Champions
| Year | Winner | Specialist subjects | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Semi-final | Final | ||
| 1972 | Nancy Wilkinson | French literature | European antiques | History of music, 1550–1900 |
| 1973 | Patricia Owen | Grand Opera | Byzantine art | Grand Opera |
| 1974 | Elizabeth Horrocks | Shakespeare's plays | Works of J.R.R. Tolkien | Works of Dorothy L. Sayers |
| 1975 | John Hart | Athens 500–400 BC | Rome 100–1 BC | Athens 500–400 BC |
| 1976 | Roger Pritchard | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | 20th century British warships | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
| 1977 | Sir David Hunt | World War II British campaigns in North Africa | World War II Allied campaign in Italy | Roman Revolution 60–14 BC |
| 1978 | Rosemary James | Roman and Greek mythology | Works of Frederick Wolfe | Roman and Greek mythology |
| 1979 | Philip Jenkins | Christianity AD 30–150 | Vikings in Scotland and Ireland 800–1150 AD | History of Wales 400–1100 |
| 1980 | Fred Housego | King Henry II | Westminster Abbey | Tower of London |
| 1981 | Leslie Grout | St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | Burial Grounds of London | St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
| 1983 | Chris Hughes | British Steam Locomotives, 1900–63 | Flashman novels | British Steam Locomotives, 1900–63 |
| 1984 | Margaret Harris | Cecil Rhodes | Postal history of Southern Africa | Cecil Rhodes |
| 1985 | Ian Meadows | English Civil War | History of astronomy to 1700 | English Civil War |
| 1986 | Jennifer Keaveney | Elizabeth Gaskell | E. Nesbit | Elizabeth Gaskell |
| 1987 | Dr Jeremy Bradbrooke | Franco-Prussian War | War of 1812 | Crimean War |
| 1988 | David Beamish | Nancy Astor | British Royal Family, 1714–1910 | Nancy Astor |
| 1989 | Mary Elizabeth Raw | King Charles I | Prince Albert | Charles I |
| 1990 | David Edwards | Michael Faraday | Benjamin Thompson | James Clerk Maxwell |
| 1991 | Stephen Allen | King Henry VII | Dartmoor and its environs | Francis Drake |
| 1992 | Steve Williams | Surrealist art 1918–39 | Peter I of Russia | Post-Socratic philosophy |
| 1993 | Gavin Fuller | Doctor Who | The medieval castle in the British Isles | The Crusades |
| 1994 | Dr George Davidson | English coinage, 1066–1662 | History of chemistry, 1500–1870 | John Dalton |
| 1995 | Kevin Ashman | Martin Luther King, Jr. | History of the Western film | Zulu War |
| 1996 | Dr Richard Sturch | Charles Williams | Frederick III, German Emperor | Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan |
| 1997 | Anne Ashurst | Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset | Regency novels of Georgette Heyer | Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland |
| 1998 | Robert Gibson | Solar System | King Charles II | Robert the Bruce |
| 1999 | Christopher Carter | Birds of Europe | Tudor dynasty | British customs and traditions |
| 2000 | Stephen Follows | Benjamin Britten | T.S. Eliot | Leoš Janáček |
| 2001 | Michael Penrice | Professional boxing to 1980 | (no semi-final) | English history 1603–1714 |
| 2003 | Andy Page | Academy Awards | Gilbert and Sullivan | Golfing majors since 1970 |
| 2004 | Shaun Wallace | UEFA Champions League finals since 1970 | England at the UEFA European Football Championship | FA Cup finals since 1970 |
| 2005 | Patrick Gibson | The films of Quentin Tarantino | The Culture novels by Iain M. Banks | Father Ted |
| 2006 | Geoff Thomas | Édith Piaf | William Joyce | Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind |
| 2008 | David Clark | Henry Ford | George, The Prince Regent | History of London Bridge |
| 2009 | Nancy Dickmann | Amelia Peabody novels of Elizabeth Peters | Life and films of Fritz Lang | Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| 2010 | Jesse Honey | London Borough of Wandsworth | The life and work of Antoni Gaudí | Liverpool Cathedral (Anglican) |
| 2011 | Ian Bayley | Life and Work of Jean Sibelius | Romanov Dynasty | Paintings in the National Gallery |
| 2012 | Gary Grant | Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Monaco Grand Prix | Cetaceans |
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