Mastermind - Season 18 / Year 2026

In the first of 24 heats, Clive Myrie puts four contenders to the test. Specialist subjects include the Women's Institute, Carl Lewis and the films of the Muppets.

Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders take to the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are the men's Euros from 2000 to 2024, the writer Truman Capote, the television series Gilmore Girls and the British artist LS Lowry.

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 Italian artist and mathematician Piero della Francesca, Jodie Whittaker's tenure on Doctor Who, Edward III and the short stories of Roald Dahl.

Clive Myrie presents the fourth heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to 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 playing career of the Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, The Hunger Games, the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.

Clive Myrie presents as four more contenders take on the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.

The specialist subjects are the history of sheep, the Neapolitan novels of Elena Ferrante, the music of Katy Perry, and Gerrard Winstanley and the 17th-century protest movement, the Diggers.

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 subjects are the life of Oscar Wilde, Barack Obama, the 1943 Dambusters Raid and the Spanish football club Real Madrid from 2000 to the present.

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 postwar Great Britain rugby league tours, Katherine Parr, Pierce Brosnan's tenure as James Bond, and LL Zamenhof and the early history of Esperanto.

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 the comedian Bob Mortimer, dolphins and porpoises, the singer Eva Cassidy and the England cricket team under Michael Atherton.

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 history of Coventry, the BBC comedy series People Just Do Nothing, the Roman emperor Nero and the life of the sportsman CB Fry.

Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair.

The specialist subjects are the musical Evita, the history of Hereford Cathedral, the works of Sally Rooney and the Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros.

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 composer Frédéric Chopin, the first ten seasons of The Simpsons, the plays of Samuel Beckett and the American activist Gloria Steinem.

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 asks the questions, which this time are on the Jurassic Coast, the major plays of Molière, the band Queen and Mickey Mouse cartoons from 1928-1935.

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 the films of Billy Wilder, Neil Diamond, the Apollo space program and the Battle of Normandy.

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, which are Richard Nixon, the band Nirvana, the architect George Skipper and the television sitcom Derry Girls.

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 short fiction of George Saunders, the musical Les Misérables, Florence Nightingale and the American drama series The O.C.

The series continues with another four contenders taking to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects and general knowledge to earn a place in the semi-finals.

Clive Myrie hosts, and the specialist subjects are the band Roxy Music, the artist Marc Chagall, the poet George Herbert and the original Tomb Raider games.

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 specialist subjects are the Great Reform Act of 1832, the castles of South Wales, the works of the television animators and puppeteers Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin, and the band Maroon 5.

In another 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 and asks questions on the Welsh politician Aneurin Bevan, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim, the classic television series Upstairs, Downstairs, and Jigoro Kano and the origins of Judo.

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 specialist subjects are the French Revolution, the TV series Sherlock Holmes, the poetry of John Betjeman and the Laurel Canyon music scene of the 1960s and 1970s.

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 this time are the planets of the solar system, the films of Kirsten Dunst, the song cycles of Franz Schubert and the BBC crime drama series Shetland.

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 boxer Muhammad Ali, Homer's Iliad, British and Irish World Heritage Sites and the songs of the American singer Dory Previn.

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 British butterflies, Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books, the rock band Jefferson Airplane and the television series Twin Peaks.

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 London 2012 Olympic Games, the architect Frank Gehry, British waterfowl and wading birds, and the BBC's House of Cards trilogy.

Clive Myrie asks the questions in the final heat 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 18th-century English potter and industrialist Josiah Wedgwood, the musician Jimi Hendrix, the operas of Giacomo Puccini and the poet Wilfred Owen.

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 compete for a place in the grand final.

The specialist subjects are the television comedy-drama series Fleabag, the British scientist Michael Faraday, the presidency of Ronald Reagan and British marine invertebrates.

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 with a place in the grand final on the line. The specialist subjects are Jeff Buckley, the managerial career of Rafael Benítez, Andy Warhol and the classic Routemaster bus.

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 this time are Clint Eastwood's western films, the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, the studio albums of Bruce Springsteen and the footballer Cyrille Regis.

Clive Myrie presents the fourth 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 composer George Frideric Handel, the films of Christopher Nolan, the military leader Hannibal and the US Masters tournament from 1990 to the present.

Clive Myrie presents the penultimate 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 Yellowstone National Park, JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion, the Irish ‘pirate queen' Grace O'Malley and the England men's team at the FIFA World Cup.

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 the remaining place in the grand final.

The specialist subjects are Amelia Earhart, Sir Laurence Olivier, the red wines of Burgundy and the songs of Sir Noël Coward.

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.