Mastermind - Season 6 / Year 2015

Mastermind - Season 6 / Year 2015

Season 6 / Year 2015

Network
Datesaoût 8, 2014 - mars 27, 2015
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Episodes

Episode 1
Year 2015Episode 130 min

Episode 1

In this 'Jubilee' year, the Mastermind series celebrates its centenary with the 100th programme coinciding with this year's Final. To reach the Final, 48 contenders, selected from the many thousands of applicants throughout the United Kingdom, line up for the first-round heats of this intellectual marathon. The arena for tonight's confrontation is Reading University. The contenders are: HUGH MERRICK author and translator - The Alps MARTIN LEADBETTER, fingerprint expert - Instruments of the Symphony Orchestra SUE JENKINS, student teacher - Children's literature IAN SEWELL, printer - Old Testament
août 8, 2014
Episode 2
Year 2015Episode 230 min

Episode 2

Are you in the Mastermind class? To find out, match your scores against those of the experts. Tonight's group all hail from Northern Ireland and in this second heat in the series they meet in contest at Reading University. The contenders are GRAHAM ANDREWS, clerical officer - Science Fiction ARTHUR GREEN, civil servant - Life and Works of John Buchan ELIZABETH FULTON, schoolteacher - Life and Works of Vincent van Gogh PATRICK HAMPSHIRE, wine merchant - Life and Works of P. G. Wodehouse
août 22, 2014
Episode 3
Year 2015Episode 330 min

Episode 3

The history of London is one of the specialist subjects of tonight's heat, which appropriately enough comes from the City University, in London. The contenders are: TIMOTHY BEAUMONT, freelance journalist on the Life and Works of Dorothy L. Sayers DENNIS BYERS, export clerk - Ancient Egypt from 2700 BC to 2339 BC CATHERINE SLATER, housewife - History of London from Roman times SIMON FOSTER, teacher - Drama in Athens 500-388 BC
août 29, 2014
Episode 4
Year 2015Episode 430 min

Episode 4

Memory, recall, speed, concentration. These are just some of the qualities required of a contestant entering Mastermind. Four such Masterminds appear tonight in this fourth heat which comes from the City University in London. The contenders are: ANDREW WOOD, sales assistant - Life and Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti GEOFFREY REYNOLDS, image intensifier tester - Life of Sir Francis Drake HAZEL margin, project engineer - Lady Members of the House of Commons SIR DAVID HUNT, retired ambassador - British Campaigns in North Africa -World War II
sept. 5, 2014
Episode 5
Year 2015Episode 530 min

Episode 5

There are two groups from Scotland competing for the Mastermind title. The first of these matches comes from Strathclyde University, in Glasgow. The contenders are: RAYMOND VICKERS, research student - Spanish Anarchist Movement 1908-1975 JONATHAN DALRYMPLE-SMITH, air taxi pilot - History of the Royal Navy 1794-1805 MARIANNE SIMPSON, school secretary - The ' Berry ' novels of Dornford Yates JOHN WIDDOWSON, headmaster - The Operas of Benjamin Britten
sept. 12, 2014
Episode 6
Year 2015Episode 630 min

Episode 6

There are 12 heats in the first round of Mastermind and tonight's match from Scotland brings us to the half-way stage. Strathclyde University in Glasgow provides the setting for tonight's programme. The contenders are: ANTHONY KERR, author and translator - The Common Market WILLIAM CHALMERS, solicitor - The Life and Works of George Orwell JAMES ROBERTSON, lecturer - The City of Rome MARTHA IRVINE, court clerk - History of Costume 1600 to present day
sept. 19, 2014
Episode 7
Year 2015Episode 730 min

Episode 7

Tonight Wales presents its group of aspirant masterminds, and for the occasion Cardiff University is the location. The contenders are: ANGELA ALVES, housewife - Life of Henry VI JOHN LLOYD, barrister - History of Singapore 1819-1969 STUART LAIRD, consultant anaesthetist - World War II in Europe THOMAS DAWKES, librarian - Life and Works of J. R. R. Tolkien
sept. 26, 2014
Episode 8
Year 2015Episode 830 min

Episode 8

Taunton, Oxford, Bristol and Jersey are the home towns of tonight's Mastermind competitors. They meet together at Cardiff University for the eighth heat. The contenders are: RICHARD THOMPSON, retired banker - The Mahrattas and their Wars 1657-1848 JOHN MCKEAN, licensee - The Zulu War - 1879 PETER TABB, newspaper executive - The Life of General Robert E. Lee LORNA VERSO, housewife - Life of Mary Queen of Scots
oct. 3, 2014
Episode 9
Year 2015Episode 930 min

Episode 9

Tonight Mastermind moves to the Midlands with Keele University providing the venue for competitors from Nuneaton, Nottingham, Bromsgrove and Norwich. The contenders are: JOHN F. WEST, college lecturer - The Vikings MICHAEL GAINSFORD, civil engineer - Life and Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams DAVID HOUGH, retired analytical chemist - Life and Travels of David Livingstone RUTH BUTLER, librarian - The Life of the Emperor Tiberius
oct. 10, 2014
Episode 10
Year 2015Episode 1030 min

Episode 10

Competitors from Leicester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Burslem take up the Mastermind challenge at Keele University to win a place in the semi-final round. The contenders are: Kate Irving, chartered accountant -The Life and Career of Otto von Bismarck Michael Gearx, pharmacist - History of Church of England since 1530 Charles Potts, probation officer - Life and Works of Ernest Hemingway Alan Rush, researcher - Myths and Legends of King Arthur 1100-1485
oct. 17, 2014
Episode 11
Year 2015Episode 1130 min

Episode 11

The first round heats are almost at an end and for this penultimate heat Mastermind comes from Bradford University. The contenders are SHEILA RAMSDEN, hospital domestic worker - Life and Works of Rupert Brooke MORRIS WILLIIAMS, research student - The History of the Zulus 1816-1879 CHRISTOPHER EAMES, teacher - The Stuart Kings and Queens of England 1603-1714 ROBERT LEY, customs and excise officer - Salvation Army History
oct. 31, 2014
Episode 12
Year 2015Episode 1230 min

Episode 12

Bradford University is the location for this final match of the first round heats. With this result, 12 heat winners will be known. These, together with the four best heat runners-up, move forward into the semi-final round. Contenders: SUE CLARK, teacher - King Richard III IAN LISTER, computer engineer - The Life of Captain William Bligh BOB HESKETH, taxi driver - Shakespeare's English Kings PETER RICHARDSON, production manager - Life and Work of George Stephenson
nov. 7, 2014
Episode 13
Year 2015Episode 1330 min

Episode 13

First semi-final from the University of Surrey. Contenders: ARTHUR GREEN, civil servant - The Novels of Anthony Powell GEOFFREY REYNOLDS, image intensifier tester - The Byzantine Empire in the Age of Justinian I ANGELA ALVES, housewife - W. E. Gladstone CHARLES POTTS, probation officer - Life and Works of Giuseppe Verdi
nov. 14, 2014
Episode 14
Year 2015Episode 1430 min

Episode 14

Four more heat-winning competitors take up the challenge to gain a place in this year's Mastermind Final. This is the second of the four Semi-final matches which comes tonight from the University of Surrey. The four contenders are : SUE JENKINS, student teacher - France in the 17th century TIMOTHY, BEAUMONT freelance journalist - The History of the Liberal Party since 1877 John MCKEAN, licensee - Venomous reptiles PETER RICHARDSON, production manager -Tolkien's fiction
nov. 21, 2014
Episode 15
Year 2015Episode 1530 min

Episode 15

The third Semi-final from the University of Salford and tonight's contenders are: MARIANNE SIMPSON, secretary - The operas of Gilbert and Sullivan WILLIAM CHALMERS, solicitor - British politics 1900-1918 CHRISTOPHER EAMES, teacher - Political history of China since 1911 MICHAEL GAINSFORD, civil engineer - Indian tribes of North America 1550-1C00
nov. 28, 2014
Episode 16
Year 2015Episode 1630 min

Episode 16

The last competition in the Semi-final round, which gives a chance to the four best losers from the earlier heats to compete for the last place in the Final. Tonight, at the University of Salford, the contenders are: TOM DAWKES, librarian - The history of linguistics, 19th and 20th centuries SIR DAVID HUNT, retired ambassador - The Allied Armies in Italy, World War II ANDREW WOOD, graduate - The Glorious Revolution JONATHAN DALRYMPLE-SMITH, air-taxi pilot - English poetry of World War I
déc. 5, 2014
Episode 17
Year 2015Episode 1730 min

Episode 17

déc. 12, 2014
Episode 18
Year 2015Episode 1830 min

Episode 18

déc. 19, 2014
Episode 19
Year 2015Episode 1930 min

Episode 19

janv. 2, 2015
Episode 20
Year 2015Episode 2030 min

Episode 20

janv. 9, 2015
Episode 21
Year 2015Episode 2130 min

Episode 21

janv. 16, 2015
Episode 22
Year 2015Episode 2230 min

Episode 22

janv. 23, 2015
Episode 23
Year 2015Episode 2330 min

Episode 23

janv. 30, 2015
Episode 24
Year 2015Episode 2430 min

Episode 24

févr. 6, 2015
Episode 25
Year 2015Episode 2530 min

Episode 25

févr. 13, 2015
Episode 26
Year 2015Episode 2630 min

Episode 26

févr. 20, 2015
Episode 27
Year 2015Episode 2730 min

Episode 27

févr. 27, 2015
Episode 28
Year 2015Episode 2830 min

Episode 28

mars 6, 2015
Episode 29
Year 2015Episode 2930 min

Episode 29

mars 13, 2015
Episode 30
Year 2015Episode 3030 min

Episode 30

mars 20, 2015
Episode 31
Year 2015Episode 3130 min

Episode 31

mars 27, 2015

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