Mastermind Australia - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
Episode 1
The Coutinho family kick off Family Week with the West Coast Eagles, Good Luck Charlie, Thirsty Merc, and 1970s Chrysler Valiants.
Episode 2
This family has mastered their individual niches: Australian politics, World War Two operation Shetland Bus, the Melbourne Football Club and St George Illawarra.
Episode 3
What do Manchester United, JDM cars, the human muscular system and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead have in common? Tonight's family somehow fits them all under one roof.
Episode 4
Tonight's family tree has four distinct branches: bestselling author Matthew Reilly, murder mystery game Blood on the Clocktower, the band Twenty-One Pilots and the history of Wi-Fi.
Episode 5
Our weekly family winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are an annual event, a sportsperson, a band and a country.
Episode 6
The animated series Steven Universe, composer Cliff Martinez, Breaking Bad, and The Da Vinci Code. I can just hear Professor Robert Langdon thinking, what does it all mean?
Episode 7
Tonight's subjects are the TV series Housos, the ARIA Top 10 Songs from 2000 - 2009, Narendra Modi and Jean Greenhowe's Knitting Patterns.
Episode 8
Tonight, Air Crash Investigation, Florence Nightingale, Percy Jackson, and the Scream films.
Episode 9
Contenders go deep diving for knowledge on the Barbie animated movies, Terry Pratchett's City Watch novels, the making of Adolf Hitler, and the Human Eye.
Episode 10
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a TV Show, a Food, a Landmark and a Song.
Episode 11
The subjects are the Rush Hour trilogy, Essendon Football Club, Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games and professional wrestler The Undertaker. Quite the mix.
Episode 12
The line-up of subjects spans galaxies, genres and ancient curses: the planets of the Solar System, singer-songwriter Chappell Roan, One Piece manga, and The Mummy trilogy.
Episode 13
Tonight's topics are revved up, wrapped up, written up, and powered up. Michael Schumacher at Ferrari, Prince's Purple Rain, the novels of David Nicholls, and Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards.
Episode 14
Tonight, Futurama, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Gone with the Wind and the history of tarot. Sounds like a fun half hour is on the cards.
Episode 15
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a Pop star, a Toy, a Year and a Historical Event.
Episode 16
The speciality subjects are Queens of the Stone Age, classic Bollywood, the razor-sharp Oxbridge satirists and TV's Law and Order SVU.
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. The slow burn topics are a film, a city, an animal and a constellation.
Episode 21
The topics are The Red Rising trilogy, Labrador retrievers, the works of John Lennon and the art of Jackson Pollock. In a battle of generations, Labs are guaranteed to stay neutral and adorable.
Episode 22
Topics include Australian red wine, Swedish band Roxette, The Elder Scrolls and Critical Role: Exandria Unlimited.
Episode 23
Topics include Aunty Donna's web and TV series, Douglas MacArthur, Freaks and Geeks and the life of ballet dancer Nijinsky. They should keep you on your toes.
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26
A night of celebrating Eurovision: Eurovision 2020-2025, Sweden in Eurovision, early Eurovision winners and Eurovision 2010-2019.
Episode 27
Episode 28
The Troubles in Northern Ireland, smallpox, lucid dreaming, and the films of Tim Burton. So yes, a perfectly normal mix for another perfectly normal show.
Episode 29
Tonight, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the Brisbane Broncos, the video game Jet Lag, and the surprisingly smoky history of Cuban Cigars - that's a lot to inhale in the one episode.
Episode 30
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a Musician, a Sport, a Character and a Country.
Episode 31
Alex Garland's films, Little Women, Joan Didion, and classic Doctor Who. If you're still mixing up Daleks and Cybermen, well, this is an intervention.
Episode 32
Romeo and Juliet, ancient Stoic philosophy, asbestos, and The Clone Wars. A journey from star-crossed lovers to a galaxy far, far away.
Episode 33
Tonight, we delve into the novels of Thomas Pynchon, Japanese Mascots, the history of Blackpool FC, and The Mighty Boosh. With subjects like this, it can only be one show.
Episode 34
Tonight, K-POPS Stray Kids, Audrey Hepburn films, the mayhem of Monkey, and Henry VIII, a man whose love life needed its own risk assessment.
Episode 35
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are an Annual Event, a Word, a TV Show and a Book.
Episode 36
New week, new fascinating facts. The Melbourne Vixens, the History and Geography of South Dakota, the 90s films of Brendan Fraser, and the YouTube chaos of Smosh.
Episode 37
Episode 38
The topics are cricketer Rahul Dravid, AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young, the Battle of Long Tan, and Australian 20th-century art.
Episode 39
Tonight: two TV classics - Stargate and Band of Brothers, two iconic women - Marilyn Monroe and Indira Gandhi, and one Mastermind legend - the black chair of course!
Episode 40
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are a film, a landmark, an invention and a band.
Episode 41
Tonight is all achievement with Cathy Freeman, Be More Chill, The Hives, and the Harry Potter films, because apparently magic is now part of your Monday.
Episode 42
The Men's Spring Classics cycling, TV's Parks and Recreation, Beyoncé's solo albums, and the history of Monopoly, a set of subjects so strong you should be slightly intimidated.
Episode 43
Tonight, Death Cab for Cutie, TV's Weeds, US punk music, and Cold War submarines. Sounds like there'll be a lot going on above and below sea level.
Episode 44
Tonight: the career of Luc Longley, Winx the racehorse, Bob Marley & the Wailers and True Detective - four topics that have absolutely nothing in common, which is exactly how we like it.
Episode 45
Our weekly winners are back with two minutes of general knowledge, plus the dreaded slow burn round. Tonight's slow burn topics are an annual event, a pop star, a book and a food.
Episode 46
Some nostalgia to kick of the week. The Legend of King Arthur, Blondie's 70s albums, Beverly Hills 90210 and Untitled Goose Game. Actually, that last one is only nostalgic for Gen Z.
Episode 47
Episode 48
Episode 49
Episode 50
Recently Updated Shows
The Food That Built America
For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, C.W. Post and the McDonald brothers have literally been household names, but you don't know their stories. Before they were brand names, they were brilliant, sometimes ruthless, visionaries who revolutionized food and changed the landscape of America forever. This miniseries event will tell the fascinating stories of the people behind the food that built America – those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, and along the way built cities, invented new technologies and helped win wars.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
FBI
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These first-class agents, including Special Agent Maggie Bell and her partner, Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan, bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe.
