Episodes

1: Episode 1

Jan 10, 1993

Returning for the 21st series, Magnus Magnusson puts more general knowledge questions to this year's first four contenders whose specialist subjects are: the life of Tiberius; the life of Admiral Lord Jellicoe; Clarice Cliff and English art deco ceramics, 1928-36; and Doctor Who.

2: Episode 2

Jan 17, 1993

Magnus Magnusson in Bangor puts more questions to another four contenders whose specialist subjects are: the life of Otto von Bismarck; the history of the Rose 1500-1850; British feminists 1759-1886; the history of the Swiss Confederation 1291-1874.

3: Episode 3

Jan 24, 1993

Magnus Magnusson travels to the University of Strathclyde to put more general knowledge questions to another four contenders whose specialist subjects are: the Border Reivers, 1500-1625; the Russo-German War, 1941-5; Lady Murasaki and the Tale of Genji; and Sir Thomas More

4: Episode 4

Jan 31, 1993

Magnus Magnusson returns to the University of Strathclyde to quiz four more contenders

5: Episode 5

Feb 7, 1993

From Arundel Castle, West Sussex. Specialist subjects: Charles II; British athletics since 1945; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

6: Episode 6

Feb 21, 1993

From Arundel Castle in West Sussex. Magnus Magnusson questions four more contenders with specialist subjects: the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy, 1867-1918; Lord Macaulay; Dervla Murphy ; railway signalling in Britain, 1830-1947.

7: Episode 7

Feb 28, 1993

From Rugby School. Tonight's specialist subjects are: Malcolm X; the canals of England and Wales; Joseph Conrad ; and the Great Northern Railway.

8: Episode 8

Mar 7, 1993

From Rugby School. Tonight's subjects are: fantasy and science fiction, 1960-90; railways in Yorkshire; the life and works of AJ Munnings ; the life and career of Stanley Baldwin.

9: Episode 9

Mar 14, 1993

From the University of Strathclyde where tonight's subjects are: the Grand National; Slavonic languages since 1700; Dante; and the City of Chester from Roman times. With Magnus Magnusson

10: Episode 10

Mar 28, 1993

From the University of Strathclyde, where the subjects are Golda Meir; Sir Edward Elgar ; the Waterloo Campaign 1815, and the Kings of Israel and Judah. With Magnus Magnusson.

11: Episode 11

Apr 4, 1993

From the Barons' Hall at Arundel Castle, where the subjects are Edward VII, Hector Berlioz, City of London churches and Wilfred Owen.

12: Episode 12

Apr 11, 1993

From the Barons' Hall, Arundel Castle, where the subjects are: Shelley; Test cricket - England v Australia 1920-38; the siege of Paris 1870-71; the Romanov dynasty 1613-1918.

13: Episode 13

Apr 18, 1993

The first semi-final from Huddersfield, where the subjects are: P D James, the Napoleonic Wars, the Cornish china clay industry from 1745; and the medieval castle in the British Isles, 1050-1500. With Magnus Magnusson.

14: Episode 14

Apr 25, 1993

Second semi-final from the University of Huddersfield, where the subjects are: Damon Runyan ; the fall of the Western Roman Empire, AD 375-476; the Manhattan Project; and Joseph Chamberlain. With Magnus Magnusson.

15: Episode 15

May 2, 1993

The third of the semi-finals comes from Bath, where the specialist subjects are: German armoured fighting vehicles, 1939-45; Californian gold rush; Brunei; and model railways in Great Britain, 1920-90. With Magnus Magnusson.

16: Episode 16

May 9, 1993

The fourth of the semi-finals comes from Bath, where the specialist subjects are: the Beatles; C S Lewis; the solar system; and Frederick Delius. With Magnus Magnusson.

17: The Final

May 16, 1993

The four finalists are: Gavin Fuller - specialist subject, the Crusades(1095-1154); David Tombs - the modern Olympic Games; Glenys Davies - the life and reign of Napoleon III ; Barrie Douce - the French Indo-China War (1945-54). Magnus Magnusson puts the questions in the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, London.

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