Taskmaster Advent Calendar 2025 Clues

Day 1

Sort Alex's bookcase out. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 1 Task, 3 Books. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

Have you found all the books on the shelves? Alex might have been reading outside too.

Clue 2

Put the volumes in order, what do you spell?

Reveal The Answer

The stripy sock

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Day 2

What am I? You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 2 Task, 1 sheet of pencils with riddles on them. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

These pencils need to go in a certain order. Something in the living room might inspire you.

Clue 2

It's a rainbow! Looks like there are two riddles, one on each side of the pencils. Can you solve them to find the answer?

Reveal The Answer

Tread and Mill - Treadmill

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Day 3

XIFFMJF CJO. Decode this. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 3 Task, Day 3 Bonus task. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

Look at the ceiling in the lab.

Clue 2

It's a cipher! If T = S, and A = Z, then X = ...

Reveal The Answer

Wheelie bin

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Day 4

Spot the difference. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 4 Task, Day 4 Bonus task, 1 mini poster of the front of the calendar, with one difference... If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

Something big is definitely missing from that picture... It was in the grass area.

Reveal The Answer

Cow

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Day 5

Call Alex. 73163730269. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 5 Task.

Clue 1

That phone number looks like nonsense. This will never work on a normal phone. Try using the phone box.

Clue 2

The 7 on the phonebox keypad is where a 0 would be.

Clue 3

What are you waiting for? Pick up your phone and call Alex.

Reveal The Answer

Cake on a chair

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Day 6

Play charades with Bernard. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 6 Task, Day 6 Bonus task, 1 envelope containing two double sided cards with Bernard on them. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

1. Film 2. Two words 3.... 4....

Clue 2

A carrot nose and a hat...

Reveal The Answer

The snowman

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Day 7

WATERCOOLER, PEAS, TROPHY, WATERMELON, TREADMILL. Find us. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 7 Task.

Clue 1

Have you found all the objects on the calendar?

Clue 2

Just look closely, I'm not going to spell it out for you...

Reveal The Answer

Toast

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Day 8

Line up the x-rays. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 8 Task, 1 double sided x-ray arrow. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

This arrow is quite revealing. I didn't know robots had a skeleton.

Clue 2

When it's in the right place on each side, what is it pointing to?

Reveal The Answer

Blue duck

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Day 9

Complete the dot-to-dot. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 9 Task, 1 shopping trolley envelope containing a sheet with numbered dots. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

These numbered dots have some familiar pictures on the back of them. That should help you place them.

Clue 2

A giant dot-to-dot... what will be revealed when you complete it?

Reveal The Answer

35 (iPad timer)

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Day 10

Find the four correct times. Put them in order. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 10 Task, 2 sheets of clocks with different letters on the backs of them. If any of these pieces are missing, click here. If the living room looks unusual... click here.

Clue 1

Have you looked on the front? The back? The inside of the living room? Greg's got a lovely watch.

Clue 2

The only correct order is chronological, of course.

Reveal The Answer

Bath

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Day 11

.teprac eht rednu kooL .yad eno sdrawkcab oG You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 11 Task.

Clue 1

Don't be shy, lift up the carpet. No, not in here, go back to Day 10! Tip: It's easiest if you fold the walls, floor and ceiling all the way in, then lift it out.

Clue 2

You should be pretty good at reading backwards by now.

Reveal The Answer

Lizard on a drill

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Day 12

Put the criminal behind bars. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 12 Task, 1 Cell room insert with cut out bars. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

The only criminal around here is on that wanted poster!

Clue 2

If you put them behind the bars of inside of the cell, you'll notice something.

Reveal The Answer

Egg

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Day 13

Pop the green balloons. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 13 Task.

Clue 1

What's that on the Taskmaster's computer?

Clue 2

Go to www.tm-pop.com. Pop the green balloons!

Reveal The Answer

Ollie the Knight

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Day 14

From this room, go west three rooms, north one room, east one room, south two more rooms, east three rooms and you’ve found tomorrow’s door. There may be something wrong with these instructions. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 14 Task, Day 14 Bonus task. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

The instructions are simple, but did you notice the compass on the back of the task?

Clue 2

Everything's opposite!

Reveal The Answer

Easel

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Day 15

Organise the Alex’s nice list. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 15 Task, 1 'Alex's Notebook' containing his Nice List. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

Better put those jumbled letters in the right order. Hint: Everyone on the list has been a contestant on Taskmaster.

Clue 2

Now that you've unscrambled the names, different letters must be underlined.

Reveal The Answer

Watermelon

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Day 16

Count the ducks in the labs. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 16 Task, 1 duck, 1 Secret lab insert. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

Have you checked all five labs?

Clue 2

What about the secret one underneath today's lab?

Reveal The Answer

Robot

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Day 17

2, ?, 5, ?, ?, 13, 17. All the rooms in this sequence have something in common. Find it. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 17 Task.

Clue 1

The sequence is prime numbers!

Clue 2

One object is in every single prime room.

Reveal The Answer

Pineapple

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Day 18

Follow the instructions to find the plane’s serial number. Construct the correct plane. Find its twin. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 18 Task, Day 18 Bonus task, 1 sheet of plane parts in red, yellow and blue. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

There's only one correct serial number. Hint: The correct plane contains one blue, one red and one yellow piece.

Clue 2

The body is blue!

Reveal The Answer

KI7-IC2-DE4 - Red wings, yellow tail, blue body.

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Day 19

Open the gift Greg received. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 19 Task, 1 Long riddle. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

Hint: Liza and Tim gave each other their gifts.

Clue 2

Greg received the green present - but where is it?

Reveal The Answer

Trophy

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Day 20

Send a cheeky text to Greg. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 20 Task, 1 Fridge with magnets. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

Stop playing it cool. Text the phone number you found in the igloo.

Clue 2

The fridge magnets should help you compose a message. Don't forget to be cheeky.

Reveal The Answer

Hidden task

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Day 21

Hidden task...

This room should contain...

This isn't a room! Keep looking!

Clue 1

This task isn't very well hidden actually. In fact, it has Hidden Task written on it. It's on the top of the calendar.

Clue 2

Can you solve A HACATT? Not only is it in a hat, it rhymes with hat.

Reveal The Answer

Cat

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Day 22

Dig for treasure. X marks the spot. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 22 Task - Also a treasure map printed on the inside of the door, as well as 3 other previous doors!

Clue 1

Collect all the pieces of the treasure map!

Clue 2

The easel, egg, coconut and peas should help you find where x is. Get digging! Don't be afraid to do a little ripping..

Reveal The Answer

Weathervane

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Day 23

Alex has decorated The Taskmaster’s tree incorrectly. Reorder the decorations. You have until tomorrow. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 23 Task, Day 23 Bonus task, 1 Christmas tree with baubles. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Clue 1

The Christmas lights on the tree are the same colours as the baubles.

Clue 2

Follow the colour sequence of the Christmas lights, starting with yellow - R...

Reveal The Answer

Red green

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Day 24

You found Little Alex Horne just in time for Christmas! He was in the hutch all along. Have a very merry Christmas. Your time starts now.

This room should contain...

Day 24 Task, 1 Handwritten note from Alex. If any of these pieces are missing, click here.

Reveal The Answer

Don't be afraid to be a bit destructive - he could be anywhere!!!!