March 8, 2005 • 30m
The forbidding black chair beckons as the evergreen general-knowledge quiz returns. What weird and wonderful subjects will the fou...Read more
March 15, 2005 • 30m
The life and works of Benjamin Britten and Sylvia Plath , aircraft of the First World War and the travels of Michael Palin are ton...Read more
March 22, 2005 • 30m
From philosophy to film, pilots to pop stars, tonight's diverse range of subjects are the Pre-Socratics, the life and films of Jud...Read more
March 29, 2005 • 30m
Contestants field questions from John Humphrys on the French Revolution 1789-1794, the life and novels of George Eliot , the histo...Read more
April 5, 2005 • 30m
The specialist subjects are the Age of the Welsh Princes 800-1283, the life and career of prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, the Swall...Read more
April 12, 2005 • 30m
Tonight's specialist subjects include the Horatio Hornblower novels of CS Forester, English international rugby union since 1990, ...Read more
April 19, 2005 • 30m
British political history 1905-2004, the life and career of Muhammad Ali , the musicals of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Conan Doyle...Read more
April 26, 2005 • 30m
Plays, poetry, piety and pictures all feature, as the contenders demonstrate their knowledge of the life and works of Dylan Thomas...Read more
May 3, 2005 • 30m
Contestants answer questions on Henry VIII , Emily Bronte , opera singer Andrea Bocelli and locomotive pioneer Richard Trevithick. With John Humphrys.
May 10, 2005 • 30m
The Clash, the libretti of WS Gilbert , the history of spirits and liqueurs and Ancient Egypt 1570-1070 BC are the specialist subj...Read more
June 23, 2005 • 30m
The series returns after a six-week break with a varied mix of specialist subjects: the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, the plays o...Read more
June 30, 2005 • 30m
Tonight's varied mix of specialist subjects are: the life and career of political economist and reformer Henry Fawcett , TV sitco...Read more
July 5, 2005 • 30m
Tonight's varied mix of specialist subjects are: the Harrier and other vertical take-off and landing aircraft; Chequers, the incum...Read more
July 12, 2005 • 30m
Specialist subjects for the contestants are the life and career of American president Lyndon B Johnson , the Mughal Empire from 1...Read more
July 19, 2005 • 30m
It's bonnets to ballroom dancing as contestants are quizzed on the novels of Jane Austen, naked eye astronomy in Britain, the Amer...Read more
July 26, 2005 • 30m
Specialist subjects for the quartet of contestants are the Labour government 1974-79, the life and work of comic songwriters Fland...Read more
August 2, 2005 • 30m
Specialist subjects are the life and novels of Raymond Chandler , pop group the Go-Betweens, the ex-leader of the Labour Party Hug...Read more
August 16, 2005 • 30m
Specialist subjects for the quartet of contestants are the life and work of Marie Curie , Ireland during the Second World War, the...Read more
August 23, 2005 • 30m
Specialist subjects tonight are the life and times of Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), the work of Edward Hopper , 20th-century ...Read more
August 30, 2005 • 30m
Specialist subjects are the life and reign of Louis XI of France, the stage plays of Tom Stoppard , cult 60s series The Prisoner, ...Read more
September 6, 2005 • 30m
Another typically wide-ranging selection of specialist subjects includes the life and work of Sir Peter Scott , national flags, Te...Read more
September 13, 2005 • 30m
Tonight's specialist subjects are the life and work of composer Giacomo Puccini , the novels of Sebastian Faulks , European nobili...Read more
September 20, 2005 • 30m
Igor Stravinsky , ice dance, Lord Randolph Churchill (the father of Winston) and Status Quo are tonight's specialist subjects. Pre...Read more
September 27, 2005 • 30m
The life and career of Bishop John William Colenso, the Anne novels of LM Montgomery, European birds and the work of Galton and Si...Read more
October 4, 2005 • 30m
City churches of Sir Christopher Wren , the Sword of Honour trilogy, life and work of George Eastman and the life and films of Jam...Read more
October 11, 2005 • 30m
The partnership of Rogers and Hammerstein, the history and culture of the Maya, rock group Queen, and the literary work of Lewis C...Read more
October 18, 2005 • 30m
Britain's first abstract art movement, Vorticism; pleasure piers of the English seaside: the life and work of novelist Elizabeth S...Read more
October 25, 2005 • 30m
The life and work of Diego Velazquez , Pink Floyd , the life and work of George Crabbe and wines of the Loire Valley are the topic...Read more
November 1, 2005 • 30m
The role of Garibaldi in the Italian Unification, The Archers since 1970, the science-fiction novels of Arthur C Clarke, and river...Read more
November 1, 2005 • 30m
The life and work of physicist Niels Bohr, the "Culture" novels of lain M Banks, the life and career of Warwick the Kingmaker and ...Read more
November 8, 2005 • 1h
It's the climax to this year's contest that, over the past few months, saw 96 contenders whittled down to just six. John Humphrys has the questions.