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 DisraeliDeborah Hill-Trevor (farmer's wife): English Life and Times 1780-1815John McLeod (local government officer): The Career of Oliver CromwellGerald Sparrow (teacher): Geology