{"id":31056,"date":"2023-03-15T15:55:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1801234"},"modified":"2023-03-15T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:43:00","slug":"channel-4-announces-junior-taskmaster-spin-off-and-taskmaster-renewal","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/channel-4-announces-junior-taskmaster-spin-off-and-taskmaster-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 announces Junior Taskmaster spin-off and Taskmaster renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a whole lot more Taskmaster on the way. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 15 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Channel 4 has announced a Junior Taskmaster spin-off series following on from the continued success of the BAFTA-winning original show \u2013 and in equally good news, it has also renewed the main Taskmaster<\/a> for another six seasons.<\/p>\n

The children-focused series will follow the same format as the regular show, with young people aged 9 to 11 bringing their A-game for the creative and eccentric gameshow, although the hosts of the new series are yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Junior Taskmaster, the show\u2019s creator\u00a0Alex Horne<\/a> said: \u201cI\u2019ve watched many, many comedians flounder when given simple instructions over the past few years and I fully expect the competitors in Junior Taskmaster to be both more competent and just as funny.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor that series, I will be handing over my assistant\u2019s clipboard to someone equally as efficient and persistent as myself because I have a lot more admin to do with six further handfuls of supposedly talented adults. I live for bureaucracy so this is all excellent news.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The line-up of Taskmaster season 14.<\/span><\/figcaption> Channel 4<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Fellow Taskmaster star Greg Davies also commented: \u201cMy long-term contempt for young people is a matter of record but other people here at Taskmaster HQ seem convinced that they have merit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled that two new team members are putting this questionable hypothesis to the test and will take on the challenge of corralling and assessing them on television. I will be watching closely to ensure standards are met.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the six new seasons of the main Taskmaster, The Cleaner<\/a> star Davies added: \u201cI am also delighted that Alex and I return to test the intelligence of comedians in the most scientific of ways. I\u2019ll be pretty angry. It\u2019s not even an act anymore.\u201d<\/p>

Following in the footsteps of similar entertainment shows like Bake Off<\/a>, MasterChef and even Eurovision<\/a>, with its junior spin-off, this edition comes as a result of Taskmaster being a hit among younger viewers, parents and families in general.<\/p>\n

A number of schools across the UK have been bringing the delights of the entertainment show to the classroom via School Tasking, the not-for-profit primary school outreach project, and Taskmaster Education, which recently partnered with children\u2019s mental health charity Place2Be.<\/p>\n

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