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| channel = [[BBC One|BBC1]] (1972–1997)<br />[[BBC Radio 4]] (1998–2000)<br />[[Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)|Discovery Channel]] (2001–2002)<br />[[BBC Two]] (2003–)

[[Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)|Discovery Channel]]'s ''Mastermind'' (2001) was hosted by [[Clive Anderson]]. The commercials shortened the amount of time available for answering questions and lasted just one series. This was also the first to go "interactive". By using the [[Red Button (digital television)|red button]] viewers could play the [[general knowledge]] section throughout the series. These questions had been written specifically to afford both standard and multiple-choice format in presentation. There was a one-off competition between the four highest scoring viewers.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

The current record for the lowest score in the specialist subject round, is jointly held by [[Troy Deeney]] and [[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]] on 22 December 2023, Harry Pinero on 2 February 2024 and Aaron Evans on 16 February 2024, bothall of whom scored no points when answering questions on the [[Sam Raimi]] trilogy of [[Spider-Man in film|Spider-Man films]] and, UK hit singles of 1969-761969–76, [[Lewis Hamilton]] and cephalopods respectively.

| 2011 || [[Ian Bayley]] || [[Romanov Dynasty]] || Life and Work of [[Jean Sibelius]] ||Paintings in the [[National Gallery]]

===Cup Final/SportDoctor Who ===

''Mastermind Champion of Champions'' was televised Monday to Friday at 7:30 pm30pm on [[BBC Two]] in the first full week of August 2010. It featured the winners of previous series of ''Mastermind''.

Contestants sit in a black leather chair, lit by a solitary spotlight in an otherwise dark studio. The inspiration for this was the interrogations faced by the show's creator, [[Bill Wright (producer)|Bill Wright]], as a [[prisoner of war]] in World War II.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The original black chair was given to Magnus Magnusson as a souvenir when he retired from the show,<ref name="marsden">{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|first=Rhodri|last=Marsden|author-link=Rhodri Marsden|date=4 September 2014|title=Rhodri Marsden's Interesting Objects: The Mastermind chair|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/rhodri-marsden-s-interesting-objects-the-mastermind-chair-9709474.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/rhodri-marsden-s-interesting-objects-the-mastermind-chair-9709474.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> and is now owned by his daughter [[Sally Magnusson]] who inherited it following her father's death in 2007. OnIn one occasion1979 the original black chair was stolentaken by a group of students during the BBC crew's evening meal break, and held to ransom to raise money for charity. This; prankthis delayed the recording of two programmes. The BBC subsequently commissioned a duplicate chair which was kept locked in the scenery truck at every recording to thwart similar ransom demands. The duplicate chair was never used on air, except in the title sequence, which was recorded in London while the main chair was on the road. Its current whereabouts are unknown.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

The current chair, since 2003, is an [[Eames Aluminum Group|Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair<ref name="marsden"/>]], designed by [[Charles and Ray Eames]] in 1969.{{citation<ref needed|datename=July 2019}}"marsden"/>

| '''48''' || 23 August 2021 || 11 April 2022 || 31 || rowspan=34|[[Clive Myrie]]

| '''50''' || 28 August 2023 || TBA1 April 2024 || 3031

| colspan=4| 6 May 1978<ref group="Genome">{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cd467ac139d740f98f030db89d8c735e |title=Cup Final Grandstand – BBC One London – 6 May 1978 |publisher=[[BBC Genome Project]] |access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref> || rowspan=31|[[MagnusJohn MagnussonMotson]]

| colspan=4| 12 May 1979<ref group="Genome">{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ab503d5bdb604a9e803e5595572fb09b |title=Cup Final Grandstand – BBC One London – 12 May 1979 |publisher=[[BBC Genome Project]] |access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref> || rowspan=1|[[Frank Bough]]

| colspan=4| 10 May 1980<ref group="Genome">{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bba1f3c5889043518f440557c125688d |title=Cup Final Grandstand – BBC One London – 10 May 1980 |publisher=[[BBC Genome Project]] |access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref> || rowspan=1|[[Des Lynam]]

| bgcolor="#ccffcc" rowspan=23 |{{Flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]

| bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Huw Evans

| bgcolor="#ccffcc"|''[[Mastermind (Australian game show)|Mastermind]]''<br>''[[Celebrity Mastermind Australia]]''

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]]

| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [[Jennifer Byrne]] (2019–2021)<br /> [[Marc Fennell]] (2021–)

| [[Nobonita Chowdhury]]

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