Bonus Points

24 of the 150 episodes of *Taskmaster* have featured bonus points. The first bonus point was given in the second episode of Series 2 *Pork is a sausage.*. The greatest number of bonus points given in a single series was 7 in Series 4. No bonus points were given in Series 1, as well as the specials Champion of Champions and New Year Treat.

## Series 2

* The episode *Pork is a sausage.* (#2) featured a task where the contestants had to order a pizza without using specific words. There was a bonus point available for making the person on the other side of the line say "bubbles". Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan all succeeded so earned an extra point.

## Series 3

* The episode *The F.I.P.* (#5) featured a task where the contestants had to transport water between two buckets. Since Alex moved the buckets for Al Murray but not Sara Pascoe, Greg awarded Sara a bonus point.

## Series 4

* The episode *A fat bald white man.* (#1) featured a task where the contestants had to draw a caricature of a person that you can't see. There was a bonus point available for finding out the person's name. Hugh Dennis and Mel Giedroyc successfully found at the person's name so earned an extra point.
* The episode *Hollowing out a baguette.* (#3) featured a task where the contestants had to transfer water between two fish bowls using the supplied items, including a bar of chocolate. If a contestant ate the chocolate, they lost 5 points. As Joe Lycett and Mel Giedroyc ate the chocolate, they lost 5 points.
* The episode *Hollowing out a baguette.* (#3) featured a task where the contestants had to get 3 animals to stand on the mat at the same time. The animal was forced to change from chickens to dogs after an outbreak of avian bird flu; this change occurred after Lolly Adefope's attempt and Greg judged that it was harder to do the task with chickens so gave her 2 bonus points.
* The episode *Friendship is truth.* (#4) featured a task where the contestants had to make the biggest splash. If they correctly guessed who would win, they would have got a bonus point. As nobody guessed correctly, nobody earned the bonus point.
* The episode *Meat.* (#5) featured a task where the contestants had to put on wet suit whilst maintaining constant eye contact and making small talk with Fred the Swede via a webcam. There were two bonus points available:
	+ A bonus point for putting on the wetsuit the best was awarded to Joe Lycett.
	+ A bonus point for best small talk was awarded to Noel Fielding.
* The episode *Meat.* (#5) had a live task where contestants had to make the longest continuous noise. A bonus point was awarded to the person who made the best noise, which was Hugh Dennis.
* The episode *Spatchcock it.* (#6) featured a task where the contestants had to score a goal with a shopping bag. There was a bonus point available for best goal, won by Joe Lycett.
* The episode *Tony Three Pies.* (#8) featured a two-part task where the contestants had to make an exotic sandwich, then eat their exotic sandwich. Two bonus points were awarded for this task:
	+ Noel Fielding earned a bonus point for eating part of Alex's beard.
	+ Mel Giedroyc earned a bonus point for snorting an M&M.
* The episode *Tony Three Pies.* (#8) featured a live task in which contestants had to draw the median duck. A bonus point was given for the best duck, won by Noel Fielding.

## Series 5

* The episode *Boing boing.* (#7) featured a special task in which contestants could vote on who they think should receive five bonus points. Contestants could vote for themselves, but if they did this and failed to receive the most votes, they would lose two points. Both Mark Watson and Nish Kumar voted for themselves and lost to Sally Phillips, who won the 5 points as they both lost two points.

## Series 6

* The episode *One warm prawn.* (#3) featured a task where the contestants had to identify the most baby food. A bonus point was awarded to the person who ate the most baby food, which was Asim Chaudhry.
* The episode *Roadkill doused in syrup.* (#7) featured a task where the contestants had to draw the best picture of the contents of a box, without looking in the box. A bonus point was available to anyone who was able to identify the celebrity represented by the items. Both Russell Howard and Tim Vine successfully identified the celebrity, so earned a bonus point each.

## Series 7

* The episode *Twelve blush majesty two.* (#3) featured a live task where the contestants had to mouth a 10-word fact to the Taskmaster. A bonus point was awarded for the best fact, won by James Acaster.
* The episode *The perfect stuff.* (#7) featured a team task where the contestants had to build an extension to the Taskmaster house. Due to his teammates being unproductive, Greg gave James Acaster an extra point.
* The episode *The perfect stuff.* (#7) featured a live task where the contestants had to hit a drum on stage in exactly 9.58 seconds. Two bonus points were awarded to the contestant with the most magnificent walk, which was earned by Jessica Knappett.
* The episode *The pendulum draws the eye.* (#9) featured a team task where the contestants had to rally to exactly 24, 6 ft 8 inches apart. A bonus point was awarded to the team who used the most ambitious equipment, which was the team made up of James Acaster, Phil Wang and Rhod Gilbert.

## Series 8

* The episode *A novel about Russian Gulags.* (#2) featured a task where contestants had to transport rice into the bottle in the living room. Paul Sinha was disqualified for bringing the bottle out of the living room, but Greg gave him a bonus point "for accepting disqualification with grace and being a reasonable man."
* The episode *The barrel dad.* (#4) featured a task where the contestants had to get loo roll through the toilet seat. A bonus point was awarded to Joe Thomas for getting the entire loo roll through the toilet seat after it was debated whether the entire loo roll and tube had to get through or not.
* The episode *Stay humble.* (#5) featured a team task where the contestants had to play a game of long-distance catch with a beach ball. As Paul Sinha had the longest apparent distance on his own, he was awarded a bonus point for his efforts.
* The episode *Rock 'n' roll umlaut.* (#6) featured a task where the contestants had to score a goal from the furthest distance in one attempt. A bonus point was available for the bet goal celebration. Nobody earned the bonus point.
* The episode *Clumpy swayey clumsy man.* (#10) featured a task where the contestants had to completely erase the eraser. 3 bonus points was awarded to Joe Thomas for completely erasing the eraser, 1 bonus point was awarded to Lou Sanders for attempting to eat the eraser.

## Series 9

* The episode *Join our cult.* (#1) featured a live task where the contestants had to draw the second longest snake on toilet paper. A bonus point was awarded to the contestant who drew the best snake, earned by Rose Matafeo.
* The episode *Another spoon.* (#5) featured a team task where the contestants had to learn facts about a person. A bonus point was available for the person who was able to recreate the person's party trick the best. Jo Brand earned the bonus point.
* The episode *Bready bready bready.* (#6) featured a task where the contestants had to push a watermelon up a slide with breadsticks. A bonus point was available for the contestant who used the fewest bread sticks, which was earned by Katy Wix.

## Series 10

* The episode *God's haemorrhoid.* (#1) featured a task where the contestants had to land the most eggs in a frying pan. Although she didn't land any eggs, Daisy May Cooper was awarded a bonus point for being the only contestant to get any eggs close to the frying pan.
* The episode *Dog meat trifle.* (#10) featured a task where the contestants had to put wellies on the spider's feet. Katherine Parkinson did not find the spider and instead turned the tables upside down to form a spider and put a boot on each of the table legs. Greg determined that she was using lateral thinking so gave her a bonus point.

## Series 11

* The episode *You've got no chutzpah.* (#7) featured a live task where the contestants had to make their rubber gloves and wellies as heavy as possible whilst wearing them. Jamali Maddix was disqualified for taking his gloves off but since Mike Wozniak and Lee Mack copied his idea, he received a bonus point for 'inventing the bucket system'.

## Series 12

* The episode *An imbalance in the poppability.* (#1) featured a task where the contestants had to strike Alex with a ball. Morgana Robinson was awarded a bonus point for calling Alex a "little fucker". This is to date the last time Greg has given a bonus point that was not written into the task.
* The episode *The end of the franchise.* (#3) featured a task where the contestants had to make the highest sand bridge. There were 2 bonus points available for the most extravagant sand bridge, which were split between Alan Davies and Morgana Robinson.
* The episode *The customised inhaler.* (#4) featured a team task where the contestants had to solve a riddle whilst in different rooms. As she was on a three-person team, Morgana Robinson was tasked with making one of her teammates say the word "submarine" without saying it herself. As she succeeded, she received 2 bonus points.
* The episode *Croissants is croissants.* (#5) featured a task where the contestants had to sit on a cake in the fastest time. There was a bonus 5 points available for the best cake, which was given to Morgana Robinson who had made her own tiered cake.
* The episode *A couple of Ethels.* (#8) featured a task where the contestants had to make a popcorn necklace and follow the instructions of ringing the bell; if a contestant failed to follow them and did not ring the bell, they were docked 5 points, which happened to Desiree Burch and Victoria Coren Mitchell.

## Series 13

* The episode *I think I've got this.* (#3) featured a task where the contestants had to enable Alex to bites his duck, that was at the bottom of a bucket, without encroaching upon the decking. There was a bonus point for the contestant who got Alex the least wet, which was given to Bridget Christie, Judi Love and Sophie Duker.
* The episode *You tuper super.* (#8) featured a task where the contestants had to walk through a doorway wearing the longest shoes and biggest hat. There was a bonus point for the contestant who was the most stylish, which was given to Ardal O'Hanlon.

## Series 14

* The episode *Enormous hugeness.* (#2) featured a task where contestants had to sort ducks and socks into buckets after they have travelled on two treadmills. There were 2 bonus points available for the person who got the most correct pairs of socks in their buckets, which was given to Dara Ó Briain.
* The episode *Long-legged lobster.* (#6) featured a task where the contestants had to get two the end of a travellator and a flat walkway in the exact same time. There were two bonus points available for the most stylish mirroring, which was split between John Kearns and Munya Chawawa.

## Series 15

* The episode *Old Honkfoot.* (#5) featured a task where the contestants had to play the instrument indicated by the lit-up sign, with a correct answer meaning the sequence would get longer. There was a bonus point available for the person who sounded the least worst, which was given to Kiell Smith-Bynoe.