Episode 8

August 27, 2007

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Mastermind - S34 - E8

Tonight's specialist subjects are The Royle Family the life and music of Dimitri Tiomkin ; RF Delderfield's Swann novels and the life of Richard Nixon.

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Mastermind: Season 34 - 31 Episode s

34x1 - Episode 1
July 9, 2007
Four contestants answer questions on the famous black chair. Tonight's specialised subjects include Tottenham Hotspur FC, The Alan Clark Diaries, the electric guitar and the medieval abbeys and priories of England. With John Humphrys.
34x2 - Episode 2
July 16, 2007
John Humphrys poses questions on French political history from 1815-1914, composer Gustav Holst, Harrison Ford films and Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis.
34x3 - Episode 3
July 23, 2007
John Humphrys poses questions on mountaineer Chris Bonington , Thomas Harris 's Hannibal Lecter novels, Kett's Rebellion and the life and music of Tom Lehrer.
34x4 - Episode 4
July 30, 2007
John Humphrys poses testing questions on Peter Cook , Claude Monet , Errol Flynn and Edward VI.
34x5 - Episode 5
August 6, 2007
Subjects include the first duke of Wellington, Stephen King novels, Johannes Kepler and The West Wing.
34x6 - Episode 6
August 13, 2007
Tonight's specialised subjects include Henry Ford, German wines, Jennifer Aniston and Frida Kahlo.
34x7 - Episode 7
August 20, 2007
Subjects include the battle of Gettysburg, Mario Lanza , Dante's Divine Comedy and Sir Edwin Lutyens
34x8 - Episode 8
August 27, 2007
Tonight's specialist subjects are The Royle Family the life and music of Dimitri Tiomkin ; RF Delderfield's Swann novels and the life of Richard Nixon.
34x9 - Episode 9
September 3, 2007
Tonight's specialised subjects are Peter Gabriel and Genesis, author David Eddings , inventor Barnes Wallis and snakes. With John Humphrys.
34x10 - Episode 10
September 10, 2007
The specialist subjects this week are the University Boat Race, the novels of Evelyn Waugh , English coronations since 1066 and the life of Bob Marley.
34x11 - Episode 11
September 17, 2007
This week's subjects are the life and work of William Thomson , Round the Home, the history of Tamla Motown and the career of chess player Alexander Alekhine.
34x12 - Episode 12
September 24, 2007
Specialist subjects this week include the life and career of Frank Sinatra , Dorothy L Sayers 's Lord Peter Wimsey books and Polish history between AD 960 and 1696.
34x13 - Episode 13
October 1, 2007
Tonight's specialist subjects are British Top 20 singles of the 1970s, The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency novels by Alexander McCall Smith , Hornby Railway and Joe Jackson and the Black Sox scandal of 1919.
34x14 - Episode 14
October 8, 2007
Specialist subjects include Irish history 1916-1923, heavy metal band Iron Maiden, life and works of John Piper and the world war series of novels by Harry Turtledove.
34x15 - Episode 15
October 22, 2007
This week's specialist subjects are the life and work of Joe Orton , American independent cinema, trees of the British Isles and Chelsea Football Club.
34x16 - Episode 16
October 29, 2007
This week's specialist subjects are the life and work of Joe Orton, American independent cinema, trees of the British Isles and Chelsea Football Club.
34x17 - Episode 17
November 5, 2007
Tonight's specialist subjects are the naval career of Nelson and Collingwood, the life and works of Primo Levi, the English pop band Erasure, and the life and career of Sir Richard Attenborough.
34x18 - Episode 18
November 12, 2007
Tonight's subjects are the life and music of Johnny Cash, the development of photography since 1900, the life and works of Rene Magritte and ships of the Royal Navy from 1945 to 2007.
34x19 - Episode 19
November 19, 2007
Specialist subjects are the life and career of politician Charles James Fox, the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association, real ale breweries of Britain and the life and works of writer Marcel Proust.
34x20 - Episode 20
November 26, 2007
Tonight's subjects are the Adrian Mole novels by Sue Townsend, the works of French playwright Moliere, the history of sound recording from 1887 to 1925 and European female painters up until 1900.
34x21 - Episode 21
December 3, 2007
Specialist subjects are the Anglo-Boer War, US soul group the Temptations, the Cotton Nero manuscript and Scottish monarchs from 843 to 1371.
34x22 - Episode 22
January 21, 2008
As the contest reaches the semi-finals, specialist subjects are British butterflies, the life of Franz Kafka , 1985 TV drama Edge of Darkness and Red Clydeside 1914-1939, an era of political radicalism in Glasgow.
34x23 - Episode 23
January 28, 2008
Contestants compete for a place in the Grand Final. Today's specialist subjects are: the novels of Joanne Harris , the Cricket World Cup, the life of Mary Tudor and the life and career of Robert Clive - also known as Clive of India. John Humphrys hosts.
34x24 - Episode 24
February 4, 2008
In the final first-round heat, the specialist subjects are Punch magazine, the life of Kurt Cobain , the novels of Thomas Love Peacock , and TV series Survivors.
34x25 - Episode 25
February 11, 2008
As the competition reaches the semi-final stage, specialist subjects are British butterflies, the life and work of writer Franz Kafka , cult 1985 TV drama Edge of Darkness and Red Clydeside 1914-1939, an era of political radicalism in Glasgow. With John Humphrys.
34x26 - Episode 26
February 18, 2008
With another place in the final up for grabs, tonight's specialist subjects are the novels of Joanne Harris , the Cricket World Cup, Mary Tudor and the life of Robert Clive - aka Clive of India.
34x27 - Episode 27
February 25, 2008
Specialist subjects are the life and career of Bobby Charlton , the Roman Republic to 43 BC, the life and poetry of Wilfrid Owen and the spoof TV programme The Day Today. John Humphrys asks the questions.
34x28 - Episode 28
March 3, 2008
With another place in the final up for grabs, specialist subjects comprise the TV series Upstairs, Downstairs, the life and work of Italian painter Botticelli, folk/rock group Steeleye Span , and film director Sam Peckinpah. Hosted by John Humphrys.
34x29 - Episode 29
March 10, 2008
Specialist subjects in this semi-final are the novels of Jasper Fforde , the horror films of Val Lewton , the Battle of the Somme and the life of the Prince Regent.
34x30 - Episode 30
March 17, 2008
Specialist subjects in the last semi-final are the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope ; Mary, Queen of Scots: American Civil War general William Sherman ; and the Poldark novels of Winston Graham.
34x31 - Grand Final
March 24, 2008
The grand final of the quiz where specialist subjects are the history of Venice, actor Steve McQueen, the D-Day landings, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, London Bridge and the Godfather trilogy. With John Humphrys.

34x1 - Episode 1

34x2 - Episode 2

34x3 - Episode 3

34x4 - Episode 4

34x5 - Episode 5

34x6 - Episode 6

34x7 - Episode 7

34x8 - Episode 8

34x9 - Episode 9

34x10 - Episode 10

34x11 - Episode 11

34x12 - Episode 12

34x13 - Episode 13

34x14 - Episode 14

34x15 - Episode 15

34x16 - Episode 16

34x17 - Episode 17

34x18 - Episode 18

34x19 - Episode 19

34x20 - Episode 20

34x21 - Episode 21

34x22 - Episode 22

34x23 - Episode 23

34x24 - Episode 24

34x25 - Episode 25

34x26 - Episode 26

34x27 - Episode 27

34x28 - Episode 28

34x29 - Episode 29

34x30 - Episode 30

34x31 - Grand Final

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