In another heat, four contenders take on the famous black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals.

Clive Myrie hosts and asks questions on Marilyn Monroe, the influential author Katherine Mansfield, the award-winning television series The Sopranos and the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.

The specialist subjects are The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the history of the English longbow, the television sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the record-breaking Paralympian Sir Lee Pearson.

Four more contenders take to the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.

Clive Myrie asks the questions, which are on the Swallows and Amazons novels of Arthur Ransome, the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the television series Succession and the SAS commander Blair Mayne.

The series continues with another four contenders facing the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals.

Clive Myrie hosts, and the subjects are the record label Creation Records, The X-Files, the 1815 Waterloo military campaign and the Hollywood actress Gene Tierney.

Four more contenders take the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock to answer questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Clive Myrie asks the questions, which this time are on the TV comedy series Peep Show, English poet Aemilia Lanyer, the singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell and the Lake District.

Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in another Mastermind heat. The 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.

The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.

The specialist subjects this time are the Aztec Empire, singer Janis Joplin, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Formula One driver Max Verstappen.

The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge.

The specialist subjects are the music of George Michael, Grand Slam-winning tennis player Monica Seles, American artist Kerry James Marshall and the Peter Wimsey stories of Dorothy L Sayers.

Clive Myrie asks the questions in the next heat as four more contenders take on the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.

The specialist subjects are the novels of Jeanette Winterson, the films of Nicole Kidman, the classic BBC radio comedy series Round the Horne and the Paris Commune of 1871.

Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more contenders face the famous black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are the musician Neil Young, Major-winning golfer Rory McIlroy, American astronaut Sally Ride and British brutalist architecture.

The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. This 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.

Clive Myrie hosts as a new set of four contenders brave the black chair, hoping to earn a place in the semi-finals by answering questions on general knowledge and their chosen specialist subjects.

This time, the specialist subjects in question are the Tour de France in the 21st century, singer-songwriter and member of The Beatles George Harrison, Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid and the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon B Johnson.

Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz, where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are Iron Maiden, Transport for London moquette, the films of Paul Newman and the Tintin books of Hergé.

Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. The specialist subjects include British birds of prey, Roger Moore's tenure as James Bond, King Charles I and the American writer Sylvia Plath.

Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion.

The specialist subjects are the band Madness, Scottish geologist James Hutton, the films of Wes Anderson and the history of the Paris Metro.

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take on the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include British and Irish cheeses, Jonathan Creek and Johannes Brahms.

Clive Myrie presents the first heat of the classic quiz where contenders face the famous black chair with the ultimate goal of becoming the next Mastermind champion. The specialist subjects are 15th-century king Edward IV, the band Depeche Mode, the films of Yorgos Lanthimos and Roy Keane.