Mastermind | 05/05/1991

Magnus Magnusson questions the first four semi-finalists in the McEwan Hall at the University of Edinburgh. The contestants and their specialist subjects are Stephen Allen (actor) on Dartmoor; Stephanie Brooke (administrative assistant) on Shakespeare's history plays; Ian Sadler (computer analyst) on Johann Sebastian Bach ; Richard Francis (lecturer) on Paris.

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  • Type: Entertainment
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 29'28''
  • Broadcast date: 1991
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