Episode 1
Aired Dec 21, 2018
John Humphreys quizzes editor Amol Rajan on Shane Warne, the Rev. Richard Coles on the opera of Wagner, drag queen Courtney Act on The Spice Girls, and presenter Mark Lane on Piet Mondrian.
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Episode 2
Aired Dec 22, 2018
John Humphrys quizzes comic Joe Pasquale on werewolf films, "Newsround" presenter Ricky Boleto on 1990s number one singles, singer Toyah Wilcox on Boudica, and Olympian Jeanette Kwakye on Disney animation.
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Episode 3
Aired Dec 27, 2018
John Humphrys quizzes Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder on the history of Manchester, actress Arabella Weir on Motown girl groups, Paralympian Stef Reid on the parables of Jesus, and presenter Sean Fletcher on "Sesame Street."
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Episode 4
Aired Dec 29, 2018
John Humpreys quizzes comic Elis James on the Wales national football team, Montana Brown on the series "Desperate Housewives," actress Madeline Smith on Kew Gardens, and actor George Rainsford on the "Back to the Future" trilogy.
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Episode 5
Aired Dec 31, 2018
John Humphrys quizzes Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic on "The Bionic Woman," actor Joe Thomas on George Orwell, former rugby player Maggie Alphonsi on Denise Lewis, and restaurant critic Jay Rayner on the film musicals of Arthur Freed.
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Episode 6
Aired Jan 2, 2019
John quizzes dancer Neil Jones on the films of Charlie Chaplin, musician and presenter YolanDa Brown on Marvin Gaye, actor Paul Higgins on Watergate, and newsreader Holly Hamilton on George Best.
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Episode 7
Aired Jan 3, 2019
John quizzes presenter Mike Bushell on Monty Python, author Jenny Colgan on the Manhattan Project, author Stanley Johnson on Sophocles, and Radio 2 presenter Vassos Alexander on Emil Zatopek.
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Episode 8
Aired Jan 4, 2019
John quizzes "The Great British Bake Off" winner Candice Brown on Audrey Hepburn, Olympian Jenny Meadows on the Challenge Cup, reality star Francis Boulle on Friedrich Hayek, and antiques expert Danny Sebastian on "Only Fools and Horses."
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Episode 9
Aired Jan 5, 2019
John Humphrys tests 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 comic Mark Dolan on Elton John.
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Episode 10
Aired Jan 11, 2019
John Humphrys tests classical singer Camilla Kerslake on the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, England bowler Monty Panesar on the Sikh religion, actor Sean Wilson on British birds, and comic Terry Alderton on Tony Hancock.
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