Mastermind - Season 10 / Year 2019

Season 10 / Year 2019

Episodes

Episode 1
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series as the hunt for the nation's Mastermind gets back underway. This episode's specialist subjects are The West Wing, Bob Marley, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series and John Hawkwood.

Episode 2
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Alan Turing, the Golden Gate Bridge, the films of Frank Capra and Emperor Vespasian.

Episode 3
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Alien films, Peter Gabriel, the history of Prague and King Henry VII.

Episode 4
Four contestants are interrogated on a chosen subject, plus a general knowledge round, in the famous black chair, to compete for the grand title of Mastermind. John Humphrys presents.

Episode 5
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the films of John Hughes, Billie Holiday, the poet Keith Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.

Episode 6
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Mark E Smith and The Fall, letters of the New Testament, the history of the Wrens and Sir Isaac Newton.

Episode 7
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Rudyard Kipling, Clement Attlee, Glamorgan CCC and Florence Nightingale.

Episode 8
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Cher, the Cambridge Spy Ring, Tove Jansson and the Derby.

Episode 9
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Sir Bobby Robson, James Kier Hardie, links golf courses and British submarines.

Episode 10

Episode 11
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on REM, Edward Lear, Gustav Klimt and the FA Cup.

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15
Featuring specialist questions on the lives of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, artist David Hockney, diarist and politician Tony Benn, and novelist and politician John Buchan.

Episode 16
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their Specialist Subject and General Knowledge. Tonight's subjects are the films of Wes Anderson, Richard III, the England rugby team and the novels of Nancy Mitford.

Episode 17
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the Best Picture Oscar, Greek mythology, Joseph Bazalgette and the history of Manchester and Salford.

Episode 18
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the children of Queen Victoria, the novels of Penelope Fitzgerald, the Doors and Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.

Episode 19
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Vivien Leigh, The Cazalet Chronicles, 1990s hip-hop and the Flight of the Earls.

Episode 20
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Prince, Thomas Telford, the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the novels of Charles Dickens.

Episode 21
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Goons, the Trojan War, Egon Schiele and the novels of Mary Wesley.

Episode 22
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Tonight's subjects are 1970s pop, Neville Chamberlain, Sparta and CS Lewis.

Episode 23
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the films of Heath Ledger, Tycho Brahe, Sarah Kane and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury.

Episode 24
John Humphrys poses specialist questions on Henry VIII, Britpop, Christopher Isherwood and the Royal Navy in the First World War.

Episode 25
Contestants brave the black chair to answer question on specialised subjects including the Festival of Britain, 2 Tone Records and the life and times of Samuel Johnson.

Episode 26
John Humphrys hosts a semi-final of the classic quiz, where specialised subjects include the life of Aneurin Bevan, Top 40 pop music of the 1960s and the fiction of John Steinbeck.

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

The Final

Episode 32
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the relaunched series of the classic quiz, where contenders take the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind.

Episode 33
John Humphrys presents heat two of the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. Tonight's specialist subjects are the Mughal Empire, the life and legacy of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Charles Dickens's female characters and Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone.

Episode 34

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Episode 46
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