Episode guide
Mastermind: 2008/09
31 episodes · premiered Sep 5, 2008
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Sep 5, 2008 · 30m New series John Humphrys quizzes on Simon Raven, Newcastle United, Edward IV and Laurence Olivier.
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Sep 12, 2008 · 30m Specialisms tonight are Billy the Kid, the Short Stories of Saki, the Great Western Railway and the films of John Carpenter. With John Humphrys.
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Sep 19, 2008 · 30m John Humphrys asks about Noor Inayat-Khan, Ferdinand Magellan, Edith Wharton and Mods
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Sep 26, 2008 · 30m Questions on the late Stuart age, Steely Dan, boxer Joe Frazier and Robert Parker's Spenser novels.
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Oct 3, 2008 · 30m John Humphrys asks questions on subjects including Arthur Conan Doyle's Challenger novels.
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Oct 10, 2008 · 30m Specialist subjects this week include Rasputin, the Gospels of the New Testament, and West Indies Test cricket. John Humphrys asks the questions.
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Oct 17, 2008 · 30m John Humphrys poses the questions as four contestants test their specialist knowledge of Stax Records, the Romney Marsh novels of Monica Edwards, German battleship the Bismarck and the…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Oct 24, 2008 · 30m Specialist subjects include Scottish mathematician James Clerk Maxwell and the Mitford sisters.
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Oct 31, 2008 · 30m Tonight's specialist topics include the Harry Palmer novels and folk singer Tom Paxton.
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Nov 7, 2008 · 30m Tonight's specialist topics comprise the Victoria Cross, chess player Bobby Fischer, the Le Mans 24-hour race, and the life of Thomas Cochrane.
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Nov 14, 2008 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects include the Coventry blitz and the Merthyr Rising of 1831.
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Nov 21, 2008 · 30m Specialist topics comprise the cricketer Ian Botham, the Munros of Scotland, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming.
- Episode 13: Episode 13 Nov 28, 2008 · 30m Topics tonight include rare breeds of British farm animals, Ghenghis Khan and Gothic architecture.
- Episode 14: Episode 14 Dec 5, 2008 · 30m Topics comprise WC Fields, Jonathan Creek, Tacitus and the life and career of Keith Moon.
- Episode 15: Episode 15 Jan 30, 2009 · 30m Tonight's four specialist subjects are the Ashes series of 1902, AE Housman, British punk rock and the Trans-Siberian Railway. With John Humphrys.
- Episode 16: Episode 16 Feb 6, 2009 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects are the Peninsular War, pop singer Morrissey, the history of Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, and the Great Fire of London. John Humphrys asks the…
- Episode 17: Episode 17 Feb 13, 2009 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects are actor Sidney Poitier, British Trotskyism, number one hit singles, and the life and career of model and actress Edie Sedgwick. John Humphrys asks the…
- Episode 18: Episode 18 Feb 20, 2009 · 30m John Humphrys presents the general knowledge quiz, in which the specialist subjects tonight are the history of Chester Zoo, the Father Brown stories, Edward Carson and Tony Hancock.
- Episode 19: Episode 19 Feb 27, 2009 · 30m Tonight's four specialist subjects are John Wesley, Seinfeld, Kazimir Malevich and the Wars of the Roses. John Humphrys poses the questions.
- Episode 20: Episode 20 Mar 6, 2009 · 30m Specialist subjects are the Battle of Coronel and the Falklands War, British birds, sculptor Barbara Hepworth, and Anglo-Saxon kings 871-1016.
- Episode 21: Episode 21 Mar 13, 2009 · 30m In the first semi-final John Humphrys asks questions on Scott's last expedition, Blake's 7, the School stories of PG Wodehouse and the Popish Plot.
- Episode 22: Episode 22 Mar 20, 2009 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects are Jackie Stewart, the novels of Wendy Holden, Honore de Balzac and Kraftwerk. John Humphrys poses the questions.
- Episode 23: Episode 23 Apr 3, 2009 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects are the novels of George Orwell, musician Gram Parsons, Italian politics and composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
- Episode 24: Episode 24 Apr 10, 2009 · 30m Tonight's subjects are the Battle of Coronel and the Falklands War, British birds, sculptor Barbara Hepworth , and Anglo-Saxon kings from 871 to 1016.
- Episode 25: Episode 25 Apr 17, 2009 · 30m In tonight's semi-final the specialised subjects are Scott's last expedition, cult TV series Blake's 7, the School stories of PG Wodehouse and the Popish Plot
- Episode 26: Episode 26 May 8, 2009 · 30m Four contenders compete for a place in the final. Tonight's specialist subjects comprise film director Fritz Lang, tennis legend Billie Jean King, Private Eye magazine and the life and…
- Episode 27: Episode 27 May 22, 2009 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects for the four semi-finalists comprise the Bonaparte dynasty, former prime minister Herbert Asquith, glam rock band Slade and the life and writings of Gilbert…
- Episode 28: Episode 28 May 29, 2009 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects for the four semi-finalists comprise the life and works of Mozart, the ghost stories of MR James, planets of the solar system and Norwich City FC. Presented…
- Episode 29: Episode 29 Jun 5, 2009 · 30m Specialist subjects in the fifth semi-final are Doctor Who in the 1970s, former US president John F Kennedy, singer/songwriter Billy Bragg and the Montalbano novels of Andrea Camilleri…
- Episode 30: Episode 30 Jun 12, 2009 · 30m Tonight's specialist subjects are poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, the life of Paddy Mayne, Northampton Town FC and the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace.
- Episode 31: Grand Final Jun 19, 2009 · 1h Six contenders battle it out to be crowned champion. Their specialist subjects comprise the Lewis and Clark expedition across America, Britain between the wars, Russian novels from 1831 to…