Mastermind S38E26 · Episode 26

Overview

In 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.

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1. 1 1. Episode 12011-11-04 · 30mThe 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 hea
2. 2 2. Episode 22011-11-18 · 30mHost 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 Hoffn
3. 3 3. Episode 32011-11-25 · 30mJohn Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Maximilian I, The Russian Revolution, Led Zeppelin and British speedway 1945-1970.
4. 4 4. Episode 42011-12-02 · 30mJohn 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, 1
5. 5 5. Episode 52011-12-09 · 30mJohn 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 t
6. 6 6. Episode 62011-12-16 · 30mJohn 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 King
7. 7 7. Episode 72012-01-06 · 30mHost 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 Revol
8. 8 8. Episode 82012-01-06 · 30mJohn 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 satir
9. 9 9. Episode 92012-01-20 · 30mJohn 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; an
10. 10 10. Episode 102012-01-27 · 30mJohn 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 sin
11. 11 11. Episode 112012-02-03 · 30mJohn 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 Eas
12. 12 12. Episode 122012-02-03 · 30mJohn 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.
13. 13 13. Episode 132012-02-10 · 30mJohn Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Bing Crosby, Eastenders, Joseph Banks and Britain's last hangman Albert Pierrepoint.
14. 14 14. Episode 142012-02-10 · 30mJohn 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
15. 15 15. Episode 152012-02-17 · 30mHost 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 Chr
16. 16 16. Episode 162012-02-17 · 30mHost 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, M
17. 17 17. Episode 172012-02-24 · 30mJohn 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, a
18. 18 18. Episode 182012-02-24John 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, a
19. 19 19. Episode 192012-03-02 · 30mJohn 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
20. 20 20. Episode 202012-03-02 · 30mJohn 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 Ho
21. 21 21. Episode 212012-03-09 · 30mJohn 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
22. 22 22. Episode 222012-03-16 · 30mJohn Humphrys puts the questions. The subjects are: the Life and Times of Harold Wilson, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the sitcom Seinfeld, and Ludvig van Beethoven.
23. 23 23. Episode 232012-03-23 · 30mJohn 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
24. 24 24. Episode 242012-03-23 · 30mJohn 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 Susa
25. 25 25. Episode 252012-03-30 · 30mIn 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 Lif
26. 26 26. Episode 262012-03-30 · 30mIn 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 Ch
27. 27 27. Episode 272012-04-06 · 30mIn 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 Wolse
28. 28 28. Episode 282012-04-13 · 30mJohn 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
29. 29 29. Episode 292012-04-20 · 30mJohn 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, Flander
30. 30 30. Episode 302012-04-27 · 30mJohn 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
31. 31 31. Grand Final2012-05-11 · 1h 0mJohn 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;