Harry Potter: it either casts a spell on you or it doesn’t. Down at the BBC it would seem that they fall into the latter category these days, because the iconic film and literary giant has now officially been banned as a specialist subject on the evergreen TV quiz Mastermind.
No less than 262 applicants proposed the boy wizard as one of their three areas of expertise, prompting bosses to adopt an ‘enough is enough’ attitude.
In an interview with the Radio Times, the show’s producer Mark Helsby said: “As a minimum, we would want there to be at least two good quality books on a biographical or historical subject. TV, film and literary subjects are a bit more subjective, but we would never allow just one book or one film.”
So no worries on that score for the Jk Rowling franchise, but with the rules stating that...
No less than 262 applicants proposed the boy wizard as one of their three areas of expertise, prompting bosses to adopt an ‘enough is enough’ attitude.
In an interview with the Radio Times, the show’s producer Mark Helsby said: “As a minimum, we would want there to be at least two good quality books on a biographical or historical subject. TV, film and literary subjects are a bit more subjective, but we would never allow just one book or one film.”
So no worries on that score for the Jk Rowling franchise, but with the rules stating that...
- 2/1/2018
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
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