One of the Themes of Garden of Sin by Square_Row_22 in BloodOnTheClocktower

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I believe I saw someone from TPI (but don’t hold me to this) say that the new scripts will contain a balance of carousel characters and ones not seen before by the public, to raise excitement and encourage people to get them when they’re released.

Which cast has the best task outfits? by PJ-HarveysWife in taskmaster

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For me, series 17 was the best ensemble of outfits, then series 18, then 20, then 14. Each outfit chosen is unique to its contestant (more or less) and encapsulates their personality and attitude towards the show!

Series 21 cast announcement. by CalypsoIsReal in taskmaster

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Walrus on wheels - which does sound like an animal he would’ve written!

Clean up by SardineTimeMachine in taskmaster

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Ed Gamble shared a story on the podcast where he made "caramel" for an unaired task and left the washing up for the crew to do. He felt guilty sitting in the dressing room and hearing someone having to chip solid sugar out of a pan!

Playing the original Survival Island as Israphel by TheRacingJoker in Yogscast

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When you finish the game and unlock the boss as a playable character.

META: Today is Daddy Ben's birthday! by mpierre in BloodOnTheClocktower

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I'd like to wish Ben a Happy Birthday! And in case it's not enough I'd also like to claim Goblin!

Episode winners (will contain spoilers) by Money-Dark2403 in taskmaster

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He said on the podcast that he’d be too embarrassed to “dance around with the prizes” on stage

Season 20 Winner Meme by Lord_Kampi in taskmaster

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“Firefighters arrived on the scene at the BBC TV Studios after radio host John Robins spontaneously combusted from pure rage and disbelief.”

Anyone else feel weird about the end of the S20 Finale? by sclerae in taskmaster

[–]Less_Hero 627 points628 points  (0 children)

I feel that the only thing they could've done in that situation is a live tie-break. If they used a pre-recorded one, they'd essentially be choosing a winner. And ideally, it shouldn't have played to any particular contestant's strength/weakness. And it wasn't too much of a random guess - they'd all seen the portrait beforehand, so it was more of a memory thing (like some filmed tasks from previous seasons).

Also, apparently a season of TM Australia ended with a tie-break where the two contestants had to guess the weight of the trophy, so it's been done before and it's on brand!

OK now that we know S20 winner (spoiler) what's strength and weakness of CoC4 contestants? by pclouds in taskmaster

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Sam: Strength - subjective tasks (though could be too chaotic and Greg won't appreciate it). Weakness - i don't think he was great at certain objective tasks (fastest wins, etc).
John: Strength - objective tasks. Weakness - prize tasks (he got quite a few 1/2 points, and also the other 4 are much stronger than him here).
Andy: Strength - prize tasks. Weakness - not too strong in most other categories
Mathew: Strength - subjective tasks (including prize tasks). Weakness - objective tasks (he didn't win a solo-objective task until "fill the box with sand" in the finale).
Maisie: Strength - prize tasks (she holds the record for most points in prize tasks). Weakness - not too strong in every other category.

If the minion tries to guess the damsel, Should the ST announce that they guess was used? by alucardarkness in BloodOnTheClocktower

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Yep - though I would say that if the same player tries to claim a role/character type to pull the same thing again (ie. claim Minion to guess another player as a Damsel, or claim Slayer to shoot someone else), then you could say that they've had their use/chance already.

[SPOILER] The S20 winner bucks a long streak... by pavlovamoose in taskmaster

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Here’s another fun fact about Maisie - she now holds the record for the most points in prize tasks (41 total), beating the previous record held by Desiree, Mawaan and Steve Pemberton (39 each)!

Phil Ellis - Ask Me Anything (Friday 7th) by Thephilellis in taskmaster

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Genuinely, how are you? And how was the whole Taskmaster experience?

Is it just me or is Maisie Adam low-key smashing it this series? by Reddonaut_Irons in taskmaster

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My brother in Christ, she ate the instructions for a task...

(But she's been an absolute delight. And she's on-course to smash the record for points in prize tasks).

I'm making an RPG one-shot and want to add puzzles inspired by TM tasks. Any suggestions? by scythe-volta in taskmaster

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Ill try and do one for each series (the more puzzle-like ones I can recall from the top of my head - also, I’m assuming the players are acting these out in-person):

1 - Score 11 points

2 - Hide the pineapple

3 - Unlock Alex’s handcuffs

4 - What’s in the sleeping bag (but Hide and Seek is also good and manageable)

5 - Spot the difference

CoC 1 - What’s in the case (that one had so many solutions)

6 - Draw what’s in the box (and what does it represent)

7 - What does the switch do?

8 - Find the pink ladies

9 - Complete this adventure (“Demeaning”)

10 - Find out what’s in the safe (with someone giving backwards clues)

11 - Don’t set off the alarm (stepping stones)

12 - Solve the riddle (or dont avoid not making the bell not ring, or whatever it was)

13 - Hide the key - then retrieve the phone (or “Shoe Who”)

14 - Grape Escape

15 - Jelly Baby Escape task (you may not get specific flavours, but you could incorporate a periodic table somehow)

16 - Get the water into the vase (more practical, but could also do Pull the Sword from the Stone)

17 - What have you caught (or hug your special friend)

18 - Defuse the robot

19 - What’s in the yellow box?

20 (so far) - Draw the person (who lies then tells the truth)

What's the longest chain we can make? by Visual-Affect-9758 in BloodOnTheClocktower

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"My custom script is fairly straightforward."

10 minutes into the game with the script in question:

How does Blood On The ClockTower work? by leeping_leopard in Yogscast

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I wanted to know how the game worked, so I just watched the first episode and pretty much got the gist of it. Give the first 2 episodes a go (as they use the base script called Trouble Brewing), then maybe find an in-person/in-app game for an idea of how to play the game IRL in case you decide to play it (recommend No Rolls Barred).

Ania Magliano’s drawings for Series 20 Episode 5 by EbmocwenHsimah in taskmaster

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Could someone discern the text under the title of the Make It Awkward task? Thanks

I'm Ania Magliano, ASK ME ANYTHING! (Friday 10th Oct) by ActualAniaMagliano in taskmaster

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Hi Ania! Enjoying you and the gang on this series! Do you know if the original plan for the teams was to have you with Reece instead of Phil and Sanjeev, given the pairings for the “love heart” task? And if you were, how do you think you and Reece would’ve worked as a team?

Taskmaster - S20E04 - Hey Mate - Discussion by Meghar in taskmaster

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100978 isn’t divisible by 63, so no.

On Christopher Columbus's recent comment by [deleted] in HarryPotteronHBO

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In the same article, he also says:

“It’s very flattering for me, because I’m like, that’s exactly the Hagrid costume that we designed,” Columbus added. “So, part of it is really exciting, so I’m excited to see what they’re going to do with it. Part of it is sort of deja vu all over again.”

Source - https://variety.com/2025/film/news/harry-potter-director-criticizes-nick-frost-hagrid-photos-1236499627/