Mastermind: 1991
Season 19 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 18.
- 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 19 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 20, 1991
Magnus Magnusson returns to interrogate the first four contenders for the title of Mastermind 1991. The black chair is to be found this week in the Great Hall of the University of
Episode 2
Jan 27, 1991
Four contenders face Magnus Magnusson to answer questions on their specialised subjects and general knowledge. From the Great Hall of the University of Exeter. Contestants: Andy Ta
Episode 3
Feb 3, 1991
Magnus Magnusson interrogates four more contenders for the title of Mastermind 1991. The black chair is to be found this week in the Academy Room at Stonyhurst College, Preston. Co
Episode 4
Feb 10, 1991
Magnus Magnusson questions four contenders from the north of England in the Academy Room at Stonyhurst College. Contestants: Dave Burnham (local government officer) heroic age of A
Episode 5
Feb 17, 1991
Magnus Magnusson tests four more contenders in the Debating Chamber of the Oxford Union Society. Contestants: David Watts (Royal Navy officer) Elizabethan theatre; Indrani Hettiara
Episode 6
Feb 24, 1991
Magnus Magnusson tests four more contestants in the Debating Chamber of the Oxford Union Society. Contestants: Michael Schwarz (editor) Formula 1 motor racing world championship si
Episode 7
Mar 3, 1991
Magnus Magnusson with four more contenders in the Meeting House Chapel at the University of Sussex, Brighton. Contestants: Colin Harnett (civil servant) life and ghost stories of
Episode 8
Mar 10, 1991
Magnus Magnusson with four more contenders in the Meeting House Chapel at the University of Sussex, Brighton. Contestants: Donald Yule (pensions administration specialist) life an
Episode 9
Apr 7, 1991
Magnus Magnusson with four more contenders, in the Great Hall of the University of Nottingham. Contestants: Richard Francis (university lecturer) life and career of Mahatma Gandhi;
Episode 10
Apr 14, 1991
From the Great Hall of the University of Nottingham with Magnus Magnusson. Contestants: Alan Parish (teacher) geography of New Zealand; Barbara Gordon-Jones (voluntary arts worker
Episode 11
Apr 21, 1991
From Belfast's City Hall, Magnus Magnusson quizzes Andrew Vaughan (teacher) - life and poetry of Seamus Heaney ; Rosaleen Lavery (customs and excise officer) - 18th-century British
Episode 12
Apr 28, 1991
From the Great Hall of the City Hall, Belfast, Magnus Magnusson questions: John Ross (chartered librarian) Field Marshal Lord Allenby; Cicely Anderson (retired teacher) Venetian ar
Episode 13
May 5, 1991
Magnus Magnusson questions the first four semi-finalists in the McEwan Hall at the University of Edinburgh. Contestants: Stephen Allen (actor) Dartmoor; Stephanie Brooke (administ
Episode 14
May 12, 1991
The second place in the final is at stake when four more semi-finalists face Magnus Magnusson in the McEwan Hall at the University of Edinburgh. Contestants: Jim Maginnis (Royal Ai
Episode 15
May 19, 1991
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, is the setting where Magnus Magnusson asks the questions of four more semi-finalists: Howard Dolan (
Episode 16
May 26, 1991
The last place in the final is at stake when Magnus Magnusson interrogates the four highest scoring runners-up at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. Contestants: Indrani Hett
The Final
Jun 2, 1991
Magnus Magnusson faces the four finalists competing for the coveted title of Mastermind 1991 at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Finalists: Andrew Francis (lecturer) Erwin