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31 Episodes 2023 - 2024
Episode 1
The Poirot Novels of Agatha Christie, The Calvin and Hobbes Cartoons, Drake and Red Clydeside are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 2
Karl Marx, The Royle Family, Flags of British counties and Django Reinhardt are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair.
Episode 3
Roger Federer, Gavin and Stacey, Bronislava Nijinska and Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 4
Chelsea FC in the Premier League, Franz Kafka, Anglo-Saxon England and Harry Styles are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 5
F Scott Fitzgerald, Otters, Thomas Paine and the BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 6
Folk musician Richard Thompson, Ted Lasso, the life and works of Joan Didion and the early life of Gandhi are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 7
The battleship Bismarck, Syd Barrett, Federico García Lorca and the life and career of Magic Johnson are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 8
Billy Joel, JMW Turner, the BBC sitcom Miranda and Antoine Lavoisier are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 9
German military aircraft of the Second World War, Arrested Development, James McNeill Whistler, and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 10
Reptiles and amphibians of the British Isles, the Salem Witch Trials, Indian Premier League cricket and Edward VIII are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 11
Sir Isaac Newton, Red Dwarf, Mary Queen of Scots and Billy Bragg are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 12
Peter the Great of Russia, Exmoor National Park, the films of Quentin Tarantino and the Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 13
The films of Martin McDonagh, Dorothy Parker, US presidential elections from 1948 to 2000, and the music of Tom Waits are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 14
The New York subway system, the 'Ocean's' films, the Easter Rising and the novels of Donna Tartt are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 15
The poetry of Dame Carol Ann Duffy, The League of Gentlemen, Nigel Mansell and René Magritte are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 16
Bridget Riley, the Winter Olympics 2002-2022, the sitcoms of Peter Kay and the history of St Albans are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 17
Meat Loaf, Grinling Gibbons, England women's cricket since 2000 and the life and poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 18
British garden birds, the Big Bang theory, the German occupation of the Channel Islands 1940-1945 and the films of Orson Welles are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 19
Sir Trevor McDonald, Leeds United Football Club, Myrna Loy and the history of cattle are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 20
Kim Philby, Chess: The Musical, the castles of North Wales and the life of Thomas Hardy are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 21
The Chocolat novels of Joanne Harris, George Best, Alcibiades and The Rolling Stones are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 22
Medieval cathedrals of England, Dolly Parton, the life and works of Alfred Wainwright and the political career of Robert F Kennedy are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 23
The career of Arsène Wenger, the comedies of Oscar Wilde, Donny Osmond and The Godfather films are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 24
The human digestive system, AA Milne and Winnie the Pooh, The Chemical Brothers, and the Jack Ryan novels by Tom Clancy are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contenders taking on the famous black chair.
Episode 25
Charlie Chaplin, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the TV drama series Happy Valley and former American tennis player Billie Jean King are chosen as the specialist subjects by the four contestants testing their knowledge on the black chair in the first semi-final.
Episode 26
The Cheltenham Gold Cup from 1960 to the present, the films of Ridley Scott, the band Genesis from 1967-1977 and 13th-century Norse text the Prose Edda are the specialist subjects chosen by the four contestants in the second semi-final.
Episode 27
James I of Scotland, the television drama series Breaking Bad, World Athletics Championships from 2011-present and the life of Mary Shelley are the specialist subjects chosen by the four contestants in the third semi-final.
Episode 28
The actor Peter Cushing, the history of percussion instruments, the television series The Sarah Jane Adventures and Sir Bobby Robson are the specialist subjects chosen by the four contestants in the fourth semi-final.
Episode 29
British prime ministers of the 18th century, the rock band The Stranglers from 1974-1990, the American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Oscar-winning animated feature films are the specialist subjects chosen by the contestants in this semi-final.
Episode 30
Bears, the novels of Dame Muriel Spark, the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, and William Harvey and the discovery of circulation of the blood are the specialist subjects chosen by the contestants in the last semi-final of the classic quiz.
Episode 31
Clive Myrie presents the grand final. The specialist subjects are the Wimbledon singles championships 2000-present, the artist Francis Bacon, the ancient Greek poet Sappho, the Mercury Prize, the French revolutionary the Marquis de Lafayette, and the composer and pianist Clara Schumann.