John Humphrys puts the questions. The subjects are: the Life and Times of Harold Wilson, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the sitcom Seinfeld, and Ludvig van Beethoven.
John Humphrys asks the questions. The subjects are Nirvana, the Thirty Years' War, the Roy Grace novels of Peter James, and the history of Everton FC since 1992. Show more
John Humphrys puts the questions. The subjects are: William Yeates Hurlstone, the Olympics in London, the What Katy Did novels of Susan Coolidge and the life of Lord Byron. Show more
John Humphrys hosts the first semi-final. Subjects include the novels of Martin Amis; the Life of Lady Jane Grey; the Emperor Caligula; British birds of prey; and band The Who. Show more
John Humphrys puts the questions to contenders in the penultimate semi-final. Subjects include Route 66, Flanders and Swann, the Italian national football team, and British owls. Show more
John Humphrys hosts the second semi-final. Subjects include Herbert Chapman; Benjamin Disraeli; railways of Great Britain in the 20th century; and Edward Jenner. Show more
John Humphrys hosts the third semi-final. Subjects include the apostle Peter, the Monaco grand prix, Catherine the Great, British heraldry and the life and times of Thomas Wolsey. Show more
John Humphrys puts the questions to five more contenders in another semi-final. Subjects include the US Masters and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Show more
John Humphrys puts the questions to five more contenders in the last semi-final. Subjects include Harold Macmillan, Sir Isaac Newton, the Cayman Islands and Band of Brothers. Show more
Six contenders battle it out to become the nation's Mastermind in this series's grand final. Subjects include the life and works of JMW Turner, alchemy, and the life of Tom Lehrer. Show more
John Humphrys invites four contestants to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects include the life of Robert Bruce Lockhart and the siege of Malta. Show more
John Humphrys invites four contestants to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects include the Sandman graphic novels of Neil Gaiman and the life and work of Gerard Hoffnung. Show more
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Maximilian I, The Russian Revolution, Led Zeppelin and British speedway 1945-1970.
Subjects are: The Richard Hannay novels of John Buchan; the Peak District; aircraft of World War II; Billboard no 1 singles, 1955-1994. John Humphrys asks the questions. Show more
Subjects are: The Life and Work of George Orwell, The Life of Sir Francis Walsingham, The West Wing and The Valley of the Kings. Show more
Subjects are: Field Marshal Montgomery, the life and career of chess champion Tigran Petrosian, the Cathars and the Chicago Bears 1920-1970. John Humphrys asks the questions. Show more
Topics include the Cambridge Apostles, the life and work of Antonia Forest, the French Revolution and the life and work of Gustav Mahler. Show more
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects include major battles of World War II and the satirical works of Juvenal. Show more
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects include The Archers from 1980 to the present day, and the life and music of Nick Drake. Show more
Four more contenders face John Humphrys. Subjects are the history of New York, The Women's Institute, the life and work of Augustus Pugin and Wimbledon Singles since 1990. Show more