Celebrity Mastermind | |
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Genre | Quiz show |
Created by | Bill Wright |
Presented by | Magnus Magnusson (2002) John Humphrys (2003–2021) Clive Myrie (2022–) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 22 |
No. of episodes | 196 (list of episodes) |
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Production location | Dock10 studios (2011–2021) |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | BBC (2002–2015) BBC Studios (2015–2019) Hat Trick Productions and Hindsight Productions (2019–present) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two (2002–2004) BBC One (2004–) |
Release | 30 December 2002 – present |
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Mastermind |
Celebrity Mastermind is a celebrity version of Mastermind , a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. It began in 2002 as a one-off special, expanding to the current arrangement of 10 episodes, broadcast during December and January. It was originally hosted by John Humphrys, who also hosted the main show from 2003 to 2021. The current host is Clive Myrie who first presented an episode in 2022.
The format is the same as the standard show, [1] although each episode is treated as a single contest with the winner receiving a trophy, and the contestant's fees being donated to charity.
The original BBC version of Mastermind, hosted by Magnus Magnusson, was broadcast on BBC One from 1972 to 1997. While other versions continued on radio and satellite television, the show did not return to BBC Television until 2002, with a one-off episode, the Mastermind Celebrity Special, originally broadcast on 30 December 2002 on BBC Two to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first ever Mastermind final. The original host, Magnus Magnusson, was brought back for this special. [2]
This was a precursor to the main show also being returned to the BBC with a new host, John Humphrys. The first series of the main show hosted by Humphrys began on BBC Two on 7 July 2003. [3] The celebrity version then also aired on BBC Two for a first full series of three episodes in December 2003/January 2004, also hosted by Humphrys. [1]
The celebrity version of the show has continued every year since, alongside the main show. Although the main show has remained on BBC Two, the celebrity version was promoted to BBC One from series 2 onward.
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
Special | 30 December 2002 | BBC Two | |||
1 | 3 | 26 December 2003 | 2 January 2004 | ||
2 | 3 | 23 July 2004 | 6 August 2004 | BBC One | |
3 | 2 | 26 December 2004 | 31 December 2004 | ||
4 | 5 | 28 December 2005 | 2 January 2006 | ||
5 | 5 | 26 December 2006 | 30 December 2006 | ||
6 | 5 | 31 December 2007 | 4 January 2008 | ||
7 | 5 | 28 December 2008 | 1 January 2009 | ||
8 | 10 | 27 December 2009 | 7 January 2010 | ||
9 | 10 | 27 December 2010 | 7 January 2011 | ||
10 | 10 | 27 December 2011 | 8 January 2012 | ||
11 | 10 | 27 December 2012 | 5 January 2013 | ||
12 | 10 | 23 December 2013 | 17 January 2014 | ||
13 | 10 | 21 December 2014 | 18 January 2015 | ||
14 | 10 | 22 December 2015 | 9 January 2016 | ||
15 | 10 | 19 December 2016 | 14 January 2017 | ||
16 | 10 | 27 December 2017 | 13 January 2018 | ||
17 | 10 | 21 December 2018 | 18 January 2019 | ||
18 | 10 | 27 December 2019 | 4 April 2020 | ||
19 | 14 | 19 December 2020 | 8 May 2021 | ||
20 | 14 | 5 February 2022 | 7 May 2022 | ||
21 | 14 | 5 November 2022 | 29 April 2023 | ||
22 | 14 | 24 November 2023 | 22 March 2024 |
The trophy presented to each winner was originally a commemorative glass bowl. [1] The current trophy (2015–2016 series) is a wedge-shaped piece of glass.
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