NaN/100 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 39 Episode 1 - Aired 8/10/2012
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. Subjects in this first heat are the completed novels of Jane Austen, the life and times of Elizabeth I, Fawlty Towers and the Savoy Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
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#2 - Episode 2
Season 39 Episode 2 - Aired 8/17/2012
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions. Topics include Billie Holiday, Eddy Merckx, The Life and Work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and William Gladstone.
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#3 - Episode 3
Season 39 Episode 3 - Aired 8/24/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Radiohead, the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Goodies and Michael Collins.
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#4 - Episode 4
Season 39 Episode 4 - Aired 8/31/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are Duran Duran, Shakespeare's comedies, the history of the Alpine Club and The Shipping Forecast.
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#5 - Episode 5
Season 39 Episode 5 - Aired 9/14/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Tonight's topics include Doctor Who, 1963 - 1989; The story of Moses in the King James Bible; the history and geography of Arkansas; and Terry Venables.
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#6 - Episode 6
Season 39 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are: the Epsom Derby since 1980, extinct fauna of the Ice Age, the life and work of Dave Allen and General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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#7 - Episode 7
Season 39 Episode 7 - Aired 9/28/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Sir Ian Botham, the life and work of Caspar David Friedrich, Guns N' Roses and the Hornblower novels of CS Forester.
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#8 - Episode 8
Season 39 Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are: the life and career of George Harrison, the history of Rome until 1944, Everest mountaineering and Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time.
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#9 - Episode 9
Season 39 Episode 9 - Aired 10/12/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The contenders' specialist subjects are the national parks of England and Wales, the battles of the American Civil War, the life and work of HP Lovecraft and boxing world title fights since 2000.
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#10 - Episode 10
Season 39 Episode 10 - Aired 10/19/2012
Host John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are Catherine of Aragon, Fanny Cradock, the novels of Roddy Doyle and French grand opera 1823-1900.
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#11 - Episode 11
Season 39 Episode 11 - Aired 10/26/2012
Host John Humphrys asks questions on The Waltons, the Bernard Sampson novels of Len Deighton, Sir Nigel Gresley and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
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#12 - Episode 12
Season 39 Episode 12 - Aired 11/9/2012
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. Subjects are: Steely Dan, the Mapp and Lucia Novels of EF Benson, the Boston Bruins since 1970 and Henry Mayhew's London Labour and London Poor.
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#13 - Episode 13
Season 39 Episode 13 - Aired 11/16/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: the Titanic, the American Revolutionary War, East German Athletics 1976-1988 and John Peel's Festive Fifties.
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#14 - Episode 14
Season 39 Episode 14 - Aired 11/23/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects are: Geoffrey Boycott, Futurama, Graham Greene and US Military Aircraft since 1945.
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#15 - Episode 15
Season 39 Episode 15 - Aired 11/30/2012
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are: Alice Cooper, the Gemini space programme, West Ham United 1970-date and the life and work of John Logie Baird.
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#16 - Episode 16
Season 39 Episode 16 - Aired 12/7/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. Subjects are the novels of William Golding, the Soviet Union under Stalin 1924-1939, The KLF and When the Boat Comes In.
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#17 - Episode 17
Season 39 Episode 17 - Aired 12/14/2012
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are British number one singles 1963-2000, Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, Kett's rebellion of 1549 and the life and career of Michael Foot.
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#18 - Episode 18
Season 39 Episode 18 - Aired 12/21/2012
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. The subjects are: the Bee Gees, the life and films of Kevin Smith, the Falklands conflict, and the life and work of Thomas Hardy.
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#19 - Episode 19
Season 39 Episode 19 - Aired 1/11/2013
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. Subjects are Anne Boleyn, the Wallander novels of Henning Mankell, the life and music of Sir William Walton and Shakespeare's tragedies.
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#20 - Episode 20
Season 39 Episode 20 - Aired 1/18/2013
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects tonight are the life and films of Marilyn Monroe, the life and career of David Lloyd George, Swallows and Amazons and the life and career of 1st Duke of Wellington.
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#21 - Episode 21
Season 39 Episode 21 - Aired 1/25/2013
John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. The subjects are Monty Python, the life and career of Lord Nelson, the Tin Tin books of Hergé, and the African 'big five'.
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#22 - Episode 22
Season 39 Episode 22 - Aired 2/1/2013
John Humphrys hosts Britain's toughest quiz. Four more contenders are questioned on their specialist subject and general knowledge. The subjects are: Red Dwarf, Marie Curie, the novels of Jasper Fforde and the life and career of Field Marshal Haig.
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#23 - Episode 23
Season 39 Episode 23 - Aired 2/8/2013
John Humphrys asks the questions as four contenders take the walk to the black chair. The subjects are: Joy Division, the Battle of the River Plate, Ashes Cricket Series since 1981 and the films of Tod Slaughter.
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#24 - Episode 24
Season 39 Episode 24 - Aired 2/15/2013
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. Subjects are the life and music of Ian Dury; the Red Army 1941-1945; the life and work of Gerald Durrell; the history of Celtic FC.
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#25 - Episode 25
Season 39 Episode 25 - Aired 2/22/2013
ohn Humphrys presents the first semi-final as five contenders vie for a place in the grand final. Subjects are the situation comedy Rising Damp, US military aircraft of the Second World War, the novels of Dennis Lehane, the St John's Wood Clique of Victorian artists and the films of Dietrich and von Sternberg.
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The Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 39
Every episode of Mastermind Season 39 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 39!
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Season 39 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Mastermind" season 39. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/10/2012. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".