Synopsis

Four more contestants join the fray, vying for the 1989 championship, alongside Magnus Magnusson of Queen Mary College, University of London. Peter Shirtcliffe, a ship's cook, will face off in World Heavyweight Championship bouts from 1960. Richard Oates, a schoolteacher, covers the Boys' Public Schools of England. Julie Speedie, an antiquarian book dealer, explores *The Life and Works of Oscar Wilde*. And Padraig Kirby, a chief accountant, examines *The History of Ireland, 1600-1920*.