Synopsis

The coveted second place in this year's final hangs in the balance as four further winners from the first round compete in this semi-final, held in the Nereid Room at the British Museum in London. Gerard Godfrey, an accountant, presents: *The Life and Reign of Henry VIII*. Michael Macdonald-Cooper, a freelance writer, offers: *The Poems of Rudyard Kipling*. John Bowers, a chartered town planner, explores: *The History of the Isle of Man*. Michael Formby, a chartered surveyor, exam