Which TV quiz show was based on the producer's experiences at the hands of the Gestapo
Mastermind (TV series) Mastermind (TV series) Mastermind is a British television game show for the BBC, famous for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness. Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of "Mastermind" has never changed—four and in later contests five or six contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Wright drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The atmosphere is helped by "Mastermind"s famously ominous theme music, "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson. The quiz programme originated
Top of the Form (quiz show) Top of the Form (quiz show) Top of the Form was a BBC radio and television quiz show for teams from secondary schools in the United Kingdom which ran for 38 years, from 1948 to 1986. The programme began on Saturday 1 May 1948, as a radio series, at 7.30pm on the Light Programme. It progressed to become a TV series from 1962 to 1975. A decision to stop the programme was announced on 28 September 1986 and the last broadcast was on Tuesday 2 December. The producer, Graham Frost, was reported to have said it had been cancelled because