Move The Boulder As Far Away As Possible | Full Task | Taskmaster

From series 1, Frank Skinner, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, and Tim Key attempt to get a boulder as far away from the Taskmaster House 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.

[@HavoCentral]

funny that alex had a van the entire time and only one person used it

[@paperclip449]

Tim Key 100% has dirt on Alex Horne

[@Bougieee]

RIGHT?!

[@GregorifElfeNoir]

They may have brought the van in to carry the helium, and once it was there it was fair play

[@myrin265]

@@paperclip449 he's also the godfather of alex's children, so there's no getting away from him now

[@rickyvides8425]

What baffles me more is that the one who actually used the van didn't realise that you could open the door instead of wasting time tying it up

[@EdgyShooter]

I feel the real winner of that task is the cabbie for posing with a facsimile boulder he'd just driven to Windsor 😂

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

Based

[@pvic6959]

im from the US... how far of a distance was that lol. i dont even know what a Windsor is lmao

[@hoticeisnice1354]

@@pvic6959 Checking the map, I’d say 17 miles, more or less

[@fishbo_uses_soap]

@@pvic6959 A windsor is the knot you would use if you wore a tie.

[@celticwolff5429]

Once he knew the weight, I'm surprised Tim didn't just toss it in the river.

[@mastereon895]

Well you can't measure how far it went if the Boulder just disappears

[@bipitybop_]

@@mastereon895 Well it didn't disappear, it's still there

[@Liam_The_Great]

@@bipitybop_ I can't see it anymore, it's disappeared

[@gamingforfun8662]

@@bipitybop_ a reference to the infamous ice cube task

[@johannaplockl463]

I understood this reference

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

So, wait, did Roisin just let that thing sit there, thinking it was a completely real and solid, heavy boulder for all that time, only to try rolling it and realize how light it actually was? I feel like we missed a pretty hilarious bit of the action there.

[@SharinganMan]

i assure you that whatever cut you end up seeing is the funnier narrative than the parts you think you're missing

[@xerxsesbreak8455]

@@SharinganMan Minus James Acaster going mental on set.

[@vonn4017]

yes. i for one am amazed you Brits ever had an an empire based on her thinking

[@txrracxtta]

@@vonn4017 she's quite funny and overplays the "dumb" act as part of her comedy persona, it wouldn't be funny if she did nothing but say "okay, i will now get into a car and take it very far, and then i will win" and that was it.

[@Maialeen]

@@vonn4017 I for one am not surprised that you're not going on any comedy shows any time soon.

[@SummerStormsz]

Imagine someone has a suspicious Boulder and says u have 10 m to get it as far away as possible LMAO id think its a bomb

[@VaanOtacon]

I'm surprised not one person turned them down just on the suspicion that it was full of drugs alone.

[@alyx8815]

They had a camera crew with them so they would easily think “oh it is for a show”

[@iamcurious9541]

​@@alyx8815 Plus they are all fairly known actors.

[@wiedzmapokladowa]

One skill I learned from the Taskmaster is delegating.

[@OmniscientWarrior]

Technically, that is what a Taskmaster's job is.

[@ZactarZero]

But not to Moe

[@Muscleduck]

Also getting as close to cheating as possible without breaking the rules.

[@Kimbie]

@@ZactarZero Yeah what a prick!

[@panzerveps]

I got people to delegate tasks for me.

[@chessbotter]

Online calculator suggests that getting the boulder to lift off would take over 1000 helium balloons, and reaching a height of 2 mi at least 2000. Extremely disappointed Alex didn't mention this on the show.

[@hamsterback]

I like the idea but really, if it doesn't lift the helium tank, it definitely won't lift that boulder (fake even)

[@runarandersen878]

@@hamsterback : Either you are joking or you need to know the difference between liquid and gases.

[@hamsterback]

@@runarandersen878 I think I just learned something

[@chessbotter]

He is (almost always) stored as a high pressure gas, so phase change doesn't really matter. (Helium doesn't turn into a liquid at normal air pressure until only a few degrees above absolute zero, -269 C or so.) The reason it can float the balloon but not the tank is that in a balloon, there's a lot less helium for the size (the density is lighter than air). A metal tank can have a much higher density because the metal itself is holding the pressure in; if you tried to fill a tank that's not as strong (or has a break, or even as a balloon) it would explode, dramatically.

[@heinshaaine8153]

im kinda disappointed that it wasnt a real boulder....

[@lmac40762]

It's a real shame that Tim's balloons didn't work. It could have turned it into a real meteor

[@glm_9555]

Now that you mention it, we all probably should apreciate the fact that it didn't 😂

[@rachelcookie321]

@@glm_9555 imagine just relaxing at home and suddenly a fake Boulder comes through your roof

[@samwiseshanti]

@@rachelcookie321 or relaxing in your flat and a shadow passes the window and you look up and see the bottom of a boulder floating upwards 😅

[@Garblegox]

"It was pure impulse." No, giving the boulder a test slap would have been pure impulse. Dialing up a courier and thinking for half an hour is pure analysis.

[@CheckeredFist]

Her first impulse is to get someone else to do it

[@YON_RO]

@@CheckeredFist ☕

[@guythat779]

Thing is this show makes you think on impulse

[@guythat779]

@@CheckeredFist lmao

[@solarprogeny6736]

​@@CheckeredFist fam if you don't own a vehicle how tf would you be able to do it yourself

[@MrR2TheZ]

Is that a boulder..? Or is it a big rock?

[@Zakuznapper]

Having forgotten this, I had no idea Acaster did a callback when he said that in season 7!

[@michaelanderson6394]

All I know for certain is that the pioneers used to ride those babies for miles. And this one’s in great shape.

[@MrR2TheZ]

@@Zakuznapper Maybe Acaster was the man Frank met on the train. 🤔

[@xDoubleJOx]

@@MrR2TheZ for sure he was !!!

[@natyinthehouse]

It’s not just a Boulder…… it’s a rock! )’:

[@Saltywinterchild]

Special props to Frank for contributing to the economy by using public transport

[@Taeerom]

As well as Ramesh supporting a local business by hiring Mo the van driver.

[@demetreasandrews]

Anytime you spend any money for a good or service you are contributing to the economy.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Uh if you buy gas or a car you contributing to the economy.

[@Fabianwew]

When you use the train in The UK you contribute to the economy of Germany.

[@seeker296]

@@demetreasandrews any time you do anything with money you are contributing to the economy including destroying your money, because that means somebody is getting your goods or services for free (although in reality it's an abstract and diffuse discount for everyone in society, which is probably disproportionately experienced by the rich.

[@_Thorondor]

9:22, the way they pan the camera... even the cameramen on this show are comedians. Unseen heroes, that was golden.

[@trenthawkins]

up until about 2:29 I thought it was an actual boulder, not some prop. Was thinking "are you sure a cab is gonna work? You might need a front-end loader... and they only have an hour?

[@cmxpiipl]

This would have been much more interesting with a real rock and to not allow outside help or vehicles with the moving.

[@sweetfreeze5528]

@@cmxpiipl pretty sure that would have been near impossible without super human strength coming into play.

[@cmxpiipl]

@@sweetfreeze5528 not even close to impossible. Any stoneman could lug that thing around quite a bit with just some wood and/or an ironrod.

[@sweetfreeze5528]

@@cmxpiipl You're not wrong. Hadn't considered that. But, this is Taskmaster. Stonemen is not what these people are famous for

[@cmxpiipl]

@@sweetfreeze5528 yea I know that's not what they are about but it would have been funny to see them struggling with logic and coming up with ways to try and move it. Now it was just about who can get a courier fastest, a bit boring imo.

[@mikemack9701]

"What's a boulder? Is it a big rock?" The long game of Frank Skinner and James Acaster. Know what I mean?

[@NightFox707]

He would have put it over the shoulder.

[@mikemack9701]

@@NightFox707 That's what I told ya!!!

[@gy7uj917]

James did say multiple times bts that he was a huge fan of the show

[@thedukeparty]

@@NightFox707 older and older

[@capnandy462]

"I think I'm what makes Britain great." *camera cut to Indian man glaring*

[@aryoceissapratama717]

Wasn’t he born in the UK and of a Sri Lankan descent,

[@Saltywinterchild]

He's Sri Lankan, mate

[@chrismanuel9768]

@@Saltywinterchild Without googling it, show me Sri Lanka on a map. I bet you aim right at India. Since they're literally the same area with the same ancestry, just different governments.

[@Saltywinterchild]

@@chrismanuel9768 Um, I'm from India. I know exactly where sri Lanka is on the map, my dude.

[@ziyad1809]

@@chrismanuel9768 not everyone is as geographically illiterate as you lmao Also, everyone has the same ancestry but different environments. That's a nothing statement. Surely youd be more concerned with ethnicity. On that front, ethnically, Sri Lankan Tamils came before indian tamils (so if anything, itd be more accurate to call those specific indians sri lankan rather than vice versa), and theres basically no Sinhalese people in india

[@madelineevans1280]

I would be unbelievably excited to see a party boulder on top of a van drive past me, it would be the highlight of my day. Strange, unusual little moments like that make the best conversation starters.

[@Vely1]

I like the term Party Boulder

[@joesamsally]

I imagine a world in which Tim actually got enough balloons levitate the boulder. After it got out of reach he realizes how terrible his idea is. Somewhere, those balloons get high enough to pop, and somewhere a boulder is going to be coming back down.

[@ARcam789]

The other big problem with his idea other than all other elements of the plan, is that it should possibly be hit by the constant air traffic from Heathrow passing over the house. It's right between their two runways.

[@paulsmyers203]

Josh, "I am what makes Britain great." Cut to Romesh's look of absolute loathing. Yep.

[@jezzuh9120]

@@romanplays1 Unbelievably racist

[@himedo1512]

@@jezzuh9120 what race huh?

[@sandwitch911]

@@romanplays1 cope more whitey. You're being replaced.

[@rokronroff]

@@romanplays1 who is "you guys" exactly?

[@embrace7052]

@@romanplays1 log off and go get a better personality mate

[@troydonclarke7863]

Lucky James wasn’t doing this he would’ve gotten colder n colder

[@leahscarth2595]

But is it a boulder? Or is it a very large rock?

[@jjones0490]

Look over your shoulder!

[@GoodFellasBpong]

I know where the real fans are. Literally came to talk about James in the comments haha

[@gamerman782]

Maybe it was James asking

[@Scarletraven87]

Ramesh DID tell the driver about the importance of direction. He just got ignored, because, Moe

[@junbh2]

According to Alex, Romesh had just turned left before he pointed. So it was actually Romesh who pointed in the wrong direction.

[@holdtightandpretenditsapla9604]

@@junbh2 Yes, but if you look at the map showing how far he walked vs the car drove, you will see the car drove northwest for a bit THEN turned left. So I don't think Moe did it right... (to be fair, it looked like the road hit a dead end so he had to pick left or right)

[@robmckennie4203]

Fun fact, the guy who questioned Frank about his boulder on the train, James Acaster.

[@mariacargille1396]

"You've got ten minutes to get as far in that direction as possible." Without any context, it just *really does* sound like they're trying to get rid of a bomb or something. 😂

[@2Ten1Ryu]

Is it just me, or does Josh just look sooo much like the archetype Hobbit??

[@grahamstrouse1165]

He did audition for Lord of the Rings...

[@cholatepnabangchang4834]

I'd say Tolkien would have based the hobbits off an archetype Brit, and Josh just happened to fit that archetype.

[@Raganui]

I had to go make sure he wasn't cast as one of them.

[@lazydroidproductions1087]

*THAT’s* why he looks so familiar!

[@BronzeSilverGoldPlatinum]

"Did you have to look at the iPad for that fact?"

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

"I think I'm what makes Britain great" oh man that stare from Ramesh haha

[@jennatodd4664]

The task that started it all for me. I was watching a compilation of Roisin being a mess and this clip was included. Cue me frantically trying to find out what this show was.

[@ClayMart123]

it’s not just a boulder… it’s a rock 🥺

[@brandelynnefreleng7597]

Spongebob would have won the task and Squidward would be like Romesh- pissed.

[@mattjones7226]

The comedic timing of these inanimate objects on this show is amazing.

[@michaelanderson6394]

I’ve been doing a watch party of this show over Discord with the help of this KZbin channel, and I’m happy to say I’ve made some fans out of them. We just finished series 5 last night, and we’ll be moving onto the Champion of Champions special next! I just have to say thanks for making this possible. I guess I’ll have to buy series 9 and 11 when we get to them, but still, this American thanks you for making it possible so far with this channel, as well as making me aware of this show! Thank you!

[@philipthirtyone2923]

Just a heads up, series 9,10, and 11 are on this youtube channel in other countries. I've just been using a free VPN to get the episodes. I've been using India, but I think that the UK and Canada might have them too.

[@slake9727]

Check out Taskmaster New Zealand while you wait

[@handshoesandhorsegrenades1848]

Fellow American here, I found the 9-11 seasons on Reddit after googling how to watch taskmaster in America

[@CaVeRuNnEr]

There is another taskmaster KZbin channel that has series 11 on it

[@tana1641]

can others join the discord?

[@benjaminbrewer2569]

Why is a large rock braver than a mountain? Because it’s a little boulder.

[@ngwoo]

Surprised nobody threw it in the river

[@OmniscientWarrior]

They did at least take it to a river. Maybe if they had to disappear the boulder...

[@swimteamizzle1114]

Taskmaster contestants and helium balloons. What could possibly go wrong?

[@petgoose32]

At least he didn't try to put helium into the boulder, you know

[@starfish.426]

10:07 Romesh’s face

[@WatchOnYT]

Josh: "hate to say this, but I think I'm what makes Britain great." Romesh:

[@noahwattel4226]

6:24 to be fair... Mo did seem to have made like 130 degree turn. Perhaps he should have told him, head north as far as you can or something like that. But that's assuming Mo knows which way north is.

[@kolbymartin9743]

So this is how dozens of 2 ton rocks were stacked together each day for 20 years to build the pyramids of Giza.

[@EthalaRide]

7:14 ooooooh, Now I understand that bit from James Acaster's Over my Shoulder song!

[@Tabfren]

i would have called a cab, written a sign saying "this place", got in the cab and told him to drive as far as possible until my time ran out

[@nouje]

My thought almost but I figured, why not phone a friend from oversea if u have one and have them do the same.

[@joki9121]

Wait, so how far did Josh get it? I have no idea where anything is.

[@notme222]

Maybe 10 miles? Outside of London is the important part.

[@vuyosidinile8493]

20 miles

[@therranolleo468]

London to Windsor is roughly 21 miles according to Google, so yeah over double the distance of the 2nd place

[@Jtngetabettername]

(Credits to Google Earth) Windsor is about 24 km (15 mi) westward from the TM house. As Josh said, M4 literally goes westwards from Chiswick, the district of London where the house is. For comparison, Frank managed to take the boulder to Feltham station, which is about 10.5 km (6.5 mi, also westwards) from the house.

[@Code_Ramen717]

What’s really good about the show is the cinematography

[@beyouinyourlife]

when does something go from being a boulder to *a big rock* ?

[@barhamd]

According to the Udden-Wentworth scale, a boulder is a rock fragment with size greater than 256 millimetres (10.1 in) in diameter.

[@zarlyngoodwin8530]

And not even a real rock

[@jaysonlima9271]

You can throw a big rock, but you can't throw a boulder

[@erikl85]

When you can't lift it 🤷🏼‍

[@ohhowfuckingoriginal]

@@jaysonlima9271 speak for yourself

[@AmokBR]

“I’m trying to get a facsimile boulder onto a train” 😆

[@K3NnY_G]

Give em' three hours, make the boulder real. xD

[@MrCharliethegorilla]

Just give one of them a real boulder...

[@Watch_For_Ice]

The music when they open the garage is definitely part of the Zerg music from StarCraft

[@diegostarwars2]

Exactly, it is. I did some research back in 2018 when I heard it in the Animatrix movie as well, turns out they used a bunch of pre-recorded samples for the guitars in Zerg OST, and some of those riffs are still popping up in other stuff today, it's a copyright free collection of sounds I think.

[@portee9113]

"I think I'm what makes Britain great" followed by the cut to Rommesh is probably the funniest thing on TV in the past 20 years. 9:48

[@oldkid820]

7:00 Good god, he meet a pioneer. The man was confused that he wasn't riding that big rock for miles.

[@Tstormer]

Please make another season of this I just found it a month ago and it's fantastic

[@6thGenFarmer]

Anyone else think that is was a real Boulder at first😂

[@LuacsR]

I love this task so much, I laughed histerically through it all

[@Popomcgo]

Oh man, now I'm on another Taskmaster binge...damn you, algorithm!!

[@Secultoo]

I can't stop watching this show

[@Angel-vb5ot]

I can't believe I've just discovered this channel. Thankfully, I have over 2 years of content to catch up on. Brits are so funny!

[@Briansgate]

just finished binging season 11. God I love this show.

[@teejaye110]

IT'S NOT JUST A BOULDER! **sheds tear** It's a rock

[@trevormarquardt4025]

I used to be productive. Then taskmaster started showing up on my recommended feed

[@angeledoray8967]

It’s funny that the same guy who had the smartest idea also had the dumbest one. 😂

[@benparker5512]

Mo must have felt he was driving a bomb away to save everyone.

[@ShadowDemon_4]

"It's not just a boulder. It's a rock!" -SpongeBob

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

The earth is always moving. By defining movement this way I do not need to move the rock at all.

[@noahwattel4226]

That rock seems... terrifyingly light Yup lol. I mean considering the weight... The helium could have worked but you'd need like one of those gigantic ones that go into space.

[@astrid.00.7]

Delegation and an ability to reframe the rules to suit an easier version of the task is my teenager's super power...which is why young Josh Widdicomb won it, being closest to the mindset of a teenaged boy.

[@KegaB3]

I think the balloon idea had some validity too it, more balloons man, full send

[@melin9799]

Aw, hell. Taskmaster figured out the KZbin algorithm. Now there's clips, cuts, full episodes, categories, the whole 9 yards.

[@xcx4x]

Yep

[@Cobb]

Would it have floated? If you dumped it in the river with a tracker and picked it up after an hour how far would it have gone?

[@patricksanders858]

Call up a lorry for a seaside holiday with the rock!

[@sharilajeeeeee]

TM should add like a fan fave rating for each tasks. Some may not win, but are too hilarious not to be rewarded 😅

[@brianm6337]

*Looks at the rock, reads the task thusly*: "The Taskmaster has had tacos and curry..."

[@GIRLYOUSOCRAZY]

The man on the train who asked Frank what’s a boulder: James Acaster

[@elliotarmstrong615]

So is it just my or did I hear some of the Zerg music from Starcraft 1 very briefly as the bolder was being revealed before fading to a more generic alien sound? could be my imagination. Starcraft is an awesome game.

[@leeyon_j]

Series 1 is my second favourite after Series 4.

[@christianschwarz4037]

Over my shoulder, is that a Boulder?! It is.

[@namenamename390]

7:13 isn't that pretty much what James Acaster would say years later in this show?

[@doggygaming950]

Lightest boulder ever.

[@icevlad148]

So Josh did the same as Roisin but absolutely nailed it

[@jeremiahkingston6101]

The Van Persie joke got me good 😂

[@winsmen009]

I just realised that the comparison of a boulder and a "big rock" features twice in Taskmaster!! xD

[@russellmoore8187]

So there was a van sitting there the whole time, and only after 40 minutes did ONE person avail themselves of it.

[@HuslWusl]

I kinda really hoped this would be a real boulder

[@cptmuska]

What a cool show... wow.

[@1Dreamking]

Over my shoulder. Over and over.

[@elji02]

I would just grab a piece of paper, write the word Possible and then put the Boulder on top of that paper. Done, it's moved as far as possible.

[@darrenmcentire2374]

I didn't know brits used customary measurements so often

[@Gnefitisis]

Anyone else notice the StarCraft sound when opening the garage around 0:15?

[@terrencewhite7367]

I have been watching these clips for weeks now and I have yet to figure out what the winners get for winning.

[@nicoleguidry5233]

At the start of the show there's a task to bring in an item with a theme winner gets all the items. The overall winner gets a statue of Greg's head

[@sonikblox]

That first contestant better pray there’s never an apocalypse.

[@sandstorm9305]

7:14 my god that’s the acaster line

[@anonyninja7737]

Since the rock was made of foam, I would have taken a knife and cut it into small pieces, tied those to the balloons!!

[@danielb.2385]

**less than 1.5 m wide plastic bolder** Everyone: Hello, I'd like to order a lorry and a crane with crew Josh: Taxi! Frank: Pff, deep pockets, ha?

[@SixEightySeven]

I love how Roisin pronounces 'courier' as 'cour-ieh' as if she is trying to say it in french

[@dAfoodie101]

ah a large boulder the size of a small boulder.

[@kniefi]

given the rural landscape I would opt to ask just any near-by farmer if he could quickly come over ith a tractor or frontloader and drive that sucker as far away, as the time allows!! Give him 100 pounds and boom - job done! Edit: nevermind - tiped before knowing it was actually a fake boulder, so forget it...dang! Could have asked any lad with a station wagon....

[@hans7686]

Rural landscape? They were in a city. Did you not see all the houses, the streets, and the traffic? There was even a train station!

[@hollybroughton8768]

love this part of joe dirt

[@undercoverasiant696]

Ya see the peanut? dead giveaway!

[@mattlinthicum4207]

this is an interesting show

[@CoreDump07]

anyone else on a taskmaster binge ?

[@kennethverhoeven3972]

i would just move the note, changing the location of "this place"

[@TazTalksYouListen]

Not sure if it was ever a secret, but the map gives away the exact position of the house.

[@jelle8071]

It's also on Google maps, not really secret

[@TazTalksYouListen]

@@jelle8071 - What's "also on Google maps?" What's "not really a secret?" The question is, has the location been published in any way at any time before this episode? You make it sound like there's a sign on google maps saying "This is the house."

[@malachipg7576]

@@TazTalksYouListen i think he made it fairly obvious that the house's location was public knowledge

[@TazTalksYouListen]

@@malachipg7576 - First off, I was *_using_* google maps/street view to find it via the clues from the map shown in the video. It is not *_LABELED_* on google maps. My original question still stands and is not answered by your ignorant clown show. You suggest the location is "public knowledge." How so?

[@lionhead123]

am i the idiot for thinking this would be a real boulder? Even after seeing it being carried by balloons in the thumbnail??

[@SteveNeubauer]

Boulder receives Smash invite!

[@Cobenop]

I would have immediately started trying to break it down into smaller pieces

[@polycreativity]

I'm suprised nobody thought to break it in half and take it in a cab or the truck!

[@noxtrin1878]

@sehhi vooty because brits