Mastermind

Mastermind 2020/21

TV Show

2020/21 Episodes

1. Episode 1

October 5th, 202030 min

John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series. The specialist subjects are The Levellers, Julie Andrews, Black Books and Isabella of Castile.

2. Episode 2

October 12th, 202030 min

John Humphrys presents the second heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Manchester United, the novels of Toni Morrison, Berthe Morisot and William Tyndale.

3. Episode 3

October 19th, 202030 min

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, Blackadder, the Boxer Rebellion and Blake's 7.

4. Episode 4

October 26th, 202030 min

John Humphrys presents the fourth heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Crown, the history of anaesthesia and Stormzy.

5. Episode 5

November 2nd, 202030 min

The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders. Tonight's specialist subjects are Vanessa Bell, Rachmaninoff, Sherlock and David Bowie.

6. Episode 6

November 16th, 202030 min

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. The specialist subjects are the Weimar Republic, Alex Higgins, the bridges of London and UK cheeses.

7. Episode 7

November 30th, 202030 min

Four more contenders brave the famous black chair. Specialist subjects are Joe Calzaghe, The Beach Boys, Joseph Stalin and the Gospel of John.

8. Episode 8

December 7th, 202030 min

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are freshwater fish of the British Isles, Nick Cave, the history of Scouting in the UK and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

9. Episode 9

December 14th, 202030 min

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects are John Singer Sargent, The Sopranos, Jane Austen novels and Nick Drake.

10. Episode 10

December 21st, 202030 min

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects are Lyndon B Johnson, A Song of Ice and Fire, seabirds and children's TV.

11. Episode 11

December 28th, 202030 min

John Humphrys hosts another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are Kenneth Williams, UK hit singles 2000-2004, Ada Lovelace and the Rugby World Cup.

12. Episode 12

January 4th, 202130 min

John Humphrys hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. Tonight's subjects include Life on Mars, the Titanic, Barbara Castle and the Periodic Table.

13. Episode 13

January 11th, 202130 min

John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on Marlene Dumas, Edward Thomas, Guy Burgess and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.

14. Episode 14

January 18th, 202130 min

Four more contenders take to the black chair to answer questions on their specialist subjects, including the London 2012 Olympic Games, Hancock's Half Hour and John Wyndham novels.

15. Episode 15

January 25th, 202130 min

Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Tchaikovsky, the Evil Dead trilogy, Rafael Nadal and This Country.

16. Episode 16

February 1st, 202130 min

In another heat of the classic quiz, four more contenders brave the black chair and answer questions on the mammals of the British Isles, Friends, Damien Hirst and Wimbledon.

17. Episode 17

February 8th, 202130 min

Four more contenders take to the black chair in tonight's programme, where the specialist subjects include the Mongol invasions, the plays of Aristophanes and Broadway musicals.

18. Episode 18

February 15th, 202130 min

Four more contenders take to the black chair in tonight's heat where the specialist subjects are Homer's Odyssey, The Good Life, the history of Portsmouth and Taika Waititi.

19. Episode 19

February 22nd, 202130 min

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz, with four contenders answering questions on Sidney Poitier, Greek mythology, Soundgarden and the Women's Institute.

20. Episode 20

March 1st, 202130 min

John Humphrys hosts as contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, which are Ernest Rutherford, Hitchcock films, the motorways of England and the Poldark novels.

21. Episode 21

March 8th, 202130 min

John Humphrys presents the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. Specialist subjects are the Russian Revolution, King Crimson, The Hunger Games and George Orwell.

22. Episode 22

March 15th, 202130 min

John Humphrys is back at his desk, asking four more contenders questions on their specialist subjects. In this programme, they are Kimi Raikkonen, Gloucestershire, Poirot and lidos in Britain.

23. Episode 23

March 22nd, 202130 min

John Humphrys hosts and contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, which are Stephen Sondheim musicals, dog breeds, Alan Partridge and the Charles Paris novels.

24. Episode 24

March 29th, 202130 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.

25. Episode 25

April 5th, 202130 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.

26. Episode 26

April 5th, 202130 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.

27. Episode 27

April 12th, 202130 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.

28. Episode 28

April 12th, 202130 min

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The Specialist subjects are R.E.M., Father Ted, David Niven and John Wesley.

29. Episode 29

April 19th, 202130 min

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Christopher Eccleston, Metallica, Beatrix Potter and the Greco-Persian Wars.

30. Episode 30

April 19th, 202130 min

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are William Pitt the Younger, The Bridge, the Grand National and the plays of Joe Orton.

31. Final

April 26th, 202130 min

John Humphrys asks the questions in the grand final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include Shackleton's Antarctic expedition of 1914-17, Cole Porter and Jimmy Carter.

All Seasons

2024/25

2024/25

Aug 12, 2024
2023/24

2023/24

Aug 28, 2023
2022/23

2022/23

Sep 19, 2022
2021/22

2021/22

Aug 23, 2021
2020/21

2020/21

Oct 5, 2020
2019/20

2019/20

Aug 9, 2019
2018/19

2018/19

Oct 5, 2018
2017/18

2017/18

Jul 28, 2017
2016/17

2016/17

Jul 13, 2016
2015/16

2015/16

Aug 7, 2015
2014/15

2014/15

Aug 8, 2014
2013/14

2013/14

Aug 9, 2013
2012/13

2012/13

Aug 10, 2012
2011/12

2011/12

Nov 4, 2011
2010/11

2010/11

Aug 20, 2010
2009/10

2009/10

Aug 28, 2009
2008/09

2008/09

Sep 5, 2008
2007/08

2007/08

Jul 9, 2007
2006

2006

Mar 30, 2006
2005

2005

Mar 8, 2005
2004

2004

Jun 21, 2004
2003

2003

Jul 7, 2003
1997

1997

Jun 9, 1997
1996

1996

May 29, 1996
1995

1995

Apr 9, 1995
1994

1994

Mar 20, 1994
1993

1993

Jan 10, 1993
1992

1992

Feb 16, 1992
1991

1991

Jan 20, 1991
1990

1990

Jan 7, 1990
1989

1989

Jan 15, 1989
1988

1988

Jan 7, 1988
1987

1987

Jan 4, 1987
1986

1986

Jan 12, 1986
1985

1985

Jan 6, 1985
1984

1984

Jan 29, 1984
1983

1983

Jan 9, 1983
1981

1981

Sep 6, 1981
1980

1980

Aug 31, 1980
1979

1979

Sep 5, 1979
1978

1978

Sep 7, 1978
1977

1977

Aug 30, 1977
1976

1976

Sep 7, 1976
1975

1975

Sep 4, 1975
1974

1974

Sep 5, 1974
1973

1973

Sep 3, 1973
1972

1972

Sep 11, 1972
Specials

Specials

Jan 1, 1976