Taskmaster

As the series passes the halfway stage and the epic battle to win Greg Davies' beautiful bonce begins to intensify. Steve Pemberton delivers a timely message of peace. Elsewhere, Joanne McNally invents a new catchphrase, Nick Mohammed and Sophie Willan both struggle with a bottle of water, John Robins gets creative with beans and Little Alex Horne feels the thrill of victory.

Prize task: The best thing that you can get into.

- Steve Pemberton: A cryptic crossword that wrote for the Guardian, which includes a hidden code asking Greg to give him five points. - 5
- Joanne McNally: A sleeping sarcophagi, i.e. a sleeping bag that looks like an Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. - 4
- Sophie Duker: A human-sized hamster ball. - 3
- John Robins: Taskmaster-themed memes. - 2
- Nick Mohammed: The idea of putting a single ice cube to a glass of white wine. - 1

Task 1: Make a bespoke personal hamper for another contestant [Joanne for Steve, Steve for Sophie, Sophie for Nick, Nick for John, John for Joanne]. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.

- Everyone: No points awarded in this task, as this hamper was compiled for Task 4.

Task 2: Have the most exciting thumb war with Alex. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.

- Steve: He and Alex dress up as thumbs that have been fighting an actual war, but end up making peace. - 5
- Joanne: They play a game called "Custard Mustard Oh My", where you dip nine fingers into condiments, suck them, and with the clean thumb you stick it in custard, mustard and stick it on the opponent's head. - 4
- John: He and Alex swap outfits, and fight with their legs tied, using polls with boxing gloves on them, and they can only communicate using the titles of Queen songs. - 3
- Nick: Creates a mock stadium, where they slide their hands in to do the thumb war as if it were like a football match. - 3
- Sophie: Dresses like a bishop and dances with Alex dressed as a pigeon bride before they have the thumb war. - 1

Task 3 (Team Task): Make the most moves on the movement circles. Your teammate must flip a bottle, then throw a dart at each dartboard to create a move. If they get a bull's-eye, you have free choice. If they successfully land a bottle flip, your teammate may place a dart anywhere in the dartboard. Longest movement sequence successfully made wins. Your time starts now.

- Joanne, John and Sophie: 43 - 5
- Nick and Steve: 5 - 2

Task 4: Create a picture of the person that gave you this hamper [from Task 1] using the contents of this hamper. Best hamper picture wins. You have 15 minutes. Your time starts now.

- Sophie - 5
- Nick - 4
- Steve - 4
- John - 3
- Joanne - 2

Live task (Team Task): Completely cover your teammate in rubber rings. Catchers must face the Taskmaster at all times with their hands above their head. Throwers must stay behind the white line. First team to completely cover their teammate in rubber rings wins.

- Joanne, John and Sophie - 5
- Nick and Steve: Disqualified due to Steve stepping over the white line multiple times. - 0

Final scores

- Joanne - 20
- Sophie - 19
- John - 18
- Steve - 16
- Nick - 10