Mastermind
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.
In the first heat, Clive Myrie puts four contenders to the test as they answer questions on specialist subjects including Bruce Springsteen, Switzerland and Sir Roger Moore.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects include PG Wodehouse’s Blandings stories, the listed buildings of Liverpool and Beyonce.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include John Cleese, the Alnwick Garden and Marvel's Avengers films.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Margaret of Anjou and The Simpsons.
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Tonight's subjects are James Bond villains, the life of Lord Byron, JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth and the castles of Northumberland.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another heat where the contenders answer questions on the Giza necropolis, Martin Luther, and Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. Tonight's subjects include Margaret Thatcher, the saxophone and venomous snakes.
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Tonight's subjects are the fauna of the Galapagos Islands, The Mighty Boosh, Uefa Champions League finals and Catherine de’ Medici.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Specialist subjects include the novels of Alan Hollinghurst, The Vicar of Dibley and Edouard Manet.
Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge in the tenth heat of a new series of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the Inspector Morse novels, King William IV, the films of Richard Curtis and Joseph Rowntree.
Clive Myrie hosts as another four contenders take to the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. On tonight's episode, the specialist subjects are British butterflies, the Cornetto Trilogy, Tutankhamun and Kate Bush.
Clive Myrie hosts another heat, with the contenders answering questions on Great Britain at the Winter Olympics, Goodness Gracious Me and High School Musical.
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock. Tonight's subjects are Nell Gwyn, Sylvia Plath, Still Game and the island of Sicily.
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including the John Rebus novels, Hamilton and Louis Theroux documentaries.
Four more contenders brave the black chair in another heat of the classic quiz and answer questions on All Blacks test matches, His Dark Materials, MGM musicals and John Clare.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take to the black chair. Tonight's subjects are Eric Cantona, Black Mirror, Rocky Horror and the novels of John Steinbeck.
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz, with four contenders answering questions on the Gurkhas, Fernando Torres, Pam Ayres and Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1950s.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects include Lee Miller and the history of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Tonight's specialist subjects are Line of Duty, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Rebecca Riots and gin.
Four more contenders face the black chair under the spotlight and the ticking clock in an attempt to become the next Mastermind champion. Clive Myrie hosts and asks the questions on specialist subjects, which this week are the films of Tom Hanks, Sir Edward Elgar, Bess of Hardwick and Björk.
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz, with contenders answering questions on British and Irish women astronomers, White House pets, Edith Cavell and La Vuelta a España.
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects are Madonna, the ER character Doug Ross, the rivers of Yorkshire and the NHL.
Clive Myrie hosts as four more contenders answer questions on specialist subjects including Joni Mitchell, the wives of Henry VIII and the films of Tom Cruise.
Clive Myrie hosts as contenders take to the famous black chair to answer questions on their chosen specialist subjects for a place in the semi-finals. This week's topics are Grace Kelly, the Cadfael novels and The Beatles' recording sessions.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. The specialist subjects are the short stories of Daphne du Maurier, the films of Studio Ghibli, Scott Pilgrim and Formula One.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. Specialist subjects are Vincent van Gogh’s paintings, the Bill & Ted films, drum and bass music and Julia Margaret Cameron.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are the X-Files, the history of York Minster, England at the Cricket World Cup and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Clive Myrie presents the fourth semi-final of the classic quiz where contenders return to the black chair under the glare of the spotlight and the ticking clock to win a place in the grand final. The specialist subjects are Wilfred Owen, 20th-century boxing, Frasier and African World Heritage Sites.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War, Pulp, Brian Clough and the Harry Potter novels.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Jean Harlow, Porridge, Alexander the Great and the World Snooker Championship.
Clive Myrie asks the questions in the grand final. Specialist subjects include Sir Steve McQueen’s film and TV works, the Peak District, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Open All Hours.
John Humphrys presents the first heat of the series. The specialist subjects are The Levellers, Julie Andrews, Black Books and Isabella of Castile.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Four more contenders brave the famous black chair. Specialist subjects are Joe Calzaghe, The Beach Boys, Joseph Stalin and the Gospel of John.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The Specialist subjects are R.E.M., Father Ted, David Niven and John Wesley.
John Humphrys asks the questions in another semi-final. The specialist subjects are Christopher Eccleston, Metallica, Beatrix Potter and the Greco-Persian Wars.
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.
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.
The hunt for the nation's Mastermind gets under way once more as John Humphrys questions four contenders on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Topics in this first heat are the life of Robert Bruce Lockhart, human parasites, the siege of Malta and the life and work of AC Swinburne.
Four comedians accept the challenge of the famous black chair in a special edition of Britain's toughest quiz, in aid of Children in Need. Russell Kane, Jarred Christmas, Karen Taylor and Imran Yusuf answer questions from John Humphrys on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. The subjects are Fred Dibnah, The Life and Hong Kong films of Jackie Chan, The Life and Novels of Evelyn Waugh, and the Transformers cartoons.
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The topics are: the Sandman graphic novels of Neil Gaiman, the life and work of Gerard Hoffnung, the Scottish Enlightenment and wines of the Loire Valley.
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Maximilian I, The Russian Revolution, Led Zeppelin and British speedway 1945-1970.
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Subjects are the television series To the Manor Born, the life and career of Lance Armstrong, Napoleon's marshals, and the life and works of Charles Ives.
Topics are the Tudor monarchy, the travelogues of Michael Palin, postage stamps of the 19th century and Belle and Sebastian.
Special episode recorded as part of the Live 24 hour panel people comic relief marathon.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1972-09-11 |
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