So what would be your Mastermind
specialist subject? Me? I'd choose 'BBC radio comedy'. As that's a bit broad
perhaps concentrating on the 1950s to the 80s.
Or maybe I'd just narrow it down to The
Burkiss Way or perhaps Radio Active.
In the current series of Mastermind
on BBC2, which seems to have been going on for an age, two contestants have zoned
in on two particular comedy series of more recent vintage. From 4 September
2015 here's Rachael Neiman facing questions on John Finnemore's superb Cabin Pressure. Rachael is no stranger
to TV quizzes, having appeared on University
Challenge, Only Connect and in
two earlier series of Mastermind with
specialist rounds on Belle and Sebastian
and John Peel's Festive 50.
On 11 September 2015 Margaret Brown, a Mastermind virgin, took Old
Harry's Game as her specialist round.
At least one contestant has chosen BBC radio comedy as their
subject, and that was back in 1987, when finalist John Crippin faced questions
from Magnus Magnusson. Here's the audio for that round.
As for those passes, well unfortunately the audio cuts off
before Magnus gets chance to provide the answers. The gobbledygook speaker was,
of course, 'Professor' Stanley Unwin. The hand-picked half-wits on Ignorance is Bliss were Harold Berens,
Gladys Hay and Michael Moore (I had to look that one up). The sig tune of
Suzette Tarri also defeated me but its Red
Sails in the Sunset. The other impersonator who teamed up with David Evans
has me totally foxed, answers on a postcard please.
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