MAGNUS Magnusson, who has died aged 77, was an industrious journalist, writer, broadcaster and public servant destined to have his other achievements overshadowed by his masterly stewardship of the ...

Half century ago today - Monday, September 11, 1972, to be precise - a new quiz show was screened on BBC One. Transmitted in the late night "graveyard" slot of 10.45pm, however, no one would have been ...

Magnus Magnusson, the former presenter of the BBC quiz programme Mastermind, has died at the age of 77. The Icelandic-born broadcaster, perhaps best known for his "I've started so I'll finish" ...

The Repair Shop viewers were served up a healthy dose of nostalgia as the original Mastermind chair was taken to the workshop. The iconic chair from 1972 was taken on the BBC programme by Sally ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Magnus Magnusson, the original presenter of the classic TV quiz show "Mastermind", died on Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 77. Magnusson, who hosted the BBC programme for ...

It is probably the most iconic chairs in British TV history and has seen thousands of people quizzed as they adorned it. And now the daughter of late Mastermind presenter Magnus Magnusson has revealed ...

TV's most famous question-master, Magnus Magnusson, has passed away at the age of 77. The broadcaster, who was born in Iceland but moved to Scotland with his family when he was one, died of cancer at ...

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Writer and broadcaster Magnus Magnusson – best remembered as the presenter of Mastermind for 25 years - has died, aged 77. He died peacefully at his home near Glasgow at 6.45pm in the arms of his ...

Magnus Magnusson, the original presenter of the classic British TV quiz show Mastermind, died on Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 77. Magnusson, who hosted the BBC programme for 25 years, ...