Season 2016 - Episode Guide

Episode: 2015-08-07 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2015

Episode: 2015-08-14 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2015

Episode: 2015-08-21 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2015

Episode: 2015-08-28 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2015

Episode: 2015-09-04 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2015

Episode: 2015-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2015

Episode: 2015-09-18 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2015

Episode: 2015-09-25 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2015

Episode: 2015-10-02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2015

Episode: 2015-10-09 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2015

Episode: 2015-10-16 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2015

Episode: 2015-10-23 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2015

Episode: 2015-11-06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2015

Episode: 2015-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2015

Episode: 2015-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2015

Episode: 2015-11-27 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2015

Episode: 2015-12-04 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2015

Episode: 2015-12-11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2015

Topics covered tonight include Barbara Castle, Archbishop Makarios, the McAusaln trilogy of George MacDonald Fraser and Joe Meek.

Episode: 2015-12-18 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2015

Topics covered tonight include 'The West Wing', Jesse Owens, Manfred von Richthofen and Billy Bragg.

Episode: 2016-01-08 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2016

Featuring the topics Pearl Jam, Watergate, Middlesborough FC and the life of AE Housman.

Episode: 2016-01-15 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2016

Topics include Scottish pop music from 1980-1999, Aston Villa FC, the GDR and Clarice Cliff.

Episode: 2016-01-22 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2016

Topics include Gavin and Stacey, Sir John Gielgud, Jackie Robinson and William Morris.

Episode: 2016-01-29 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2016

Topics include the Apollo missions, the Great Train Robbery, Queen's Park Rangers FC and the Alex Delaware novels.

Episode: 2016-02-05 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2016

Topics featured include A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jock Stein, Stax Records and the Suez Crisis.

Episode: 2016-02-12 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2016

Topics covered include the life of Brian Clough, the films of Paul Verhoeven, ELO, the Easter Rising and David Sedaris.

Episode: 2016-02-19 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2016

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.

Episode: 2016-02-26 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2016

Topics featured tonight include 'Men Behaving Badly', the Inspector Barnaby novels, the history of Bundesliga and Gerald Durrell and Neville Chamberlain.

Episode: 2016-03-11 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2016

Topics include: Ever Decreasng Circles, the life and works of Sylvia Plath, Roddy Doyle's Barrytown trilogy, women in Olympics and Ray Davies.

Episode: 2016-03-18 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2016

In this week's episode, it is a general knowledge round.

Episode: 2016-03-25 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2016

In this episode subjects are Reading FC, Benjamin Britten, Venice, the history of Ulster and Prohibition.

Episode: 2016-04-01 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2016 (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.