Mastermind – 2026/27
Episodes
Episode 1
The specialist subjects are the 15th-century king Edward IV, the band Depeche Mode, the Films of Yorgos Lanthimos and Roy Keane.
Episode 2
Specialist subjects include British and Irish cheeses, Jonathan Creek and Johannes Brahms.
Episode 3
Subjects include Madness, the films of Wes Anderson and the history of the Paris Metro.
Episode 4
Specialist subjects include British birds of prey, Roger Moore's tenure as James Bond and Sylvia Plath.
Episode 5
Specialist subjects include Iron Maiden, Transport for London moquette and the Tintin books of Hergé.
Episode 6
The specialist subjects are the Tour de France, George Harrison, Virgil’s Aeneid and Lyndon B Johnson.
Episode 7
This time, the subjects are the essays of George Orwell, the films of Madonna, the pilot Pauline Gower and the 2000 AD comics in the 1980s and 90s.
Episode 8
The specialist subjects are Neil Young, Rory McIlroy, Sally Ride and British brutalist architecture.