Episode guide
Mastermind: 1981
17 episodes · first aired Sep 6, 1981
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- 1 Episode 1 Sep 6, 1981 Tonight Mastermind's tenth season opens and, between now and Christmas, 48 contestants will pit their wits against each other in the quest to win television's premier quiz battle. Magnus…
- 2 Episode 2 Sep 13, 1981 Heat 2 in the search for Mastermind 81 from the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell Captain Patrick Lawrence (retired soldier): The Indian Mutiny (1857) Tim Parry (trainee hospital…
- 3 Episode 3 Sep 20, 1981 Four more contenders for the Mastermind 81 title meet in this third heat of the competition at the University College of North Wales in Bangor. Janet Barker (housewife): History of fashion…
- 4 Episode 4 Sep 27, 1981 The University College of North Wales at Bangor is host to the contenders in the fourth heat. Ian Barton (university lecturer): Roman emperors of the first and second centuries AD Anthony…
- 5 Episode 5 Oct 4, 1981 The fifth heat of Mastermind 1981 comes from the Great Hall at the University of Bradford and features contestants from the Midlands. John Mellor (HGV driver): The Battle of Waterloo Peter…
- 6 Episode 6 Oct 11, 1981 Four contestants from the North of England take up the challenge in the sixth heat of Mastermind 1981 at the University of Bradford. Hutton Barton (probation officer): Battle-cruisers and…
- 7 Episode 7 Oct 18, 1981 Four contestants from the South East of England meet at Middlesex Polytechnic in this seventh heat of Mastermind 1981. James Bitton (retired civil servant): The Second Boer War Maureen…
- 8 Episode 8 Oct 25, 1981 The search for Mastermind 1981 reaches the half-way point - as contestants from the South and East meet at Middlesex Polytechnic. Thomas Dyer (financial consultant): Works of William…
- 9 Episode 9 Nov 1, 1981 Four contestants from the South of England are assembled on the Quarter Deck at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Katherine Davies (department store buyer-manager): Life of…
- 10 Episode 10 Nov 8, 1981 The Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth is host for this tenth heat of Mastermind 1981. On the Quarter Deck are contestants from the West of England. Godfrey Abbott(ordnance…
- 11 Episode 11 Nov 15, 1981 Scots and Irish contenders for the Mastermind 1981 title meet tonight at Scotland's oldest university, in the Younger Graduation Hall of the University of St Andrews. Arthur Arnold…
- 12 Episode 12 Nov 22, 1981 The first-round heats of Mastermind 1981 are completed tonight at the University of St Andrews as contestants from Scotland and Northern Ireland challenge for the last place in the…
- 13 Episode 13 Nov 29, 1981 Winners from the first round return to face each other in the debating chamber of the Oxford Union Society in this, the first of the semi-finals. Janet Barker (housewife): The films of…
- 14 Episode 14 Dec 6, 1981 Another finalist in Mastermind 1981 is chosen tonight as four more winners from the first round pit their wits against each other in the Debating Chamber of the Oxford Union Society…
- 15 Episode 15 Dec 13, 1981 The third semi-final from St Aidan's College, Durham University Ian Barton (university lecturer): Classical Greek and Roman architecture Richard Beatty (biologist): Life and works of Oscar…
- 16 Episode 16 Dec 20, 1981 St Aidan's College, Durham University is the setting for this special Semi-final when five' runners-up ' compete for a place in the final. James Bitton (retired civil servant): History of…
- 17 The Final Dec 27, 1981 from The Metropolitan Police Cadet School at Hendon. Ian Barton (university lecturer): Roman emperors of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD Leslie Grout (schoolmaster): St George's Chapel…