Season 1

Season synopsis

It is anticipated that the first series of Junior Taskmaster, comprised of eight episodes, will air in early-to-mid 2024.

The show will be hosted by Rose Matafeo (as the Taskmaster), and Mike Wozniak (as her assistant), and will feature contestants aged between 9 and 11 years.

Based on the details disclosed on the contestant application form, the show will be structured as a tournament, with the first five episodes each featuring five new contestants. It is presumed that the two highest-scoring contestants from each heat will then be seeded into a pair of semi-final episodes, from which the five highest-scoring contestants will qualify to compete in grand final, to decide the overall winner.

Casting for the series was open until 30 June 2023, with a shortlisting process leading to a one-day games workshop in London, scheduled for 15 July 2023.

Filming of the tasks for the tournament heats took place between September and November 2023, and filming of the live studio sessions for the heats took place between the 18th and 20th of December 2023.

Filming of the tasks for the semi-finals and grand final are scheduled to take place in January 2024, with the live studio sessions for those stages scheduled to take place on the 5th and 7th of February 2024.

Notes

• On 25 May 2023, the application process for contestants for the first series of Junior Taskmaster opened up via CastItReach.
• On 18 October 2023, applications opened via SRO Audiences for tickets to attend the live studio recording sessions for the heats of the series, taking place over five sessions on the 25th and 26th of November 2023. These dates were subsequently changed, with the sessions rescheduled to take place on the 18th, 19th, and 20th December 2023 instead.
• In late December, tickets to attend the live studio filming sessions for the semi-finals and final were made available via SRO Audiences, with the semi-finals scheduled to take place on the 5th of February, and the final taking place on the 7th February 2024.