The contestants are
David le Page (schoolteacher) on the life and reign of Louis XI of France, 1423-83; Nigel Oakley (research scientist) on the American War of Independence 1775-81; Janet Williams (civil servant) on the life and work of Peter Warlock ; Andrew Turek
(solicitor) on the life and writings of Lord Macaulay. Presented by Magnus Magnusson from the Grand Priory Church of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell, London. (First shown on BBC