Synopsis

Mastermind returns with a new season, this time featuring sixty-four hopefuls vying for the title of Mastermind 1986. The fourteenth series commences tonight at the University of St Andrews, where the initial four contestants from Scotland will compete for a place in the semi-finals. Their specialist subjects are: David Campbell-Suttie (retired executive), Jazz, 1910-1927; Thomas Kirkpatrick (head chef), The life and work of Auguste Escoffier, 1846-1935; Brian Miller (schoolteacher), The history