Mastermind: 1986
Season 14 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 13.
- 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 14 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 12, 1986
Mastermind is back with an extended series. This time, 64 hopeful contenders set out to see who can become Mastermind 1986. This 14th season opens tonight at the University of St A
Episode 2
Jan 19, 1986
The University of St Andrews is host as four more contenders from Scotland and Northern Ireland do friendly battle in the quest to find Mastermind's 1986 champion. Michael MacDon
Episode 3
Jan 26, 1986
The Concert Hall of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester is the setting, as four contenders from the north of England compete in the quest to become Mastermind 1986.
Episode 4
Feb 9, 1986
From the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester Tony Ireson (assistant prison governor) Life and works of A. E. Housman Margaret-Louise O'Keeffe (housewife) Life and works o
Episode 5
Feb 16, 1986
The University of Exeter is host to four contenders from the south and west of England and Wales. In the Great Hall they compete in the challenges for Mastermind 1986. Barrie Brow
Episode 6
Feb 23, 1986
Tonight's four contenders all come from the south and west of England and compete in the Great Hall of the University of Exeter. Stanley Holbrooke-Jones (vicar) Life and times of
Episode 7
Mar 2, 1986
with Magnus Magnusson from The Grand Priory Church of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell, London David le Page (schoolteacher) Life and reign of Louis XI of France, 1423-1483 Nige
Episode 8
Mar 9, 1986
Four contenders from London and the south east seek a place in the semi-finals of Mastermind 1986 in the Grand Priory Church of the Order of St John in Clerkenwell, London. Barry
Episode 9
Mar 16, 1986
The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu provides an imposing setting for four contenders from London and the south of England as they compete for a place in the semi-finals of Master
Episode 10
Mar 23, 1986
Tonight's four contenders in the quest for the title of Mastermind 1986 all come from London and the south-east. They compete in the surroundings of the National Motor Museum at Be
Episode 11
Apr 6, 1986
Four contenders do battle for a place in the semi-finals in the Great Hall of the University of Birmingham. David Winpenny (National Parks Campaign co-ordinator) English architect
Episode 12
Apr 13, 1986
The University of Birmingham is the host for tonight's four contenders seeking the title of Mastermind 1986. They compete in the surroundings of the Great Hall of the University.
Episode 13
Apr 27, 1986
The London Hospital Medical College in Whitechapel is host to four contenders from London and the south east. Robin Gordon-Walker (government information officer) Labour Governmen
Episode 14
May 4, 1986
Four more contenders do friendly battle for the title of Mastermind 1986 at the London Hospital Medical College in Whitechapel. James McLeod (chartered secretary) History of Alban
Episode 15
May 11, 1986
The Great Hall of the University of Nottingham is the setting as four contenders compete for one of the remaining places in the semi-finals of Mastermind 1986. Gordon Barnes (gas
Episode 16
May 18, 1986
Tonight sees the last of the first-round programmes, with four more contenders competing for the last place in this year's semi-finals. The location is the Great Hall of the Unive
Episode 17
May 25, 1986
Tonight Mastermind reaches the semi-final stage when the first four of this year's first-round winners compete for a place in the final. In the splendid setting of the Nereid Room
Episode 18
Jun 1, 1986
The second place in this year's final is at stake, as a further four first-round winners compete in this semi-final, which takes place in the Nereid Room at the British Museum in L
Episode 19
Jun 8, 1986
The University of Bradford is host tonight, as four more first-round winners compete in the third semi-final of Mastermind. William Hamill-Keays (chartered engineer) The Crimean W
Episode 20
Jun 15, 1986
The last four outright winners in the first round of this year's competition are in contention for the fourth place in the final. The Great Hall of the University of Bradford is th
Episode 21
Jun 22, 1986
The last semi-final is reserved for the four highest-scoring losers in the whole of the first-round programmes. There have been some tremendously high scores and the competition ha
The Final Five
Jun 27, 1986
Magnus Magnusson introduces a closer look at the five contenders who have made it to the Final. Out of 4,000 applicants, 64 were selected and started to pit their wits and knowled
The Final
Jun 29, 1986
After nearly six months of intense competition during which a new Mastermind scoring record has been set, the five finalists out of the 64 original contenders now seek the coveted