Tie Yourself Up as Securely as Possible | Full Task

From series 7, James Acaster gets all ties up in knots, and Alex gets a taste of his own medicine form Rhod Gilbert.
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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.

[@iheartbusterk82]

Who knew that Rhod’s mission to torture Alex would end up giving him one of the strongest victories in Taskmaster history?

[@GT_Walker]

The evil genius from Rhod in this is incredible.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Rhod channeled Wile E. Coyote. Meep! Meep!

[@andycap1]

I had the same thought as Rhod honestly, best way to stop him untying you 🤣

[@ShinyHubCaps]

The one time Rhod outsmarted everyone instead of just outsmartassing them 😁

[@jmandawgfan2533]

This is my favorite task because of how absolutely genius it is. Every contestant recognized how clever the two tasks were, and they were even applauding Rhod's interpretation of the task. It produced some unforgettable, funny moments that will never be equaled.

[@Tedds]

The weedy little "I'll get you!" has me in stitches every time.

[@seankrake4776]

I was wondering why nobody locked themselves in a bathroom and then tied themselves. Rhod took it to the next level

[@JKSSubstandard]

I would have just used my time to hop on a bus and run errands for a few hours with a string around my finger.

[@snyte9685]

yes houshold bath locks which are easily picked by a spoon

[@ZeroneAngel]

@@snyte9685 Not the one where I grew up. I was 8 or 9, key to bathroom door broke. Couldnt get out of the bathroom. Dad worked on the lock, and door, using various power tools(including a circular saw) for an hour before calling the fire department who broke down the doorposts with a sledgehammer. Note that the door was still attached to the posts and still locked when I got out...

[@ResettisReplicas]

10 minutes with a few of them eaten up by the siren - the best solutions don't always come to you in time.

[@NikkiDoesStufff]

Too many people in the comments always talk about their clever ideas to work around the verbiage of the task or do xyz and win. But the point of this isn’t to win or prove you’re a genius. It’s to entertain. Having someone lock themselves in a bathroom or go run errands, clever sure, boring yes. That’s why this show is comprised of comedians and not the general public. These people aren’t merely competing, they are performing. That’s so often lost on many of the people who watch this. At the end of the day, this is a tv show meant to entertain, it’s not about the tasks, it’s about the audience enjoyment.

[@Bennie58able]

"something sharp" is really quick wit!

[@Necron00b]

If he had brought him a lemon would have killed me. haha

[@paulenicola]

"Do you want something for lunch?" "Yes please." "What would you like?" "Something sharp." dead. 💀

[@PhanTomK90]

funny enough, in German "scharf" means "sharp" and also "hot" as in "hot and spicy"

[@blackmailz]

That JUST clicked on me on 2nd watch, lmao. How did i missed that!?

[@markreynolds1436]

​@PhanTomK90 it has a similar meaning in English. You could describe a cheese as sharp for example.

[@atticusv668]

Incredibly impressed by Rhod's dedication to undermining Greg and Alex's integrity at any given moment

[@ElectricFury]

One of the best tasks of the show. I wish you'd included the context of the boiler suit task first in this clip though

[@ChrisBillig]

Agreed. On screen text explaining "earlier..." or something

[@squidge903]

I have no idea what's going on when the alarm goes off. These editors of this chann are dreadful sometimes.

[@ElectricFury]

@@squidge903 they were given a task earlier in the episode saying that when they hear that alarm go off, they have to put on a boiler suit and lay on the floor as fast as possible. Which as you can see, turned out to be for when they were 5 minutes into being tied up.

[@connorwelsh2295]

@@squidge903 just watch the full episode you berk

[@grahamgill9685]

Task: "Slowest to be released by Alex, wins" Alex: "I never actually untied him, he untied himself and then came and untied me". Amazing how far this show has progressed given that Series 7 technically isn't over yet.

[@nedcurfman3486]

So this task has gone on even longer than Hugh’s basketball? Damn

[@LaMortDeLaMusique]

@@nedcurfman3486 Frankie Boyle still has a task ongoing too

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Rhod is such a genius. I’d quite forgotten Phil’s 5 point task. Well done Phil.

[@Necron00b]

One of the greatest Tasks ever. Kerry's reaction is pure gold. haha

[@GabeNotNewell]

The one where Alex discovered that some tasks can backfire pretty bad at him

[@tjenadonn6158]

I think he discovered that in season 5 with Sally Philips' "special cuddle."

[@danielzysk]

@@tjenadonn6158 or Lisa Tarbuck's sit on a cake

[@robet007]

& Lisa Tarbucks cake 😭

[@bootieos7701]

And Morgana getting Alex to eat the entire batch of blended foods

[@markstamp3937]

Season 1 Roisin getting him to eat a bit nice time toothpaste pie

[@scottmc1855]

I thought for sure James Acaster was just going to take off running away from Alex as soon as 10 minutes ended. I was so disappointed when he didn't. Thankfully Rhod came through with the genius play.

[@una_10bananas]

I think this is the most genius moment in the whole show

[@youmgsandwiche]

I mean Rhod's genius is rightfully the focus of this task, but I also admire how well James did despite how much he struggled with the second task and how had barely any time to get anything else done afterward

[@khinzakhan66]

Pure Genius Rhod Gilbert! I loved his approach to tasks throughout the show. Such out of the box thinking

[@SvobodovaEva]

Except for that one team task 😬

[@CelticCubby]

Rhod was one of my favorite contestants, such a creative fellow.

[@Sicanda]

This one was the task that made me start watching the show. :D I think it was the video "contestants who understood the assignment" that just popped up in my recommended videos and I loved the banter of Rhod and Alex in this so much that I had to see more of it. :)

[@lisa-uj9kt]

I'm absolutely with you on that!!! for me it was a "contestants who found the loopholes" video and since that moment I'm so in deep with this show 😅

[@alexthehunted]

Love phil reaction to the alarm like a super hero then quick walk like an old man

[@dontaskme7004]

Rhods method reminds me of what I did when my boss said "you've 10 minutes to stop me from firing you"... Just with less struggling and no international manhunt.

[@liam2745]

Jesus what’s the story there

[@kicking222]

Probably the best completion of a task ever, along with "I'm Always Seeing You (Do Cool Stuff)".

[@jonhohensee3258]

I just love Kerry's reaction to the alarm going off.

[@CthulhuInc]

one of the best solutions to any given task, ever

[@nickpels5772]

One of the smartest moves in the entire show

[@MorningDusk7734]

Couldn't you just tie your wrists and start running? If Alex can't find you, he can't untie you! And if you don't hear the siren, you don't have to put on the boiler suit!

[@brianm6337]

"What would you line to eat?" "Something sharp" *Brings back a block of cheddar*

[@barbaram5769]

My solution was to tie something very thin around my waist that would produce one of those tiny unbeatable knots but I'd have never thought to do what Rhod did

[@201081hero]

It would've been great if there had been some unaired footage of Alex shuffling along in the chair along with some context as to how the wheelbarrow and car tyre ended up either side of him.

[@xRiizo]

Another task where Rhod uses as an excuse to torture alex and it pays off.

[@glendarjj3991]

that moment where the other contestants praise Rhod's genius attempt and Rhod has a surprised and satisfied grin is still my favourite moment in taskmaster history. It was like a cinematic scripted moment from a film, the entire season was building towards it. It leaves a massive smile on my face every time I watch it.

[@aquawoelfly]

Been wanting to see how the others did this challenge. I hope Rob brought Alex some chedder

[@Cuddly_CatLady]

Good to see this again, one of my fave tasks ever

[@bennyt3701]

wow Rhod is a genius

[@RoyTheMouth]

Love Jess singing “Boiler Suit” 😂

[@rufusdrumknottvgc]

One of the funniest, most brilliant tasks ever!

[@BD-yl5mh]

“Is that just a local noise?”

[@garethstruivigdegroot4837]

The best task ever I think.

[@timeless4369]

Rhod is a taskmaster legend

[@scbtripwire]

I wish Rhod had brought Alex out some Tang as Alex's "sharp" drink. That'd topped it off beautifully!

[@thekow3273]

Rhod got 9 points for being a psychopath

[@danniantagonist]

Rhod broke the game. Greg calls him a psychopath and some of us merely fell in love 😍 Not sure what that says about me..... 😜

[@lisag6697]

without a doubt, this was my favorite TM episode!

[@violetobrien8359]

Rhodemption Arc

[@tsumichama]

The legendary task

[@evaahallows1102]

Have you done this before? Yep.

[@SennaAugustus]

Boiler suit~🎵

[@runarandersen878]

Great way of thinking outside the box, as often is the goal with this.

[@bondfool]

James is swearing a lot. Must be trying to drive off some Chrizzos.

[@elizabethmartell5835]

Rhod will forever be my favorite taskmaster contestant!

[@freddier5376]

I love the contestant reactions to reading the task as well

[@47Jaspers]

No spoilers, but if you like the boiler suit aspect of this task, there's a spiritual successor in S13

[@MarcMansfield]

i seen s13 and forgot, what was the successor to this in that season?

[@thegodfeather9862]

@@MarcMansfield "Make this key difficult but possible to retrieve." I'd guess. Although they didn't get scored on that part of the task.

[@dhendable]

There's been tasks where I thought I knew what the best option would have been, but Rhod takes the crown on this one!

[@nicosmind3]

You don't even have to watch this series and you can tell just by the big cheer at the end for Phil getting 5 points, that he was the shittest in this series lol

[@MegaZero47]

He finished in last, but his efforts weren't actually all that bad.

[@seanragsdale5636]

One of the funniest tasks ever.

[@EngTrek]

No one is talking about Phil.. He was the fastest in putting up the boiler suit..😁😁😁

[@GNVS300]

I feel like he was the only one who suspected the alarm might go off then, so made sure beforehand to not tie himself too quickly

[@SennaAugustus]

@@GNVS300 Nah, he's just that slow at all other tasks.

[@athirkell]

Still took him quite a long time considering he was basically just standing freely next to the front door...

[@Crasuk]

7:17 best part!

[@gerardomacias7370]

I just thought of something clever, it said that the slowest to be untied by Alex wins. It never said you couldn’t untie yourself. So first tie yourself up. And when the time starts, untie yourself. Now Alex can’t untie you. So he either has to tie you up and untie you, or untie you show lace.

[@SupahSpaceOfficial]

“Two and a half minutes until I come and rescue you 🥰” Alexxxxx

[@PimpMacSlickBac]

I couldn't tell you how many times I have watched this. I think the reason the USA TM failed is because none of them probably watched the show. I could crush it as host... Also only now, I realize Alex was being clever when he asked Rhod for "something sharp." I thought he meant like cheese and grapes, but he did just mean sharp

[@youknow227]

9:06 permanent look in...20 years

[@sendbac0n]

When will we have full eps of series 13? 🥺

[@weetscrump8103]

Anytime I was at the TM house after the announcement? Id put that goddamn suit on. First thing.

[@marcoserge]

I bet ur a beast at it now

[@johncameron4194]

Rhod’s 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@sahilnaik3079]

Dil bole wow

[@ItsPhillip]

Mad play from Rhod!

[@katrinacook3771]

Can someone please make a series with both James acaster and jack Whitehall it would be hilarious

[@bobbymac5231]

Where can I watch full episodes in America?

[@erikkarlsson9843]

Finally :D

[@missladyanonymity]

I wish I could have heard the task being read.

[@ThatCoalSoul]

* from Rhod Gilbert *

[@katza831]

Rhod is why we dont get live shots during tasks

[@WalterBurton]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hopemccalley6955]

Why was my first thought to get on the roof and take the ladder with me? Than tie myself. Lol I’m so smart

[@a_921]

Imagine if you managed that before the alarm went of and then had to climb back down :o

[@jelluh24]

I don't understand the alarm, did I miss something?

[@constancehaisma-kwok2442]

There was a first part of the task in which they were told that when they heard the siren they had to put on a boiler suit and lay down on the ground.

[@mytube001]

I would have tied a single rope around my waist, and then spliced and melted the ends together to form an unbroken loop. Can't untie that. You have to use a knife or other cutting device.

[@unclem7816]

This was a decent series.

[@timeless4369]

One of the best imo

[@ThatCoalSoul]

I both like and dislike that James' sunset jacket became a thing via this program ...Taskmaster is great but it shouldn't be that powerful ...didn't Kerry call her tour after it Bosh? (My point) Exactly.

[@iliketrains3495]

Isn't this the last time they cut to a contestant's reaction in the studio while the task was being shown? Just watched series 8 and I don't think they did it at all there, or any after that.

[@sorbetsurprise]

Petition Jodie Whittaker to be on taskmaster

[@ThatCoalSoul]

Let's let her enjoy motherhood for a bit ...like a good bit.

[@pauljmorton]

What was the alarm/boiler suit stuff all about?

[@collyflower6623]

At the beginning of the episode (not included in this video), they were given a task to put on the boiler suit in response to the alarm going off

[@ryanschwartz4959]

Question: what does the alarm here usually convey?

[@AuraHero]

There was a task given earlier in the episode that said the moment the alarm went off, they had to go put on the boiler suit. Of course, the alarm was set to go off halfway through the time to tie yourself up task, so everyone was a bit preoccupied.

[@ElMoss64]

The alarm was a different task from earlier in the episode which I'm surprised they haven't included. Earlier in the day they received a task that told them when they heard the alarm sound they needed to put on the boiler suit and lie on the ground as quickly as possible, but there was no alarm and the episode continues on with the task not done. This task takes place presumably several hours later when they've all forgotten about the alarm task.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

What he's asking is, what is the alarm there for when not used for Taskmaster? I'm guessing they installed it just for the task

[@C.I...]

Of all the people to return in Champion of Champions, why did it have to be Kerry. Rhod was by far the best in this series, and Kerry was consistently unimaginative.

[@iliketrains3495]

Kerry’s my least favourite from 7 too, but I guess everyone else was just better. That being said, I expected her and Ed to dominate COC II, but neither performed that well

[@Fucisko]

Rhod sabotaged himself on the prize tasks. If he took them seriously, he would've steamrolled everyone else.

[@Fucisko]

@@C.I... Greg's Trousers was not Rhod but Mark Watson though. Rhod's prizes were all pictures of Greg (and one very creepy video of Greg).

[@C.I...]

@@Fucisko I got confused. That creepy video was also one of the best.

[@UgglyOwl]

You do know that she won her season right? Everyone in Champion of champions won their season…

[@maizenbrot]

I've seen a hundred taskmaster clips but I understand absolutely nothing. What is the alarm, what are people doing? Makes zero sense

[@88porpoise]

The siren was the siren and what they were doing were the tasks they were instructed to do. It really is simple.

[@rolanddeschain6265]

Have y'all noticed how many task are entirely reliant on British people not being allowed to carry knives lmao

[@amemelia]

You can ask for scissors? In hughs series he asks Alex for scissors

[@hesterwright3674]

@@amemelia literally the most British reply ever 😆

[@Apokalypse456]

you... really should not need to carry a knife or any weapon inside a city.

[@rolanddeschain6265]

@@Apokalypse456 1. Knives are not explicitly designed weapons and most Americans carry them for work, outdoorsmanship or utility. 2. Idk what cities you're hanging out in but there are definitely plenty of American cities where you need some kind of weapon. Where I live, robberies and violence are common and the police don't show up for hours.

[@luciahoneybee]

Nope. Rhod didn't tie *himself* up securely. He tied *Alex* up securely, and then tied himself up pretty loosely. Also, he was never untied *by Alex* , because he untied himself. Therefore, he didn't complete either part of the task (tying *himself* up securely and being the slowest to be *released by Alex* ).