Taskmaster

As the series rockets towards an exciting conclusion, the five competing comics are increasingly willing to do anything for points. Perhaps that might explain why Jack Dee performs some energetic air cycling, Rosie Jones wails like a cat stuck in a cat flap and Babátúndé Aléshé resorts to phoning a friend. Meanwhile, Andy Zaltzman deliberately dirties poor Alex Horne's carefully ironed trousers, and Emma Sidi reveals a startling belief about socks.

Prize task: The thing that most makes Greg scratch his chin.

- Rosie Jones: A scroll barring the question: "Would you rather sleep with Alex with Rosie's head, or Rosie with Alex's head?" - 5
- Andy Zaltzman: Aftershave made out of mosquito bites. - 4
- Babatunde Aleshe: A paper plate. - 3
- Jack Dee: A book called The Colin Phillips Book of Information, inside of which is a Phillips-head screwdriver. - 3
- Emma Sidi: Fake chin acne. - 1

Task 1: Put on the special glasses. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

- Andy: 4:53 - 5
- Rosie: 5:24 - 4
- Emma: 9:40 - 3
- Babatunde: 13:20 - 2
- Jack: 4:23, but penalised for putting on a pair of goggles rather than the actual special glasses, which were hidden in a plinth. - 1

Task 2: Be at the highest number barrel when Alex blows his whistle again. You may only move to the next barrel when you have completed the challenge at the previous barrel. If you fail a barrel challenge twice in a row, you must move back to the first barrel. If you are at an even-number barrel at the end of the barrel task, you are disqualified. You have as long as it took you to walk to this barrel and read up to this line. Your time started when you said the word 'barrel' for the ninth time. I: Throw an odd number with this dice. II: Answer Alex's question correctly. III: Pick any single red playing card. IV: Predict which hand Alex's whistle is in? V: Select an even-numbered bingo ball. VI: Eat a chocolate-covered coffee bean. VII: Toss a head. VIII: Pull a lemon out from this box. IX: Congratulations, you have reached the ninth barrel. You have done really well. Good stuff.

- Andy and Jack: Complete all nine challenges. - 5
- Babatunde and Rosie: Five challenges. - 3
- Emma: Three challenges. - 1

Task 3, Part 1: Label a part of your body, make a surprising noise, and do something interesting with your legs. You have one minute. Your time starts now. Part 2: Do these three things again, and again, and again, in that same order. Most sequences completed within ten minutes wins. Your time starts now.

- Jack: 40 - 5
- Babatunde: 21 - 4
- Andy: 19 - 3
- Rosie: 16 - 2
- Emma: 13, while wearing her hotdog outfit joker, so score doubled. - 2

Live task (Team Task): Say the same word at the same time. Alex will give you a category. Taking it in turns, team members must both say one word that fits the category at the same time. If both team members say the same word at the same time, they win the round. Also, you must not say a word that has been said before. Most in-sync team wins.

- Jack and Rosie: Win three rounds. - 3
- Andy, Babatunde and Emma: Win two rounds. - 2

Final scores

- Andy: 19
- Jack and Rosie: 17
- Babatunde: 14
- Emma: 9