Episode 30

June 7, 2019

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Mastermind - S45 - E30

John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include the life of Charles II, the Plant Hunters and Delta blues music.

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Mastermind: Season 45 - 31 Episode s

45x1 - Episode 1
October 5, 2018
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series as the hunt for the nation's Mastermind gets back underway. This episode's specialist subjects are The West Wing, Bob Marley, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series and John Hawkwood.
45x2 - Episode 2
October 12, 2018
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Alan Turing, the Golden Gate Bridge, the films of Frank Capra and Emperor Vespasian.
45x3 - Episode 3
October 19, 2018
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Alien films, Peter Gabriel, the history of Prague and King Henry VII.
45x4 - Episode 4
October 26, 2018
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys grills four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. The chosen subjects in this episode are the history of Zimbabwe, Prince Henry the Navigator, Sunderland AFC and the novelist Elizabeth Taylor.
45x5 - Episode 5
November 2, 2018
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the films of John Hughes, Billie Holiday, the poet Keith Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
45x6 - Episode 6
November 9, 2018
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Mark E Smith and The Fall, letters of the New Testament, the history of the Wrens and Sir Isaac Newton.
45x7 - Episode 7
November 16, 2018
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Rudyard Kipling, Clement Attlee, Glamorgan CCC and Florence Nightingale.
45x8 - Episode 8
November 23, 2018
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Cher, the Cambridge Spy Ring, Tove Jansson and the Derby.
45x9 - Episode 9
December 14, 2018
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Sir Bobby Robson, James Kier Hardie, links golf courses and British submarines.
45x10 - Episode 10
December 21, 2018
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are Gerhard Richter, the 44 Scotland Street novels, Alexander Hamilton and Emma, Lady Hamilton.
45x11 - Episode 11
December 28, 2018
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on REM, Edward Lear, Gustav Klimt and the FA Cup.
45x12 - Episode 12
January 11, 2019
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Wright Brothers, Jeeves and Wooster, the Rumpole stories and Olympic track and field.
45x13 - Episode 13
January 18, 2019
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Tonight's subjects are Albert Einstein, MC Beaton's Hamish Macbeth novels, Sir Joseph Paxton and the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten.
45x14 - Episode 14
January 25, 2019
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the World Cup, the Battle of Stalingrad, the novels of Sarah Waters and John Knox.
45x15 - Episode 15
February 1, 2019
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Hockney, Tony Benn and John Buchan.
45x16 - Episode 16
February 8, 2019
The hunt for the nation’s Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their Specialist Subject and General Knowledge. Tonight’s subjects are the films of Wes Anderson, Richard III, the England rugby team and the novels of Nancy Mitford.
45x17 - Episode 17
February 15, 2019
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the Best Picture Oscar, Greek mythology, Joseph Bazalgette and the history of Manchester and Salford.
45x18 - Episode 18
February 22, 2019
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the children of Queen Victoria, the novels of Penelope Fitzgerald, the Doors and Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.
45x19 - Episode 19
March 8, 2019
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Vivien Leigh, The Cazalet Chronicles, 1990s hip-hop and the Flight of the Earls.
45x20 - Episode 20
March 15, 2019
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Prince, Thomas Telford, the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the novels of Charles Dickens.
45x21 - Episode 21
March 22, 2019
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on the Goons, the Trojan War, Egon Schiele and the novels of Mary Wesley.
45x22 - Episode 22
March 29, 2019
The hunt for the nation’s Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Tonight’s subjects are 1970s pop, Neville Chamberlain, Sparta and CS Lewis.
45x23 - Episode 23
April 5, 2019
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on the films of Heath Ledger, Tycho Brahe, Sarah Kane and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury.
45x24 - Episode 24
April 19, 2019
John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz with four contenders answering questions on Henry VIII, Britpop, Christopher Isherwood and the Royal Navy in the First World War.
45x25 - Episode 25
April 26, 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions as the classic quiz reaches the semi-final stage. Tonight’s subjects include the Festival of Britain, 2 Tone Records and the life and times of Samuel Johnson.
45x26 - Episode 26
May 10, 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include the life of Aneurin Bevan, Top 40 pop music of the 1960s and the fiction of John Steinbeck.
45x27 - Episode 27
May 17, 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include the Ottoman Empire, the Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L Sayers and the Grand National.
45x28 - Episode 28
May 24, 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Subjects include Queen Victoria, the plays of Ibsen and test cricket between England and India.
45x29 - Episode 29
May 31, 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include the human body, Leicester City Football Club and the life and works of Frida Kahlo.
45x30 - Episode 30
June 7, 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions in a semi-final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include the life of Charles II, the Plant Hunters and Delta blues music.
45x31 - The Final
June 14, 2019
John Humphrys asks the questions in the grand final of the classic quiz to decide who will be crowned as the nation’s Mastermind.tThe specialist subjects of the finalists are the films of The Marx Brothers, the national parks of the USA, Owain Glyndwr and his revolt, The Fortunes of War series by Olivia Manning, Frank Matcham’s theatres and the life and times of Mary Cassatt.

45x1 - Episode 1

45x2 - Episode 2

45x3 - Episode 3

45x4 - Episode 4

45x5 - Episode 5

45x6 - Episode 6

45x7 - Episode 7

45x8 - Episode 8

45x9 - Episode 9

45x10 - Episode 10

45x11 - Episode 11

45x12 - Episode 12

45x13 - Episode 13

45x14 - Episode 14

45x15 - Episode 15

45x16 - Episode 16

45x17 - Episode 17

45x18 - Episode 18

45x19 - Episode 19

45x20 - Episode 20

45x21 - Episode 21

45x22 - Episode 22

45x23 - Episode 23

45x24 - Episode 24

45x25 - Episode 25

45x26 - Episode 26

45x27 - Episode 27

45x28 - Episode 28

45x29 - Episode 29

45x30 - Episode 30

45x31 - The Final

S0: Specials

S1: 1972

S2: 1973

S3: 1974

S4: 1975

S5: 1976

S6: 1977

S7: 1978

S8: 1979

S9: 1980

S10: 1981

S11: 1983

S12: 1984

S13: 1985

S14: 1986

S15: 1987

S16: 1988

S17: 1989

S18: 1990

S19: 1991

S20: 1992

S21: 1993

S22: 1994

S23: 1995

S24: 1996

S25: 1997

S30: 2003

S31: 2004

S32: 2005

S33: 2006

S34: 2007/08

S35: 2008/09

S36: 2009/10

S37: 2010/11

S38: 2011/12

S39: 2012/13

S40: 2013/14

S41: 2014/15

S42: 2015/16

S43: 2016/17

S44: 2017/18

S45: 2018/19

S46: 2019/20

S47: 2020/21

S48: 2021/22

S49: 2022/23

S50: 2023/24

S51: 2024/25