NaN/100 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 36 Episode 1 - Aired 8/28/2009
The general knowledge series returns for the 32nd time. Tonight's topics comprise the life and works of Louis Wain, the Greeks in Sicily from to 212 BC, the Sherlock Holmes films of Basil Rathbone and the life of Kurt Vonnegut. With John Humphrys.
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#2 - Episode 2
Season 36 Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2009
Topics comprise Apple Records, fictional works of Paul Auster , the life of Maximilien Robespierre , and world heavyweight boxing champions from 1882 to 1929.
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#3 - Episode 3
Season 36 Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/2009
Topics tonight are the history of the George Cross, the documentary series The Ascent of Man, the first Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and former PM Clement Attlee.
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#4 - Episode 4
Season 36 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2009
Tonight's topics are the life and work of Oscar Wilde, Germanic languages, the history of jazz music 1917-30 and the life and films of Akira Kurosawa.
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#5 - Episode 5
Season 36 Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/2009
Tonight's subjects are the life and films of Groucho Marx, the novels of Dorothy Whipple, the Battle of Britain and the life and work of Thomas Arnold.
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#6 - Episode 6
Season 36 Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2009
Topics comprise the Cazalet books of Elizabeth Jane Howard, the life and times of John Hume, Egyptology, and British New Wave cinema of the 1960s.
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#7 - Episode 7
Season 36 Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/2009
Topics tonight are the life and work of Paul Nash, the films of Tim Burton, ancient Greece from to 323BC and the life and work of Paul Dirac
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#8 - Episode 8
Season 36 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/2009
Topics tonight are the life and career of Bill Hicks , the Mont Blanc massif, George Frideric Handel , and the life and work of Isaiah Berlin. With John Humphrys.
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#9 - Episode 9
Season 36 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/2009
Topics are British indie music 1979-89, the life and work of Leonhard Euler, Graham Greene's short stories and transatlantic ocean liners from 1907 to the present day.
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#10 - Episode 10
Season 36 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/2009
Topics tonight are Richard III, the life and times of Morihei Ueshiba, the Chartist movement and the life and work of Edouard Manet. With John Humphrys.
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#11 - Episode 11
Season 36 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/2009
Tonight's specialist subjects comprise British female cabinet ministers, angels, the Stone of Destiny and the Birdcage novels of Victor Canning.
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#12 - Episode 12
Season 36 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/2009
Subjects are the NFL 1920-74, Henry VII, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels and Aberdeen architecture since 1800.
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#13 - Episode 13
Season 36 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the islands of Micronesia, the life and music of Johnnie Ray, and the London borough of Wandsworth.
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#14 - Episode 14
Season 36 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, Caesar's Gallic Wars, the life and works of Ayn Rand and Florence during the Renaissance 1400-1550.
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#15 - Episode 15
Season 36 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are the life and music of Lou Reed, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, classical Greek mythology and the life and times of Martin Nadaud.
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#16 - Episode 16
Season 36 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are the work of Gerry Anderson, the Summer Olympics 1968 - 1988, the life and work of Sir John Everett Millais and the life of Mustafa 'Ataturk' Kemal.
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#17 - Episode 17
Season 36 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are the novels of Stan Barstow, the history of Portmeirion, motorcycles of the 1950s and the history of Lords Cricket Ground.
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#18 - Episode 18
Season 36 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are TV westerns of the 50s and 60s, the life and work of Tolkien, the government of Gough Whitlam 1972 -1975, and the life and career of Dixie Dean.
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#19 - Episode 19
Season 36 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are Charles Darwin, the life and works of Francis Poulenc, the history of mountaineering on Everest and the break-up of Yugoslavia.
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#20 - Episode 20
Season 36 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are the life and career of Sir Alex Ferguson, 17th-century English history, Star Trek Voyager and the life and worlds of Edward Elgar.
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#21 - Episode 21
Season 36 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/2010
Host John Humphrys invites four contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects are the life and career of Lester Piggott, the Weimar Republic, the life and trials of Edward Marshall Hall and the life and films of Preston Sturges.
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#22 - Episode 22
Season 36 Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/2010
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz. Four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Subjects are: the life and times of Robert Peel, Gertrude Jekyll, the Child Ballads and the life and work of Baudelaire.
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#23 - Episode 23
Season 36 Episode 23 - Aired 3/26/2010
Host John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The specialist subjects are Victorian and Edwardian poisoners, the life and music of Lead Belly, the life and work of Bishop John Robinson and the Football World Cup 1930-1958.
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#24 - Episode 24
Season 36 Episode 24 - Aired 4/2/2010
Host John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The specialist subjects are the films of Billy Wilder, the Nuremberg Trials, Charles II and the fictional works of CS Lewis.
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#25 - Episode 25
Season 36 Episode 25 - Aired 4/9/2010
The subjects are: The Lord Peter Wimsey Novels of Dorothy L Sayers; The Anglo-American War 1812-1815; Hindu Gods and Goddesses; The Life and Work of Cecil Sharp; and the TV Series The Wire.
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The Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 36
Every episode of Mastermind Season 36 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 36!
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Season 36 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Mastermind" season 36. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/28/2009. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".