This 13th season opens tonight at Bristol
Polytechnic when the first four of 48 hopeful contenders from Wales and south west England meet to compete for a place in the semi-finals.
Winifred Bosworth (secretarial assistant) The life of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Sharon Colesell (invoice clerk) The life and works of Oscar Wilde
Brian Rowlands (school teacher) Greek mythology Jan Evans (freelance translator) The life and works of Dylan Thomas