Mastermind
Mastermind is a quiz show on BBC2. Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight, hoping to become the Mastermind champion. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 36 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2026.
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Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Emily Wilding Davison, The Thick of It and the New Romantics.
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Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects include the history of the Orkney Islands and the films of Laurel and Hardy.
In the first heat of the series, Clive Myrie puts four contenders to the test on specialist subjects including Peaky Blinders and Team GB at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
April 2026
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.
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.
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.
March 2026
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.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include Clint Eastwood's western films and the footballer Cyrille Regis.
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.
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.
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.
February 2026
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, including the London 2012 Olympic Games and British waterfowl and wading birds.
December 2025
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.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Muhammad Ali and Homer’s Iliad.
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.
November 2025
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.
Clive Myrie hosts, with contenders answering questions on specialist subjects including Aneurin Bevan, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim and Upstairs, Downstairs.
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.
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.
2022/23: Episode 4
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Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the ‘Alice’ books of Lewis Carroll, Detectorists and Sir Elton John.