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Junior Taskmaster

Junior Taskmaster

  • TV comedy
  • Channel 4
  • 2024
  • 8 episodes (1 series)

A version of Taskmaster featuring young contestants. Stars Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak.

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Series 1, Episode 8 - Balloon Carcasses

Junior Taskmaster
The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here, so close your windows, lock your doors and turn your phones on silent, because it's the Junior Taskmaster final! At the end of this episode, Rose Matafeo will present our Junior Taskmaster champion with a spectacular trophy of her golden head. Along the way, we'll witness tent construction, memory-based mayhem and what can only be described as a debacle involving olives.

Prize task: The most unusual thing that begins with J, T or M.

- Shenaya: A teethbursh, ie. a toothbrush with the bristles replaced with fake teeth. - 5
- Anita: Mike the headless chicken. - 4
- Gwen: Toilet paper with Mike's face on it. - 3
- Persia: An hour with her pug named McLoving. - 2
- Jamie: Trousers. - 1

Task 1, Part 1: Pitch your tent as fast as possible. Your tent must be properly pegged down and zipped up. Your time starts now. Part 2: Fill your tent with biodegradable balloons. You have ten minutes to fill your tent, minus the time it took you to pitch your tent. Most biodegradable balloons in your tent wins. Your time starts when Mike blows his whistle.

- Shenaya: 171 - 5
- Persia: 169 - 4
- Jamie: 120 - 3
- Gwen: 43 - 2
- Anita: 42 - 1

Task 2, Part 1: Place a number [1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 18] next to each word [star, bin, sneeze, country, bag, olive], then open the next task. Part 2: Do each thing the number of times you have chosen. These are the things: name a country, eat an olive, get completely in and out of a sleeping bag, do a star jump, throw a paper ball into the bin, pretend to sneeze. Fastest to complete all six things wins. You have a maximum of 15 minutes. Your time starts now.

- Gwen: Completed all six tasks in 7:44. - 5
- Anita: Completed five tasks in 12:59. - 4
- Jamie: Completed five tasks in 7:41, but refused to eat 18 olives. - 3
- Shenaya: Completed four tasks in 3:34. - 2
- Persia: Completed four tasks in 15:00. - 1

Task 3, Part 1: Leave this room in exactly one minute from now, then sit in the lab for three minutes, then when the alarm goes off re-enter this room. Part 2: Say what has changed. Most correct answers wins. Every incorrect answer will lose you two correct answers. You have three minutes. Your time starts now.

- Anita: 11 - 5
- Gwen: 10 - 4
- Jamie: 8 - 3
- Shenaya: 7 - 2
- Persia: 4 - 1

Live task: 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.

- Jamie: Wins round four. - 5
- Persia: Out in round four. - 4
- Shenaya: Out in round three. - 3
- Gwen: Out in round two. - 2
- Anita: Out in round one. - 1

Final scores

- Shenaya - 17
- Gwen - 16
- Anita and Jamie - 15
- Persia - 12

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 23rd December 2024
Time
7pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Rose Matafeo Host / Presenter
Mike Wozniak Host / Presenter
Writing team
Nic Sampson Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
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
Steve Nayler Editor
Genevieve Krom VT Editor
Lachlan Wilson VT 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
Martin Rosten Graphics
Alex Horne Creator

Video

Kids go camping

In one of the final tasks, the kids have to put up a tent as quickly as possible... before finding a big balloon-shaped twist in the second part.

Featuring: Rose Matafeo & Mike Wozniak.

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