Tonight, the contestants hail from Oswestry, Northampton, Coventry and Redditch, and seek, in this eighth heat, to gain a place in the next semi-final round. They are: Robert Ingle (political agent): The Life of Benjamin Disraeli Deborah Hill-Trevor (farmer's wife): English Life and Times 1780-1815 John McLeod (local government officer): The Career of Oliver Cromwell Gerald Sparrow (teacher): Geology