Mastermind: 1984
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mastermind Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 29, 1984
Mastermind's 12th season opens at the University of Dundee when four contenders from Scotland and Northern Ireland meet in the first heat of the 1984 competition. Mary Burton (com
Episode 2
Feb 5, 1984
The University of Dundee is host as four more contenders are quizzed in the quest to find Mastermind's 12th champion. Robert Foulkes (schoolteacher) Life and Work of Antoine Lavoi
Episode 3
Feb 12, 1984
The Aircraft Hall of the RAF Museum at Hendon is the setting as four more contestants do battle for the title 'Mastermind 1984'. Mary Dicken (school teacher) Reign of James I Joh
Episode 4
Feb 19, 1984
with Magnus Magnusson at the RAF Museum in Hendon Jill Goodwin (insurance clerk) Lives of Charles II and James II Terence Kane (golf club manager) Life and works of Lewis Carroll
Episode 5
Feb 26, 1984
Two men and two women confront each other at University College, Cardiff, in the fifth heat of Mastermind 1984. Angela Burke (computer operator) History of costume since 1400 Jan
Episode 6
Mar 4, 1984
University College, Cardiff, is host as three women and one man pit their wits against each other in the quest to become Mastermind 1984. Diana Hadley (landscape gardener) Life an
Episode 7
Mar 11, 1984
Avery Hill College at Eltham in south east London welcomes four more aspirants for the title of Mastermind 1984. Maureen Butler (technical sales rep) Lymond saga books of Dorothy
Episode 8
Mar 18, 1984
The Great Hall at Avery Hill College in London is the setting as four contestants challenge for a place in the semi-finals of Mastermind 1984. Joseph Angel (physician) Austrian Hab
Episode 9
Mar 25, 1984
Worcester College of Higher Education is host for the ninth heat of Mastermind 1984. Christopher Carter (parish priest) British birds Nick Morrell (unemployed) Life and works of
Episode 10
Apr 1, 1984
Four more contenders for the 1984 Mastermind title do battle at Worcester College of Higher Education. Godfrey Chesshire (community worker) The Medici and the City of Florence, 12
Episode 11
Apr 8, 1984
Mastermind pays its first visit to the Isle of Man and helps to celebrate the 150th anniversary of King William's College at Castletown. Neville Cohen (lecturer) The Lake District
Episode 12
Apr 15, 1984
King William's College at Castletown on the Isle of Man is the host for the last heat in the first round of Mastermind 1984. Colin Driver (telephone engineer) History of the Churc
Episode 13
Apr 22, 1984
The semi-final stage of this year's competition opens tonight at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. Four winners of the first round heats compete for a place in the final of
Episode 14
May 6, 1984
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia is the setting, as four more winners of first-round heats challenge for a place in the final of Mastermind 198
Episode 15
May 13, 1984
Four winners of first-round heats do battle for a place in the final of Mastermind 1984 at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham. Neville Cohen (lecturer) Life of Is
Episode 16
May 20, 1984
The last place in the final of this year's competition is at stake tonight at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham. The contenders are the four highest-scoring loser
The Final
May 27, 1984
The climax of Mastermind's 12th season takes place on board HMS Hermes in Portsmouth. Of the 48 contenders who started in January, just four-three women and one man-are in at the f