''Celebrity Mastermind'' is a celebrity version of ''

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'', a British television

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broadcast by

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Format

although each episode is treated as a single contest with the winner receiving a trophy, and the contestant's fees being donated to charity.

History

The original BBC version of ''Mastermind'', hosted by

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, was broadcast on

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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

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to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first ever ''Mastermind'' final. The original host, Magnus Magnusson, was brought back for this special. This was a precursor to the main show also being returned to the BBC with a new host,

. The first series of the main show hosted by Humphrys began on BBC Two on 7 July 2003. 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. 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

from series 2 onward.

Episodes

2002 Special

(Winners listed in bold)

Series 1 (2003–04)

(Winners listed in bold)

Series 2 (2004)

(Winners listed in bold)

Series 3 (2004)

(Winners listed in bold)

Series 4 (2005–06)

(Winners listed in bold)

Series 5 (2006–07)

(Winners listed in bold)

Series 6 (2007–08)

(Winners listed in bold)

Series 7 (2008–09)

Series 8 (2009–10)

Series 9 (2010–11)

Series 10 (2011–12)

Series 11 (2012–13)

Series 12 (2013–14)

Series 13 (2014–15)

Series 14 (2015–16)

Series 15 (2016–17)

Series 16 (2017–18)

Series 17 (2018–19)

Series 18 (2019–20)

Series 19 (2020–21)

Series 20 (2022)

Series 21 (2022–23)

Transmissions

Trophy

The trophy presented to each winner was originally a commemorative glass bowl. The current trophy (2015–2016 series) is a wedge-shaped piece of glass.

References

External links

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