Mastermind - Season 14 / Year 2023

Season 14 / Year 2023

Episodes

Episode 1
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 2
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 3
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 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
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 9
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 10
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 11
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 12
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 13
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 14
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 15
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 16
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 17
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 18
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 19
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 20
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 21
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 22
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 23
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 24
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 25
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 26
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 27
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 28
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 29
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 30
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.

Final
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.
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