Mastermind2026/27Season 53 · 2026 · 12 episodesEpisodes1Episode 1The specialist subjects are the 15th-century king Edward IV, the band Depeche Mode, the Films of Yorgos Lanthimos and Roy Keane.2Episode 2Specialist subjects include British and Irish cheeses, Jonathan Creek and Johannes Brahms.3Episode 3Subjects include Madness, the films of Wes Anderson and the history of the Paris Metro.4Episode 4Specialist subjects include British birds of prey, Roger Moore's tenure as James Bond and Sylvia Plath.5Episode 5Specialist subjects include Iron Maiden, Transport for London moquette and the Tintin books of Hergé.6Episode 6The specialist subjects are the Tour de France, George Harrison, Virgil’s Aeneid and Lyndon B Johnson.7Episode 7This 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.8Episode 8The specialist subjects are Neil Young, Rory McIlroy, Sally Ride and British brutalist architecture.9Episode 9Subjects include the films of Nicole Kidman and the novels of Jeanette Winterson.10Episode 10Subjects include Monica Seles, artist Kerry James Marshall and the music of George Michael.11Episode 11The specialist subjects this time are the Aztec Empire, singer Janis Joplin, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Formula One driver Max Verstappen.12Episode 12The 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.Season 20Season 21Season 22Season 23Season 24Season 25Season 30Season 31Season 32Season 33Season 34Season 35Season 36Season 37Season 38Season 39Season 40Season 41Season 42Season 43Season 44Season 45Season 46Season 47Season 48Season 49Season 50Season 51Season 52
