
Series 3, Episode 2 - The Dong And The Gong
Further details
Prize task: The heaviest item that can fit into a shoebox.
* Dave Gorman: Marble (27.3kg) - 5
* Rob Beckett: Concrete (9.3kg) - 4
* Al Murray: Alan Bullock's book Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives (0.9kg) - 3
* Paul Chowdhry: Watermelon (3.6kg) - 2
* Sara Pascoe: A poisonous snake that Alex wasn't allowed to weigh. (?kg) - 1
Task 1: Surprise Alex when he emerges from his shed in one hour. Your time starts now.
* Rob: Fires a pressure hose at Alex while cackling and dressed as an old woman. - 5
* Al: Banging a gong wearing nothing but his hat, pants, socks and shoes, while stepping on four airhorns. - 4
* Dave: The entire camera crew are in their boxer shorts, except one wearing a box, then Alex goes to open a jack-in-a-box, but before he does Dave jumps out from a bush behind him. - 3
* Sara: Frames Alex for murder. - 2
* Paul: Dresses up as an evil "Brown Clown" in a large jack-in-the-box. - 1
Task 2 (Team Task): Release Alex. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.
* Rob and Sara: 16:46 - 5
* Al, Dave and Paul: 27:37 - 0
Task 3: Create the best upside-down self-portrait using only the materials supplied [sauces and condiments, onto a brick wall]. The Taskmaster will judge the picture when it has been rotated 180 degrees. You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now.
* Al - 5
* Sara - 4
* Dave - 3
* Paul - 2
* Rob - 1
Task 4: Pop the balloons. Fastest wins. Your time starts when you pop the next balloon.
* Rob: 31.6 seconds - 5
* Paul: 1:26 - 4
* Dave: 1:50 - 3
* Sara: 1:58 - 2
* Al: Failed to pop all of his balloons. - 1
Live task: Unravel a whole roll of sticky tape, put the unravelled sticky tape in your lunch box, and close the lunch box. Fastest wins.
* Al: 0:55 - 5
* Paul: 1:12 - 4
* Dave: 1:14 - 3
* Sara: 1:46 - 2
* Rob: DNF - 1
Final scores
* Rob - 21
* Al - 18
* Dave - 17
* Sara - 16
* Paul - 13
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 11th October 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Greg Davies | Host / Presenter |
Alex Horne | Host / Presenter |
Rob Beckett | Self |
Paul Chowdhry | Self |
Dave Gorman | Self |
Al Murray | Self |
Sara Pascoe | Self |
Writing team | |
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Alex Horne | Writer |
Production team | |
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Andy Devonshire | Series Director |
Peter Orton | Director |
Andy Cartwright | Series Producer |
Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
James Taylor | Executive Producer |
Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
Hilary Rosen | Executive Producer |
Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
Videos
Series 3, Episode 2 trailer
Make The Most Special Effect is one of the challenges.
Featuring: Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Rob Beckett, Paul Chowdhry, Dave Gorman, Al Murray, Sara Pascoe.
The fastest to pop all the balloons wins
The fastest person to pop all the balloons wins the challenge. Here's how Dave and Sara did.
Featuring: Alex Horne, Dave Gorman, Sara Pascoe.

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