Overview: Four contenders from the Midlands and east of England are competing in the Great Hall of Bedford School. Jasmin Schelts (registered child minder) History of English costume 1789-1945; Bryan Pope (retired schoolteacher) Portuguese explorations and discoveries 1415-1815; Paul Hammet Lebrun (general practitioner) History of mathematics; Tom King (freelance writer) The lives and films of Laurel and Hardy