Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak lead the Junior edition of the gameshow as Taskmaster and Assistant.

A long time in the works, with the spin-off first announced in March 2023, we now have a start date for Junior Taskmaster.

The series begins on Friday 8th November at 8pm on Channel 4, with the contestant line-up comprising 25 children between the ages of nine to eleven year olds.

Greg Davies and Alex Horne make way for a new presenting team: the Junior Taskmaster is comedian Rose Matafeo, with Mike Wozniak as her assistant. Both have form with show, starring in series 9 and 11 of the main show, respectively.

Junior Taskmaster

Despite the shift to non-celebrity pre-teens, Junior Taskmaster promises all the bizarre chaos we’ve come to expect. There’s a new Taskmaster house, with a shed, a caravan and a laboratory.

Plus, zebras, a sandcastle pedestal and, of course, a revolving top hat spinning wheel!

The series plays out across five heats, which lead to two semi-finals before a Grand Final. At its conclusion, the victot will take the title of Champion, as well as a golden trophy of the Junior Taskmaster’s head.

The show begins its eight-part run on 8th November and wraps up on 27th December.

We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, the whole Taskmaster back catalogue is available to stream on All 4.