Mastermind

  • : 1972
  • : 363
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  • BBC One
  • 20
  • Game show

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2016
2016x1
Episode 1
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07, 2015
John Humphrys and the famous black chair return for another series of television's toughest quiz. 96 contenders start the path towards the final but only one can be crowned Mastermind .. show full overview
2016x2
Episode 2
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14, 2015
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. The specialist subjects in this heat are Harry Potter, modern jazz, the English Reformation and the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
2016x3
Episode 3
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21, 2015
Four contestants battle It out over two rounds of questioning as they hope to secure a place in the next round of the competition. This week's subjects are Christopher Marlowe, I Claudius, the racehorse Arkle and Joseph Stalin.
2016x4
Episode 4
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28, 2015
Four contestants battle It out over two rounds of questioning as they hope to secure a place in the next round of the competition. This week's subjects are the Academy Awards, King Crimson, Weimar Germany and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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Episode 5
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04, 2015
Four contestants battle It out over two rounds of questioning as they hope to secure a place in the next round of the competition. This week's subjects are Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, .. show full overview
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Episode 6
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11, 2015
Four contestants battle It out over two rounds of questioning as they hope to secure a place in the next round of the competition. This week's subjects are Sherlock Holmes, the Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry’s Game, the Roman Army and Harold Wilson.
2016x7
Episode 7
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18, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are The Wire, Scott Joplin, the writer Alan Moore and Beatrix Potter.
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Episode 8
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25, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Catherine of Aragon, the post-war Labour Government, the band Rush and the poet Robert Fergusson.
2016x9
Episode 9
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02, 2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are silent cinema, the band Hawkwind, the Ballets Russes and King Henry V.
2016x10
Episode 10
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09, 2015
Subjects include the films of Kevin Smith, the novels of Neil Gaiman, Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris and Chess Records.
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Episode 11
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16, 2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are Kathleen Ferrier, Everton FC, the Rivers of London novels of Ben Aaronovitch and the Albigensian Crusade.
2016x12
Episode 12
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23, 2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are the history of Las Vegas, the Anne books by LM Montgomery, Paul Simon and the Western films of John Ford.
2016x13
Episode 13
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06, 2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are the Song of Ice and Fire novels by George RR Martin, Gloria Swanson, the music of Carly Simon and the FA Cup in the 1970s.
2016x14
Episode 14
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13, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are the films of Martin Scorsese, Donald Campbell, the Pop Larkin Chronicles and Ian Paisley.
2016x15
Episode 15
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20, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Vincent van Gogh, Burnley FC, the Thirty Years' War and the Tom Kirk novels by James Twining.
2016x16
Episode 16
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27, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are The IT Crowd, North American Plains Indians from 1850-1910, Homer's Iliad and the history of Hong Kong from 1841-1997.
2016x17
Episode 17
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04, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are World War II in Europe, Josephine Butler, Freemasonry and Pete Seeger.
2016x18
Episode 18
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11, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Barbara Castle, Archbishop Makarios, the McAuslan trilogy of George MacDonald Fraser and Joe Meek.
2016x19
Episode 19
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18, 2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are The West Wing, Jesse Owens, Manfred von Richthofen and Billy Bragg.
2016x20
Episode 20
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08, 2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Pearl Jam, Watergate, Middlesbrough FC and the life and poetry of AE Housman.
2016x21
Episode 21
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15, 2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Scottish pop music from 1980-1999, Aston Villa FC, the history of the GDR, and Clarice Cliff.
2016x22
Episode 22
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22, 2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Gavin and Stacey, Sir John Gielgud, Jackie Robinson and William Morris.
2016x23
Episode 23
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29, 2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are the Apollo missions, the Great Train Robbery, Queen's Park Rangers FC and the Alex Delaware novels of Jonathan Kellerman.
2016x24
Episode 24
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05, 2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jock Stein, Stax Records and the Suez Crisis.
2016x25
Episode 25
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12, 2016
Host John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions in the black chair in the first semi-final. Subjects are the life and career of Brian Clough, the films of Paul Verhoeven, Electric Light Orchestra, the Easter Rising and David Sedaris.
2016x26
Episode 26
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19, 2016
John Humphrys puts the questions to five more semi-finalists. The subjects are the X-Men comics, Wainwright's coast-to-coast walk, Green Bay Packers, Jethro Tull and Eamon de Valera.
2016x27
Episode 27
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26, 2016
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects in this semi-final are Men Behaving Badly, Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby novels, the history of the Bundesliga, Gerald Durrell and Neville Chamberlain.
2016x28
Episode 28
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11, 2016
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 Ever Decreasing .. show full overview
2016x29
Episode 29
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18, 2016
Host John Humphrys invites five more contenders to answer questions in the black chair in the penultimate semi-final. The subjects are British summer Olympic champions, William Marshal, Windsor Castle, Ian Fleming and Vasari's Lives of the Artists.
2016x30
Episode 30
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25, 2016
John Humphrys hosts as five contestants compete in the last semi-final. Subjects are Reading FC, Benjamin Britten, Venice, the history of Ulster and Prohibition.
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Grand Final
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01, 2016
The search for the nation's Mastermind reaches its conclusion as John Humphrys invites the six finalists to make once last visit to the famous black chair as they attempt to win the .. show full overview

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