Who will be Mastermind Champion 1989? That is the question. Hoping to have all the answers are the 64 contenders in this year's series The University College of Swansea is where the first four competitors will be demonstrating their knowledge and nerve. Jerold James Gordon (classical composer) Opera Since 1918; Timothy Brain (police inspector). British Political History 1714-1815; Wayne Stainthorpe (steelworks crane driver) Family Anatidae: Swans, Geese, Ducks of Britain and Europe; Mary-Elizabeth Raw (veterinary surgeon) The Life and Reign of Charles I
with Magnus Magnusson from the University College of Swansea.
with Magnus Magnusson from the University of Salford.
with Magnus Magnusson from the University of Salford.
with Magnus Magnusson from the University of Glasgow.
with Magnus Magnusson from University of Glasgow.
with Magnus Magnusson from Redbridge Community School, Southampton.
with Magnus Magnusson from Redbridge Community School, Southampton.
with Magnus Magnusson from Queen Mary College, University of London.
with Magnus Magnusson from Queen Mary College, University of London. Four more contestants take up the challenge. Christopher Mann (author and publisher) The Life and Campaigns of Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein; Barbara O'Meara (housewife) The Novels of Iris Murdoch; Malcolm Robertson (composer) The Music of Aaron Copland; Gill Doubleday (civil servant) The Works of John Bunyan.
with Magnus Magnusson from the Cheltenham Ladies' College
with Magnus Magnusson from the Cheltenham Ladies' College Tom Bean (farmer) History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate 1649-60;
with Magnus Magnusson from the Royal College of Music. Four more contestants compete for a place in the semi-final.
with Magnus Magnusson from the Royal College of Music
with Magnus Magnusson from the Museum of Army Transport, Beverley.
with Magnus Magnusson from the Museum of Army Transport, Beverley.
with Magnus Magnusson from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
with Magnus Magnusson from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
with Magnus Magnusson from the Speech Room, Harrow School.
with Magnus Magnusson from the Speech Room. Harrow School.
with Magnus Magnusson The last semi-final from the Speech Room, Harrow School. There is only one place left in the final, and it will be taken by one of the 'best of the runners-up'. Mary Gibson (medical librarian) The Life and Children's Classics of A. A. Milne; Wayne Stainthorpe (steelworks crane driver) Trees of Britain; Gill Doubleday (civil servant) The Life and Dramatic Works of Lorca; Michael Weir (civil servant) The Life and Music of Bob Dylan
For 17 years Boswell Taylor has supervised, co-ordinated and edited all the specialist questions for Mastermind yet he denies that he's the fount of all knowledge that some might believe.
The Final with Magnus Magnusson from the University of Warwick