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Celebrity Mastermind is a celebrity version of the British television quiz show Mastermind which is broadcast by BBC television. As with the standard show, four celebrities answer questions on a chosen "specialist subject" for a specific amount of time (usually one and a half minutes) before answering questions on general knowledge but with an extended time limit (usually two minutes). The contestant with the most correct answers wins. In contrast to the standard show each episode is treated as a single contest with the winner receiving a trophy, and the contestant's fees are donated to charity.

The celebrity version was first broadcast on 30 December 2002 as a one-off special to the usual Mastermind hosted by Magnus Magnusson.[1][2] When the show returned for a full series it was presented by John Humphrys who had taken over as host on original version.[3] When Humphrys stepped down from hosting in 2021, Clive Myrie took over hosting both shows from 2022.[4][5] As of the episode broadcast on the 22 March 2024, 198 episodes have been broadcast across 22 series, including three Children In Need special episodes. There have been 727 different contestants who have taken part in at least one episode. 63 contestants have participated in at least two episodes, with three of them also competing in a third episode.

Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
Special30 December 2002 (2002-12-30)BBC Two
1326 December 2003 (2003-12-26)2 January 2004 (2004-01-02)
2323 July 2004 (2004-07-23)6 August 2004 (2004-08-06)BBC One
3226 December 2004 (2004-12-26)31 December 2004 (2004-12-31)
4528 December 2005 (2005-12-28)2 January 2006 (2006-01-02)
5526 December 2006 (2006-12-26)30 December 2006 (2006-12-30)
6531 December 2007 (2007-12-31)4 January 2008 (2008-01-04)
7528 December 2008 (2008-12-28)1 January 2009 (2009-01-01)
81027 December 2009 (2009-12-27)7 January 2010 (2010-01-07)
91027 December 2010 (2010-12-27)7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)
101027 December 2011 (2011-12-27)8 January 2012 (2012-01-08)
111027 December 2012 (2012-12-27)5 January 2013 (2013-01-05)
121023 December 2013 (2013-12-23)17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
131021 December 2014 (2014-12-21)18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)
141022 December 2015 (2015-12-22)9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)
151019 December 2016 (2016-12-19)14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)
161027 December 2017 (2017-12-27)13 January 2018 (2018-01-13)
171021 December 2018 (2018-12-21)18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)
181027 December 2019 (2019-12-27)4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)
191419 December 2020 (2020-12-19)8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)
20145 February 2022 (2022-02-05)7 May 2022 (2022-05-07)
21145 November 2022 (2022-11-05)29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)
221424 November 2023 (2023-11-24)22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)

Key

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  • The contestant who won each episode is written in bold
  • An equal sign (=) before a position indicates two contestants shared that position
  • Contestants who appeared in more than one episode have the number of each of their appearances in brackets (e.g. (1) = First appearance)
  • Up to series 5 the contestants are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and from series 6 they are listed in the order they participated in the first round

Episodes

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Special (2002)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
11Adam Hart-Davis
Jonathan Meades
Janet Street-Porter
Vic Reeves
Heroes of science and invention before 1900
English architecture 1850–2002
British teapots 1735–1970
Golden age of piracy 1680–1720
2nd=
1st
2nd=
4th
30 December 2002 (2002-12-30)

Series 1 (2003–04)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
21David Blunkett
Jeremy Bowen
Antony Worrall Thompson
Shaun Williamson
Harry Potter novels
Arab–Israeli Six-Day War
Works of Escoffier
Richard Burton
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
26 December 2003 (2003-12-26)
32Germaine Greer
Charlie Higson (1)
Bill Oddie
Julia Somerville
Australian rainforests
James Bond
American jazz
Winnie-the-Pooh
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
31 December 2003 (2003-12-31)
43Gyles Brandreth
Stephen Fry
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Andrew Motion
Life and works of John Gielgud
Sherlock Holmes
First three Star Wars films
Philip Larkin
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
2 January 2004 (2004-01-02)

Series 2 (2004)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
51Edwina Currie (1)
Simon King
Tracy-Ann Oberman (1)
Richard Whiteley
Marie Curie
British wildlife
Imperial Roman family
History of the BBC and its programmes 1950–60
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
23 July 2004 (2004-07-23)
62Matt Allwright
Bernard Cribbins
David Grant
Murray Walker
Films of the Coen brothers
Angling
Stevie Wonder
Formula One
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
30 July 2004 (2004-07-30)
73Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Steve Rider
Arabella Weir (1)
Adam Woodyatt
Life and works of Audrey Hepburn
Masters Tournament
Dallas
Blackadder Goes Forth
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
6 August 2004 (2004-08-06)

Series 3 (2004)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
81Ricky Groves (1)
Neil Hamilton
Martin Offiah (1)
Hugh Quarshie
British pop music
British politics
World War II
Richard Pryor
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
26 December 2004 (2004-12-26)
92Eric Knowles
Shirley Robertson
Jimmy Savile
Tom Ward
Artistry of René Lalique
Olympic sailing
Top of the Pops
Philip Larkin
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
31 December 2004 (2004-12-31)

Series 4 (2005–06)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
101Jeremy Beadle
Natalie Cassidy
Jeremy Edwards (1)
Tim Rice
Solar System
Friends
Johnny Depp
London capital murders 1900–1940
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
28 December 2005 (2005-12-28)
112Diane Abbott
Phil Cornwell
Monty Don
Nicholas Owen
Jamaican politics
Apollo space missions
The Beatles
Railways of south-east England
2nd
4th
1st
3rd
29 December 2005 (2005-12-29)
123Andrew Castle
Graeme Le Saux
Peter Tatchell
Gina Yashere
Men's Grand Slam tennis
History of Jersey
Malcolm X
Lifts
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
30 December 2005 (2005-12-30)
134Diarmuid Gavin (1)
Lembit Öpik
Wendi Peters
Paul Ross
U2
Kander and Ebb musicals
Japanese motorcycles
Life and work of Ezra Pound
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
1 January 2006 (2006-01-01)
145Iain Banks
Myleene Klass
Alistair McGowan (1)
Sid Waddell
Malt whisky
Sex and the City season 3
Life and work of Erik Satie
History of rock and roll 1955–65
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
2 January 2006 (2006-01-02)

Series 5 (2006)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
151Clare Balding
Ranulph Fiennes
Rageh Omaar
Steven Pinder
Epsom Derby 1970–2000
Expeditions of Captain Scott to Antarctica
Presidency of George W. Bush
Life and career of Steve McQueen
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
26 December 2006 (2006-12-26)
162Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Henry Kelly
Edward Stourton
Kelli Young
Wild foods of Britain
Classical music 1850–1950
Pope John Paul II
British pop music 2000–2006
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
27 December 2006 (2006-12-27)
173Todd Carty
Paul Henshall
Henry Olonga
Gok Wan
Films of Norman Wisdom
3rd Rock from the Sun
Book of Genesis
Beautiful Thing
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
28 December 2006 (2006-12-28)
184Iain Lee
Jimmy McGovern
Scott Mills
Bernie Nolan
The Monkees
First Fleet
Prisoner: Cell Block H
Films of Frank Sinatra
1st
2nd
4th
3rd
29 December 2006 (2006-12-29)
195Josie d'Arby
Dave Spikey (1)
Brian Turner
Matthew Wright
Practices of reiki
Human blood
Marie-Antoine Carême
Frank Zappa
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
30 December 2006 (2006-12-30)

Series 6 (2007–08)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
201Paul Bradley
Dan Snow
Peter Serafinowicz
William G. Stewart
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band
Seven Years' War
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Lord Elgin and the Elgin Marbles
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
31 December 2007 (2007-12-31)
212Adrian Edmondson (1)
Bill Turnbull
Jan Ravens
Benjamin Zephaniah
Sex Pistols
Beekeeping
Daphne du Maurier
Jamaican reggae up to 1985
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
1 January 2008 (2008-01-01)
223Steve Cram
Anjum Anand
Tony Hawks (1)
Bill Kenwright
Sunderland A.F.C.
Partition of India
Tony Hawk
The Hit Parade 1957–1964
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
2 January 2008 (2008-01-02)
234Wayne Sleep (1)
Yvette Fielding (1)
DJ Spoony
Brian Sewell
Bob Fosse
Henry VIII
Ray Charles
British motor cars 1930–1950
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
3 January 2008 (2008-01-03)
245Kaye Adams
Simon Rimmer
Danny Wallace
Nicholas Parsons
The Pankhursts
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Ghostbusters
Edward Lear
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
4 January 2008 (2008-01-04)

Series 7 (2008–09)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
251Dave Myers
Toyah Willcox (1)
David Lammy
David Harewood
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
David Bowie 1967–1977
Muhammad Ali
His Dark Materials
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
28 December 2008 (2008-12-28)
262Rav Wilding (1)
Mark Chapman
Philippa Gregory
Jon Culshaw (1)
Human body
Premier League football
Elizabeth Woodville
British pop of the 1980s
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
29 December 2008 (2008-12-29)
273Bob Harris
John Sessions
Louise Minchin
Andrew Neil
Life and career of Alan Freed
Sherlock Holmes short stories
Life and career of Darcey Bussell
Life of Adam Smith
3rd
1st
2nd
4th
30 December 2008 (2008-12-30)
284Sally Lindsay
Mick Hucknall
Summer Strallen
Mel Smith
Carry On films
Life and career of Henri Matisse
Breeds of dog
Comedies of William Shakespeare
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
31 December 2008 (2008-12-31)
295Phil Daniels
Rick Wakeman
Ian Lavender
Tim Vine (1)
Chelsea F.C. in the 1970s
Just William
Buster Keaton
Elvis Presley
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
1 January 2009 (2009-01-01)

Series 8 (2009–10)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
Children in Need special
30Stephen K. Amos (1)
Lucy Porter (1)
Dave Spikey (2)
Mark Watson (2)
Five Star
Steve Martin
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
FIFA World Cup since 1966
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
20 November 2009 (2009-11-20)
Series
311Goldie
Paul O'Grady
Gail Emms
Loyd Grossman
Films of Paul Thomas Anderson
Life and times of Gypsy Rose Lee
Gavin & Stacey
Art and artists of the 18th century
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
27 December 2009 (2009-12-27)
322Darren Bennett
Stuart Maconie
Linda Papadopoulos
Andrew Lancel
Star Wars films
20th century British poets and poetry
Nirvana
Academy Awards
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
28 December 2009 (2009-12-28)
333Alastair Stewart (1)
Steve Backshall (1)
David Vitty
Saira Khan
The Rolling Stones
Judo
British motorways
Life and works of Coco Chanel
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
29 December 2009 (2009-12-29)
344Joe Pasquale (2)
Roger Black (1)
Antony Audenshaw
Diane-Louise Jordan
Vampires in films
Life and music of James Taylor
British birds
Brothers & Sisters
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
30 December 2009 (2009-12-30)
355Ed Byrne
Tristan Gemmill
Anneka Rice
John Bishop
Star Trek films
Apollo moon program
Jean Rhys
Irish Potato Famine
3rd
1st
2nd
4th
1 January 2010 (2010-01-01)
366Stewart Lee
John Thomson (1)
Sascha Kindred
Matthew Lewis
Life and work of Derek Bailey
James Bond villains
Manchester United 1990–2010
Oasis
1st
2nd
4th
3rd
4 January 2010 (2010-01-04)
377Tony Parsons
Diane Parish
Russell Grant
Paul Gambaccini
British punk rock and new wave
Frasier
County of Middlesex
DC Comics
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
5 January 2010 (2010-01-05)
388Michael Winner
Dom Joly
Mishal Husain
John Bird
British cinema of the 1960s
Presidency of Jimmy Carter
The Chronicles of Narnia
Life and works of Igor Stravinsky
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
6 January 2010 (2010-01-06)
399Mark Foster (1)
Nigel Planer
Ching He Huang
John Suchet
New Romantic
Life and works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Entourage
Life and music of Beethoven
=3rd0
1st
=3rd0
2nd
7 January 2010 (2010-01-07)
4010Beverley Knight
John Higgins
Michael Howard
Alex Deakin
Life and times of Prince
Dallas
Liverpool F.C. in the 1980s
The Stone Roses
1st
=3rd0
=3rd0
2nd
7 January 2010 (2010-01-07)

Series 9 (2010–11)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
Children in Need special
41Stewart Francis (1)
Tony Hawks (2)
Fred MacAulay (2)
Andi Osho (1)
Toronto Maple Leafs
Fridges
Fawlty Towers
The Matrix trilogy
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
19 November 2010 (2010-11-19)
Series
421Mark Lawrenson
Hilary Kay
Samantha Giles
Richard Herring
History of Preston North End F.C.
Life and works of Josiah Wedgwood
Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Rasputin
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
27 December 2010 (2010-12-27)
432Giles Coren
Pixie McKenna
Dean Macey
Samira Ahmed (1)
Asterix the Gaul
History of Ellis Island
Back to the Future trilogy
Laura Ingalls Wilder
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
28 December 2010 (2010-12-28)
443Frank Gardner
Levi Roots (1)
Helen Chamberlain
Pam Rhodes
Birds of the Middle East
Jamaica 1960–present
World Professional Darts Championship
Christmas carols
1st
=2nd0
4th
=2nd0
29 December 2010 (2010-12-29)
454David Threlfall
James Redmond
Hattie Hayridge
Ortis Deley
The Bonzo Dog Band
England national football team 1990–2010
Cold War
Spider-Man comics
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
30 December 2010 (2010-12-30)
465Adam Boulton
Toby Buckland
Kirsten O'Brien
Rhys Thomas
Life and books of Anthony Burgess
Father Ted
Reeves and Mortimer
Queen
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
31 December 2010 (2010-12-31)
476Robert Webb
Helen Skelton
Sir Clive Sinclair
Stephen Mangan
Novels of Ian McEwan
Debbie Harry and Blondie
British inventions
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
3 January 2011 (2011-01-03)
487Elaine C. Smith
Robert Llewellyn
Michael Buerk
Cerrie Burnell
Life and music of Joni Mitchell
Electric cars
Novels of Patrick O'Brian
Life and works of Augusto Boal
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
4 January 2011 (2011-01-04)
498Simon O'Brien
Digby Jones
Jason Merrells
Terry Christian (1)
Life and music of Bob Marley
Kings and Queens of England 1485–present
Life and work of Leonardo da Vinci
Manchester music 1977–present
2nd
1st
3rd
4th
5 January 2011 (2011-01-05)
509Derek Martin
Arthur Smith
Brian Moore
Alex Horne
Western films
British radio comedy since 1950
Genesis
Life and career of Ken Dodd
4th
3rd
1st
2nd
6 January 2011 (2011-01-06)
5110Kristina Rihanoff
Micky Flanagan
Martin Roberts (1)
Seeta Indrani
Life and career of Patrick Swayze
Life and music of Bruce Springsteen
Cartoons of Hanna-Barbera
Operas of Giacomo Puccini
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)

Series 10 (2011–12)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
Children in Need special
52Imran Yusuf
Karen Taylor
Russell Kane (1)
Jarred Christmas
Life and films of Jackie Chan
Fred Dibnah
Evelyn Waugh
The Transformers
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)
Series
531OJ Borg (1)
Jay Rayner (1)
Simon Calder
Antony Costa (1)
Original Star Wars trilogy
Musicals of Stephen Sondheim
Concorde
Only Fools and Horses
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
27 December 2011 (2011-12-27)
542Stacey Solomon
Simon Day
Sophie Grigson
Steve Harley
The Inbetweeners
The Sopranos season 1 and 2
Highgate Cemetery
T. S. Eliot and the Four Quartets
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
553Chris Packham
Jenny Meadows (1)
Alex Winters
Graeme Hawley
Battle of Rorke's Drift
Wigan Warriors
Manic Street Preachers
Blackadder
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
29 December 2011 (2011-12-29)
564Matthew Hoggard
Jules Hudson
Justin Moorhouse
Ray Fearon
Friends season 1 and 2
Operation Market Garden
Les Dawson
Othello
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
30 December 2011 (2011-12-30)
575Andi Osho (2)
Michael Vaughan
Richard Arnold
Simon Armitage
John Humphrys
Premier League
Dallas
Ted Hughes
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
2 January 2012 (2012-01-02)
586Michel Roux Jr.
Jessica Hynes
Jon Sopel
Neil Hannon (2)
Auguste Escoffier's Guide to Modern Cooking
Pam Ayres
Tony Blair
Frasier
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
3 January 2012 (2012-01-03)
597Miles Jupp (1)
Rachel Riley
Wayne Hemingway (1)
Gary O'Donoghue
Mike Atherton
Manchester United F.C.
Disco music of the 1970s
Winston Churchill
1st
=2nd0
4th
=2nd0
4 January 2012 (2012-01-04)
608Neil Dudgeon
Stewart Francis (2)
Sandie Shaw
Andrew Collins
Philip Larkin
Toronto Blue Jays
Nichiren Buddhism
Disaster movies of the 1970s
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
5 January 2012 (2012-01-05)
619Jacqui Smith
Nathaniel Parker
Erin Boag
Jason Manford
The Archers
Marx Brothers
History of New Zealand
Quantum Leap
1st
2nd
=3rd0
=3rd0
6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)
6210Sarah Storey
Martin Lewis
Nihal Arthanayake (1)
Dan Walker
Sex and the City
Superman films
Glenn Hoddle
Gunpowder Plot
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
8 January 2012 (2012-01-08)

Series 11 (2012–13)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
631Hannah Cockroft (1)
Val McDermid
Lizo Mzimba
Crissy Rock (1)
McFly
Life of Christopher Marlowe
George Smiley novels of John le Carré
Life and works of Toulouse-Lautrec
3rd
1st
2nd
4th
27 December 2012 (2012-12-27)
642Simon Evans
Bobby Friction
Ewen MacIntosh
Alice Roberts
Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance expedition
Life and music of Prince
Twin Peaks
Moomins novels of Tove Jansson
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
28 December 2012 (2012-12-28)
653Adam Buxton
Nelufar Hedayat
Chris Johnson
Neil Pearson
David Bowie in the 1970s
Harry Potter novels
Films of Monty Python
English language publishing in Paris
2nd
=3rd0
=3rd0
1st
29 December 2012 (2012-12-29)
664Ken Bruce
Sidney Sloane
Holly Walsh
Paul Young
Jeeves novels of P. G. Wodehouse
Liverpool F.C. under Bob Paisley
Badgers
Films of Johnny Depp
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
30 December 2012 (2012-12-30)
675Milton Jones
Denise Robertson
Adele Silva
Chris Van Tulleken
Potatoes
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
Children's stories of Roald Dahl
Life and achievements of Ranulph Fiennes
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)
686Pete Firman
Jaye Griffiths
Paul Martin
Pete Reed
Life of Tommy Cooper
Life and career of Ayrton Senna
Rock drummers 1970–2000
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
1st
=2nd0
4th
=2nd0
1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)
697Charles Campion
Darren Kenny
Naga Munchetty
Kurtis Stacey
Kenneth Grahame and The Wind in the Willows
Life and works of Wassily Kandinsky
Ryder Cup 1979–present
Life and films of Arnold Schwarzenegger
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
2 January 2013 (2013-01-02)
708Clemency Burton-Hill
John Hammond
Martin Kelner
Steve Punt
Downton Abbey
Status Quo
Arsenal F.C. since 2000
Life and career of Tony Hancock
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
3 January 2013 (2013-01-03)
719Carol Decker
Nick Hancock
Austin Healey
Michael Underwood
Life and work of Tina Turner
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everton F.C. 1984–1994
James Bond – the Roger Moore years
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)
7210Cheryl Baker (2)
Tim Bentinck
Mark Thompson
Guy Henry
Life and music of James Taylor
A. A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh
Coffee
Life and films of Peter O'Toole
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
5 January 2013 (2013-01-05)

Series 12 (2013–14)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
731Shaun Keaveny
Mark Watson (1)
Bunny Campione
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Music of Led Zeppelin
The Canterbury Tales
Life and films of Stewart Granger
Life and works of Oliver Postgate
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
23 December 2013 (2013-12-23)
742Danny John-Jules
Gail Porter
Mike Bushell (2)
Prue Leith
Life and career of Bob Fosse
UK number 1 singles of the 1990s
Alan Partridge
War time food in Britain
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
28 December 2013 (2013-12-28)
753James Allen
Chris Ramsey
David Bradley
Shobu Kapoor
Roald Dahl
The Sopranos
Max Wall
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)
764Josh Widdicombe
Katharine Merry
Sian Reese-Williams
Nick Baker
Blur
Aston Villa F.C. 1980–1990
Black Books
Life and works of Alfred Russel Wallace
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
31 December 2013 (2013-12-31)
775Adil Ray
Mark Porter
Kevin Eldon
Jordan Stephens
Fawlty Towers
History of the Porsche 911
Music of The Beatles
Life and times of Ross Geller
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
2 January 2014 (2014-01-02)
786John Cooper Clarke
Roy Hudd
Ben Faulks
Frank Turner
Films of Elvis Presley
Life and career of Dan Leno
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Iron Maiden
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
3 January 2014 (2014-01-03)
797Hal Cruttenden (1)
Clare Perkins
Sophie Hosking
Huw Stephens
Rocky films
The Border Trilogy
London Underground
Johnny Cash: the Columbia years
1st
2nd
=3rd0
=3rd0
4 January 2014 (2014-01-04)
808Charles Collingwood
Georgia Henshaw
Fred MacAulay (1)
Mark Billingham
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Sherlock
Porridge
Elvis Costello
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
5 January 2014 (2014-01-05)
819Rev. Richard Coles (1)
Monty Halls
Ava Vidal
Tony Livesey
Mapp and Lucia novels
Life and times of Jacques Cousteau
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 1 and 2
The Jam
1st
2nd
4th
3rd
12 January 2014 (2014-01-12)
8210Clare Grogan
Quentin Letts
Newton Faulkner
Richard Whitehead
Doris Day
Hereford Cathedral
Life and work Harry Nilsson
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 2000–present
2nd
1st
3rd
4th
17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)

Series 13 (2014–15)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
831Emma Barton
Tony Marshall
Zoe Lyons (1)
Jamie Baulch
Carry On films
Richard Pryor
Quentin Crisp
Prince
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
21 December 2014 (2014-12-21)
842Ore Oduba
Lizzy Yarnold
Alex Riley
Ken Dodd
David Beckham
The Archers 2000–present
Triumph TR sports cars
Theatre variety comedians since 1950
=2nd0
4th
1st
=2nd0
22 December 2014 (2014-12-22)
853Mary Anne Hobbs
Neil Fitzmaurice
Katie Thistleton
Johnny Ball
Barry Sheene
Films of Robert De Niro
Life and times of Rachel Green
Michael Faraday
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
23 December 2014 (2014-12-23)
864Andy Day
Ann Cleeves
Tom Rosenthal
Robert Peston
Back to the Future trilogy
Shetland Islands
Flags of the world
David Bowie 1966–1976
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
27 December 2014 (2014-12-27)
875Rob Deering (1)
Amy Willerton
Andy Bell
Jason Watkins
Novels of Jane Austen
Anne Boleyn
Blondie
David Garrick
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
28 December 2014 (2014-12-28)
886Kate Thornton (1)
Tony Law
Steve Pemberton
Harry Shearer
George Michael
World War II fighter aircraft
Films of the Coen brothers
NBA 1976–present
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
31 December 2014 (2014-12-31)
897Jimmy McKenna
Gillian Joseph
Dallas Campbell
Russell Kane (2)
Frank Sinatra
Parables of the New Testament
Werner Herzog
Novels of Ernest Hemingway
2nd
4th
1st
3rd
2 January 2015 (2015-01-02)
908Gethin Jones
Doc Brown
Aasmah Mir
Mark Little
Welsh international rugby 2000–2010
Films of the Marx Brothers
Novels of Hanif Kureishi
Hunter S. Thompson
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
3 January 2015 (2015-01-03)
919Gemma Cairney
Anthony Ogogo
Tina Malone
Dominic Laurie
Spice Girls
British middleweight boxers of the 1990s
Barbra Streisand
London Underground
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
11 January 2015 (2015-01-11)
9210Tim Key
Andy McConnell
Amy Macdonald
Richard Stilgoe
Andy Murray
Joe Cocker
Still Game
British musicals up to 1980
=2nd0
4th
=2nd0
1st
18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)

Series 14 (2015–16)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
931Ricky Hatton
Tony Singh
Ardal O'Hanlon
Kate Bliss
Only Fools and Horses
History of tartan
The Velvet Underground
Peter Carl Fabergé
4th
3rd
1st
2nd
22 December 2015 (2015-12-22)
942Cheryl Fergison
Stacey Dooley
Kellie Maloney
Jane Hazlegrove
Elton John
Girls
British heavyweight boxing
Harper Lee
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
23 December 2015 (2015-12-23)
953Radzi Chinyanganya (1)
Badly Drawn Boy
Rebecca Root
Kriss Akabusi
The Office (UK)
Bruce Springsteen
Novels of Graham Greene
West Ham United F.C. 1985–present
=3rd0
2nd
1st
=3rd0
24 December 2015 (2015-12-24)
964Tom Kerridge
Steph Houghton
Rob Delaney
Dominic Wood
Oasis
The Only Way Is Essex
John Belushi
Harry Houdini
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
28 December 2015 (2015-12-28)
975Vincent Franklin
Christian Malcolm
Chris Warburton
Graham Fellows
Pixar 1995–2014
Male Olympic sprinters 1989–present
Reeves & Mortimer
Donald Crowhurst
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
29 December 2015 (2015-12-29)
986Liam Fox
Jon-Allan Butterworth
Nick Helm
Kimberley Nixon
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Terminator
Alice Cooper
Poirot novels of Agatha Christie
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
30 December 2015 (2015-12-30)
997Lisa Maxwell
Gary Delaney
Simon Greenall
Conor McNamara
Life and works of Judy Garland
Zombie films of George A. Romero
D-Day landings
Irish whiskey
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
31 December 2015 (2015-12-31)
1008Chris Hawkins
Kate Williams
Iain Stirling
Nikki Fox
Coronation Street
Emily Brontë
Films of Robin Williams
Kate Bush
2nd
1st
3rd
4th
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02)
1019Louise Pentland
Jason Cook
Alistair Appleton
Ben Shires
Harry Potter novels
Billy Connolly
Modern classical music
Leeds United F.C.
4th
1st
=2nd0
=2nd0
4 January 2016 (2016-01-04)
10210Katy Ashworth
Thomas Turgoose
Mick Fitzgerald
Shelagh Fogarty
Aretha Franklin
Prison Break
Cheltenham Festival
Pope John Paul II
=3rd0
=3rd0
2nd
1st
9 January 2016 (2016-01-09)

Series 15 (2016–17)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1031Hacker T. Dog
Paul Rankin
Sonali Shah (1)
Omid Djalili (1)
Pet Shop Boys
Stieg Larsson
Human body
Chelsea F.C.
2nd
1st
3rd
4th
19 December 2016 (2016-12-19)
1042Shappi Khorsandi
Chris Stark
Piers Taylor
Lee Pearson
Charlie Chaplin
Scott Mills
Bob Dylan
British birds
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
20 December 2016 (2016-12-20)
1053Lauren Layfield (1)
David Aaronovitch
Tim Muffett
Kadeena Cox
Jurassic Park films
The Archers
Films of Danny Boyle
Arsenal F.C.
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
21 December 2016 (2016-12-21)
1064Mitch Benn
Reeta Chakrabarti
Mark Rhodes
Alistair Brownlee
Peter Cook
John Keats
WWE in the 1990s
Yorkshire Dales
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)
1075Graeme Swann
Rev. Kate Bottley
Janice Long
Paul Carrack
Original Star Wars trilogy
Adrian Mole
Echo & the Bunnymen
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
27 December 2016 (2016-12-27)
1086Michelle Ackerley
Joe Fattorini
Danny Clarke
John Finnemore
Columbo
Meridian 2° west
Garfield Sobers
Works of M. R. James
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
29 December 2016 (2016-12-29)
1097Tyger Drew-Honey
Tom Ravenscroft
Maria McErlane (1)
Terry Deary
The Office (UK)
Warp Records
Unity Mitford
Father Brown stories
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
30 December 2016 (2016-12-30)
1108Bryony Page
Nemone
Emma Kennedy
Alan Gardner
Disney films
Works of Roald Dahl
Lucille Ball
Wassily Kandinsky
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
2 January 2017 (2017-01-02)
1119Tom Heap
Jo Caulfield
Lutalo Muhammad
Stuart MacBride
The Godfather trilogy
History of Edinburgh
Jack Johnson
A. A. Milne
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
7 January 2017 (2017-01-07)
11210Nathan Caton
Dev Griffin
Adam Jones
Patrick Grant
Premier League
Films of Will Ferrell
British & Irish Lions
Ralph Lauren
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)

Series 16 (2017–18)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1131Jack Ashton
Rich Hall
Guy Mowbray
Pam Ayres
The Ashes 2000–present
Tennessee Williams
Iron Maiden
British wildlife
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)
1142Olivia Wayne
Philip Serrell
Richard McCourt
Lemn Sissay (1)
Children's books of Roald Dahl
England at the Six Nations 2000–present
New Order
Life and times of Bob Marley
4th
1st
=2nd0
=2nd0
28 December 2017 (2017-12-28)
1153John Bradley
Crista Cullen
Nick Bright
Anna Passey
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
African mammals
UK grime music
War poetry of Wilfred Owen
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
29 December 2017 (2017-12-29)
1164Rachel Stevens
Asim Chaudhry
Anita Anand
Andy Zaltzman (1)
Life and times of Rachel Green
The Notorious B.I.G.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Victor Trumper
4th
3rd
1st
2nd
30 December 2017 (2017-12-30)
1175Faisal Islam
Lloyd Langford
Yasmin Evans
Ollie Locke
Manchester United F.C. in the 1990s
Robert Johnson
Luther Vandross
The Big Bang Theory
2nd
1st
4th
3rd
31 December 2017 (2017-12-31)
1186Phil Williams
John Robins
Lydia Bright
Tim Farron
Dirty Harry films
Queen
Sex and the City
Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1990–2000
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
3 January 2018 (2018-01-03)
1197Laurence Rickard
Martin Hughes-Games
Vogue Williams
John Pienaar (1)
Indiana Jones films
Life and novels of Evelyn Waugh
Kim Kardashian
William Gladstone
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)
1208Dane Baptiste (1)
Grace Victory
Annie Wallace
Martin Bell
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Beyoncé
Doctor Who 1970–1980
Sir William Howard Russell
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
5 January 2018 (2018-01-05)
1219Spencer Kelly
Abdullah Afzal
Jessica Regan
Andrew Maxwell
UK number 1 singles 1983–1992
Sir Alex Ferguson
Films of Quentin Tarantino
Lebanon
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
6 January 2018 (2018-01-06)
12210Joanna Rowsell
Louis Payne
Eddie Butler
George Lewis
Harry Potter novels
Arsenal F.C. under Arsène Wenger
Spanish Civil War
Oasis
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
13 January 2018 (2018-01-13)

Series 17 (2018–19)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1231Amol Rajan
Rev. Richard Coles (2)
Courtney Act
Mark Lane
Shane Warne
Operas of Richard Wagner
Spice Girls
Piet Mondrian
2nd
1st
=3rd0
=3rd0
21 December 2018 (2018-12-21)
1242Joe Pasquale (3)
Ricky Boleto
Toyah Willcox (2)
Jeanette Kwakye
Werewolf films
Number one singles of the 1990s
Boudica
Walt Disney Animation Studios
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22)
1253Shaun Ryder
Arabella Weir (2)
Stef Reid
Sean Fletcher
Manchester
Motown
Jesus
Sesame Street
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
27 December 2018 (2018-12-27)
1264Elis James
Montana Brown
Madeline Smith
George Rainsford
Wales national football team
Desperate Housewives
Kew Gardens
Back to the Future
=2nd0
=2nd0
4th
1st
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
1275[a]Ana Matronic
Joe Thomas
Maggie Alphonsi
Jay Rayner (2)
The Bionic Woman
George Orwell
Denise Lewis
Arthur Freed
2nd
1st
4th
3rd
18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)[a]
1286Neil Jones
YolanDa Brown (1)
Paul Higgins
Holly Hamilton (1)
Charlie Chaplin
Marvin Gaye
Watergate scandal
George Best
4th
3rd
1st
2nd
2 January 2019 (2019-01-02)
1297Mike Bushell (1)
Jenny Colgan
Stanley Johnson
Vassos Alexander
Monty Python
Manhattan Project
Sophocles
Emil Zátopek
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
3 January 2019 (2019-01-03)
1308Candice Brown
Jenny Meadows (2)
Francis Boulle
Danny Sebastian
Audrey Hepburn
Challenge Cup
Friedrich Hayek
Only Fools and Horses
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)
1319Christian Brassington
Claudia-Liza Armah
Edwina Currie (2)
Mark Dolan
Eric Cantona
Martin Scorsese
Nancy Astor
Elton John
2nd
4th
1st
3rd
5 January 2019 (2019-01-05)
13210Camilla Kerslake
Monty Panesar
Sean Wilson
Terry Alderton
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sikhism
British birds
Tony Hancock
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)

Series 18 (2019–20)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1331Tim Vine (2)
Alastair Stewart (2)
Hal Cruttenden (2)
Samira Ahmed (2)
Jaws
Lewis Hamilton
Magnus Magnusson
Space: 1999
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
27 December 2019 (2019-12-27)
1342Bronagh Waugh
Darren Harriott
Adam Pearson
Riyadh Khalaf
Fleabag
Kanye West
WWE in the 21st century
Titanic (film)
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
28 December 2019 (2019-12-28)
1353Dylan Llewellyn
Claire McCollum
Caspar Lee
Rickie Haywood-Williams
Films of Quentin Tarantino
1980s light entertainment television
YouTube
Game of Thrones
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
31 December 2019 (2019-12-31)
1364Paul Chuckle
Amanda Henderson
Geoff Norcott
Levi Roots (2)
English football clubs
Songs from animated Disney films
Star Wars prequel trilogy
Reggae music
2nd
4th
1st
3rd
2 January 2020 (2020-01-02)
1375Carl Frampton
Victoria Fritz
Wayne Sleep (2)
Rav Wilding (2)
The Office (UK)
Chelsea Flower Show
Lilian Baylis
The Inbetweeners
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)
1386Ranj Singh
Jess Wright
Alan Johnson
Katy Brand
RuPaul's Drag Race
Monica Geller
Works of The Beatles
Dirty Dancing
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)
1397Adrian Edmondson (2)
Yung Filly
Serena Guthrie
Gareth Thomas
Hannibal
Drake
Island of Jersey
Erasure
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)
1408Radzi Chinyanganya (2)
Ruth Madeley
Ann Widdecombe
Tom Read Wilson
Olympic sprinters since 1980
Will & Grace
Escape of King Charles II
My Fair Lady
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
7 March 2020 (2020-03-07)
1419Bez
Maya Sondhi
Darren Bent
Elizabeth McKenna
Bees and beekeeping
Julie Walters
James Bond films
Watson Fothergill
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)
14210Kelly Gallagher
Stephen Bailey
Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Bobby Seagull
Frank Lloyd Wright
Girl groups of the 1990s and 2000s
Jurassic Park
England at the FIFA World Cup
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)

Series 19 (2020–21)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1431Charlotte Crosby
Omid Djalili (2)
James Haskell
Zoe Williams
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Harry Potter films
Nelson Mandela
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)
1442Neil Hannon (1)
Miles Jupp (2)
Zoe Lyons (2)
Lucy Porter (2)
Merchant Ivory's E. M. Forster film adaptations
David Gower
Jacques Cousteau
Victoria Wood
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
28 December 2020 (2020-12-28)
1453Stephen K. Amos (2)
Matt Everitt
Lucrezia Millarini
Scarlett Moffatt
Fela Kuti
Glastonbury Festival
Die Hard
Bottom
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
30 December 2020 (2020-12-30)
1464Andrew Cotter
Arielle Free
Crissy Rock (2)
Lemn Sissay (2)
Smallfilms
Daft Punk
Pendle Witch Trials
Sylvia Pankhurst and Ethiopia
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
2 January 2021 (2021-01-02)
1475Kimberly Wyatt
Darren Kennedy
Normski
Aoife Hinds
Bob Fosse
The Geisha
Electronic music from the 1980s and 1990s
Amy Winehouse
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
16 January 2021 (2021-01-16)
1486Martin Roberts (2)
Fern Britton
Victoria Ekanoye
Arthur Williams
Thunderbirds
Mary of Teck
Pretty Woman
British military aircraft of the Second World War
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
6 February 2021 (2021-02-06)
1497Jon Culshaw (2)
Richie Anderson
Rachel Johnson
Denis Lawson
Doctor Who: the Jon Pertwee years
The Saturdays
Laconia incident
Early life of Miles Davis
2nd
4th
1st
3rd
20 February 2021 (2021-02-20)
1508Joe Pasquale (1)
Grace Dent
Mwaksy Mudenda
Robin Ince
Planet of the Apes films
Edward VI
Gospel of Mark
The Young Ones
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)
1519Amanda Abbington
Rick Edwards
Richard Blackwood
Laura Tobin
Phoebe Buffay
Octopuses
An American Werewolf in London
Bon Jovi
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
20 March 2021 (2021-03-20)
15210Marcus Brigstocke
Vick Hope
Briony May Williams
Siobhán McSweeney
Pink Floyd
Giraffes
Boy bands of the 1990s and 2000s
Gene Wilder
1st
2nd
4th
3rd
27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)
15311Steve Backshall (2)
Noreen Khan
Rhys James
Caroline Flint
Sharks
Marilyn Monroe
The Office (US)
Alien
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)
15412Amber Gill
Rob Deering (2)
Ben Bailey Smith
Katie Razzall
How to Train Your Dragon
Stranger Things
Richard Pryor
Dora Maar
2nd
1st
4th
3rd
24 April 2021 (2021-04-24)
15513Debbie McGee
Ben Cajee
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Tracy-Ann Oberman (2)
Dame Margot Fonteyn
West Ham United 2000–2020
Inside No. 9
Women of Imperial Rome
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)
15614Kate Thornton (2)
Nancy Lam
Dominic Skinner
Katy Wix
Dulwich
Rod Stewart
Alexander McQueen
Plays of Annie Baker
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)

Series 20 (2022)

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1571David James
Antony Costa (2)
Jackie Weaver
Ellie Taylor
Roy Lichtenstein
Grease
The Chronicles of Riddick
Geri Halliwell
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
1582Ruthie Henshall
Chris Mason
Poppy Jay
Rufus Hound
Gene Kelly musicals
Yorkshire Dales
Cardi B
Jim Henson
3rd
2nd
4th
1st
12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
1593Janette Manrara
Nish Kumar
Olly Smith
John Altman
Disney Renaissance era
Jimi Hendrix
Withnail and I
Isle of Wight
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
19 February 2022 (2022-02-19)
1604Roger Black (2)
Snoochie Shy
Anna Soubry
Natalie Anderson
The Princess Bride
Giggs
Fawlty Towers
Coco Chanel
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
26 February 2022 (2022-02-26)
1615Maria McErlane (2)
The Vivienne
Martine Croxall
DJ Ace
History of women on bicycles
Cher
Nellie Bly
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
2nd
=3rd
1st
=3rd
5 March 2022 (2022-03-05)
1626Philippa Dunne
Phil Wang
Keith Brymer Jones
Dani Harmer
The Shining
Wines of New Zealand
Dame Lucie Rie
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2nd
1st
4th
3rd
12 March 2022 (2022-03-12)
1637Nina Conti
Brenton West
Fatima Manji
Martel Maxwell
Stephen King's short fiction
Formula One 1977–1987
Queen Victoria
Freddie Mercury
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)
1648Anne Diamond
Shivi Ramoutar
Eilidh McIntyre
Chris McCausland
Birth of British radar
Sex and the City
Karl Lagerfeld
Pearl Jam
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
26 March 2022 (2022-03-26)
1659Jeremy Edwards (2)
Sonali Shah (2)
Dave Rowntree
Camilla Tominey
Carrie Fisher
George Michael
Nikola Tesla
Back to the Future
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
2 April 2022 (2022-04-02)
16610Sian Williams
Sophie Duker
Sonny Jay
Kellie Shirley
Anna Freud
The History Boys
One Direction
Abigail's Party
2nd
1st
4th
3rd
9 April 2022 (2022-04-09)
16711Pat Nevin
Anna Nightingale
Tom Malone, Jr.
Roo Irvine
Jeeves and Wooster
Oasis
Ricky Hatton
Pedigree cat breeds
=3rd
2nd
1st
=3rd
16 April 2022 (2022-04-16)
16812Martin Offiah (2)
Shazia Mirza
Owain Wyn Evans
Amelle Berrabah
The Battle of Britain
George Carlin
Music of Britney Spears
Exploration of Mars
4th
=2nd
1st
=2nd
23 April 2022 (2022-04-23)
16913Charlie Higson (2)
Adele Roberts
Ed Gamble
Paul Cooper
Classic Western films
Planets of the Solar System
30 Rock
1966 FIFA World Cup
=2nd
1st
=2nd
4th
30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)
17014James Acaster
Michelle Gayle
Jean Johansson
Charlotte Worthington
History of ice cream
Def Jam Recordings
Kylie Minogue
Michael Jordan
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
7 May 2022 (2022-05-07)

Series 21 (2022–23)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1711Eshaan Akbar
Graeme Hall
Claire Richards
Amy Tapper
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Donald Campbell
Karen Carpenter
Films of Adam Sandler
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
5 November 2022 (2022-11-05)
1722Emma Vardy
Cheryl Baker (1)
Nikesh Patel
David O'Doherty
History of surfing
Classic Disney films
Scrubs
Tour de France in the 20th century
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
12 November 2022 (2022-11-12)
1733Diarmuid Gavin (2)
Melissa Johns
Adam Fleming
Angela Barnes
History of the White House
Spice Girls
James Bond: the Roger Moore years
British brutalist architecture
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)
1744Victoria Smurfit
Wayne Hemingway (2)
Ria Lina
James Buckley
The Breakfast Club
History of charity shops
Rosalind Franklin
The Office (UK)
=3rd0
2nd
1st
=3rd0
14 January 2023 (2023-01-14)
1755Andrea McLean
Colin Hoult
Rhys Stephenson
Hannah Cockroft (2)
The Sound of Music
History of DC Comics
Heart
Shopaholic novels of Sophie Kinsella
2nd
1st
=3rd0
=3rd0
21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)
1766Bobby Davro
Suzie Lee
Graham Bell
Remi Burgz
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Bridget Jones
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Salmon
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)
1777Debra Stephenson
James O'Brien
Shaparak Khorsandi
Sam McKnight
John Lennon
Books of J. D. Salinger
The Adventures of Asterix
1970s disco music
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
18 February 2023 (2023-02-18)
1788Yvette Fielding (2)
Helen McGinn
Matt Richardson
Sarah Keith-Lucas
Morecambe and Wise
Hollywood novels of Jackie Collins
Concorde
Labyrinth
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
4 March 2023 (2023-03-04)
1799Jayne Middlemiss
Neil Delamere
Harpreet Kaur
Amar Latif
Duran Duran
Vikings
The Wolf of Wall Street
Sam Cooke
3rd
1st
2nd
4th
11 March 2023 (2023-03-11)
18010Ricky Groves (2)
Harriet Kemsley
Verity Bowditch
Bonnie Greer
James Bond themes
Sloths
Sir David Attenborough
Hattie McDaniel
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)
18111John Pienaar (2)
Rick Witter
Suzi Ruffell
Dakota Blue Richards
Clement Attlee
The Smiths
Films of Sandra Bullock
Music of Lana Del Rey
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
1 April 2023 (2023-04-01)
18212Dr Hilary Jones
Danni Menzies
Kitty Scott-Claus
Niamh McGrady
Discovery of penicillin
Rosemary Smith
Girls Aloud
Bluey
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)
18313Alistair McGowan (2)
Chris Dixon
Laura Lexx
Holly Hamilton (2)
Claude Debussy
British birds of prey
History of alternative comedy
Matilda
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
22 April 2023 (2023-04-22)
18414Mark Foster (2)
Dane Baptiste (2)
Ali Plumb
Arabella Weir (3)
Madness
Scarface
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio)
Sophie Tucker
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)

Series 22 (2023–24)

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No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsSpecialist subjectsPos.Original air date
1851Rosie Jones
Gemma Bradley
Dan Gillespie Sells
Andy Goldstein
Dinnerladies
Iron Man films
Bernie Taupin
Goodfellas
1st
4th
=2nd0
=2nd0
24 November 2023 (2023-11-24)
1862Danny O'Carroll
Cheddar Gorgeous
Brendan Sheerin
Jayde Adams
Robbie Keane
Mythical creatures of the British Isles
Sagrada Família
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
1873Nick Pickard
Karen Bardsley
Harpz Kaur
Terry Christian (2)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Films of Will Ferrell
Diljit Dosanjh
Manchester United under Tommy Docherty
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
15 December 2023 (2023-12-15)
1884Jane Hill
Mica Ven
Dr Amir Khan
Jamie MacDonald
Music of ABBA
Films of Eddie Murphy
TLC
Adrian Mole books by Sue Townsend
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
20 December 2023 (2023-12-20)
1895Andrew Roachford
Sara Barron
Jo Coffey
Jason Mohammad
Music of Stevie Wonder
Guys and Dolls
J. R. Ewing
Films of Al Pacino
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
21 December 2023 (2023-12-21)
1906Troy Deeney
Jasmine Harman
OJ Borg (2)
Dana
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy
Prince
Wayne's World
UK hit singles 1969–1976
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)
1917John Whaite
Humza Arshad
Ria Hebden
Andy Zaltzman (2)
Chandler Bing
Boxing career of Tyson Fury
Feature films of Ava DuVernay
Auguste Rodin
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
5 January 2024 (2024-01-05)
1928Ruth Davidson
Pat Sharp
Fats Timbo
Jay Rayner (3)
Joan of Arc
Austin Powers
Tina Turner
Blossom Dearie
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
12 January 2024 (2024-01-12)
1939Jonathan Agnew
YolanDa Brown (2)
Davood Ghadami
Jessica Knappett
History of cakes
Disney's Descendants films
Battle of Thermopylae
The Fast Show
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
26 January 2024 (2024-01-26)
19410Lee Latchford-Evans
Rachel Parris
Harry Pinero
Lauren Layfield (2)
Top Gun films
Adaptations of Jane Austen novels
Lewis Hamilton
Arctic Monkeys
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
2 February 2024 (2024-02-02)
19511Michelle Heaton
Nihal Arthanayake (2)
Aaron Evans
Maisie Adam
Disney princesses
Rise of Public Enemy
Cephalopods
This Is England
=3rd0
1st
=3rd0
2nd
16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)
19612Paul Burrell
Natalie Ann Jamieson
Amber Butchart
Dean McCullough
Bette Davis
Absolutely Fabulous
History of the British seaside
Steps
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)
19713Tricia Penrose
Karim Zeroual
Catherine Bohart
Gavin Ramjaun
Madonna in the 1980s
Films of Jim Carrey
Vita Sackville-West
Mission: Impossible films
3rd
4th
2nd
1st
8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)
19814John Thomson (2)
Poppy O'Toole
Ivo Graham
Mark Pougatch
Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
The History of potatoes
The Films of Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Men's Ashes in the 21st Century
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Despite this episode originally airing as the last episode in the series, it is still listed by the BBC as the fifth episode of the seventeenth (2018–19) series.

References

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  1. ^ "Mastermind Celebrity Special". BBC. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Vic braves Mastermind chair". Chortle. 10 December 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Rt Hon David Blunkett MP to appear on Mastermind". BBC. 27 October 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  4. ^ Craig, David (22 March 2021). "Mastermind new host confirmed as BBC News presenter Clive Myrie". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ Creamer, Jon (23 March 2021). "Clive Myrie to take over as Mastermind presenter". Televisual. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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