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David Blunkett answers questions on the Harry Potter novels, Shaun Williamson tackles the life [of] Richard Burton, Antony Worrall Thompson opts for the works of Escoffier, and Jeremy Bowen's knowledge of the Arab/Israeli Six Day War is tested. With John Humphrys.

Episode 1

Bill Oddie, Charlie Higson, Julia Somerville and Germaine Greer answer questions on American jazz, James Bond, Winnie the Pooh and Australian rainforests respectively. John Humphrys asks the questions.

Episode 2

Stephen Fry is tested on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Gyles Brandreth takes the life and works of Sir John Gielguid as his specialist subject, the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has his knowledge of Philip Larkin tested, and athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson faces questions on the first three Star Wars films.

Episode 3

The big-name version of the deathless quiz transfers to BBC1 for a new mini-run. Tracy-Ann Oberman fields questions on the Imperial Roman family, Richard Whiteley tackles the BBC's history and programmes 1950-60, Edwina Currie is tested on Marie Curie and Simon King's subject is British wildlife. With quizmaster John Humphrys.

Bernard Cribbins, Murray Walker, Fame Academy's David Grant and Matt Allwright of Rogue Traders face questions on Formula One, angling, Stevie Wonder and the films of the Coen Brothers. With John Humphrys.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Arabella Weir, Adam Woodyatt and Steve Rider are the famous faces in the last of this quiz mini-run. John Humphrys puts the quartet on the spot with questions on the life and works of Audrey Hepburn, the US soap Dallas, comedy classic Blackadder Goes Forth and the US Masters golf tournament.

EastEnders's Ricky Groves, former Tory MP Neil Hamilton, Holby City's Hugh Quarshie (who appears again at 8.30pm) and rugby league hero Martin Offiah field questions on British politics, actor Richard Pryor, British pop music and the Second World War. John Humphrys plays grand inquisitor.

Olympic medallist Shirley Robertson fields questions on Olympic sailing, Jimmy Savile picks Top of the Pops, antiques buff Eric Knowles opts for the artistry of Rene Lalique and actor Tom Ward waxes lyrical over Philip Larkin.

Do famous people fare any better than ordinary mortals under interrogation by John Humphrys? Sir Tim Rice, Natalie Cassidy, Jeremy Edwards and Jeremy Beadle find out, answering questions on the solar system, Friends, Johnny Depp and London capital murders (1900-1940)

The respective specialist subjects of Monty Don, Diane Abbott, Phil Cornwell and Nicholas Owen are the Beatles, Jamaican politics, the Apollo space missions and railways of south-east England.

Andrew Castle is served men's Grand Slam tennis, Graeme Le Saux tackles the history of Jersey, Gina Yashere gets into lifts and Peter Tatchell opts for Malcolm X. With John Humphrys.

Diarmuid Gavin, Wendi Peters, Lembit Opik and Paul Ross are quizzed by John Humphrys on U2, Kander and Ebb musicals, Japanese motorcycles and Ezra Pound's life and work.

Episode 4

Sid Waddell opts for the history of rock 'n' roll 1955-65, Iain Banks tests his knowledge of malt whisky, Myleene Klass is quizzed on the third series of Sex and the City and Alistair McGowan aims to make a good impression with his specialist subject, the life and work of Erik Satie. With John Humphrys.

Episode 5

John Humphrys presides over the first of five seasonal specials in which famous faces test their grey matter in the legendary black chair.

Hoping to raise a few pounds for charity are journalist Rageh Omaar , BBC sports presenter Clare Balding , former Brookside star Steven Pinder and explorer

Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall , Radio 4 host Edward Stourton , Liberty X's Kelli Young and TV presenter and radio DJ Henry Kelly take to the chair.

The black chair beckons for another bunch of celebrities. John Humphrys asks the questions.

Scott Mills, Bernie Nolan , lain Lee and Jimmy McGovern are the latest brave souls to face a grilling from John Humphrys

John Humphrys presides over the concluding edition of the five seasonal specials in which famous faces test their grey matter in the black chair.

John Humphrys hosts a star-studded version of the long-running quiz, showing nightly this week, as famous names take their place in the infamous black chair. Tonight's contenders are actor Paul Bradley, presenter Dan Snow, comedian Peter Serafinowicz and quizmaster William G Stewart.

Adrian Edmondson, Bill Turnbull, Jan Ravens and Benjamin Zephaniah take their place in the infamous black chair. John Humphrys hosts

John Humphrys hosts, as contenders Steve Cram, Anjum Anand, Tony Hawks and Bill Kenwright take their places in the black chair. Subjects include Sunderland FC and the partition of India.

Tonight's famous brainboxes include Wayne Sleep, Yvette Fielding, DJ Spoony and Brian Sewell.

Kaye Adams, Simon Rimmer, Danny Wallace and Nicholas Parsons face the questions.

John Humphrys invites four famous faces to answer questions in the infamous black chair. Hoping to show off their knowledge are MP David Lammy, Hairy Biker Dave Myers, actress and singer Toyah Willcox and actor David Harewoo

Four more celebrities face John Humphrys and try to answer questions in the infamous black chair. Having their knowledge put to the test are Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding, Radio 1's Mark 'Chappers' Chapman, author Philippa Gregory and the impressionist Jon Culshaw.

John Humphrys puts the questions to famous contenders in a celebrity edition of Britain's toughest quiz. Having their knowledge put to the test are DJ Bob Harris, actor John Sessions, BBC newsreader Louise Minchin and journalist Andrew Neil

John Humphrys invites four celebrities to take the lonely walk to the black chair. Answering questions on their specialist subjects and general knowledge are actress Sally Lindsay, singer Mick Hucknall, West End star Summer Strallen and actor and comedian Mel Smith.

John Humphrys asks the questions in a celebrity version of television's toughest quiz. The famous faces being quizzed on their specialist subjects and general knowledge are actor Phil Daniels, musician Rick Wakeman, actor Ian Lavender and comedian Tim Vine.

John Humphrys asks the questions in a celebrity version of television's toughest quiz. He puts four brave and famous contenders through their paces, including musician Goldie, presenter Paul O'Grady, former badminton player and Olympian Gail Emms and broadcaster Loyd Grossman

John Humphrys invites four more celebrities into the spotlight where they have two minutes on their specialist subject and two minutes on general knowledge. Guests are Strictly dancer Darren Bennett, writer and DJ Stuart Maconie, psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos and actor Andrew Lancel

Four more celebrities face John Humphrys and try to answer questions in the black chair. The contenders hoping to show off their knowledge are newsreader Alastair Stewart, naturalist Steve Backshall, Radio 1 DJ Comedy Dave Vitty and the entrepreneur Saira Khan.

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John Humphrys introduces the celebrity version of Mastermind, in which four famous contenders pit their knowledge against each other and the clock.

In the chair are comedian Joe Pasquale; former athlete and Olympian Roger Black; actor Tony Audenshaw; and presenter Diane Louise Jordan.

John Humphrys introduces four more famous contenders to the black chair, where he tests them first on their specialist subject and then on their general knowledge. Guests are comedian Ed Byrne, actor Tristan Gemmill, television presenter Anneka Rice and comedian and actor John Bishop

John Humphrys introduces four more famous contenders to the black chair, where he tests them first on their specialist subject and then on their general knowledge. Guests are comedy writer Stewart Lee, actor John Thomson, British swimmer and Paralympian Sascha Kindred, and screen star Matthew Lewis

Episode 6

John Humphrys introduces four more famous contenders to the black chair, where he tests them first on their specialist subject and then on their general knowledge. Guests are writer Tony Parsons, actress Diane Parish, astrologer Russell Grant and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini.

Episode 7

John Humphrys introduces four more famous contenders to the black chair, where he tests them first on their specialist subject and then on their general knowledge. Guests are director Michael Winner, newsreader Mishal Husain, comedian Dom Joly and actor and satirist John Bird

Episode 8

John Humphrys introduces four more famous contenders to the black chair, where he tests them first on their specialist subject and then on their general knowledge. Guests are swimmer Mark Foster, actor and writer Nigel Planer, chef Ching He Huang and broadcaster John Suchet.

Episode 9

John Humphrys introduces four more famous contenders to the black chair, where he tests them first on their specialist subject and then on their general knowledge. Guests are singer Beverley Knight, World Champion snooker player John Higgins, politician Michael Howard and weatherman Alex Deakin

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Chef Michel Roux Jr, actress Jessica Hynes, Politics Show presenter Jon Sopel and Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon try their luck answering questions on Auguste Escoffier's Guide to Modern Cooking, Pam Ayres, Tony Blair and the sitcom Frasier.

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Food critic Jay Rayner, Lottery presenter OJ Borg, travel writer Simon Calder and Antony Costa from the pop band Blue, answer questions on the musicals of Sondheim, the Star Wars Trilogy, Concorde and the TV classic Only Fools and Horses.

Reality TV star Stacey Solomon, chef Sophie Grigson, The Fast Show's Simon Day and musician Steve Harley put themselves in the hot seat for their favourite charity. Specialist subjects include the sitcom The Inbetweeners, Highgate Cemetery, The Sopranos and TS Eliot and the Four Quartets.

Wildlife expert Chris Packham, athlete Jenny Meadows, children's TV presenter Alex Winters and Coronation Street actor Graeme Hawley try their luck answering questions on the Battle of Rorke's Drift, the Manic Street Preachers, Wigan Rugby League and the TV comedy Blackadder.

England cricketer Matthew Hoggard, TV presenter Jules Hudson, Comedian Justin Moorhouse and actor Ray Fearon answer questions on the sitcom Friends, the World War Two campaign Operation Market Garden, the comedian Les Dawson and Shakespeare's Othello.

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan, poet Simon Armitage, comedian Andi Osho and TV presenter Richard Arnold take their places on the infamous chair to answer questions on the Premier League, Ted Hughes, John Humphrys and TV soap Dallas.

Chef Michel Roux Jr, actress Jessica Hynes, Politics Show presenter Jon Sopel and Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon try their luck answering questions on Auguste Escoffier's Guide to Modern Cooking, Pam Ayres, Tony Blair and the sitcom Frasier.

Countdown's Rachel Riley, designer Wayne Hemingway, comedian Miles Jupp and political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue take their places in the infamous chair to answer questions on Manchester United, 1970s disco music, former England cricket captain Michael Atherton, and Winston Churchill.

Singer and 60s icon Sandie Shaw, actor Neil Dudgeon, comedian Stewart Francis and broadcaster Andrew Collins face questions in the hot seat. Specialist subjects include disaster movies of the 70s, Philip Larkin, Nichiren Buddhism and the Toronto Blue Jays.

Former home secretary Jacqui Smith, actor Nathaniel Parker, Strictly Come Dancing's Erin Boag and comedian Jason Manford are the contenders. They answer questions on The Archers, the Marx Brothers, the history of New Zealand and TV series Quantum Leap.

Football Focus presenter Dan Walker, financial guru Martin Lewis, DJ Nihal Arthanayake and Olympic cyclist Sarah Storey answer questions on the Gunpowder Plot, the Superman films, Glenn Hoddle and Sex and the City.

In the first of this series, actress Crissy Rock, double gold medal-winning Paralympian Hannah Cockroft, BBC entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba and crime writer Val McDermid answer questions on the artist Toulouse-Lautrec, boy band McFly, the George Smiley novels of John le Carre and playwright Christopher Marlowe.

Asian Network DJ Bobby Friction, Professor Alice Roberts, actor Ewen MacIntosh from The Office and comedian Simon Evans put themselves in the hot seat for their favourite charity. Specialist subjects include cult TV series Twin Peaks, the Moomin novels, Shackleton and the Endurance expedition, and pop star Prince.

Actor and comedian Adam Buxton, children's TV presenter Chris Johnson, actor Neil Pearson and Newsround presenter Nelufar Hedayat try their luck answering questions on David Bowie in the 1970s, the Harry Potter books, the films of Monty Python, and English language publishing in Paris.

Radio 2 DJ Ken Bruce, CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane, musician Paul Young and comedian Holly Walsh take their place in the infamous black chair to answer questions on subjects as diverse as Liverpool FC, the films of Johnny Depp, the Jeeves novels of PG Wodehouse, and badgers.

Actress Adele Silva, agony aunt Denise Robertson, comedian Milton Jones and TV doctor Chris van Tulleken join John Humphrys in the classic quiz. Specialist subjects include the children's stories of Roald Dahl, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the 1st Earl of Durham and potatoes.

Flog It presenter Paul Martin, gold medal-winning Olympian Pete Reed, actress Jaye Griffiths and magician Pete Firman all take television's toughest test, answering questions on rock drummers, Ayrton Senna, Tommy Cooper and the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Food critic Charles Campion, Emmerdale actor Kurtis Stacey, BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty and six-times gold medal winning Paralympian Darren Kenny answer questions on The Wind in the Willows, the Ryder Cup, artist Wassily Kandinsky and the films of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Comedian Steve Punt, Casualty actor Michael Obiora, presenter Clemency Burton-Hill and BBC weatherman John Hammond answer questions on Status Quo, Tony Hancock, Arsenal FC and Downton Abbey.

Presenter Nick Hancock, T'Pau singer Carol Decker, TV presenter Michael Underwood and rugby player-turned-commentator Austin Healey try their luck answering questions on James Bond, Everton FC, Tina Turner and The Great Gatsby.

Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker, Holby City actor Guy Henry, Stargazing Live astronomer Mark Thompson and Archers actor Tim Bentinck face the questions of John Humphrys for the last in the current series. The specialist subjects include the films of Peter O'Toole, AA Milne and Winnie the Pooh, the music of James Taylor and the history of coffee.

Another four famous faces risk their reputations on television's toughest quiz. BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Shaun Keaveny, comedian Mark Watson, Antiques Roadshow expert Bunny Campione and the writer of the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, Frank Cottrell Boyce answer questions on Led Zeppelin, the Canterbury Tales, Stewart Granger and Oliver Postgate.

Presenter Gail Porter, Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules, food writer Prue Leith and BBC Breakfast's Mike Bushell take on the Mastermind chair answering questions on number one singles, the choreographer Bob Fosse, wartime food and Alan Partridge.

Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair as the Formula One commentator James Allen, the actor David Bradley, Hebburn star Chris Ramsey and Shobu Kapoor from Citizen Khan answer questions on Roald Dahl, Max Wall, The Sopranos and Jack Kerouac's On the Road.

Comedian Josh Widdicombe, athlete-turned-commentator Katharine Merry, Emmerdale actress Sian Reese-Williams and wildlife presenter Nick Baker take on the Mastermind chair answering questions on Blur, Aston Villa, the sitcom Black Books and Alfred Russel Wallace.

Citizen Khan star Adil Ray, Dr Mark Porter, comedian Kevin Eldon and Jordan Stephens from Rizzle Kicks answer questions on Fawlty Towers, the Porsche 911, the Beatles and Ross Geller from Friends

Four more celebrities take on the Mastermind challenge as the poet John Cooper Clarke, Ben Faulks from CBeebies' Mr Bloom's Nursery, the entertainer Roy Hudd and the singer-songwriter Frank Turner answer questions on the films of Elvis Presley, Sir Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic expedition, the music hall star Dan Leno and Iron Maiden.

John Humphrys presents the celebrity version of Britain's toughest quiz. Four more celebrities take on the Mastermind challenge as comedian Hal Cruttenden, actress Clare Perkins, Olympic gold medal-winning rower Sophie Hosking and Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens answer questions on the Rocky films, Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, the London Underground and Johnny Cash.

John Humphrys presents the celebrity version of Britain's toughest quiz. Four more celebrities take on the Mastermind challenge as comedian Fred MacAulay, crime author Mark Billingham, actress Georgia Henshaw and The Archers' Brian Aldridge - Charles Collingwood - answer questions on the sitcom Porridge, Elvis Costello, TV series Sherlock and Hampshire County Cricket Club.

John Humphrys presents the celebrity version of Britain's toughest quiz. Four more celebrities take on the Mastermind challenge as presenter Tony Livesey, comedian Ava Vidal, presenter Monty Halls and pop-star turned broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles answer questions on the Jam, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jacques Cousteau and EF Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels.

John Humphrys presents the celebrity version of Britain's toughest quiz. Four more celebrities take on the Mastermind challenge as actress and presenter Clare Grogan, singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner, gold medal-winning Paralympian Richard Whitehead and journalist Quentin Letts answer questions on Doris Day, Harry Nilsson, Tottenham Hotspur and Hereford Cathedral.

In the first of this year's series, actress Emma Barton, Casualty's Tony Marshall, comedian Zoe Lyons and Olympic athlete Jamie Baulch take on the famous black chair and answer questions on the Carry On films, Richard Pryor, Quentin Crisp and Prince.

Presenter Ore Oduba, 2014 Olympic skeleton gold-medallist Lizzy Yarnold, The One Show's Alex Riley and the legendary Ken Dodd answer questions on David Beckham, the Archers, Triumph TR sports cars and theatre variety comedians since 1950.

BBC Radio 6 Music's Mary Anne Hobbs, writer, actor and comedian Neil Fitzmaurice, CBBC presenter Katie Thistleton and TV presenter Johnny Ball take on the famous black chair and answer questions on Barry Sheene, the films of Robert de Niro, Rachel Green from Friends and Michael Faraday.

CBeebies' Andy Day, writer of the Shetland crime series Ann Cleeves, actor and comedian Tom Rosenthal and BBC economics editor Robert Peston take on the Mastermind chair. They answer questions on the Back to the Future films, the Shetland Islands, flags of the world and David Bowie 1966-1976.

Four more celebrities take on the Mastermind challenge, as comedian Rob Deering, model Amy Willerton, Erasure singer Andy Bell and W1A's director of strategic governance - actor Jason Watkins - answer questions on the novels of Jane Austen, Anne Boleyn, Blondie and actor and theatre impresario David Garrick.

TV presenter Kate Thornton, comedian Tony Law, the League of Gentlemen's Steve Pemberton and The Simpsons actor Harry Shearer take on the famous black chair, answering questions on George Michael, fighter aircraft of the Second World War, the films of the Coen Brothers and the National Basketball Association since 1976.

Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair as actor Jimmy McKenna, newsreader Gillian Joseph, presenter Dallas Campbell and comedian Russell Kane answer questions on Frank Sinatra, the Parables of the New Testament, the films of Werner Herzog and the novels of Ernest Hemingway.

Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair as television presenter Gethin Jones, actor Ben Bailey Smith, Radio 4 presenter Aasmah Mir and actor and comedian Mark Little answer questions on Welsh international rugby, the films of the Marx Brothers, the novels of Hanif Kureishi and Hunter S Thompson.

Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair. Radio 1 presenter Gemma Cairney, Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo, actress Tina Malone and BBC Breakfast's Dominic Laurie answer questions on the Spice Girls, British middleweight boxers of the 1990s, Barbra Streisand and the London Underground.

Poet and comedian Tim Key, Antiques Roadshow glass specialist Andy McConnell, singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald and lyricist Sir Richard Stilgoe answer questions on Andy Murray, Joe Cocker, the TV series Still Game and British musicals up to 1980.

In the first of this series, boxer Ricky Hatton, chef Tony Singh, comedian and actor Ardal O'Hanlon and antiques expert Kate Bliss answer questions on Only Fools and Horses, the history of tartan, the Velvet Underground and Carl Faberge.

Actress Cheryl Fergison, presenter Stacey Dooley, boxing promoter Kellie Maloney and Jane Hazlegrove from Casualty take on the Mastermind chair, answering questions on Sir Elton John, the American TV series Girls, British heavyweight boxing and Harper Lee.

Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair as Blue Peter presenter Radzi Chinyanganya, singer and songwriter Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy, Boy Meets Girl actress Rebecca Root and athlete Kriss Akabusi answer questions on The Office, Bruce Springsteen, the novels of Graham Greene and West Ham United.

John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Chef and food-and-drink presenter Tom Kerridge, England football captain Steph Houghton, actor and comedian Rob Delaney and Dominic Wood from Dick and Dom answer questions on Oasis, The Only Way Is Essex, John Belushi and Harry Houdini.

John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Actor Vincent Franklin, athlete Christian Malcolm, BBC Radio 5 live presenter Chris Warburton and comedian Graham Fellows - aka John Shuttleworth - take on the Mastermind chair, answering questions on Disney-Pixar films, Olympic sprinting, Reeves and Mortimer and Donald Crowhurst.

John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Emmerdale actor Liam Fox, Paralympian cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth, actor and comedian Nick Helm and actress Kimberley Nixon answer questions on the Terminator films, Alice Cooper, Agatha Christie's Poirot novels and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

John Humphrys puts the questions to some of the UK's cleverest celebrities. Actress and presenter Lisa Maxwell, comedian Gary Delaney, actor Simon Greenall and commentator Conor McNamara answer questions on Judy Garland, George Romero's Zombie films, the D-Day Landings and Irish whiskey.

Four more celebrities take on the famous black chair as BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Chris Hawkins, historian Kate Williams, comedian and presenter Iain Stirling and the BBC's disability correspondent Nikki Fox answer questions on Coronation Street, Emily Bronte, the films of Robin Williams and Kate Bush.

Four famous faces test their knowledge. Featuring vlogger Louise Pentland, writer and comedian Jason Cook, presenter of Escape to the Country Alistair Appleton and CBBC presenter Ben Shires.

Four more celebrities take on the Mastermind challenge. CBeebies presenter Katy Ashworth, This Is England actor Thomas Turgoose, former jockey Mick Fitzgerald and radio presenter Shelagh Fogarty answer questions on Aretha Franklin, American drama series Prison Break, the Cheltenham Festival and Saint Pope John Paul II.

John Humphrys hosts as four famous faces brave the black chair. Chef Paul Rankin answers questions on Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, presenter Sonali Shah on the human body, comedian Omid Djalili on Chelsea FC and CBBC's Hacker T Dog on Pet Shop Boys.

John Humphrys asks the questions as four famous faces brave the black chair. Comedian Shappi Khorsandi answers questions on Charlie Chaplin, Scott Mills's Radio 1 sidekick Chris Stark on Scott Mills, The House That £100k Built presenter Piers Taylor on Bob Dylan and Paralympian gold medallist - and opening ceremony flagbearer - Lee Pearson on British birds.

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

The Best Seasons of Celebrity Mastermind

The Best Seasons of Celebrity Mastermind

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

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