The climax of Mastermind's 12th season takes place on board HMS Hermes in Portsmouth. Of the 48 contenders who started in January, just four-three women and one man-are in at the finish. The winner of the title Mastermind 1984 will receive the Caithness Glass trophy from Alasdair Milne, Director-General of the BBC.
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Margaret Harris (deputy head teacher) Life and work of Cecil Rhodes
Richard Joby (lecturer) Great Eastern Railway 1862-1922
Kate Vernon-Parry (anaesthetist) Life and works of Arthur Ransome
