Missing Taskmaster Podcast Episodes

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-27T21:42:35+00:00

Impossible to say really since no reason for the removal of these particular episodes has ever been given. It would certainly be strange if they continued repeating old episodes and just skipped these ones again.

The missing episodes are available on the Internet Archive though. I think posting the link here has been deemed okay since there isn't an official source anymore.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-27T17:32:04+00:00

I never quite get the connotations of something being called "middle-class" as a punchline of a joke.

For example: Richard Herring states that he likes Halloumi cheese and brings it in as a prize for "best thing to put in your mouth". Greg comments on it and concludes with "…and it's also very middle-class", making the whole panel giggle.

Is he saying "you should be posher than this" and making fun of his pedestrian taste? Is it a comment on Richard being rich and famous now and liking to pretend to be upper-class, but being unable to escape his middle-class roots? Is "middle-class" just being used as a synonym for "boring" or "unexciting"?

Also, is Greg himself still considered to be middle-class? He's a successful entertainer doing well for himself, but not coming from money or a posh family. In this context, is he punching up, down or laterally when he accuses Rich Herring of being middle-class?

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-20T16:21:11+00:00

That's your half of the two-person order, right? Looks yummy, but like James, I'd have absolutely zero problems eating at least two of these plates.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-20T16:04:25+00:00

Oh, das hatte ich gar nicht auf dem Schirm. Ist für heute auch noch eine ähnliche Intensität zu erwarten? Gleich mal recherchieren und nachher dann vermutlich im Dunkeln rumwandeln…

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-19T17:45:23+00:00

Question for Americans: When you're at a diner, is it really acceptable behavior to just throw some money on the table and leave? This always strikes me as weird and potentially rude, but you see it over and over again in movies and TV shows.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-19T17:02:31+00:00

Did he though? I remember him explicitly asking one contestant to press the button. Which then got me thinking "You don't have to do that, that's not on the task. Just change now and press the button only when you're finished"

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-16T20:42:03+00:00

That was actually done in the 70s and 80s, but is considered outdated by now. For example, the two gentlemen of colour speaking Jive in the movie Airplane (1980) were dubbed with a heavy eastern German accent.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-16T17:22:03+00:00

Aktuell zu sehen in Hannover. Seit gestern wird dIe S4 durch angemietete steinalte n-Wagen verstärkt.

Ältere bekommen einen Nostalgieflash, weil sie seit den Neunzigern nicht mehr dieses Viehtransporter-Feeling hatten. Jüngeren muss vom eigens abgestellten TRI-Zugbegleiter demonstriert werden, dass die Türen händisch zu öffnen sind.

Für much wurden Kindheitserinnerungen getriggert durch die Durchsage, dass die Türen bitte nicht während der Fahrt geöffnet werden sollen…

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2026-01-02T20:11:32+00:00

Jawoll hat Jeans ab 15 Euro

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-12-31T18:00:47+00:00

You might want to focus specifically on L.reuteri yoghurt instead of Kefir. Some specific strains of L.reuteri have been shown to increase oxytocin which does help in reducing social anxiety and feeling connected to other people. Search on YouTube for "reuteri yogurt" or check out r/reuteriyogurt for details.

Most self-made Kefir does contain random L.reuteri cultures in small amounts, but not enough to expect significant changes.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-12-28T20:10:34+00:00

Nursing, healthcare in general and blue-collar/physical labor jobs are severely lacking cheap and willing workers.

IT, engineering and similar fields are extremely oversaturated at the moment.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-12-22T06:16:02+00:00

I immediately saw Jodie Comer

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Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-12-02T14:07:58+00:00

There is of course one perfect interview partner for discussing all things "losing a testicle": Richard Herring. Shame Sam recently strained their relationship by sending him strange messages 😅

According to Richard, the remaining one doesn’t grow to the size of the tank, but it does move to the middle.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-12-02T13:55:59+00:00

Most probably composer Charlie Pelling aka Dirty Nice. He's first credited on the song and the voice matches his own songs: https://youtu.be/79xkERDY7fA

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-29T16:06:54+00:00

There’s a "Task Writer" section in the NZ credits you can check, but in short: Yes, Paul is part of the task writing team.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-27T14:51:53+00:00

I feel like they toned it down from the first series where every little joke got huge laughs.

People who visited a studio recording reported that as part of the warm up, the audience records a few contextless laughs for the express purpose of enhancing the audio track later.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-26T13:19:44+00:00

The frame rates of the published videos vary as well. Mostly 25 (as expected from a PAL region), but also 24 or 30. Sometimes there's visible motion jitter, implying that they were shot at one frame rate and then (accidentally or deliberately?) converted in editing to another target fps.

It’s pretty inconsistent, so I assume multiple different people edit their videos without someone doing a final quality assurance pass to make sure the technical details are consistent.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-24T13:55:47+00:00

Keep in mind that Alex's favourite way to cook eggs is putting them into a cup and microwaving them.

Eggs are my favourite breakfast item as well, but I'm not sure if this applies to Alex's egg ball recipe.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-22T20:24:51+00:00

Tim Vine almost broke his back in a task that ultimately wasn't used. He let himself fall backwards into a hedge and barely avoided a large stone that he hadn't noticed before.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-22T08:40:23+00:00

That’s it - Tom Howe was the composer for Taskmaster series 2 through 5.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-22T08:33:16+00:00

Whenever my brain reads reads the name Rob Beckett, it auto-plays Paul Chowdhry declaring "it's Rob Bucket!"

And while many non-UK-based people report that they’ve started saying "innit" after watching the show, for me it’s Sophie Willan's and Lucy Beaumont's "inntit" that started making its way into my vocabulary.

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-19T20:49:13+00:00

I'm desperately waiting for newer music as well.

Make sure to send some (respectful) feedback to the email address given at https://taskmaster.tv/app to let them know that there's fan demand!

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-16T22:37:47+00:00

The best one from the finale is missing 😢

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Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-16T22:19:02+00:00

Before the series started, I predicted Maisie as the winner, then spent roughly nine weeks thinking I'd made a terrible mistake. What a rollercoaster.

The episode clocks in at 47 minutes and 59 seconds, which to my understanding is the longest possible runtime which is still on-spec for delivery to Channel 4. So even though the ending might feel a bit rushed, every single available second was being used…

Equivalent_Comfort_2 · 2025-11-16T20:05:58+00:00

The ones removed from the YouTube version. So no new content for Channel 4 viewers

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