Celebrity Mastermind
| Celebrity Mastermind | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Quiz show |
| Created by | Bill Wright |
| Presented by |
Magnus Magnusson (2002) John Humphrys (2003–) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 89 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel |
BBC Two (2002–4) BBC One (2004–) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | 30 December 2002 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Mastermind |
Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2002 one-off featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.
Format
The format of the show is nearly identical to that of Mastermind, using the same infamous theme music and black chair, although the questions are easier. Contestants answer two minutes of questions on a specialist subject of the contestant's choice, followed by two minutes of questions on general knowledge. The contestant with the highest total score is the winner. Whereas in Mastermind, heat winners advance to a semi-final round and then to the final, Celebrity Mastermind winners are given a trophy at the end of every programme and a new contest takes place the following episode. Often, "Celebrity Mastermind" contestants appear on a programme for a particular charity and state at the beginning of the round the name of their chosen charity; however, during "Children in Need" week, all contestants answer questions for Children in Need.
2002/03/04 contestants and winners
Stephen Fry on Celebrity Mastermind. His chosen subject was Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.
(Winners listed in bold)
- Adam Hart-Davis/Jonathan Meades/Janet Street-Porter/Vic Reeves
- David Blunkett/Jeremy Bowen/Antony Worrall Thompson/Shaun Williamson
- Germaine Greer/Charlie Higson/Bill Oddie/Julia Somerville
- Gyles Brandreth/Stephen Fry/Tanni Grey-Thompson/Andrew Motion
2004/05 contestants and winners
(Winners listed in bold)
- Edwina Currie/Simon King/Tracy-Ann Oberman/Richard Whiteley
- Matt Allwright/Bernard Cribbins/David Grant/Murray Walker
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson/Steve Rider/Arabella Weir/Adam Woodyatt
- Ricky Groves/Neil Hamilton/Martin Offiah/Hugh Quarshie
- Eric Knowles/Shirley Robertson/Jimmy Savile/Tom Ward
2005/06 contestants and winners
(Winners listed in bold)
- Jeremy Beadle/Natalie Cassidy/Jeremy Edwards/Tim Rice
- Diane Abbott/Phil Cornwell/Monty Don/Nicholas Owen
- Andrew Castle/Graeme Le Saux/Peter Tatchell/Gina Yashere
- Diarmuid Gavin/Lembit Opik/Wendi Peters/Paul Ross
- Iain Banks/Myleene Klass/Alistair McGowan/Sid Waddell
2006/07 contestants and winners
(Winners listed in bold)
- Clare Balding/Ranulph Fiennes/Rageh Omaar/Steven Pinder
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/Henry Kelly/Edward Stourton/Kelli Young
- Todd Carty/Paul Henshall/Henry Olonga/Gok Wan
- Iain Lee/Jimmy McGovern/Scott Mills/Bernie Nolan
- Josie D'Arby/Dave Spikey/Brian Turner/Matthew Wright
2007/08 contestants and winners
(Winners listed in bold)
| Transmission date | Celebrity | Specialist subject |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2007 | Paul Bradley | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band |
| Dan Snow | Seven Years' War | |
| Peter Serafinowicz | Monty Python's Flying Circus | |
| William G. Stewart | Lord Elgin and his Marbles | |
| 1 January 2008 | Adrian Edmondson | Sex Pistols |
| Bill Turnbull | Beekeeping | |
| Jan Ravens | Daphne du Maurier | |
| Benjamin Zephaniah | Jamaican Reggae up to 1985 | |
| 2 January 2008 | Steve Cram | Sunderland FC |
| Anjum Anand | Partition of India | |
| Tony Hawks | Tony Hawk | |
| Bill Kenwright | The Hit Parade 1957–1964 | |
| 3 January 2008 | Wayne Sleep | Bob Fosse |
| Yvette Fielding | Henry VIII | |
| DJ Spoony | Ray Charles | |
| Brian Sewell | British motor cars 1930–1950 | |
| 4 January 2008 | Kaye Adams | The Pankhursts |
| Simon Rimmer | Tranmere Rovers FC | |
| Danny Wallace | Ghostbusters | |
| Nicholas Parsons | Edward Lear |
2008/09 contestants and winners
| Transmission date | Celebrity | Specialist subject | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 December 2008 | Dave Myers | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | Winner |
| Toyah Willcox | David Bowie 1967–1977 | ||
| David Lammy | Muhammad Ali | ||
| David Harewood | His Dark Materials | ||
| 29 December 2008 | Rav Wilding | The human body | |
| Mark Chapman | Premier League Football | ||
| Philippa Gregory | Elizabeth Woodville | Winner | |
| Jon Culshaw | British Pop of the 1980s | ||
| 30 December 2008 | Bob Harris | Life and Career of Alan Freed | |
| John Sessions | Short stories of Sherlock Holmes | Winner | |
| Louise Minchin | The Life and Career of Darcey Bussell | ||
| Andrew Neil | The Life of Adam Smith | ||
| 31 December 2008 | Sally Lindsay | Carry On Films | Winner |
| Mick Hucknall | Life and Career of Henri Matisse | ||
| Summer Strallen | Breeds of dog | ||
| Mel Smith | The comedies of William Shakespeare | ||
| 1 January 2009 | Phil Daniels | Chelsea F.C. in the 1970s | |
| Rick Wakeman | Just William | ||
| Ian Lavender | Buster Keaton | ||
| Tim Vine | Elvis Presley | Winner |
2009/10 contestants and winners
| Transmission date | Celebrity | Specialist subject | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 November 2009 (Children in Need special) | Stephen K. Amos | Five Star | 4th |
| Lucy Porter | Steve Martin | Winner | |
| Dave Spikey | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | 3rd | |
| Mark Watson | FIFA World Cup since 1966 | 2nd | |
| 27 December 2009 | Goldie | The Films of Paul Thomas Anderson | 4th |
| Paul O'Grady | The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee | 3rd | |
| Gail Emms | Gavin & Stacey (British TV series) | 2nd | |
| Loyd Grossman | 18th Century Art and Artists | Winner | |
| 28 December 2009 | Darren Bennett | The Star Wars movies | 4th |
| Stuart Maconie | 20th Century British Poets and Poetry | Winner | |
| Linda Papadopoulos | Nirvana | 3rd | |
| Andrew Lancel | The Academy Awards | 2nd | |
| 29 December 2009 | Alastair Stewart | The Rolling Stones | Winner |
| Steve Backshall | Judo | 2nd | |
| Dave Vitty | British Motorways | 3rd | |
| Saira Khan | The Life and Works of Coco Chanel | 4th | |
| 30 December 2009 | Joe Pasquale | Vampires in films | 3rd |
| Roger Black | Life and Music of James Taylor | 2nd | |
| Antony Audenshaw | British Birds | Winner | |
| Diane-Louise Jordan | Brothers and Sisters | 4th | |
| 1 January 2010 | Ed Byrne | Star Trek movies | 3rd |
| Tristan Gemmill | Apollo Moon Programme | Winner | |
| Anneka Rice | Jean Rhys | 2nd | |
| John Bishop | Irish Potato Famine | 4th | |
| 4 January 2010 | Stewart Lee | The Life and Work of Derek Bailey | Winner |
| John Thomson | Bond villains | 2nd | |
| Sascha Kindred | Manchester United 1990 to present | 4th | |
| Matthew Lewis | Oasis | 3rd | |
| 5 January 2010 | Tony Parsons | British punk rock and new wave | 3rd |
| Diane Parish | Frasier | 4th | |
| Russell Grant | County of Middlesex | 2nd | |
| Paul Gambaccini | DC Comics | Winner | |
| 6 January 2010 | Michael Winner | British cinema of the 1960s | 4th |
| Dom Joly | The Presidency of Jimmy Carter | 2nd | |
| Mishal Husain | The Chronicles of Narnia | 3rd | |
| John Bird | Life and Works of Igor Stravinsky | Winner | |
| 7 January 2010 | Mark Foster | The New Romantics | 3rd = |
| Nigel Planer | The Life and Works of Robert Louis Stevenson | Winner | |
| Ching He Huang | Entourage | 3rd = | |
| John Suchet | The Life and Music of Beethoven | 2nd | |
| 7 January 2010 | Beverley Knight | Life and Times of Prince | Winner |
| John Higgins | Dallas | 3rd = | |
| Michael Howard | Liverpool F.C. in the 1980s | 3rd = | |
| Alex Deakin | The Stone Roses | 2nd |
2010/11 contestants and winners
| Transmission date | Celebrity | Specialist subject | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 November 2010 (Children in Need special) | Stewart Francis | The Toronto Maple Leafs | 3rd |
| Tony Hawks | Fridges | 4th | |
| Fred Macaulay | Fawlty Towers | 2nd | |
| Andi Osho | The Matrix trilogy | Winner | |
| 27 December 2010 | Mark Lawrenson | History of Preston North End | 4th |
| Hilary Kay | Life and Works of Josiah Wedgwood | Winner | |
| Samantha Giles | Films of Alfred Hitchcock | 3rd | |
| Richard Herring | Rasputin | 2nd | |
| 28 December 2010 | Giles Coren | Asterix the Gaul | 2nd |
| Pixie McKenna | History of Ellis Island | 4th | |
| Dean Macey | Back to the Future trilogy | 3rd | |
| Samira Ahmed | Laura Ingalls Wilder | Winner | |
| 29 December 2010 | Frank Gardner | Birds of the Middle East | Winner |
| Levi Roots | Jamaica 1960–present | 2nd= | |
| Helen Chamberlain | World Darts Championships | 4th | |
| Pam Rhodes | Christmas carols | 2nd= | |
| 30 December 2010 | David Threlfall | The Bonzo Dog Band | 3rd |
| James Redmond | England Football Team since 1990 | 4th | |
| Hattie Hayridge | The Cold War | Winner | |
| Ortis Deley | Spider-Man Comics | 2nd | |
| 31 December 2010 | Adam Boulton | The Life and Books of Anthony Burgess | 2nd |
| Toby Buckland | Father Ted | 4th | |
| Kirsten O'Brien | Reeves and Mortimer | 3rd | |
| Rhys Thomas | Queen | Winner | |
| 3 January 2011 | Robert Webb | Novels of Ian McEwan | 3rd |
| Helen Skelton | Debbie Harry and Blondie | 2nd | |
| Sir Clive Sinclair | British inventions | 4th | |
| Stephen Mangan | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Winner | |
| 4 January 2011 | Elaine C. Smith | Life and music of Joni Mitchell | 2nd |
| Robert Llewellyn | Electric cars | 3rd | |
| Michael Buerk | Novels of Patrick O'Brian | Winner | |
| Cerrie Burnell | Life and works of Augusto Boal | 4th | |
| 5 January 2011 | Simon O'Brien | Life and music of Bob Marley | 2nd |
| Digby Jones | Kings and Queens of England 1485–present | Winner | |
| Jason Merrells | Life and work of Leonardo da Vinci | 3rd | |
| Terry Christian | Manchester music 1977–present | 4th | |
| 6 January 2011 | Derek Martin | Western films | 4th |
| Arthur Smith | British radio comedy since 1950 | 3rd | |
| Brian Moore | Genesis | Winner | |
| Alex Horne | Life and career of Ken Dodd | 2nd | |
| 7 January 2011 | Kristina Rihanoff | Life and career of Patrick Swayze | 3rd |
| Micky Flanagan | Life and music of Bruce Springsteen | 2nd | |
| Martin Roberts | Cartoons of Hanna-Barbera | 4th | |
| Seeta Indrani | Operas of Giacomo Puccini | Winner |
2011/12 contestants and winners
2012/13 contestants and winners
| Transmission date | Celebrity | Specialist subject | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 December 2012[1] | Hannah Cockroft | McFly | 3rd |
| Val McDermid | Life of Christopher Marlowe | Winner | |
| Lizo Mzimba | George Smiley Novels of John Le Carre | 2nd | |
| Crissy Rock | Life and Works of Toulouse-Lautrec | 4th | |
| 28 December 2012 | Simon Evans | Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition | Winner |
| Bobby Friction | Life and Music of Prince | 4th | |
| Ewen MacIntosh | Twin Peaks | 2nd | |
| Alice Roberts | The Moomin Novels of Tove Jansson | 3rd | |
| 29 December 2012 | Adam Buxton | David Bowie in the 1970s | 2nd |
| Nelufar Hedayat | The Harry Potter books | =3rd | |
| Chris Johnson | The Films of Monty Python | =3rd | |
| Neil Pearson | The English language expatriate press in Paris, 1922-39 | Winner | |
| 30 December 2012 | Ken Bruce | The Jeeves novels of P. G. Wodehouse | Winner |
| Sidney Sloane | Liverpool F.C. under Bob Paisley | 3rd | |
| Holly Walsh | Badgers | 2nd | |
| Paul Young | The films of Johnny Depp | 4th | |
| 31 December 2012 | Milton Jones | Potatoes | 4th |
| Denise Robertson | John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham | Winner | |
| Adele Silva | The children's stories of Roald Dahl | 3rd | |
| Chris Van Tulleken | The life and achievements of Ranulph Fiennes | 2nd | |
| 1 January 2013 | Pete Firman | The Life of Tommy Cooper | Winner |
| Jaye Griffiths | Life and career of Ayrton Senna | =2nd | |
| Paul Martin | Rock drummers 1970-2000 | 4th | |
| Pete Reed | The Lord of the Rings film trilogy | =2nd | |
| 2 January 2013 | Charles Campion | Kenneth Grahame and The Wind in the Willows | 2nd |
| Darren Kenny | Life and works of Wassily Kandinsky | 3rd | |
| Naga Munchetty | The Ryder Cup 1979 to present | Winner | |
| Kurtis Stacey | Life and films of Arnold Schwarzenegger | 4th | |
| 3 January 2013 | Clemency Burton-Hill | Downton Abbey | 2nd |
| John Hammond | Status Quo | 3rd | |
| Martin Kelner | Arsenal F.C. since 2000 | 4th | |
| Steve Punt | Life and career of Tony Hancock | Winner | |
| 4 January 2013 | Carol Decker | Life and work of Tina Turner | 4th |
| Nick Hancock | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Winner | |
| Austin Healey | Everton Football Club 1984-1994 | 2nd | |
| Michael Underwood | James Bond - the Roger Moore years | 3rd | |
| 5 January 2013 | Cheryl Baker | Life and music of James Taylor | 3rd |
| Tim Bentinck | A. A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh | Winner | |
| Mark Thompson | Coffee | 4th | |
| Guy Henry | Life and films of Peter O'Toole | 2nd |
2013/14 contestants and winners
2014/15 contestants and winners
Transmissions
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-Off | 30 December 2002 | 1 | |
| 1 | 26 December 2003 | 2 January 2004 | 3 |
| 2 | 23 July 2004 | 6 August 2004 | 3 |
| 3 | 26 December 2004 | 31 December 2004 | 2 |
| 4 | 28 December 2005 | 2 January 2006 | 5 |
| 5 | 26 December 2006 | 30 December 2006 | 5 |
| 6 | 31 December 2007 | 4 January 2008 | 5 |
| 7 | 28 December 2008 | 1 January 2009 | 5 |
| 8 | 27 December 2009 | 7 January 2010 | 10 |
| 9 | 27 December 2010 | 7 January 2011 | 10 |
| 10 | 27 December 2011 | 8 January 2012 | 10 |
| 11 | 27 December 2012 | 5 January 2013 | 10 |
| 12 | 23 December 2013 | 17 January 2014 | 10 |
| 13 | 21 December 2014 | 18 January 2015 | 10 |
References
External links
- Celebrity Mastermind at BBC Programmes
- Celebrity Mastermind at TV.com
- Celebrity Mastermind BBC - Victoria Derbyshire's Blog