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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
May. 27,1984
The climax of Mastermind's 12th season takes place on board HMS Hermes in Portsmouth. Of the 48 contenders who started in January, just four-three women and one man-are in at the finish. The winner of the title Mastermind 1984 will receive the Caithness Glass trophy from Alasdair Milne, Director-General of the BBC.
Jill Goodwin (insurance clerk) Lives of Charles II X and James II
Margaret Harris (deputy head teacher) Life and work of Cecil Rhodes
Richard Joby (lecturer) Great Eastern Railway 1862-1922
Kate Vernon-Parry (anaesthetist) Life and works of Arthur Ransome
Episode 16 : Episode 16
May. 20,1984
The last place in the final of this year's competition is at stake tonight at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham. The contenders are the four highest-scoring losers from the first-round heats.
Colin Driver (telephone engineer) Life and work of Thomas Arnold Colin Graham (bus driver) Ships of the Royal Navy 1900-1960
Margaret Harris (dep-head teacher) Postal history and philately of Southern Africa 1853-1960
Ella Thompson (housewife) Life of Mary Tudor
Episode 15 : Episode 15
May. 13,1984
Four winners of first-round heats do battle for a place in the final of Mastermind 1984 at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham. Neville Cohen (lecturer) Life of Isaac Newton Katharine Heaney
(local government officer) Life of Queen Victoria
Rachel Leonard (mother and housewife) Life and works of Jane Austen Kate Vernon-Parry (anaesthetist) Life and works of Beatrix Potter
Episode 14 : Episode 14
May. 06,1984
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia is the setting, as four more winners of first-round heats challenge for a place in the final of Mastermind 1984.
Jill Goodwin (insurance clerk) French revolution 1788-1794
John Hutchings (probation officer) History of Britain's canals
Norman Izzett (assistant rector) Greek tragic poets
Byron Jones (construction manager) MGM musicals 1939-1962
Episode 13 : Episode 13
April. 22,1984
The semi-final stage of this year's competition opens tonight at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. Four winners of the first round heats compete for a place in the final of Mastermind 1984.
Robert Foulkes (schoolteacher) Mars novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs Richard Joby (lecturer) Life and career of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Malcolm Parnell (publicity manager) Novels of Evelyn Waugh
Primrose Wood (physiotherapist) Life of Sir Francis Drake Director
Episode 12 : Episode 12
April. 15,1984
King William's College at Castletown on the Isle of Man is the host for the last heat in the first round of Mastermind 1984.
Colin Driver (telephone engineer) History of the Church of England 1815-1900
Katharine Heaney (local government official) De Richleau's novels of Dennis Wheatley
Valerie Ann Smith (part-time tutor) Life and works of George Eliot
George Thornton (civil servant) Life and works of Mozart Director
Episode 11 : Episode 11
April. 08,1984
Mastermind pays its first visit to the Isle of Man and helps to celebrate the 150th anniversary of King William's College at Castletown.
Neville Cohen (lecturer) The Lake District
David Hatton (chemical plant manager) Life of Nelson Colin Graham (bus driver) Roman history 133 BC-AD 14 Ella Thompson (housewife) Life and missionary voyages of St Paul
Episode 10 : Episode 10
April. 01,1984
Four more contenders for the 1984 Mastermind title do battle at Worcester College of Higher Education. Godfrey Chesshire (community worker) The Medici and the City of Florence, 1200-1537
Edward Hamer (fingerprint expert) World War I
Christopher Strudwick (college lecturer) Life and works of John Betjeman
Kate Vernon-Parry (anaesthetist) The Swallows and Amazons books of Arthur Ransome
Episode 9 : Episode 9
March. 25,1984
Worcester College of Higher Education is host for the ninth heat of Mastermind 1984.
Christopher Carter (parish priest) British birds
Nick Morrell (unemployed) Life and works of Noel Coward
Malcolm Parnell (publicity manager) Voyages of Captain Cook Anne Senior (part-time teacher) Novels of Barbara Pym
Episode 8 : Episode 8
March. 18,1984
The Great Hall at Avery Hill College in London is the setting as four contestants challenge for a place in the semi-finals of Mastermind 1984. Joseph Angel (physician) Austrian Habsburgs, 1740-1792
Michael Davison (publisher's editor) Coastline of Great Britain Richard Joby (lecturer) Great Eastern Railway, 1862-1922
Margot Stewart (company director) Life of Duke of Windsor
Episode 7 : Episode 7
March. 11,1984
Avery Hill College at Eltham in south east London welcomes four more aspirants for the title of Mastermind 1984. Maureen Butler (technical sales rep) Lymond saga books of Dorothy Dunnett
Anthony Hern (freelance journalist) Novels of G. K. Chesterton
Rachel Leonard (housewife) Life and novels of Thomas Hardy Richard Thackrah (lecturer) History of the police 1829-1900
Episode 6 : Episode 6
March. 04,1984
University College, Cardiff, is host as three women and one man pit their wits against each other in the quest to become Mastermind 1984.
Diana Hadley (landscape gardener) Life and work of Sir Edwin Lutyens Margaret Harris (deputy head teacher) Life and work of Cecil Rhodes John Warner (retired) Anglo-Australian test matches 1920-1938 Primrose Wood (physiotherapist) Lord Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L. Sayers
Episode 5 : Episode 5
February. 26,1984
Two men and two women confront each other at University College, Cardiff, in the fifth heat of Mastermind 1984.
Angela Burke (computer operator) History of costume since 1400
Jane Gardner (chartered librarian) Epic novels of R. F. Delderfield
Byron Jones (construction manager) Life and works of Duke Ellington
Derek Pheby (medical practitioner) Life and works of John Keats
Episode 4 : Episode 4
February. 19,1984
with Magnus Magnusson at the RAF Museum in Hendon Jill Goodwin (insurance clerk) Lives of Charles II and James II Terence Kane (golf club manager) Life and works of Lewis Carroll
Fr Stephen Ortiger (Benedictine monk) Jeeves/Wooster stories of P. G. Wodehouse
Nicholas Slocombe (executive officer) American railroads since 1945
Episode 3 : Episode 3
February. 12,1984
The Aircraft Hall of the RAF Museum at Hendon is the setting as four more contestants do battle for the title 'Mastermind 1984'.
Mary Dicken (school teacher) Reign of James I
John Hutchings (probation officer) Novels of George Orwell
Bill James (agricultural tractor driver) Aircraft of World War II
Tim Tatton-Brown (archaeologist) Life and Works of Beethoven Director
Episode 2 : Episode 2
February. 05,1984
The University of Dundee is host as four more contenders are quizzed in the quest to find Mastermind's 12th champion.
Robert Foulkes (schoolteacher) Life and Work of Antoine Lavoisier Maisie Lunan (retired) Life and Works of J. M. Barrie
John McGrath (principal teacher) Second Punic War 219-202 BC George Snowden (solicitor) The operas of Gilbert and Sullivan Director
Episode 1 : Episode 1
January. 29,1984
Mastermind's 12th season opens at the University of Dundee when four contenders from Scotland and Northern Ireland meet in the first heat of the 1984 competition.
Mary Burton (computing supervisor) The Scots Quair Trilogy of Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Stephen Bowers (unemployed) French History 1715-1799
Norman Izzett (assistant rector) Ancient Athens
Gordon McAlister (unemployed) The Bolsheviks 1914-1920
Seasons
Season 50
Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair.
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