Mastermind — Season 52
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair.
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Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair.
Episodes (31)
1. Episode 1
Aired 14 July 2025 • 29 min
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.
2. Episode 2
Aired 21 July 2025 • 29 min
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.
3. Episode 3
Aired 28 July 2025 • 29 min
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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 11 August 2025 • 29 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include The Hunger Games and Edvard Munch.
5. Episode 5
Aired 18 August 2025 • 28 min
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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 25 August 2025 • 28 min
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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 1 September 2025 • 28 min
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.
8. Episode 8
Aired 8 September 2025 • 28 min
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.
9. Episode 9
Aired 15 September 2025 • 28 min
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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 22 September 2025 • 28 min
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.
11. Episode 11
Aired 29 September 2025 • 28 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on subjects including The Simpsons and the plays of Samuel Beckett.
12. Episode 12
Aired 6 October 2025 • 29 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz. The subjects include the Jurassic Coast, the band Queen and Mickey Mouse cartoons from 1928-1935.
13. Episode 13
Aired 14 October 2025 • 29 min
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.
14. Episode 14
Aired 20 October 2025 • 28 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, including Richard Nixon, the band Nirvana and the television sitcom Derry Girls.
15. Episode 15
Aired 27 October 2025 • 28 min
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.
16. Episode 16
Aired 3 November 2025 • 29 min
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.
17. Episode 17
Aired 10 November 2025 • 28 min
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.
18. Episode 18
Aired 17 November 2025 • 28 min
Clive Myrie hosts, with contenders answering questions on specialist subjects including Aneurin Bevan, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim and Upstairs, Downstairs.
19. Episode 19
Aired 24 November 2025 • 28 min
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.
20. Episode 20
Aired 1 December 2025 • 29 min
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.
21. Episode 21
Aired 8 December 2025 • 28 min
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Muhammad Ali and Homer’s Iliad.
22. Episode 22
Aired 15 December 2025 • 28 min
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.
23. Episode 23
Aired 23 February 2026 • 28 min
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including the London 2012 Olympic Games and British waterfowl and wading birds.
24. Episode 24
Aired 2 March 2026 • 28 min
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.
25. Episode 25
Aired 9 March 2026 • 29 min
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.
26. Episode 26
Aired 16 March 2026 • 29 min
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.
27. Episode 27
Aired 23 March 2026 • 28 min
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include Clint Eastwood's western films and the footballer Cyrille Regis.
28. Episode 28
Aired 30 March 2026 • 28 min
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.
29. Episode 29
Aired 6 April 2026 • 28 min
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.
30. Episode 30
Aired 13 April 2026 • 28 min
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.
31. Final
Aired 20 April 2026 • 60 min
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.