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Mastermind: 2015/16

Poster for Mastermind Season 42

31 episodes · premiered Aug 7, 2015

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  1. Episode 1: Episode 1 Aug 7, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys and the famous black chair return for another series of television's toughest quiz. 96 contenders start the path towards the final but only one can be crowned Mastermind…
  2. Episode 2: Episode 2 Aug 14, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. The specialist subjects in this heat are Harry Potter, modern jazz, the English Reformation and the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
  3. Episode 3: Episode 3 Aug 21, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. The specialist subjects in this heat are Christopher Marlowe, I Claudius, the racehorse Arkle and Joseph Stalin.
  4. Episode 4: Episode 4 Aug 28, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. The specialist subjects in this heat are the Academy Awards, King Crimson, Weimar Germany and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
  5. Episode 5: Episode 5 Sep 4, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, the Wars of the Roses, Edward Heath…
  6. Episode 6: Episode 6 Sep 11, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Sherlock Holmes, the Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game, the Roman…
  7. Episode 7: Episode 7 Sep 18, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are The Wire, Scott Joplin, the writer Alan Moore and Beatrix Potter.
  8. Episode 8: Episode 8 Sep 25, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Catherine of Aragon, the post-war Labour Government, the band…
  9. Episode 9: Episode 9 Oct 2, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are silent cinema, the band Hawkwind, the Ballets Russes and King Henry V.
  10. Episode 10: Episode 10 Oct 9, 2015 · 30m Subjects include the films of Kevin Smith, the novels of Neil Gaiman, Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris and Chess Records.
  11. Episode 11: Episode 11 Oct 16, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are Kathleen Ferrier, Everton FC, the Rivers of London novels of Ben Aaronovitch and…
  12. Episode 12: Episode 12 Oct 23, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are the history of Las Vegas, the Anne books by LM Montgomery, Paul Simon and the…
  13. Episode 13: Episode 13 Nov 6, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are the Song of Ice and Fire novels by George RR Martin, Gloria Swanson, the music of…
  14. Episode 14: Episode 14 Nov 13, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are the films of Martin Scorsese, Donald Campbell, the Pop Larkin…
  15. Episode 15: Episode 15 Nov 20, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Vincent van Gogh, Burnley FC, the Thirty Years' War and the Tom…
  16. Episode 16: Episode 16 Nov 27, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are The IT Crowd, North American Plains Indians from 1850-1910…
  17. Episode 17: Episode 17 Dec 4, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are World War II in Europe, Josephine Butler, Freemasonry and Pete Seeger.
  18. Episode 18: Episode 18 Dec 11, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Barbara Castle, Archbishop Makarios, the McAuslan trilogy of George MacDonald Fraser and…
  19. Episode 19: Episode 19 Dec 18, 2015 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are The West Wing, Jesse Owens, Manfred von Richthofen and Billy Bragg.
  20. Episode 20: Episode 20 Jan 8, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Pearl Jam, Watergate, Middlesbrough FC and the life and poetry of AE Housman.
  21. Episode 21: Episode 21 Jan 15, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Scottish pop music from 1980-1999, Aston Villa FC, the history of the GDR, and Clarice…
  22. Episode 22: Episode 22 Jan 22, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Gavin and Stacey, Sir John Gielgud, Jackie Robinson and William Morris.
  23. Episode 23: Episode 23 Jan 29, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are the Apollo missions, the Great Train Robbery, Queen's Park Rangers FC and the Alex…
  24. Episode 24: Episode 24 Feb 5, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jock Stein, Stax Records and the Suez Crisis.
  25. Episode 25: Episode 25 Feb 12, 2016 · 30m Host John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions in the black chair in the first semi-final. Subjects are the life and career of Brian Clough, the films of Paul Verhoeven…
  26. Episode 26: Episode 26 Feb 19, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys puts the questions to five more semi-finalists. The subjects are the X-Men comics, Wainwright's coast to coast walk, the Green Bay Packers, Jethro Tull and Eamon de Valera.
  27. Episode 27: Episode 27 Feb 26, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects in this semi-final are Men Behaving Badly, Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby novels, the…
  28. Episode 28: Episode 28 Mar 11, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys hosts another semi-final of Britain's toughest quiz. Five more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Ever Decreasing…
  29. Episode 29: Episode 29 Mar 18, 2016 · 30m Host John Humphrys invites five more contenders to answer questions in the black chair in the penultimate semi-final. The subjects are British summer Olympic champions, William Marshal…
  30. Episode 30: Episode 30 Mar 25, 2016 · 30m John Humphrys hosts as five contestants compete in the last semi-final. Subjects are Reading FC, Benjamin Britten, Venice, the history of Ulster and Prohibition
  31. Episode 31: Grand Final Apr 1, 2016 · 1h The search for the nation's Mastermind reaches its conclusion as John Humphrys invites the six finalists to make once last visit to the famous black chair as they attempt to win the glass…