Mastermind Season 15 · Episode 22

The Final Five

3rd June 1987 Season 15 Episode 22

Magnus Magnusson introduces a closer look at the five contenders who have made it to the final of Mastermind 1987. Tonight's five will compete on Sunday for the coveted title: Jill McFatridge, an area reporter from Angus, Scotland; Jeremy Bradbrooke, a general practitioner from Trowbridge, Wiltshire; Michael Billson, a milkman from Oxford; Margaret Spiller, a civil servant from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey; and the winner of last Sunday's semi-final.

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Season 15 · Episode 23

The Final

After nearly six months of intense competition, the five finalists out of the original 64 contenders now seek the coveted title of Mastermind 1987. The quarterdeck of the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, is the impressive setting for this final, and the winner will receive the specially engraved Caithness glass trophy from Admiral Sir Julian Oswald, Commander-in-Chief, Fleet. The five contenders are: Margaret Spiller (civil servant) - The life and times of Emperor Nero, AD37-68 John Crippin (schoolteacher) - BBC Radio comedy, 1940-1970 Jeremy Bradbrooke (general practitioner) - The Crimean War, 1853-56 Jill McFatridge (area reporter) - The life and times of Ferdinand of Aragon, 1452-1516 Mike Billson (milkman) - The American Indian wars, 1850-1890

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Clive Myrie

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