Make the HIGHEST Sand Bridge | Full Task | Taskmaster

From series 12: Make the highest sand bridge across the river. You may not leave the lab. Your sand bridge must support the egg and the egg must be able to pass under the sand bridge.
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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.

[@GNVS300]

10 was the season in which a grown man tried to fill an egg with helium, and 12 was the season in which a grown woman ate sand

[@sillybilly4710]

Ahh yes, egg balloon and sand eater, the two genders

[@lisahenry20]

​@@sillybilly4710 I mean, I've eaten sand but never filled an egg with helium, so it works for me.

[@jonlottgaming]

I do feel like alex gave away the secret too much because he wanted it to be revealed in this one...

[@galaxspace1]

Alex tried way to hard to do “Under the table part 2”. Really ruined the fun of the task

[@iliketrains3495]

He did a similar thing with Sophie Duker on the bike task in the last series by stating he has to follow the direction of the arrows, giving her the clue to switch them around. But yeah, for me the biggest turnoff with this season was the favouring of Morgana, other examples are the 'little fucker' bonus point and getting two bonus points in the riddle task while her teammates struggled for an hour

[@Becausing]

I somewhat agree, but to be fair he only gave the hint once Morgana found the Troy clue. If someone else found that I'd imagine he would have also provided the same info. That said, I totally agree that she got too many opportunities for superlative points throughout the series that weren't really afforded to other contestants. Desiree, for example, should have gotten an extra point or two for her disastrous/incredible performance in the portcullis & balloon task.

[@iliketrains3495]

@@Becausing I think Victoria should have got a bonus point for being the only one that didn't use the scissors

[@ltipst2962]

But would any of them have opened the side? No. I think it was only put in there for her. Ofc they gave it away nobody figured it out

[@davesmith2194]

I would be so nervous doing any task after debaco de la mesa in series 2 with Jon Richardson.

[@ChrisLerouxDesign]

Is Morgana's really a bridge if the first step is to climb 20 inches up to the platform? I know that whenever I'm in France, my favorite bridge to walk is the Arc de Triomphe.

[@barneymetcalfe8896]

Am I the only one confused about why Guz’ is “not a bridge” when it’s essentially the same as Victoria and Desiree’s. In fact there’s more sand involved on Guz’.

[@jonathanw4662]

Both Victoria and Desiree has gaps under the bridge for the egg to go through while Guz just shoved his through the sand pile

[@sherryxia8362]

That's why it'd be good to watch Taskmaster before you go on it.

[@PaulTomblin]

Always look under the table!

[@iliketrains3495]

Surprisingly I believe Morgana said she had never watched the show before going on it

[@LeornianCyng]

Alan made the most effort and I’m glad he got the 6 points, his bridge was awesome. I did think Alex helped Morgana way too much in this task which was a little unfair. I don’t think she should have scored higher than Victoria or Desiree. Desiree eating sand was hilarious.

[@alwaysfallingshort]

I know these are all filmed and re-edited in order, but I'd bet no one was going to find the secret compartment so he chose to reveal it to the last person who went and they made that the last clip as well. I agree they gave her free points there, but if they didn't it'd undercut the spirit of the "cleverness" of the crow task. Also no one cares about the points anyway, I think they were being nice to the American :P

[@ericadavenport2039]

Morgana is Australian. Desiree is the American.

[@whoknowsnotme]

Guz made a bridge! Don't see why it's relevant that he made the gap underneath last, the result is the same

[@sullenskulls9709]

Because if the gap is the last thing that you do, is it not making a tunnel, instead of making a bridge.

[@lisahenry20]

​@@sullenskulls9709 except bridges don't need a hole. If you had a dam across the exit of a body of water (and was pumping out the water to prevent overfilling), and put a walkway across the dam, then you've got a bridge with no hole. If you later put a hole or tunnel in it, it doesn't stop the bridge from being a bridge.

[@robh7800]

My first thought was to smash the barn to pieces and use the wood .. thought everyone would do that, now I’m worried about my impulses

[@ThePyranthos]

Eh, i was thinking smash the bucket, bend it in an arc and use it as a frame/sand support. I dont think your impulses are bad, you just know how to repurpose materials. A valuable asset in this sort of task imo

[@Tasz_]

@@ThePyranthos each of the 2 buckets of sand/water were sitting on 2 stools, I woulda had a 4 foot high bridge

[@timharig]

The walls of the room are covered with visqueen. My idea would be to rip it down in order to make sand bags. If the sand is tightly packed into the bags like sausage wrappers (using strips of the visqueen as ties to compress the sand) they will tend to hold their shape rigid-- even against tension forces that the sand cannot normally take. It's a little like pre-stressed concrete. Arguably the bridge is more of a sand bridge than using another rigid material to provide structure. The sand itself is actually providing the structural support. The visqueen bags are merely converting the load from a tensile force to a compressive force that the sand can handle. Of course it requires tearing down the walls.

[@rickbartnick4563]

8 minutes in and I can’t wait to see what they missed with the crow with the writing on it

[@osullivanja]

"It's a raven"

[@b2stlybeasts]

pls lord, upload the full task of "solve the riddle" w/ the team of three from series 12 I need to see guz khan asking "who tf is veronica" along with "there's been another revelation" in hd

[@pencilled_robin]

Victoria is a delight to watch.

[@kisbie]

Taskmaster provides some fascinating insight into the contestants. Who would have guessed that Guz watches Countryfile?

[@UltraDumbass1782]

I feel like Alex did give Morgana a lot of hints, but to be fair, she was the only person who even got on the trail of it in the first place. She got Troy and then Helen, he only really helped her with the horse part. That bridge she made is godawful though.

[@galaxspace1]

Really dont like how Alex just gave her the answer, especially when she was from the start a player to win the series (she even did).

[@krashd]

Technically she found the answer herself as she was the only one to spot that the raven had Troy written on it. Alex simply explained one of the most well known aspect's of the Iliad to her because I imagine he was surprised when the only person who discovered his clue had no idea what a Trojan horse actually was. He likely assumed all contestants would know the story of the hidden comaprtment.

[@MB-dg3lr]

@@krashd I disagree. By that logic, he should have helped Jon with Spanish translation in similar task. Jon knows Spanish so he only needed some encouragement and he would have got it. She'd never figure it out without Alex

[@GhostBear3067]

If I ever saw that table my first reaction would be to look under it...

[@alwaysfallingshort]

What a throwback. I am glad they brought one of the old tasks back.

[@alwaysfallingshort]

I don't think it was sand, but the same concept of making a bridge.

I'm thinking it was paper, maybe?

[@Harambae613]

This is what bothers me: it was the Trojan HORSE not the Trojan CROW! That should have been a horse to make it a proper hint!

[@seriesredundancy]

It _did_ set up the nice "Well they didn't have a Trojan...crow"

[@MainGoldDragon]

That was so Good! In So Many ways!

[@will16320]

Excellent scoring. Could be a fair teacher

[@GhostBear3067]

Well he used to be a teacher so he has experience.

[@RoderickEtheria]

Obviously what they should have done was build a bridge on the ceiling over the river. It would be hard for anything to be higher than that.

[@surge3518]

Series 12 had the best cast and that’s saying something.

[@deanlovett7985]

Why am i just now discovering this hilarious show?!

[@abdullahalqari5364]

So you can binge it. Enjoy 🤣

[@jocomfiresin6982]

Morgan's wasn't a bridge... It didn't allow the road on the two sides of the river to meet... It was a god damn sky bridge!!!

[@jamestoney2593]

I am over in the United States and i just love this show i hope you guys bring it over here

[@surge3518]

They tried and it bombed. Horrible casting and was before Taskmaster became known internationally. Seeing the success of taskmaster NZ makes me hope they give it another go.

[@sparo_splat]

@@surge3518 If they do give US another go they better have good casting like Desiree.

[@surge3518]

@@sparo_splat absolutely nailed it casting Des. I think best shot at another US adaptation would be casting Des again, but as…THE TASKMASTER. I’d be perfect! She familiar with the TM demographic, so eloquent, sassy and the absolute queen of banter. Since we’re dreaming, have a couple fan favorites as contestants mixed in. There’s a serious market for Taskmaster in the US. Anyone I over hear talking about taskmaster is instantly my best friend as we gush over our favorite moments. No lie, I was humming the theme song at the checkout line and the cashier recognized it. Now I plan trips to that store so I can talk about last week’s episode with them.

[@DynaMoe]

They've tried twice and it fell apart twice. Same with Would I Lie to You.

[@sparo_splat]

@@DynaMoe There's a US WILTY? Oh no

[@fred273]

Only an American would try and taste a bucket of sand thinking it’s brown sugar …😂😂😂

[@ericadavenport2039]

🤨

[@nicholasreyes5893]

Trojan crow, one of the best hints.

[@emi3317]

taskmaster team i would love you forever if you upload the popcorn necklace task thank you :)

[@bazzakrak]

And the team would love you if you made an account on channel4 and watched it on the official place to watch it 🥱

[@HeDoesNotRow]

@@bazzakrak Fair but you can't make C4 accounts if you live outside UK

[@bazzakrak]

3 magic letters@@HeDoesNotRow VPN

[@static2735]

@@bazzakrak a vpn doesn't give you an address in either the UK or Ireland, which you need in order to make an account.

[@xecoq]

Id tip the water out first thing

[@Bricklemore]

like watching a turtle give birth

[@Michael_Oliver_]

Did none of these people play with sand as children? This should have been a very easy task.

[@Harambae613]

No, VCM was too busy not riding bikes and customizing her inhaler.

[@boahnation9932]

Where the hell is the chip bridge?

[@SulixD]

sandy bridge ? what is this? Gratuitous intel plug?

[@jocomfiresin6982]

She ate sand from a bucket... Even if she assumed it was brown sugar... Who eats brown sugar from a bucket?

[@ShugoAWay]

To be fair she is kind of uh...big boned uh definitely the shape that would eat a bucket of brown sugar

[@jocomfiresin6982]

@@ShugoAWay No... Calling the lady fat doesn't work in this case. Fat people don't eat straight buckets of sugar... What you are thinking of is dead people as their heart gave out before they could even give themselves diabetes. Fat people eat buckets of chicken. Soon they shall be convinced to eat out of a trough. I was raised by a heavy set woman, have dated heavy set women, and have personal experiences eating large quantities of sugar with a spoon. I just ate it from the bag... Honestly brown sugar is way better for eating raw. It has a more complicated flavor and is a better experience because of it. Whilst raw canesugar is kind of like a one two punch of sweet that doesn't really carry on for large periods of time straight without getting kind of gross. Oh and I'm very skinny. The closest I ever got to fat was some real thick thighs. I mean I am clinicly over weight even now but that's just cause I got too much meat to me regardless of fat I'm a boney muscular scranny dude who you'd think is unthreatening but then you hit me and no matter where you hit me you will have hurt your hand because it's so firm and that's me naturally and out of shape.

[@ShugoAWay]

i was trying to say it as gently as i could at least

[@jocomfiresin6982]

@@ShugoAWay Eh... Your comment was clearly trying to be respectful but it just came across as even more offensive from my perspective. That's not a thing fat people are doing... It's not a thing anyone is doing... Except maybe Elizabeth the first queen of England... Bitch had a legendary sweet tooth and is reason to this day British people have stereotypically bad dental hygiene. They used to have very good dental hygiene but the queen drove all the noble women and men to believe unhealthy rotting teeth is sexy or magnificent showing their wealth and value. Yet sugar isn't really that expensive or rare now days so... Much like simply being fat that used to be a status symbol of wealth or nobility. It's long since lost its meaning.

[@ericadavenport2039]

No one in the world just eats raw sugar. And is licking her finger to get a couple grains of mystery substance on her finger to see what it is the same as "eating" it? It's not like she grabbed a handful and ate it.

[@ComboNation8]

Since you've had Victoria Cohen-Mitchell on, are you going to get David Mitchell?

[@iliketrains3495]

Apparently he doesn't want to do it

[@katelights]

he has said he wont do it.

[@coraline1503]

@@iliketrains3495 he seems very smart

[@krashd]

David can't stand any show that has any form of rigging or scripted events in order to "enhance the joke" or to "make sure the grumpy character gets something to be grumpy about", he has made it clear many times that he utterly loathes Mock the Week for its obvious scripting and he only appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats because his friends wouldn't stop badgering him to do it for his fans.

[@mathildejensen3285]

David would'nt like to be noticed 😉

[@katza831]

Hey you should have lil tasks for youtube viewers instead of task number 1 every single time

[@fd7887]

What does Guz say at 6:26 after "water is fundamental for a sand bridge". Just can't understand it. Sorry, non native speaker.

[@veehunter3176]

"I'm sure that was on Countryfile or some shit"

[@fd7887]

@@veehunter3176 thank you very much

[@UPTHETOWN]

Why did they build bridges over the water? Why not the road? = easier

[@RoderickEtheria]

Because they said build it over the river.

[@Mike__B]

Love this one Greg gives Guz shit for using the house as a base for his sand bridge, but Morgana quite literally does the same thing except she uses a piece of wood and sprinkles sand on it, yet no shits were given.

[@krashd]

No, he gave Guz shit because he didn't even build a bridge, he pushed an egg through a mound.

[@tigrecito48]

a bridge doesn't have to be made of the item in the name of the bridge to be classed as a bridge... for example a stone bridge might be made from stone but a railway bridge isnt made of railways or trains... so a sand bridge could be made from sand or it could be a bridge made of anything for the use of transporting sand over it.. also.. one might be able to use glass and say its a sand bridge cos glass is just melted sand.. or madke it from stone.. cos stone is just sand that is stuck together with pressure - ie sandstone... a bridge for transporting water... a water bridge or aquaduct is not made of water.. so as i said, no matter what they made it out of, they would have been correct... the only way its not correct is if it doesnt allow something to pass under it.. like water, or a road etc.. if its solid to the ground all the way under it.. its no longer a bridge but a dam or a wall etc

[@D0G5Coolpat11]

piggy got so hungry she ate sand

[@edwardp5748]

Sweden has a woman. The world has been saved and I can sleep well now 😏

[@krashd]

Eh?

[@DocMcMad]

First!

[@boneyween]

Naturally the American goes in and eats the bucket of sand

[@myopiniondoesntmatter7068]

Give the American a break. She obviously thought it was sugar because that's all they eat.

[@edwardp5748]

GENIUS IDEA: the next country you export this show to has two women hosting and all women comedians! OMG, can you even imagine! Women?!?

[@UgglyOwl]

Why do you want there to be a whole series of Taskmaster were an entire gender is intentionally excluded?

[@foxxster3565]

You seem disturbed. Seek help.

[@ytisfulloffreaks4189]

@@UgglyOwl weirdo that's why, Probably expecter to receive a bunch of likes lmao

[@_MrMeme]

3/5 contestants in this series are women though

[@uabforfindingthisbutalr6464]

Victoria is so annoying this is a comedy show not a debate and step by step explanation.. either ur funny or ur not simple

[@RToast13]

What?

[@boneyween]

*you're

[@uabforfindingthisbutalr6464]

@@boneyween I clearly said ur and the fact u understood what i meant is all that matters in language and communication

[@boneyween]

*you

[@edwardp5748]

Do any of the taskmaster spin offs have a woman as judge? How many countries is it now? And what percentage of the cast is women? Why?

[@UgglyOwl]

yep, in Sweden

[@foxxster3565]

Obsessed with wokeism. Seek help

[@ytisfulloffreaks4189]

People are so weird lmao!!! Edward People hahaha

[@jimsmith1998]

Greg is like louis theroux, a genius or a marmite.