Mastermind — 2025/26

Jul 14, 2025 · 29m

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.

Jul 21, 2025 · 29m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. The specialist subjects are the men’s Euros from 2000 to 2024, Truman Capote, Gilmore Girls and LS Lowry.

Jul 28, 2025 · 29m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Jodie Whittaker's tenure on Doctor Who and Edward III.

Aug 11, 2025 · 29m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include The Hunger Games and Edvard Munch.

Aug 18, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects include the history of sheep and the music of Katy Perry.

Aug 25, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. The subjects include, Barack Obama, the Dambusters Raid and Real Madrid from 2000 to the present.

Sep 1, 2025 · 28m

Four more contenders brave the famous black chair in another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects include Katherine Parr and Pierce Brosnan's tenure as James Bond.

Sep 8, 2025 · 28m

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.

Sep 15, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include People Just Do Nothing and the Roman emperor Nero.

Sep 22, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the musical Evita and the works of Sally Rooney.

Sep 29, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on subjects including The Simpsons and the plays of Samuel Beckett.

Oct 6, 2025 · 29m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz. The subjects include the Jurassic Coast, the band Queen and Mickey Mouse cartoons from 1928-1935.

Oct 14, 2025 · 29m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on the films of Billy Wilder, Neil Diamond and the Apollo space program.

Oct 20, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, including Richard Nixon, the band Nirvana and the television sitcom Derry Girls.

Oct 27, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the musical Les Miserables, Florence Nightingale and The O.C.

Nov 3, 2025 · 29m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. The specialist subjects include Roxy Music, Marc Chagall and the original Tomb Raider games.

Nov 10, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz, with four contenders answering questions on such subjects as the Great Reform Act of 1832, the castles of South Wales and Maroon 5.

Nov 17, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts, with contenders answering questions on specialist subjects including Aneurin Bevan, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim and Upstairs, Downstairs.

Nov 24, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz as four more contenders take on the black chair. Subjects include the French Revolution and the poetry of John Betjeman.

Dec 1, 2025 · 29m

Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, which include the planets of the solar system and the films of Kirsten Dunst.

Dec 8, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Muhammad Ali and Homer’s Iliad.

Dec 15, 2025 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include British butterflies, Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton books and Twin Peaks.

Feb 23, 2026 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including the London 2012 Olympic Games and British waterfowl and wading birds.

Mar 2, 2026 · 28m

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Subjects include Jimi Hendrix, the operas of Giacomo Puccini and Wilfred Owen.

Mar 9, 2026 · 29m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects include Fleabag, Michael Faraday, the presidency of Ronald Reagan and British marine invertebrates.

Mar 16, 2026 · 29m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Jeff Buckley, the managerial career of Rafael Benítez, Andy Warhol and the classic Routemaster bus.

Mar 23, 2026 · 28m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include Clint Eastwood's western films and the footballer Cyrille Regis.

Mar 30, 2026 · 28m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include George Frideric Handel, the films of Christopher Nolan and the US Masters tournament from 1990 to the present.

Apr 6, 2026 · 28m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects include Yellowstone National Park, The Silmarillion and the England Men's Team at the Fifa World Cup.

Apr 13, 2026 · 28m

Clive Myrie asks the questions in the last semi-final. The specialist subjects include Amelia Earhart, Sir Laurence Olivier, the red wines of Burgundy and the songs of Sir Noël Coward.

Apr 20, 2026 · 1h

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.