John Humphrys tests four more contenders. Tonight’s subjects are 1970s pop, Neville Chamberlain, Sparta and CS Lewis. Show more
Four more contenders brave the black chair and answer questions on the films of Heath Ledger, Tycho Brahe, Sarah Kane and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Show more
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Four contenders answer questions on Henry VIII, Britpop, Christopher Isherwood and the Royal Navy in the First World War. Show more
John Humphrys asks the questions as the classic quiz reaches the semi-finals. Subjects include the Festival of Britain, 2 Tone Records and the life and times of Samuel Johnson. Show more
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. The subjects include the life of Aneurin Bevan, Top 40 pop music of the 60s and the fiction of John Steinbeck. Show more
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final. Tonight’s subjects include the Ottoman Empire, the Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L Sayers and the Grand National. Show more
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Subjects include Queen Victoria, the plays of Ibsen and test cricket between England and India.
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include the human body, Leicester City Football Club and the life and works of Frida Kahlo.
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include the life of Charles II, the Plant Hunters and Delta blues music.
John Humphrys asks the questions in the grand final. The subjects include the films of the Marx Brothers, the national parks of the USA and the life and times of Mary Cassatt. Show more
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series. This episode's specialist subjects are The West Wing, Bob Marley, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series and John Hawkwood. Show more
Four more contenders brave the black chair in the classic quiz and answer questions on Alan Turing, the Golden Gate Bridge, the films of Frank Capra and Emperor Vespasian. Show more
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Alien films, Peter Gabriel, the history of Prague and King Henry VII.
John Humphrys hosts the long-running quiz, with questions on the history of Zimbabwe, Prince Henry the Navigator, Sunderland AFC and the novelist Elizabeth Taylor. Show more
Four more contenders brave the black chair and answer questions on the films of John Hughes, Billie Holiday, the poet Keith Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Show more
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are Mark E Smith and The Fall, letters of the New Testament, the history of the Wrens and Sir Isaac Newton. Show more
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders. Subjects are Rudyard Kipling, Clement Attlee, Glamorgan CCC and Florence Nightingale. Show more
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders. The subjects are Cher, the Cambridge Spy Ring, Tove Jansson and the Derby. Show more
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Sir Bobby Robson, James Kier Hardie, links golf courses and British submarines.
John Humphrys tests four more contenders. The subjects are Gerhard Richter, the 44 Scotland Street novels, Alexander Hamilton and Emma, Lady Hamilton. Show more