2026/27
Mastermind
Episoden
Episode 1
The specialist subjects are the 15th-century king Edward IV, the band Depeche Mode, the Films of Yorgos Lanthimos and Roy Keane.
Episode 2
Specialist subjects include British and Irish cheeses, Jonathan Creek and Johannes Brahms.
Episode 3
Subjects include Madness, the films of Wes Anderson and the history of the Paris Metro.
Episode 4
Specialist subjects include British birds of prey, Roger Moore's tenure as James Bond and Sylvia Plath.
Episode 5
Specialist subjects include Iron Maiden, Transport for London moquette and the Tintin books of Hergé.
Episode 6
The specialist subjects are the Tour de France, George Harrison, Virgil’s Aeneid and Lyndon B Johnson.
Episode 7
This time, the subjects are the essays of George Orwell, the films of Madonna, the pilot Pauline Gower and the 2000 AD comics in the 1980s and 90s.
Episode 8
The specialist subjects are Neil Young, Rory McIlroy, Sally Ride and British brutalist architecture.
Episode 9
Subjects include the films of Nicole Kidman and the novels of Jeanette Winterson.
Episode 10
Subjects include Monica Seles, artist Kerry James Marshall and the music of George Michael.
Episode 11
The specialist subjects this time are the Aztec Empire, singer Janis Joplin, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Formula One driver Max Verstappen.
Episode 12
The specialist subjects are The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, the band Talking Heads, the television series Foyle's War and the PDC World Darts Championship.
Episode 13
The specialist subjects this time include Peep Show, Joni Mitchell and the Lake District.
Episode 14
The specialist subjects are Creation Records, The X-Files, the Waterloo campaign and Gene Tierney.
Episode 15
The specialist subjects include the TV series Succession and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Episode 16
The specialist subjects include The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Episode 17
Contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Mansfield and The Sopranos.
