Celebrity Mastermind Episode Rating Graph
Dec 2003 - present
Dec 2003 - present
4.6
Browse episode ratings trends for Celebrity Mastermind. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Celebrity Mastermind's 194 episodes.
S18 Ep2
8.0
28th Dec 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions as four more famous faces take to the black chair in tonight's episode of the classic quiz where celebrities donate to their chosen charities. Actress Bronagh Waugh, comedian Darren Harriott, TV presenter and campaigner Adam Pearson and presenter and author Riyadh Khalaf answer questions on Fleabag, Kanye West, WWE and James Cameron's Titanic.
S14 Ep4
8.0
28th Dec 2015
John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Chef and food-and-drink presenter Tom Kerridge, England football captain Steph Houghton, actor and comedian Rob Delaney and Dominic Wood from Dick and Dom answer questions on Oasis, The Only Way Is Essex, John Belushi and Harry Houdini.
S16 Ep5
7.5
31st Dec 2017
Four more celebrities are put in the spotlight by John Humphrys in another episode of the classic quiz. Putting their reputations on the line are former Sky News political editor Faisal Islam, comedian Lloyd Langford, Saturday Mash-Up presenter Yasmin Evans and Made in Chelsea's Ollie Locke.
S22 Ep14
7.0
22nd Mar 2024
Clive Myrie puts John Thomson, Poppy O'Toole, Ivo Graham and Mark Pougatch to the test in the classic quiz where celebrities brave the famous black chair.
S22 Ep2
7.0
1st Dec 2023
Clive Myrie asks the questions as Danny O'Carroll, Cheddar Gorgeous, Brendan Sheerin and Jayde Adams go under the spotlight in the celebrity version of the classic quiz.
S21 Ep11
7.0
1st Apr 2023
Clive Myrie puts four more famous faces under the spotlight in another episode of the classic quiz where celebrities donate to charity. Journalist John Pienaar, lead singer of Britpop band Shed Seven, Rick Witter, comedian Suzi Ruffell and actor Dakota Blue Richards are in the famous black chair tonight answering questions on Clement Attlee, The Smiths, the films of Sandra Bullock and the music of Lana Del Rey.
S21 Ep4
7.0
14th Jan 2023
Clive Myrie asks the questions as four more famous faces brave the black chair in another episode of the classic quiz, donating to their chosen charities. Actress Victoria Smurfit, designer Wayne Hemingway, comedian Ria Lina and The Inbetweeners actor James Buckley are in the spotlight answering questions on The Breakfast Club, the history of charity shops, Rosalind Franklin and The Office.
S21 Ep3
7.0
10th Dec 2022
Clive Myrie hosts a celebrity version of the iconic quiz. TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin, actor Melissa Johns, BBC journalist Adam Fleming and comedian Angela Barnes answer questions on the history of the White House, Spice Girls, James Bond: the Roger Moore years, and British brutalist architecture.
S21 Ep1
7.0
5th Nov 2022
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the classic quiz, with four celebrities donating to their chosen charities. Claire Richards from the pop group Steps, comedian Eshaan Akbar, reality TV star Amy Tapper and ‘The Dogfather’ Graeme Hall answer questions on Karen Carpenter, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the films of Adam Sandler and Donald Campbell.
S20 Ep4
7.0
26th Feb 2022
Clive Myrie asks the questions as Roger Black, Snoochie Shy, Anna Soubry and Natalie Anderson are put under the spotlight in the celebrity version of the classic quiz.
S20 Ep2
7.0
12th Feb 2022
Ruthie Henshall, Chris Mason, Poppy Jay and Rufus Hound are put to the test by Clive Myrie in the classic quiz where celebrities go under the spotlight.
S17 Ep7
7.0
3rd Jan 2019
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are Breakfast presenter Mike Bushell, author Jenny Colgan, author Stanley Johnson and Radio 2 presenter Vassos Alexander. They answer questions on Monty Python, the Manhattan Project, Sophocles and Emil Zatopek.
S16 Ep9
7.0
6th Jan 2018
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part tonight are the presenter of BBC Click, Spencer Kelly, the Citizen Khan actor Abdullah Afzal, the actress Jessica Regan and the comedian Andrew Maxwell.
S16 Ep7
7.0
4th Jan 2018
Four more celebrities put their reputations on the line in the famous black chair. The contenders are Horrible Histories actor Laurence Rickard, Springwatch presenter Martin Hughes-Games, model and presenter Vogue Williams and the BBC's deputy political editor John Pienaar.
S16 Ep6
7.0
3rd Jan 2018
John Humphrys puts four more celebrities to the test in the black chair. Taking part today are the BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Phil Williams, Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian John Robins, The Only Way Is Essex's Lydia Bright and Tim Farron MP.
S14 Ep7
7.0
31st Dec 2015
John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Actress and presenter Lisa Maxwell, comedian Gary Delaney, actor Simon Greenall and commentator Conor McNamara answer questions on Judy Garland, George Romero's Zombie films, the D-Day Landings and Irish whiskey.
S14 Ep5
7.0
29th Dec 2015
John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Actor Vincent Franklin, athlete Christian Malcolm, BBC Radio 5 live presenter Chris Warburton and comedian Graham Fellows - aka John Shuttleworth - take on the Mastermind chair, answering questions on Disney-Pixar films, Olympic sprinting, Reeves and Mortimer and Donald Crowhurst.
S14 Ep3
7.0
24th Dec 2015
Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair as Blue Peter presenter Radzi Chinyanganya, singer and songwriter Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy, Boy Meets Girl actress Rebecca Root and athlete Kriss Akabusi answer questions on The Office, Bruce Springsteen, the novels of Graham Greene and West Ham United.
S13 Ep6
7.0
31st Dec 2014
TV presenter Kate Thornton, comedian Tony Law, the League of Gentlemen's Steve Pemberton and The Simpsons actor Harry Shearer take on the famous black chair, answering questions on George Michael, fighter aircraft of the Second World War, the films of the Coen Brothers and the National Basketball Association since 1976.
S13 Ep4
7.0
27th Dec 2014
CBeebies' Andy Day, writer of the Shetland crime series Ann Cleeves, actor and comedian Tom Rosenthal and BBC economics editor Robert Peston take on the Mastermind chair. They answer questions on the Back to the Future films, the Shetland Islands, flags of the world and David Bowie 1966-1976.
S22 Ep11
6.5
16th Feb 2024
Clive Myrie puts Michelle Heaton, Nihal Arthanayake, Aaron Evans and Maisie Adam to the test in the classic quiz where celebrities brave the famous black chair.
S22 Ep9
6.5
26th Jan 2024
Clive Myrie asks the questions as Jonathan Agnew, YolanDa Brown, Davood Ghadami and Jessica Knappett go under the spotlight in the celebrity version of the classic quiz.
S22 Ep8
6.5
12th Jan 2024
Ruth Davidson, Pat Sharp, Fats Timbo and Jay Rayner are put to the test by Clive Myrie in the classic quiz where celebrities take to the famous black chair.
S1 Ep1
1.0
26th Dec 2003
David Blunkett answers questions on the Harry Potter novels, Shaun Williamson tackles the life [of] Richard Burton, Antony Worrall Thompson opts for the works of Escoffier, and Jeremy Bowen's knowledge of the Arab/Israeli Six Day War is tested. With John Humphrys.
S13 Ep9
2.0
11th Jan 2015
Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair. Radio 1 presenter Gemma Cairney, Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo, actress Tina Malone and BBC Breakfast's Dominic Laurie answer questions on the Spice Girls, British middleweight boxers of the 1990s, Barbra Streisand and the London Underground.
S14 Ep6
2.0
30th Dec 2015
John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Emmerdale actor Liam Fox, Paralympian cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth, actor and comedian Nick Helm and actress Kimberley Nixon answer questions on the Terminator films, Alice Cooper, Agatha Christie's Poirot novels and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
S17 Ep6
4.0
2nd Jan 2019
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are Strictly Come Dancing professional Neil Jones, musician and presenter YolanDa Brown, actor Paul Higgins and newsreader Holly Hamilton. They answer questions on the films of Charlie Chaplin, Marvin Gaye, Watergate and George Best.
S17 Ep9
4.0
5th Jan 2019
John Humphrys tests four more celebrities in the famous black chair. Taking part are Poldark actor Christian Brassington on Eric Cantona, news presenter Claudia-Liza Armah on the films of Martin Scorcese, politician and broadcaster Edwina Currie on Lady Nancy Astor, and comedian Mark Dolan on Sir Elton John.
S18 Ep1
4.0
27th Dec 2019
Four previous Celebrity Mastermind winners brave the infamous black chair and donate to charity in a special Champion of Champions episode of the classic quiz, presented by John Humphreys. Comedian Tim Vine, newsreader Alastair Stewart, comedian Hal Cruttenden and journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed are back in the spotlight tonight answering questions on Jaws, Lewis Hamilton, Magnus Magnusson and Space 1999.
S14 Ep2
4.5
23rd Dec 2015
Actress Cheryl Fergison, presenter Stacey Dooley, boxing promoter Kellie Maloney and Jane Hazlegrove from Casualty take on the Mastermind chair, answering questions on Sir Elton John, the American TV series Girls, British heavyweight boxing and Harper Lee.
S16 Ep4
4.5
30th Dec 2017
John Humphrys puts four more celebrities in the spotlight in another episode of the classic quiz. The contestants are singer Rachel Stevens, People Just Do Nothing actor Asim Chaudhry, presenter Anita Anand and comedian Andy Zaltzman.
S17 Ep4
4.7
29th Dec 2018
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are comedian Elis James, Love Island's Montana Brown, actress Madeline Smith and Casualty actor George Rainsford. They answer questions on the Welsh Football Team, Desperate Housewives, Kew Gardens and the Back to the Future Trilogy.
S22 Ep6
5.5
22nd Dec 2023
Clive Myrie asks the questions as Troy Deeney, Jasmine Harman, OJ Borg and Dana are under the spotlight in the celebrity version of the classic quiz.
S1 Ep3
6.0
2nd Jan 2004
Stephen Fry is tested on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Gyles Brandreth takes the life and works of Sir John Gielguid as his specialist subject, the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has his knowledge of Philip Larkin tested, and athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson faces questions on the first three Star Wars films.
S2 Ep1
6.0
23rd Jul 2004
The big-name version of the deathless quiz transfers to BBC1 for a new mini-run. Tracy-Ann Oberman fields questions on the Imperial Roman family, Richard Whiteley tackles the BBC's history and programmes 1950-60, Edwina Currie is tested on Marie Curie and Simon King's subject is British wildlife. With quizmaster John Humphrys.
S16 Ep2
6.0
28th Dec 2017
John Humphrys asks the questions as four more famous faces take on the challenge of the famous black chair. The contestants are presenter Olivia Wayne, antiques expert Philip Serrell, Richard McCourt - Dick from Dick and Dom - and poet and presenter Lemn Sissay.
S16 Ep10
6.0
13th Jan 2018
John Humphrys presents as four more celebrities put their reputations on the line as they brave the famous black chair. The contenders are gold medal-winning cyclist Jo Rowsell-Shand, Wolfblood actor Louis Payne, rugby commentator Eddie Butler and Top Gear presenter George Lewis.
S17 Ep1
6.0
21st Dec 2018
John Humphrys puts four famous faces in the spotlight in. Laying their reputations on the line are the BBC's media editor Amol Rajan, Saturday Live presenter Reverend Richard Coles, RuPaul's Drag Race runner-up Courtney Act and Mark Lane from Gardener's World. They answer questions on Shane Warne, the operas of Wagner, The Spice Girls and Piet Mondrian.
S17 Ep2
6.0
22nd Dec 2018
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are comedian Joe Pasquale, Newsround presenter Ricky Boleto, singer Toyah Wilcox and Olympian Jeanette Kwakye. They answer questions on werewolf films, 1990s number one singles, Boudica and Disney animations.
S17 Ep3
6.0
27th Dec 2018
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder, actress Arabella Weir, Paralympian Stef Reid and Countryfile presenter Sean Fletcher. They answer questions on the history of Manchester, Motown girl groups, the parables of Jesus and Sesame Street.
S17 Ep5
6.0
18th Jan 2019
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic, the Inbetweeners actor Joe Thomas, former rugby player Maggie Alphonsi and restaurant critic Jay Rayner. They answer questions on the Bionic Woman, George Orwell, Denise Lewis and the film musicals of Arthur Freed.
S17 Ep8
6.0
4th Jan 2019
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are the Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown, former Olympian Jenny Meadows, Made In Chelsea's Francis Boulle and Bargain Hunt expert Danny Sebastian. They answer questions on Audrey Hepburn, the Rugby League Challenge Cup, economist Friedrich Hayek and Only Fools and Horses.
S17 Ep10
6.0
11th Jan 2019
Four more famous faces put their reputations on the line for charity as John Humphrys tests them on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Taking part are classical singer Camilla Kerslake on the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, ex-England cricketer Monty Panesar on the Sikh religion, Coronation Street actor Sean Wilson on British birds and comedian Terry Alderton on Tony Hancock.
S18 Ep3
6.0
31st Dec 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions as four more famous faces brave the black chair in another episode of the classic quiz where celebrities donate to their chosen charities. Actor Dylan Llewellyn, TV presenter Claire McCollum, digital content creator Caspar Lee and Radio One DJ Rickie Haywood-Williams go under the spotlight tonight, answering questions on Quentin Tarantino films, 1980s television, YouTube and Game of Thrones.
S18 Ep4
6.0
2nd Jan 2020
John Humphrys asks the questions as four famous faces go under the spotlight in another episode of the classic quiz, donating their winnings to their chosen charities. Comedian Paul Chuckle, actress Amanda Henderson, comedian Geoff Norcott and chef Levi Roots are in the famous black chair tonight answering questions on English football clubs, songs from animated Disney films, the Star Wars prequel trilogy and reggae music.
S20 Ep1
6.0
5th Feb 2022
Clive Myrie puts David James, Antony Costa, Jackie Weaver and Ellie Taylor to the test in the classic quiz where celebrities brave the famous black chair.
S1 Ep1
1.0
26th Dec 2003
David Blunkett answers questions on the Harry Potter novels, Shaun Williamson tackles the life [of] Richard Burton, Antony Worrall Thompson opts for the works of Escoffier, and Jeremy Bowen's knowledge of the Arab/Israeli Six Day War is tested. With John Humphrys.
S1 Ep2
31st Dec 2003
Bill Oddie, Charlie Higson, Julia Somerville and Germaine Greer answer questions on American jazz, James Bond, Winnie the Pooh and Australian rainforests respectively. John Humphrys asks the questions.
S1 Ep3
6.0
2nd Jan 2004
Stephen Fry is tested on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Gyles Brandreth takes the life and works of Sir John Gielguid as his specialist subject, the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has his knowledge of Philip Larkin tested, and athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson faces questions on the first three Star Wars films.
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The first episode of Celebrity Mastermind aired on December 26, 2003.
The last episode of Celebrity Mastermind aired on March 22, 2024.
There are 194 episodes of Celebrity Mastermind.
There are 22 seasons of Celebrity Mastermind.
Yes.
Celebrity Mastermind is set to return for future episodes.