Mastermind Season 15 · Episode 17

Episode 17

3rd May 1987 Season 15 Episode 17

Tonight Mastermind reaches the semi-final stage. Four of the early first-round winners compete in the imposing setting of the great transept of Lincoln Cathedral. Alistair Hanson (diamond valuator) The life and novels of Thomas Hardy John Sutherland (retired civil servant) The life and times of John Paul Jones , 1747-1792 Jill McFatridge (area reporter) The 'Flashman' novels of George MacDonald Frazer Ian Potts (railway signalman) The life and times of Alexander the Great

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Season 15 · Episode 18

Episode 18

The great transept of Lincoln Cathedral is the imposing setting for the second semi-final of this year's Mastermind. Four more first-round winners compete for the second place in the final. Georges Renard (postal executive) The French Second Empire, 1852-1870 Jeremy Bradbrooke (general practitioner) The Anglo-American War of 1812-1815 John Chester (data communications manager) The works of Larry Niven Joy Thwaytes (lecturer and writer) The history of the Mary Rose

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Clive Myrie

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