I've Started, So I'll Finish: The Story of Mastermind

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I’ve started so I’ll finish" – is the catchphrase that became synonymous with Mastermind, right from the first series, and made it into the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Popular Phrase: ‘In BBC TV’s quiz Mastermind, the chairman Magnus Magnusson would say this if one of his questions was interrupted when the time ran out. It became a figure of speech – sometimes also given a double meaning.’ I'm A Celebrity fans SLAM Sam Thompson for telling Jamie Lynn Spears she is the 'girl who cried wolf' after she broke down in tears AGAIN Bowcott, Owen (8 October 2007). "Mastermind seeks more women". The Guardian. The show ... was the brainchild of the TV producer Bill Wright..., who drew on his wartime experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo. Coroner slams 'insensitive' comments made by Ofsted chiefs ahead of inquest into headteacher Ruth Perry who took her own life after 'tearful' inspection

Mastermind (1972 to 1997), presented by Magnus Magnusson, aired on BBC1. It was originally broadcast late on a Sunday night and was not expected to receive a huge audience. In 1973 it was moved to a prime-time slot as an emergency replacement for a Leslie Phillips sitcom, Casanova '73, which had been moved to a later time following complaints about its risqué content. The quiz subsequently became one of the most-watched shows on British television. Magnusson's catchphrase "I've started, so I'll finish" was also the title of his history of the show. [4] The original series was filmed in academic or ecclesiastical buildings. The last programme of the original series was filmed at St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney. [5] Suffering sleepless nights? Tossing and turning? Find your slumber solutions with MyPillow, the most comfortable pillow you'll ever own... GUARANTEED! Hugh Grant, 63, and his wife AnnaElisabet Eberstein, 40, attend the Wonka premiere ahead of his controversial role as an Oompa LoompaMAFS star Ella Morgan turns heads in a pink mini dress as she joins glamorous Love Island star Abi Moores at the Look Fantastic party Cup Final Mastermind was an annual playoff between experts and supporters from the FA Cup Finalist teams they are supporting. It ran from 1978 and 1980. Past Lives comes up victorious at Gotham Awards 2023 for Best Feature ... while Charles Melton and Lily Gladstone claim night's biggest acting honors

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Mastermind remains the true test of both specialist knowledge and broad intelligence. Myrie knows that, and he also knows his Mastermind history. ‘It’s all about the stark set, the lighting, the aggressive music,’ he says. ‘It’s the idea that you are being interrogated.’ He cites the legend that the show’s creator, BBC producer Bill Wright, was an RAF gunner shot down and captured over Germany during the Second World War – and that the infamous Mastermind spotlight was inspired by Gestapo techniques. And he adds a new insight: ‘They asked him “Name, rank and number” and that’s where he got “Name, occupation, specialist subject” from.’ Suranne Jones turns heads in a dazzling suit as she joins co-star Rose Leslie at the BBC's Vigil season two screening in London Sir David Attenborough presented the first ever champion Nancy Wilkinson with her trophy in 1972. He was Director of Programmes at BBC at the time. On their 2005 Christmas Special, comedy duo French & Saunders parodied the show with Jennifer Saunders playing Abigail Wilson, a pensioner whose special subject is ceramic teapots. She passes on all but one question, which she answers incorrectly. Rochelle Humes reveals what husband Marvin's secret signal could REALLY mean as he taps his heart four times on I'm A Celebrity

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In his early routines Bill Bailey would often parody the Mastermind music, finding it very sinister. He would then play the music on keyboard with an over-the-top hellish sounding climax. In the last episode of " Is It Bill Bailey?" he followed on from this performance with a sketch where he was a contestant on Mastermind, and it was implied that his specialist subject was the microwave cooking instructions on supermarket ready meals. As the camera panned out it became evident that the chair itself was on a platter, slowly turning in a giant microwave oven. MasterChef: The Professionals viewers rage as show bids au revoir to 'genius' French chef - after Marcus Wareing tells him he was 'trying too hard' with jellied egg dish