Spread Your Clothes as Far as Possible | Full Task | Taskmaster

From series 3, Spread Your Clothes as Far as Possible.
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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.

[@leocervidae]

I was expecting this to be a double task and the next one would be “retrieve all you clothing fastest wins” 😂

[@Elwaves2925]

I suspect their clothes were retrieved or followed by one of the team but that would have made a great follow up task. Or maybe even better, a solo task.

[@samanthabogen9639]

@@Elwaves2925 solo task! Savage!

[@Elwaves2925]

@@samanthabogen9639 Especially for Al.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@Elwaves2925 Not so much Sara’s sock, O reckon…

[@mr.e3987]

@@Elwaves2925 yeah, mostly due to distance marking I suspect tho lol

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

I've never seen someone look so defeated that they have to have as much fun as possible.

[@peterclarke7240]

But I love that he leaned into it and thought "ok. So what do I think is the most fun? I know... I shall have a nap."

[@DavyFlannagain]

@@peterclarke7240 that’s my idea of fun.

[@theovolz3073]

I was surprised that the receiving of (or not) points wasn’t mentioned or discussed afterwards.

[@davidshi451]

"The bastard's crying, innit?"

[@marmarballz]

He looked like he was having a lovely time.

[@billsabado9393]

To be fair, taking a nap in a bouncy castle while getting a shoulder rub sounds incredibly fun to me.

[@BadgerUKvideo]

Job done, have a nap.

[@shannonp4037]

When my kids were around 2 & 3 we bought a 10'x10' (3mx3m) bouncy house that we had in our living room. Our kids would play on it as desired but also sleep on it for hours at a time. They loved it.

[@billsabado9393]

@@shannonp4037 Sweet! Seriously though, a bouncy castle is just a fancy air mattress.

[@pvic6959]

my first thought was a nap too lol

[@KyleBaran90]

Ah yes, adulthood

[@davidshi451]

10:55 "My taxi cost 60 quid which is a, you know you could buy a sofa-I'm selling a sofa at the moment" Lmao Alex's comedic timing is incredible!

[@wolfgangmcq]

Also "What price glory?" "Currently £340" was an excellent bit of quick thinking.

[@Necron00b]

Greg: "What did you think were the chances of that plane flying, with your f****** sock wrapped round?" Paul: "Pretty high." Greg: "High?" Paul: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have tried it" This was such a quality series. hahaha

[@kausikvenkat]

That line was good, I rewinded like 3 times. You can hear the other contestants lose it when they hear him say it

[@hjt091]

his logic is faultless

[@OutlierConcepts]

"what a shame they have no power" Is a great line for this show

[@sass2836]

It's great the full tasks are being uploaded, as it makes it much easier to recommend Taskmaster to people and show how it works. (Amazing task, too, the S3 group are hilarious.)

[@cc3]

me too, the old format was pretty rubbish on youtube.

[@ameisweirdx]

Yes!! The random clips were funny but i was always itching to see everyone do those tasks

[@nightspicer]

And there are also full episodes

[@SquidandCatAdventures]

I mean, Paul also would have had a very easy time of retrieving all of his pieces of clothing whereas others had pieces that were lost forever or destroyed.

[@rogueuniversities6866]

I've got a genius idea for this one. Travel really far. Discard a shoe. Get Alex to agree that it has been discarded. Ask him a philosophical question: If you were walking along a road and you saw a discarded bottle, then picked it up, would it negate the fact it was discarded in the first place? Logically, the answer's no. Pick up shoe and put it back on, having discarded it. Repeat with three other things. That way you keep your clothes and meet the specifics of the task :)

[@rachelcookie321]

I assume that they actually have multiple of the same outfit since they have to film this multiple days in a row and pieces could be destroyed or get dirty so they’re told to have multiple of the outfit they pick.

[@yourmum69_420]

@@rogueuniversities6866 these people are rich

[@hjt091]

@@rachelcookie321 or this was the last task they filmed

[@OverWims]

The task did say "at your own expense" so they didn't have to be able to get them back

[@HapaxLegomenon12]

Watching this episode I suddenly recognised the road! I’ve been down there many times and had no idea that’s where the house was. Checked Google maps and saw it is actually marked, then checked street view and saw why I had never noticed it before. Those gates do an effective job at obscuring it if you don’t know it’s there.

[@rachelcookie321]

Reminds me of when I found the Taskmaster nz house off google maps even though it was unmarked. I did a lot of detective work to find it.

[@CrossingWolfi]

I just moved from Germany to Hammersmith and started watching Taskmaster again, and I got a feeling that they were close. I take it 🤩

[@xander1052]

Same, I also recognised the Bus that Dave took because I've lived in the general area for 20 years lol

[@adeletaylor6143]

Rob Becketts giggling is just delightful.

[@EdgyShooter]

I love how Al brought two people with dropping the clothes so he didn't loose them 😂

[@nicosmind3]

Paul starring at Greg there at the end like he was going to kill him

[@loeuvrededieu]

1:00 Poor Paul realising exactly how this is about to go

[@randomuser3209]

Paul just looks so pissed all the time, it's hilarious

[@bewarethechameleon]

imagine leaving your house to go to work one morning and seeing rob beckett's pants just lying there in your driveway lol

[@narutozmk172]

The person who lost looked so disappointed. He was sure he nailed the task

[@NowaboMusic]

This whole season was full of him failing at tasks, the others making fun of him for it, and him looking sad. Lol

[@FluffyCrimsonBirkenstocks]

@@NowaboMusic I think he just looked lost , but he had such a proud look even when he failed at tasks. That's why he won everyones hearts innit?

[@beebee33]

I get an exorbitant amount of joy from watching taskmaster. Thank you for uploading this!!!!

[@Patriiiiick]

I'm getting flashbacks to the time I broke my nose on a bouncy castle at an 18th birthday party by smashing my face with my own knee.

[@jonahbradley7638]

Dude, I broke my orbital socket the same way.

[@Patriiiiick]

@@jonahbradley7638 I hope for your sake you were as boozed up as I was. Definitely helped dull the pain.

[@whatsinaname7289]

Probably still had more fun than Paul here.

[@billytoth46]

These are my people 😂 I did the same thing at my high school graduation party

[@DragOnDani01]

Somone from the Swedish show used her phone and spread her belongings by taking pics and sending those pics to her friends around the country. She got disqualified because she didn't have her phone on when she read the task

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

I love how that's the problem with this, not the fact that the clothes are all still in the same location.

[@DragOnDani01]

@@Gr3nadgr3gory She digitally spread em. Not physically

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

@@DragOnDani01 I wouldn't count that at all.

[@DragOnDani01]

@LTNetjak Sorry, meant she didn't have it on her. It was in her room in the taskhouse.

[@DragOnDani01]

@@ikaro555 I don't remember the Swedish phrasing but no, she didn't discard. Welp, she was disqualified sooo xD

[@sombojoe]

I love how Al Murray is always thinking out of the box!

[@rogueuniversities6866]

I've got a genius idea for this one. Travel really far. Discard a shoe. Get Alex to agree that it has been discarded. Ask him a philosophical question: If you were walking along a road and you saw a discarded bottle, then picked it up, would it negate the fact it was discarded in the first place? Logically, the answer's no. Pick up shoe and put it back on, having discarded it. Repeat with three other things. That way you keep your clothes and meet the specifics of the task :)

[@tubesomething]

The task isn't about whether they're discarded or not, it's about spreading them out. You'd still need to travel somewhere else for your other items even if you could retrieve them immediately at each point. Finding a nearby tube station that went both N/S and E/W would be ideal, as you could send clothes on trains in all directions.

[@rogueuniversities6866]

@@tubesomething Yeah but that's what I'd do - travel to different places, using Alex's van, and do my idea.

[@drumboarder1]

"at your own expense", I didn't hear Rob offer to pay for Alex's petrol

[@ann1ka_]

"I'm selling a sofa" 😂

[@wasah10]

Best christmas present so far.

[@hypsyzygy506]

This explains why I have been able to clothe myself with found items for the last twenty years.

[@amazingabby25]

Really lol

[@franksierow5792]

"Far and wide" to me means that what counts is 1) how far the furthest thing is from the starting point, and 2) the greatest distance between 2 items. Then maybe add, average or multiply those.

[@zacharydunn6577]

Yeah, I didn't realize they were trying to imply area is the only thing that mattered. I thought they were going to end up awarding points for both farthest and widest.

[@elliejury2174]

And the clothes task is why we find random iterms of clothing everywhere

[@nanchoparty]

Paul Chowdhry just has this look in this video where I can't tell if he's about to cry or murder someone

[@rubikfan1]

Great idea to spread the cloths in 2 taxi. Cover more ground that way. 4taxies with 2 random strangers could make an even bigger spot. But more risky

[@rogueuniversities6866]

I've got a genius idea for this one. Travel really far. Discard a shoe. Get Alex to agree that it has been discarded. Ask him a philosophical question: If you were walking along a road and you saw a discarded bottle, then picked it up, would it negate the fact it was discarded in the first place? Logically, the answer's no. Pick up shoe and put it back on, having discarded it. Repeat with three other things. That way you keep your clothes and meet the specifics of the task :)

[@barowt]

That looked like a fun hour in the bouncy castle, laying down resting with a back rub..

[@KyleLi]

I’m shocked no one thought of flushing a sock and seeing how they would calculate where it ended up!

[@hugofontes5708]

Alright, that was very clever but also kinda savage on the plumbing lol

[@ZesPak]

... it'll just end up in the cesspool of the house

[@randy312]

england has plumbing and sewers

[@FluffyCrimsonBirkenstocks]

Wouldn't have been allowed. Same reason why they haven't yet drilled/damaged structural parts of the house during tasks

[@brinsonopinion]

Paul's deadpan expressions kill me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shenanikenz]

First time watching this and I love it.

[@Sunprism]

That's the good thing about not caring what you wear....at any point you need to, you can always rip it in half for an extra node

[@TakeruDavis]

Aww, I feel so sorry for Paul

[@abipickering1481]

Good thing they didn't try this task with Phil wang

[@sheilaboston7051]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gagebeveridge5880]

7:50 Holy shit, this is actually genius. Let's say you can only travel "D" distance total. The best possible area you could make is by traveling a square with side length D/4, having area (D/4)^2. However, if you instead give yourself five "nodes" to work with, the best shape you can make is now a regular pentagon of side length D/5, which would have area (5/4)*(D/5)^2 * tan(3π/10), which has a greater area than the square with the same perimeter.

[@samwiseshanti]

Funny I was thinking exactly the opposite! Put two next to eachother and make a triangle, then you only have to move twice, put one down straight away, then travel as far as you can, then another, then just go in another direction and then when the time's up pop two down and you'll have a kind of rhombus (but really a triangle). The task is that the shape must be as far and wide as possible, not have the biggest area.

[@JamesV1]

@@samwiseshanti true, but the winning condition seemed to be total area, as shown by the map, and not the furthest distance between two nodes.

[@samwiseshanti]

@@JamesV1 yeah I noticed that too 😅 definitely contradicts what the task originally said! But I assume if it had been close they would have stuck to the original rules. Didn't really matter this time though

[@varunramakrishnan7676]

Area for a set perimeter proportionally increases with the number of vertices

[@Phoenix_NH]

Didn’t the task say they had to discard 4 items of clothing that they were wearing? In this sense, it WAS an item of clothing when they were reading the task, which is when it mattered if it was an item.

[@matthewphillips1883]

Y’all are some of the greatest people I’ve seen!! 😂😂

[@iliketrains3495]

Paul thought he couldn’t leave the premises, basically the original Katherine Parkinson 😂

[@86niisan8686]

@12:16 the sad eyes of a defeated and ridiculed man.

[@tsumichama]

I can attest that sleeping is a lot of fun

[@judethatdude]

Congratulations on 800 000 subs 👏👏

[@medievalist]

Ahh, Al "Moneybags" Murray wins again! I agree with him, though. "What Price Glory" indeed.

[@kennethdesmondmosley1075]

I ❤️this group

[@Keough.]

I always wondered how someone loses one sock

[@a_921]

Maybe the sock monsters takes the sock to some den somewhere, and occasionally drop a sock on their way?

[@luigisopa]

love the plotting!

[@miriamgreen3973]

The hint was "at your expense" meaning use a taxi! :D

[@creativecredence850]

Well, to me that means "don't use a taxi"

[@arghjayem]

It’s tasks like this that make me glad I wear 2 pairs of thin socks instead of 1 pair of thick socks in my work boots!!!! 😂🤣😂 would’ve made this task a lot easier and no knifing of shirts or discarding of jackets on a cold day required!

[@zyrota4295]

I love how you write that like it's an everyday problem you encounter 😂

[@pechaa]

Interesting. Are both pairs of socks of the same fabric, or two different fabrics - for example, silk or soft cotton inner socks with wool outer socks?

[@rogueuniversities6866]

I've got a genius idea for this one. Travel really far. Discard a shoe. Get Alex to agree that it has been discarded. Ask him a philosophical question: If you were walking along a road and you saw a discarded bottle, then picked it up, would it negate the fact it was discarded in the first place? Logically, the answer's no. Pick up shoe and put it back on, having discarded it. Repeat with three other things. That way you keep your clothes and meet the specifics of the task :)

[@medievalist]

I adore the idea that you might have a Taskmaster emergency, and Alex may turn up and ask you to spread your clothes over the biggest area.

[@paulbradford8240]

Al Murray -'What price glory?' Excellent!

[@strandvaskeren]

Should have shown the first guy last.. Watch all the others run about, using buses, taxis and what not and then finish off with the first guy just faffing about a bit in the garden..

[@brandond8197]

Has any calculated how much Al spent on this series?

[@YvanTDF]

I also would like to know

[@Andjelka99]

I think he said it or someone else calculated it but I forgot the number haha

[@stevenlowdon7786]

What price glory?

[@whythenumber]

@@stevenlowdon7786 💯

[@papercrowe8772]

Step 1: go to a train station Step 2: “lose” some clothes on four trains going in opposite directions Step 3: profit

[@a_921]

Step 4: Explain your suspicious behavior to the police (or the special forces)

[@huornaldarion781]

So Al Murray also had the opportunity to use that van but called a taxi anyway? Is he hell bent on spending money?

[@-fazik-3713]

TBF they said "at own expense" so technicaly using that van was cheating.

[@aaronwebb7090]

@@-fazik-3713 Not if he paid for fuel.

[@-fazik-3713]

@@aaronwebb7090 and the tires, driver, insurance etc.

[@aaronachnid]

He had the opportunity, as anyone did. He just didn't ask Alex to use his van.

[@marmarballz]

Om the Taskmaster Podcast I think it was he said he was addicted to ordering cars. He really did throw a lot of money out for tasks.

[@carveylover]

I love how unhinged this show is.

[@Sierra-Whisky]

7:00 Hilarious 😂

[@wintercheckmate869]

Wondering if height counts, like imagine going up a tower and putting it there. The planar region created could be huge

[@jordanm6432]

The cameras all perfectly mounted in the cars etc…

[@rachelcookie321]

I think they subtract the time it takes to set up cameras.

[@ashyln]

Can't believe the description says Romesh Ranganathan

[@SirExal]

Cosmically speaking, Paul was still wearing his clothes.

[@danielreed4050]

The funny thing is some of those articles are prolly worth quite a bit

[@EdgyShooter]

Al Murray, the best advert for capitalism ever seen 😂

[@jabbathehut1871]

7:57 And, that would cover a square area.

[@monsieurcow]

I was wondering why there was a jacket on the golf course

[@siriusczech]

I do not know about London´s public transport option, but at the instant and with "at my own cost" in mind I would run to the nearest bus stop, steped on a bus for a one stop and stuff one of my socks (preferably taken down before stepping on that bus) behind a seat or something, then stepped of. If I could send alex with my hat/shirt/coat in the other direction of same line, that would work, too. For "wide" parameter I would just leave that sock on my bus and would go to another line going in completely different direction, leave a sock there and then step on another bus with most of clothing still on and would continue till time end. I suppose that some TM´s team member would track every piece of my clothing, so it would work pretty well. Using a subway/train for this would be even better (they travel faster) ;)

[@Trockenshampooleopard]

Why not ask the bus driver or any other passenger if s/he could take care of the item? That way you wouldn't even need to get on the bus.

[@mariaseattle]

What's up with the garbage behind the bus stop at 5.52 mark? Is there really that much litter around London?

[@lecantalouprouge]

does anyone know the soundtrack name from Al and Rob's attempt?

[@jordannutt2238]

OK I check another vid and a few shorts there's no audio for me??

[@bryananderson999]

This a good thing Al wasn't going commando. You'd be playing spot the Willie

[@Trockenshampooleopard]

Cycle to Richmond Station (should take ten-ish minutes), drop your clothes on different trains, voilà!

[@linesanraman7974]

8:15 Aaah the famous Hulk named David Banner 🤣

[@Elwaves2925]

Very famous and much loved. Until the MCU movies, easily the most famous outside of the comics world.

[@misscryptoria]

David Banner was my favorite Hulk. Bill Bixby was the best.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

You say that like it's a joke, but David was his name in the live action series. The people behind it thought Bruce was too gay of a name.

[@AlexaFaie]

@@TheDanishGuyReviews What does that say about Batman I wonder?

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@AlexaFaie It says that people who thought gay people were also p*dos tried to get Batman banned for hanging around Robin while being called Bruce.

[@dogchaser520]

Alex finally gets a joke!

[@robertobryk4989]

I'm surprised no one burnt one, so that the gases resulting from burning would drift away.

[@JackDManheim]

Old “Money Bags” Murray

[@fernandofelix892]

I would have argued that it was measured incorrectly. Since the world is round the inside of the box should not be counted but outside the box should be counted. Thus covering the entire world.

[@iainjames03]

So THIS explains why I keep seeing random gloves and scarves on railings... 😜

[@AlexaFaie]

That's often because someone dropped them and someone else saw them on the floor and thought to put them on the railings to put them at eye height (and out of puddles) in case the person who dropped them passed by that way again.

[@emanyes]

10:35-12:37

[@benkata]

What price's Glory?

[@Arxareon]

I'm not sure how I feel about the sock in the river.. that's not easy to retrieve (and I assume it wasn't) and it just turns into litter then, contributing to pollution (if a little, but still).

[@shonamckenzie7124]

You have to love Paul bless him lol 😂

[@jessejamesmanfred6319]

why did no one think of driving to an airport/air field and getting a pilot to fly it away

[@alexhulinsky7954]

That would take too long.

[@rihadalif]

paul is just another joe wilkinson

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

Just put it on two tubes going in opposite directions

[@mitcheejee]

I want an update. Did Alex sell his sofa?

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

“Don’t get your panties in a knot”

[@asheep7797]

If you had one day to do this, go to an airport.

[@paulcook7426]

Write on a piece of paper "as far and wide as possible". Then spread clothes on each corner?!

[@MrVassago89]

I would have been straight out to the road. Clothes in one car, more in another going the opposite way. Even better if there's a 4 way nearby

[@digitaal_boog]

I just found a sock on the beach. Wonder where that came from

[@notalltheories]

Wait a minute, is the Hulk called David Banner in the UK??

[@2159ianmilne]

He was in the US too - in the Bill Bixby TV show

[@onepiece77-11]

So funny

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

Probably should have tried a kite instead of the plane.

[@sunnyscott4876]

I hope he checked his pockets before he threw his pants out the car window!!!!

[@alicecheesbrough-heath8344]

Why did no one notice he called Bruce Banner (AKA the hulk) David Banner. Was that deliberate or not I wonder?

[@riley8704]

How is nobody talking about "David Banner"???

[@Rainbonyte]

pity they didnt visit the airport

[@JoeDurobot]

*The richest guy always wins.*

[@iamdb1990]

ironically, Rob won the series, so not true

[@theovolz3073]

A lot of the challenges you can’t just throw money at, too. It would kind of ruin the spirit of the series if it turned into “fattest wallet wins”. Personally, it kind of annoys me when they use Alex too much.

[@brendenchee16]

I would have put one piece of clothing on every bus I saw

[@rachelcookie321]

Is there a bunch of busses there all going in opposite directions? Otherwise you would just end with them relatively close to each other just further down the road.

[@dmontes133]

Innit. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Foxexar]

just gonna call it but i hope to see it. Someone needs to unthread their sock and drag it into town by 1 thread. that would of been hilarious

[@sanjuansteve]

@2:36 That's a silly lie. The sock was still on the plane as he walked away.