What would your Mastermind specialist subject be? : CasualUK - Reddit Read the full interview with Mark in the new issue of Radio Times, out now. and Cocktail ("Champagne perfume going in, sewage coming out "), the pertinent details have sadly faded over time. The definitive guide to 'Mastermind' - Programs NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme - 2023 start, Official University of the Arts London 2023 Applicants Thread. The Operas of Gioachino Rossini 3. Quiz hopefuls are no longer allowed to pick Harry Potter, Faulty Towers or Father Ted as their topic. Last year 262 people wanted to take [Harry Potter] as one of their three specialist subjects only one of them could, Mark says. Clive Myrie asks the questions in the first semi-final. He decided to devise a tough format whereby contestants were interrogated, and he designed the set to mirror his wartime experiences - transposing the convention of PoWs being ordered to provide their name, rank and number, so that contestants sitting in the black leather chair had to start their ordeal by giving their name, occupation, and specialist subject. Thirty-two people wanted to do Fawlty Towers last year, 19 wanted Blackadder and 22 wanted Father Ted. BBC iPlayer - Mastermind - 2022/23: Episode 25 Mastermind Weird Specialist Subjects - YouTube Every contender has to agree three different specialist subjects with me before I confirm their place in the heats and commission the writers to come up with the questions. Harry Potter! An eclectic and joy-filled list of topics awaits, ranging from Olympic silver medallist Roger Black laying bare his knowledge on the cult 1987 movie, The Princess Bride, to broadcaster Anne Diamond showcasing her expertise about the birth of British radar. I have a colleague who says he would plump for Marvel comics 1963-1978 and another who reckons he could excel on the subject of Berlin's East .