Episode 5

September 25, 2023

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Mastermind - S50 - E5

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 F Scott Fitzgerald, otters, Thomas Paine and the BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark.

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Mastermind: Season 50 - 31 Episode s

50x1 - Episode 1
August 28, 2023
Clive Myrie presents the first heat of the classic quiz where contenders face the famous black chair with the ultimate goal of becoming the next Mastermind Champion. The specialist subjects are The Poirot Novels of Agatha Christie, The Calvin and Hobbes Cartoons, Drake and Red Clydeside.
50x2 - Episode 2
September 4, 2023
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. Specialist subjects are Karl Marx, The Royle Family, Flags of British counties and Django Reinhardt.
50x3 - Episode 3
September 11, 2023
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Roger Federer, Gavin & Stacey and Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns.
50x4 - Episode 4
September 18, 2023
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Chelsea FC in the Premier League, Franz Kafka and Harry Styles.
50x5 - Episode 5
September 25, 2023
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 F Scott Fitzgerald, otters, Thomas Paine and the BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark.
50x6 - Episode 6
October 2, 2023
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on Ted Lasso, the life and works of Joan Didion and the early life of Gandhi.
50x7 - Episode 7
October 9, 2023
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. The specialist subjects include the battleship Bismarck and Federico García Lorca.
50x8 - Episode 8
October 16, 2023
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. This time, the specialist subjects are Billy Joel, JMW Turner, the BBC sitcom Miranda and Antoine Lavoisier.
50x9 - Episode 9
October 23, 2023
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include Arrested Development and James McNeill Whistler.
50x10 - Episode 10
October 30, 2023
Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects this time are the reptiles and amphibians of the British Isles, the Salem Witch Trials, Indian Premier League cricket and Edward VIII.
50x11 - Episode 11
November 6, 2023
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. Clive Myrie hosts, and the specialist subjects are Sir Isaac Newton, Red Dwarf, Mary Queen of Scots and Billy Bragg.
50x12 - Episode 12
November 13, 2023
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on Peter the Great of Russia, Exmoor National Park and the films of Quentin Tarantino.
50x13 - Episode 13
November 20, 2023
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 this time are the films of Martin McDonagh, Dorothy Parker, US presidential elections from 1948 to 2000, and the music of Tom Waits.
50x14 - Episode 14
November 27, 2023
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including the New York subway system, the 'Ocean's' films, and the Easter Rising.
50x15 - Episode 15
December 4, 2023
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the poetry of Dame Carol Ann Duffy and The League of Gentlemen.
50x16 - Episode 16
December 11, 2023
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, and the specialist subjects are Bridget Riley, the Winter Olympics 2002-2022, the sitcoms of Peter Kay and the history of St Albans.
50x17 - Episode 17
December 18, 2023
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz, with four contenders answering questions on Meat Loaf, Grinling Gibbons, and England comen's cricket since 2000.
50x18 - Episode 18
January 1, 2024
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include British garden birds, the Big Bang theory and the films of Orson Welles.
50x19 - Episode 19
January 8, 2024
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. The specialist subjects include Sir Trevor McDonald, Leeds United Football Club and Myrna Loy.
50x20 - Episode 20
January 15, 2024
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 specialist subjects Kim Philby, Chess: The Musical, the castles of North Wales and the life of Thomas Hardy.
50x21 - Episode 21
January 22, 2024
The search 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 are the Chocolat novels of Joanne Harris, George Best, Alcibiades and The Rolling Stones.
50x22 - Episode 22
January 29, 2024
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Subjects include medieval cathedrals of England and Dolly Parton.
50x23 - Episode 23
February 5, 2024
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects, including the career of Arsène Wenger, the comedies of Oscar Wilde and the Godfather films.
50x24 - Episode 24
February 12, 2024
Clive Myrie hosts, with contenders answering questions on the human digestive system, AA Milne and Winnie the Pooh, The Chemical Brothers, and the Jack Ryan novels by Tom Clancy.
50x25 - Episode 25
February 19, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects include Charlie Chaplin, Happy Valley and Billie Jean King.
50x26 - Episode 26
February 26, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Subjects include the Cheltenham Gold Cup from 1960 to the present, the films of Sir Ridley Scott and Genesis from 1967-1977.
50x27 - Episode 27
March 4, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include James I of Scotland, Breaking Bad and the life of Mary Shelley.
50x28 - Episode 28
March 11, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include Peter Cushing, the history of percussion instruments and Sir Bobby Robson.
50x29 - Episode 29
March 18, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects include British prime ministers of the 18th century and Oscar-winning animated feature films.
50x30 - Episode 30
March 25, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the last of the semi-finals. The specialist subjects include bears, the novels of Dame Muriel Spark and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
50x31 - Final
April 1, 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the grand final. Specialist subjects include the Wimbledon singles championships 2000-present, the artist Francis Bacon and the Greek poet Sappho.

50x1 - Episode 1

50x2 - Episode 2

50x3 - Episode 3

50x4 - Episode 4

50x5 - Episode 5

50x6 - Episode 6

50x7 - Episode 7

50x8 - Episode 8

50x9 - Episode 9

50x10 - Episode 10

50x11 - Episode 11

50x12 - Episode 12

50x13 - Episode 13

50x14 - Episode 14

50x15 - Episode 15

50x16 - Episode 16

50x17 - Episode 17

50x18 - Episode 18

50x19 - Episode 19

50x20 - Episode 20

50x21 - Episode 21

50x22 - Episode 22

50x23 - Episode 23

50x24 - Episode 24

50x25 - Episode 25

50x26 - Episode 26

50x27 - Episode 27

50x28 - Episode 28

50x29 - Episode 29

50x30 - Episode 30

50x31 - Final

S0: Specials

S1: 1972

S2: 1973

S3: 1974

S4: 1975

S5: 1976

S6: 1977

S7: 1978

S8: 1979

S9: 1980

S10: 1981

S11: 1983

S12: 1984

S13: 1985

S14: 1986

S15: 1987

S16: 1988

S17: 1989

S18: 1990

S19: 1991

S20: 1992

S21: 1993

S22: 1994

S23: 1995

S24: 1996

S25: 1997

S30: 2003

S31: 2004

S32: 2005

S33: 2006

S34: 2007/08

S35: 2008/09

S36: 2009/10

S37: 2010/11

S38: 2011/12

S39: 2012/13

S40: 2013/14

S41: 2014/15

S42: 2015/16

S43: 2016/17

S44: 2017/18

S45: 2018/19

S46: 2019/20

S47: 2020/21

S48: 2021/22

S49: 2022/23

S50: 2023/24

S51: 2024/25