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September 5, 2008

2008/09

01. Episode 1

New series John Humphrys quizzes on Simon Raven, Newcastle United, Edward IV and Laurence Olivier.

30min
September 5, 2008

02. Episode 2

Specialisms tonight are Billy the Kid, the Short Stories of Saki, the Great Western Railway and the films of John Carpenter. With John Humphrys.

30min
September 12, 2008

03. Episode 3

John Humphrys asks about Noor Inayat-Khan, Ferdinand Magellan, Edith Wharton and Mods

30min
September 19, 2008

04. Episode 4

Questions on the late Stuart age, Steely Dan, boxer Joe Frazier and Robert Parker's Spenser novels.

30min
September 26, 2008

05. Episode 5

John Humphrys asks questions on subjects including Arthur Conan Doyle's Challenger novels.

30min
October 3, 2008

06. Episode 6

Specialist subjects this week include Rasputin, the Gospels of the New Testament, and West Indies Test cricket. John Humphrys asks the questions.

30min
October 10, 2008

07. Episode 7

John Humphrys poses the questions as four contestants test their specialist knowledge of Stax Records, the Romney Marsh novels of Monica Edwards, German battleship the Bismarck and the Welsh castles of Edward I.

30min
October 17, 2008

08. Episode 8

Specialist subjects include Scottish mathematician James Clerk Maxwell and the Mitford sisters.

30min
October 24, 2008

09. Episode 9

Tonight's specialist topics include the Harry Palmer novels and folk singer Tom Paxton.

30min
October 31, 2008

10. Episode 10

Tonight's specialist topics comprise the Victoria Cross, chess player Bobby Fischer, the Le Mans 24-hour race, and the life of Thomas Cochrane.

30min
November 7, 2008

11. Episode 11

Tonight's specialist subjects include the Coventry blitz and the Merthyr Rising of 1831.

30min
November 14, 2008

12. Episode 12

Specialist topics comprise the cricketer Ian Botham, the Munros of Scotland, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming.

30min
November 21, 2008

13. Episode 13

Topics tonight include rare breeds of British farm animals, Ghenghis Khan and Gothic architecture.

30min
November 28, 2008

14. Episode 14

Topics comprise WC Fields, Jonathan Creek, Tacitus and the life and career of Keith Moon.

30min
December 5, 2008

15. Episode 15

Tonight's four specialist subjects are the Ashes series of 1902, AE Housman, British punk rock and the Trans-Siberian Railway. With John Humphrys.

30min
January 30, 2009

16. Episode 16

Tonight's specialist subjects are the Peninsular War, pop singer Morrissey, the history of Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, and the Great Fire of London. John Humphrys asks the questions.

30min
February 6, 2009

17. Episode 17

Tonight's specialist subjects are actor Sidney Poitier, British Trotskyism, number one hit singles, and the life and career of model and actress Edie Sedgwick. John Humphrys asks the questions.

30min
February 13, 2009

18. Episode 18

John Humphrys presents the general knowledge quiz, in which the specialist subjects tonight are the history of Chester Zoo, the Father Brown stories, Edward Carson and Tony Hancock.

30min
February 20, 2009

19. Episode 19

Tonight's four specialist subjects are John Wesley, Seinfeld, Kazimir Malevich and the Wars of the Roses. John Humphrys poses the questions.

30min
February 27, 2009

20. Episode 20

Specialist subjects are the Battle of Coronel and the Falklands War, British birds, sculptor Barbara Hepworth, and Anglo-Saxon kings 871-1016.

30min
March 6, 2009

21. Episode 21

In the first semi-final John Humphrys asks questions on Scott's last expedition, Blake's 7, the School stories of PG Wodehouse and the Popish Plot.

30min
March 13, 2009

22. Episode 22

Tonight's specialist subjects are Jackie Stewart, the novels of Wendy Holden, Honore de Balzac and Kraftwerk. John Humphrys poses the questions.

30min
March 20, 2009

23. Episode 23

Tonight's specialist subjects are the novels of George Orwell, musician Gram Parsons, Italian politics and composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

30min
April 3, 2009

24. Episode 24

Tonight's subjects are the Battle of Coronel and the Falklands War, British birds, sculptor Barbara Hepworth , and Anglo-Saxon kings from 871 to 1016.

30min
April 10, 2009

25. Episode 25

In tonight's semi-final the specialised subjects are Scott's last expedition, cult TV series Blake's 7, the School stories of PG Wodehouse and the Popish Plot

30min
April 17, 2009

26. Episode 26

Four contenders compete for a place in the final.

Tonight's specialist subjects comprise film director Fritz Lang, tennis legend Billie Jean King, Private Eye magazine and the life and work of Robert Maxwell.

30min
May 8, 2009

27. Episode 27

Tonight's specialist subjects for the four semi-finalists comprise the Bonaparte dynasty, former prime minister Herbert Asquith, glam rock band Slade and the life and writings of Gilbert White. With John Humphrys

30min
May 22, 2009

28. Episode 28

Tonight's specialist subjects for the four semi-finalists comprise the life and works of Mozart, the ghost stories of MR James, planets of the solar system and Norwich City FC. Presented by John Humphrys.

30min
May 29, 2009

29. Episode 29

Specialist subjects in the fifth semi-final are Doctor Who in the 1970s, former US president John F Kennedy, singer/songwriter Billy Bragg and the Montalbano novels of Andrea Camilleri. John Humphrys hosts.

30min
June 5, 2009

30. Episode 30

Tonight's specialist subjects are poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, the life of Paddy Mayne, Northampton Town FC and the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace.

30min
June 12, 2009

31. Grand Final

Six contenders battle it out to be crowned champion. Their specialist subjects comprise the Lewis and Clark expedition across America, Britain between the wars, Russian novels from 1831 to 1894, songwriting partnership Rodgers and Hart, the Ryder Cup and American presidents of the 19th century. Presented by John Humphrys.

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June 19, 2009