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2008/09

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Quiz show featuring members of the public answering specialist and general knowledge questions in a black chair. The series ran for 25 years with host Magnus Magnusson, ending in 1997. It was eventually resurrected on the BBC in 2003.

Where to Watch Mastermind • 2008/09

31 Episodes

  • Episodio 1
    E1
    Episodio 1New series John Humphrys quizzes on Simon Raven, Newcastle United, Edward IV and Laurence Olivier.
  • Episodio 2
    E2
    Episodio 2Specialisms tonight are Billy the Kid, the Short Stories of Saki, the Great Western Railway and the films of John Carpenter. With John Humphrys.
  • Episodio 3
    E3
    Episodio 3John Humphrys asks about Noor Inayat-Khan, Ferdinand Magellan, Edith Wharton and Mods
  • Episodio 4
    E4
    Episodio 4Questions on the late Stuart age, Steely Dan, boxer Joe Frazier and Robert Parker's Spenser novels.
  • Episodio 5
    E5
    Episodio 5John Humphrys asks questions on subjects including Arthur Conan Doyle's Challenger novels.
  • Episodio 6
    E6
    Episodio 6Specialist subjects this week include Rasputin, the Gospels of the New Testament, and West Indies Test cricket. John Humphrys asks the questions.
  • Episodio 7
    E7
    Episodio 7John Humphrys poses the questions as four contestants test their specialist knowledge of Stax Records, the Romney Marsh novels of Monica Edwards, German battleship the Bismarck and the Welsh castles of Edward I.
  • Episodio 8
    E8
    Episodio 8Specialist subjects include Scottish mathematician James Clerk Maxwell and the Mitford sisters.
  • Episodio 9
    E9
    Episodio 9Tonight's specialist topics include the Harry Palmer novels and folk singer Tom Paxton.
  • Episodio 10
    E10
    Episodio 10Tonight's specialist topics comprise the Victoria Cross, chess player Bobby Fischer, the Le Mans 24-hour race, and the life of Thomas Cochrane.
  • Episodio 11
    E11
    Episodio 11Tonight's specialist subjects include the Coventry blitz and the Merthyr Rising of 1831.
  • Episodio 12
    E12
    Episodio 12Specialist topics comprise the cricketer Ian Botham, the Munros of Scotland, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming.
  • Episodio 13
    E13
    Episodio 13Topics tonight include rare breeds of British farm animals, Ghenghis Khan and Gothic architecture.
  • Episodio 14
    E14
    Episodio 14Topics comprise WC Fields, Jonathan Creek, Tacitus and the life and career of Keith Moon.
  • Episodio 15
    E15
    Episodio 15Tonight's four specialist subjects are the Ashes series of 1902, AE Housman, British punk rock and the Trans-Siberian Railway. With John Humphrys.
  • Episodio 16
    E16
    Episodio 16Tonight's specialist subjects are the Peninsular War, pop singer Morrissey, the history of Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, and the Great Fire of London. John Humphrys asks the questions.
  • Episodio 17
    E17
    Episodio 17Tonight's specialist subjects are actor Sidney Poitier, British Trotskyism, number one hit singles, and the life and career of model and actress Edie Sedgwick. John Humphrys asks the questions.
  • Episodio 18
    E18
    Episodio 18John Humphrys presents the general knowledge quiz, in which the specialist subjects tonight are the history of Chester Zoo, the Father Brown stories, Edward Carson and Tony Hancock.
  • Episodio 19
    E19
    Episodio 19Tonight's four specialist subjects are John Wesley, Seinfeld, Kazimir Malevich and the Wars of the Roses. John Humphrys poses the questions.
  • Episodio 20
    E20
    Episodio 20Specialist subjects are the Battle of Coronel and the Falklands War, British birds, sculptor Barbara Hepworth, and Anglo-Saxon kings 871-1016.
  • Episodio 21
    E21
    Episodio 21In the first semi-final John Humphrys asks questions on Scott's last expedition, Blake's 7, the School stories of PG Wodehouse and the Popish Plot.
  • Episodio 22
    E22
    Episodio 22Tonight's specialist subjects are Jackie Stewart, the novels of Wendy Holden, Honore de Balzac and Kraftwerk. John Humphrys poses the questions.
  • Episodio 23
    E23
    Episodio 23Tonight's specialist subjects are the novels of George Orwell, musician Gram Parsons, Italian politics and composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
  • Episodio 24
    E24
    Episodio 24Tonight's subjects are the Battle of Coronel and the Falklands War, British birds, sculptor Barbara Hepworth , and Anglo-Saxon kings from 871 to 1016.
  • Episodio 25
    E25
    Episodio 25In tonight's semi-final the specialised subjects are Scott's last expedition, cult TV series Blake's 7, the School stories of PG Wodehouse and the Popish Plot
  • Episodio 26
    E26
    Episodio 26Four contenders compete for a place in the final. Tonight's specialist subjects comprise film director Fritz Lang, tennis legend Billie Jean King, Private Eye magazine and the life and work of Robert Maxwell.
  • Episodio 27
    E27
    Episodio 27Tonight's specialist subjects for the four semi-finalists comprise the Bonaparte dynasty, former prime minister Herbert Asquith, glam rock band Slade and the life and writings of Gilbert White. With John Humphrys
  • Episodio 28
    E28
    Episodio 28Tonight's specialist subjects for the four semi-finalists comprise the life and works of Mozart, the ghost stories of MR James, planets of the solar system and Norwich City FC. Presented by John Humphrys.
  • Episodio 29
    E29
    Episodio 29Specialist subjects in the fifth semi-final are Doctor Who in the 1970s, former US president John F Kennedy, singer/songwriter Billy Bragg and the Montalbano novels of Andrea Camilleri. John Humphrys hosts.
  • Episodio 30
    E30
    Episodio 30Tonight's specialist subjects are poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, the life of Paddy Mayne, Northampton Town FC and the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace.
  • Grand Final
    E31
    Grand FinalSix contenders battle it out to be crowned champion. Their specialist subjects comprise the Lewis and Clark expedition across America, Britain between the wars, Russian novels from 1831 to 1894, songwriting partnership Rodgers and Hart, the Ryder Cup and American presidents of the 19th century. Presented by John Humphrys.

Cast of 2008/09

  • John HumphrysSelf - Host

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