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31 episodes · Aug 12, 2024
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair.
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S51E1Episode 1
Aug 12, 202428mIn the first of 24 heats, Clive Myrie puts four contenders to the test on their specialist subjects, which include Dad's Army, Liverpool FC under Jurgen Klopp, and Shania Twain.
S51E2Episode 2
Aug 19, 202428mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous black chair. The specialist subjects are orchids of the British Isles, Schitt's Creek, Tom Lehrer and Operation Mincemeat.
S51E3Episode 3
Aug 26, 202428mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include the novels of Zadie Smith and the history of Shetland hand-knitting.
S51E4Episode 4
Sep 16, 202428mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the films of Martin Scorsese and Mary Tudor.
S51E5Episode 5
Sep 23, 202428mFour more contenders brave the famous black chair in another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects include Horatio Nelson, Michael Kiwanuka and the films of Sofia Coppola.
S51E6Episode 6
Sep 30, 2024The 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 Ghost Stories of M R James, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Thunderbirds and renowned painter and portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger.
S51E7Episode 7
Oct 7, 202428mClive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. The specialist subjects include the Star Wars sequel trilogy, the band Elbow and Edward VI.
S51E8Episode 8
Oct 14, 202428mClive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders brave the black chair. Subjects include Alan Partridge, Madhuri Dixit and English wine in the 21st century.
S51E9Episode 9
Oct 21, 202428mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the Roman emperor Claudius, the Watergate Scandal and futurism.
S51E10Episode 10
Oct 28, 202429mClive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are the poetry of John Keats, the award-winning musician PJ Harvey, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and the films of David Fincher.
S51E11Episode 11
Nov 4, 202428mClive Myrie asks the questions in another heat, where the contenders answer questions on subjects including Sergei Rachmaninoff, Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, and Red Rum.
S51E12Episode 12
Nov 11, 202428mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. The specialist subjects include New Order, the James Bond books of Ian Fleming and Amy Johnson.
S51E13Episode 13
Nov 18, 202428mFour 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 The Two Ronnies, Richard Feynman, the Toronto Blue Jays and badgers.
S51E14Episode 14
Nov 25, 202428mClive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, which this time are Winston Churchill's wartime premiership, Mariah Carey, seals and Wassily Kandinsky.
S51E15Episode 15
Dec 2, 202428mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the solo career of Robbie Williams, and the fauna of Madagascar.
S51E16Episode 16
Dec 9, 202428mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. The specialist subjects include Sir Mark Cavendish, The Day Today and Sylvia Townsend Warner.
S51E17Episode 17
Dec 16, 202428mClive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, whales and Emily Brontë.
S51E18Episode 18
Feb 3, 202528mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Subjects include the life of Harold Pinter and the Savoy operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
S51E19Episode 19
Feb 10, 202528mClive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz as four more contenders take on the black chair. The specialist subjects include Emmeline Pankhurst and David Tennant's years on Doctor Who.
S51E20Episode 20
Feb 17, 202528mClive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, including George Washington, Taylor Swift and the BBC radio series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
S51E21Episode 21
Feb 24, 202528mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include the Isles of Scilly, Wham! and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
S51E22Episode 22
Mar 3, 202528mClive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Mad Men and the 1944 Battle of Arnhem.
S51E23Episode 23
Mar 10, 202529mClive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, including Henry II, Wales rugby union Test matches from 2000 to the present, and Friday Night Dinner.
S51E24Episode 24
Mar 17, 202528mClive Myrie hosts, and contenders answer questions on Audrey Hepburn, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the DCI Ryan novels by LJ Ross, and John Barry.
S51E25Episode 25
Mar 24, 202529mClive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects include The Clash, the films of Marilyn Monroe and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
S51E26Episode 26
Mar 31, 202528mClive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Blackadder, Joseph Chamberlain, Gregory Peck and The Legend of Zelda video games.
S51E27Episode 27
Apr 7, 202529mClive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include The Films of Mel Brooks, Homer's Odyssey and LL Cool J.
S51E28Episode 28
Apr 14, 202528mClive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects include wild cats of the world, the Battle of Gettysburg, and West Ham United from 1992 to the present.
S51E29Episode 29
Apr 21, 202528mClive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects are Caravaggio, Premier League Darts, Inside No. 9 and Grace Hopper.
S51E30Episode 30
May 12, 202528mClive Myrie asks the questions in the last semi-final. The specialist subjects include the war memoirs of Spike Milligan and the career of Novak Djokovic.
S51E31The Final
May 19, 202559mClive Myrie asks the questions in the grand final. The specialist subjects include the stage plays of Sir Tom Stoppard, the music of Led Zeppelin, penguins, and the Empire State Building.