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Seasons: 47
Total Episodes: 1086
Creators: Bill Wright
Networks: BBC One , BBC Two
Status: Returning Series
First Air Date: Sep 11, 1972
Recent Air Date: Apr 1, 2024
Run Time: m
In Production: Yes
Original Language: English
Age Rating: NR
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Episodes
Episode 1
08 August 2014 - Episode 1
John Humphrys and the famous black chair return for another series of TV's toughest quiz. 96 contenders start the journey towards the final but only one will be crowned Mastermind Champion. Subjects in the first heat are Yes Minister, the Battle of Lepanto, JM Barrie and St Paul's Cathedral.
Episode 2
22 August 2014 - Episode 2
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects in this heat are The Thick of It, Eric Clapton, British poetry and TE Lawrence.
Episode 3
29 August 2014 - Episode 3
John Humphrys questions four more contenders. The subjects are Bobby Moore, the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, the TV series Our Friends in the North and Richard the Lionheart.
Episode 4
05 September 2014 - Episode 4
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are champagne, the Manhattan Project, the photographer Tina Modotti and the TV series The Prisoner.
Episode 5
12 September 2014 - Episode 5
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz as four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects in this programme are the TV series House of Cards, John Milton, the Siege of Constantinople of 1453 and FA Cup finals at the old Wembley.
Episode 6
19 September 2014 - Episode 6
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz as four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects in this programme are the summer Olympic Games, Duke Ellington, Hammer films and General James Wolfe.
Episode 7
26 September 2014 - Episode 7
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz as four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects in this programme are Les Dawson, West Indies cricket, the life and films of Howard Hawks, and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Episode 8
03 October 2014 - Episode 8
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz as four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects in this programme are the Rolling Stones, the Bayeux Tapestry, TV series Mad Men and King Ludwig the Second of Bavaria.
Episode 9
10 October 2014 - Episode 9
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are the films of Sergio Leone, Robert Peel, Leonard Cohen, and Anton Bruckner.
Episode 10
17 October 2014 - Episode 10
The subjects are the Thames path, Monica Dickens, the life and music of Steve Reich and the life and poetry of Thomas Chatterton.
Episode 11
31 October 2014 - Episode 11
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions. The subjects are the films of John Hughes, King David I of Scotland, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Iggy Pop.
Episode 12
07 November 2014 - Episode 12
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are the crown jewels, Tamla Motown, the Battle of Gettysburg and Dusty Springfield.
Episode 13
14 November 2014 - Episode 13
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are the sitcom Peep Show, the Battle of the Atlantic, the band Suede and the life and works of Charlotte Bronte.
Episode 14
21 November 2014 - Episode 14
The subjects are Pink Floyd, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, the novels of James Herbert and the life and career of Theodore Roosevelt.
Episode 15
28 November 2014 - Episode 15
John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The subjects are Marc Bolan, the Empress of Ireland, the Sasanian Empire and 'Allo 'Allo.
Episode 16
05 December 2014 - Episode 16
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Doctor Who, lost rivers of London, Brian Epstein and the Anglo-Zulu Wars of 1879.
Episode 17
12 December 2014 - Episode 17
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Cary Grant, the CSS Alabama, the Masters of Rome novels of Colleen McCullough and Marc Almond.
Episode 18
19 December 2014 - Episode 18
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are one hit wonders, UK general elections 1979 - 2010, West Bromwich Albion and Empress Livia.
Episode 19
02 January 2015 - Episode 19
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects U2, first ladies of the USA, the films of Stanley Kubrick and Athens in the age of Pericles.
Episode 20
09 January 2015 - Episode 20
John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The subjects are the novels of Dick Francis, British railway disasters, Gram Parsons and Welsh international rugby from 1960 to 1980.
Episode 21
16 January 2015 - Episode 21
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Breaking Bad, the Spanish Civil War, the Clash and the Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L Sayers.
Episode 22
23 January 2015 - Episode 22
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are UK chart music of the 1960s, the poetry of John Betjeman, US Masters golf 1970-present and the life and films of Luis Bunuel.
Episode 23
30 January 2015 - Episode 23
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Game of Thrones, Neil Young, Bournville Village and the life and career of Sir Edward Marshall Hall.
Episode 24
06 February 2015 - Episode 24
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are Joy Division, the Battle of the Somme, the Novels of EM Forster and the Big Bang Theory.
Episode 25
13 February 2015 - Episode 25
John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions in the black chair in the first semi-final of the series. The subjects are Kraftwerk, the Turkish archaeological dig at Catalhoyuk, Sir Martin Frobisher, the novels of Douglas Coupland and the Pentateuch.
Episode 26
20 February 2015 - Episode 26
John Humphrys puts the questions to five more semi-finalists. The subjects are Inspector Morse, the life of CB Fry, the life of Reinhard Heydrich, the life and career of Jack Johnson and the Gospel according to Mark.
Episode 27
27 February 2015 - Episode 27
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt for the nation's Mastermind reaches the semi-final stage. The subjects are the Miss Marple novels of Agatha Christie, the Scottish national football team, John Clare, King Henry VII, and the life and work of Aubrey Beardsley.
Episode 28
06 March 2015 - Episode 28
John Humphrys hosts another semi-final of Britain's toughest quiz. Five more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Alex Higgins, Erasmus Darwin, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Margot Fonteyn and the Dirk Pitt novels of Clive Cussler.
Episode 29
13 March 2015 - Episode 29
John Humphrys asks the questions as five contenders take the walk to the black chair in another semi-final. The subjects are the League of Gentlemen, the Harry Devlin novels of Martin Edwards, the Romanov dynasty, Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson and the life of Ernest Hemingway.
Episode 30
20 March 2015 - Episode 30
Host John Humphrys invites five more contenders to answer questions in the black chair in the last semi-final of the series. The subjects are the Bodyline Ashes tour, the life and work of Elizabeth David, Will Hay, British admirals of the Napoleonic Wars and the life and works of Mary Shelley.
Episode 31
27 March 2015 - Grand Final
The search for the nation's Mastermind reaches its climax as John Humphrys tests the six grand finalists on their specialist subjects and their general knowledge. Subjects covered are the Falklands conflict, Caterina Sforza, Paul Scott's Raj Quartet, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, the Ashes 1964-1981 and the life of Rudolph Nureyev. The winner will claim the famous glass bowl and the title of Mastermind.
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