it's all a tad anti-climatic.

[@MechaHeretic]

@@mmramish Good, i can't stand looking at her botox lips too much longer.

[@andrewcowman852]

@@MechaHeretic she's amazing. stfu

[@MechaHeretic]

@@andrewcowman852 Oh she is hilarious, as is everyone else on the show, i just can't stop staring at her upper lip everytime she talks and it's super distracting.

[@gomonkeyfly]

@@MechaHeretic learn to live with it like she did.

[@peterclarke7240]

The taskmaster theme now plays whenever i do anything remotely task orientated. Seriously. Give it a try. I just made some toast and a cup of tea and it was EPIC!

[@wmaximoff]

Brennan Lee Mulligan would not only smash Taskmaster but would certainly make it onto a winners season.

[@doing_aok]

oh my god yes. i was so worried after series 7 ended i wouldn’t have any more. but this is EXACTLY what i wanted

[@SueycrazyAJ]

theres 2 more seasons out in the uk!! and one more coming out over this next month

[@rileymichelle4926]

Series 8 is my favorite

[@uclo9073]

"Childbirth is a miracle" "You have 1 hour" "Better hurry and get those pants off Alex"

[@shaggypoo4120]

Pretty sure that 3rd sentence wasnt on the video but that was funny

[@lealta1481]

Id help

[@callumcasey9156]

40:11 "What I love about this is that you're all laughing but someone's going to lose their f***ing job!"

[@theTRUTHgroup]

As an American, this was the only series I wasn't able to find anywhere on-line. Thank you so much for posting it here. Can't wait to see the rest of the episodes!

[@zacharypool]

I need to see a Hobbit remake with Greg Davies as Gandalf and Josh Widdicomb as Bilbo

[@kates8886]

Any time you can get Bob Mortimer on a program you know it will be good

[@hiddeheikoop]

As a viewer in The Netherlands who doesn't get to watch a lot of UK TV outside of the BBC occassionally, this show is amazing and brings me a lot of joy. I have managed to watch 5 series in a week :)

[@me-wowlk7402]

"Were you genuinly embarrassed?" "Not really" Hands down the funniest moment of the episode and he wasn't even trying... I adore Bob!

[@doctorsuave]

More Noel and Bob? Yes please! I love these episodes, I’m glad they’re on KZbin now!

[@johnlong8952]

Oh this is gonna be a great season

[@Zach90888]

Only 2 episodes unfortunately

[@HacKer3kk]

@@Zach90888 Wanted to downvote because this is a very saddening information, but that'd be a dick move, so have a sad upvote :(

[@njujuznem6554]

@@HacKer3kk Thumbs down dont actually affect anything on youtube for some reason

[@stephengilmore2741]

I don't understand what's going on! This was out a few years ago... I feel like I'm on drugs.

[@amemelia]

@@stephengilmore2741 yeah its a few years old but they upload old seasons

[@toastie1310]

Wow Greg makes everyone look tiny in that intro, especially Bob Mortimer. You could literally fit two Bobs into Greg

[@Michylawhty]

I'm surprised no one thought of blowing the taskmaster letter off of the table. Technically it's substantial as you need to read it to know what to do in the task.

[@evilturkey523]

I mean they already read it so it's not really important anymore

[@Belushibrotherfan64]

They should do a series with their friends only like Mark Watson, Tim key, rhod Gilbert, etc

[@cyrilcrutzen1471]

Get Roisin Conaty in and, for a new angle, Rachel Horne

[@heatherwhited5735]

I would also like to see some of my favorite teams compete again, like Rob Beckett and his sister Sara Pascoe, The Diverse Stripes Nish and Mark, and Mel and Desky.

[@Smith.S.E.]

God Bless Alex Horne, Greg Davies, and everyone who ever appeared or worked on this show

[@CancerQueenKy]

I love Noel, he’s always just having a great time

[@CoolAsFreya]

Full episodes 😍😍 this season will be great! EDIT: also thanks for putting ads in the actual ad break slots instead of interrupting the content

[@mzmamamiavirgo]

Binge-watching every taskmaster episode ever, has been the best part of quarantine.

[@fluffypuffs]

at the fisrt task i emembere greg saying Noel is a LAD and he Totally is. smashing it lol

[@adamcarlone]

I just discovered this show existed a couple days ago. This has got to be one of the funniest and amazing gameshows I've ever seen.

[@allisonforfornsed]

I can't get enough of Lord Greg's gradually increasing admiration for Noel. LOL! I think Lord Greg has learned his lesson, thanks to Noel the Badass Fielding!

[@reidleblanc3140]

the more I watch of this show the more I want to become a comedian entirely to be on it myself because too often there's such an obvious cheese that nobody finds and it BOTHERS ME

[@studiocelestedesign]

This show gives me life and is one of the most cheerful and buoyant things in all of 2020. For this you guys deserve an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. Sincere thanks for providing so much joy in a year full of really hard things. ✌🏼

[@hayleymarie2340]

As soon as I saw it was Josh, Katherine, Noel, Rob, and Bob, I knew this would be good!

[@brentmakes]

We just finished season 7 and were going to hunker down for the long, cold winter without Taskmaster and then you go and drop this in our laps like an over-eager Alex!! Thank you for making quarantine a little brighter!

[@pippa_peg]

25:23 Alex stifling his laugh in the background is me whenever I see someone having a breakdown.