<P> Fred Housego (born 25 October 1944, Dundee, Scotland) is a former London taxi driver who became a television and radio personality and presenter after winning the BBC television quiz Mastermind in 1980 . He did not give up his taxi licence when he began his media career and he was still driving a cab in 2007 . </P> <P> Housego was educated at Kynaston Comprehensive School, where he passed one GCE O - level in British Constitution . In addition to driving a taxi he has also worked as a messenger for an advertising agency, a postman and a registered London Tourist Board tour guide . </P>

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