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[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Mastermind contestant to answer questions on Antonia Forest's books

How exciting, and best of luck to the AF buff concerned! Is it any of us? Sadly I will be away from home that night but I will definitely get my husband to record that episode for me!

Comments

[blonde222.livejournal.com]

It's not me. Alas (or maybe thank goodness). I auditioned for the next series, just because I wanted to do the novels of Antonia Forest, but I got dinged: now I know why - someone was already doing it!

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

The rejected subjects are fascinating. What's wrong with the banana industry?

And how long a moratorium do you reckon they have between allowing specialised subjects to cycle around again? It'd seem a bit unfair if, for example, someone answered questions on Jane Austen in 1978 and it was never allowed again.

[colne-dsr.livejournal.com]

Did you stop the not-so-MasterMind mistake on the question? Kingscote does not provide the background for the majority of the Marlow books - 4 out of 10, even if the Shakespeare ones are left out.

And why should the Wombles be disallowed? They've more books than AF, plus a long-running TV series and a pop career!

[minniemoll.livejournal.com]

Someone did EBD and her books about ten years ago, and someone else was going to do her again last series, I assume for their second round questions, as it didn't actually come up. I know this because a researcher emailed me and asked if I'd be willing to lend them my full set of hardbacks for them to use. I declined....

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I should think not!

I wonder who lent their set of AFs this time...

[richenda.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you should have refused?
Do you remember that the BBC restored all Helene Hanff's books to their 1930s glory when they borrowed them in 197whatever it was?

[blonde222.livejournal.com]

In their letter I think they said it can't have been done in the last three years.