Episode guide
Mastermind: 2026/27
16 episodes · first aired Jul 13, 2026
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- 1 Episode 1 Jul 13, 2026 · 29m The specialist subjects are the 15th-century king Edward IV, the band Depeche Mode, the Films of Yorgos Lanthimos and Roy Keane.
- 2 Episode 2 Jul 20, 2026 · 29m Specialist subjects include British and Irish cheeses, Jonathan Creek and Johannes Brahms.
- 3 Episode 3 Jul 27, 2026 · 29m Subjects include Madness, the films of Wes Anderson and the history of the Paris Metro.
- 4 Episode 4 Aug 3, 2026 · 29m Specialist subjects include British birds of prey, Roger Moore's tenure as James Bond and Sylvia Plath.
- 5 Episode 5 Aug 17, 2026 · 28m Specialist subjects include Iron Maiden, Transport for London moquette and the Tintin books of Hergé.
- 6 Episode 6 Aug 24, 2026 · 29m The specialist subjects are the Tour de France, George Harrison, Virgil’s Aeneid and Lyndon B Johnson.
- 7 Episode 7 Sep 7, 2026 · 28m 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.
- 8 Episode 8 Sep 14, 2026 · 28m The specialist subjects are Neil Young, Rory McIlroy, Sally Ride and British brutalist architecture.
- 9 Episode 9 Sep 21, 2026 · 28m Subjects include the films of Nicole Kidman and the novels of Jeanette Winterson.
- 10 Episode 10 Sep 28, 2026 · 28m Subjects include Monica Seles, artist Kerry James Marshall and the music of George Michael.
- 11 Episode 11 Oct 5, 2026 · 28m The specialist subjects this time are the Aztec Empire, singer Janis Joplin, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Formula One driver Max Verstappen.
- 12 Episode 12 Oct 12, 2026 · 30m The specialist subjects are The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, the band Talking Heads, the television series Foyle's War and the PDC World Darts Championship.
- 13 Episode 13 Oct 19, 2026 · 28m The specialist subjects this time include Peep Show, Joni Mitchell and the Lake District.
- 14 Episode 14 Oct 26, 2026 · 28m The specialist subjects are Creation Records, The X-Files, the Waterloo campaign and Gene Tierney.
- 15 Episode 15 Nov 2, 2026 · 28m The specialist subjects include the TV series Succession and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
- 16 Episode 16 Nov 9, 2026 · 28m The specialist subjects include The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.