Christmas Tasks! - Taskmaster's Most Festive Moments

Take a look at some of the best festive tasks from across the series.
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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.

[@emmajean8631]

“Bastard’s crying innit” may be my favourite Taskmaster moment of all time

[@myquealer]

"I'm starting to think we shouldn't be laughing at Paul."

[@jackwang9536]

"It's dark, mate..."

[@kewlwarez]

Really makes you wonder if that's an act, or if Paul just is that way.

[@ironicallyscreaming]

genuinely will never be topped

[@jackwang9536]

​@@kewlwarez Paul's "act" and his comedy is to make people uncomfortable. There's a prize task later that season (buy a gift for the Taskmaster) that makes Greg really uncomfortable in how it's presented - and it's SO funny. He's always had that edgy persona; I'd say it's because he's one of the first non-white comedians in the UK circuit. To put it more bluntly, Paul's style is to F*** with you. And he loves to do this to his fellow comedians. I've heard a few podcasts & interviews when he's himself, he's very charming and smart (still very funny). And in his own podcast, it's pretty clear that there are a ton of people who respect him immensely.

[@samanthapawliuk1146]

17:40 “I’m starting to think we shouldn’t be laughing at Paul” is one of the funniest lines in the whole show. 😂

[@47Jaspers]

"Do you want to see Scoopy again?" "Yes, I want to see Scoopy again. He's lovely." "Yeah, let's see Scoopy. I think about him every day." "Okay, here's Scoopy..." (Opens Ark of the Covenant)

[@redopz4462]

I'm still convinced Greg didn't realize that was where Alex got the raisins.

[@ericadavenport2039]

Have you all seen Rhod's update video about being clean of cancer? Very moving.

[@A_O_Leary]

I hadn’t but delighted to hear that and will look for it now.

[@Tao_Tology]

I really like how committed Alex was as he gave his coquettish smile to the camera while wearing his gravy hat.

[@harrywithanh]

sort of a coquettish fascinator

[@Si74l0rd]

Bastards crying init. One of the best quotes from that season!

[@NeungView]

Three errors in a 3 word quote. Well done.

[@Klaproossje]

​@@NeungViewglad you know how to spell in every language of this world🖕

[@Si74l0rd]

@@NeungView Someone always lets the anal retentive in sooner or later. For comedic effect. It shouldn't really need explaining. However, if it should need explaining to you, it's the incongruity between a cute little rabbit and the word bastard, and all that it implies, that evokes a laugh. When you see a comedian on TV, remember they each have their own unique shtick, or felicity of style. Paul plays on being from East London and having a deadpan irascible delivery.

[@mohammadfarzand4839]

I'd say one of the best overall

[@adjustableisland8806]

@@NeungView loser.

[@balbuzard1]

Rhod plays the role of a crazy man quote well

[@jonhohensee3258]

quote????

[@iliketrains3495]

I feel like they uploaded this exact video last year, but it's worth coming back to because Jessica is one of the most adorable contestants ever. Also, bastard's cryin', innit

[@kisbie]

Happy Bastardscryinginnitmas everyone!

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

I still say Jessica got robbed. She was the only one to do a proper quick change and Greg loved her pencil.

[@Plexippuspetersi92]

Godliman was faster though, and the win condition was on speed.

[@Zach90888]

I always think she was robbed because she sat next to James. He sabotaged her in 3 separate live tasks The tower of cans He kicked her rubber ring off the stage in the one where the held hands He eliminated her in sausage or finger.

[@Nilpferdschaf]

Kerry only won by a single point. There was that one tie breaker between the two where Jess insisted on guessing 1666 that she lost. If she hadn't committed to the joke, she would have gotten it.

[@iliketrains3495]

@@Nilpferdschaf tiebreakers don't give points, they just determine who wins the episode. There's numerous arguments made for what cost Jess the series win, with the biggest ones being Jess' DQ in the 'best 90's thing' prize task and the sausage or finger game being a winner-takes-all; if anyone else had won that task besides Kerry, Jess would have won the series

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

​@@iliketrains3495to be fair, cant you simply argue that for prolly half the tasks? A lot of the judging is pretty subjective to the whims of the taskmaster 😂

[@DrZaius3141]

Liza and Sara both got robbed in their respective tasks. Liza's snow globe actually functioned like a snow globe while Russel's never could have gotten a snowy effect. The reaction Scooty got from the crowd also said it all. The mash-man looked pretty filthy.

[@LuisGustavoBD]

Sarah’s “Scoopy” snowman got robbed, it definitely deserved first place!

[@paytonmanning1109]

“I’m starting to think we shouldn’t be laughing at Paul” 😭😭😭😭🥴

[@phonotical]

Shows anybody could just take alexes wallet, credit card, walk off, and he wouldn't find out until you pointed it out to him 🤣

[@jackwang9536]

In Season 6, Alice got Alex's PIN number.

[@phonotical]

@@jackwang9536 🤣 good lord

[@jackwang9536]

​@@phonoticalIt was Series 6, Ep. 8, first task after the prize task. Hope you get to watch it. Alice Levine is as dangerous as she is cute.

[@phonotical]

@@jackwang9536 I don't watch TV or use catch up things so all I ever see is what's posted online here or on their facebook page, but in sure it'll come around eventually

[@andrewwhite1305]

Rod trolling Greg contually is a Christmas miracle...lol

[@bamleith3095]

al clapping along to scoopy's death is still hilarious to this day

[@lhfirex]

I'm in a festive mood now! After all, they know that Santa's on his way... Bastard's crying, innit.

[@TheRubySpider]

Me, looking at the backwards weathervane in the opening shot: “Ah, yes. MaskTaster.”

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

aka the first Champion of Champions

[@michaeldanielson2602]

Have a Very Tasky Christmas!

[@Arrowi]

I agree

[@poilboiler]

Related: Do you know what task is slang for in swedish? :p

[@OsamaBinLooney]

i lost it at "the gravy makes it stick" LOL

[@kisbie]

In the wake of Paul’s crying snowbastard, Al Murray’s Chernobyl snowman doesn’t get the attention it deserves. I was on the floor laughing when I first saw that.

[@MyNameIsNeutron]

I know this is only a compilation from the original British show, but nothing for me will top Calle Hellevang-Larsen's stop-motion Christmas film

[@RuthBhmand]

Norwegians are bonkers😂😂

[@Gatinois]

Merry Christmas to all the Taskmaster team.

[@LouCadle]

I so need to watch TM from the beginning again. What days of joy that will be. Happy New Year.

[@hawk_ness]

Greg missed a joke about his head size. He should have added "Who do you think I am? Dara O'Briain?"

[@Dabbtrabb]

The watermelon smash should have been added just for the heck of it.

[@benglaser1345]

Poor Scoopy

[@Becausing]

Love Alex's gauged ears. So jarring.

[@GayIRL]

This is Prime Taskmaster

[@EricSundquistKC]

Anytime I get to watch parts from season 6, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much!

[@robyndibblee8035]

Thank you little Alex Horne.

[@Arrowi]

Good vibes

[@Babyluthi]

Funny! Merry Christmas!😁💙

[@laurenesse]

I forgot that alex had huge gauges for one episode in season 7. that first cut back to studio was a bit jarring

[@Topo842]

I coul swear I heard that balloon say "BOSH"

[@TheHonourableDaisyWells]

All that mashed potato would have made 10 year old me faint

[@ericadavenport2039]

8:17 I just noticed- did Paul shave a "V" into his beard?????? I've never see a beard grow like that.

[@kth124]

Can’t believe no one asked for that fake snow powder you add water to for the snowman task…

[@YOURteacher_100]

When Alex said it was his snow, he meant the entire global supply of it

[@adpirtle]

This is how I learned that "Face Meat" was a thing.

[@kisbie]

As soon as Alice said that, I knew exactly what she meant. It’s a millennial thing I guess. 🐻

[@BrianC1664]

I advise you not to look at the ingredients list on cheap sausages.

[@Halinspark]

​@@kisbieSoviet bologna had a clown face in it for the longest time. Might still.

[@bamleith3095]

"i dont wanna come out of the box"

[@danthompson8662]

The bike scene with Mel is the same episode as when they mention 'into the vortex' you can see the doctor has a white t shirt under his leather jacket and i think a necklace....or whistle perhaps?

[@ShinyHubCaps]

RIP Scoopy

[@ChaosPromotions]

nice one

[@robinmabbott7334]

12:52 ....... Otzi the ice man

[@andrewwhite1305]

Ceramic breaks glass

[@chrisj683]

Gap tooth and gauges…is that a Count Dankula cosplay?

[@6Sheepies9]

Happy SnowFurfee i hope everyone is having a beautiful night may ALL your Dreams Come True 🥶StayFurfee🥶

[@phonotical]

Dave should have been last in the snowmen, who ever heard of a red hot mash monstrosity

[@Phil_Cleaver]

Buck your ideas up and book Becs up!

[@burkeiowa]

When the episode aired that had the "Christmas Cracker", I kept wondering how many Americans, if presented with that challenge, would have ordered meats, cheeses, and/or spreads. We have Christmas presents, and what we call crackers are what I think you would call water biscuits or savoury biscuits, and thus a cracker for Christmas would probably just have the best possible meats and cheeses, unless someone had some good spreads to put on it. And for all I know, spread might be a term that is not clear...I don't know.

[@burkeiowa]

I sometimes also wonder how the game would go if one used terms from other nations that speak English, such that there could be such similar confusion. I know you've used terms like melina, which in Slavic languages tends to mean raspberry, which I happened to know at the time that aired, but wouldn't have even a year earlier. But imagine words you think you understand, but then aren't what you think...kind of like a "pair of glasses".

[@Tao_Tology]

I like your optimism for what fine cuisine they might have requested......... ...but the US is also the country where 'cheese you can spray out of a can' is a thing.

[@CraigChrist8239]

Hey, we know what Christmas crackers are! Thank you RuneScape 😂

[@ericadavenport2039]

​@Tao_Tology I don't think a country that considers "beans on toast" a fine meal has the right to be critical of any other country.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@ericadavenport2039 Which just shows your lack of appreciation of fine, toasty, beany dining.

[@vinnyreed723]

Paul’s snowman should’ve won

[@Klaproossje]

Snowmanbear*

[@GhosterM]

Bastard's crying innit?

[@hmn15]

Snowrabbit...

[@kisbie]

Always makes me laugh that Sara sounds genuinely concerned for Paul’s welfare. 😅

[@WolvieXXXZandalari]

When will TaskMaster NZ come to the Taskmaster Website?

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

❤

[@bamleith3095]

im never ready for the snowmanbear bastardcrying, init

[@poilboiler]

Scoopy! :'(

[@bamleith3095]

shiti forgot how much i missed alice and asim & Tim xo

[@jonhohensee3258]

Alex called a toy rabbit a white teddy. That's weird.

[@jeepdude7359]

What did Alex do to his ears! I hope that was some kind of stupid dare.

[@Shamanized]

Prosthetics

[@KM-rt5jj]

Twelfth! Or Twelfs

[@shawnstum5323]

I heard it more as Twelves

[@LC-le9ew]

Face Meat

[@Aphelion969]

I am interacting with the content

[@katieblade7083]

Now

[@Mike__B]

As an American I don't get the "cracker", I mean I get that it's tradition in England I just don't understand what that tradition actually encompasses.

[@meganm1074]

Each guest has one, & with the person next to you each take hold of the end & pull. The strip pops (like a cap gun), & one person will be left with the long part, the other with the short part. The long one ‘wins’, & they get to choose what they want from the contents. Always a hat & a joke or a riddle, & a pointless piece of something! Everyone has to wear the hats & all the jokes are told. It’s just for the fun & drama-of a competition, a cracking noise, the jokes & everyone looking silly in silly hats. Apparently it dates from 1800’s. Hats apparently refer back to pre-Christian rituals.

[@meganm1074]

Done at the start of the meal, it helps to warm everyone up, creating fun & laughter.

[@davidmorris6707]

😃😃😄

[@shannongilmour5656]

Please don’t stop praying for the children who are suffering this holiday season and most likely this new year🇵🇸🎄🇵🇸

[@BarkerVancity]

first?

[@BarkerVancity]

wow actually first for once

[@Arrowi]

Yep

[@jonhohensee3258]

Snowmen aren't Christmas.

[@reinier123]

Christmas isn't Christmas. The 25th of December has nothing to do with Christ or Christianity and current Christmas is formed of a pagan feast. So nevermind a snowman... ☃️

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@reinier123 There are some things that ARE Christmas. But there is no valid link between snowmen and Christmas.

[@YOURteacher_100]

@@jonhohensee3258Winter

[@reinier123]

​@@jonhohensee3258ALL those things are made up. Stockings? Reindeer? Santa Claus? Christmas tree? All completely made up. The entirety of Christmas is a Frankenstein celebration.

[@balbuzard1]

Not a big fan of the wasted food in this show

[@Shamanized]

It's food that feeds us with humor, and having worked at various restaurants...this is nothing. But I will say I wouldn't want it to be more than the minor stuff shown here

[@bootieos7701]

They have mentioned a couple times during food related tasks that leftovers are preapred as meals for the crew, like in the matryoshka meal task in series 11.

[@Tao_Tology]

​@@bootieos7701Nice use of 'matryoshka meal' 👍🏻

[@mindicity3874]

In the early series, they used to mention that they would donate money to food banks to make up for the wasted food. In later series, they now mention how the food is reused and eaten (usually by the crew).

[@Dqtube]

@@bootieos7701 Alex proved in series six that he is really committed to get the food in.