Mastermind

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  • : 1972
  • : 366
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  • BBC One
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2017
2017x1
Episode 1
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13, 2016
In this first heat of the new series, John Humphrys starts the search for the nation's Mastermind. Specialist subjects tonight are Joni Mitchell, the Radio 4 sitcom Bleak Expectations, Alan Turing, and the history of aviation to 1914.
2017x2
Episode 2
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20, 2016
John Humphrys presents the second heat of this series. Subjects are the rock band Yes, Ernest Rutherford, the films of Werner Herzog and MC Escher.
2017x3
Episode 3
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27, 2016
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Subjects include beekeeping, the Royal Navy in the Second World War, Mark E Smith and the Fall, and John le Carre's Quest for Karla trilogy.
2017x4
Episode 4
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05, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Benny Hill, the Mitford sisters, Marcus Tullius Cicero and the Jacobite rebellion.
2017x5
Episode 5
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12, 2016
John Humphrys presents another episode of Britain's toughest quiz. Subjects include Wilfred Owen, Sir Michael Caine, Mad Men and the rock band Faith No More.
2017x6
Episode 6
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19, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are R.E.M., Harry S Truman, the World Cup and the drama series Borgen.
2017x7
Episode 7
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26, 2016
In this heat, John Humphrys grills four more contenders on James Bond films, Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street novels, 20th-century US presidents and the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
2017x8
Episode 8
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02, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects are the films of the Coen brothers, Tom Waits, Transatlantic Liners and Flanders and Swann.
2017x9
Episode 9
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09, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Peter Sellers, astronomy, the life and music of Arthur Lee and Love and John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.
2017x10
Episode 10
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16, 2016
Four more contenders brave the black chair in Britain's toughest quiz. The subjects are Nick Drake, Emil Zatopek, Band of Brothers and Hernán Cortés and the conquest of Mexico.
2017x11
Episode 11
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23, 2016
Tonight's subjects are Formula One Grand Prix circuits, Oliver Cromwell, the Charles Paris mysteries by Simon Brett and Fillipo Brunelleschi.
2017x12
Episode 12
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30, 2016
John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the city of Bath, The Faces, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose and Ayrton Senna.
2017x13
Episode 13
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07, 2016
John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic series. Subjects tonight are Queen, Dame Laura Knight, Anita Roddick and Don Revie.
2017x14
Episode 14
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14, 2016
John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are Kurt Cobain, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
2017x15
Episode 15
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21, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Ewan McGregor, British race courses, World Heritage sites and CJ Sansom's Shardlake novels.
2017x16
Episode 16
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28, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are David Niven, the Soviet space programme, Italian Renaissance paintings and the human body.
2017x17
Episode 17
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04, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are Hans Christian Andersen, the Russian Civil War, Ipswich Town FC and Rita Heyworth.
2017x18
Episode 18
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11, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are islands of Scotland, Laurie Lee, Ginger McCain and Red Rum, and the films of David Fincher.
2017x19
Episode 19
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18, 2016
Four more contenders brave the black chair with John Humphrys asking the questions in the classic quiz. The subjects are EastEnders, Puccini, Bill Shankly and the Battle of Trafalgar.
2017x20
Episode 20
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25, 2016
Subjects are David Bowie, Edvard Munch, postwar British motorcycles and the German occupation of Jersey in the Second World War.
2017x21
Episode 21
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02, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Eric Clapton, Emperor Hadrian, Tintin and the life and broadway stories of Damon Runyon.
2017x22
Episode 22
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09, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Andy Warhol, the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus, Nicholas Hawksmoor and the X-Files.
2017x23
Episode 23
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16, 2016
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects include Steve Jobs, Farscape, the history of Hungary and black metal music.
2017x24
Episode 24
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06, 2017
The last place in the semi-finals is up for grabs as John Humphrys puts four more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects tonight are Naval Battles of the First World War, Charles .. show full overview
2017x25
Episode 25
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13, 2017
John Humphrys presents the first semi-final. The subjects are Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Steve Ovett, the daughters of King George III, Al Capone and the novels of Robert Harris.
2017x26
Episode 26
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20, 2017
The semi-finals continue as John Humphrys puts five more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects tonight are Asterix, the periodic table, the novels of Nick Hornby, Richard Feynman and Stan Laurel.
2017x27
Episode 27
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03, 2017
The semi-finals continue as John Humphrys puts five more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects include Radiohead, Alison Uttley, Field Marshal Montgomery, the films of Powell & Pressburger and Herbert Howells.
2017x28
Episode 28
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10, 2017
Five more semi-finalists try to claim a place in the grand final. The subjects are Alan Bennett, Cream, the novels of Dan Brown, Herbert von Karajan and Queen Mary.
2017x29
Episode 29
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17, 2017
John Humphrys tests five more semi-finalists. The subjects are Creation Records, Johannes Kepler, the Hunger Games novels, Sir Isaac Newton and the films of William Goldman.
2017x30
Episode 30
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24, 2017
The last place in the grand final is at stake as John Humphrys tests another five semi-finalists on The Sweeney, Mary Seacole, James Cook, Tranmere Rovers and the travel writings of Bill Bry.
2017x31
Episode 31
Episode overview
03, 2017
John Humphrys puts six contenders in the spotlight one more time in the series' finale. Subjects in the grand final are the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the history of Leningrad, the life .. show full overview

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