Mastermind | 25/10/1981

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) on the works of William Shakespeare, Iris Henson (research student) on the life and career of Sarah Siddons, Gerard Murray (teacher) on the reign of King Gustavus Adolphus and John Withrington (bank employee) on The French Revolution.

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  • Type: Entertainment
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 28'38''
  • Broadcast date: 1981
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