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Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness. Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Wright drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The atmosphere is helped by Mastermind's famously ominous theme music, "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson. The quiz programme originated and was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios, before permanently moving to MediaCityUK in 2011.
Episode 17 : The Final
December. 27,1981
from The Metropolitan Police Cadet School at Hendon.
Ian Barton (university lecturer): Roman emperors of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD
Leslie Grout (schoolmaster): St George's Chapel, Windsor
Nicholas Woodward (tax inspector): Life and career of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith
James Bitton (civil servant): Second Boer War.
Episode 16 : Episode 16
December. 20,1981
St Aidan's College, Durham University is the setting for this special Semi-final when five' runners-up ' compete for a place in the final.
James Bitton (retired civil servant): History of Brighton
Anthony Dart (chartered engineer): Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle
Mary Ann Ebert (civil servant): Women in the New Testament
Albert Holmes (retired export manager): 18th-century European painting
Episode 15 : Episode 15
December. 13,1981
The third semi-final from St Aidan's College, Durham University
Ian Barton (university lecturer): Classical Greek and Roman architecture
Richard Beatty (biologist): Life and works of Oscar Wilde John Mellor (HGV driver): Life of Henry V
James Murray (teacher): Life and works of Renoir Director
Episode 14 : Episode 14
December. 06,1981
Another finalist in Mastermind 1981 is chosen tonight as four more winners from the first round pit their wits against each other in the Debating Chamber of the Oxford Union Society.
Godfrey Abbott (ordnance surveyor): Railways of Wales
Leslie Grout (schoolmaster): Burial grounds of London
Iris Henson (research student): Life and works of Gilbert and Sullivan John Watt (lecturer in computing): 'Flashman' novels of G. Mac Donald Fraser
Episode 13 : Episode 13
November. 29,1981
Winners from the first round return to face each other in the debating chamber of the Oxford Union Society in this, the first of the semi-finals.
Janet Barker (housewife): The films of Alfred Hitchcock James Craven (cook-general): Life of Eva Peron 1919-1952 John Hill (retired colonial administrator) Geography of Fiji Nicholas Woodward (tax inspector): Test cricket 1877-1930
Episode 12 : Episode 12
November. 22,1981
The first-round heats of Mastermind 1981 are completed tonight at the University of St Andrews as contestants from Scotland and Northern Ireland challenge for the last place in the semi-finals. Derrick McClure (university lecturer): Pre-conquest history of Mexico Rosemary Meechan (teacher): Life of Robert the Bruce James Murray (teacher): Life and career of General de Gaulle David Stevenson (employee relations manager): Battle of the Somme
Episode 11 : Episode 11
November. 15,1981
Scots and Irish contenders for the Mastermind 1981 title meet tonight at Scotland's oldest university, in the Younger Graduation Hall of the University of St Andrews.
Arthur Arnold (schoolmaster): 17th-century British history Richard Beatty (biologist): Poetry of W. H. Auden John Crawford (solicitor): Peloponnesian war Bernard McGinley (graduate business student): Politics and letters in Augustan England
Episode 10 : Episode 10
November. 08,1981
The Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth is host for this tenth heat of Mastermind 1981. On the Quarter Deck are contestants from the West of England.
Godfrey Abbott(ordnance surveyor): History and architecture of Bath Peter Barlow (solicitor): Novels of Kingsley Amis Judith Carter (nursing sister): Works of Dorothy L. Sayers Brenda Read (computer systems designer): Novels of Graham Greene
Episode 9 : Episode 9
November. 01,1981
Four contestants from the South of England are assembled on the Quarter Deck at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Katherine Davies (department store buyer-manager): Life of Queen Mary, Consort of George V
John Hill (retired colonial administrator) Thuggee in India Connaire Kensit (polytechnic lecturer): History of China from 1850 John Pretty (miller): Air War in Europe 1939-45
Episode 8 : Episode 8
October. 25,1981
The search for Mastermind 1981 reaches the half-way point - as contestants from the South and East meet at Middlesex Polytechnic.
Thomas Dyer (financial consultant): Works of William Shakespeare Iris Henson (research student): Life and Career of Sarah Siddons Gerard Murray (teacher): Reign of King Gustavus Adolphus John Withrington (bank employee): The French Revolution
Episode 7 : Episode 7
October. 18,1981
Four contestants from the South East of England meet at Middlesex Polytechnic in this seventh heat of Mastermind 1981. James Bitton (retired civil servant): The Second Boer War
Maureen Blakesley (schoolteacher): The Royal Shakespeare Company James Craven (cook-general): Life of Marie Antoinette
Craig Scott (advertising executive): History of 19th-century Leeds
Episode 6 : Episode 6
October. 11,1981
Four contestants from the North of England take up the challenge in the sixth heat of Mastermind 1981 at the University of Bradford. Hutton Barton (probation officer): Battle-cruisers and battleships 1906-1966
Mary Ann Ebert (civil servant): French wars of religion 1550-1588 Marion Mayers (housewife): James Graham , 1st Marquis of Montrose
John Watt (lecturer in computing): History of Kenya from 1895
Episode 5 : Episode 5
October. 04,1981
The fifth heat of Mastermind 1981 comes from the Great Hall at the University of Bradford and features contestants from the Midlands.
John Mellor (HGV driver): The Battle of Waterloo
Peter Shilston (freelance sports-writer): Gangster age in the USA 1919-1939
Kate Williams (teacher): Life and times of Bess of Hardwick
John Rose (educationist): Life and works of Chaucer
Episode 4 : Episode 4
September. 27,1981
The University College of North Wales at Bangor is host to the contenders in the fourth heat.
Ian Barton (university lecturer): Roman emperors of the first and second centuries AD
Anthony Dart (chartered engineer): Strangers and Brothers, novels of C. P. Snow
Liam Fogarty (graduate): Life and works of Gustave Courbet Roger Morris (industrial glove manufacturer): Great Western Railway in the 19th century.
Episode 3 : Episode 3
September. 20,1981
Four more contenders for the Mastermind 81 title meet in this third heat of the competition at the University College of North Wales in Bangor.
Janet Barker (housewife): History of fashion 1920-70
Albert Holmes (retired export manager): Life and music of Robert Schumann
Milan Pavasovic (postman): European history
Tim Stirk (housemaster): Roman Britain AD 43-410
Episode 2 : Episode 2
September. 13,1981
Heat 2 in the search for Mastermind 81 from the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell Captain Patrick Lawrence (retired soldier): The Indian Mutiny (1857) Tim Parry (trainee hospital administrator): British political history since 1905 Madeline Simpson (local government officer): The novels of Margaret Drabble Nicholas Woodward (district inspector of taxes): Life and career of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith (1764-1840)
Episode 1 : Episode 1
September. 06,1981
Tonight Mastermind's tenth season opens and, between now and Christmas, 48 contestants will pit their wits against each other in the quest to win television's premier quiz battle.
Magnus will be 'starting', and he hopes that you will stay with him until he has 'finished' the search for the successor to London taxi-driver Fred Housego as Mastermind 1981.
The first heat comes from the RAF College at Cranwell and the contestants are: Peter Arbuthnot (commodity broker): Indus Valley Civilisation (2500-1700 bc)
Phillida Grantham (youth worker): Wines of Europe
Leslie Grout (schoolmaster): St George's Chapel, Windsor, since 1475
Peter Wilcockson (art gallery manager): Life and Work of Picasso to 1940
Seasons
Season 50
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