Mastermind reaches the end of the first stage in this year's series, with four contenders competing for the last place in the semi-finals.

The location is the Great Hall of the University of Leeds. Brian John (civil servant) The life and works of W.B. Yeats; Judith Dutton (dealer in maritime books) The life and times of Socrates 469-399BC; Mark Turner (barrister) The life and works of William Walton; Michael Palfrey (schoolteacher) Fantastic literature from

Washington Irving to Tolkien