January 12, 1986
Mastermind is back with an extended series. This time, 64 hopeful contenders set out to see who can become Mastermind 1986. This 1...Read more
January 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...Read more
January 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...Read more
February 9, 1986
From the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester Tony Ireson (assistant prison governor) Life and works of A. E. Housman Mar...Read more
February 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 i...Read more
February 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. ...Read more
March 2, 1986
with Magnus Magnusson from The Grand Priory Church of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell, London David le Page (schoolteacher) Lif...Read more
March 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 th...Read more
March 16, 1986
The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu provides an imposing setting for four contenders from London and the south of England as the...Read more
March 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 t...Read more
April 6, 1986
Four contenders do battle for a place in the semi-finals in the Great Hall of the University of Birmingham. David Winpenny (Natio...Read more
April 13, 1986
The University of Birmingham is the host for tonight's four contenders seeking the title of Mastermind 1986. They compete in the s...Read more
April 27, 1986
The London Hospital Medical College in Whitechapel is host to four contenders from London and the south east. Robin Gordon-Walker...Read more
May 4, 1986
Four more contenders do friendly battle for the title of Mastermind 1986 at the London Hospital Medical College in Whitechapel. J...Read more
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 se...Read more
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-fi...Read more
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 ...Read more
June 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 p...Read more
June 8, 1986
The University of Bradford is host tonight, as four more first-round winners compete in the third semi-final of Mastermind. Willi...Read more
June 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. ...Read more
June 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 so...Read more
June 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 ...Read more
June 29, 1986
After nearly six months of intense competition during which a new Mastermind scoring record has been set, the five finalists out o...Read more