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Episode: 1972-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 1972
Episode: 1972-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 1972
Episode: 1972-09-18 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1972
Episode: 1972-09-25 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1972
Episode: 1972-10-02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1972
Episode: 1972-10-09 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1972
Episode: 1972-10-16 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1972
Episode: 1972-10-23 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1972
Episode: 1972-10-30 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1972
Episode: 1972-11-06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1972
Episode: 1972-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1972
Episode: 1972-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1972
Episode: 1972-11-27 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1972
Episode: 1972-12-04 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1972
Episode: 1972-12-11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1972
Episode: 1972-12-26 | Airdate: Dec 26, 1972
Episode: 1973-09-03 | Airdate: Sep 3, 1973
Episode: 1973-09-10 | Airdate: Sep 10, 1973
Episode: 1973-09-17 | Airdate: Sep 17, 1973
Episode: 1973-09-24 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1973
Episode: 1973-10-01 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1973
Episode: 1973-10-08 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1973
Episode: 1973-10-15 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1973
Episode: 1973-10-22 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1973
Episode: 1973-10-29 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1973
Episode: 1973-11-05 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1973
Episode: 1973-11-12 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1973
Episode: 1973-11-19 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1973
Episode: 1973-11-26 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1973
Episode: 1973-12-03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1973
Episode: 1973-12-10 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1973
Episode: 1973-12-17 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1973
Episode: 1973-12-27 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1973
Episode: 1974-09-05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 1974
Episode: 1974-09-12 | Airdate: Sep 12, 1974
Episode: 1974-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 1974
Episode: 1974-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1974
Episode: 1974-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1974
Episode: 1974-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1974
Episode: 1974-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1974
Episode: 1974-10-24 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1974
Episode: 1974-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1974
Episode: 1974-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1974
Episode: 1974-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1974
Episode: 1974-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1974
Episode: 1974-11-28 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1974
Episode: 1974-12-05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1974
Episode: 1974-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1974
Episode: 1974-12-19 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1974
Episode: 1974-12-23 | Airdate: Dec 23, 1974
Episode: 2011-11-04 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2011
Episode: 2011-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2011
Episode: 2011-11-18 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2011
Episode: 2011-11-25 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2011
Episode: 2011-12-02 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2011
Episode: 2011-12-09 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2011
Episode: 2011-12-16 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2011
Episode: 2012-01-06 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2012
Episode: 2012-01-20 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2012
Episode: 2012-01-27 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2012
Episode: 2012-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2012
Episode: 2012-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2012
Episode: 2012-02-10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2012
Episode: 2012-02-10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2012
Episode: 2012-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2012
Episode: 2013-08-09 | Airdate: Aug 9, 2013
Episode: 2013-08-16 | Airdate: Aug 16, 2013
Episode: 2013-08-23 | Airdate: Aug 23, 2013
Episode: 2013-08-30 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2013
Episode: 2013-09-13 | Airdate: Sep 13, 2013
Episode: 2013-09-20 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2013
Episode: 2013-09-27 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2013
Episode: 2013-09-27 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2013
Episode: 2013-10-11 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2013
Episode: 2013-10-18 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2013
Episode: 2013-10-25 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2013
Episode: 2013-11-08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2013
Episode: 2013-11-15 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2013
Episode: 2013-11-29 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2013
Episode: 2013-12-06 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2013
Episode: 2013-12-13 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2013
Episode: 2013-12-21 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2013
Episode: 2014-01-10 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2014
Episode: 2014-01-17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2014
Episode: 2014-08-08 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2014
Episode: 2014-08-22 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2014
Episode: 2014-08-29 | Airdate: Aug 29, 2014
Episode: 2014-09-05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2014
Episode: 2014-09-12 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2014
Episode: 2014-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2014
Episode: 2014-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2014
Episode: 2014-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2014
Episode: 2014-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2014
Episode: 2014-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2014
Episode: 2014-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2014
Episode: 2014-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2014
Episode: 2014-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2014
Episode: 2014-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2014
Episode: 2014-11-28 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2014
Episode: 2014-12-05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2014
Episode: 2014-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2014
Episode: 2014-12-19 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2014
Episode: 2015-01-02 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2015
Episode: 2015-01-09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2015
Episode: 2015-01-16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2015
Episode: 2015-01-23 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2015
Episode: 2015-01-30 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2015
Episode: 2015-02-06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2015
Episode: 2015-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2015
Episode: 2015-02-20 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2015
Episode: 2015-02-27 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2015
Episode: 2015-03-06 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2015
Episode: 2015-03-13 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2015
Episode: 2015-03-20 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2015
Episode: 2015-03-27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2015
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.
Episode: 2016-07-13 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair as another series of the general knowledge quiz begins.
Episode: 2016-07-20 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-07-27 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-08-05 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-08-12 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-08-19 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-08-26 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-09-02 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2016
John Humphrys grills four more contenders.
Episode: 2016-09-09 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-09-16 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-09-23 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-09-30 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-10-07 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2016
John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic series. Subjects tonight are Queen, Dame Laura Knight, Anita Roddick and Don Revie.
Episode: 2016-10-14 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-10-21 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2016
Episode: 2016-10-28 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-11-04 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-11-18 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-11-25 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-12-02 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2016
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.
Episode: 2016-12-09 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Andy Warhol, the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus, Nicholas Hawksmoor and the X-Files.
Episode: 2016-12-16 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects include Steve Jobs, Farscape, the history of Hungary and black metal music.
Episode: 2017-01-06 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-01-13 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-01-20 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-02-10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-02-24 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2017
John Humphrys tests the last five semi-finalists on The Sweeney, Mary Seacole, James Cook, Tranmere Rovers and the travel writings of Bill Bryson.
Episode: 2017-03-03 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2017 (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.
Episode: 2017-07-28 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-08-04 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-08-18 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-08-25 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-09-01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-09-08 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-09-15 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-09-22 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-09-29 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2017
Episode: 2017-10-06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2017
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are Crowded House, Super-Middleweight Boxing, Parks & Recreation and Claude Monet.
Episode: 2017-10-13 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-10-20 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2017
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Tony Hancock, Eva Peron and Muhammad Ali.
Episode: 2017-10-27 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2017
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. The subjects are Porridge, Peggy Guggenheim, Deep Purple and Bernard Cornwall's Warlord Chronicles.
Episode: 2017-11-03 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-11-10 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2017
John Humphrys presents another heat of he classic quiz. Subjects tonight are The Simpsons, venomous snakes, Sherlock Holmes and Alfred the Great.
Episode: 2017-11-17 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-12-01 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-12-08 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-12-15 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2017
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.
Episode: 2017-12-22 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2017
The subjects are Doctor Who, Concorde, The Clash and Sir Francis Walsingham.
Episode: 2018-01-05 | Airdate: Jan 5, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-01-12 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2018
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are Leonardo da Vinci, the Dreyfus Affair, JS Bach, and the Inbetweeners.
Episode: 2018-01-19 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-01-26 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-02-02 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-02-09 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2018
John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects are Frasier, Warrington RLFC, Absolutely Fabulous, Jane Austen and Erik Satie.
Episode: 2018-02-16 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-02-23 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-03-09 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-03-16 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2018
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.
Episode: 2018-03-30 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2018 (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.
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
Episode: 2020-01-06 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2020
Episode: 2020-01-13 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2020
Episode: 2020-01-20 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2020
Episode: 2020-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2020
Episode: 2020-02-10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2020
Episode: 2020-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2020
Episode: 2020-02-24 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2020
Episode: 2020-03-02 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2020
Episode: 2020-03-09 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2020
Episode: 2020-03-16 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2020
Episode: 2020-03-23 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2020
Episode: 2020-04-06 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2020
Episode: 2020-04-13 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2020
Episode: 2020-04-20 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2020
Episode: 2020-04-27 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2020
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.
Episode: 2020-05-04 | Airdate: May 4, 2020 (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.
Episode: 2020-10-05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2020
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series.
Tonight's specialist subjects are The Levellers, Julie Andrews, Black Books and Isabella of Castile.
Episode: 2020-10-12 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2020
Episode: 2020-10-19 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2020
Episode: 2020-10-26 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2020
Episode: 2020-11-02 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2020
Episode: 2020-11-16 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2020
Episode: 2020-11-30 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2020
Episode: 2020-12-07 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2020
Episode: 2020-12-14 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2020
Episode: 2020-12-21 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2020
Episode: 2020-12-28 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2020
Episode: 2021-01-04 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2021
Episode: 2021-01-11 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2021
Episode: 2021-01-18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2021
Episode: 2021-01-25 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2021
Episode: 2021-02-01 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2021
Episode: 2021-02-08 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2021
Episode: 2021-02-15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2021
Episode: 2021-02-22 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2021
Episode: 2021-03-01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2021
Episode: 2021-03-08 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2021
Episode: 2021-03-15 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2021
Episode: 2021-03-22 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2021
Episode: 2021-03-29 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-04-05 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-04-05 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-04-12 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-04-12 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-08-23 | Airdate: Aug 23, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-08-30 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-09-20 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-09-27 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-10-04 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-10-11 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-10-18 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-10-25 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-11-01 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-11-08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-11-15 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-11-22 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2021
Clive Myrie hosts another heat, with the contenders answering questions on Great Britain at the Winter Olympics, Goodness Gracious Me and High School Musical.
Episode: 2021-11-29 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-12-06 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2021
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including the John Rebus novels, Hamilton and Louis Theroux documentaries.
Episode: 2021-12-13 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2021
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.
Episode: 2021-12-20 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2021
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.
Episode: 2022-01-03 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-01-10 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-01-17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-01-24 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-01-31 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-02-07 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-02-14 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-02-21 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-02-28 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-03-07 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-03-14 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-03-21 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-03-28 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-04-04 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-04-11 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-10-26 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-11-01 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-11-08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-11-15 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-11-28 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-12-05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2022
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.
Episode: 2022-12-19 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2022
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.
Episode: 2023-01-02 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-01-09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-01-16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-01-23 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-01-30 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-02-06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-02-20 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-02-27 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-03-06 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-03-13 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-03-20 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-03-27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-04-03 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-04-10 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-04-17 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-04-24 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2023 (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.
Episode: 2023-08-28 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-09-04 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-09-18 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-09-25 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-10-02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-10-09 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2023
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 García Lorca.
Episode: 2023-10-16 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-10-23 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2023
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include Arrested Development and James McNeill Whistler.
Episode: 2023-10-30 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-11-06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-11-27 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-12-04 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-12-11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2023
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.
Episode: 2023-12-18 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2023
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.
Episode: 2024-01-01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-01-08 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-01-15 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-01-22 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-01-29 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2024
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Subjects include medieval cathedrals of England and Dolly Parton.
Episode: 2024-02-05 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-02-12 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-02-19 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects include Charlie Chaplin, Happy Valley and Billie Jean King.
Episode: 2024-02-26 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-03-04 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include James I of Scotland, Breaking Bad and the life of Mary Shelley.
Episode: 2024-03-11 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include Peter Cushing, the history of percussion instruments and Sir Bobby Robson.
Episode: 2024-03-18 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-03-25 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-04-01 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2024 (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.
Episode: 2024-08-12 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-08-19 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-08-26 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-09-16 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-09-23 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-09-30 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-10-07 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-10-14 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-10-21 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-10-28 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-11-04 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-11-18 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-11-25 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-12-02 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-12-09 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2024
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.
Episode: 2024-12-16 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2024
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.
Episode: 2025-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-02-10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-02-24 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-03-03 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-03-10 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-03-17 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-03-24 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-03-31 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-04-07 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2025
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include The Films of Mel Brooks, Homer's Odyssey and LL Cool J.
Episode: 2025-04-14 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-04-21 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2025
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects are Caravaggio, Premier League Darts, Inside No. 9 and Grace Hopper.
Episode: 2025-05-12 | Airdate: May 12, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-05-19 | Airdate: May 19, 2025 (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.
Episode: 2025-07-14 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-07-21 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-07-28 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-08-11 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-08-18 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-08-25 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-09-01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-09-08 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-09-15 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-09-22 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-09-29 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-10-06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-10-14 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-10-20 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2025
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.
Episode: 2025-10-27 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2025
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.