With Magnus Magnusson from the University of Lancaster's Great Hall. Mastermind is back for its 18th series with the first of this year's 64 contenders for the title Mastermind 1990.
With Magnus Magnusson from the University of Lancaster. Four contenders from the North of England compete for a place in the semi-finals.
With Magnus Magnusson from the University of Bristol, where four more hopefuls are in the spotlight at the Victoria Rooms.
With Magnus Magnusson. Four contenders from Wales and the west of England compete at the Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol. Margaret Withers (retired architect) The life and work of Sir Edwin Lutyens; Perry Thomas (executive officer) Horror films, 1930-49; Stephen Burgess
With Magnus Magnusson. St Andrews University, Scotland's oldest, is the setting for tonight's heat of Mastermind, when four contenders, all living in Scotland, compete for a place in the semi-finals. Hamish Cameron (computer manager), whose specialist subject is the Stewart kingdom of Scotland, 1371-1603;
From the University of St Andrews with Magnus Magnusson. The four contenders are:
Four contenders from London and the south of England compete in the Peel Centre at the Metropolitan Police Cadet School at Hendon for a place in the semi-finals. Julia McAllister
The Metropolitan Police Cadet school at Hendon is again the venue where four contenders take their chance in the quest for the title 'Mastermind 1990'. Kate Taylor
Four contenders from the south of England and the Channel Islands are competing for a place in the semi-finals, in the dramatic setting of the Great Hall at Winchester.
From the Great Hall, Winchester.
Tonight's contenders are: Peter Hooper (immigration officer): British and American musical theatre since 1945; David Edwards
Tonight's contenders are: James Alexander
The contenders tonight are: Bernard Howell (civil servant) Life and music of Frederick Delius; James Palmer (retired university lecturer) History of British aviation, 1909-60; Elizabeth Mailer (university librarian) The women's suffrage movement in Britain, 1867-1918; Frank Rogers (teacher) 19th-century Irish history. The Institution of Electrical Engineers on Savoy Hill in London is the setting for this week's programme, in the building in which the BBC established regular broadcasting in 1923. With Magnus Magnusson.
Tonight's contenders are: John Flashman
The contenders tonight are: Dave Ross
The contenders tonight are: James Moore
The contenders in tonight's semi-final are:
The contenders in tonight's second semi-final are: Brian Bibby (civil servant) History of the Belgian Royal Family; Isobel Osmont
The contenders in tonight's third semi-final are:
In tonight's fourth semi-final are David Steele (local government accountant) on the life and career of President Truman; Paul Webbewood (civil servant) on the life and career of Oliver Cromwell , 1599-1658; Dave Ross (welfare rights worker) on European political history, 1870-1945; Bernard Howell (civil servant) on the novels of William Golding.
The last semi-final is for the four highest-scoring losers. Tonight's contenders:
The climax of the 1990 series from the City Chambers, Glasgow, when the winner will receive the coveted Mastermind trophy from Jonathan Powell , Controller BBC1. The finalists are: Brian Bibby (civil servant) on the life and operas of Verdi; Helen Grayson (technical writer) on the life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft ; David Edwards (teacher) on the life and works of James Clerk Maxwell ; Paul Webbewood (civil servant) on the history of the British Labour Party since 1900; Chantal Thompson (trainee solicitor) on the life and works of Marcus Tullius Cicero.