Episode
Taskmaster: Butter in the Microwave
Overview
Ed Gamble gets reckless with a frying pan, Katy Wix asks for a pencil and Jo Brand shares a leisurely sandwich with David Baddiel.
Details
- Series
- Taskmaster
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2019-09-11
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Butter in the Microwave is Episode 2 in Series 9 of Taskmaster. It aired on 2019-09-11. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 1: Join Our Cult
Greg Davies is back, joined as ever by Alex Horne. The five celebs making grand entrances for series nine are David Baddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix and Rose Matafeo.
Episode 3: Five Miles Per Day
David Baddiel steers some heavy machinery toward a representation of his childhood sweetheart, in the hope of impressing Taskmaster Greg Davies.
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Episode 4: Quisps
David Baddiel shows a readiness to bare his chest and Katy Wix robs a piggy bank. Meanwhile, Alex is powerless in the face of Ed Gamble's creative vision.
Episode 5: Another Spoon
Jo Brand shows cowboys how to cowboy, Katy Wix tortures Alex Horne with the help of a garden arch and Rose Matafeo asks a stranger if they have a library card.
Episode 6: Bready Bready Bready
Jo Brand demonstrates an impressive grasp of street slang, Katy Wix uses a long part of her body to steal something and David Baddiel takes a sledgehammer to a problem.
Episode 7: A Cuddle
The competitors are lured to a wasteland for a challenge involving eggs and medical equipment. David Baddiel spray-paints his face and Jo Brand reveals her psychic superpowers.
Episode 8: Shaqinahat
Greg Davies delivers angry appraisals from his comfy throne, as Ed Gamble dons a baby's bonnet, Katy Wix makes Alex Horne wince and Rose Matafeo does a spot of screaming.
Episode 9: Don't Like Them Go Bang
The five comics go undercover as they try to impress Greg Davies with their attempts at high-level espionage.
Episode 10: Think About the Spirit
It's the grand final, which features peas, teas and absent keys, as Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix and Rose Matafeo vie to go home with Greg Davies's massive face.