The forbidding black chair returns, contestants face the gruelling interrogation of questionmaster Magnus Magnusson, and the search is on to find the Mastermind of 1994. Tonight's first round heat comes from the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, where the specialised subjects of the first four competitors are the life and music of Bob Dylan , the life and career of Alexander the Great, the Monmouth Rebellion, and the life and films of Charlton Heston.
Director David Mitchell
Producer Penelope Cowell Doe
CONTESTANTS: write to BBC Mastermind, [address removed] to apply for a place in next year's competition.
What's it like to be in that famous chair? SEE FEATURE page 44