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TV episodes broadcast for the first time on BBC channels
April 7, 2025
Subjects include the films of Mel Brooks, Homer's Odyssey and LL Cool J.
Episode 27/30, 2024/25
March 31, 2025
Semi-final subjects include Blackadder and The Legend of Zelda video games.
Episode 26/30, 2024/25
March 24, 2025
The specialist subjects include The Clash and the films of Marilyn Monroe.
Episode 25/30, 2024/25
March 17, 2025
Specialist subjects include Audrey Hepburn and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Episode 24/30, 2024/25
March 10, 2025
Subjects include Henry II and the sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
Episode 23/30, 2024/25
March 3, 2025
The subjects include the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Mad Men and the 1944 Battle of Arnhem.
Episode 22/30, 2024/25
February 24, 2025
Subjects include the Isles of Scilly, the films of Derek Jarman and Wham!
Episode 21/30, 2024/25
February 17, 2025
Subjects include George Washington, Taylor Swift and the naming of chemical elements.
Episode 20/30, 2024/25
February 10, 2025
Subjects include the Masters snooker tournament and David Tennant's years on Doctor Who.
Episode 19/30, 2024/25
February 3, 2025
Subjects include the music of Rufus Wainwright and Gilbert and Sullivan's operas.
Episode 18/30, 2024/25
December 16, 2024
Subjects include A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, whales and Emily Brontë.
Episode 17/30, 2024/25
December 9, 2024
Subjects include Sir Mark Cavendish, the music of The Darkness and The Day Today.
Episode 16/30, 2024/25
December 2, 2024
Subjects include the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis and the Matrix films.
Episode 15/30, 2024/25
November 25, 2024
Subjects include Winston Churchill's wartime premiership, Mariah Carey and seals.
Episode 14/30, 2024/25
November 18, 2024
The specialist subjects include The Two Ronnies, Richard Feynman and badgers.
Episode 13/30, 2024/25
November 11, 2024
The specialist subjects include New Order and the James Bond books of Ian Fleming.
Episode 12/30, 2024/25
November 4, 2024
Subjects include Sergei Rachmaninoff, Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing and Red Rum.
Episode 11/30, 2024/25
October 28, 2024
Subjects include the poetry of John Keats, PJ Harvey and the films of David Fincher.
Episode 10/30, 2024/25
October 21, 2024
Subjects include the Roman emperor, Claudius, the Watergate Scandal and futurism.
Episode 9/30, 2024/25
October 14, 2024
Subjects include the Culture novels of Iain M Banks, Alan Partridge and Madhuri Dixit.
Episode 8/30, 2024/25
October 7, 2024
Subjects include the Star Wars sequel trilogy, the band Elbow and Edward VI.
Episode 7/30, 2024/25
September 30, 2024
Specialist subjects include Ronnie O'Sullivan, Thunderbirds and Hans Holbein the Younger.
Episode 6/30, 2024/25
September 23, 2024
Subjects include Horatio Nelson, Michael Kiwanuka and the films of Sofia Coppola.
Episode 5/30, 2024/25
September 16, 2024
Subjects include the films of Martin Scorsese and Mary Tudor.
Episode 4/30, 2024/25
August 26, 2024
Subjects include the history of Shetland hand-knitting and the sitcom Spaced.
Episode 3/30, 2024/25