Unskilled Adult: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

After years of successfully mucking around for a living, Hamish Blake has realised when it comes to practical skills, he doesn't have many. To remedy this, Hamish starts a business helping real people with jobs they really need done, for real money and putting himself firmly on the hook.

Each week, Hamish recruits two equally underqualified personalities to join him in tackling a challenge none of them are remotely prepared for. From welding a trailer or catering a wedding to drywalling a salami shed and sewing costumes for a community theatre, Hamish and his team will jump in at the deep end and use their wits and lateral thinking to make up for the years of training and experience they're missing. At the end of each job, the client decides what the work is actually worth and how much, if anything, they're prepared to pay.

Expect funny, hilarious and ridiculous moments with Hamish and his hapless employees, as they pick up genuinely useful skills, help everyday Australians and rediscover the satisfaction of learning something new.

Series details

• Title: Unskilled Adult
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2026-11-01
• Status in TVmaze: In Development
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Stan
• Network country: Australia
• TVMaze ID: 95053
• TVDB ID: 482652

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-11-01; final listed air date 2026-11-01.

Source and licence

Adapted from Unskilled Adult on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.