TV legend and nice guy Magnus Magnusson has died this evening, he was 77. Magnusson had been ill with cancer for some time.

The Icelandic native was host of BBC's famous quiz Mastermind for 25 years.

He read English at Oxford before moving into journalism and hosted a number of tv shows before finding his home on Mastermind.

He is famous for his catchphrase "I've started so I'll finish."