NaN/100 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 38 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2011
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.
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#2 - Episode 2
Season 38 Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2011
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.
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#3 - Episode 3
Season 38 Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/2011
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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#4 - Episode 4
Season 38 Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2011
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: The Richard Hannay novels of John Buchan; the Peak District; aircraft of World War II; Billboard no 1 singles, 1955-1994.
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#5 - Episode 5
Season 38 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2011
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Field Marshal Montgomery, the life and career of former world chess champion Tigran Petrosian, the Cathars and the Chicago Bears 1920-1970.
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#6 - Episode 6
Season 38 Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/2011
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: The Life and Work of George Orwell, The Life of Sir Francis Walsingham, The West Wing and The Valley of the Kings.
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#7 - Episode 7
Season 38 Episode 7 - Aired 1/6/2012
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Topics include the Cambridge Apostles, the life and work of Antonia Forest, the French Revolution and the life and work of Gustav Mahler.
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#8 - Episode 8
Season 38 Episode 8 - Aired 1/6/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are major battles of World War II, Football League grounds, Watergate and the fall of Richard Nixon and the satirical works of Juvenal.
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#9 - Episode 9
Season 38 Episode 9 - Aired 1/20/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are The Archers from 1980 to the present day; the Apollo space programme; the history of China from 1919-1989; and the life and music of Nick Drake.
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#10 - Episode 10
Season 38 Episode 10 - Aired 1/27/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are the history of New York, the Women's Institute, the life and work of Augustus Pugin and Wimbledon Singles since 1990.
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#11 - Episode 11
Season 38 Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are the life and work of Mori Ogai, the Anglo-Zulu War, the life of Mary Eleanor Bowes and the films of Clint Eastwood.
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#12 - Episode 12
Season 38 Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Fleetwood Mac 1967 to 1977, the lost railways of Yorkshire, astronomy and the novels of John Updike.
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#13 - Episode 13
Season 38 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Bing Crosby, Eastenders, Joseph Banks and Britain's last hangman Albert Pierrepoint.
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#14 - Episode 14
Season 38 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are the seven wonders of the ancient world, Enoch Powell, the TV comedy Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, and the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft.
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#15 - Episode 15
Season 38 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2012
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The topics are: the Franco-Prussian war, primitive boats, the detective novels of Agatha Christie and the life and music of Kate Bush.
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#16 - Episode 16
Season 38 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2012
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The topics are: the children's fiction of Rudyard Kipling, world passenger liners 1939-79, Motorhead, and the life and work of Federico Fellini.
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#17 - Episode 17
Season 38 Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: the life and work of Thomas Jefferson Hogg, The Diggers, the life and short stories of Raymond Carver, and Luton Town FC 1965 to present.
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#18 - Episode 18
Season 38 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the human body, the life and work of James Brindley, the Soviet space programme, and the television career of Victoria Wood.
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#19 - Episode 19
Season 38 Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the sitcom Porridge, Queen Victoria's family, the Golfing Stories of PG Wodehouse and the life and times of Eliza Lynch.
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#20 - Episode 20
Season 38 Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the Coast to Coast Walk, pop music of the 1980s, the satirical works of William Hogarth and the life and works of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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#21 - Episode 21
Season 38 Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: the Life and Career of Peter Cook, French Impressionists 1863-1890, Haydn in England and the History of FC Barcelona.
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#22 - Episode 22
Season 38 Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/2012
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.
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#23 - Episode 23
Season 38 Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: Nirvana, the Thirty Years' War, the Roy Grace novels of Peter James and the history of Everton FC since 1992.
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#24 - Episode 24
Season 38 Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are: the life and works of William Yeates Hurlstone, the Olympics in London, the What Katy Did novels of Susan Coolidge and the life of Lord Byron.
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#25 - Episode 25
Season 38 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/2012
In the first semi-final of the series, John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions for a place in the Grand Final. Subjects include the novels of Martin Amis; the Life of Lady Jane Grey; the Emperor Caligula; British birds of prey; and rock band The Who.
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The Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 38
Every episode of Mastermind Season 38 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 38!
Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness.
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Season 38 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Mastermind" season 38. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/4/2011. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".