Mastermind — 2012/13 — Zoom

episodes

1. Episode 1 2012-08-10 30 min The hunt for the nation's Mastermind gets under way once more as John Humphrys questions four contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Subjects in this first heat are the complete...
2. Episode 2 2012-08-17 30 min John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions. Topics include Billie Holiday, Eddy Merckx, The Life and Work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and William Gladstone.
3. Episode 3 2012-08-24 30 min John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Radiohead, the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Goodies and Michael Collins.
4. Episode 4 2012-08-31 30 min John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Duran Duran, Shakespeare's comedies, the history of the Alpine Club and The Shipping Forecast.
5. Episode 5 2012-09-14 30 min John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Tonight's topics include Doctor Who, 1963 - 1989; The story of Moses in the King James Bible; the history and geography of Arkansas; and Terry...
6. Episode 6 2012-09-21 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are: the Epsom Derby since 1980, extinct fauna of the Ice Age, the life and work of Dave Allen and Genera...
7. Episode 7 2012-09-28 30 min John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Sir Ian Botham, the life and work of Caspar David Friedrich, Guns N' Roses and the Hornblower novels of CS Forester.
8. Episode 8 2012-10-05 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are: the life and career of George Harrison, the history of Rome until 1944, Everest mountaineering and A...
9. Episode 9 2012-10-12 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The contenders' specialist subjects are the national parks of England and Wales, the battles of the American Civil W...
10. Episode 10 2012-10-19 30 min Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are Catherine of Aragon, Fanny Cradock, the novels of Roddy Doyle and French grand opera 1823-1900.
11. Episode 11 2012-10-26 30 min Host John Humphrys asks questions on The Waltons, the Bernard Sampson novels of Len Deighton, Sir Nigel Gresley and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
12. Episode 12 2012-11-09 30 min John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Steely Dan, the Mapp and Lucia Novels of EF Benson, the Boston Bruins since 1970 and Henry Mayhew's London Labour and London Poo...
13. Episode 13 2012-11-16 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the Titanic, the American Revolutionary War, East German Athletics 1976-1988 and John Peel's Festive F...
14. Episode 14 2012-11-23 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: Geoffrey Boycott, Futurama, Graham Greene and US Military Aircraft since 1945.
15. Episode 15 2012-11-30 30 min John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are: Alice Cooper, the Gemini space programme, West Ham United 1970-date and the life and work of John...
16. Episode 16 2012-12-07 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are the novels of William Golding, the Soviet Union under Stalin 1924-1939, The KLF and When the Boat Com...
17. Episode 17 2012-12-14 30 min John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are British number one singles 1963-2000, Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, Kett's rebellion of 1549 and the lif...
18. Episode 18 2012-12-21 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are: the Bee Gees, the life and films of Kevin Smith, the Falklands conflict, and the life and work of...
19. Episode 19 2013-01-11 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Subjects are Anne Boleyn, th...
20. Episode 20 2013-01-18 30 min John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects tonight are the life and films of Marilyn Monroe, the life and career of David Lloyd George, Swallows and Am...
21. Episode 21 2013-01-25 30 min John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are Monty Python, the life and career of Lord Nelson, the Tin Tin books of Hergé, and the African 'big five'.
22. Episode 22 2013-02-01 30 min John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz. Four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are: Red Dwarf, Marie Curie, the novels of Jasper Fford...
23. Episode 23 2013-02-08 30 min John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The subjects are: Joy Division, the Battle of the River Plate, Ashes Cricket Series since 1981 and the films of To...
24. Episode 24 2013-02-15 30 min John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are the life and music of Ian Dury; the Red Army 1941-1945; the life and work of Gerald Durrell; the history...
25. Episode 25 2013-02-22 30 min ohn Humphrys presents the first semi-final as five contenders vie for a place in the grand final. Subjects are the situation comedy Rising Damp, US military aircraft of the Second World War, the nove...
26. Episode 26 2013-03-01 30 min Five more contenders compete for a place in the grand final as John Humphrys hosts another semi-final. The subjects are: the films of Norman Wisdom, Magna Carta, the Pembrokeshire coast, the novels o...
27. Episode 27 2013-03-08 30 min John Humphrys presents another semi-final of the classic quiz as five contenders fight for a place in the grand final. Subjects are Scott's last journey, the films of Mel Brooks, the life and poetry...
28. Episode 28 2013-03-15 30 min Five more contenders vie for a place in the grand final as John Humphrys invites them to return to the black chair in another semi-final. Subjects are the life and films of David Niven, Edward III, t...
29. Episode 29 2013-03-22 30 min John Humphrys hosts the penultimate semi-final as five contenders attempt to win a place in the grand final. Subjects are birds of Britain, the films of Takeshi Kitano, Newcastle United since 1945, t...
30. Episode 30 2013-03-29 30 min Five contenders compete for the last place in the grand final as John Humphrys hosts the sixth semi-final. Subjects are Yes Minister, the Rebus novels of Ian Rankin, Nazi Germany 1933 - 1945, the nov...
31. Grand Final 2013-04-05 60 min John Humphrys asks the questions as six contenders battle it out to become the nation's Mastermind in the series grand final. Subjects include UK chart music of the 1970s, Shakespeare's War of the Ro...