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The Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 43

Every episode of Mastermind Season 43 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mastermind Season 43!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Mastermind Season 43 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #1 - Episode 1

    S43:E1

    In this first heat of the new series, John Humphrys starts the search for the nation's Mastermind. Specialist subjects tonight are Joni Mitchell, the Radio 4 sitcom Bleak Expectations, Alan Turing, and the history of aviation to 1914.

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  2. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    #2 - Episode 2

    S43:E2

    John Humphrys presents the second heat of this series. Subjects are the rock band Yes, Ernest Rutherford, the films of Werner Herzog and MC Escher.

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  3. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    #3 - Episode 3

    S43:E3

    John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Subjects include beekeeping, the Royal Navy in the Second World War, Mark E Smith and the Fall, and John le Carre's Quest for Karla trilogy.

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  4. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 4 - Episode 4
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    #4 - Episode 4

    S43:E4

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The specialist subjects are Benny Hill, the Mitford sisters, Marcus Tullius Cicero and the Jacobite rebellion.

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  5. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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    #5 - Episode 5

    S43:E5

    John Humphrys presents another episode of Britain's toughest quiz. Subjects include Wilfred Owen, Sir Michael Caine, Mad Men and the rock band Faith No More.

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  6. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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    #6 - Episode 6

    S43:E6

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are REM, Harry S Truman, the World Cup and the drama series Borgen.

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  7. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 7 - Episode 7
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    #7 - Episode 7

    S43:E7

    In this heat, John Humphrys grills four more contenders on James Bond films, Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street novels, 20th-century US presidents and the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

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  8. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 8 - Episode 8
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    #8 - Episode 8

    S43:E8

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Specialist subjects are the films of the Coen brothers, Tom Waits, Transatlantic Liners and Flanders and Swann.

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  9. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 9 - Episode 9
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    #9 - Episode 9

    S43:E9

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Peter Sellers, astronomy, the life and music of Arthur Lee and Love and John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.

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  10. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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    #10 - Episode 10

    S43:E10

    Four more contenders brave the black chair in Britain's toughest quiz. The subjects are Nick Drake, Emil Zatopek, Band of Brothers and Hernán Cortés and the conquest of Mexico.

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  11. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 11 - Episode 11
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    #11 - Episode 11

    S43:E11

    Tonight's subjects are Formula One Grand Prix circuits, Oliver Cromwell, the Charles Paris mysteries by Simon Brett and Fillipo Brunelleschi.

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  12. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 12 - Episode 12
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    #12 - Episode 12

    S43:E12

    John Humphrys presents another episode of the classic quiz. Tonight's specialist subjects are the city of Bath, The Faces, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose and Ayrton Senna.

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  13. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 13 - Episode 13
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    #13 - Episode 13

    S43:E13

    John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic series. Subjects tonight are Queen, Dame Laura Knight, Anita Roddick and Don Revie.

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  14. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 14 - Episode 14
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    #14 - Episode 14

    S43:E14

    John Humphrys asks the questions in another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects tonight are Kurt Cobain, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.

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  15. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 15 - Episode 15
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    #15 - Episode 15

    S43:E15

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are the films of Ewan McGregor, British race courses, World Heritage sites and CJ Sansom's Shardlake novels.

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  16. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 16 - Episode 16
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    #16 - Episode 16

    S43:E16

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are David Niven, the Soviet space programme, Italian Renaissance paintings and the human body.

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  17. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 17 - Episode 17
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    #17 - Episode 17

    S43:E17

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are Hans Christian Andersen, the Russian Civil War, Ipswich Town FC and Rita Hayworth.

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  18. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 18 - Episode 18
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    #18 - Episode 18

    S43:E18

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. The subjects are islands of Scotland, Laurie Lee, Ginger McCain and Red Rum, and the films of David Fincher.

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  19. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 19 - Episode 19
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    #19 - Episode 19

    S43:E19

    Four more contenders brave the black chair with John Humphrys asking the questions in the classic quiz. The subjects are EastEnders, Puccini, Bill Shankly and the Battle of Trafalgar.

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  20. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 20 - Episode 20
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    #20 - Episode 20

    S43:E20

    John Humphrys asks the questions as four more contenders take to the famous black chair. Subjects are David Bowie, Edvard Munch, postwar British motorcycles and the German occupation of Jersey in the Second World War.

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  21. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 21 - Episode 21
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    #21 - Episode 21

    S43:E21

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Eric Clapton, Emperor Hadrian, Tintin and the life and broadway stories of Damon Runyon.

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  22. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 22 - Episode 22
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    #22 - Episode 22

    S43:E22

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects are Andy Warhol, the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus, Nicholas Hawksmoor and the X-Files.

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  23. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 23 - Episode 23
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    #23 - Episode 23

    S43:E23

    John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. Subjects include Steve Jobs, Farscape, the history of Hungary and black metal music.

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  24. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 24 - Episode 24
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    #24 - Episode 24

    S43:E24

    The last place in the semi-finals is up for grabs as John Humphrys puts four more contenders in the spotlight. Subjects tonight are naval battles of the First World War, Charles Laughton, the de Havilland Mosquito and Garth Ennis's Punisher Max series.

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  25. Mastermind Season 43 Episode 25 - Episode 25
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    #25 - Episode 25

    S43:E25

    John Humphrys presents the first semi-final. The subjects are Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Steve Ovett, the daughters of King George III, Al Capone and the novels of Robert Harris.

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Season 43 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Mastermind" season 43. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/13/2016. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".