Buy a gift for the Taskmaster

**Buy a gift for the Taskmaster** was a task featured on Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 of *Taskmaster*, as the fourth task in The poet and the egg., the fourth task in A pistachio eclair. and the fourth task in Little polythene grief cave.

## Task Information

### Winner

Josh Widdicombe
"GREG" tattoo

### Presentation

Inside a gift-wrapped box in the pigeonholes

### Setup

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### Summary

The contestants were given £20 to buy the best present for the Taskmaster.

### Performance

**Frank Skinner:** Frank bought Greg sunglasses with mirrors that could allow him to see things behind him. He received 3 points.

**Josh Widdicombe:** Josh bought a tattoo of Greg's name on his foot to remember Greg. He received 5 points.

**Roisin Conaty:** Roisin bought Greg a £17 pet mouse called Greg, which Greg said he wanted when he was drunk, and three scratchcards. She received 4 points.

**Romesh Ranganathan:** Romesh bought Greg a commissioned painting depicting Greg as an angel with duck feet, which showed that he was all-terrain. Despite this, Greg didn't like the duck feet. He received 2 points.

**Tim Key:** Tim bought Greg £16 worth of National Book Tokens and a £4 greeting card. He received 1 point.

## Task Information

### Winner

Richard Osman
A gift of £250 to Child's i Foundation in the name of the Taskmaster

### Setup

 Timing
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### Summary

The contestants were given £20 to buy the best gift for the Taskmaster.

### Performance

**Doc Brown:** Doc bought Greg a helmet and cricket bat, the equipment used in his childhood game 'Mad Helmet Murderer' which he revealed in an interview, where his 11-year-old sister would put on the helmet and he and Mark Andrews would jump out with cricket bats and smack her over the head.. He received 3 points, because he made him think he cared.

**Joe Wilkinson:** Joe bought Greg a pair of wooden water-skis. He received 2 points.

**Jon Richardson:** Jon suggested that he might buy him a diary, since he had forgotten to meet up with Jon to watch darts together in January due to a work commitment, something that Greg wrote to Jon apologising for, to which Jon gave no further reply to. Instead, he bought Greg a cookbook of recipes, called *The Geeky Chef Cook Book*, costing £12.99*,* for food from famous films, such as the Big Kahuna burger from *Reservoir Dogs*, lembas bread from *Lord of the Rings*, and butterbeer from *Harry Potter*, as well as 701 penny sweets. He received 1 point.

**Katherine Ryan:** Katherine bought Greg a piece of land in Hougun Manor Estate in Cumbria that entitled Greg to a Lordship, thus changing his name to Lord Greg Davies. She received 4 points.

**Richard Osman:** Richard bet his £20 on the PDC Premier League Darts and got £250, which he used to make a donation in the Taskmaster's name to the charity Child's i Foundation, buying 3 months of childcare for abandoned children on the streets of Kampala, who sent him a video message from Harriet, a foster carer in Uganda, caring for a child called Annabelle, thanking the Taskmaster for the gift. He received 5 points, since it would make him look terrible if he wasn't in first place.

## Task Information

### Winner

Dave Gorman
Wem related gifts

### Setup

 Timing
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### Summary

The contestants were given £20 to buy the best gift for the Taskmaster.

### Performance

**Al Murray:** Al bought Greg £20's worth of the last rolo. He received 3 points.

**Dave Gorman:** Dave bought Greg a selection of gifts inspired by Wem, Greg's hometown. He received 5 points.

**Paul Chowdhry:** Paul bought Greg a game of Twister. He received 2 point.

**Rob Beckett:** Rob bought Greg a footstool for his throne in the studio. He received 4 points.

**Sara Pascoe:** Sara wrote Greg one single script page of his sitcom *Man Down*. She received 1 point.

## Other Appearances

### *Bäst i Test*

The task was featured on Season 1 of *Bäst i Test*.

### *Stormester*

The task was featured on Season 1 of *Stormester*. A version of this task was also featured on the 2022 Christmas Special of *Stormester*, where the contestants had to give the Taskmaster a surprising gift that would fit in a large cardboard box wrapped like a Christmas present.

### *Kongen Befaler*

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This task was featured on Seasons 1 and 4 of *Kongen Befaler*.

### *Direktor Svemira*

The task was featured on Season 1 of *Direktor Svemira*.

### *Suurmestari*

This task was featured on Season 3 of *Suurmestari*.

### *Le Maître du jeu*

The task was featured on Season 1 of *Le Maître du jeu*.

## Trivia

### Behind the Scenes

* This is the first and only task to have been repeated across several different series of Taskmaster.