Mastermind: 1995
Season 23 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 22.
- 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 23 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Apr 9, 1995
The quest to find the Mastermind champion begins in Aberystwyth at the National Library of Wales. Tonight's subjects include American president Benjamin Franklin and poet Philip L
Episode 2
Apr 16, 1995
The quest to find the 1995 champion continues in Aberystwyth at the National Library of Wales. Tonight's subjects are ballerina Margot Fonteyn , Roman emperor Hadrian, the architec
Episode 3
Apr 30, 1995
Tonight's subjects at Salisbury Cathedral areformerwortd heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis , Lord Chancellors from 1885-1940, British wildlife, and rocket pioneer Robert Goddar
Episode 4
May 7, 1995
Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire hosts the continuing search to find the Mastermind champion for 1995. Tonight's specialist subjects are astronomy, German romantic composer Ludwig
Episode 5
May 14, 1995
From Warwick Castle, where the specialist subjects are Richard the Lionheart, philanthropist Thomas Coram , steam locomotives of the LNER, and traditions and cultures of Great Brit
Episode 6
May 21, 1995
From Warwick Castle. The specialist subjects are John of Gaunt, the Battle for Arnhem, Martin Luther King, and the history and repertoire of the clarinet. With Magnus Magnusson.
Episode 7
May 28, 1995
From the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Tonight's subjects are the Wild West 1861-1900, Victorian Prime Ministers William Ewart Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, and poe
Episode 8
Jun 4, 1995
Tonight's subjects from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk are Jack the Ripper, champagne, the Apollo Space programme, and barrister Sir Edward Marshall Hall. With Magnus Magnusson.
Episode 9
Jun 11, 1995
From Gibside Chapel, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tonight's subjects are the Falklands war, Robert the Bruce, US presidential elections and the chemist William Henry Perkin. With Magnus M
Episode 10
Jun 18, 1995
Tonight's programme comes from the 18th century Gibside Chapel, near Newcastle upon Tyne, where four contestants from the north of England answer questions on general knowledge and
Episode 11
Jun 25, 1995
Tonight, from a Victorian banking hall in the City of London, where the specialist subjects are John Lennon , King George V, Shakespeare's plays and Magna Graecia (the Greeks in so
Episode 12
Jul 2, 1995
From the National Westminster Hall in the City of London, where the specialist subjects are; French novelist Marcel Proust ; Gordon of Khartoum; Theories of Comedy and Laughter; an
Episode 13
Jul 9, 1995
The first of the semi-finals, from the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Specialist subjects: African mammals, the Italian monarchy 1861-1946, the life and works of Rupert Brooke
Episode 14
Jul 16, 1995
From Stratford-upon-Avon, the second semi-final where the specialist subjects are: Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus 1466-1536, the life and work of folk music legend Woody Guthrie
Episode 15
Jul 23, 1995
From Queen's University, Belfast, the third semi-final with specialist subjects RMS Titanic, Hedley Verity , Byzantine Empire AD 324-1453 and the Rolling Stones. With Magnus Magnus
Episode 16
Jul 30, 1995
The four highest-scoring losers from the heats compete for the last place in the final. The specialist subjects at Queen's University, Belfast are: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini
The Final
Aug 6, 1995
This year's competition climaxes in Edinburgh at the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, where the specialised subjects are: Abraham Lincoln; Ancient Egypt: the New Ki