This tense, dramatic and highly-rated quiz competition embarks on its fifth series to discover the ' Mastermind ' for 1976.

The contenders for the title are faced with a formidable challenge to their intellect, requiring them to be complete masters of their chosen subject and have a wide general knowledge.

Contenders:

ROBERT ORR, student, Russo-German War, 1941-1945;

ALWYN JAMES, freelance editor, Life and Works of Dylan Thomas;

MARY KEAN , housewife, Switzerland

MICHAEL DYCHE, RAF navigator, Captain Cook