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January 18, 2019
Mastermind
Subjects include Albert Einstein, the Hamish Macbeth novels and Sir Joseph Paxton.
Episode 13
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, 2018/2019
January 11, 2019
Mastermind
Subjects include the Wright Brothers, the Rumpole stories and Olympic track and field.
Episode 12
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, 2018/2019
December 28, 2018
Mastermind
Four more contenders answer questions on REM, Edward Lear, Gustav Klimt and the FA Cup.
Episode 11
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December 21, 2018
Mastermind
The subjects include Gerhard Richter and the 44 Scotland Street novels.
Episode 10
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, 2018/2019
December 14, 2018
Mastermind
The subjects include Sir Bobby Robson, James Kier Hardie and British submarines.
Episode 9
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, 2018/2019
November 23, 2018
Mastermind
The subjects are Cher, the Cambridge Spy Ring, Tove Jansson and the Derby.
Episode 8
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, 2018/2019
November 16, 2018
Mastermind
The subjects are Rudyard Kipling, Clement Attlee, Glamorgan CCC and Florence Nightingale.
Episode 7
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, 2018/2019
November 9, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include letters of the New Testament and Sir Isaac Newton.
Episode 6
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, 2018/2019
November 2, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects are John Hughes films, Billie Holiday, poet Keith Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
Episode 5
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, 2018/2019
October 26, 2018
Mastermind
With rounds on Zimbabwe, Prince Henry the Navigator, Sunderland AFC and Elizabeth Taylor.
Episode 4
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, 2018/2019
October 19, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include the Alien films, Peter Gabriel, the history of Prague and King Henry VII.
Episode 3
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, 2018/2019
October 12, 2018
Mastermind
The subjects include Alan Turing, the Golden Gate Bridge and Emperor Vespasian.
Episode 2
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, 2018/2019
October 5, 2018
New Series
Mastermind
The subjects are The West Wing, Bob Marley, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series and John Hawkwood
Episode 1
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, 2018/2019
May 19, 2018
Mastermind
John Motson takes over from John Humphrys in the black chair to grill four sporting stars.
March 30, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include Golf Majors, the Revolt of the Netherlands and the Hannibal Lecter novels
Episode 31
, 2017/18
March 16, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects are Peep Show, Albert Speer, X-Men films, Henry III and the Jack Parlabane novels
Episode 30
, 2017/18
March 9, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include Manchester music, the Battle of Clontarf, ER, and Augustus Pitt-Rivers.
Episode 29
, 2017/18
February 23, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects are Pink Floyd, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, Stan Cullis, H.P. Lovecraft and Tom Hanks.
Episode 28
, 2017/18
February 16, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include Paul Thomas Anderson films, Virginia Woolf novels and Kazuo Ishiguro.
Episode 27
, 2017/18
February 9, 2018
Mastermind
The subjects are Frasier, Warrington RLFC, Absolutely Fabulous, Jane Austen and Erik Satie
Episode 26
, 2017/18
February 2, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include Olympic track and field, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Egyptian mythology.
Episode 25
, 2017/18
January 26, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include Red Dwarf, the history of Kentucky, and Emperor Tiberius.
Episode 24
, 2017/18
January 19, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include Blur, Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels and the American Civil War.
Episode 23
, 2017/18
January 12, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include Leonardo da Vinci, the Dreyfus Affair, JS Bach and The Inbetweeners.
Episode 22
, 2017/18
January 5, 2018
Mastermind
Subjects include the Royle Family, the Beach Boys and postwar British general elections.
Episode 21
, 2017/18