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Richard Ayoade skips the Roman dress code at Taskmaster's finale

His costume holdout and unmistakable robot voice are recurring talking points in a finale drawing nearly six times the usual first-day comments.

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Why this story? The video drew 1,184 comments in its first day, 5.7 times a normal first day on this channel (210).

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2:49The prize task asks contestants for an object they would want featured on their Wikipedia page.
8:41A tiny matchbox model leads to a second task requiring a much larger recreation.
16:42At the London Museum of Water and Steam, contestants must deliver a feather within a strict step allowance.
29:48Teams recreate famous film scenes without using recognisable words.
36:12Contestants voice Alex Horne from behind a partition while Greg tries to identify them.
44:24The final series standings and trophy presentation begin; the New Year Treat preview follows at 46:01.

Asked to disguise his voice while speaking for Alex Horne, Richard Ayoade has viewers discussing just how little disguise he achieves. Several return to his robot greeting, with one pointing out that even the captions identify his normal voice.

It is a fitting detail for Taskmaster's grand final, which begins with Chloe Petts, Isy Suttie, Matt Lucas and Nina Conti in Roman-themed outfits. Richard is the conspicuous exception. The gradual appearance of the costumes, followed by his refusal to join the theme, has become another running topic beneath the episode.

The conversation is unusually busy: first-day comments came in at nearly six times the channel's usual level, while views were ordinary for a full-length upload. Beyond Richard, viewers compare the wordless film recreations to Sims characters attempting cinema and revive the enduring Taskmaster question of what actually counts as a step.

That question matters at the London Museum of Water and Steam, where a feather must reach a bucket within a strict step allowance. Richard bounds; Chloe rolls and crawls. Elsewhere, a pleasant miniature made inside a matchbox becomes a much larger construction problem, and Greg Davies tries to identify contestants supplying voices for his assistant.

The trophy presentation comes near the end, followed by a New Year Treat preview featuring Alison Hammond, Chesney Hawkes, Francis Bourgeois, Maryam Moshiri and Rob Rinder.

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What viewers say

I knew before I saw him that Richard wasn't gonna be in costume.
@hazleycarter8863See it on YouTube
I loved the closed caption for Richard’s take on the “evil robot bent on world domination” voice. It just said “[Richard’s normal voice] Hi.” 😂
@cmdrpicklesSee it on YouTube
The famous movie scenes felt like watching Sims act them out
@SwInGeRsNuMeRo11See it on YouTube

4 more comments

"Victorian glory grid" should have been the title of this episode. 😂
@ItsFrickinBats90See it on YouTube
I think Taskmaster has shown us that Richard is secretly full of joy, from his Kangaroo hopping to banana gun!
@eliquenSee it on YouTube
We need a Loser of Losers series.
@francoissyfert6483See it on YouTube
Last time seeing the London Museum of water and steam. it will be mist
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The facts

Channel: Taskmaster
Subscribers: 2,380,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 18,593,496
Channel views, pace per day: 3,771,125 (on a normal day: 2,767,951)
Video published: November 5, 2026
Video views so far: 672,471 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day: 466,990 (on a normal day: 519,014)

The numbers

The finale's standout change is in the conversation, not its viewing figures. Its first-day comment total was far above the usual level for Taskmaster's regular uploads.

comments on the video's first day

usual first day here

210

this video

1,184

subscribers

2,380,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,846,822,314

views per day

3,771,125