Synopsis

Tonight, the University of Birmingham welcomes four contestants vying for the Mastermind 1986 championship. The competition will take place within the historic Great Hall of the University. Malcolm Highfield, a police officer, will face the specialist subject of the life and works of Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Vicki Black, a part-time teacher, will be quizzed on the Hercule Poirot stories of Agatha Christie. Ralph Hawtrey, a schoolmaster, will explore the life and works of Plato. And William Ham