IRON MAIDEN Fan To Test His Metal On The BBC Tonight
January 14, 2011, 13 years ago
According to Oxfordmail.co.uk, an Oxford United fan with a passion for heavy metal music will tonight step into the Mastermind spotlight.
Tom Scotney, 27, will be shown on BBC2 in the famous black chair facing a grilling from John Humphrys.
His specialist subject is British band Iron Maiden, who have sold more than 100 million records during a 35-year career.
Mr Scotney, from South Oxford, said he enjoyed filming the episode in Manchester last summer, despite the “occasional shriek and outburst” from a rowdy Jeremy Kyle Show taking place in the studio next door.
The journalist, who follows United home and away and is a regular at the Cape of Good Hope pub quiz in East Oxford, said: “I saw an application form and thought, ‘why not?’ I applied but had to go through two rounds of questions before they let me on.
“They called me when I was in the middle of work and I had to stand in the corridor answering a load of questions while everyone stared at me."
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The episode will be shown at 8pm tonight on BBC2.
