BBC Two’s Mastermind Grand Final tonight saw 66-year-old Alice Walker, a retired IT consultant from Derbyshire crowned as the 2022 Mastermind Champion.

Alice won by a margin of six points in the Grand Final, scoring a perfect 14/14 in her specialist subject, The Peak District National Park.

Alice, also a Morris dancer, has been part of the Macclesfield and Stockport quiz league since the 1980s and entered this year’s Mastermind after contemplating applying for years – she said “I’m not getting any younger. It’s time!”

Her partner Haydn, daughter Laura and granddaughter Evelyn watched from home, while the Poynton Jemmers Northwest Morris dancers appeared on the show with a performance to cheer Alice on.

Alice says: “I applied for Mastermind after watching the programme and thought about entering for many years, but never expected to win, and it was quite a shock when I did! The opposition in the final was very tough but the questions just seemed to fall my way. It was a great experience and such an honour to receive the beautiful trophy."

Mastermind is hosted by BBC News journalist Clive Myrie, a regular presenter of the BBC News at Six and Ten since 2010, as well as the BBC News Channel. The final aired on BBC Two on Monday 11 April at 8pm.