Junior Taskmaster
- TV comedy
- Channel 4
- 2024
- 8 episodes (1 series)
A version of Taskmaster featuring young contestants. Stars Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - Nice Shiny Buttons
Prize task: The most interesting item that fits inside a pillowcase.
- Reuben: A TV remote. - 5
- Olivia: A book about the universe. - 4
- Scarlett: A MINI picnic. - 3
- August: A chess set. - 2
- Sid: Worry dolls. - 1
Task 1: 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." The duck that travels the furthest down the pipes wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
- Scarlett: 892cm - 5
- Olivia: 301cm - 4
- Sid: 73cm - 3
- August: 461cm, but penalised for not ducking. - 2
- Reuben: 241.5cm He was penalised for not ducking, but his score remained the same regardless as he was already fourth. - 2
Task 2: 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. Most beautifully wrapped present wins. You have ten minutes. Your time starts now.
- Scarlett - 5
- Olivia - 4
- August - 3
- Reuben - 2
- Sid - 1
Task 3: Play these notes. You may hear the note whenever you either insult or compliment Mike. Most correct consecutive notes in your final attempt wins. You have a maximum of ten minutes. Your time starts now.
- August and Sid - 5
- Olivia - 3
- Scarlett - 2
- Reuben - 1
Live task: Put red clips on the blue spikes and blue rings on the red spikes. You must remove your helmets. If you put a thing on the wrong thing, two things will be taken off your thing total. Most things on the right thing wins. You have 100 seconds.
- August: 25 - 5
- Scarlett: 22 - 4
- Reuben: 20 - 3
- Olivia: 16 - 2
- Sid: 9 - 1
Final scores
- Scarlett - 19
- August and Olivia - 17
- Reuben - 13
- Sid - 11
Tie break: Throw this feather. Furthest feather wins.
- August: 217cm - Wins qualification for semi-final.
- Olivia: 209cm
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 6th December 2024
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Rose Matafeo | Host / Presenter |
Mike Wozniak | Host / Presenter |
Nic Sampson | Writer (Additional Material) |
Barbara Wiltshire | Director |
Tommy Forbes | VT Director |
Mia Cross | Series Producer |
Sophie Le Good | Producer |
Richard Allen-Turner | Executive Producer |
Rob Aslett | Executive Producer |
Andy Cartwright | Executive Producer |
Andy Devonshire | Executive Producer |
Alex Horne | Executive Producer |
James Taylor | Executive Producer |
Jon Thoday | Executive Producer |
Gabby Tomlinson | Edit Producer |
Steve Nayler | Editor |
Lachlan Wilson | VT Editor |
David Frisby | Editor |
Ben Scriven | VT Editor |
Lucy Fyfe | Production Designer |
James Dillon | Production Designer |
Sam Montague | Director of Photography |
Gary Parkhurst | Director of Photography |
John Ford | Lighting Designer |
Dru Masters | Composer |
Tom Howe | Composer |
Martin Rosten | Graphics |
Alex Horne | Creator |
Video
Wrapping paper task
Mike's favourite task of the series. In his own words: "I think my favourite task from the series... it involved wrapping, and it probably didn't reflect well on me. I think a bit of schadenfreude came out, but I had a lot of fun."
Featuring: Mike Wozniak.