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Mastermind: Season 47

2020/21 2020 - 2021
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  • 2020-10-05T18:30:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 15h 30m (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

2020-10-05T18:30:00Z

47x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

47x01 Episode 1

  • 2020-10-05T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series. The specialist subjects are The Levellers, Julie Andrews, Black Books and Isabella of Castile.

2020-10-12T18:30:00Z

47x02 Episode 2

47x02 Episode 2

  • 2020-10-12T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents the second heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Manchester United, the novels of Toni Morrison, Berthe Morisot and William Tyndale.

2020-10-19T18:30:00Z

47x03 Episode 3

47x03 Episode 3

  • 2020-10-19T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, Blackadder, the Boxer Rebellion and Blake's 7.

2020-10-26T19:30:00Z

47x04 Episode 4

47x04 Episode 4

  • 2020-10-26T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents the fourth heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Crown, the history of anaesthesia and Stormzy.

2020-11-02T19:30:00Z

47x05 Episode 5

47x05 Episode 5

  • 2020-11-02T19:30:00Z30m

The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as John Humphrys tests four more contenders. Tonight's specialist subjects are Vanessa Bell, Rachmaninoff, Sherlock and David Bowie.

2020-11-16T19:30:00Z

47x06 Episode 6

47x06 Episode 6

  • 2020-11-16T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. The specialist subjects are the Weimar Republic, Alex Higgins, the bridges of London and UK cheeses.

2020-11-30T19:30:00Z

47x07 Episode 7

47x07 Episode 7

  • 2020-11-30T19:30:00Z30m

Four more contenders brave the famous black chair. Specialist subjects are Joe Calzaghe, The Beach Boys, Joseph Stalin and the Gospel of John.

2020-12-07T19:30:00Z

47x08 Episode 8

47x08 Episode 8

  • 2020-12-07T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz. Tonight's subjects are freshwater fish of the British Isles, Nick Cave, the history of Scouting in the UK and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

2020-12-14T19:30:00Z

47x09 Episode 9

47x09 Episode 9

  • 2020-12-14T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects are John Singer Sargent, The Sopranos, Jane Austen novels and Nick Drake.

2020-12-21T19:30:00Z

47x10 Episode 10

47x10 Episode 10

  • 2020-12-21T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects are Lyndon B Johnson, A Song of Ice and Fire, seabirds and children's TV.

2020-12-28T19:30:00Z

47x11 Episode 11

47x11 Episode 11

  • 2020-12-28T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts another heat of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are Kenneth Williams, UK hit singles 2000-2004, Ada Lovelace and the Rugby World Cup.

2021-01-04T19:30:00Z

47x12 Episode 12

47x12 Episode 12

  • 2021-01-04T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. Tonight's subjects include Life on Mars, the Titanic, Barbara Castle and the Periodic Table.

2021-01-11T19:30:00Z

47x13 Episode 13

47x13 Episode 13

  • 2021-01-11T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on Marlene Dumas, Edward Thomas, Guy Burgess and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.

2021-01-18T19:30:00Z

47x14 Episode 14

47x14 Episode 14

  • 2021-01-18T19:30:00Z30m

Four more contenders take to the black chair to answer questions on their specialist subjects, including the London 2012 Olympic Games, Hancock's Half Hour and John Wyndham novels.

2021-01-25T19:30:00Z

47x15 Episode 15

47x15 Episode 15

  • 2021-01-25T19:30:00Z30m

Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on Tchaikovsky, the Evil Dead trilogy, Rafael Nadal and This Country.

2021-02-01T19:30:00Z

47x16 Episode 16

47x16 Episode 16

  • 2021-02-01T19:30:00Z30m

In another heat of the classic quiz, four more contenders brave the black chair and answer questions on the mammals of the British Isles, Friends, Damien Hirst and Wimbledon.

2021-02-08T19:30:00Z

47x17 Episode 17

47x17 Episode 17

  • 2021-02-08T19:30:00Z30m

Four more contenders take to the black chair in tonight's programme, where the specialist subjects include the Mongol invasions, the plays of Aristophanes and Broadway musicals.

2021-02-15T19:30:00Z

47x18 Episode 18

47x18 Episode 18

  • 2021-02-15T19:30:00Z30m

Four more contenders take to the black chair in tonight's heat where the specialist subjects are Homer's Odyssey, The Good Life, the history of Portsmouth and Taika Waititi.

2021-02-22T19:30:00Z

47x19 Episode 19

47x19 Episode 19

  • 2021-02-22T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz, with four contenders answering questions on Sidney Poitier, Greek mythology, Soundgarden and the Women's Institute.

2021-03-01T19:30:00Z

47x20 Episode 20

47x20 Episode 20

  • 2021-03-01T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts as contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, which are Ernest Rutherford, Hitchcock films, the motorways of England and the Poldark novels.

2021-03-08T19:30:00Z

47x21 Episode 21

47x21 Episode 21

  • 2021-03-08T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys presents the classic quiz where contenders take the black chair. Specialist subjects are the Russian Revolution, King Crimson, The Hunger Games and George Orwell.

2021-03-15T19:30:00Z

47x22 Episode 22

47x22 Episode 22

  • 2021-03-15T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys is back at his desk, asking four more contenders questions on their specialist subjects. In this programme, they are Kimi Raikkonen, Gloucestershire, Poirot and lidos in Britain.

2021-03-22T19:30:00Z

47x23 Episode 23

47x23 Episode 23

  • 2021-03-22T19:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys hosts and contenders answer questions on their specialist subjects, which are Stephen Sondheim musicals, dog breeds, Alan Partridge and the Charles Paris novels.

2021-03-29T18:30:00Z

47x24 Episode 24

47x24 Episode 24

  • 2021-03-29T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Otto von Bismarck, hand knitting, Robert Louis Stevenson and the films of the Coen Brothers.

2021-04-05T18:30:00Z

47x25 Episode 25

47x25 Episode 25

  • 2021-04-05T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects are the Booker Prize, the city of York, the Busby Babes and the Russo-Japanese War.

2021-04-05T18:30:00Z

47x26 Episode 26

47x26 Episode 26

  • 2021-04-05T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are films based on the works of Stephen King, Joan Rivers, US state capitals and Neil Gaiman novels.

2021-04-12T18:30:00Z

47x27 Episode 27

47x27 Episode 27

  • 2021-04-12T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects are the films of Powell and Pressburger, the Bauhaus movement, Emil Zátopek and the Liberal Democrats.

2021-04-12T18:30:00Z

47x28 Episode 28

47x28 Episode 28

  • 2021-04-12T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The Specialist subjects are R.E.M., Father Ted, David Niven and John Wesley.

2021-04-19T18:30:00Z

47x29 Episode 29

47x29 Episode 29

  • 2021-04-19T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Christopher Eccleston, Metallica, Beatrix Potter and the Greco-Persian Wars.

2021-04-19T18:30:00Z

47x30 Episode 30

47x30 Episode 30

  • 2021-04-19T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are William Pitt the Younger, The Bridge, the Grand National and the plays of Joe Orton.

Season Finale

2021-04-26T18:30:00Z

47x31 Final

Season Finale

47x31 Final

  • 2021-04-26T18:30:00Z30m

John Humphrys asks the questions in the grand final of the classic quiz. Tonight’s subjects include Shackleton's Antarctic expedition of 1914-17, Cole Porter and Jimmy Carter.

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