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21 Episodes 2014 - 2015
Episode 1
28 mins
96 contenders start the journey towards the final but only one will be crowned Mastermind Champion. Subjects in the first heat are Yes Minister, the Battle of Lepanto, JM Barrie and St Paul's Cathedral.
Episode 2
28 mins
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects in this heat are The Thick of It, Eric Clapton, British poetry and TE Lawrence.
Episode 3
28 mins
John Humphrys questions four more contenders. The subjects are Bobby Moore, the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, the TV series Our Friends in the North and Richard the Lionheart.
Episode 4
28 mins
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are champagne, the Manhattan Project, Tina Modotti and the TV series The Prisoner.
Episode 5
28 mins
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz, with specialist subjects House of Cards, John Milton, the Siege of Constantinople of 1453 and FA Cup finals at the old Wembley.
Episode 6
28 mins
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz as four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects in this programme are the summer Olympic Games, Duke Ellington, Hammer films and General James Wolfe.
Episode 7
28 mins
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz as four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects in this programme are Les Dawson, West Indies cricket, the life and films of Howard Hawks, and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Episode 8
28 mins
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz, with specialist subjects including the Rolling Stones, the Bayeux Tapestry, TV series Mad Men and King Ludwig the Second of Bavaria.
Episode 9
28 mins
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are the films of Sergio Leone, Robert Peel, Leonard Cohen, and Anton Bruckner.
Episode 10
28 mins
Questions on the specialist subjects of the Thames Path national trail, author Monica Dickens, the life and music of American composer Steve Reich and the life and poetry of 18th-century writer Thomas Chatterton.
Episode 11
28 mins
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions. The subjects are the films of John Hughes, King David I of Scotland, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Iggy Pop.
Episode 12
28 mins
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are the crown jewels, Tamla Motown, the Battle of Gettysburg and Dusty Springfield.
Episode 13
28 mins
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are the sitcom Peep Show, the Battle of the Atlantic, the band Suede and the life and works of Charlotte Bronte.
Episode 14
28 mins
The subjects are Pink Floyd, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, the novels of James Herbert and the life and career of Theodore Roosevelt.
Episode 15
29 mins
John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The subjects are Marc Bolan, the Empress of Ireland, the Sasanian Empire and 'Allo 'Allo.
Episode 16
28 mins
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Doctor Who, lost rivers of London, Brian Epstein and the Anglo-Zulu Wars of 1879.
Episode 22
Episode 24
Episode 26
Specialist subjects: Inspector Morse, The Life of C. B. Fry, The Life of Richard Heydrich, Life and Career of Jack Johnson, Gospel According to Mark.
Episode 28
28 mins
Episode 31
28 mins