Junior Taskmaster UK

Junior Taskmaster UK is a version of the Taskmaster UK format, aimed at and featuring children aged between 9 and 11, which was commissioned by Channel 4.

The show is hosted by Rose Matafeo (as the Taskmaster), and Mike Wozniak (as her assistant), and is structured as a tournament, with the first five episodes of each series featuring five new contestants, who will compete to qualify for the semi-finals, and then a grand final.

The filmed tasks take place at a different location to the original Taskmaster UK house, and the studio segments are filmed in a different studio, but using the same set.

Awards notes

Junior Taskmaster UK has received the following awards:

• Royal Television Society Programme Award, in the category of Comedy Entertainment (2025).

Other notes

• On 15 March 2023, it was reported that Channel 4 had commissioned a season of Junior Taskmaster, in addition to six further seasons of the original Taskmaster UK show.
• On 18 April 2023, SRO Audiences opened up applications for tickets to attend two test-run studio filming sessions for the show at Pinewood Studios on 16 May 2023.
• On 16 May 2023, as studio filming for the test-runs of the show began at Pinewood Studios, it was announced that the hosts of the show would be Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak.
• On 25 May 2023, the application process for contestants for the first series of Junior Taskmaster opened up via CastItReach.