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Junior Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Rose Matafeo, Mike Wozniak
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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Press clippings

Alex Horne wants to host a US Taskmaster with Greg Davies

Alex Horne hopes to host a new American version of Taskmaster with Greg Davies, saying that "with a bit of luck we're going to try again" after a previous attempt flopped.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024

Junior Taskmaster review

The latest offshoot from the ever-expanding Taskmaster empire makes this stupid, capricious and cruel life bearable.

Philip Cunnington, Edinburgh Evening News, 15th November 2024

Junior Taskmaster review

Crucially, Junior Taskmaster retains the mischievous air of the adult version, and the kids are gobby and spiky - no one looks as if they're going to burst into tears, except perhaps Wozniak. It should probably air around teatime rather than its present 8pm slot, but it works.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 10th November 2024

Junior Taskmaster review

They've messed with perfection ... and it's a triumph.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 8th November 2024

Junior Taskmaster review

Junior Taskmaster is just as crackers as the original.

Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 8th November 2024

Junior Taskmaster review

Great fun - so long as you like children.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 8th November 2024

"The kids didn't subject me to violence ... largely speaking": inside the super-sassy world of Junior Taskmaster

The comedy hit conquered the UK, then the world, and now it's taking over the nation's youth. Its co-host Mike Wozniak talks being mercilessly mocked, fart mishaps and why kids make the best contestants.

Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 1st November 2024

Greg Davies explains why he and Alex Horne aren't hosting Junior Taskmaster

Davies explained that he and Horne had decided the Junior Taskmaster spin-off "needed a different vibe", with former Taskmaster contestants Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak rising to the challenge.

Katelyn Mensah, Radio Times, 27th October 2024

Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak to host Junior Taskmaster

Rose Matafeo will act as the Taskmaster in the new junior version of the show, with Mike Wozniak as her assistant.

British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2023

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