Series 4, Episode 7 - 'No Stars for Naughty Boys'

Introduction and Chair Task00:00:00

Greg Davis welcomes the semi-finalists to the penultimate episode of Taskmaster Series 4. The contestants—Joe Lycett, Hugh Dennis, Lolly Adefope, Mel Giedroyc, and Noel Fielding—compete to bring in the best chair. Joe presents a beanbag chair, Hugh presents a tiny dollhouse chair, Mel presents a chair she made with David Bowie's face on it, and Noel presents a sentimental chair his son called his best chair. Greg scores the chairs, awarding first place to Mel's Bowie chair and placing Noel in last for her matchstick-sized dollhouse chair.

One-Leg Dinner Delivery and Hide and Seek00:06:55

The contestants must deliver Alex's dinner while hopping on one leg without letting their raised foot touch the ground. Each time they touch the ground, they must eat a slice of bread. Joe wins the task with his fast hopping and bread consumption. Next is a hide-and-seek task where Alex hides in the caravan counting to 100. Noel Fielding wins by hiding successfully, while others like Hugh Dennis are found quickly.

Foreign Language Challenge00:19:54

The show continues with more hide-and-seek results where Noel takes first place. The contestants then face a team task where they must complete five challenges while one person sits in a wheelie bin and the other is blindfolded. Crucially, no one can speak English. One team uses French while the other attempts Italian, leading to chaotic communication and loud arguments as they navigate the course.

Handshake Task00:29:38

Contestants have five minutes to develop a new handshake and three minutes to demonstrate it with Alex. Mel and Hugh create a formal, silent handshake. Lolly creates a 'gangster' handshake involving money, chewing gum, and painkillers. Noel and Joe create an unsettling handshake where Joe wears a glove on a pole and touches Greg's genitals for three minutes, which Greg finds genuinely creepy but names the winner of the task.

Banana Challenge and Finale00:38:21

In the final task, contestants must make the best and biggest all-round banana out of ten bananas using glue, a stapler, gaffer tape, and a chopping board within 100 seconds. Lolly wins the banana task for peeling and decorating hers properly. The scores result in a three-way tie at the top, requiring a tie-break task to open a jar of mayonnaise (with Vaseline spilled on the lid). Joe Lycett wins the tie-break and is crowned the winner of the episode, collecting his prize chair.