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The Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 21

Every episode of Mastermind Season 21 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 21!

The Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 21

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Mastermind Season 21 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #1 - Episode 1

    S21:E1

    Returning for the 21st series, Magnus Magnusson puts more general knowledge questions to this year's first four contenders whose specialist subjects are: the life of Tiberius; the life of Admiral Lord Jellicoe; Clarice Cliff and English art deco ceramics, 1928-36; and Doctor Who.

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  2. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #2 - Episode 2

    S21:E2

    Magnus Magnusson in Bangor puts more questions to another four contenders whose specialist subjects are: the life of Otto von Bismarck; the history of the Rose 1500-1850; British feminists 1759-1886; the history of the Swiss Confederation 1291-1874.

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  3. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #3 - Episode 3

    S21:E3

    Magnus Magnusson travels to the University of Strathclyde to put more general knowledge questions to another four contenders whose specialist subjects are: the Border Reivers, 1500-1625; the Russo-German War, 1941-5; Lady Murasaki and the Tale of Genji; and Sir Thomas More

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 4 - Episode 4
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    #4 - Episode 4

    S21:E4

    Magnus Magnusson returns to the University of Strathclyde to quiz four more contenders

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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    S21:E5

    From Arundel Castle, West Sussex. Specialist subjects: Charles II; British athletics since 1945; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

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  6. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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    #6 - Episode 6

    S21:E6

    From Arundel Castle in West Sussex. Magnus Magnusson questions four more contenders with specialist subjects: the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy, 1867-1918; Lord Macaulay; Dervla Murphy ; railway signalling in Britain, 1830-1947.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 7 - Episode 7
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    #7 - Episode 7

    S21:E7

    From Rugby School. Tonight's specialist subjects are: Malcolm X; the canals of England and Wales; Joseph Conrad ; and the Great Northern Railway.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 8 - Episode 8
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    S21:E8

    From Rugby School. Tonight's subjects are: fantasy and science fiction, 1960-90; railways in Yorkshire; the life and works of AJ Munnings ; the life and career of Stanley Baldwin.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 9 - Episode 9
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    #9 - Episode 9

    S21:E9

    From the University of Strathclyde where tonight's subjects are: the Grand National; Slavonic languages since 1700; Dante; and the City of Chester from Roman times. With Magnus Magnusson

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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    #10 - Episode 10

    S21:E10

    From the University of Strathclyde, where the subjects are Golda Meir; Sir Edward Elgar ; the Waterloo Campaign 1815, and the Kings of Israel and Judah. With Magnus Magnusson.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 11 - Episode 11
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    S21:E11

    From the Barons' Hall at Arundel Castle, where the subjects are Edward VII, Hector Berlioz, City of London churches and Wilfred Owen.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 12 - Episode 12
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    #12 - Episode 12

    S21:E12

    From the Barons' Hall, Arundel Castle, where the subjects are: Shelley; Test cricket - England v Australia 1920-38; the siege of Paris 1870-71; the Romanov dynasty 1613-1918.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 13 - Episode 13
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    #13 - Episode 13

    S21:E13

    The first semi-final from Huddersfield, where the subjects are: P D James, the Napoleonic Wars, the Cornish china clay industry from 1745; and the medieval castle in the British Isles, 1050-1500. With Magnus Magnusson.

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  14. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 14 - Episode 14
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    #14 - Episode 14

    S21:E14

    Second semi-final from the University of Huddersfield, where the subjects are: Damon Runyan ; the fall of the Western Roman Empire, AD 375-476; the Manhattan Project; and Joseph Chamberlain. With Magnus Magnusson.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 15 - Episode 15
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    #15 - Episode 15

    S21:E15

    The third of the semi-finals comes from Bath, where the specialist subjects are: German armoured fighting vehicles, 1939-45; Californian gold rush; Brunei; and model railways in Great Britain, 1920-90. With Magnus Magnusson.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 16 - Episode 16
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    #16 - Episode 16

    S21:E16

    The fourth of the semi-finals comes from Bath, where the specialist subjects are: the Beatles; C S Lewis; the solar system; and Frederick Delius. With Magnus Magnusson.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Mastermind Season 21 Episode 17 - The Final
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    #17 - The Final

    S21:E17

    The four finalists are: Gavin Fuller - specialist subject, the Crusades(1095-1154); David Tombs - the modern Olympic Games; Glenys Davies - the life and reign of Napoleon III ; Barrie Douce - the French Indo-China War (1945-54). Magnus Magnusson puts the questions in the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, London.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 21 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Mastermind" season 21. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/10/1993. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".