tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post3122206233997514139..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Mastermind 2019 - The Winds of Change Are BlowingLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-19923180863221356992018-09-15T14:58:40.857-07:002018-09-15T14:58:40.857-07:00Also a contender on the upcoming series – was told...Also a contender on the upcoming series – was told during the heats that it would start broadcast in early September; now looks like it'll be early October. Keshavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751128323232023896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-76265327944145323762018-09-15T05:53:18.758-07:002018-09-15T05:53:18.758-07:00Oh, and Dan, there is no change of presenter in th...Oh, and Dan, there is no change of presenter in the pipeline. The document makes it clear that John Humphrys will present into the 2020s.Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-83263543388331143742018-09-15T05:46:13.994-07:002018-09-15T05:46:13.994-07:00Hi All,
Thanks to all of you for commenting. Espe...Hi All,<br /><br />Thanks to all of you for commenting. Especially thanks to the contenders in the forthcoming series. How odd that they should choose to start it so late this year, considering that there are such big changes in the pipeline. Still, good news - it would make a huge gap in my Autumn if there was no series until August 2019.<br />Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-74677795740536285162018-09-15T04:31:17.270-07:002018-09-15T04:31:17.270-07:00Hi all,
I’m a contender in this series of Masterm...Hi all,<br /><br />I’m a contender in this series of Mastermind, the heats for which were filmed in the last week of July. We were told that the series would start broadcasting in September, and having looked through the TV guide, I reckon this might start on 28th. Total guess work, but I can confirm there will be a series this year �� Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009432073088659357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-77608234505577908902018-09-15T03:27:17.627-07:002018-09-15T03:27:17.627-07:00*Of course that should be Ian Bayley but I can'...*Of course that should be Ian Bayley but I can't seem to edit!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919199149774497569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-79306355006740981452018-09-15T03:25:53.741-07:002018-09-15T03:25:53.741-07:00I was in the same final that Ian Hayley won, in 20...I was in the same final that Ian Hayley won, in 2010/11, and then had another go in the 2014/15 series, losing in the semi-final to the eventual champion, Marianne Fair thorne, so I definitely think they are selective as far as the 'gap rule' is concerned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919199149774497569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-84891324322224825912018-09-15T02:25:47.511-07:002018-09-15T02:25:47.511-07:00Hopefully, time for a change in presenter. Mishal ...Hopefully, time for a change in presenter. Mishal Husain would get my vote.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838851618718856932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-77793568103785970162018-09-15T02:00:25.516-07:002018-09-15T02:00:25.516-07:002011/12, ep 1 was broadcast in November. The fina...2011/12, ep 1 was broadcast in November. The final was recorded the following weektuckerajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787577490482640500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-6557645476388165262018-09-15T01:53:08.022-07:002018-09-15T01:53:08.022-07:00I thought that they had already recorded this seri...I thought that they had already recorded this series. I do the daily mastermind quiz on twitter and there weren't any questions mid July. They then tweeted that they were busy with recording the shows.Claire Slaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491394983678114776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-50244367955070369262018-09-15T01:00:09.538-07:002018-09-15T01:00:09.538-07:00Hi John,
This 'gap' business always has a...Hi John,<br /><br />This 'gap' business always has always seemed to be rather flexible. I tend to think that the gap rules are always more guidelines than hard and fast rules. Maybe it has been firmed up a lot since my day. When I was knocked out in round one in 2006, I was a stand in for the semis. While they semis were being recorded I was told categorically by Laura of the production team that the rules were - if you were knocked out in round one, then you didn't have to wait at all to apply again. So I didn't wait, applied for the next series, and went on to appear. She said that if you got knocked out in the semi final, then you had to wait 3 years, and if you lost in the final, then you had to wait 5 years. This was 2006, a series won by Geoff Thomas, who had been runner up in 2003! Even my Maths knows that's not five years. In the season after mine, in 2009, Ian Bayley was runner up in the final to Nancy. Ian went on to win the 2011 series. 2 years. As I say, maybe they have toughened up the application of the rule since, but I wouldn't be surprised if they look at each application individually, and are prepared to bend the gap rule in some cases. Just my opinion, I have no insider knowledge upon which this is based. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-28686921927299837702018-09-15T00:47:36.780-07:002018-09-15T00:47:36.780-07:00Sorry, my second series was 2015-16Sorry, my second series was 2015-16Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06342281804366840887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-43943945988776628832018-09-15T00:45:54.124-07:002018-09-15T00:45:54.124-07:00I had applied for this year, as had my wife Lynne,...I had applied for this year, as had my wife Lynne, and we both received "knockback" e-mails in July. My one stated that I had not the required gap between appearances. This confused me as my first appearance was 2012-13 and my second was 2016-17 therefore this series would be the requisite three year gap. So can I assume that I won't be eligible next year? Oh well.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06342281804366840887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-17511229120804826112018-09-15T00:11:43.689-07:002018-09-15T00:11:43.689-07:00Hi Nick - thanks for taking the time and trouble t...Hi Nick - thanks for taking the time and trouble to comment. Yes, I know that the call for contenders went out back in April, so until I found this it seemed strange that the series hadn't started. <br /><br />Cards on the table, I may be wrong, but I don't think that Mastermind will ever be cult watching in the way that UC is. By the very nature of UC, the vast majority of its contestants are going to be part of that youth demographic that the BBC prizes so much. Also it's a team game. So you're never going to get the same level of interaction on Mastermind, and I don't see it now ever producing a champion who catches the public's imagination like Bobby and Eric - aka Seagull and Monkman- in recent years on UC, or Fred Housego in years gone by on Mastermind. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see Mastermind champs become cult figures, but I can't see it, and can't see how you'd even try to achieve it.<br /><br />I didn't mention it in the post, but in Magnus Magnusson's excellent "I've Started So I'll Finish" he quotes Henry Boettinger, a contender in Kevin's 1995 final, saying words to the effect of, when it is not necessary to change, it IS necessary NOT to change. But I certainly don't have a problem with the goal of widening the show's audience. I just have reservations about how achievable a goal it is, without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-22300232227252084882018-09-14T23:59:35.335-07:002018-09-14T23:59:35.335-07:00Helpful article, and explains why I’ve heard nothi...Helpful article, and explains why I’ve heard nothing from my 2019 application!<br />I agree that, format-wise, it ain’t broke and don’t need fixing, and also that a younger, more diverse and more gender-balanced mix of contestants would be desirable - maybe by using quotas as Only Connect does. (My application obv unhelpful here!)<br />University Challenge has become cult watching in recent years by doing precisely nothing to jazz itself up. Hopefully more UC graduates will give MM a go which may help...Nick in Mashamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363895041221304800noreply@blogger.com