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Mastermind: Season 43

2016/17 2016 - 2017
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  • 2016-07-13T18:30:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 16h (31 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Talk Show
Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness. Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Wright drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The atmosphere is helped by Mastermind's famously ominous theme music, "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson. The quiz programme originated and was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios, before permanently moving to MediaCityUK in 2011.

31 episodes

Season Premiere

2016-07-13T18:30:00Z

43x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

43x01 Episode 1

  • 2016-07-13T18:30:00Z30m

In this first heat of the new series, John Humphrys starts the search for the nation's Mastermind.

Specialist subjects tonight are Joni Mitchell, the Radio 4 sitcom Bleak Expectations, Alan Turing, and the history of aviation to 1914.

2016-07-20T18:30:00Z

43x02 Episode 2

43x02 Episode 2

  • 2016-07-20T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents the second heat of this series.

Subjects are the rock band Yes, Ernest Rutherford, the films of Werner Herzog and MC Escher.

2016-07-27T18:30:00Z

43x03 Episode 3

43x03 Episode 3

  • 2016-07-27T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz.

Subjects include beekeeping, the Royal Navy in the Second World War, Mark E Smith and the Fall, and John le Carre's Quest for Karla trilogy.

2016-08-05T18:30:00Z

43x04 Episode 4

43x04 Episode 4

  • 2016-08-05T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Benny Hill, the Mitford sisters, Marcus Tullius Cicero and the Jacobite rebellion.

2016-08-12T18:30:00Z

43x05 Episode 5

43x05 Episode 5

  • 2016-08-12T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another episode of Britain's toughest quiz. Subjects include Wilfred Owen, Sir Michael Caine, Mad Men and the rock band Faith No More.

2016-08-19T18:30:00Z

43x06 Episode 6

43x06 Episode 6

  • 2016-08-19T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are REM, Harry S Truman, the World Cup and the drama series Borgen.

2016-08-26T18:30:00Z

43x07 Episode 7

43x07 Episode 7

  • 2016-08-26T18:30:00Z30m

In this heat, John Humphrys grills four more contenders on James Bond films, Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street novels, 20th-century US presidents and the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

2016-09-02T18:30:00Z

43x08 Episode 8

43x08 Episode 8

  • 2016-09-02T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects are the films of the Coen brothers, Tom Waits, Transatlantic Liners and Flanders and Swann.

2016-09-09T18:30:00Z

43x09 Episode 9

43x09 Episode 9

  • 2016-09-09T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Peter Sellers, astronomy, the life and music of Arthur Lee and Love and John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.

2016-09-16T18:30:00Z

43x10 Episode 10

43x10 Episode 10

  • 2016-09-16T18:30:00Z30m

Four more contenders brave the black chair in Britain's toughest quiz. The subjects are Nick Drake, Emil Zatopek, Band of Brothers and Hernán Cortés and the conquest of Mexico.

2016-09-23T18:30:00Z

43x11 Episode 11

43x11 Episode 11

  • 2016-09-23T18:30:00Z30m

Tonight's subjects are Formula One Grand Prix circuits, Oliver Cromwell, the Charles Paris mysteries by Simon Brett and Fillipo Brunelleschi.

2016-09-30T18:30:00Z

43x12 Episode 12

43x12 Episode 12

  • 2016-09-30T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the city of Bath, The Faces, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose and Ayrton Senna.

2016-10-07T18:30:00Z

43x13 Episode 13

43x13 Episode 13

  • 2016-10-07T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic series. Subjects tonight are Queen, Dame Laura Knight, Anita Roddick and Don Revie.

2016-10-14T18:30:00Z

43x14 Episode 14

43x14 Episode 14

  • 2016-10-14T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are Kurt Cobain, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.

2016-10-21T18:30:00Z

43x15 Episode 15

43x15 Episode 15

  • 2016-10-21T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Ewan McGregor, British race courses, World Heritage sites and CJ Sansom's Shardlake novels.

2016-10-28T18:30:00Z

43x16 Episode 16

43x16 Episode 16

  • 2016-10-28T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are David Niven, the Soviet space programme, Italian Renaissance paintings and the human body.

2016-11-04T19:30:00Z

43x17 Episode 17

43x17 Episode 17

  • 2016-11-04T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are Hans Christian Andersen, the Russian Civil War, Ipswich Town FC and Rita Hayworth.

2016-11-11T19:30:00Z

43x18 Episode 18

43x18 Episode 18

  • 2016-11-11T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are islands of Scotland, Laurie Lee, Ginger McCain and Red Rum, and the films of David Fincher.

2016-11-18T19:30:00Z

43x19 Episode 19

43x19 Episode 19

  • 2016-11-18T19:30:00Z30m

Four more contenders brave the black chair with John Humphrys asking the questions in the classic quiz. The subjects are EastEnders, Puccini, Bill Shankly and the Battle of Trafalgar.

2016-11-25T19:30:00Z

43x20 Episode 20

43x20 Episode 20

  • 2016-11-25T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions as four more contenders take to the famous black chair.

Subjects are David Bowie, Edvard Munch, postwar British motorcycles and the German occupation of Jersey in the Second World War.

2016-12-02T19:30:00Z

43x21 Episode 21

43x21 Episode 21

  • 2016-12-02T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Eric Clapton, Emperor Hadrian, Tintin and the life and broadway stories of Damon Runyon.

2016-12-09T19:30:00Z

43x22 Episode 22

43x22 Episode 22

  • 2016-12-09T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Andy Warhol, the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus, Nicholas Hawksmoor and the X-Files.

2016-12-16T19:30:00Z

43x23 Episode 23

43x23 Episode 23

  • 2016-12-16T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects include Steve Jobs, Farscape, the history of Hungary and black metal music.

2017-01-06T19:30:00Z

43x24 Episode 24

43x24 Episode 24

  • 2017-01-06T19:30:00Z30m

The last place in the semi-finals is up for grabs as John Humphrys puts four more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects tonight are naval battles of the First World War, Charles Laughton, the de Havilland Mosquito and Garth Ennis's Punisher Max series.

2017-01-13T19:30:00Z

43x25 Episode 25

43x25 Episode 25

  • 2017-01-13T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents the first semi-final. The subjects are Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Steve Ovett, the daughters of King George III, Al Capone and the novels of Robert Harris.

2017-01-20T19:30:00Z

43x26 Episode 26

43x26 Episode 26

  • 2017-01-20T19:30:00Z30m

The semi-finals continue as John Humphrys puts five more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects include Asterix, the periodic table, the novels of Nick Hornby, Richard Feynman and Stan Laurel.

2017-02-03T19:30:00Z

43x27 Episode 27

43x27 Episode 27

  • 2017-02-03T19:30:00Z30m

The semi-finals continue as John Humphrys puts five more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects include Radiohead, Alison Uttley, Field Marshal Montgomery, the films of Powell & Pressburger and Herbert Howells.

2017-02-10T19:30:00Z

43x28 Episode 28

43x28 Episode 28

  • 2017-02-10T19:30:00Z30m

Five more semi-finalists try to claim a place in the grand final. The subjects are Alan Bennett, Cream, the novels of Dan Brown, Herbert von Karajan and Queen Mary.

2017-02-17T19:30:00Z

43x29 Episode 29

43x29 Episode 29

  • 2017-02-17T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys tests five more semi-finalists. The subjects are Creation Records, Johannes Kepler, the Hunger Games novels, Sir Isaac Newton and the films of William Goldman.

2017-02-24T19:30:00Z

43x30 Episode 30

43x30 Episode 30

  • 2017-02-24T19:30:00Z30m

The last place in the grand final is at stake as John Humphrys tests another five semi-finalists on The Sweeney, Mary Seacole, James Cook, Tranmere Rovers and the travel writings of Bill Bryson.

Season Finale

2017-03-03T19:30:00Z

43x31 The Final

Season Finale

43x31 The Final

  • 2017-03-03T19:30:00Z1h

John Humphrys puts six contenders in the spotlight one more time in the series finale. Subjects in the grand final are the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the history of Leningrad, the life and films of Billy Wilder, Seinfeld, Inigo Jones and the short films of Laurel and Hardy.

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