NaN/100 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 42 Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2015
John Humphrys and the famous black chair return for another series of television's toughest quiz. 96 contenders start the path towards the final but only one can be crowned Mastermind Champion. Subjects in this first heat are Marvel Comics, Shakespeare's comedies, John Martyn and Pu Yi, the Last Emperor of China.
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#2 - Episode 2
Season 42 Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2015
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. The specialist subjects in this heat are Harry Potter, modern jazz, the English Reformation and the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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#3 - Episode 3
Season 42 Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2015
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. The specialist subjects in this heat are Christopher Marlowe, I Claudius, the racehorse Arkle and Joseph Stalin.
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#4 - Episode 4
Season 42 Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2015
John Humphrys puts questions to four more contenders. The specialist subjects in this heat are the Academy Awards, King Crimson, Weimar Germany and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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#5 - Episode 5
Season 42 Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, the Wars of the Roses, Edward Heath and Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure.
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#6 - Episode 6
Season 42 Episode 6 - Aired 9/11/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Sherlock Holmes, the Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game, the Roman Army and Harold Wilson.
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#7 - Episode 7
Season 42 Episode 7 - Aired 9/18/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are The Wire, Scott Joplin, the writer Alan Moore and Beatrix Potter.
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#8 - Episode 8
Season 42 Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Catherine of Aragon, the post-war Labour Government, the band Rush and the poet Robert Fergusson.
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#9 - Episode 9
Season 42 Episode 9 - Aired 10/2/2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are silent cinema, the band Hawkwind, the Ballets Russes and King Henry V.
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#10 - Episode 10
Season 42 Episode 10 - Aired 10/9/2015
Subjects include the films of Kevin Smith, the novels of Neil Gaiman, Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris and Chess Records.
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#11 - Episode 11
Season 42 Episode 11 - Aired 10/16/2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are Kathleen Ferrier, Everton FC, the Rivers of London novels of Ben Aaronovitch and the Albigensian Crusade.
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#12 - Episode 12
Season 42 Episode 12 - Aired 10/23/2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are the history of Las Vegas, the Anne books by LM Montgomery, Paul Simon and the Western films of John Ford.
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#13 - Episode 13
Season 42 Episode 13 - Aired 11/6/2015
John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind. Subjects tonight are the Song of Ice and Fire novels by George RR Martin, Gloria Swanson, the music of Carly Simon and the FA Cup in the 1970s.
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#14 - Episode 14
Season 42 Episode 14 - Aired 11/13/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are the films of Martin Scorsese, Donald Campbell, the Pop Larkin Chronicles and Ian Paisley.
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#15 - Episode 15
Season 42 Episode 15 - Aired 11/20/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are Vincent van Gogh, Burnley FC, the Thirty Years' War and the Tom Kirk novels by James Twining.
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#16 - Episode 16
Season 42 Episode 16 - Aired 11/27/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The specialist subjects in this heat are The IT Crowd, North American Plains Indians from 1850-1910, Homer's Iliad and the history of Hong Kong from 1841-1997.
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#17 - Episode 17
Season 42 Episode 17 - Aired 12/4/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are World War II in Europe, Josephine Butler, Freemasonry and Pete Seeger.
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#18 - Episode 18
Season 42 Episode 18 - Aired 12/11/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Barbara Castle, Archbishop Makarios, the McAuslan trilogy of George MacDonald Fraser and Joe Meek.
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#19 - Episode 19
Season 42 Episode 19 - Aired 12/18/2015
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are The West Wing, Jesse Owens, Manfred von Richthofen and Billy Bragg.
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#20 - Episode 20
Season 42 Episode 20 - Aired 1/8/2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Pearl Jam, Watergate, Middlesbrough FC and the life and poetry of AE Housman.
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#21 - Episode 21
Season 42 Episode 21 - Aired 1/15/2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Scottish pop music from 1980-1999, Aston Villa FC, the history of the GDR, and Clarice Cliff.
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#22 - Episode 22
Season 42 Episode 22 - Aired 1/22/2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are Gavin and Stacey, Sir John Gielgud, Jackie Robinson and William Morris.
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#23 - Episode 23
Season 42 Episode 23 - Aired 1/29/2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are the Apollo missions, the Great Train Robbery, Queen's Park Rangers FC and the Alex Delaware novels of Jonathan Kellerman.
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#24 - Episode 24
Season 42 Episode 24 - Aired 2/5/2016
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair. The subjects are A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jock Stein, Stax Records and the Suez Crisis.
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#25 - Episode 25
Season 42 Episode 25 - Aired 2/12/2016
Host John Humphrys invites five contenders to answer questions in the black chair in the first semi-final. Subjects are the life and career of Brian Clough, the films of Paul Verhoeven, Electric Light Orchestra, the Easter Rising and David Sedaris.
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The Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 42
Every episode of Mastermind Season 42 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 42!
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Season 42 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Mastermind" season 42. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/7/2015. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".