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Mastermind Season 20 Episodes
Season 20 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 2022 - 2023
Episode 1
Episode #20.1
Francisco de Goya, 'Peaky Blinders', Team GB at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the Philip Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 2
Episode #20.2
The history of the Orkney Islands, the films of Laurel and Hardy, the cookery writer Elizabeth David, and Sir Garfield Sobers are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 3
Episode #20.3
The suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, 'The Thick of It', The New Romantics, and 20th-Century U.S. Vice Presidents are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 4
Episode #20.4
Detectorists, the 'Alice' books of Lewis Carroll, British politics in the 1960s, and Sir Elton John are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 5
Episode #20.5
Marie Curie, the BBC Sitcom 'Ghosts', the queen consort of Edward IV Elizabeth Woodville, and Banksy are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 6
Episode #20.6
Offa's Dyke Path, the life and works of John Cage, the wines of Portugal, and 'Only Fools and Horses' are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 7
Episode #20.7
Neil Armstrong, Shakespeare's comedies, the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, and Rupert Bear are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 8
Episode #20.8
The Peter Wimsey stories of Dorothy L. Sayers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'The Wire', and the Falklands conflict are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 9
Episode #20.9
Christopher Hitchens, Ayrton Senna, 'Killing Eve', and field marshal Montgomery are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 10
Episode #20.10
The life of Anne Lister, 'Dear Evan Hansen', Elizabeth I, and the feature films of David Lynch are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 11
Episode #20.11
Michael Palin's travel documentaries, Lady Gaga, the American poet Emily Dickinson, and the BBC sitcom 'Mum' are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 12
Episode #20.12
The films of Judy Garland, 'The Cure', 'Hi-de-Hi!', and the French wars of religion are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 13
Episode #20.13
The Jazz pianist Bill Evans, Georges Remi and Tintin, William Morris, and 'Torchwood' are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 14
Episode #20.14
The Tudor rebellions, Christina Aguilera, the U.S. Space Shuttle Program, and James Parkinson are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 15
Episode #20.15
The British industrial revolution, the films of Christopher Guest, the famous architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and 'Succession' are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 16
Episode #20.16
Steven Hawking, the music of Radiohead, the star and sex symbol Theda Bara, and the 'Richard Sharpe' novels of Bernard Cornwell are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 17
Episode #20.17
The cricketeer Marcus Trescothick, the poet Rupert Brooke, the Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell, and the films of Wes Anderson are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 18
Episode #20.18
Catherine the Great, Wallace and Gromit, the Austrian artist Egon Schiele, and hyenas are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 19
Episode #20.19
The films of Nicole Kidman, the constellations of the Northern hemisphere, the children's books of Roald Dahl, and Take That are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 20
Episode #20.20
The film adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies, the Great Fire of London, the career of John Barnes, and 'The Lord of the Rings' are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 21
Episode #20.21
The Irish rock band U2, toy dog breeds, the Mitford sisters, and guest appearances in 'Friends' are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 22
Episode #20.22
The plays of Tennessee Williams, US first ladies 1945-Present, NBA MVP award winners 2000-Present, and Mithridates the Great are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 23
Episode #20.23
The Empress Matilda, Stevie Nicks, the 'What Katy Did' novels, and Universal's 'Frankenstein' films of the 1930s and '40s are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 24
Episode #20.24
Christiaan Huygens, Jonathan Creek, the life and works of Artemisia Gentileschi, and European mammals are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 25
Episode #20.25
Oscar-winning performances of the 1990s, the life and death of stars, Peep Show and The Great Escape are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair in the first semi-final.
Episode 26
Episode #20.26
The Norman Conquest, Borussia Dortmund, popes of the Renaissance and the film musicals of Alan Menken are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair in the second semi-final.
Episode 27
Episode #20.27
The PDC World Darts Championship, the history of transportation to Australia, Parks and Recreation, and Queen Anne are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge in this third semi-final.
Episode 28
Episode #20.28
Frank Zappa, the life and works of Siegfried Sassoon, pioneering British and Irish female aviators, and winners of the Eurovision Song Contest are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants in this fourth semi-final.
Episode 29
Episode #20.29
Fridtjof Nansen, the record label 4AD, Christina Rossetti and the Jason Bourne films are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair in the fifth semi-final of the classic quiz.
Episode 30
Episode #20.30
Sir Edwin Lutyens, Coldplay, the Karen Pirie novels of Val McDermid and the films of Terry Gilliam are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge in the last semi-final of the classic quiz.
Episode 31
Final
Clive Myrie presents the grand final. The specialist subjects are British and Irish Lions tours in the 21st century, Princess Margaret, the Rocky films, Bletchley Park during the Second World War, Augustus Caesar and the BBC sitcom Extras.