Episode
Taskmaster: The Mean Bean
Overview
The Taskmaster Greg Davies returns, sending fear coursing through the veins of James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang and Rhod Gilbert.
Details
- Series
- Taskmaster
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2018-09-05
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Mean Bean is Episode 1 in Series 7 of Taskmaster. It aired on 2018-09-05. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 3: Twelve Blush Majesty Two
Rhod Gilbert force-feeds mocha to Taskmaster Greg Davies' loyal assistant Alex Horne, Kerry Godliman boshes a ball and Phil Wang makes an odd noise.
Episode 4: OLLIE
Jessica Knappett piles shoes on a butcher's scales, James Acaster tries an emergency alarm and Rhod Gilbert smears mustard in his eyes - all to please Taskmaster Greg Davies.
Episode 5: Lotta Soup
Rhod Gilbert endangers Alex's life (again), Jessica Knappett's sunny outlook on life is severely tested by a former traffic warden and Phil Wang has a lovely old time with a squeezy jar of mayonnaise.
Episode 6: A Coquettish Fascinator
At the halfway stage, all contestants, with the possible exception of Phil Wang, still have high hopes of winning. Kerry Godliman and Jessica Knappett resort to soapy violence.
Episode 7: The Perfect Stuff
Greg Davies challenges his five fearful funny people to entertain him by completing more baffling challenges, which this week involve corneas, crackers and construction.
Episode 8: Mother Honks Her Horn
Phil Wang makes sure his outstanding outfit leaves even less to the imagination that it did before, Jessica Knappett demonstrates her mastery of a child's percussion instrument and James Acaster's dream comes true.
Episode 9: The Pendulum Draws the Eye
Two episodes remain in the series and with Greg Davies's shiny head trophy within touching distance, tensions are beginning to run high between the beleaguered contestants.
Episode 10: I Can Hear It Gooping
The series reaches its majestic climax. Who will win Greg Davies's coveted golden head to become just the seventh Taskmaster Champion in history?