This programme contains strong language and adult humour
SHE SCREAMS HE SCREAMS
Oh. BABATUNDE SCREAMS
SHE LAUGHS
EMMA SCREAMS
ROBOT BLEEPS
Oh, you're useless at this.
HE SCREAMS
EMMA HONKS Boop.
JACK WAILS
Hello, I'm Greg Davies
and welcome to the Taskmaster Grand Final.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
What a ride we have been on. So many highs, so many lows.
But who will have accumulated the points to take home
the golden fibreglass effigy of the lord high priest of silver foxes?
Well, let's get on and find out.
Please, give them all an enormous round of applause
as I welcome our almighty five for the final time.
Andy Zaltzman... CHEERING
..Babatunde Aleshe... CHEERING
..Emma Sidi... CHEERING
..Jack Dee... CHEERING
..and Rosie Jones. CHEERING
And next to me, a man who is adamant that all of
the shops in his local high street, Chesham, are poorly presented,
overpriced and owned by people who make uniquely tedious small talk.
LAUGHTER
CHUCKLING: It's... HE CHUCKLES
HIGH PITCHED: It's Little Alex Ho-o-o-orne.
APPLAUSE
Oh, I'm in such a good mood, Greg. Why are you in such a good mood?
Well, I've got the latest edition of my favourite magazine.
I subscribe, obviously, to... Erm, to Sugar Guys, love Sugar Guys.
We made the cover of Sugar Guys, me and you.
Oh, great. First time. "Greg and Alex make our list."
Make our list. We made the top ten.
OK. Yeah, what's the list for?
Oh, it's top ten people you've never seen sprinting,
but you imagine would be surprisingly powerful runners.
Springsteen at one,
Davies number three. I'm just ahead of Kaplinsky.
GREG CHUCKLES
Urgh!
Let's crack on, shall we?
What is the last prize task of the series, Alex?
Well, this one is certainly fitting for a tense final like this,
because you asked them to bring in the thing most likely
to make your buttocks clench. LAUGHTER
Yes.
Buttocks clenched and sphincter closed,
nothing out, nor in, shall go.
Five... LAUGHTER
Five points for the most buttock-clenching thing
and a dream start to the final for the person who brought it in.
So, let's all loosen up and get ready to clench. Here we go.
OK, Baba, welcome to the final.
What have you brought in that might make one's buttocks clench?
So, I brought in something that I'm genuinely afraid of.
Here he is.
LAUGHTER
I am genuinely afraid of frogs.
They are demons from hell.
Even if you're not scared,
if you just saw that jump out of nowhere... Yeah.
..your buttocks would clench up.
I don't know whether they would, Baba.
Let's say you're just, like, you know, sitting at home
and a frog just decided, "Hey, what's up, Greg?"
You telling me you're not gonna be like, "Ah."
Is the frog phobia a thing?
Yes, it is called ranidaphobia. It's an intense fear of frogs and toads.
Yeah, and I... Ah.
I have that and so this is a genuine fear of mine. Right.
Cos some people'll lick a frog, won't they?
Yes, they would. And they are called crack heads.
It's not a bad opener by Baba's standards. OK.
Andy. Erm, yeah.
What have you brought in that will make my buttocks clench?
Ah, I've, erm, brought in a... Well, a padlock.
He's brought in this.
That's what Andy's brought in. A broken padlock.
So, that's obviously, initially, pretty scary, isn't it? Yeah.
Where do you think those lions are, Greg? Oh, God.
LIONS ROAR
Have we got an interpretation? Yes.
Oh, we've... We've got a lion interpreter? Yeah, we have.
I've got an app. Here we go, this is what they were saying.
DEEP VOICE: Gregory, I eat tall people.
Can we meet for lunch?
Wow. Quite a lot going on there, Greg.
It is not often that you get to see a breakdown in real time.
Jack. With permission, I'll approach.
Erm, approach. Erm, and I need to... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Well, you haven't got permission. I... I need you... I need you...
Interestingly, my buttocks did just clench.
Yeah. It's very especially important that you close your eyes.
Nothing... You... You won't be hurt, but it's...
It's the sound that will make your buttocks clench.
GLOVES SNAP
Oh, Christ, is he putting rubber gloves on?
OK. Are you experiencing any anal...? Anal movement, at all?
Erm... Little bit of sphinchtal twitching going on there.
I didn't expect to say this on television, but, genuinely, I am.
OK. So, it's just... It's OK. Eyes closed.
Right, be with you in a minute, Mr Davies.
LUBE SQUELCHES What's that sound?
Does that make you...? It's... It's lube.
Lube going on, lube going on. It's lube, yeah.
Yeah, and then the final thing.
And I have to admit, this is what got me going when it happened.
It's this...
DRILL WHIRS
I think that says it all. Yeah?
Well. I mean, I thought we were just having a bit of fun,
but genuinely my bum has never been more closed.
Incredible.
Emma Sidi, what buttock-clenching object have you brought us?
Right. Oh.
I've brought in a special stick. Yeah?
Could have many different names.
Maybe a tickle stick, or a feather stick,
or just The Stick.
Definitely not The Stick.
Why are you...? Your stance is so aggressive.
All right. OK.
No, I... I don't like it.
I'm sorry about that, but how are your buttocks?
Tight.
These are the strangest selection of prizes we've ever had.
Do you want a go on it? No, thank you.
All right.
And, now...
..the person I have been most afraid to ask this question to.
How are you going to make my buttocks clench?
My attempt to clench your buttocks
involves opening mine.
I have brought my used enema.
CROWD GROAN
Lovely. Lovely bit of kit, lovely bit of kit.
I don't know how tight my buttocks are. You monster.
Just imagine doing that.
Or imagine me doing that. LAUGHTER
What am I imagining?
You doing it to me, or you doing it in front of me?
Dream scenario...
..we'd be doing it together.
Erm, it sounds weird, but I'd like to be there, too.
OK. All right. I guess, loosest to tightest.
I'm gonna give Baba two points. Ah.
Cos it's the Grand Final. Two points to Baba.
Three points to Andy Zaltzman. Three points to Andy Zaltzman.
Yeah, and four points to Rosie Jones. Four points to Rosie, right.
Now... We don't have much room to move.
No, I know, so I either give someone else four points,
or I give them both five points. Oh.
Cos they both stressed me out. I'll give them both five points.
OK, five to Emma and to Jack. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Right, what's the first proper task, little Alex Horne?
Well, Greg, we're off to the movies.
SHE CHUCKLES Ah.
"Say how many chairs are in this cinema."
There's loads.
"You may only give one answer."
OK, well, that weren't my answer. ALEX: OK.
That weren't my answer.
"You must not say any numbers
"until you give your answer."
"And you must say the name of every object
"that appears on the screen." Oh, OK, so, teapot.
So, what, I've gotta keep counting and spin around to see the objects?
Without saying any numbers.
"If you miss an object, one minute will be added
"to your time. For every chair you get wrong,
"one minute will be added to your time.
"You have a maximum of ten wickets..." Ten wickets?
"You have a maximum of ten minutes."
Fastest correct answer wins.
Mm-hm. Did you take any of that in? No.
No, it didn't feel like you were.
"Your time starts when Alex blows his whistle." Good luck.
Don't. Don't blow your whistle just yet. OK, why not?
Please, just give me mm-minutes to think.
I'm not gonna do that. WHISTLE BLOWS
OK.
What's the deal with saying numbers out loud?
Yes, so all they've gotta do is say how many chairs there are in
the cinema. I get it.
If they say any number, that is their answer. Got it.
OK, the trailers have finished,
let's settle down for the main event.
And it's front Rosie seats for Jones.
Teapot
I'm coming down.
Horse.
Rabbit. Rabbit.
Elephant.
Eggcup.
Tortoise. It is a tortoise.
Erm, Taskmaster house. Robin.
Robin.
Eagle. Are you going to touch every single chair?
Yeah. Plug.
Erm, it's, sort of, more of a, well, extension lead, but fine.
Three.
Three!
SHE SCREAMS
Pardon. Didn't quite hear that.
Hedgehogs.
Oh, what's the point any more?
In life? Yeah.
Oh, Alex.
Ostrich. Not really, no, it's a smaller bird than an ostrich.
Emu.
Has there ever been captured on film
a sadder cry than, "Oh, Alex. Ostrich."
I was feeling confident. Yeah.
And then that happened and I was so upset. Oh.
She was. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, you told me you got distracted by the hedgehog...and said three.
We've got a double bill now.
We've got In-SID-ious with Emma
and everybody's favourite superhero film, it's Zaltzman. Here we go.
Teapot. Correct.
Horsey.
OK, eggcup.
Teacup. It's... It's an eggcup, actually.
I drink tea out of eggcups.
All right, elephant.
House.
House facade.
House, erm... Yeah, lovely. House facade.
House facade, yeah.
Robin. Robin.
Erm, eagle.
It is an eagle. Do you like eagles?
Couldn't eat a whole one.
Stuffed eagle. It's not stuffed.
All right. Can I have a pen?
Please. Please.
Robot. My nemesis.
Robot. Oh, I love that robot.
How can I tell if there's chairs in those booths?
Stop the clock. Triangle.
Well, I can't... It's not really a stop... No, 318.
I have now stopped the clock.
Looks like no chairs there. Right.
328.
SHE SIGHS If there's secret chair...
No secret chairs. All right.
OK. Thank you.
Bye-bye.
Did either of them see the little chairs? They did not.
I saw the little chairs, I just didn't wanna stoop
to your fucking level, so...
Andy only missed four things on the screen.
Emma only missed an envelope.
Thing is, they think I was sneaky with the little chairs,
but I was actually very helpful with this task.
I made the film to help them along.
I'm a helpful guy. Here is the film again.
The first letters of all
the objects, every time, spelt out, "Three, three, three."
There weren't three chairs, they were 333 chairs.
No, man. Baba, I'll say this for you.
The only person who would work that out hasn't got a friend in the world.
But, look, it was fastest correct answer wins.
So, every chair away from the correct answer counts as
a minute. So far, we have
Rosie coming in at 338 minutes 39 seconds.
Could be crucial. We have Emma on 19:18
and we have Andy on 13:19 seconds, in the lead at the moment.
That is the first part of
the final complete, just three parts left for them
to grab hold of every point possible.
And let's not forget, there's a hot dog yet to make
an appearance. Quick, go and have a wee,
things are about to get cray-cray.
Hello, welcome back to the Taskmaster final,
where there's a task of cinematic proportions taking place.
Oh, yes, it's a blockbuster, Greg, just like that Bob Holness film.
The task is to say how many chairs there are in the cinema.
They can only give one answer
and must list the objects that appear on the screen.
Fastest wins. If they miss an object, or get a chair wrong,
one minute will be added to their time.
Just two icons of the screen left to go, it's Jack Dee
and Babatunde Aleshe.
Teapot.
Well, is that it? Erm...
Horse.
Erm, rabbit.
Egg cup. Correct.
Hey.
KLAXON HONKS
Can I walk around? OK. KLAXON HONKS
Elephant.
Erm, tortoise. That's right, Jack.
What? Correct, it is a tortoise, yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
House.
Erm... Erm, it's a robin.
Erm, bird. Nearly.
Eagle. Correct.
Hey.
One of those exercise balls.
Yeah, looks like a lime at first, doesn't it?
No.
Oh, triangle.
Stop, man, you're getting on my nerves.
I've got this calculation I'm trying to do in my head
and it isn't easy.
Ear. Wait.
You never said I can't use a calculator.
This is why I'm smart, you know. Work smarter, not harder, my guy.
326 seats.
345. That's a lot, isn't it?
Well, it's a cinema, isn't it?
You were on it, right? I was on it, man.
Used a calculator. Yeah.
Fast, upbeat. You, as usual... I wasn't using a calculator,
I was calling my agent at that point.
333 is the actual answer.
Yeah, so Baba was only seven chairs out.
We know that Andy got a total of 13 minutes, 19 seconds.
Baba, 12 minutes, 36 seconds.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yeah!
But I need you to look at something before I
try to work out what score Jack gets.
Have a watch of this, Jack.
I've got a small calculation to do in my head. Erm, it's a robin.
Yeah. Erm, hang on. Three...
REPEATED: Three. Three. Three. Three.
HE SIGHS
Now, then, Greg. Did the man say three out loud?
Course I bloody said it. You know... Oh, right.
Which means Baba does get the five points.
Andy, four, three to Emma. Great.
Rosie, you get two points. Ah.
Jack, his score was over five hours, 38 minutes, unbelievably.
Two points to Rosie, one to Jack Dee.
Yes!
Wow. Let's see these chumps up on the scoreboard, young fellow m'lad.
Yes, I can tell you there are now only four points separating first
and second place in the series. THEY GASP AND COO
Exciting. Ooh.
And this particular episode, Jack and Rosie in last place on six.
Emma's in the lead on eight. SHE GASPS
Oh, shit.
Very good, what's next?
Well, Greg, it's time to make good choices. Oh.
Baba. How you doing? You OK?
Yeah, I'm good.
I've got that at home. How often do you yoga?
I don't yoga, I plank. You plank.
For days. Honestly, I've got guns.
Oh.
Thank you.
SHE CHUCKLES
"Either..." OK, that's why it had either on it. On the paddle.
Yeah, well, it was an oar. Is it called The Either Oar?
Is that what you call it? OK. Not the either paddle.
OK.
"Either throw five fives in a row." "Or..."
"Do 100 press ups." You know my guns.
"Or...
"Eat a raw onion." That definitely ain't happening.
"Or..." "Find the needle in the haystack."
Where the hell is the haystack, man?
"Or..."
"Sit silently for ten minutes.
"You may only attempt two of these things.
"Fastest wins, your time starts now."
I mean, 100 press ups is not...
Is not a thing you wanna do on camera. No.
Cos I had a curry last night. Oh, yeah?
Mm.
Well, I'm sure I speak for the nation when I say I would love
to see Jack Dee shit himself on television whilst doing press ups,
but that's not gonna happen.
Well, first to make their beds and lie in them are Baba
and Rosie. Here we go.
Big man, I am sitting silently for ten minutes.
I just wanna let everybody know, you might hear my belly rumble,
make some noise. Don't panic, I'm just hungry.
Do you think you can do that for ten minutes?
Oh. You could eat an onion on the mat, or do press ups.
Ah, did you remember the rules?
One... SHE GIGGLES
..two, three.
Ah. Ooh.
38. How's your silence going?
SHE LAUGHS
Are you...? Are you having many thoughts?
Are you mainly thinking about Greg?
Me?
Food?
79, 70...
I'm not giving you that one, Rosie, that's 78.
Do you think you've finished?
Cos the clock's been going for more than ten minutes now.
SHE STRAINS
Yes. I've stopped the clock.
Yes, I completed my task.
Man stayed silent for ten minutes.
Didn't have to eat no nasty-arse raw onion.
Cos who the hell does that? What kind of sick-minded weirdos.
I mean what sort of sick weirdo would eat a raw onion
is what you were saying. Yes.
But who would eat one recreationally?
I was intrigued.
By? Onions.
OK.
It took Baba 12 minutes, 15 seconds to sit silently
for ten minutes.
It took Rosie ten minutes and 20 seconds to do 100 press ups.
Now, we're gonna see Jack and Andy.
OK right. Give me a minute.
I think I'll go looking for a haystack.
OK. And once you find the haystack, you've then gotta find the needle.
That's true. No, thank you for pointing that out.
OK. Be prepared. I hope you don't consider this cheating.
So, if I throw five fives in a row, I'll do that.
But the way I will do it is by adding up and subtracting. OK? OK.
Right, we're gonna go with that. One.
One, plus three. Plus six. That's ten.
Are you saying that's two fives? Right. So, that's two fives.
Oh, is it now? OK. I think it is.
Does that count? Four.
You've rolled a six.
That's a five, look. I've crossed that one out.
Well, there were six black dots on it.
No, it's underneath the chalk.
You are quite literally a hard taskmaster.
Four. One, five. Another five.
So, you've done three fives now. Yeah.
One. Two.
That's a six.
And a four. So, there's two more fives. That's five fives.
Do you want me to stop the clock? Yeah.
Four. Five. Stop the clock.
I think I've invented a new game.
I mean, it brings a bit of certainty to a world of...doubt.
Well, now, you tell me what I'm gonna say.
Congratulations? Well, I am actually, Andy.
And, you know, I think it was quite clever. Right.
He managed to throw five fives in 2:40.
Yeah, the man's to be congratulated for
a clever idea, don't you think?
Now, Jack had an idea, as well. Yeah.
I put it to you, your idea...
..horse shit.
Five fives, you wanted...
That was what was wanted. Erm, it was.
And that... You got the total... The sum total of five fives.
He did throw 25 in consecutive rolls. Five fives.
And he only got 25.
I've said this before and I'll say it again,
Alex gets cute and scared around Jack.
You let him do it. So, it's cute and scared?
And scared. Cute and scared. Little... "OK, Jack."
All I'm saying is that he threw 25 in a row, but,
erm, you're right he didn't throw a single five.
He fooled you with maths and with love.
Sorry, Jack, I'm not allowing it, simple as that.
And, just like that, we're halfway through the final.
What will our comedians do when it's all over?
Well, they'll claim they're retired,
but is it retirement when the phone just stops ringing?
We'll see you in a minute.
Hello, and welcome back to the Taskmaster final where
the atmosphere is electric. Ah. And so is my car,
300 mile range, unless you turn on the radio,
or open a window, then it's about 80.
LAUGHTER The current task involves options.
They've got to complete one
of five different things as quickly as possible.
There's one person left. It's her, Emma Sidi.
I'm gonna throw five fives in a row. To start off with. Yeah?
OK.
No. SHE LAUGHS
You're just trying to make me eat this.
But where's that haystack?
I'm just gonna find it, OK, so I know what I'm dealing with.
Sure. Wherever you want.
SHE SIGHS
Yeah, I'm gonna do the haystack one.
Yeah, good idea.
Found it.
I've found it. Yeah, that's the needle.
You have to reward someone when they play a blinder.
She's the only one who looked for the haystack.
She went looking for the haystack. There it was.
It was a mini haystack, she found the needle.
What else is to be said?
We know that Baba took 12 minutes, Rosie ten minutes,
Andy 2:40, Emma 1:52.
Ah. Yes.
Very good. So, points-wise, Emma gets the five,
we have four points to Andy, three to Rosie,
two to Baba. Does Jack get zero?
No, I mean there was some lateral thinking with Jack,
so that would be... Erm, especially in the final.
It'd be mean spirited to give him nothing.
So, I will, like you, give him one.
Very good, one point to Jack. There we go.
One more task then, little Alex Horne.
So, finally, let's gander at the goose.
GEESE HONK
GOOSE HONKS
Might wanna put some, like, WD40 on that door, or something.
Mad loud.
Yes.
Ah.
Huh?
"Present The Goose."
"Best The Goose wins."
"You have a maximum of 30 minutes."
"Your time starts now."
Do I have to look for The Goose?
I think you're gonna have to decide what The Goose is.
Who comes up with this stuff, bruv? What am I...?
I don't know how a goose acts. They don't do that, do they?
That's a chicken.
These are my favourite type of tasks.
Open-ended madness. You didn't like it, did you, Baba?
I did not like it.
I think... I think this was the task I reached my breaking point.
Yeah. Are you ready to see The Goose?
Let's play on. Let's start with this.
She's cerebral, ballsy. It's... LAUGHTER
..Rosie Jones. Wow.
Madames, messieurs...
..bonjour.
Je vous presente Le Goose.
DRAMATIC FLOURISH
Honk.
Honk. Honk.
Back.
Stop.
Lay.
Honk!
Lay.
HE HONKS
Lay.
HE SQUAWKS
Now...
..dance.
SLOW PIANO PLAYS
Bon.
Bien.
Bien, monsieur.
Good. I am...happy.
DRAMATIC FLOURISH
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Wonderful and insane.
All I can think to do, really, is just to,
erm, drill down into who this woman is. She's French?
She's French.
Although, she has limited French.
Oui.
It was very powerful. Thank you.
You're welcome. And I thought Alex did a very good job.
Moving on... LAUGHTER
All right. Who's next?
Next, The Zaltz presents The Goose.
The goose,
one of nature's rarest and most enigmatic creatures.
Go away. Fucking impostors. Away!
Sorry. Where were we?
BEEPING
The goose, one of nature's rarest and most enigmatic creatures.
We know so little about them,
apart from that they're distantly related to this guy
and they shouldn't be trusted near car windscreens.
So, let's find out some more.
So, how do gooses, or, as the scientists call them, geese
actually mate? Well, until now, no-one has ever got footage
of geese getting their goose on.
As we see, the male goose, or gooch, attempts to attract
the attention of the female goose, or google.
And it does this with a display of its physical prowess...
GOOSE HONKS
..range of flight...
HONKING AND CRACKING
..and, of course, its sense of humour.
GOOSE HONKS
OWL LAUGHS
And, so the romance begins.
DREAMY MUSIC
This is a one-week-old goose egg.
This is the same egg at six weeks.
And this is the fully grown egg at eight months' egg-station.
The mother goose then waits for something to crack the egg.
And the cycle of life begins once again.
They're so like us. In fact, this goose shares 99% of
the same DNA as William Shakespeare.
And maybe that's why there's such a deep
and mutual bond of respect between humans and geese.
Blood brothers in the ballet of evolution.
Did some wild geese really just coincidentally fly over?
They... They did, Greg. It was... It was a sign.
That whole thing, though,
of fading out as a sex scene is starting to... Yeah.
That's an old technique, so that you don't have to show the sex scene.
But then, you know, it was to give those who don't
want to see geese...goosing... Yeah.
..to go and make a cup of tea.
Whereas, those people who can fucking handle reality can...
Can see how nature works.
We've got time for one more before the break, Greg. It's time for Baba.
Baba.
Ready? OK.
This is my goose.
Oh. HE STRAINS
Boink.
Golden egg. Ta-da.
LAUGHTER
Thank you, Baba. Big up yourself, man.
Like, every day, all day. Bye-bye.
It didn't take him as long as the others.
I should say he overcame quite a lot to do that. I did.
Baba said, "I don't want to be a goose on TV.
"Everyone in Tottenham won't talk to me if I've been a goose."
I was worried about my reputation on the streets, because, you know,
as you know, coming from the inner city, being...
I live in the inner city. Yeah, being...
Being a young Black man from the inner city, from...
Yeah, it's tough. From the ends.
It's tough. It's quite tough. Sorry, I'm...
HE CLEARS THROAT, LAUGHTER
It's... It's quite tough to, you know, make it out of
the hood and I've made it,
I've made it on to Channel 4, Taskmaster.
Sitting next to one of my absolute heroes,
Jack Dee, and I feel like I did my best.
And if you're gonna penalise me for that, then I just...
I just don't trust you any more, Greg.
Very good. Very good.
He overcame everything to become a goose.
To become a goose. On TV.
WHISPERED: But the goose was shit. LAUGHTER
It looked a lot like a duck. Also, didn't you move to
the home counties quite a while ago?
LAUGHTER
Sh.
Break time for the final time.
Not long now until we discover
the identity of our mighty, new series champion.
That person will represent Taskmaster around the globe,
continuing the legacy of the champions before them.
Footnote, all flights must be paid for by the individual.
Taskmaster takes no responsibility, all rights reserved.
All profits go to Horne And Davies Enterprises.
And, at the end of the year, any reference made by
the individual to Taskmaster, or associated shows,
will result in litigation. Enjoy your break.
Hello, welcome back to the Taskmaster Grand Final.
It's the last chapter of this series
and our five foes are doing all they can to hoover up
the last few available points.
The competitors are currently each presenting their goose to Greg
and there are now just two geese remaining.
First, and it's been an honour to have him here,
it's Jack Dee Onassis. Here we go.
Oh, hello, Jack. Hi, Alex.
Are you, erm, ready to present The Goose?
Yeah. This is The Goose. Erm... Shall I talk you through it?
Why is it called The Goose?
Well, it's a nod to, erm,
Howard Hughes who created
an aeroplane called the Spruce Goose. Right.
You know when people open a supermarket
and they've gotta advertise it
and quite often they'll just have people going from door
to door with leaflets. Very labour intensive.
Why not have an aeroplane you can drop your leaflets from?
Right. There's a dispatch thing here. Do I take that?
Yeah, that's a leaflet.
So, that will just be dropping on your head normally.
Oh, yeah Horne's New Supermarket. Yeah.
Did you misjudge the width of the paper?
Erm, I did do that thing. Yeah, I did,
I couldn't get it all on one line.
"Milk, bleach." So, I put a hyphen in.
Yeah. Made a feature of it.
Off we go. So, I'll be... I'll be dropping leaflets in a minute.
Oh, OK.
Corner.
LAUGHTER
See. That's amazing.
This is much easier than standing on a street corner.
I see that now, yeah. See?
Yeah.
It's amazing the difference that SFX can make, isn't it?
Because when you were flying high in the sky, I just loved it,
I imagined a children's franchise. Yeah, yeah.
You take the SFX away and you...
You're sort of left with a confused man in
the high street who the kids are throwing stones at.
I think we've all used a bit of special effects here
and there, haven't we, over the series?
I think it's fair to say. That is true.
I think it is. But I loved it when it was SFX.
Yeah. I was just worried about you when it was just in a cardboard box.
Yeah. Go on, then.
OK, one left.
Finally, to play us out, it's Emma Sidi's The Goose.
What time do you call this?
Please, Mum.
I remember a time...
..when you were, I dunno, four years old.
What was it you used to say to me?
I love you, Mummy.
And why don't you say it now?
You bastard. Argh!
Get out of my house.
SHE SOBS And go feed that bloody goose.
We should never have got that bloody goose.
We should have never got that bloody goose.
APPLAUSE
What a powerful... Yeah.
There's so much not said, but so much said... Oh, God.
..at the same time. It was such a tricky text to work with.
We were... Oh, God, I can imagine.
The Goose. Yeah.
It seems to have caused problems in the family relationship. Oh, yeah.
Between Paul and Pauline, his mum. Yeah.
SHE CHUCKLES
How did the goose cause the family to unravel in such a way?
Pauline's son, Paul, had become overly attached to the goose. Yeah.
And the mother's love was no longer being given to the mother... Ah.
..it was now all going towards this goose. Hmm.
And it was ruining her life. Ah.
It's not very funny, is it? But that's theatre.
I'm having the time of my life.
Which was the worst The Goose?
BABA SNORTS
Come on, it was Baba. One point to Baba.
I'm gonna base the other points on the complexity of the narrative. OK.
Two points to Jack, three points to Andy.
Four points to Emma...
and five points to the mysterious goose.
Wow, OK. Five points to Rosie Jones.
Yes.
One more glance at the scores.
Yes, Andy and Rosie are in joint second on 14 points,
but the playwright, Emma, is in the lead with 17 points. Wow.
All right, everybody,
for the last time, please, prepare yourselves for
the final task of the series.
CROWD COO
Bring on the contestants.
OPERA PLAYS, CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Greg, we have a hot dog. We do.
Which means that this task is worth potentially double points
for Andy Zaltzman.
Andy. Yes.
Please, read the task. With pleasure.
"When Greg says, "Eyes down," you must look down.
"When Greg says, "Eyes up,"
"you must immediately look at a fellow contestant."
SHE GASPS Oh.
"If the contestant is also looking at you, you are both eliminated."
Ah. "First to win twice wins."
Ooh. Ah.
Emma's happy. Emma's really looking forward to it.
You need to win twice to win the whole thing.
It's five points, or zero. Oh, bollocks.
Or ten. Or ten, Andy. Or ten.
OK, Greg, the competitors are ready.
Eyes down.
Eyes up.
Still time, Andy, someone's gotta win twice.
So, the three remaining players on this occasion are Emma,
Jack and Rosie.
Eyes down.
Eyes up.
They are all safe. All safe.
Eyes down.
Eyes up.
Knew that was gonna happen. Sticking with their tactics.
Who's gonna blink first?
Eyes down. Oh.
Eyes up.
Eyes down.
Maybe we'll just let them think about it for a moment. Eyes up.
Jack Dee, please, put on a rosette.
So, one rosette to Jack.
All to play for. Eyes down.
Eyes up.
Ooh, we have Emma and the hot dog out.
Oh. Andy. Andy, Andy, Andy.
This is cruel.
So, it's Baba, Jack and Rosie. It could be over here if Jack wins.
Eyes down.
Eyes up. CROWD GASP
It's all over. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Wow.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Jack Dee wins. Let's add that to the final scores.
We'll come down and join you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well, well, well.
So, what happened there was that the hot-dog wearer, Andy,
could've won ten points.
He won no points. CROWD GROAN
Jack Dee wins five points.
Well done, Jack. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And, boy, has that had an effect on the scoreboard. Oh-ho.
Baba, you've come last with ten points,
but Emma wins the episode with 17 points.
Yes. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Emma Sidi wins the episode.
Please, go and bag up your butt-clenching booty.
Here we go.
The time has come to crown our new champion.
Who has triumphed? My dear, little boy...
..my sweet, sweet little angel...
..will you reveal the final scores?
I shall.
So, in fifth place,
with 137 points, she's been remarkable throughout,
she is remarkable, it's Rosie Jones.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And then, in fourth place, I look forward to hanging out
with him in Tottenham soon, it's Baba with 147 points.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
OK, third place,
she has remarkably won four of the ten episodes.
She's only in third place, she's been brilliant,
with 152 points, it's Emma Sidi. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
OK, here we go,
the lead has switched hands so many times in this series.
There's just three points in it. CROWD WHOOP
With 157 points, in second place...
..my hero, Mr Jack Dee. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Which means, with 160 points...
Our new Taskmaster champion is Andy Zaltzman.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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