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TV episodes broadcast for the first time on BBC channels
April 5, 2021
Specialist subjects include Joan Rivers, US state capitals and Neil Gaiman novels.
Episode 26/31, 2020/21
Specialist subjects include the Booker Prize, the city of York and the Busby Babes.
Episode 25/31, 2020/21
March 29, 2021
Subjects include Otto von Bismarck, hand knitting and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Episode 24/31, 2020/21
March 22, 2021
Subjects are Stephen Sondheim musicals, dogs, Alan Partridge and the Charles Paris novels.
Episode 23/30, 2020/21
March 15, 2021
Tonight's subjects are Kimi Raikkonen, Gloucestershire, Poirot and lidos in Britain.
Episode 22/30, 2020/21
March 8, 2021
Subjects are the Russian Revolution, King Crimson, The Hunger Games and George Orwell.
Episode 21/30, 2020/21
March 1, 2021
Subjects are Ernest Rutherford, Hitchcock films, motorways and the Poldark novels.
Episode 20/30, 2020/21
February 22, 2021
Subjects are Sidney Poitier, Greek mythology, Soundgarden and the Women's Institute.
Episode 19/30, 2020/21
February 15, 2021
Specialist subjects are Homer's Odyssey, The Good Life, Portsmouth and Taika Waititi.
Episode 18/30, 2020/21
February 8, 2021
Tonight's subjects include the plays of Aristophanes and Broadway musicals.
Episode 17/30, 2020/21
February 1, 2021
Tonight's subjects are British mammals, Friends, Damien Hirst and Wimbledon.
Episode 16/30, 2020/21
January 25, 2021
Subjects are Tchaikovsky, the Evil Dead trilogy, Rafael Nadal and This Country.
Episode 15/30, 2020/21
January 18, 2021
Subjects include the 2012 Olympics, Hancock's Half Hour and John Wyndham novels.
Episode 14/30, 2020/21
January 11, 2021
Tonight's subjects include Marlene Dumas, Edward Thomas and Guy Burgess.
Episode 13/30, 2020/21
January 4, 2021
Tonight's subjects are Life on Mars, the Titanic, Barbara Castle and the periodic table.
Episode 12/30, 2020/21
December 28, 2020
Tonight's subjects include Kenneth Williams, Ada Lovelace and the Rugby World Cup.
Episode 11/30, 2020/21
December 21, 2020
In the tenth heat, subjects include Lyndon B Johnson, seabirds and children's TV.
Episode 10/30, 2020/21
December 14, 2020
Tonight's specialist subjects include The Sopranos, Jane Austen novels and Nick Drake.
Episode 9/30, 2020/21
December 7, 2020
The subjects are freshwater fish, Nick Cave, Scouting and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Episode 8/30, 2020/21
November 23, 2020
The subjects are Joe Calzaghe, The Beach Boys, Joseph Stalin and the gospel of John.
Episode 7/30, 2020/21
November 16, 2020
Specialist subjects include the Weimar Republic, Alex Higgins and UK cheeses.
Episode 6/31, 2020/21
November 2, 2020
Tonight's specialist subjects are Vanessa Bell, Rachmaninoff, Sherlock and David Bowie.
Episode 5/31, 2020/21
October 26, 2020
Subjects are the Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Crown, the history of anaesthesia and Stormzy
Episode 4/31, 2020/21
October 19, 2020
Subjects are Tales of the City, Blackadder, the Boxer Rebellion and Blake's 7.
Episode 3/31, 2020/21
October 12, 2020
The subjects are Man United, Toni Morrison novels, Berthe Morisot and William Tyndale.
Episode 2/31, 2020/21