Mastermind' was the brainchild of TV producer Bill Wright, a former RAF gunner, who drew on his wartime experience as a Prisoner of War in Germany of answering three questions - name, rank and number - to create the ‘Mastermind’ ritual of contestants being asked their name, occupation and specialist subject. From the newsroom, the way to fight that battle is with the sword of truth. “It’s about maintaining trust, making it as clear as possible to those audiences that the stuff they hear and see is, to the best of our ability, going to be truthful, it’s going to be factual, it’s going to be, at the same time, a reflection of who we are. If you want to understand who we are as a nation and a people, and you want to understand what is going on in the world, come to BBC News.”

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If I look at the question through the lens of the LAB Profile, the Reason filter has something interesting to offer. There’s more latitude than you think,” he says. “I don’t think anyone would confuse my presenting style with Kenneth Kendall’s or Richard Baker’s. You can, in the way that you phrase things and in your whole demeanour, bring across something that suggests you’re not just this two-dimensional news robot reading an Autocue.” His work for Scotland brought him an honorary knighthood in 1989 and, in 2002, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University. Magnusson lived with his family in John Street, Portobello, an eastern suburb of Edinburgh. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, where he was in the school's marching brass band, and at Jesus College, Oxford. [2] Career [ edit ] Journalism and television [ edit ] In February 2021, Humphrys announced that after eighteen years at the helm of the show, he would leave the show. On 22 March 2021, it was announced that Clive Myrie would take over as host. Myrie made his debut on 23 August 2021. [6]

How is his general knowledge? Is he good at quizzes? “Clearly not,” he says, referring to those miserable four points, before admitting he is quite useful in a pub quiz team. What would be his preferred specialist subject? “American politics, possibly? The history of Manchester City, 1976 to the present? The operas of Puccini? Who knows?” He likes his jazz, too. Not bad, for range. Alice Walker (2022), aged 66, with the specialist subject The Peak District is the oldest ever female Mastermind champion. In August 2010 during an edition of Mastermind Champion of Champions, the 2010 series champion, Jesse Honey, scored 23 out of 23 on "Flags of the World" in the specialist subject round, an all-time record. He finished as runner-up with a combined score of 36 points, losing out to Pat Gibson by having two more passes. Honey's score was equalled by Iwan Thomas, who scored a record 23 (in two-and-a-half minutes) in the general knowledge round in 2010. Mastermind host Clive Myrie reveals what to expect from the quiz show's 50th anniversary and new series I love it! It was an amazing opportunity that came my way and it's a privilege to be one of just a handful of presenters who've helmed the show in half a century.

Q&A with Mastermind host Clive Myrie

Davison, Phil (19 April 2012). "Obituary: Mamie Magnusson; made her name in journalism when women were rarely seen in news rooms". The Scotsman . Retrieved 22 August 2021. Mastermind International – BBC One London – 11 June 1981". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 7 November 2014.

Rachel Carlyle (2 February 2014). "BBC presenter Sally Magnusson on her mum's battle with dementia". BBC Press Office . Retrieved 19 October 2015. He was elected President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds at its 94th annual general meeting in October 1995, succeeding Max Nicholson, and held the office until 2000. He was founder chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage from 1992 and founder chairman of the Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust in 1978 (it became Scotland's Churches Trust in 2012). [7]

The Channel 4 Prank programme Balls of Steel parodied Mastermind with its sketch The Alex Zane Cleverness Game, in which experts were quizzed on their specialist subjects (included were "The Life of Anne Frank", " Eurovision Song Contest Winners", and " Hercule Poirot"). Unbeknown to the experts, the show was a hoax, and incorrect answers were included to frustrate them whenever they supplied the correct answer.