Alex Horne Interviews Sophie Duker with a Task | Taskmaster

In our final contestant interview, Alex interviews Sophie Duker whilst on a not-very-relaxing walk. #Taskmaster
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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.

[@joemelton2044]

"Have you written these questions?" Alex: *looks at clipboard* "uh, it doesn't say." Such a perfect Alex response haha.

[@IAmTheHound]

A beautiful and perfect ad-lib.

[@fredh1720]

He'd be absolutely infuriating to be around though. At least in the first few series he seemed genuinely interested in what the contestants did, and willing to help. Now it's just the endless "all the information is on the task" I find it a little grating. Still love the show though.

[@samnub7912]

@@fredh1720 Nah, I get what you mean, but I feel like the classic "all the information's on the task" is more of a nudge telling contestants that there may be a potential loophole they may have found, and I find that pretty funny

[@patpat8727]

@@fredh1720 No way. He's amazing and I would love to be around him. His sense of humor is my sense of humor...only obviously much better at actually being humorous.

[@nybbleme]

And when she asks him if he's enjoyed his time on taskmaster or something like that, he has to look through the clipboard and check several pages before giving an answer.

[@barnaclefelching4079]

"It doesn't say", what a delightfully ridiculous sort of man

[@georgiakuchinsky]

"pedo meter" absolutely took me out 💀

[@StereotypicallyIrish]

Alex nearly broke in the seconds after that one :D

[@NeverStopRolling]

Even better was Alex silently shaking his head to the producer like "that's not making the TV edit".

[@marinvracevic]

Ardal - 358 steps Bridget - 602 steps Chris - 481 steps Judi - 432 steps Sophie - 619 Goal: 589 steps Bridget won the task, followed by Sophie, then Chris, Judi and finally Ardal

[@LolTollhurst]

Remembering _how_ competitive Bridget is, that is entirely amazing

[@miem9775]

@@LolTollhurst Remembering how annoyed she was in this task, it is amazing :)

[@zx85]

^Ardlo

[@icturner23]

That depends whether any of them are disqualified for not matching Alex’s pace of keeping up a proper conversation, which Bridget should be.

[@YoJesusMorales]

I would say Bridget was more annoying than annoyed. Thanks @Marin.

[@khinzakhan66]

0:37 Only Alex can be polite and hella awkward at the same time 😂

[@pneumaticFrequency]

Seemed funny, letting the hair go was a must

[@ramonhppacheco]

have you ever heard of bob mortimer?

[@MsNanceePants]

or Ivo Graham?

[@TheShinyShow]

Heads of cabinet ministers was the best answer to that question

[@HerHollyness]

Was just about to comment the same thing! Genius.

[@VinayVarsani]

Honestly can't think of any other acceptable answer now..

[@paulkerrigan9857]

Or genitals.

[@robbanks50]

totally unbeatable answer to that question

[@terminalfrost3645]

My first thought to that question was heads of someone, how the others didn't think that I don't know,

[@biancamo10]

"Have you enjoyed this series of taskmaster?" "Uh..." *checks sheet* "...yes."

[@olenilsen4660]

Sophie´s awesome :) Always with a positive and inquisitive attitude. Never unpleasant, even - if not explicitly called upon. My favourite on this show!

[@oscarshapely]

Probably the best at maintaining a proper conversation.

[@jerrybobteasdale]

She's very likeable, because you get the impression that she's really , really honest.

[@justyourlocalrat7]

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[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

omg, Alex holding the lock of hair out of her face has me in tears! She's adorable, I love her attitude!

[@odar9729]

Odd I thought it as rude lol

[@justin.booth.]

Only Alex could do something like that and make it seem passive agressive

[@randomliamsquares765]

With how often u see black women saying people touch their hair without asking, and she specifically said it felt like he was asserting something over her. It was really uncomfortable for me

[@ivorymarie82]

@@odar9729 IT WAS VERY RUDE!!!!! And she said so. When she said “STATUS” we knew what she meant. 😒😒

[@tensemurm5924]

@@ivorymarie82 Oh my god, stop being so dramatic. She's clearly not offended even slightly by it.

[@DevilboyScooby]

"500 is a good number...for a regiment" Her answers are so...Alex-y 😂

[@subbtopp]

I didn't know Sophie before Taskmaster, she's adorable.

[@peterjones2834]

Watch Frankie Boyle New World Order she all ways on that.

[@eamonahern7495]

She also appeared on mock the week a few times

[@simonkevnorris]

She was also on 8 out of 10 cats on Jon's team.

[@annother3350]

She's the only racist still allowed on TV

[@annother3350]

@Proletarichad ?! Black Lives Matter are fragile boomers for trying to stamp out racism?! I never knew that, thanks man

[@ArtyMars]

Alex : "Mimes that he's taller than Sophie with awkward hand gesture" Sophie: "AlrIGHT No NeEd TO be SasSy! 😂❤

[@Wewin42]

She came off here as the smartest and most thoughtful contestant.

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

she kind of is

[@user-fz3sz2dj4r]

shame she's a racist

[@patpat8727]

She was. Maybe ever. She's absolutely brilliant, and also very funny.

[@justyourlocalrat7]

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[@chillseekerthechillseeker]

Such a great way to do an interview and it's really refreshing to see an interview that hasn't been cut together. Wcwllwnt questions and answers from both parties.

[@ruqayyahqadri8180]

I like your Welsh spelling of the word excellent.

[@eoincampbell1584]

@@ruqayyahqadri8180 I think it might be a welsh spelling of eloquent.

[@richy1988]

@@eoincampbell1584 I think it's the Welsh spelling of exponent

[@FroZenMemes]

@@richy1988 i think it's possibly the welsh spelling of the word equivalent

[@ylimedixon]

Love her so much - I can’t believe she’s cried 4 times 😂 woman after my own heart Plus I love her questions to Alex - his retort “whatever the question is, it’s going to be an egg” 😂😂 Also I love how frustrated she gets with Alex

[@celinavivian1162]

As a crier myself I love that she has shown her emotions like that. Although she is probably embarrassed about it. She is my fave this series

[@Alex_Meadows]

Oh, "an egg"! I thought he said "a neck", which was disturbing me a bit.

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

@@celinavivian1162 you would absolutely love her episode of Off Menu then, she cries like 4 times in one hour. it's one of my all-time favorites

[@olenilsen4660]

​@@celinavivian1162 You two talk about crying like you´re the only ones that can do it... Bloody misandrists! We men have rights too, you know! Not least the right to cry when we want to! ;)

[@damonteufel]

"OH MY SHITTING GOD!" is now my favorite exclamation.

[@dmeep]

Sophie is a delight and i have enjoyed everything she is in that i have seen so far

[@spectersmusic]

Love this series’ cast but Sophie is my biggest highlight. Truly amazing.

[@annother3350]

She's toxic

[@Akco007]

I might well ADORE her. Damn, how can one survive a crush like this?!

[@allthenewz]

That was a good way to get to know her. She seems really nice.

[@FordTransitvan]

Taskmaster contestants used to be funny or interesting, they're really running out of talent. It's so sad.

[@nariahlisboa4807]

Alex, doesn't matter you height, mate, you're our Little Alex Horne

[@xXscreamingkoalaXx]

great one, their dynamic is actually so funny

[@gracemcgrath8828]

'have you written these questions?' -'doesn't say...'

[@Facerip]

”i dont have a paedometer like you do” lmao

[@stacks13uk]

By the end it was very much little Alex Horne keeping up with Sophie Dukers steps

[@Lizzo13]

I love Sophie! Funny that she is the only one (I think) who pointed out that the questions were designed to get them to lose count.

[@georgielancaster1356]

Most people know that. It's taken for granted, I would imagine. Most don't comment on the blatantly obvious.

[@simonmandrakejones]

She seems really nice. I just watched her Live at the Apollo set as well and she is really funny...I need to catch up on the new episodes of Taskmaster.

[@dcalam]

It looks like they did 98 more steps after she said they were on 511. Subtract that from 619 and she was actually at 521, or within 2% of her guess. So close!

[@TheCrimsonLupus]

I love how Sophie didn't know whether to laugh or hit Alex for holding her hair :D

[@ivorymarie82]

I hated that for her. When are ppl going to get it…. STOP TOUCHING US!!!!!

[@tensemurm5924]

@@ivorymarie82 Stop being offended on behalf of other people.

[@theinqov]

​@@ivorymarie82 Oh, were you there too? If Alex Horne touched other contestants but did not touch Sophie Duker because she happens to have a different colour skin to him, would that have been racist? It's really bad if you're experiencing racism in your life. That is not what happened here though, they are very clearly treating each other as normal human beings irrespective of their differences - age, gender, height, skin colour, number of children, number of teeth, income, number of friends, shoe size, brand of clothes, there are a lot of demographics to measure them by.

[@theinqov]

She was even laughing haha

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@ivorymarie82 why are you telling grown adults how to interact with other grown adults? For someone so worried about personal agency you’d think you’d mind your own business.

[@80lemon80]

She seems like unflappably chill.

[@stackels97]

The person who cried 4 times during the tasks??? 😋

[@kavalogue]

@@stackels97 fr. I'll never understand the comment section. Half the people are going I love that she's frustrated. The other going she's so chill. A bunch of competitive liars who just want likes and can barely pay attention to the content without the goal of a snakry comment it's nuts

[@80lemon80]

@@kavalogue relax

[@clarefrench6806]

I can't take my eyes off her earrings, I love them!

[@maxibaer]

Okay guys... Great job uploading those little bits. I think we're ready for the complete episodes now!

[@georgielancaster1356]

But I think they get at least 30 times the money than playing whole episodes. So... It's not happening...

[@nehamaw]

'little Alex Horne the 1st' Alex: *shows he's taller* 😂

[@HeatherHotcakes]

She’s lovely!

[@edenapplet]

I’ve liked all the contestants on this series but I really like her; clued up and funny.

[@MinekEzQM]

One of the few tasks that was featured in an international version before getting back to TM Home. (I'd love to see the collect the balloons task in the UK version too.)

[@KerryAnnGL]

It took me a second to realise she was saying pedometer when she said “pedo-metre”

[@mothersuperior6751]

I was surprised Alex did not react to that.

[@frankshailes3205]

@@mothersuperior6751 He does a bit of side-eye and a small headshake to someone off-camera, possibly an imaginary person :D I love his deadpan attitude.

[@celinavivian1162]

In the uk they pronounce pedo- (as in referring to feet) like pee-doh and pedo- (referring to children) like pay-do. So I didn’t really think it was off

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@celinavivian1162 completely wrong lol she said it wrong here as a joke. We say pedo (meaning pedophile) as pee-do where as Americans say pe-do which is how we would say it for pedometer. Nobody is saying pay-do at all 😂

[@frankshailes3205]

@@celinavivian1162 In the UK we pronounce pedo as in "pedometer" as peddo to rhyme with meadow. "Paed" like in paediatric is pronounced to rhyme with fed or head.

[@TiberiusRex182]

Love sophie. Shes my pick for this seasons winner!

[@heatherwhited5735]

I would love for any of them to win, but my money is on Bridget or Chris.

[@annother3350]

She made the kill whitey joke - are you nuts?!

[@AndersWatches]

@@annother3350 get a grip.

[@annother3350]

@@AndersWatches you tolerate racism in 2022?! shame on you

[@AndersWatches]

@@annother3350 let me guess, are you also an advocate for straight pride?

[@irishsamurai9008]

Beautiful personality

[@katherinepettus5132]

The heads of cabinet ministers. Thats brilliant.

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

I like the walking interviews 😁

[@jayrap94]

Sophie has become my latest TV person crush and I haven't had one of those in years!

[@hviolet4419]

Same

[@Barnaclebeard]

@@hviolet4419 She's my biggest crush since Noel Fielding was on Taskmaster. So frigging sexy, even when she's not showing off her amazing body.

[@AndersWatches]

Saaaame

[@snozwanger760]

Same.

[@oksobasicallyimmonky]

Love her

[@Englishham]

I love her

[@MagicSwagget12]

Really love this cast

[@shourov331]

He still going stronggg

[@n.s.vandanadhanalakshmi5407]

I don't know this woman but I instantly like her very much

[@DLMacDonald]

The contestants just need to keep his pace but he insists that they also keep his gait. Everything was written on the Task, little Alex Horne. Although that’s for the contestants to argue. Loving these as interview segments. Best ones of the Series.

[@christianmonk5320]

I love that Alex is holding her hair as if it was a cigarette

[@ivorymarie82]

Nothing about that gesture was cute. And she said so.

[@jamiefroud633]

@@ivorymarie82 don’t be ridiculous

[@bananabob6398]

Ok that’s all 5 done their interviews. If you are sad like me you want to know who won: 1 Ardal 358 5 Bridget 602 3 Chris 481 2 Judi 432 4 Sophie 619 Bridget wins!!!

[@Johanna.EG.]

Unless this is judged Price is Right style, and they have to be closest without going over.

[@bananabob6398]

@@Johanna.EG. All the information is on the task. :)

[@robbanks50]

@@bananabob6398 lols

[@warmfuzzyfeeling]

Not all heroes wear capes! Thank you for saving me the effort of watching all the videos again as I did not take notes. Strange that Bridget won, since she resisted the task even more than she usually does xD

[@MBohr]

But Bridget didn't keep a polite conversation... Sophie is the winner, in my humble opinion

[@Facerip]

Major crush on her!! Sooo cute

[@Anonymouse85]

Delightful cast, I only knew Ardal but i love all of them now. Sophie Duker is such a laugh, i thought she was by far the best at keeping the convo rolling as well.

[@Sunprism]

Alright, You don't need to be sassy!

[@karachikay5759]

Alex's version of being a Lady's Maid, helping Sophie with her hair

[@barbeerian]

Oh my shitting god!

[@robertjohnson592]

I have such a crush on her she is so funny

[@MichaelM28]

No she isn't

[@fredh1720]

@@MichaelM28 good one Michael

[@sveniusz]

What's your favourite joke? To make it easier for you she only made one. And to her credit she immediately realized it was not broadcastable.

[@fredh1720]

@@sveniusz oh look it's Sven again. I hope he's still hating women, because that's the sven I know and love

[@sveniusz]

@@fredh1720 Still me, still hating ALL the women in the world. You know I don't even hate Sophie? She's just not making any jokes, that's all. Which is why I find it confusing when people call her funny. Well, they probably just think she's hot and therefore project all other positive traits they can think of.

[@shawnbowen6833]

I'm still waiting to see series 12 released either on here or Amazon or wherever I can view it.

[@noneofyoubusiness4895]

Yes, for a while they were releasing (or making public) an new series every week or so. But for series 9 it's trickled down to one episode every few weeks ...

[@belg4mit]

Free internationally accessible episodes on KZbin seem to have stopped when the show switched channels in the UK. The SuperMax+ streaming service is p to season 9 now (one more than KZbin) and will be getting more soon, plus several foreign franchises.

[@Omni-Man]

"...ironing..." *unnecessarily long eye contact* "O-oh, Okay..."

[@del_eris]

I have to use the captions (which are pretty bad) and it said "hiding" at that part, so I thought he meant he only has down time when hiding from Greg. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@frankshailes3205]

We all know it's bad golf... I suppose that uses irons...

[@mainie_videoediting]

I thought he said hiding :D

[@Omni-Man]

@@mainie_videoediting Ironically, that would have been more normal hahaha, but this is Alex we're dealing with here.

[@bexualhealing]

She is amazing

[@joachimseidel1400]

Will the newest series be released on KZbin?

[@johnnyjohnson6643]

I’m dying before they even started the walk

[@z.m.stewart1996]

time from when Alex asks if he should hold Sophie’s hair in his mouth until he appears to emotionally recover: approximately 15 full seconds 0:50

[@drewkavi6327]

Sophie is so pretty

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Congratulations ❤😊

[@gracebevill]

I so want her to win!!

[@harrysteel6912]

Just for reference: Bridget: 602 steps, 5 points Sophie: 619 steps, 4 points Chris: 481 steps, 3 points Judi: 432 steps, 2 points Ardal: 358 steps, 1 point

[@TheBoardgamist]

So now we know spiders don’t have tongues. But more importantly what we still don’t know is… do they have a heart? Do they have a soul?

[@anonymouscriminal5632]

Alex's face when she said pedo meter 😆

[@rageagainstmyhairline5574]

Oh man, watching Sophie correctly point out that blueberries are purple in one of the last episodes and have everyone ridicule her and the whole audience laugh at her was infuriating. I thought she was great this series but that annoyed the shit out of me.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

The way she pronounced Pedometer 😂

[@nuisancepenguin5210]

7:50 WHOA WHOA WHOA, last time I checked Alex was not an egg man.

[@michaelgrassmyer736]

2:22 How many do you think they were at?

[@dailyfermentations7197]

Quite close given the amount of engaged conversation that was had.

[@tmoss7122]

Alex Horne is my favorite person I’ve never met!

[@thesimpsons17]

I'm lucky enough to have met him and he was as lovely as you'd expect!

[@matazyo]

Are the Series 13 episodes posted in this channel? Or is it so that I cannot see them because I live in Lithuania?

[@bluesbest1]

The full episodes seem to have stopped after S9E2.

[@AceofRogues]

They aren't here :(

[@BipsTheSecond]

Channel 4 isn’t releasing them yet. They’re unavailable to everyone not in the UK for now, unfortunately.

[@BentleyBohemian_96]

Full episode on the channel stop at series 12 not 9 but they havent posted full episodes of series13 yet

[@flicnerdy4385]

series 1-9 aired on UK tv play, after that it got bought by channel 4. So I assume some copy right stuff has happened so that's why 1-9 are avilaible on youtube. I suspect it'll be awhile until 10+ are avilable.

[@lovinglifegarner6959]

Sophie is gorgeous!!!

[@miem9775]

Didn't think about it until now, but you could have actually said "thank you for the stroll closest to 589 steps" and win. Also known as the Suzie Dent move.

[@deathstar71]

Nice idea, but there would've been quotes on "thank you for the stroll" when written down

[@cassieruddock]

I love that his first instinct is to put everything in his mouth.

[@georgiakuchinsky]

little Alex Horne is a full grown toddler

[@matthewvernon3774]

The maths question was easier than it sounded: 880 goes into 11, so 869 (11 less) also goes in. 79 times to be exact.

[@armcie5080]

I think they've all been asked maths questions with similar tricks.

[@jayr6666]

That'll teach you Taskmaster. Gotta learn somehow I suppose.

[@happivaras]

5:49~5:52 Alex Horne' and Greg Davies' heads.

[@bluepineapples7818]

Oxford vs Cambridge: the final showdown

[@mm-qd1ho]

PE-do-meter. That's hysterical. If only there was such a thing.

[@simonkuntz7222]

How can i watch the new Taskmaster Season as a non UK or Ireland resident?

[@Ffinity]

VPN.

[@MichaelM28]

Ireland is in the UK

[@Ffinity]

@@MichaelM28 No, it isn't. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but Ireland is a seperate entity.

[@SirJebusHRM]

who's that jumpin out the sky

[@Denybreakdown]

0:15 Alright!!! You don't need to be sassy hahaha

[@AH-te5gs]

Why isn't anyone asking for Alex's counter?

[@AfferbeckBeats]

He has said on most of them that it doesn't actually work

[@ylimedixon]

I guess it stalls the fun

[@nehamaw]

He doesn't let them see it.

[@JustPassingByBaby]

Who else got dizzy while watching them walk? :D

[@MACMoneU2]

Anyone know why 589 steps? My instinct is that it must mean something.

[@bawpsherep]

"Thank you for the stroll closest to 589 steps" - just say that and win immediately? 🤔

[@ZaynabYT]

Bashing cabinet ministers' heads together should become a hobby. For legal reasons, this is a joke.

[@Elwaves2925]

At least they'd have a proper use.

[@bryntownshend6528]

Is this the Chiltern Open Air Museum?

[@MrBrownnn696]

Lmfao… omg

[@Sakine-animate]

It’s so interesting to see these clips without the audience reaction and music

[@ManWalksDogs]

These interviews are always internet extras and never used in the tv series, so never have an audience watching the playback or the incidental music underneath. They're always relatively raw and sadly a lot suffer from poor audio, as if they were squeezed in during sound crew breaks or something.

[@Linkman95]

thinking over the question "what would you bash together every saturday I also came up with the answer" the heads of politicians sophie was much more clever than me, i was thinking of specific ones, she gets to do any

[@SensationalBanana]

PLEEEEEEASE put up ALL seasons including these most recent ones on KZbin! I'd PAY for access to them all, I live in Sweden but our version is a travesty not worthy of its name! I CRAVE this original version!!

[@ryshow9118]

Grab a VPN and stream em.

[@belg4mit]

Yes, "Bast i Test" is awful. SuperMax+ is streaming UK seasons 1-9 and is getting more soon along with some international versions, including Denmark which I'm eager to try. Thus far: NZ > UK > NO > FI >> US ~ SE.

[@jessrichmond3750]

Does a spider have a heartttt

[@nuisancepenguin5210]

Does a spider have a souuuuuul

[@joelrodriguez6123]

Sophie is my new favorite Taskmaster contestant!

[@MichaelM28]

😂😂😂😂😂