The Brilliant Victoria Coren Mitchell | Taskmaster

Watch Victoria Coren Mitchell take on bikes, riddles, giggly phone calls and the meaning of cool.
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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.

[@iliketrains3495]

Victoria is definitely one of many contestants who fit the bill of "coming last place, but first in our hearts".

[@swordfishspike7636]

Along with Phil Wang and Judy Love

[@Kernel15]

The people's champion!

[@samodelkini]

@@swordfishspike7636 Charlotte Ritchie and Catherine Parkinson too!

[@MrSychnant]

@@swordfishspike7636 Phil and his onesie !!

[@starryxblue]

And now John Kearns! Just adorable people

[@Chris-th6wq]

Victoria's absolute horror at the phonecall task is iconic.

[@swordfishspike7636]

I relate to it way too much

[@beth12svist]

@@swordfishspike7636 Likewise. I skipped it. Again.

[@Krjwzhr]

As an introvert with social anxiety, I felt it hard

[@Mazurecki56]

If that were me, I'd tap out and be grateful for zero points. It's such an anxiety inducing activity for me I've never been able to even force myself to watch that task, I just skip ahead.

[@artyb27]

I love how they didn't need to use any clips of her actually reading out the task because just her reactions to it were gold on their own, especially intercut with the other contestants reading it out.

[@ChloeOfTheCookies]

7:56 - "I don't fear death. In fact the more this series goes on the more I yearn for it."

[@MontyMonferno]

victoria learning how to ride a bike WHILE doing a task is one of the most wholesome taskmaster moments ever :)

[@Elwaves2925]

One of the many factors that make this season one of the best. She was always a joy to watch but especially in that task.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

And a year Earlier on Unbelievable Truth she made Fun of a Person because they Couldn't ride a bike and made a joke of him that the entire Audience laughed at.. She acted Shocked that A man had never ridden a bike before Yet she was exactly the same. To me that's being a Massive Hypocrite and what's worse is she humiliated somebody else over her own Insecurities about the exact same topic.

[@kimaboe]

@@QIKUGAMES-QIKU Almost like making jokes is her job. And that the people who go on that show know full well they will have jokes made. I very much doubt that person was humiliated.

[@simonwild428]

@@QIKUGAMES-QIKU ooohh you do carry a grudge don’t you…. Deep breaths and relax…..

[@zoid9969]

​@@QIKUGAMES-QIKU What's with all the random capital letters all over the place?

[@nigeljames6017]

Victoria with the jigsaw puzzle, is the representation of her persona when she is playing professional poker. She thinks logically, steps up to the task and comes to a conclusion. Brilliantly played.

[@kurtsudheim825]

Poker is a bit more than that, but yes, she has an awesome mine

[@nigeljames6017]

@@kurtsudheim825 Well, she plays poker professionally winning tournaments regularly, that was really my point.

[@DW-yh2xg]

Bro thank you I was jsut about to google if she played poker 😂

[@EdgyShooter]

I love how Victoria's friend was so certain she'd been day drinking 😂

[@digitool5944]

she does have an alcohol habit

[@Hexen_Wulf]

"If I knew what cool was, I wouldn't have arrived at this part of my life!" says the professional, multiple tournament winning poker playing, seagull saving, and just overall brilliant woman.

[@maximilianroldan9003]

How is that not cool?

[@irisblue2332]

@@maximilianroldan9003 Exactly his point!

[@Hexen_Wulf]

@@maximilianroldan9003 Yeah, that was kind of my point.

[@untexan]

Coolness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder

[@ftlouim]

She also co-wrote and -directed a porn film with one of her best mates

[@feralfauna_]

As someone who abhors phone calls and can not, as an adult, ride a bike, I feel like Victoria represents me.

[@EdgyShooter]

I like the idea that somewhere there's a ven diagram of all those categories in a TV studio somewhere

[@Swirlingflame]

I adore Victoria, she's so clever, but so perfectionistic, and it makes for hilarious situations. She also has produced what I consider the best line to come from that season, possibly from all of Taskmaster: "I don't fear death. In fact, the more this series goes on, the more I yearn for it."

[@sheilaboston7051]

Had never heard of her (I'm an Aussie) until Taskmaster and most of the clips I saw were of her complaining, so she didn't endear herself to me. However, after watching full tasks AND learning that she's David Mitchell's wife (explains a lot!), she quite became one of my favourites. I just wish Taskmaster would put up full series.

[@rivermistfae]

I love this quote 😂

[@kooolkidninjamaster]

He didn't get any GCSE but he knows what a harmonica is 😂😂

[@reggaemarley4617]

I love Victoria so much. Her aura gives stuck up haughty old money, but she's actually just a goof.

[@bugbear2357]

Victoria getting most of the way through a 2 person task on her own, unaware that Alan was supposed to assist her in the code breaking, was very impressive and also very hilarious in my household because it's _exactly what I would have done_ and my mum pointed that out very quickly

[@TheLoser95]

the best part about that was telling alan to make himself look like charlie chaplin with no explanation whatsoever. "i have a hat and a moustache" "can you make yourelf look like charlie chaplin?" "ok"

[@Hsel-lc1wt]

I would have done the exact same, there are dozens of us! Also I'm genuinely surprised she didn't get it after the first line, it's a classic riddle... Unless of course she was asked by the production team to read the whole thing

[@sheilaboston7051]

Team work is enjoyable but that task was right up Victoria's alley. I, too, can be a bit like that - just get terribly focussed and immersed in the task, quite oblivious to anybody or anything else going on, and having that train of thought broken can be very off-putting. They actually made a great team.

[@matthewpopow6647]

​@@TheLoser95if it was me and a friend in that situation... Me: I have a bowler hat and a mustache. Friend: can you make yourself look like Charlie Chaplin? Me: literally the first thing I did.

[@annenixda4800]

@@TheLoser95 and he didn't question it for one second either.

[@ThurstonCyclist]

Her "most ridiculous thin thing" prize task was, in my opinion, the best prize task that's ever been done on the show. She got Greg to paint himself into a corner, and he knew it.

[@Crimson365]

which episode?

[@ThurstonCyclist]

@@Crimson365 Episode 7, "The integrity of the product."

[@obesus787]

That was straight up psychological warfare, she practically *beat* Greg into submission

[@AlyJeann]

Victoria and the Phone Call is absolutely me anytime I have to talk to someone 😂 "Oh, this is awful!"

[@morot172]

All clips with Victoria are automatically amazing, but I feel a little cross that you didn't include her prize task gifting Alan, a massive Arsenal supporter, a season ticket to Manchester United. I don't think I have laughed as much at any other time in the history of the show!

[@Elwaves2925]

I'm not a footie fan and even I knew how bad it was as soon as Man Utd was mentioned. It's made even better by the fact she genuinely thought it was a good prize.

[@kimaboe]

She didn't even pay for the full season ticket. She actually gave him a voucher for *part of* a season ticket to a team he hates. Great stuff.

[@Kernel15]

@@Elwaves2925 Victoria's been on QI with Alan where he's talked about Arsenal, and Utd haven't been good in a while, so at the time of filming the most recently successful club would be City, not United... which doesn't have a rivalry with Arsenal the way Utd have. It was almost certainly a troll lmao

[@Elwaves2925]

@@Kernel15 Maybe but she's kept up with that pretense since the show, which leans me towards her thinking it really was a good thing. It's not like she'd remember every thing Alan said on QI when she was there. What does City have to do with it? I thought it was established on the show that it was for Man Utd. I don't get the point you're making here.

[@Kernel15]

​@@Elwaves2925 She said Utd was the best team because "when you look at the cups, it's always Man United", but as of 2021 where this was filmed, historically, the best team is Liverpool, and recently, that's City, with Utd not having had much success. So I'm not sure where she'd have gotten that idea. Utd, though, is Arsenal's most successful bitter rival, aren't they? Also, there's no way Victoria doesn't understand that football tribalism exists even if she can't quite get into the spirit of it. She even said "If he loves football, he's going to want to see the best team", and if that isn't an obvious dig at Arsenal... Alan himself called it the "most passive-aggressive, calculated personal attack".

[@simont390]

The irony of Victoria not knowing what cool is when she also happens to be the first person to ever win two poker world championship grand slams

[@praalgraf]

she and david mitchell were made for each other

[@bananaboatcharlie]

Greg's reaction to Victoria having actually customized her inhaler is up there with the Fez reaction honestly 😂 The shock and horror with the attempt to be slightly polite is such an excellent representation of this show

[@caryn9953]

I could watch that riddle task a million times and never get tired of it...it's one of my absolute favorite taskmaster moments

[@Agatharose457]

I wish we could have seen David Mitchell’s reaction to this

[@shaunhamid5104]

Lee Mack would have been amazing on that phone call task. Victoria is a bloody national treasure! I was rooting for her the whole series, even when I knew she had no shot.

[@nettieb7604]

“As you can see here I don’t fear death - actually as this series goes on the more I yearn for it”

[@cyprel]

Based on the footage, Victoria thought the 'ball throwing' task would be all about: wander to the shed, grab a ball, wander back to the house, chuck it at Alex who is just standing there. Fastest wins.

[@DarnWhippets]

Victoria is the queen of geek. Thank goodness for cool role models.

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

11:24 Alex did look quite suprised that Victoria cracked the riddle without Alan's puzzle

[@camogrrl]

I literally customised my own inhaler after she said that 6:31

[@genghiscan2918]

Victoria quickly adding up the scores is one of my faves.

[@OP-1000]

I only now understand her “drawn from the world of the customized inhaler” comment.

[@nybbleme]

I have a picture of an inhaler that somebody decorated to look all 15th century menacing and it says Vlad the imhaler

[@CricketEngland]

David Mitchell is a very lucky man..

[@badidea12341]

I would love to see him on Taskmaster, even for just a single episode.

[@iliketrains3495]

@@badidea12341 I think he said he doesn't want to do it. Although maybe he's more open for an NYE special, who knows

[@jonathanross149]

@@iliketrains3495 I did an episode of The Great British Bakeoff. So, there is hope.

[@dcptiv]

@@iliketrains3495 Its not his type of comedy & I think he would find himself out of place & feel awkward. I like Davids work but his comedy is not a fit for the show.

[@richardb2456]

He did do a show called outsiders I beleive on Dave that was compared as a not so good taskmaster set in woods with comedians teams of two and David was the taskmaster in a sort

[@thomasreddy416]

Victoria was such a good sport about the Bike task. How did she Not get a bonus point?

[@kevb301]

Old Goosebump Arm may have finished last but she was great.

[@Random-js6em]

now i need a full length version of that phone call task!!

[@sheilaboston7051]

Desiree was unbelievable!

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

Victoria solving the riddle was brilliant. Zero criticism of Alan Davies but he was totally outclassed. Anybody would have been totally outclassed.

[@justlola417]

I keep my stand that Victoria's disregard for looking cool was the coolest thing there

[@hoagy_ytfc]

My command of the English language is not sufficient for me to be able to explain how much I love Victoria Coren Mitchell.

[@jacobsmith-hi6ey]

she really is an icon.

[@paulwalsh2344]

"It's very much a task drawn from the world of the customized inhaler..." I've said it SOOOOO many times before, but Victoria Coren Mitchell is touts adorbs...

[@oddyoddsox8059]

I love Victoria, I think she’s brilliant!

[@ejc1868]

Victoria was so fun to watch! One of my top favorite contestants.

[@silverstreaker9727]

Love watching Old Goosebump Arm here; so glad she went on Taskmaster. Always good to see her onscreen and great to see more of her lovely personality, especially on the bicycle. All hail Queen Victoria the Second!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Victoria’s comment before the jam task confirms my thought that the coolest people don’t even know they’re cool.

[@mrcbeee]

David Mitchel is the luckiest man alive!

[@88sinder]

"hide" - Victoria was right! From Cambridge Dictionary: to put something or someone in a place where that thing or person cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found.

[@meyr1992]

so everyone you dont see right now is hiding from you?

[@SensationalBanana]

I've loved every second of her participation in this show.

[@hoojip5969]

Can’t believe you didn’t include the saga of Greedy Esquire

[@halliethealleycat]

i aspire to be Victoria Coren-Mitchell. If I'm not her when I'm older, I've done something wrong

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

What a well deserved and brilliant compilation of Victoria Coren Mitchell's appearances on Taskmaster!

[@lhfirex]

Thanks for the reminder of just how good series 12's cast was!

[@docwho9]

10 quid says Alex just assumed everyone could ride a bicycle

[@sdrawkcab190]

I only just discovered this show, and I've already binged three seasons. Of all the British panel shows I'd love to be on, this has got to be the one.

[@jennidoesherbest]

having a sick day and this was NECESSARY!!

[@_mels_]

Absolutely adored Ol' Goosebump Arm on this series

[@ChongFrisbee]

Honestly, Victoria was the best at prize task so far (Angela Dravid from TaskMaster NZ is her only real competition, IHMO). This video could easily have been all of her prize tasks

[@kellyheidel4337]

Thank you for the long video, Taskmaster! I hope someday I will get to see season 12 full episodes on this channel! 🤞🏻

[@EnoVarma]

If anything, "brilliant" is an understatement.

[@rhysalexander182]

The team task with Alan where they did sports commercial had me in tears of laughter.

[@CricketEngland]

If you like VCM then you have to watch her show “Only Connect” , it a brilliant quiz show

[@SarahJigglypuff]

Victoria’s personality is very similar to mine so naturally I love her.

[@mhansl]

Her delivery timing s fantastic. Love this woman.

[@Dhor16]

I adored her so much

[@DoubleTrouble-li5wi]

Victoria Coren Mitchell is an absolute delight!

[@dAfoodie101]

11:24 i love how alex looks up here like oh shit she did it herself

[@CrimsonKage]

If there was a video on Victoria just learning to ride a bike, I'd watch it no questions asked.

[@yelanates]

One of my favorite contestants of all time. And love Mr. Greedy, Esq. as well.

[@christianlafontaine8602]

I was really really hoping she was going to call David and he was going to be really annoyed in classic David fashion

[@mickharrison90]

Think this could be one of my favorite all time tasks

[@francesbale1409]

she absolutely won my heart in this series

[@esteban280889]

Love VCM. David is a lucky man.

[@randomdude8790]

Greg did NOT expect her to say that she had customized her own inhaler

[@RandiRain]

She has a great smile and is very fun. Great cast this series.

[@TonyMontanaDS]

Except she has no sense of humour.

[@RandiRain]

@@TonyMontanaDS The person who can laugh at herself has no sense of humor? Sounds like you might have some sort of bias.

[@TonyMontanaDS]

@@RandiRain No bias at all. She constantly complains about jokes made by other comedians. Narcissism at it's best.

[@christam949]

taskmaster needs to have a short series of the contestants that deserve a taskmaster redemption and bring back victoria, nish, romesh, james acaster and david baddiel.

[@danniantagonist]

This is a "Vic is amazing but Guz is AWESOME" moment. Have I said it recently? Guz is the best!! 💖💖🥰🥰

[@DrUmbreon]

There's a new series of Only Connect, so make sure to keep calling her Old Goosebump Arm to retroactively earn her some points.

[@olena_0]

She is the best contestant ever!!! Ever!!! Brilliant mind, who hates practical jokes and doesn’t know how to ride a bike 😅

[@youknow227]

14:32 love this so much!!!

[@bamleith3095]

legit love her

[@JustAnotherPoorSlob]

Oh, I so love VCM

[@toddster4242]

Ah, Ol’ Goosebump Arm.

[@dalluc]

I don't remember anyone named Victoria being in TM, maybe they're referring to Old Goosebump Arm?

[@abimopectore6859]

The most adorable alien who ever crashed on our planet

[@thedivinemrm5832]

I love that she called her former beau, poker ace Neil Channing.

[@lissamk3990]

The phone one would have been so easy for me---my mother would barely register most of those things as even being weird, LOL!

[@Sunprism]

"You know, I was going to do Great Things!"

[@frkPalmer460]

I think she was onto something with the spade and the jam, because i just saw a video on tiktok with a dude putting chocolate spread on toast with a trowel and that had hundreds of thousands of views.

[@PeggyStentzCasey]

I can certainly understand why David Mitchell fell in love with Victoria!

[@Necron00b]

I feel the same about Victoria as Alex does about Katherine Parkinson. haha

[@samanthalaine8064]

I think you mean "The Brilliant Ol' Goosebumps Arm"

[@subbtopp]

Being on Taskmater is cool!

[@ShinyHubCaps]

Top 5 contestant for sure

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Victoria should've won the jam on toast task hands down

[@jonathanross149]

So happy David and her found each other.

[@johngoddard2270]

How can you not adore her, lucky David Mitchell.

[@benzaiten933]

VCM is definitely one of my all time favorite contestants!

[@charliefoxx81]

Please please please can you do a compilation of all of Morgana's Tasks? she is hilarity

[@achabotte]

Oh my god she is amazing lol

[@dAfoodie101]

omg i didn’t know she was a champion poker player! that’s so cool!

[@rubenlarochelle1881]

Victoria is the person who learned how to ride a bike the hardest way

[@646guy]

VCM is a goddess to be worshipped and adored

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

Personally I thought one of her best moments was buying Alan Davies an Arsenal fan only part of a Manchester United season ticket for the prize task

[@user-fl3sr2kh5c]

OMG I forgot about the popping up 😂😂😂