Mastermind

2011/12

Not Rated
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 2011/12

31 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 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. Topics in this first heat are the life of Robert Bruce Lockhart, human parasites, the siege of Malta and the life and work of AC Swinburne.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The topics are: the Sandman graphic novels of Neil Gaiman, the life and work of Gerard Hoffnung, the Scottish Enlightenment and wines of the Loire Valley.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Maximilian I, The Russian Revolution, Led Zeppelin and British speedway 1945-1970.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: The Richard Hannay novels of John Buchan; the Peak District; aircraft of World War II; Billboard no 1 singles, 1955-1994.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Field Marshal Montgomery, the life and career of former world chess champion Tigran Petrosian, the Cathars and the Chicago Bears 1920-1970.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: The Life and Work of George Orwell, The Life of Sir Francis Walsingham, The West Wing and The Valley of the Kings.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Topics include the Cambridge Apostles, the life and work of Antonia Forest, the French Revolution and the life and work of Gustav Mahler.
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are major battles of World War II, Football League grounds, Watergate and the fall of Richard Nixon and the satirical works of Juvenal.
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are The Archers from 1980 to the present day; the Apollo space programme; the history of China from 1919-1989; and the life and music of Nick Drake.
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are the history of New York, the Women's Institute, the life and work of Augustus Pugin and Wimbledon Singles since 1990.
  • Episode 11
    E11
    Episode 11John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are the life and work of Mori Ogai, the Anglo-Zulu War, the life of Mary Eleanor Bowes and the films of Clint Eastwood.
  • Episode 12
    E12
    Episode 12John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Fleetwood Mac 1967 to 1977, the lost railways of Yorkshire, astronomy and the novels of John Updike.
  • Episode 13
    E13
    Episode 13John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Bing Crosby, Eastenders, Joseph Banks and Britain's last hangman Albert Pierrepoint.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are the seven wonders of the ancient world, Enoch Powell, the TV comedy Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, and the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft.
  • Episode 15
    E15
    Episode 15Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The topics are: the Franco-Prussian war, primitive boats, the detective novels of Agatha Christie and the life and music of Kate Bush.
  • Episode 16
    E16
    Episode 16Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The topics are: the children's fiction of Rudyard Kipling, world passenger liners 1939-79, Motorhead, and the life and work of Federico Fellini.
  • Episode 17
    E17
    Episode 17John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: the life and work of Thomas Jefferson Hogg, The Diggers, the life and short stories of Raymond Carver, and Luton Town FC 1965 to present.
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the human body, the life and work of James Brindley, the Soviet space programme, and the television career of Victoria Wood.
  • Episode 19
    E19
    Episode 19John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the sitcom Porridge, Queen Victoria's family, the Golfing Stories of PG Wodehouse and the life and times of Eliza Lynch.
  • Episode 20
    E20
    Episode 20John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the Coast to Coast Walk, pop music of the 1980s, the satirical works of William Hogarth and the life and works of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
  • Episode 21
    E21
    Episode 21John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: the Life and Career of Peter Cook, French Impressionists 1863-1890, Haydn in England and the History of FC Barcelona.
  • Episode 22
    E22
    Episode 22John Humphrys puts the questions. The subjects are: the Life and Times of Harold Wilson, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the sitcom Seinfeld, and Ludvig van Beethoven.
  • Episode 23
    E23
    Episode 23John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: Nirvana, the Thirty Years' War, the Roy Grace novels of Peter James and the history of Everton FC since 1992.
  • Episode 24
    E24
    Episode 24John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: the life and works of William Yeates Hurlstone, the Olympics in London, the What Katy Did novels of Susan Coolidge and the life of Lord Byron.
  • Episode 25
    E25
    Episode 25In the first semi-final of the series, John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions for a place in the Grand Final. Subjects include the novels of Martin Amis; the Life of Lady Jane Grey; the Emperor Caligula; British birds of prey; and rock band The Who.
  • Episode 26
    E26
    Episode 26In the second semi-final of the series, John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions for a place in the Grand Final. Subjects include the life and career of Herbert Chapman; the life and times of Benjamin Disraeli; railways of Great Britain in the 20th century; the life and career of Edward Jenner; and the Blandings stories of PG Wodehouse.
  • Episode 27
    E27
    Episode 27In the third semi-final of the series, John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions for a place in the Grand Final. Subjects include the life and times of Thomas Wolsey, the apostle Peter in the New Testament, heraldy of Britain, the history of the Monaco grand prix and Catherine the Great.
  • Episode 28
    E28
    Episode 28John Humphrys puts the questions to five more contenders in another semi-final. A place in the grand final awaits the winner. Subjects include the US Masters, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, the River Clyde steamers, classical mythology and the East African campaign of World War I.
  • Episode 29
    E29
    Episode 29John Humphrys puts the questions to five more contenders in the penultimate semi-final of the series. A place in the Grand Final awaits the winner. Subjects are - Route 66, Flanders and Swann, the Italian national football team since 1978, the Ramage Novels of Dudley Pope, and British owls.
  • Episode 30
    E30
    Episode 30John Humphrys puts the questions to five more contenders in the last semi-final of the series with the only remaining place in the Grand Final awaiting the winner. Subjects are the life and times of Harold Macmillan, Sir Isaac Newton, the history of the Cayman Islands, the TV series Band of Brothers and the British Civil Wars in the 17th century.
  • Grand Final
    E31
    Grand FinalJohn Humphrys asks the questions as six contenders battle it out to become the nation's Mastermind in this series' Grand Final. Subjects include: the life and works of JMW Turner; alchemy; the life and music of Tom Lehrer; the Diggers; whales, dolphins and porpoises; and the history of Azerbaijan 1917 - present day.

Cast of 2011/12

  • John HumphrysSelf - Host

 

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