Mastermind
7.2/10
BBC Two Running
17 Seasons · 452 Episodes · Premiered September 11, 1972
Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness. It first aired on 11 September 1972 & is still running today. Four contestants brave the black chair as they answer questions on their specialist subjects and test their general knowledge to win the coveted trophy.
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BBC Two
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1972
15 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 11 1972 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 18 1972 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 25 1972 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 2 1972 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 9 1972 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Mon, Oct 16 1972 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Mon, Oct 23 1972 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Mon, Oct 30 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 6 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Mon, Nov 13 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 20 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Mon, Nov 27 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Mon, Dec 4 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Mon, Dec 11 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Tue, Dec 26 1972 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 1973
17 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 3 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 10 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 17 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 24 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 1 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Mon, Oct 8 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Mon, Oct 15 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Mon, Oct 22 1973 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Mon, Oct 29 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Mon, Nov 5 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 12 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Mon, Nov 19 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Mon, Nov 26 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Mon, Dec 3 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Mon, Dec 10 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E16
Episode 16
Mon, Dec 17 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E17
Episode 17
Thu, Dec 27 1973 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 1974
17 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Thu, Sep 5 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2
Thu, Sep 12 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Thu, Sep 19 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Thu, Sep 26 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Thu, Oct 3 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Thu, Oct 10 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Thu, Oct 17 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Thu, Oct 24 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Thu, Oct 31 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Thu, Nov 7 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Thu, Nov 14 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Thu, Nov 21 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Thu, Nov 28 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Thu, Dec 5 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Thu, Dec 12 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E16
Episode 16
Thu, Dec 19 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E17
Episode 17
Mon, Dec 23 1974 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 2012
15 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fri, Nov 4 2011 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2 - Children in Need Special
Fri, Nov 11 2011 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Fri, Nov 18 2011 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Fri, Nov 25 2011 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Fri, Dec 2 2011 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Fri, Dec 9 2011 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Fri, Dec 16 2011 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Fri, Jan 6 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Fri, Jan 20 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Fri, Jan 27 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Fri, Feb 3 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Fri, Feb 3 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Fri, Feb 10 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Fri, Feb 10 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Fri, Feb 17 2012 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 2014
19 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fri, Aug 9 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2
Fri, Aug 16 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Fri, Aug 23 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Fri, Aug 30 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Fri, Sep 13 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Fri, Sep 20 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Fri, Sep 27 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Fri, Sep 27 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Fri, Oct 11 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Fri, Oct 18 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Fri, Oct 25 2013 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Fri, Nov 8 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Fri, Nov 15 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Fri, Nov 29 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Fri, Dec 6 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E16
Episode 16
Fri, Dec 13 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E17
Episode 17
Sat, Dec 21 2013 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E18
Episode 18
Fri, Jan 10 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E19
Episode 19
Fri, Jan 17 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 2015
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fri, Aug 8 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2
Fri, Aug 22 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Fri, Aug 29 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Fri, Sep 5 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Fri, Sep 12 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Fri, Sep 19 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Fri, Sep 26 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Fri, Oct 3 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Fri, Oct 10 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Fri, Oct 17 2014 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Fri, Oct 31 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Fri, Nov 7 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Fri, Nov 14 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Fri, Nov 21 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Fri, Nov 28 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E16
Episode 16
Fri, Dec 5 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E17
Episode 17
Fri, Dec 12 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E18
Episode 18
Fri, Dec 19 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E19
Episode 19
Fri, Jan 2 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E20
Episode 20
Fri, Jan 9 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E21
Episode 21
Fri, Jan 16 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E22
Episode 22
Fri, Jan 23 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E23
Episode 23
Fri, Jan 30 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E24
Episode 24
Fri, Feb 6 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E25
Episode 25
Fri, Feb 13 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E26
Episode 26
Fri, Feb 20 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E27
Episode 27
Fri, Feb 27 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E28
Episode 28
Fri, Mar 6 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E29
Episode 29
Fri, Mar 13 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E30
Episode 30
Fri, Mar 20 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E31
Episode 31
Fri, Mar 27 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 2016
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fri, Aug 7 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2
Fri, Aug 14 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Fri, Aug 21 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Fri, Aug 28 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Fri, Sep 4 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Fri, Sep 11 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Fri, Sep 18 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Fri, Sep 25 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Fri, Oct 2 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Fri, Oct 9 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Fri, Oct 16 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Fri, Oct 23 2015 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Fri, Nov 6 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Fri, Nov 13 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Fri, Nov 20 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E16
Episode 16
Fri, Nov 27 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E17
Episode 17
Fri, Dec 4 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E18
Episode 18
Fri, Dec 11 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics covered tonight include Barbara Castle, Archbishop Makarios, the McAusaln trilogy of George MacDonald Fraser and Joe Meek.
E19
Episode 19
Fri, Dec 18 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics covered tonight include 'The West Wing', Jesse Owens, Manfred von Richthofen and Billy Bragg.
E20
Episode 20
Fri, Jan 8 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Featuring the topics Pearl Jam, Watergate, Middlesborough FC and the life of AE Housman.
E21
Episode 21
Fri, Jan 15 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics include Scottish pop music from 1980-1999, Aston Villa FC, the GDR and Clarice Cliff.
E22
Episode 22
Fri, Jan 22 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics include Gavin and Stacey, Sir John Gielgud, Jackie Robinson and William Morris.
E23
Episode 23
Fri, Jan 29 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics include the Apollo missions, the Great Train Robbery, Queen's Park Rangers FC and the Alex Delaware novels.
E24
Episode 24
Fri, Feb 5 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics featured include A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jock Stein, Stax Records and the Suez Crisis.
E25
Episode 25
Fri, Feb 12 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics covered include the life of Brian Clough, the films of Paul Verhoeven, ELO, the Easter Rising and David Sedaris.
E26
Episode 26
Fri, Feb 19 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Five more semi-finalists compete with topics featured including X-Men comics, Wainwright's coast to coast walk, the Green Bay Packers, Jethro Tull and Eamon de Valera.
E27
Episode 27
Fri, Feb 26 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics featured tonight include 'Men Behaving Badly', the Inspector Barnaby novels, the history of Bundesliga and Gerald Durrell and Neville Chamberlain.
E28
Episode 28
Fri, Mar 11 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Topics include: Ever Decreasng Circles, the life and works of Sylvia Plath, Roddy Doyle's Barrytown trilogy, women in Olympics and Ray Davies.
E29
Episode 29
Fri, Mar 18 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In this week's episode, it is a general knowledge round.
E30
Episode 30
Fri, Mar 25 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In this episode subjects are Reading FC, Benjamin Britten, Venice, the history of Ulster and Prohibition.
E31
Grand Final
Fri, Apr 1 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind reaches its conclusion as John Humphrys invites the six finalists to make once last visit to the famous black chair as they attempt to win the glass bowl and the title of Mastermind. The specialist subjects for the grand final are Thunderbirds, English test cricket since 1970, Elizabeth Gaskell, the Seven Years War, the Ryder Cup and the Battle for Berlin.
Season 2017
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Wed, Jul 13 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair as another series of the general knowledge quiz begins.
E02
Episode 2
Wed, Jul 20 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents the second heat of this series. Subjects tonight are the rock band Yes, Ernest Rutherford, the films of Werner Herzog and MC Escher.
E03
Episode 3
Wed, Jul 27 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Subjects include beekeeping, the Royal Navy in the Second World War, Mark E Smith and the Fall, and John le Carre's Quest for Karla trilogy.
E04
Episode 4
Fri, Aug 5 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Benny Hill, the Mitford sisters, Marcus Tullius Cicero and the Jacobite rebellion.
E05
Episode 5
Fri, Aug 12 2016 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of Britain's toughest quiz. Subjects include Wilfred Owen, Sir Michael Caine, Mad Men and the rock band Faith No More.
E06
Episode 6
Fri, Aug 19 2016 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are R.E.M., Harry S Truman, the World Cup and the drama series Borgen.
E07
Episode 7
Fri, Aug 26 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In this heat, John Humphrys grills four more contenders on James Bond films, Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street novels, 20th-century US presidents and the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
E08
Episode 8
Fri, Sep 2 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys grills four more contenders.
E09
Episode 9
Fri, Sep 9 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Peter Sellers, astronomy, the life and music of Arthur Lee and Love and John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.
E10
Episode 10
Fri, Sep 16 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in Britain's toughest quiz. The subjects are Nick Drake, Emil Zatopek, Band of Brothers and Hernan Cortes and the conquest of Mexico.
E11
Episode 11
Fri, Sep 23 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in Britain's toughest quiz. Tonight's subjects are Formula One Grand Prix circuits, Oliver Cromwell, the Charles Paris mysteries by Simon Brett and Fillipo Brunelleschi.
E12
Episode 12
Fri, Sep 30 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the city of Bath, The Faces, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose and Ayrton Senna.
E13
Episode 13
Fri, Oct 7 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic series. Subjects tonight are Queen, Dame Laura Knight, Anita Roddick and Don Revie.
E14
Episode 14
Fri, Oct 14 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are Kurt Cobain, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
E15
Episode 15
Fri, Oct 21 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E16
Episode 16
Fri, Oct 28 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are David Niven, the Soviet space programme, Italian Renaissance paintings and the human body.
E17
Episode 17
Fri, Nov 4 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are Hans Christian Andersen, the Russian Civil War, Ipswich Town FC and Rita Heyworth.
E18
Episode 18
Fri, Nov 11 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are islands of Scotland, Laurie Lee, Ginger McCain and Red Rum, and the films of David Fincher.
E19
Episode 19
Fri, Nov 18 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair with John Humphrys asking the questions in the classic quiz. The subjects are EastEnders, Puccini, Bill Shankly and the Battle of Trafalgar.
E20
Episode 20
Fri, Nov 25 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys asks the questions as four more contenders take to the famous black chair. Subjects are David Bowie, Edvard Munch, postwar British motorcycles and the German occupation of Jersey in the Second World War.
E21
Episode 21
Fri, Dec 2 2016 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Eric Clapton, Emperor Hadrian, Tintin and the life and broadway stories of Damon Runyon.
E22
Episode 22
Fri, Dec 9 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Andy Warhol, the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus, Nicholas Hawksmoor and the X-Files.
E23
Episode 23
Fri, Dec 16 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects include Steve Jobs, Farscape, the history of Hungary and black metal music.
E24
Episode 24
Fri, Jan 6 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The last place in the semi-finals is up for grabs as John Humphrys puts four more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects tonight are Naval Battles of the First World War, Charles Laughton, the de Havilland Mosquito and Garth Ennis's Punisher Max series.
E25
Episode 25
Fri, Jan 13 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents the first semi-final. The subjects are Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Steve Ovett, the daughters of King George III, Al Capone and the novels of Robert Harris.
E26
Episode 26
Fri, Jan 20 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The semi-finals continue as John Humphrys puts five more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects tonight are Asterix, the periodic table, the novels of Nick Hornby, Richard Feynman and Stan Laurel.
E27
Episode 27
Fri, Feb 3 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The semi-finals continue as John Humphrys puts five more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects include Radiohead, Alison Uttley, Field Marshal Montgomery, the films of Powell & Pressburger and Herbert Howells.
E28
Episode 28
Fri, Feb 10 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Five more semi-finalists try to claim a place in the grand final. The subjects are Alan Bennett, Cream, the novels of Dan Brown, Herbert von Karajan and Queen Mary.
E29
Episode 29
Fri, Feb 17 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys tests five more semi-finalists. The subjects are Creation Records, Johannes Kepler, the Hunger Games novels, Sir Isaac Newton and the films of William Goldman.
E30
Episode 30
Fri, Feb 24 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys tests the last five semi-finalists on The Sweeney, Mary Seacole, James Cook, Tranmere Rovers and the travel writings of Bill Bryson.
E31
Episode 31
Fri, Mar 3 2017 7:30 PM GMT+0000
60 min
John Humphrys puts six contenders in the spotlight one more time in the series finale. Subjects in the grand final are the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the history of Leningrad, the life and films of Billy Wilder, Seinfeld, Inigo Jones and the short films of Laurel and Hardy.
Season 2018
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fri, Jul 28 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys and the famous black chair return for another series of television's toughest quiz. Ninety-six contenders start the journey towards the final but only one can be crowned Mastermind Champion.
E02
Episode 2
Fri, Aug 4 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are the four Gospels, Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy, flags of the world and the colour films of Danny Kaye.
E03
Episode 3
Fri, Aug 18 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Subjects are Clint Eastwood, the Tommy and Tuppence mysteries by Agatha Christie, Duran Duran and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
E04
Episode 4
Fri, Aug 25 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are M*A*S*H, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English League Football Stadia and U2.
E05
Episode 5
Fri, Sep 1 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Subjects are the FIFA World Cup, Alexander the Great, the films of Rupert Everett and the Battle of Agincourt.
E06
Episode 6
Fri, Sep 8 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are Australian Test cricket, James Ellroy's LA quartet, Kirsty Maccoll and King Henry VI.
E07
Episode 7
Fri, Sep 15 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects in this episode are the sitcom Green Wing, the poet Rumi, Julius Caesar and Lancashire County Cricket Club.
E08
Episode 8
Fri, Sep 22 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects in this episode are Gilbert and Sullivan, the Tour de France, Thomas Becket and Coronation Street.
E09
Episode 9
Fri, Sep 29 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Fri, Oct 6 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are Crowded House, Super-Middleweight Boxing, Parks & Recreation and Claude Monet.
E11
Episode 11
Fri, Oct 13 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are the films of James Cameron, the artist Georgia O'Keefe, Guns N' Roses and King Henry IV.
E12
Episode 12
Fri, Oct 20 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Tony Hancock, Eva Peron and Muhammad Ali.
E13
Episode 13
Fri, Oct 27 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. The subjects are Porridge, Peggy Guggenheim, Deep Purple and Bernard Cornwall's Warlord Chronicles.
E14
Episode 14
Fri, Nov 3 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are Elvis Presley, the Glorious Revolution, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov and Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
E15
Episode 15
Fri, Nov 10 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of he classic quiz. Subjects tonight are The Simpsons, venomous snakes, Sherlock Holmes and Alfred the Great.
E16
Episode 16
Fri, Nov 17 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are The Vicar of Dibley, the novels of George Orwell, Roman Coinage and Harold Wilson.
E17
Episode 17
Fri, Dec 1 2017 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are the Champions' League, Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, the life and times of Hatshepsut and House of Cards.
E18
Episode 18
Fri, Dec 8 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, Mahatma Gandhi, the Boston Marathon and top-ten singles.
E19
Episode 19
Fri, Dec 15 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are the Harry Potter novels, the Waterloo Campaign, the Battle of the Bulge and Rosalind Franklin.
E20
Episode 20
Fri, Dec 22 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The subjects are Doctor Who, Concorde, The Clash and Sir Francis Walsingham.
E21
Episode 21
Fri, Jan 5 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are the Royle Family, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the Beach Boys and postwar British general elections.
E22
Episode 22
Fri, Jan 12 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are Leonardo da Vinci, the Dreyfus Affair, JS Bach, and the Inbetweeners.
E23
Episode 23
Fri, Jan 19 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are Blur, the short stories of David Foster Wallace, Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels and the American Civil War.
E24
Episode 24
Fri, Jan 26 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are Red Dwarf, the British Overseas Terrority of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, the history of Kentucky, and Emperor Tiberius.
E25
Episode 25
Fri, Feb 2 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents the first semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects are Olympic track and field, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Egyptian mythology, the graphic novels of Daniel Clowes and President Andrew Jackson.
E26
Episode 26
Fri, Feb 9 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects are Frasier, Warrington RLFC, Absolutely Fabulous, Jane Austen and Erik Satie.
E27
Episode 27
Fri, Feb 16 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Paul Thomas Anderson, the novels of Virginia Woolf, the wines of Burgundy, Motley Crue and Kazuo Ishiguro.
E28
Episode 28
Fri, Feb 23 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects are Pink Floyd, Albery Speer, the X-Men films, Henry III and Chirstopher Brookmyre's Jack Parlabane novels.
E29
Episode 29
Fri, Mar 9 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects are Manchester music, the Battle of Clontarf, ER, Augustus Pitt-Rivers, and the Giordano Bruno novels of SJ Parris.
E30
Episode 30
Fri, Mar 16 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects are Peep Show, Albert Speer, the X-Men films, King Henry III and the Jack Parlabane novels of Christopher Brookmyre.
E31
The Final
Fri, Mar 30 2018 6:30 PM GMT+0000
60 min
John Humphrys presents the grand final of the classic quiz. The subjects are Golf Majors, the Revolt of the Netherlands, the Hannibal Lecter novels of Thomas Harris, US Constitutional Amendments, Indian Premier League cricket and Hadrian's Wall.
Season 2019
46 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fri, Oct 5 2018 6:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series as the hunt for the nation's Mastermind gets back underway. This episode's specialist subjects are The West Wing, Bob Marley, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series and John Hawkwood.
E02
Episode 2
Fri, Oct 12 2018 6:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Alan Turing, the Golden Gate Bridge, the films of Frank Capra and Emperor Vespasian.
E03
Episode 3
Fri, Oct 19 2018 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Alien films, Peter Gabriel, the history of Prague and King Henry VII.
E04
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 26 2018 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four contestants are interrogated on a chosen subject, plus a general knowledge round, in the famous black chair, to compete for the grand title of Mastermind. John Humphrys presents.
E05
Episode 5
Fri, Nov 2 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the films of John Hughes, Billie Holiday, the poet Keith Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
E06
Episode 6
Fri, Nov 9 2018 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Mark E Smith and The Fall, letters of the New Testament, the history of the Wrens and Sir Isaac Newton.
E07
Episode 7
Fri, Nov 16 2018 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Rudyard Kipling, Clement Attlee, Glamorgan CCC and Florence Nightingale.
E08
Episode 8
Fri, Nov 23 2018 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Cher, the Cambridge Spy Ring, Tove Jansson and the Derby.
E09
Episode 9
Fri, Dec 14 2018 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Sir Bobby Robson, James Kier Hardie, links golf courses and British submarines.
E10
Episode 10
Fri, Dec 21 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Fri, Dec 28 2018 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on REM, Edward Lear, Gustav Klimt and the FA Cup.
E12
Episode 12
Fri, Jan 11 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Fri, Jan 18 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Fri, Jan 25 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Fri, Feb 1 2019 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Featuring specialist questions on the lives of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, artist David Hockney, diarist and politician Tony Benn, and novelist and politician John Buchan.
E16
Episode 16
Fri, Feb 8 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their Specialist Subject and General Knowledge. Tonight's subjects are the films of Wes Anderson, Richard III, the England rugby team and the novels of Nancy Mitford.
E17
Episode 17
Fri, Feb 15 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the Best Picture Oscar, Greek mythology, Joseph Bazalgette and the history of Manchester and Salford.
E18
Episode 18
Fri, Feb 22 2019 8:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the children of Queen Victoria, the novels of Penelope Fitzgerald, the Doors and Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.
E19
Episode 19
Fri, Mar 8 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Vivien Leigh, The Cazalet Chronicles, 1990s hip-hop and the Flight of the Earls.
E20
Episode 20
Fri, Mar 15 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Prince, Thomas Telford, the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the novels of Charles Dickens.
E21
Episode 21
Fri, Mar 22 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Goons, the Trojan War, Egon Schiele and the novels of Mary Wesley.
E22
Episode 22
Fri, Mar 29 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Tonight's subjects are 1970s pop, Neville Chamberlain, Sparta and CS Lewis.
E23
Episode 23
Fri, Apr 5 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the films of Heath Ledger, Tycho Brahe, Sarah Kane and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury.
E24
Episode 24
Fri, Apr 19 2019 6:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys poses specialist questions on Henry VIII, Britpop, Christopher Isherwood and the Royal Navy in the First World War.
E25
Episode 25
Fri, Apr 26 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Contestants brave the black chair to answer question on specialised subjects including the Festival of Britain, 2 Tone Records and the life and times of Samuel Johnson.
E26
Episode 26
Fri, May 10 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys hosts a semi-final of the classic quiz, where specialised subjects include the life of Aneurin Bevan, Top 40 pop music of the 1960s and the fiction of John Steinbeck.
E27
Episode 27
Fri, May 17 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E28
Episode 28
Fri, May 24 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E29
Episode 29
Fri, May 31 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E30
Episode 30
Fri, Jun 7 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E31
The Final
Fri, Jun 14 2019 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E32
Episode 32
Fri, Aug 9 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the relaunched series of the classic quiz, where contenders take the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind.
E33
Episode 33
Fri, Aug 16 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents heat two of the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. Tonight's specialist subjects are the Mughal Empire, the life and legacy of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Charles Dickens's female characters and Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone.
E34
Episode 34
Fri, Aug 23 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E35
Episode 35
Fri, Aug 30 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E36
Episode 36
Fri, Sep 6 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E37
Episode 37
Fri, Sep 20 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E38
Episode 38
Fri, Sep 27 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E39
Episode 39
Fri, Oct 11 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E40
Episode 40
Fri, Oct 18 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E41
Episode 41
Fri, Oct 25 2019 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E42
Episode 42
Fri, Nov 1 2019 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E43
Episode 43
Fri, Nov 15 2019 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E44
Episode 44
Fri, Nov 22 2019 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E45
Episode 45
Fri, Dec 13 2019 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E46
Episode 46
Mon, Dec 30 2019 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 2020
16 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Jan 6 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E02
Episode 2
Mon, Jan 13 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Mon, Jan 20 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Feb 3 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Mon, Feb 10 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Mon, Feb 17 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Mon, Feb 24 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Mon, Mar 2 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Mon, Mar 9 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Semi-Final 1
Mon, Mar 16 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Semi-Final 2
Mon, Mar 23 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Semi-Final 3
Mon, Apr 6 2020 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Semi-Final 4
Mon, Apr 13 2020 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Semi-Final 5
Mon, Apr 20 2020 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Semi-Final 6
Mon, Apr 27 2020 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys hosts the sixth and concluding semi-final of the quiz, inviting four returning contenders to brave the black chair once more. They answer questions on the specialist subjects of Teotihuacan, Derry Girls, the Silk Road, and Olympic fencing, before they each have two minutes to demonstrate their general knowledge.
E16
Grand Final
Mon, May 4 2020 7:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
John Humphrys hosts the Grand Final as six contenders return to the black chair to decide which of them will be crowned champion. They answer questions of the specialist subjects of the Stonewall Riots, the ancient universities of Scotland, the Wars of the Roses, the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, Johannes Vermeer, and the films of Kevin Smith, before having two minutes each to demonstrate their general knowledge.
Season 2021
28 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Oct 5 2020 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series.Tonight's specialist subjects are The Levellers, Julie Andrews, Black Books and Isabella of Castile.
E02
Episode 2
Mon, Oct 12 2020 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E03
Episode 3
Mon, Oct 19 2020 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 26 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E05
Episode 5
Mon, Nov 2 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E06
Episode 6
Mon, Nov 16 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E07
Episode 7
Mon, Nov 30 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E08
Episode 8
Mon, Dec 7 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E09
Episode 9
Mon, Dec 14 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E10
Episode 10
Mon, Dec 21 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E11
Episode 11
Mon, Dec 28 2020 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E12
Episode 12
Mon, Jan 4 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E13
Episode 13
Mon, Jan 11 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E14
Episode 14
Mon, Jan 18 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
Episode 15
Mon, Jan 25 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E16
Episode 16
Mon, Feb 1 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E17
Episode 17
Mon, Feb 8 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E18
Episode 18
Mon, Feb 15 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E19
Episode 19
Mon, Feb 22 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E20
Episode 20
Mon, Mar 1 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E21
Episode 21
Mon, Mar 8 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E22
Episode 22
Mon, Mar 15 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E23
Episode 23
Mon, Mar 22 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
E24
Episode 24
Mon, Mar 29 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Otto von Bismarck, hand knitting, Robert Louis Stevenson and the films of the Coen Brothers.
E25
Episode 25
Mon, Apr 5 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects are the Booker Prize, the city of York, the Busby Babes and the Russo-Japanese War.
E26
Episode 26
Mon, Apr 5 2021 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are films based on the works of Stephen King, Joan Rivers, US state capitals and Neil Gaiman novels.
E27
Episode 27
Mon, Apr 12 2021 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects are the films of Powell and Pressburger, the Bauhaus movement, Emil Zátopek and the Liberal Democrats.
E28
Episode 28
Mon, Apr 12 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
John Humphrys presents the fourth semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The Specialist subjects tonight are R.E.M., Father Ted, David Niven and John Wesley.
Season 2022
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Aug 23 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In the first heat, Clive Myrie puts four contenders to the test as they answer questions on specialist subjects including Bruce Springsteen, Switzerland and Sir Roger Moore.
E02
Episode 2
Mon, Aug 30 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects include PG Wodehouse's Blandings stories, the listed buildings of Liverpool and Beyoncé.
E03
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 20 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include John Cleese, the Alnwick Garden and Marvel's Avengers films.
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 27 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Margaret of Anjou and The Simpsons.
E05
Epidoes 5
Mon, Oct 4 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Tonight's subjects are James Bond villains, the life of Lord Byron, JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth and the castles of Northumberland.
E06
Episode 6
Mon, Oct 11 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on the Giza necropolis, Martin Luther, and Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
E07
Episode 7
Mon, Oct 18 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. Tonight's subjects include Margaret Thatcher, the saxophone and venomous snakes.
E08
Episode 8
Mon, Oct 25 2021 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Tonight's subjects are the fauna of the Galapagos Islands, The Mighty Boosh, Uefa Champions League finals and Catherine de' Medici.
E09
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 1 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the novels of Alan Hollinghurst, The Vicar of Dibley and Edouard Manet.
E10
Episode 10
Mon, Nov 8 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in the tenth heat of a new series of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the Inspector Morse novels, King William IV, the films of Richard Curtis and Joseph Rowntree.
E11
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 15 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as another four contenders take to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. On tonight's episode, the specialist subjects are British butterflies, the Cornetto Trilogy, Tutankhamun and Kate Bush.
E12
Episode 12
Mon, Nov 22 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts another heat, with the contenders answering questions on Great Britain at the Winter Olympics, Goodness Gracious Me and High School Musical.
E13
Episode 13
Mon, Nov 29 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock. Tonight's subjects are Nell Gwyn, Sylvia Plath, Still Game and the island of Sicily.
E14
Episode 14
Mon, Dec 6 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including the John Rebus novels, Hamilton and Louis Theroux documentaries.
E15
Episode 15
Mon, Dec 13 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on All Blacks test matches, His Dark Materials, MGM musicals and John Clare.
E16
Episode 16
Mon, Dec 20 2021 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. Tonight's subjects are Eric Cantona, Black Mirror, Rocky Horror and the novels of John Steinbeck.
E17
Episode 17
Mon, Jan 3 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz, with four contenders answering questions on the Gurkhas, Fernando Torres, Pam Ayres and Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1950s.
E18
Episode 18
Mon, Jan 10 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects include Lee Miller and the history of the Green Party of England and Wales.
E19
Episode 19
Mon, Jan 17 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz. They answer questions on Line of Duty, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Rebecca Riots and gin.
E20
Episode 20
Mon, Jan 24 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on specialist subjects, which this week are the films of Tom Hanks, Sir Edward Elgar, Bess of Hardwick and Björk.
E21
Episode 21
Mon, Jan 31 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz, with contenders answering questions on British and Irish women astronomers, White House pets, Edith Cavell and La Vuelta a España.
E22
Episode 22
Mon, Feb 7 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects are Madonna, the ER character Doug Ross, the rivers of Yorkshire and the NHL.
E23
Episode 23
Mon, Feb 14 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including Joni Mitchell, the wives of Henry VIII and the films of Tom Cruise.
E24
Episode 24
Mon, Feb 21 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as contenders take to the famous black chair to answer questions on their chosen specialist subjects for a place in the semi-finals. This week's topics are Grace Kelly, the Cadfael novels and The Beatles' recording sessions.
E25
Episode 25
Mon, Feb 28 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects are the short stories of Daphne du Maurier, the films of Studio Ghibli, Scott Pilgrim and Formula One.
E26
Episode 26
Mon, Mar 7 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects are Vincent van Gogh's paintings, the Bill & Ted films, drum and bass music, and Julia Margaret Cameron.
E27
Episode 27
Mon, Mar 14 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the third semi-final of the classic quiz, where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects are the X-Files, the history of York Minster, England at the Cricket World Cup and the Brooklyn Bridge.
E28
Episode 28
Mon, Mar 21 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the fourth semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects are Wilfred Owen, 20th-century boxing, Frasier and African World Heritage Sites.
E29
Episode 29
Mon, Mar 28 2022 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the fifth semi-final of the classic quiz, where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects tonight are Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War, Pulp, Brian Clough and the Harry Potter novels.
E30
Episode 30
Mon, Apr 4 2022 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the last semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects tonight are Jean Harlow, Porridge, Alexander the Great and the World Snooker Championship.
E31
Final
Mon, Apr 11 2022 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the grand final of the classic quiz where six contenders return to the black chair in a bid to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are the film and TV works of Sir Steve McQueen, the Peak District National Park, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Open All Hours, Carole Lombard and Dame Barbara Hepworth.
Season 2023
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 19 2022 6:05 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Celebrating its 50th year, Clive Myrie presents the first heat of a new series of the classic quiz where contenders face the famous black chair, with the ultimate goal of becoming the next Mastermind Champion.Tonight's specialist subjects are Francisco de Goya, Peaky Blinders, Team GB at the 2020 Summer Olympics and The Philip Marlowe Novels of Raymond Chandler.
E02
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 26 2022 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders take the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are the history of the Orkney Islands, the films of Laurel and Hardy, Elizabeth David and Sir Garfield Sobers.
E03
Episode 3
Mon, Oct 3 2022 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are Emily Wilding Davison, The Thick of It, the New Romantics and 20th-century US vice presidents.
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 10 2022 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the fourth heat of this series of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are Detectorists, the ‘Alice' books of Lewis Carroll, British politics in the 1960s and Sir Elton John.
E05
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 17 2022 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. The specialist subjects are Marie Curie, the BBC sitcom Ghosts, Elizabeth Woodville and Banksy.
E06
Episode 6
Wed, Oct 26 2022 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders take to the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Clive Myrie asks the questions, which are on Offa's Dyke Path, the life and works of John Cage, the wines of Portugal and Only Fools and Horses.
E07
Episode 7
Tue, Nov 1 2022 7:45 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as the series continues with another four contenders taking to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. The specialist subjects are Neil Armstrong, Shakespeare's comedies, the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and Rupert Bear.
E08
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 8 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.The specialist subjects are the Peter Wimsey stories of Dorothy L Sayers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Wire and the Falklands conflict.
E09
Episode 9
Tue, Nov 15 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are Christopher Hitchens, Ayrton Senna, Killing Eve and Field Marshal Montgomery.
E10
Episode 10
Mon, Nov 21 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in the tenth heat of the series. The specialist subjects are the life of Anne Lister, Dear Evan Hansen, Elizabeth I and the feature films of David Lynch.
E11
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 28 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as another four contenders take to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. The specialist subjects are Michael Palin's travel documentaries, Lady Gaga, Emily Dickinson and the BBC sitcom Mum.
E12
Episode 12
Mon, Dec 5 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders take to the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Clive Myrie asks questions on the films of Judy Garland, The Cure, Hi-de-Hi! and the French Wars of Religion.
E13
Episode 13
Mon, Dec 12 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. This time, the subjects are the jazz pianist Bill Evans, Georges Remi and Tintin, William Morris, and Torchwood.
E14
Episode 14
Mon, Dec 19 2022 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on their specialist subjects, which are Tudor rebellions, Christina Aguilera, the US space shuttle program and James Parkinson.
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Episode 15
Mon, Jan 2 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind Champion.The specialist subjects are the British Industrial Revolution, the films of Christopher Guest, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Succession.
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Episode 16
Mon, Jan 9 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Another four contenders take to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. Clive Myrie hosts an episode where the specialist subjects are Stephen Hawking, the music of Radiohead, Theda Bara and the Richard Sharpe novels of Bernard Cornwell.
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Episode 17
Mon, Jan 16 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock. The subjects in this episode are Marcus Trescothick, Rupert Brooke, Thomas Cromwell and the films of Wes Anderson.
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Episode 18
Mon, Jan 23 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders take on the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are Catherine the Great, Wallace and Gromit, Egon Schiele and hyenas.
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Episode 19
Mon, Jan 30 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of a new series of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.Tonight's specialist subjects are the films of Nicole Kidman, constellations of the northern hemisphere, the children's books of Roald Dahl and Take That.
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Episode 20
Mon, Feb 6 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.Clive Myrie hosts, asking the questions on the contestants' specialist subjects: film adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies, the Great Fire of London, the career of John Barnes and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.
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Episode 21
Mon, Feb 13 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock.The specialist subjects are U2, toy dog breeds, the Mitford Sisters and guest stars in Friends.
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Episode 22
Mon, Feb 20 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders take on the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are the plays of Tennessee Williams, American first ladies from 1945 to the present, NBA MVP award winners since 2000, and Mithridates the Great.
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Episode 23
Mon, Feb 27 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on the contestants' specialist subjects, which are the Empress Matilda, Stevie Nicks, the What Katy Did novels and Universal's Frankenstein films of the 1930s and 40s.
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Episode 24
Mon, Mar 6 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In the final heat, four contenders take on the famous black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals.Clive Myrie hosts, with contenders answering questions on Christiaan Huygens, Jonathan Creek, the life and works of Artemisia Gentileschi, and European mammals.
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Episode 25
Mon, Mar 13 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the first semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects are Oscar-winning performances of the 1990s, the life and death of stars, Peep Show and The Great Escape.
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Episode 26
Mon, Mar 20 2023 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects are the Norman Conquest, Borussia Dortmund, popes of the Renaissance and the film musicals of Alan Menken.
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Episode 27
Mon, Mar 27 2023 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the third semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects are the PDC World Darts Championship, the history of transportation to Australia, Parks and Recreation, and Queen Anne.
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Episode 28
Mon, Apr 3 2023 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects include the life and works of Siegfried Sassoon and winners of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Episode 29
Mon, Apr 10 2023 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Fridtjof Nansen, the record label 4AD, Christina Rossetti and the Jason Bourne films.
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Episode 30
Mon, Apr 17 2023 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the last semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects are Sir Edwin Lutyens, Coldplay, the Karen Pirie novels of Val McDermid and the films of Terry Gilliam.
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Final
Mon, Apr 24 2023 7:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as six contestants take to the famous black chair in the final of the quiz. The specialist subjects are British & Irish Lions tours in the 21st century, Princess Margaret, the Rocky films, Bletchley Park during the Second World War, Augustus Caesar, and the BBC sitcom Extras, before the contenders are tested on their general knowledge and the winner is crowned.
Season 2024
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Aug 28 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the first heat of the classic quiz where contenders face the famous black chair with the ultimate goal of becoming the next Mastermind Champion. The specialist subjects are The Poirot Novels of Agatha Christie, The Calvin and Hobbes Cartoons, Drake and Red Clydeside.
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Episode 2
Mon, Sep 4 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders take the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Specialist subjects are Karl Marx, The Royle Family, Flags of British counties and Django Reinhardt.
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Episode 3
Mon, Sep 11 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Roger Federer, Gavin & Stacey and Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns.
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Episode 4
Mon, Sep 18 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Chelsea FC in the Premier League, Franz Kafka and Harry Styles.
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Episode 5
Mon, Sep 25 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. The specialist subjects are F Scott Fitzgerald, otters, Thomas Paine and the BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark.
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Episode 6
Mon, Oct 2 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on Ted Lasso, the life and works of Joan Didion and the early life of Gandhi.
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Episode 7
Mon, Oct 9 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. The specialist subjects include the battleship Bismarck and Federico GarcÃa Lorca.
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Episode 8
Mon, Oct 16 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. This time, the specialist subjects are Billy Joel, JMW Turner, the BBC sitcom Miranda and Antoine Lavoisier.
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Episode 9
Mon, Oct 23 2023 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include Arrested Development and James McNeill Whistler.
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Episode 10
Mon, Oct 30 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects this time are the reptiles and amphibians of the British Isles, the Salem Witch Trials, Indian Premier League cricket and Edward VIII.
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Episode 11
Mon, Nov 6 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The series continues with another four contenders taking to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. Clive Myrie hosts, and the specialist subjects are Sir Isaac Newton, Red Dwarf, Mary Queen of Scots and Billy Bragg.
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Episode 12
Mon, Nov 13 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on Peter the Great of Russia, Exmoor National Park and the films of Quentin Tarantino.
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Episode 13
Mon, Nov 20 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. The specialist subjects this time are the films of Martin McDonagh, Dorothy Parker, US presidential elections from 1948 to 2000, and the music of Tom Waits.
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Episode 14
Mon, Nov 27 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, including the New York subway system, the 'Ocean's' films and the Easter Rising.
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Episode 15
Mon, Dec 4 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the poetry of Dame Carol Ann Duffy and The League of Gentlemen.
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Episode 16
Mon, Dec 11 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Another four contenders take to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. Clive Myrie hosts, and the specialist subjects are Bridget Riley, the Winter Olympics 2002-2022, the sitcoms of Peter Kay and the history of St Albans.
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Episode 17
Mon, Dec 18 2023 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz, with four contenders answering questions on Meat Loaf, Grinling Gibbons and England women's cricket since 2000.
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Episode 18
Mon, Jan 1 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include British garden birds, the Big Bang theory and the films of Orson Welles.
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Episode 19
Mon, Jan 8 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include Sir Trevor McDonald, Leeds United Football Club and Myrna Loy.
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Episode 20
Mon, Jan 15 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on specialist subjects Kim Philby, Chess: The Musical, the castles of North Wales and the life of Thomas Hardy.
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Episode 21
Mon, Jan 22 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock. The subjects are the Chocolat novels of Joanne Harris, George Best, Alcibiades and The Rolling Stones.
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Episode 22
Mon, Jan 29 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Subjects include medieval cathedrals of England and Dolly Parton.
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Episode 23
Mon, Feb 5 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, including the career of Arsène Wenger, the comedies of Oscar Wilde and The Godfather films.
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Episode 24
Mon, Feb 12 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts, with contenders answering questions on the human digestive system, AA Milne and Winnie the Pooh, The Chemical Brothers, and the Jack Ryan novels by Tom Clancy.
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Episode 25
Mon, Feb 19 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects include Charlie Chaplin, Happy Valley and Billie Jean King.
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Episode 26
Mon, Feb 26 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Subjects include the Cheltenham Gold Cup from 1960 to the present, the films of Sir Ridley Scott and Genesis from 1967-1977.
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Episode 27
Mon, Mar 4 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include James I of Scotland, Breaking Bad and the life of Mary Shelley.
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Episode 28
Mon, Mar 11 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include Peter Cushing, the history of percussion instruments and Sir Bobby Robson.
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Episode 29
Mon, Mar 18 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include British prime ministers of the 18th century and Oscar-winning animated feature films.
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Episode 30
Mon, Mar 25 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the last of the semi-finals. The specialist subjects include bears, the novels of Dame Muriel Spark and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
E31
Final
Mon, Apr 1 2024 6:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the grand final. Specialist subjects include the Wimbledon singles championships since 2000, the artist Francis Bacon and the Greek poet Sappho.
Season 2025
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Aug 12 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In the first of 24 heats, Clive Myrie puts four contenders to the test on their specialist subjects, which include Dad's Army, Liverpool FC under Jurgen Klopp, and Shania Twain.
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Episode 2
Mon, Aug 19 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous black chair. The specialist subjects are orchids of the British Isles, Schitt's Creek, Tom Lehrer and Operation Mincemeat.
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Episode 3
Mon, Aug 26 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include the novels of Zadie Smith and the history of Shetland hand-knitting.
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 16 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the films of Martin Scorsese and Mary Tudor.
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Episode 5
Mon, Sep 23 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders brave the famous black chair in another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects include Horatio Nelson, Michael Kiwanuka and the films of Sofia Coppola.
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Episode 6
Mon, Sep 30 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.The specialist subjects are the ghost stories of MR James, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Thunderbirds and renowned painter and portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger.
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Episode 7
Mon, Oct 7 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. The specialist subjects include the Star Wars sequel trilogy, the band Elbow and Edward VI.
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Episode 8
Mon, Oct 14 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders brave the black chair. Subjects include Alan Partridge, Madhuri Dixit and English wine in the 21st century.
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Episode 9
Mon, Oct 21 2024 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the Roman emperor Claudius, the Watergate Scandal and futurism.
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Episode 10
Mon, Oct 28 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are the poetry of John Keats, the award-winning musician PJ Harvey, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and the films of David Fincher.
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Episode 11
Mon, Nov 4 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat, where the contenders answer questions on subjects including Sergei Rachmaninoff, Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing and the racehorse Red Rum.
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Episode 12
Mon, Nov 11 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. The specialist subjects include New Order, the James Bond books of Ian Fleming and Amy Johnson.
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Episode 13
Mon, Nov 18 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders take to the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Clive Myrie asks the questions, which are on The Two Ronnies, Richard Feynman, the Toronto Blue Jays and badgers.
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Episode 14
Mon, Nov 25 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, which this time are Winston Churchill's wartime premiership, Mariah Carey, seals and Wassily Kandinsky.
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Episode 15
Mon, Dec 2 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the solo career of Robbie Williams, and the fauna of Madagascar.
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Episode 16
Mon, Dec 9 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. The specialist subjects include Sir Mark Cavendish, The Day Today and Sylvia Townsend Warner.
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Episode 17
Mon, Dec 16 2024 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, whales and Emily Brontë.
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Episode 18
Mon, Feb 3 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Subjects include the life of Harold Pinter and the Savoy operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Episode 19
Mon, Feb 10 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz as four more contenders take on the black chair. The specialist subjects include Emmeline Pankhurst and David Tennant's years on Doctor Who.
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Episode 20
Mon, Feb 17 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, including George Washington, Taylor Swift and the BBC radio series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
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Episode 21
Mon, Feb 24 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include the Isles of Scilly, Wham! and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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Episode 22
Mon, Mar 3 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Mad Men and the 1944 Battle of Arnhem.
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Episode 23
Mon, Mar 10 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, including Henry II, Wales rugby union Test matches from 2000 to the present, and Friday Night Dinner.
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Episode 24
Mon, Mar 17 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie hosts, and contenders answer questions on Audrey Hepburn, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the DCI Ryan novels by LJ Ross, and John Barry.
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Episode 25
Mon, Mar 24 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects include The Clash, the films of Marilyn Monroe and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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Episode 26
Mon, Mar 31 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Blackadder, Joseph Chamberlain, Gregory Peck and The Legend of Zelda video games.
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Episode 27
Mon, Apr 7 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include The Films of Mel Brooks, Homer's Odyssey and LL Cool J.
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Episode 28
Mon, Apr 14 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects include wild cats of the world, the Battle of Gettysburg, and West Ham United from 1992 to the present.
E29
Episode 29
Mon, Apr 21 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects are Caravaggio, Premier League Darts, Inside No. 9 and Grace Hopper.
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Episode 30
Mon, May 12 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the last semi-final. The specialist subjects include the war memoirs of Spike Milligan and the career of Novak Djokovic.
E31
The Final
Mon, May 19 2025 6:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the grand final. The specialist subjects include the stage plays of Sir Tom Stoppard, the music of Led Zeppelin, penguins, and the Empire State Building.
Season 2026
31 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Jul 14 2025 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In the first of 24 heats, Clive Myrie puts four contenders to the test. Specialist subjects include the Women's Institute, Carl Lewis and the films of the Muppets.
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Episode 2
Mon, Jul 21 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders take to the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are the men's Euros from 2000 to 2024, the writer Truman Capote, the television series Gilmore Girls and the British artist LS Lowry.
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Episode 3
Mon, Jul 28 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are the Italian artist and mathematician Piero della Francesca, Jodie Whittaker's tenure on Doctor Who, Edward III and the short stories of Roald Dahl.
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Episode 4
Mon, Aug 11 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the fourth heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are the playing career of the Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, The Hunger Games, the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
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Episode 5
Mon, Aug 18 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents as four more contenders take on the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.The specialist subjects are the history of sheep, the Neapolitan novels of Elena Ferrante, the music of Katy Perry, and Gerrard Winstanley and the 17th-century protest movement, the Diggers.
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Episode 6
Mon, Aug 25 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Another four contenders take to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals.Clive Myrie hosts, and the subjects are the life of Oscar Wilde, Barack Obama, the 1943 Dambusters Raid and the Spanish football club Real Madrid from 2000 to the present.
E07
Episode 7
Mon, Sep 1 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. The specialist subjects are postwar Great Britain rugby league tours, Katherine Parr, Pierce Brosnan's tenure as James Bond, and LL Zamenhof and the early history of Esperanto.
E08
Episode 8
Mon, Sep 8 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.The specialist subjects are the comedian Bob Mortimer, dolphins and porpoises, the singer Eva Cassidy and the England cricket team under Michael Atherton.
E09
Episode 9
Mon, Sep 15 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are the history of Coventry, the BBC comedy series People Just Do Nothing, the Roman emperor Nero and the life of the sportsman CB Fry.
E10
Episode 10
Mon, Sep 22 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair.The specialist subjects are the musical Evita, the history of Hereford Cathedral, the works of Sally Rooney and the Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros.
E11
Episode 11
Mon, Sep 29 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.The specialist subjects are the composer Frédéric Chopin, the first ten seasons of The Simpsons, the plays of Samuel Beckett and the American activist Gloria Steinem.
E12
Episode 12
Mon, Oct 6 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The series continues with another four contenders taking to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. Clive Myrie asks the questions, which this time are on the Jurassic Coast, the major plays of Molière, the band Queen and Mickey Mouse cartoons from 1928-1935.
E13
Episode 13
Tue, Oct 14 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders take to the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Clive Myrie asks the questions, which are on the films of Billy Wilder, Neil Diamond, the Apollo space program and the Battle of Normandy.
E14
Episode 14
Mon, Oct 20 2025 6:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on specialist subjects, which are Richard Nixon, the band Nirvana, the architect George Skipper and the television sitcom Derry Girls.
E15
Episode 15
Mon, Oct 27 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are the short fiction of George Saunders, the musical Les Misérables, Florence Nightingale and the American drama series The O.C.
E16
Episode 16
Mon, Nov 3 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The series continues with another four contenders taking to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects and general knowledge to earn a place in the semi-finals.Clive Myrie hosts, and the specialist subjects are the band Roxy Music, the artist Marc Chagall, the poet George Herbert and the original Tomb Raider games.
E17
Episode 17
Mon, Nov 10 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock.The specialist subjects are the Great Reform Act of 1832, the castles of South Wales, the works of the television animators and puppeteers Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin, and the band Maroon 5.
E18
Episode 18
Mon, Nov 17 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In another heat, four contenders take on the famous black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals.Clive Myrie hosts and asks questions on the Welsh politician Aneurin Bevan, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim, the classic television series Upstairs, Downstairs, and Jigoro Kano and the origins of Judo.
E19
Episode 19
Mon, Nov 24 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock.The specialist subjects are the French Revolution, the TV series Sherlock Holmes, the poetry of John Betjeman and the Laurel Canyon music scene of the 1960s and 1970s.
E20
Episode 20
Mon, Dec 1 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on the contestants' specialist subjects, which this time are the planets of the solar system, the films of Kirsten Dunst, the song cycles of Franz Schubert and the BBC crime drama series Shetland.
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Episode 21
Mon, Dec 8 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are the boxer Muhammad Ali, Homer's Iliad, British and Irish World Heritage Sites and the songs of the American singer Dory Previn.
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Episode 22
Mon, Dec 15 2025 7:30 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders take on the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are British butterflies, Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books, the rock band Jefferson Airplane and the television series Twin Peaks.
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Episode 23
Mon, Feb 23 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on the contestants' specialist subjects, which are the London 2012 Olympic Games, the architect Frank Gehry, British waterfowl and wading birds, and the BBC's House of Cards trilogy.
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Episode 24
Mon, Mar 2 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the final heat as four more contenders take on the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.The specialist subjects are the 18th-century English potter and industrialist Josiah Wedgwood, the musician Jimi Hendrix, the operas of Giacomo Puccini and the poet Wilfred Owen.
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Episode 25
Mon, Mar 9 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the first semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to compete for a place in the grand final.The specialist subjects are the television comedy-drama series Fleabag, the British scientist Michael Faraday, the presidency of Ronald Reagan and British marine invertebrates.
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Episode 26
Mon, Mar 16 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents another semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock with a place in the grand final on the line. The specialist subjects are Jeff Buckley, the managerial career of Rafael BenÃtez, Andy Warhol and the classic Routemaster bus.
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Episode 27
Mon, Mar 23 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the third semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final.The specialist subjects this time are Clint Eastwood's western films, the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, the studio albums of Bruce Springsteen and the footballer Cyrille Regis.
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Episode 28
Mon, Mar 30 2026 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the fourth semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final.The specialist subjects are the composer George Frideric Handel, the films of Christopher Nolan, the military leader Hannibal and the US Masters tournament from 1990 to the present.
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Episode 29
Mon, Apr 6 2026 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the penultimate semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final.The specialist subjects are Yellowstone National Park, JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion, the Irish ‘pirate queen' Grace O'Malley and the England men's team at the FIFA World Cup.
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Episode 30
Mon, Apr 13 2026 7:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Clive Myrie presents the last semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win the remaining place in the grand final.The specialist subjects are Amelia Earhart, Sir Laurence Olivier, the red wines of Burgundy and the songs of Sir Noël Coward.
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Final
Mon, Apr 20 2026 6:30 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the grand final. Subjects are Dame Julie Andrews, The Films of Danny Boyle, Beatrix Potter, Robert Burns, Notre-Dame Cathedral and Jim Lovell.
Cast
John Humphrys
as Host
Clive Myrie
as Host
Clive Anderson
as Host
Magnus Magnusson
as Host
Peter Snow
as Host