Episodes
Episode: 2018-10-05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-10-12 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-10-19 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-10-26 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-11-02 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-11-09 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-11-16 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-11-23 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-12-14 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-12-21 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2018
Episode: 2018-12-28 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2018
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.
Episode: 2019-01-11 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2019
Episode: 2019-01-18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2019
Episode: 2019-01-25 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2019
Episode: 2019-02-01 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2019
Featuring specialist questions on the lives of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, artist David Hockney, diarist and politician Tony Benn, and novelist and politician John Buchan.
Episode: 2019-02-08 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-02-15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-02-22 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-03-08 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-03-15 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-03-22 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-03-29 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-04-05 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-04-19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2019
John Humphrys poses specialist questions on Henry VIII, Britpop, Christopher Isherwood and the Royal Navy in the First World War.
Episode: 2019-04-26 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-05-10 | Airdate: May 10, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-05-17 | Airdate: May 17, 2019
Episode: 2019-05-24 | Airdate: May 24, 2019
Episode: 2019-05-31 | Airdate: May 31, 2019
Episode: 2019-06-07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2019
Episode: 2019-06-14 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2019
Episode: 2019-08-09 | Airdate: Aug 9, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-08-16 | Airdate: Aug 16, 2019
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.
Episode: 2019-08-23 | Airdate: Aug 23, 2019
Episode: 2019-08-30 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2019
Episode: 2019-09-06 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2019
Episode: 2019-09-20 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2019
Episode: 2019-09-27 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2019
Episode: 2019-10-11 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2019
Episode: 2019-10-18 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2019
Episode: 2019-10-25 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2019
Episode: 2019-11-01 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2019
Episode: 2019-11-15 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2019
Episode: 2019-11-22 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2019
Episode: 2019-12-13 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2019
Episode: 2019-12-30 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2019