Taskmaster

As the series climax approaches, Little Alex Horne risks raising notoriously prickly Greg Davies' hackles with a task in celebration of himself. Sophie Willan is baffled by mirror writing, John Robins proves to be a talented tailor, Steve Pemberton has an expletive-laden row with a bin, Joanne McNally finds a novel use for a cow's ear, and Nick Mohammed brings a tear to Greg's eye.

Prize task: Most splendid spherical thing.

- Steve Pemberton: A moon, where the creators have pictures of Alex mooning. - 5
- John Robins: A giant chocolate-covered ball of honeycomb. - 4
- Joanne McNally: A drinks globe. - 3
- Sophie Willan: A magic 8-ball. - 2
- Nick Mohammed: Bath pearls. - 1

Task 1: Create a new tradition to celebrate Assistant's Day. Most notable new tradition wins. You must demonstrate your tradition in the next 30 minutes. Your time starts now.

- Nick: Creates a poignant song for assistants in general and for Alex in particular. - 5
- Joanne: Wheels Alex on a pram and gets him to shout at the statue of Alex. - 4
- John: Makes Alex a suit out of paper. - 3
- Steve: Doing a forward role while holding a glass of water, then a chant and dance. - 2
- Sophie: An upbeat song for Alex, with actions. - 1

Task 2: Peg a BLEEP sock, bin a BLEEP sock, then BLEEP don a BLEEP sock on a BLEEP appendage. Each single BLEEP action must take place between BLEEP bleeps. Most BLEEP bleeps wins. Your BLEEP time BLEEP well starts when the BLEEP bleeps start and BLEEP end when you miss a BLEEP bleep.

- John: 43 - 5
- Joanne: 42 - 4
- Sophie: 30 - 3
- Nick: 22 - 2
- Steve: 15 - 1

Task 3: Make the back of your head look like the front of a head. You may not just make a mask. You must demonstrate your new front of head in action. Most characterfull back/front head wins. You have 15 minutes. Your time starts won.

- John: Freddie Mercury. - 5
- Steve: A boxer. - 4
- Joanne: An Essex girl. - 3
- Nick: Death. - 2
- Sophie: Karaoke singer Lesley. - 2

Live task: Bounce a ball on the bar. In round one, your ball must bounce once before falling off the bar. In round two, your ball must bounce twice before falling off the bar, and so on. Each player has one life. Most correct bounces wins.

- Joanne: Completed three bounces. - 5
- John and Nick: Out on three bounces. - 4
- Sophie and Steve: Out on two bounces. - 2

Final scores

- John - 21
- Joanne - 19
- Nick and Steve - 14
- Sophie - 10