Champion of Champions - Episode 2 | Full Episode | Taskmaster

In this finale episode of Taskmaster Champion of Champion's; Bob Mortimer, Josh Widdicombe, Katherine Ryan, Noel Fielding and Rob Beckett battle it out to establish what's in the case, create an entirely eatable and wearable mask and make the biggest mess possible to completely clear up.
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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.

[@ckyisyourfuture]

"i thought if it's an anteater, i have to get that guy out of there" -- proceeds to throw the case against the pavement several times and then beat it with a hammer

[@JoshuaBost]

Well it's fine, he knew at that point there wasn't an anteater in there!

[@user-wf3nl3vg3g]

a concussion is better than not breathing!

[@Ludifant]

To be fair, that's where the ants are..

[@ckyisyourfuture]

@@Ludifant to be faaaaaaaaair

[@ronpaulssecretary]

More importantly if it was tim keye he wouldnt get it out of there

[@deceaseddevereaux269]

Katherine's mess gave me more anxiety than watching a bomb defusal.

[@googiegress7459]

Her fam is probably used to craziness out of her, since she's a comedian. Could be a fairly standard phone call for her.

[@lelanddyke8386]

literally had to close the video for a bit

[@Maazin5]

@@lelanddyke8386 same! I needed to pause and take some deep breaths before continuing

[@pahlkott]

It's so sociopathic. The idea that, just kidding, cleans that up... I think there's a mess still with her family

[@UnitSe7en]

She really is an awful, awful woman.

[@LittleGrandpaSimpson]

The "What's in the case" task was one of my favorites because everybody took a different approach: Katherine worked it, Josh brained it, Bob outplayed it, Rob winged it and Noel just went bonkers... and won.

[@9SMTM6]

I can think of at least one other approach: "Air" Leaves.

[@jeremyf493]

It's probably the best task they've ever done. It shows so much about everyone who attempted it.

[@KennyGuite]

yep

[@Soloman_Gumball]

They had to of paused Noels clock to make hime wear goggles.

[@fikriayyasy1991]

@@9SMTM6 I can see Rhod Gilbert and James Acaster doing that if given the task

[@KrisCasey4]

swap the first letter in each word of Task Master... MASK TASTER

[@hareecionelson5875]

Alex was the Mask Taster all along :O

[@rewrose2838]

ah everyday we stray further from God

[@hareecionelson5875]

@@rewrose2838 which one?

[@rewrose2838]

@@hareecionelson5875 Our one and only Lord and Saviour, Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[@Para__Noia]

@@hareecionelson5875 there is only one GOD. It's the Greg Of Davies.

[@PeopleAcct707]

This is Bob Mortimer's world, we're just living in it.

[@VNSeraphin]

The "THANK YOU" from Athletico Mince killed me

[@craigchristian344]

@@VNSeraphin Ohhhhhhh Yeah

[@VNSeraphin]

@@craigchristian344 the best taskmaster uniform would be a white vest written over with a red marker Chicago Parsnips. And the commandments in the back

[@fredhasopinions]

yea bob mortimer is the real winner here

[@user-fp3yc9hm6m]

I really like Bob’s approach to the tasks, he always either won them in the most gentle, effortless fashion; or he’s just having a blast in last place.

[@Dan_Geer_]

Given that the tile is “I Sinned Again”, and there was a massive case of frozen peas, and Josh was in the show, I was fully expecting them to have made Josh, and only Josh, count all the peas.

[@SenorKristobbalVLog]

and little did you know it was just Bob Mortimer being a loveable fruitloop

[@chlcrk]

Tbf having him start by being the only one to sing the theme tune was also a good shout ha. I went to the episode taping and even though it was six years ago I still recall everyone but Josh finding the reveal hilarious

[@syoudipta]

Exactly my thoughts and I was dying to write this while watching...:}

[@syoudipta]

@@chlcrk I guess because his solo task was probably the most memorable of all, partly because it was the first one and nobody saw it coming.

[@GT-um7so]

At least they didn't make him count beans again! 😂

[@fenhen]

“My broccoli rotation and delivery unit” Bob has such a way with words. Up there with “hand lion”

[@TheKyleMark]

The Hand Lion Story is perhaps the greatest tale ever spun by a person.

[@garrett2439]

@@TheKyleMark I think the "doing my own dentistry" story was the best one Bob Mortimer ever told, personally. Hand Lion a close second though.

[@TheKyleMark]

Theft and Shrubbery is a massive contender as well.

[@randyetc5801]

My fav is still the story about the sick owl

[@neithere]

@@randyetc5801 a *very* sick owl.

[@SamuraiPanda201]

The briefcase of frozen peas is one of my favorite tasks ever because it's one of the few where everyone arrived at the same destination through completely unique means, AND they were all totally reflective of the respective champion and how they won their seasons.

[@zuhaibchaudhry3785]

I thought they would make Josh count the frozen peas

[@biseln2002]

They should've done a 'Worst thing you won in a prize task' prize task.

[@michaeld519]

That would be awesome. The only problem, though, is that a lot of the time the people just trash or destroy the prizes. James Acaster did an interview and talked about it.

[@maryloubisou]

@@michaeld519 that's interesting do you remember which interview by any chance?

[@michaeld519]

@@maryloubisou I guess it might have been just that series. I don't know, though. It's been a while since I read it and I thought he'd said it always happens. Reading it again, though, he only definitively says his series did it. So I might have misspoke previously.

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

genius!

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

@@michaeld519 their series did have some pretty shit prizes

[@decoydamsel]

The mask task just gives off that vibe of, "This isn't inherently sexual, but it's definitely somebody's fetish."

[@garfreeek]

I think Bob and Alex making out in edible face masks turned me straight! Horrifying moment! 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrTVintro]

Its interesting how often Alex finds himself in such situations.

[@PoweredPiston]

Josh's terrified reaction when Alex was ravaging his mask elicited the first true smile I've ever seen on Alex Horne

[@Anonymouse85]

He doubled over (literally!) when Kerry was doing her weird walk on stage during a live task. He smiles a lot and breaks character a lot, he's amazing at keeping his composure but sometimes even Little Alex Horne can't maintain a neutral face.

[@Jesse__H]

he breaks a lot but they usually try to cut away from it in the edit

[@scz1770]

He smiles and laughs a lot! But it's very hard to edit out this much smiling and delight he's taking in harassing his friend and it's hilarious

[@kurtsudheim825]

He's had a few moments ink l now. You really have to look out on some of the tasks

[@seanglaze7284]

@@Anonymouse85 Kerry Godliman's cockney goblin walk is something that never ceases to be hysterical. I reran that clip over and over again and died laughing every rewatch

[@Pinakamataas]

So basically even after this Josh is the only winner who doesn't have Greg's head trophy

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

But he is the only one with his name tattoed on him.

[@jamesaditya5254]

@@hayreddinbarbarossa661 I'd say that's as good as a trophy in itself

[@Aaron-hv4hr]

Better yet, he got the rest of Greg's body

[@PortsTM]

Apparently after this episode finished recording, they awarded him an official Greg head trophy.

[@Hennu_TRM]

You'd think they could have provided him with one to make the moment more satisfying... but no.

[@pinkpandalover12]

“Beautiful mate! Are there more like you on your planet?” Nothing has ever made more sense on this show than Bob as a Geordie alien.

[@no_peace]

So good

[@yellowrubberducky81]

What's really funny about this show is that Noel says how Alex made him paint his shed when he did the show, and it gets a laugh, but when Alex did Bake Off, they show the shed and Alex really did get Noel to paint his shed. lol! He's an evil genius wrapped up in a lovely kind man who people trust.

[@pastpresence8173]

I'm genuinely confused what this was about, is there a video anywhere?

[@eggchomp]

@@pastpresence8173look up alex horne bake off it should come up

[@John-ed4yw]

Skip to 5 minutes for Noel saying it, but haven't seen the bake off clip

[@marr1235]

@@pastpresence8173On the great British bake-off, when Alex was on the show he spoke about how he actually made Noel paint his shed, and how he said it was ‘for a task’. After he was done, Alex told him that it wasn’t for a task, and it was actually just for himself.

[@jean-marcrocher1463]

The case test is an interesting lesson in security design: Josh: Can your encryption algorithm be worked out? Katherine: Is your password verification system vulnerable to social hacking? Bob: Have your passwords just been left out in the open? Rob: Is your password system vulnerable to brute-force guessing? Noel: Can the whole password system just be bypassed?

[@zyaicob]

+

[@parthsingh97]

Rob: Is your password system vulnerable to brute-force guessing? Noel: Is your password system vulnerable to brute force?

[@kaveeshafernando8252]

LMFAO

[@ur-mom-gay]

@@parthsingh97 lmaoooo

[@wohlhabendermanager]

Ever since I looked into lockpicking as a hobby (I am not very good at it, mind you) I've come to the conculsion that you really don't need any skills other than brute force for most locks anyway. People see a code lock and think "Oh my, I can't open this, I don't have the code!" when all you really need is a bolt cutter. Or strong arms/feet.

[@zyaicob]

Rob was so genuinely pleased when Josh doing the maths actually resulted in the right answer

[@quinnlevy8996]

HOW THOUGH!!! I don;t get it, I did the same math both in my head and on a calculator. The answer is 80.4 HOW DID JOSH GET 201? HOW DID JOSH GET X3 TO EQUAL 1???

[@archsys307]

@@quinnlevy8996well you see 2011 to the nth power modulo p^k via cauchys theorem implies that the subgroup of order 5 stabilizes a normal radical of the forgetful functor on a surjective endomorphism of a noetherian ring which is therefore an automorphism, now numbering the letters in that word we see a=1 and apply the forgetful functor to get rid of the rest, QED

[@DatDenDude]

“I haven’t decided yet if that’s what I am or not, so it’s fine” I’ve never seen Greg and Alex so speechless😂

[@nathanfox5861]

I like how josh always seems to get the extra tasks, like how he had to count beans in his series and nobody else did, and now the intro lol.

[@olscratch74]

"Wha'?!"

[@liamjohnstone1062]

The best one was making Mark Watson text Greg everyday for 6 months

[@kepri2474]

@@liamjohnstone1062 but then he missed a few and didn’t get any points

[@garfieldsspaghetti]

@@kepri2474 he missed a single day

[@scottcampbell96]

They should have made him run in place solo while everyone else watched... then do a different task for the final task of the show.

[@mayanganggarani]

Love to see different layers of Noel Fielding everytime. “He is just a lad.” “He love tidying.”

[@emmaturner3538]

Bob Mortimer aggressively pulling out tissues never fails to make me laugh. Love that man.

[@qwertyTRiG]

He clearly had zero intention of tidying anything. Brilliant man. I love him.

[@somethingelse9176]

Oh god me too.

[@slyasleep]

You sweet little imps!

[@neabby]

Katherine's "mess" is still one of the best tv moments ever 😭😂

[@cdh79]

close second to Sean Lock's "Carrot in a box"

[@skydaddy4192]

Its a bigger mess than Bob's. Haha

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

That was a serious messy.

[@sophiaredwood5825]

👏👏👏👏

[@Crazyivan777]

It was outstanding. I literally cried out "Oh! Nooooo!" When she pulled it.

[@owens7279]

Feels like just last week this series started and now we have to say goodbye to this group. I will miss them.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Strange that.

[@laurencebinnington3474]

same

[@PokerJoker811]

You'd been preparing that comment all week, hadn't you?

[@owenstegall9678]

Nice name

[@Yes-iu3kr]

Isn't this show a bit older? I remember watching the "make a mess" bit a while back.

[@danibrogan9659]

The mask task genuinely had me crying tears of laughter. It’s just so horrific and the way... THE WAY THAT ALEX ATTACKED JOSH’S FACE. He was so scared! And so fragile!

[@rakoobah]

But Bob's mask and alien bit 😭😭😭💀

[@adjustableisland8806]

Like us, Josh hadn't fully realized the gravity of the task until Alex was DIVING into his face lol - it's so funny how demented Alex can be sometimes, like the tetris recreation.

[@gregcharles7431]

The face-eating terrified me. I would have dropped out of the whole show over that. Or maybe figured out some way to game my way out of it. "You said the mask had to wearable and edible, not that I had to wear it while you ate it!" Couldn't they have slapped their masks on Alex and let him eat his way out instead of in?

[@AvoidAAC]

Now they have to commit to 25 seasons of task master just to have 5 seasons on champions of champions so they can have the the final King of Tasks event and reward them the mansion

[@sophiaredwood5825]

YESSSS!!!

[@telectronix1368]

125 seasons. "King of Kings" !

[@Anonymouse85]

And the grand prize will be a statue of little alex horne!

[@googiegress7459]

@@Anonymouse85 Yeah all crouched and fawning like the girl in a Frank Frazetta painting

[@shepherd5711]

The prize should be a giant trophy that the body gets slotted into like Josh's karate trophy

[@EpicAwesomesauce]

I wish that it was longer than just two episodes.

[@whytower]

It didnt occur to me that it was only two until the very ending. T_T

[@Soloman_Gumball]

Should have been 5 to get a true champion champion, disappointing

[@sophiaredwood5825]

SAME! I wish I could’ve gotten to see the group chemistry 😭

[@colemannelson5392]

Just wait until the Champion of Champions of Champions

[@Alexandra31T]

most likely all their schedules were too busy to commit to a longer series

[@garagebandarchive]

i love how katherine’s gender crisis at 18:26 made alex even more uncomfortable 😂

[@YeetusTheFetus]

I think that’s what she (they?) was going for

[@PurpleSidewalk1]

I think Katherine might've been referring to her moustache

[@ionethenb2764]

The representation I didn't know I needed, but deserve 🏳️‍⚧️

[@LouCadle]

Alex's discomfort is one of the true joys of the show. :)

[@netiii]

I WAS LOOKING FOR A COMMENT THAT MENTIONED THIS 🤣

[@chersegems2315]

Rob's guessing of the frozen peas makes complete sense when you remember that he won during the season with frozen peas everywhere. The frozen peason, if you will.

[@danahthx]

given that they call it series instead of season i offer you: the frozen pearies

[@UtsavBansal]

The way they did the frozen peas section really showed why they are the champions. These would all have been the best times in their individual seasons Also, I think perhaps the lack of people who completely bungle it, or the ones who just lose their marbles, makes me miss something from the show

[@StraightEdgeZap]

rhod would have done something hilarious and then given up on the task and walked out. al murray would have hired a locksmith to pick it open.

[@marcgorter8651]

@@StraightEdgeZap Acaster would've gotten on a bike "drawing" circles around it

[@jean-marcrocher1463]

I love the fact that they all solved it, and all used completely different approaches

[@kurtsudheim825]

You can't say that for sure but likely

[@danibrogan9659]

I cannot believe we came all this way to NOT see the completed trophy, and instead we saw half man-half cheap karate award. I’m not mad, I just cannot believe this.

[@ajsparx4133]

I mean, I'm a *little* mad

[@Tomotix]

At the same time it was kind of perfect. What is this show about if not the glorification of absurdity and that's exactly what that trophy did.

[@Nagnullat]

It is as it was meant to be. We cannot choose our destinies.

[@notwhoyouknow]

Yes, thats the joke

[@bananaboatcharlie]

In a way, it's very on brand that the person who won doesn't even have the proper award to complete the statue. 😂

[@punkguyjax420]

Didn't see anyone else mention it but I love that they freeze Alex and Greg during their celebration jump while everything else just carries on as usual.

[@netflixedits3831]

Their frozen until the next series 😂

[@k8ishere]

I was physically cringing the entire time Alex was eating off of everyone's faces.

[@ZahhibbDev]

I was weezing, I love how Alex just goes for it.

[@danielhewson4132]

The only one that made me cringe was Katherine but mainly cause she seemed weirded out o.o The rest of them I was bursting out laughing 😁

[@LoriasGS]

I've never understood why a man who is so clearly uncomfortable with physical contact would devise or agree to this.

[@danielhewson4132]

@@LoriasGS it’s revenge for all the horrors he has been put through! Like that crazy woman on an earlier season. The one with bob o.o

[@maxbarnt3835]

@@LoriasGS Comedy.

[@alias3660]

20:21 Josh hysterically yet uncomfortably giggling and saying "No!!" as Alex DIVES into his face is the best thing I've seen today.

[@shantinaturechild6385]

I like how Noel Fielding is always smiling even if he comes second last. He must be fun to be around!

[@meetaverma8372]

You should see IT croud, he doesn't smile much in it, but that's a part of his character

[@ROFLBOB24]

If the series were longer, I think Noel would win, he's the most brilliant of the 5 in my opinion.

[@evergreentree8042]

There was something really satisfying about seeing that crappy trophy being attached to the body.

[@ZNotFound]

It's just a perfect representation of the show. Everything was prepared for the head to go onto the body to complete the statue. But we got the funnier result.

[@nesperado0790]

Is it just me, or would the rest of you prefer a champion of losers series? With romesh, acaster, and the like

[@Brownalebelly]

No. Anything with BOB in it is great by me.

[@SixteenJacobsCreams]

Romesh actually did pretty well

[@gimmethunder]

I agree with Brownalebelly, anything with Bob in it is great. And, unlike everybody else, I never really cared for James Acaster.

[@finmiles965]

Yesss introduce a “partner episode” at least just to partner James Acaster with Rhod Gilbert

[@jacobward7361]

Alex had already said he wouldn't do this because it would incentivise losing

[@edwardsimpson119]

I'm glad that Josh didn't have PTSD flashbacks watching Katherine count the grains of rice to get the code for the pea briefcase.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

More likely he felt vindicated. And no longer alone.

[@margueritelarson2573]

Oh my god Katherine "I haven't decided if that's what I am yet" the look on Alex and Greg's faces

[@StefaniaOlla]

"Bob, you clearly had no intention of cleaning." "None whatsoever, no."

[@Nebulaoblivion]

Alex eating peoples masks is probably the most disturbing thing I've seen on this show.

[@cleo3228]

And to think, Josh widdocombe is technically the champion of champions because they decided to give him one point because of the prank tasks they gave him when he was on the first time. It's quite fitting he won by a single point this time around as well.

[@yellowrubberducky81]

I think when watching, you can get caught up in Alex being the awkward stats guy and forget that he's actually a maniac as well.

[@thedutchmanuk6730]

Their collective reaction to Katherine not deciding gender is fuckin perfect 18:25

[@FlyAwaySongbird]

katherine's mess is so quintessentially katherine and im honestly so impressed (and unsurprised) that her sister cottoned on immediately to katherine's bit and played along. combined with their dad it just sounds like the entire family has a great sense of humour. plus, i feel like katherine knew her sister wouldn't actually freak out to that kind of reveal and both she and her sister knew that Katherine wouldn't casually call with such an accusation.

[@gibblets17]

But was it really? I'm pretty sure an affair just got outed, and now everyone is saying wwoooppps, and trying to shove the rabbit back in the hat.

[@engurland]

@@gibblets17 I'm with you. Sounded way too real.

[@JohnGottschalk]

Umm, that was her cover up 😅

[@NathanWubs]

@@JohnGottschalk Kats humor is that of ultra deadpan. She is know for that and her family knows that.

[@kogorgalogor772]

@@NathanWubs Katherine believed her sister though, thats why she called back and called her husband but didn't make a big deal out of it until she thought her sister got caught. Her dad seemed cool but looks like regardless of whether there was an affair or not she doesnt care. idk these ppl but that attitude is not really my kinda vibe

[@matthew-vw3pw]

katherens dad is too smart i fucking love him lmao "i didnt come over here on the last banana boat ya know"

[@MrChristopher586]

I want a Task Master birthday. I wonder if I could get 5 friends to do dumb things for me over the course of a few hours while we all eat a cookout of burgers and chips and ice cream cake.

[@some1sday889]

That does sound lovely

[@alexad2022]

I actually organised a task master themed birthday for my friend who introduced me to this series!

[@SaraStowe]

Same!

[@panda4247]

@Alexa were you playing the part of the taskmaster, or were you "the little Alex(a)"?

[@maxscameraguy]

I want this too, but I need more educated friends to do this. They don't understand the concept of Taskmaster sadly.

[@ahobbit1273]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Alex having such genuine fun as when he was eating off of Josh Widdecombe’s face.

[@user-ni3or4hw8q]

oh my god crying laughing at bob's mask scene. "i've sinned again" has me losing it oh my god

[@jwvandegronden]

Bob Mortimer is such a weird bloke, but in such a way that it could ONLY be THAT way, as he's the most sane one of all of us. Doesn't give a toss, made a huge fucking mess and walked away smiling, not a care in the world... The Broccoli delivery system, I loved that! The idea to check the room for the code rather than to go the obvious route. What a brain. He is the man. WILTY already gave more than a glimpse of what kind of man he is, with his dentistry, he is truly and awe inspiringly autonomous!

[@ceciliakirkman9355]

Each of them had a different method on that briefcase task that describes their personalities so well I love ittt

[@29jgirl92]

The fella's faces during Katherine's phone calls!! She absolutly deserved those five points!

[@sirprintalot]

no that was hideous and she didn't clean up properly either.

[@zyaicob]

@@sirprintalot the magnitude of the mess outweighs any need to clean up.

[@---cr8nw]

@@sirprintalot, it was cleaned up. The fact that she didn't KNOW at the time that it was cleaned up was irrelevant.

[@OMGSHEENA]

I disagree only because I don't think she actually cleaned up that mess.

[@mrquirky3626]

Glad this episode is finally up. Katherine's phone prank backfiring, and especially Greg's reaction to it, is one of my favourite Taskmaster moments of all time.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Josh's face is perfect.

[@FollowBetulas]

IM A SINNER I HAVE SINNED!

[@elleb751]

Alex eating Josh's mask looks like a dad tickle fighting a child lol

[@KrabMuffin98]

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE THIS EXACT COMMENT

[@thamiris.]

14:30 noel, guessing what's on the briefcase: tim key? alex: i wish lol what

[@LudicusMaximus]

They're best mates

[@garrett2439]

Yeah Tim Key is Alex's best friend. Mark Watson is also a close friend of his.

[@alixmcknight]

Considering Josh has a tattoo because of his commitment to a task in the first series, I was really glad to see him win.

[@sharkofjoy]

Bob Mortimer is a treasure and the mask task made me cry laughing. It's the perfect reversal of the other four eating events.

[@DeborahHopkins1988]

"No offense to countdown" lol

[@Jayk-kz7sh]

Josh accurately managed to capture what i sound like when singing the theme tune. I feel called out 😅

[@JOBdOut]

I'd be so happy if they did a "Best of the Worst" redemption series and bring back Nish, Joe, Roisin, Paul and Phil (i'd say lolly but in her series they were at least close.)

[@UpWithTheBirds23]

What about Hugh Dennis?

[@JOBdOut]

@@UpWithTheBirds23 Hugh did better than Lolly in their season - he wasn't the worst

[@rentzusuken]

Great idea. I'd recommend Lolly over shit Joe, though.

[@user-fp3yc9hm6m]

@@rentzusuken Lolly actually came in last in series 4 though, innit?

[@rodanandme]

@@user-fp3yc9hm6m i guess overall pointswise, but when you think of the worst of Series 4, my mind immediately goes to Hugh who i loved but was consistently put in last place for the majority of the series

[@iwong3357]

I love how when Noel decided to smash the briefcase, he shows up in the next scene with safety goggles. This suggests either one of two things. Either Noel decided to go all punk on the briefcase, but also thought, "Well, I better still be safe about this." Or the crew saw that Noel was about to wreck something again and thought, "Oh, jesus. What will the HSE(like OSHA) think?" For some reason, the untold story of the safety goggles tantalizes me.

[@flyaround312]

I'd be willing to bet a decent amount of money that Noel didn't request the safety goggles. The crew or possibly a dedicated safety officer/adviser will intervene when a contestant is about to do something potentially dangerous e.g. preventing Hugh from climbing too high and giving Sally cut resistant gloves after Aisling sliced open her fingers trying to slice bread with the top of an opened can.

[@DueySR]

This is common throughout the show. If a contestant decides to choose a dangerous method they're given protective equipment and they probably have to wear it. Goggles when smashing things, respirators when burning toxic things, gloves, safety mats for jumping, etc. all appear and I assume they pause the clock off-camera while they prepare for what the contestant wants to do.

[@somethingelse9176]

I like to imagine Alex with a walkie talkie once Noel leaves the room: "*kkksh* He's gonna smash the case, over! *kkksh*" and production scrambles for a pair of goggles to hand Noel as he barrels out the door.

[@iliketrains3495]

@@flyaround312didn’t stop Rhod’s javelin throw though lol

[@zoemacmillan3636]

These videos make any day a good one.

[@robby4850]

I legit binged watched all seasons in one sitting

[@keatonhayes1900]

Biggest bummer is half this episode was already loaded to the channel as single tasks. I’m only bothered because I want as much of this as possible just not repeated lol

[@mickeybiss]

It's a shame they don't have these on Australia TV! I have to watch on KZbin

[@Paris.Tserpes]

as someone who is currently going through a bad day, i can confirm this

[@mickeybiss]

@@Paris.Tserpes I'm sorry you are! I hope things get better soon!

[@renatocann5142]

Katherine's dad laughing at her is the cutest haha

[@zyaicob]

He didn't come over here in the last banana boat

[@smithiebird07]

Alex: I'm very awkward around all humans, but particularly that gender. Greg: He can't even say "women," isn't that -- Katherine: I haven't decided yet whether that's what I am or not, so you're fine. *beat* Alex: Oh God. Greg's face XD

[@whatsagoodusername1364]

Exchange starts at 18:21

[@Vaniv17]

Love Katherine! Hahaha

[@ThomasBomb45]

Nonbinary and gender questioning representation! Katherine is badass

[@HellHunter00]

She found a way to make Alex even more uncomfortable. Absolutely brilliant.

[@chaotickreg7024]

Oh my god, I have a crush on half the cast of this show

[@Sunprism]

I'd watch an entire series of Noel Fielding breaking things

[@meetaverma8372]

I'd watch him do anything, as long as he's fully dressed, for the rest of my life

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@meetaverma8372 I'd be fine if he was without, but honestly his outfits are so good that fully clothed is great too.

[@meetaverma8372]

@@chaotickreg7024 that's my point he's a fashion icon

[@charleysonnydickinsonvuori7833]

Me too!

[@drrocktapus8182]

Whats in the case task might have the most diverse results this show has ever seen. Everyone did it completely differently. Awesome task.

[@RiddLs]

37, 36, 35, and 34. That’s honestly incredibly impressive. And then there’s Bob just having fun.

[@josguil]

32 not 34 still impressive thou

[@Septicor]

"Away you go, you sweet little imps" needs more recognition. That was freaking amazing. XD

[@thomme8539]

It made me want to be one of those sugar cubes

[@SurelyForth]

Ten minutes later and I still have tears in my eyes from watching Alex Horne devour Bob "The Sinful Alien" Mortimer's weird and delicious face.

[@MothOnFire]

I like how Katherine said she hadn't decided if she was a woman and then showed off a mask that look like Dorian Electra. Accidentally perfect.

[@ritag2379]

the peas in the case task was so perfect in displaying their personalities and how differently they approach these things (i know that's the whole point of the show, but this one was soooo good!!!)

[@rebeccap7958]

Everything Bob Mortimer said while his mask was being eaten! I have not laughed that hard in a really long time, thank you.

[@spaceo8568]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate that we live in a world with Bob Mortimer? The man is a treasure.

[@iheartbusterk82]

I always love the tasks that only one person has to do and Widdicombe makes the biggest fuss over them too. I think the biggest mess task clearly shows that Katherine Ryan was the first ‘just wants to see the world burn’ contestant the show had. And I just do not like Alex’s hair that way...

[@Orangecatinahoodie]

Its too nice for him, he’s supposed to be the assistant! he has to look worse than Greg!

[@TheFreeBro]

His hair might not be entirely up to him in terms of availability

[@Orangecatinahoodie]

@@TheFreeBro Well then who decides?

[@googiegress7459]

@@Orangecatinahoodie One of the hairs is the boss of the hairs, but they're not telling who, because it is their secret vulnerability as a species

[@Orangecatinahoodie]

@@googiegress7459 Must protect the hairs

[@DarkHarlequin]

34:02 Kathrins Dad knowing his daughter so well he saw STRAIGHT through the entire thing may be one of my favorite things ever! 😄😄😊

[@swatikaprabakar797]

not sure if anyone else has noticed it yet, but the clips before and after the adverts are recreations from the previous series and i just think it's GENIUS

[@BixLovesMiley]

No I noticed and I loved it! Especially the exercise balls and Noel hoping with the tablet!

[@seepaoloap]

I didn’t know that the Champion of Champions series would only be two episodes! Would have really loved to see this cast go through a full 10-part series. I get that contracts are a thing, but this idea of getting Taskmaster alumni to return is gold! Thanks for putting these up - I discovered them during the pandemic and it’s by far my favorite show now. Big love from Canada.

[@trekadouble757]

I personnally don't like the idea of letting someone do two entre series when there are people who yet haven't been on the show. But I also think that two episodes is not enough. I would have liked it to be 4 or 5 episodes.

[@JohnGottschalk]

I think half of them probably said no xD Imagine spending half your year doing inane things to get Greg to give you points 🤣

[@shayslayer1161]

Becket looks like he stole someone’s face and has convinced us he’s an actual person

[@TitoRigatoni]

He's stolen John Elway's face and is using it as a mask

[@miyawasser]

17:43 someone get this adorable man ALL the sweets😩♥️

[@gracewilson6179]

I appreciate how Katherine holds on to the grains of rice before opening the briefcase to avoid making a mess.

[@Alresu]

Yeah. She wouldn't want to make a mess now, would she? She's really anti-mess.^^

[@redgreen82]

NGL, I feel for whoever had to clean up Bob's mess.

[@randomtyp9879]

There is something truly satisfying about Bob just standing there, wiggling his arms, while the rest is just going mad.

[@somethingelse9176]

WHERE is the FOCKER?!?!

[@Ludifant]

My gift to Alex: "Greg Davies" is an anagram of "reviseD Gag"

[@papabumba478]

“Josh, when we did our show, he made me paint his shed” Little does Noel know, poor Josh had to count beans and rice 😂

[@TammyBundleballs]

"I'VE SINNED AGAIN, MAN!" And Bob's "THANK YOUU!" 😂

[@dangerstx]

i just realized that if you switch the T and M in TaskMaster you get MaskTaster. now that task makes sense.

[@georgiegan]

Funny how her family is on the exact same page and knew right away she was joking. Also scary how she would straight up ruin her family to complete a task.

[@danielhinton3315]

Surprised that Noel Fielding didn't make an Old Gregg mask out of food. I heard him say "spinach" and my eyes lit up.

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

he didn't...........Bob did

[@saesae2759]

“I thought if it was an anteater I gotta get that guy out of there.”

[@MrRaindog]

Bob Mortimer just might be my favorite human on this planet. That bit about the mess, when he was pulling out tissues at rapid-fore speed gave me a laughter tear. Taskmaster simply MUST have him back on again. Two episodes wasn't enough for him or this cast as a whole.

[@thomasd3104]

I love it when all 5 contestants have completely different ways of going about a task.

[@bananaboatcharlie]

Best part for me was Josh Widdicombe's horrified reaction throughout Katherine Ryan's awful mess 😲😮😱 33:37 34:15 35:20

[@mema9802]

You know who's gonna win when Greg says "Jesus Christ" repeatedly after watching a task

[@poizonparfait]

Props to Katherine for playing to the audience and saying "hundreds and thousands" instead of "sprinkles" 17:30

[@coalcreekdefense8106]

Horne is just a spectacular comedian. I just want to take a moment to appreciate him.

[@Brinnyanderson]

I just always want Noel to win everything. He's so funny and adorable.

[@Case16710]

Watching Alex eat the masks was like watching Hannibal Lechter at work. But Bob was even more terrifying.

[@ELY359]

Sad that it's only a 2-episode series but very happy for the unexpected bonus. I love this show so much.

[@tatejames7949]

As a canadian man I can confidently say Katherine's dad is the most canadian sounding man ever

[@rosepetal2448]

Except he's from Cork in Ireland :') Possible some really thick Canadian accents sound fully irish ?

[@Alpen83]

@@rosepetal2448 Have you ever heard a Newfie accent? It's incredibly similar to how people from Cork sound. That's not surprising because a lot of the people that settled in Newfoundland and Labrador were from Cork and other parts of Ireland. Some of the accents there are so strong, and the slang so different from the rest of English-speaking Canada, that on a Canadian documentary I watched, they had to use English subtitles for a man from Newfoundland even though he was speaking English... lol. I'm sure the people that live in the same area as him understand him perfectly.

[@krashd]

@@Alpen83 Same in Ontario, if you've ever watched Letterkenny you can hear that many of the locals have a peculiar accent that drifts between North American and Irish. Especially Wayne's accent when he's arguing with Dan or Daryl.

[@TheMajor8478]

Noel was actually pretty accurate with those hammer swings, anyone who's ever done any construction work knows its a bit harder than it looks until you get a good feel for it. Was he a carpenter? Lol

[@babahu15]

he's just a lad

[@iliketrains3495]

The polar opposite of David Baddiel

[@Ramonerdna]

The Frozen Peas challenge just amazed me as to the different approaches one could take to solve a problem...it was amazing to see