Mastermind: 1992
Season 20 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 19.
- 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 20 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 16, 1992
As Mastermind celebrates its 20th anniversary, Magnus Magnusson questions this year's first contenders in the Great Hall, University of Reading: Alice Hobbs (teacher), children's l
Episode 2
Feb 23, 1992
Magnus Magnusson questions four more contenders in the Great Hall of the University of Reading. Their specialist subjects are the life and works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Britis
Episode 3
Mar 1, 1992
Magnus Magnusson questions four more contenders at the University of Leeds. Their specialist subjects are the history of the Percy family 1377-1865, the life and works of G F Hande
Episode 4
Mar 8, 1992
Specialist subjects tonight are the life and reign of Mary Queen of Scots, the life and plays of Lillian Hellman , the life of St Cuthbert and the life and career of Aneurin Bevan.
Episode 5
Mar 15, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects are: the life and reign of Ludwig II of Bavaria; the life and plays of Ibsen; the life and career of Eleanor of Aquitaine; and the history of the Libe
Episode 6
Mar 22, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects are the life and films of Fellini, the River Thames from source to Tower Bridge, the life and work of Sir Patrick Geddes, and the life and reign of Ge
Episode 7
Mar 29, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects are the life and works of Dr Samuel Johnson ; the history of Leicester; the history of cycling; and surrealist art between the wars. Magnus Magnusson
Episode 8
Apr 5, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects are the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Second World War; the architecture of Cambridge; Stuart kings and queens, 1603-1714; the life and career of Mart
Episode 9
Apr 12, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects are the silent cinema in Europe; the life and reign of King Stephen; the life and works of Raymond Chandler ; and the life and career of Sir John Hawk
Episode 10
Apr 19, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects: the fife and career of Leon Trotsky ; the life and reign of King Richard II; the life and Chalet School novels of Elinor Brent- Dyer; the German Arm
Episode 11
Apr 26, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects: the life and works of Erik Satie ; the life and career of Air Chief Marshal, Lord Dowding; the life and "William" books of Richmal Crompton ; the li
Episode 12
May 3, 1992
Tonight's specialist subjects, in the last of the heats, are the life and career of Admiral Lord Fisher ; the life and works of George Orwell ; the life and career of William the S
Episode 13
May 10, 1992
In the first semi-final, the specialist subjects are: the life and reign of Peter the Great, the islands of Bermuda, the life and Miss Marple stories of Agatha Christie , and the l
Episode 14
May 17, 1992
In the second semi-final, the specialist subjects are: the life and novels of Gore Vidal ; the history of European fashion since 1750; the life and career of James Craig , Viscount
Episode 15
May 24, 1992
In the third semi-final, the specialist subjects are: the life and career of Clement Attlee ; the animated cartoons of Warner Bros; the life and Barchester Chronicles of Anthony Tr
Episode 16
May 31, 1992
In the last semi-final, the specialist subjects are: the British submarine; the history of the Derby; English heraldry; and the history of the First World War. With Magnus Magnuss
The Final
Jun 7, 1992
The four finalists, with their specialist subjects, are: Peter Todd (carpenter), the life and reign of King Alfred; Steve Williams (computer programmer), pre-Socratic philosophy; G