Junior Taskmaster (JTM) is a spin-off of British comedy panel show Taskmaster contested by children aged 9-11, announced in 2023. It features Rose Matafeo as the Taskmaster and Mike Wozniak as the assistant. It began airing on 8 November 2024.
Format[]
The format of the series differs from the main show in that it follows a tournament structure. Each series takes place over the course of eight episodes: five heats, two semi-finals and a grand final. The top two scorers of each heat make it into the semi-finals, before the winners of the semi-finals move on to the final for a chance to win the trophy.
Series breakdown[]
Spoilers!
This section contains spoilers.
Heats[]
| Task | Description | Anita | Lazer | Nyarah | Persia | Reuben |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: Happy Birthday bandana. (8 November 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most impressive circular thing. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Get the most different things in Mike's hat. You must not step on the red green. | 5 | DQ | 1 | 4 | DQ |
| 3 | Work out what two things are in each pile of mash. You may eat one, sniff one, lick one, put your little finger in one and throw one on the floor. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Hit this target in the most impressive way. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Live: Sit silently with your eyes shut for 30 seconds, then wave and smile at Rose for 30 seconds, then lie on the floor and pretend to swim for 30 seconds. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| T | Live: Guess how much money is in Mike's pocket. | - | ✘ | - | ✔ | - |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | |
| Task | Description | Cyra | Gwen | Maisie | Ollie | Zac |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 2: Would a bird fly? (15 November 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most glamourous object ever. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Safely deliver Mike's mate Mark a medium mocha. You cannot walk on the grass. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Make a paper aeroplane out of one of these things. You must use the paper you touch first. You may not cut or tear the piece of paper. Your paper aeroplane must look like a paper aeroplane. Once your paper aeroplane is complete, you have one attempt to launch it from the departure window. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Get the most digestive biscuits through a sieve. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Live: Write the names of all of your colours in different colours. You must not write the name of a colour in that colour or use the same colour twice. Every word must be legible and you must not remove your gloves. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 15 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 16 | |
| Task | Description | Ebrima | Finley | George | Liana | Shenaya |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 3: Rustic shin pad. (22 November 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most surprising item from your house. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Say 15 very different words in 30 seconds, then open the next task. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Put on the goggles and completely cover your face in shaving cream, then open the next task. | ||||||
| Catch as many petals on your face as possible in 30 seconds, then open the next task. | ||||||
| Say the 15 words that you said in the first 30 seconds. | ||||||
| 3 | Stick as many different things to you as possible. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Hide the peas that are currently on the tees. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Retrieve the peas and put them back on their tees. | ||||||
| 5 | Live: Open a can. You must open the first can you touch. If you open a can that has something in it, you are out. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | |
| Task | Description | Billy | Emilie | Jamie | Kaif | Kyra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 4: Overthinking overthinking. (29 November 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The object that would be most useful in a zombie apocalypse. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Without damaging the sandcastle, transfer the sandcastle from plinth A to plinth B. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Do one of these five things: Take £5; paint your face blue; eat a lemon; dress up like Mike; go to the caravan, open the door and shout "I'm on a caravan holiday!". If you are the only person to do your chosen thing, you win five points. If anyone else does the same thing you choose, you get zero points. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Leave no stone unturned. When you have turned over all of the stones, you must put your hands on your head and shout "No stone is unturned!". | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Stack the toilet rolls into a tower. When Mike honks his horn, you must move down two spaces to the left. Mike will honk his horn five times. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 19 | |
| Task | Description | August | Olivia | Reuben | Scarlett | Sid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 5: Nice shiny buttons. (6 December 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The most interesting item that fits inside a pillowcase. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Make this duck travel the furthest down these pipes and into the red bucket. You must be behind the start line for the duck's journey. When you are ready for your official attempt, you must duck and shout "Duck!". | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Beautifully wrap up this present. You must maintain eye contact with Mike at all times. If you break eye contact with Mike at any time, he will unwrap your present and you must start again. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Play these notes. You may hear the notes whenever you either insult or compliment Mike. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Put red clips on the blue spikes and blue rings on the red spikes. You must not remove your helmets. If you put a thing on the wrong thing, two things will be taken off your thing total. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| T | Throw this feather the furthest. | ✔ | ✘ | - | - | - |
| Total | 17 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 11 | |
Semi-finals[]
| Task | Description | Anita | August | Finley | Persia | Scarlett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 6: You can't milk a pigeon. (13 December 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing with eyes. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Pump up the inflatable cows. When the doorbell rings, you must remind Mike that he needs to buy some milk. When the cowbell rings, you must answer the door, shout "Is that the milkman?", then tell Mark the milkman a secret. If you fail to respond to the bells, 10 seconds will be added to your overall time. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | On the next task, write a number between one and 10 in the first hole, a letter of the alphabet in the second hole and one of the five objects in front of you in the third hole. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Balance [number] different things beginning with [letter] on a [object]. | ||||||
| 4 | Write a poem about your favourite celebrity. Your poem must have at least four lines. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Bonus: Most dramatic performance. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Live: Unroll the roll of sticky tape, put all the sticky tape into your bum bag, zip up the bum bag and hold the naked cardboard wheel above your head. You must wear your bum bag at all times. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 16 | |
| Task | Description | Gwen | Jamie | Kyra | Shenaya | Zac |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 7: Shout-out to slow maths. (20 December 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most magnificent metallic item. | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Work out the following information from this sleeping person without waking them up. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Move the caterpillar safely from the living room table to the leaf on the caravan table. You may only use two items to capture and move the caterpillar and you must not touch the caterpillar with your hands. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | DQ |
| 4 | Pass the time in the most productive way. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Live: Throw a ball of wet loo roll at Mike's moustache. The person whose wet loo roll lands the furthest away from Mike's moustache in each round will be eliminated. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Bonus: Most direct hit. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 9 | |
| Task | Description | Gwen | Scarlett |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | Sing "I'm going through to the final!" in the loudest voice. You have one attempt. | ✔ | ✘ |
Final[]
| Task | Description | Anita | Gwen | Jamie | Persia | Shenaya |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 8: Balloon carcasses. (23 December 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most unusual thing that begins with a J, a T or an M. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Pitch your tent as fast as possible. Your tent must be properly pegged down and zipped up. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fill your tent with biodegradable balloons. | ||||||
| 3 | Place a number next to each word, then open the next task. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Do each thing the number of times you have chosen. | ||||||
| 4 | Leave this room in exactly one minute from now, sit in the lab for three minutes, then when the alarm goes off, reenter the room. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Say what has changed. Every incorrect answer will lose you two correct answers. | ||||||
| 5 | Live: Get your shoe furthest down the Knappett. For each round, you may choose one shoe to throw and you may only throw each shoe once. You must stand on the spot to throw your shoe. The contestant whose shoe is least far down the Knappett will be eliminated at the end of each round. If anyone's shoe falls off the Knappett or does not pass the green line, they are disqualified. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | |
Videos[]
Junior Taskmaster - Trailer - Starts Friday 8th November
Askmaster- Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak - Q&A - Junior Taskmaster
Askmaster- Rose Matafeo & Mike Wozniak - Part 2 - Q&A - Junior Taskmaster
Taskmaster's Assistant Training with Mike Wozniak - Junior Taskmaster