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2012/13

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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 • 2012/13

31 Episodes

  • Aflevering 1
    A1
    Aflevering 1The hunt for the nation's Mastermind gets under way once more as John Humphrys questions four contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Subjects in this first heat are the completed novels of Jane Austen, the life and times of Elizabeth I, Fawlty Towers and the Savoy Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
  • Aflevering 2
    A2
    Aflevering 2John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions. Topics include Billie Holiday, Eddy Merckx, The Life and Work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and William Gladstone.
  • Aflevering 3
    A3
    Aflevering 3John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Radiohead, the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Goodies and Michael Collins.
  • Aflevering 4
    A4
    Aflevering 4John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Duran Duran, Shakespeare's comedies, the history of the Alpine Club and The Shipping Forecast.
  • Aflevering 5
    A5
    Aflevering 5John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Tonight's topics include Doctor Who, 1963 - 1989; The story of Moses in the King James Bible; the history and geography of Arkansas; and Terry Venables.
  • Aflevering 6
    A6
    Aflevering 6John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are: the Epsom Derby since 1980, extinct fauna of the Ice Age, the life and work of Dave Allen and General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
  • Aflevering 7
    A7
    Aflevering 7John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Sir Ian Botham, the life and work of Caspar David Friedrich, Guns N' Roses and the Hornblower novels of CS Forester.
  • Aflevering 8
    A8
    Aflevering 8John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are: the life and career of George Harrison, the history of Rome until 1944, Everest mountaineering and Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time.
  • Aflevering 9
    A9
    Aflevering 9John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The contenders' specialist subjects are the national parks of England and Wales, the battles of the American Civil War, the life and work of HP Lovecraft and boxing world title fights since 2000.
  • Aflevering 10
    A10
    Aflevering 10Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are Catherine of Aragon, Fanny Cradock, the novels of Roddy Doyle and French grand opera 1823-1900.
  • Aflevering 11
    A11
    Aflevering 11Host John Humphrys asks questions on The Waltons, the Bernard Sampson novels of Len Deighton, Sir Nigel Gresley and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
  • Aflevering 12
    A12
    Aflevering 12John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Steely Dan, the Mapp and Lucia Novels of EF Benson, the Boston Bruins since 1970 and Henry Mayhew's London Labour and London Poor.
  • Aflevering 13
    A13
    Aflevering 13John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the Titanic, the American Revolutionary War, East German Athletics 1976-1988 and John Peel's Festive Fifties.
  • Aflevering 14
    A14
    Aflevering 14John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: Geoffrey Boycott, Futurama, Graham Greene and US Military Aircraft since 1945.
  • Aflevering 15
    A15
    Aflevering 15John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are: Alice Cooper, the Gemini space programme, West Ham United 1970-date and the life and work of John Logie Baird.
  • Aflevering 16
    A16
    Aflevering 16John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are the novels of William Golding, the Soviet Union under Stalin 1924-1939, The KLF and When the Boat Comes In.
  • Aflevering 17
    A17
    Aflevering 17John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are British number one singles 1963-2000, Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, Kett's rebellion of 1549 and the life and career of Michael Foot.
  • Aflevering 18
    A18
    Aflevering 18John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are: the Bee Gees, the life and films of Kevin Smith, the Falklands conflict, and the life and work of Thomas Hardy.
  • Aflevering 19
    A19
    Aflevering 19John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Subjects are Anne Boleyn, the Wallander novels of Henning Mankell, the life and music of Sir William Walton and Shakespeare's tragedies.
  • Aflevering 20
    A20
    Aflevering 20John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects tonight are the life and films of Marilyn Monroe, the life and career of David Lloyd George, Swallows and Amazons and the life and career of 1st Duke of Wellington.
  • Aflevering 21
    A21
    Aflevering 21John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are Monty Python, the life and career of Lord Nelson, the Tin Tin books of Hergé, and the African 'big five'.
  • Aflevering 22
    A22
    Aflevering 22John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz. Four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are: Red Dwarf, Marie Curie, the novels of Jasper Fforde and the life and career of Field Marshal Haig.
  • Aflevering 23
    A23
    Aflevering 23John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The subjects are: Joy Division, the Battle of the River Plate, Ashes Cricket Series since 1981 and the films of Tod Slaughter.
  • Aflevering 24
    A24
    Aflevering 24John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are the life and music of Ian Dury; the Red Army 1941-1945; the life and work of Gerald Durrell; the history of Celtic FC.
  • Aflevering 25
    A25
    Aflevering 25ohn Humphrys presents the first semi-final as five contenders vie for a place in the grand final. Subjects are the situation comedy Rising Damp, US military aircraft of the Second World War, the novels of Dennis Lehane, the St John's Wood Clique of Victorian artists and the films of Dietrich and von Sternberg.
  • Aflevering 26
    A26
    Aflevering 26Five more contenders compete for a place in the grand final as John Humphrys hosts another semi-final. The subjects are: the films of Norman Wisdom, Magna Carta, the Pembrokeshire coast, the novels of William Boyd, and the French Religious Wars 1559-1598.
  • Aflevering 27
    A27
    Aflevering 27John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz as five contenders fight for a place in the grand final. Subjects are Scott's last journey, the films of Mel Brooks, the life and poetry of WB Yeats, Otto von Bismarck and the novels of Sarah Waters.
  • Aflevering 28
    A28
    Aflevering 28Five more contenders vie for a place in the grand final as John Humphrys invites them to return to the black chair in another semi-final. Subjects are the life and films of David Niven, Edward III, the Pixies, The Life of Giuseppe Garibaldi and the Flashman novels of George MacDonald Fraser.
  • Aflevering 29
    A29
    Aflevering 29John Humphrys hosts the penultimate semi-final as five contenders attempt to win a place in the grand final. Subjects are birds of Britain, the films of Takeshi Kitano, Newcastle United since 1945, the Jagiellon Dynasty and the Adam Dalgliesh mysteries of PD James.
  • Aflevering 30
    A30
    Aflevering 30Five contenders compete for the last place in the grand final as John Humphrys hosts the sixth semi-final. Subjects are Yes Minister, the Rebus novels of Ian Rankin, Nazi Germany 1933 - 1945, the novels of Haruki Murakami and the Glastonbury Festival.
  • Grand Final
    A31
    Grand FinalJohn Humphrys asks the questions as six contenders battle it out to become the nation's Mastermind in the series grand final. Subjects include UK chart music of the 1970s, Shakespeare's War of the Roses, Abraham Lincoln, the operas of Verdi, the Paris Commune of 1871 and The Roman Empire 284-476 AD.

Cast of 2012/13

  • John HumphrysSelf - Host

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