| Cluedo | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game show |
| Starring | James Bellini (Series 1 - Xmas Special) Chris Tarrant (Series 2) Richard Madeley (Series 3 - 4) |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (inc. 1 Christmas special) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Action Time/Granada |
| Running time | 30mins (inc. comms) 50mins (Xmas special) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 25 July 1990 – 24 May 1993 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Cluedo (Australian version) |
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects (of whom only the murderer could lie) and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons (not usually the original six from the board game) and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.
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Cast
Produced by Granada Television for the ITV network.
| Character | Series 1 (1990) | Christmas special (1990) | Series 2 (1991) | Series 3 (1992) | Series 4 (1993) |
| Presenter | James Bellini | James Bellini | Chris Tarrant | Richard Madeley | Richard Madeley |
| Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock | Stephanie Beacham | Kate O'Mara | Rula Lenska | Susan George | Joanna Lumley |
| Col. Mike Mustard | Robin Ellis | David Robb | Michael Jayston | Lewis Collins | Leslie Grantham |
| Rev. Jonathan Green | Robin Nedwell | Derek Nimmo | Richard Wilson | Christopher Biggins | Nicholas Parsons |
| Prof. Peter Plum | Kristoffer Tabori | Ian Lavender | David McCallum | Tom Baker | John Bird |
| Miss Vivienne Scarlett | Tracy Louise Ward | Toyah Willcox | Koo Stark | Lysette Anthony | Jerry Hall |
| Mrs. Blanche White | June Whitfield | Joan Sims | Mollie Sugden | Pam Ferris | Liz Smith |
Episode solutions
The show would begin with a short film, describing the event before the guest's murder. The celebrity detectives were then allowed to ask the suspects questions regarding the case. Then, the celebrity teams would take it in turns to make a 'deduction', in which they would accuse a person, weapon and room. The host would then reveal how many of those three were right, (e.g. If the solution was Mrs. Peacock with the Poison in the Dining Room, and a celebrity team would accuse Colonel Mustard with the Sword in the Dining Room, then they would accumulate 1 out of 3, the Dining Room being secretly correct, unaware to the teams). Play would continue until one of the teams accused correctly. The killer would then reveal full detail of their crime and the show would finish.
The show's six suspects were the original from the board game. The show's six weapons varied between episodes. The show's six rooms were: the Drawing Room, the Kitchen, the Dining Room, the Billiard Room, the Library and the Study. With the Billiard Room replacing the Hall. In the 1990 "Christmas Cluedo" there was no Billiard Room but the hall took its place.
Note: In each series, each suspect was a murderer, except in series one where Reverend Green was never a murderer, Mrs. Peacock was a murderer twice.
Season One
| Episode | Murderer | Weapon | Room | Motive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Peacock | Poison | Dining Room | She was betrayed by the Count when she heard his real accent |
| 2 | Colonel Mustard | Statuette | Dining Room | The disco was costing the grange a fortune and Colonel Mustard would be forced to move to a cheaper home if the disco was to proceed |
| 3 | Miss Scarlett | Bridge Trophy | Study | She gambled too much and killed the hustler to keep her money |
| 4 | Mrs. Peacock | Antique Sabre | Study | She discovered that a painting was a fake and Peregrine was blackmailing her |
| 5 | Professor Plum | Tie | Billiard Room | Chapman fired Plum and was planning to send him back as a teacher in America |
| 6 | Mrs. White | Poison | Drawing Room | Mrs. White thought that the policeman knew about her "borrowing" from the money of the previous fête and kept him quiet when in fact he never knew anything about the crime at all |
Christmas Special
| Murderer | Weapon | Room | Motive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Scarlett | Knife | Library | Miss Scarlett was jealous of her stepmother (Mrs Peacock) and Col. Mustard getting married. She then realised that Forrest (the chauffer) was blackmailing Mrs. Peacock so she killed him to blame Mrs. Peacock and marry Col. Mustard |
Season Two
| Episode | Murderer | Weapon | Room | Motive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs. White | Steel Sharpener | Kitchen | Mrs White lost all her savings on a previous deal and could not get it back from the man she killed |
| 2 | Reverend Green | Kettle Flex | Kitchen | The Reverend made a false insurance claim on some antique candlesticks lent to Mrs. Peacock and he was frightened of being discovered |
| 3 | Colonel Mustard | Rope | Kitchen | Years ago, the Colonel had blackmailed George Velares and the heat drove him to suicide and somehow Marrianne Kray found out and the Colonel kept her silent- forever |
| 4 | Mrs. Peacock | Lead Pipe | Billiard Room | The window cleaner found out Mrs. Peacock was putting up a painting worth millions and blackmailed her for the deal |
| 5 | Miss Scarlett | Knife | Study | Miss Scarlett found out about her lover's history and was betrayed |
| 6 | Professor Plum | Funeral Urn | Drawing Room | Jack Peacock and the Professor were in a project in Bolivia, where Jack disappeared and presumed dead, until he arrived at the time of his "widow" marrying Col. Mustard. Later that night, Jack found a special part of the research that the Professor wanted, so he blackmailed him, the Prof. ultimately silenced Jack to save paying him |
Season Three
| Episode | Murderer | Weapon | Room | Motive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reverend Green | Scissors | Kitchen | The Reverend told Gordon about the hunt whereabouts that Gordon protested and he used it as blackmail against him forcing him to choose his friends at the Grange & lose his job or testify as a witness for Gordon after he was beat up by Colonel Mustard, he chose the former as he hadn't the strength to move away to start afresh |
| 2 | Colonel Mustard | Dagger | Billiard Room | The psychic found out about the Colonel's secret affair with Miss Scarlett and kept her quiet |
| 3 | Mrs. Peacock | Croquet Mallet | Study | Arlington Grange was in danger of being sold to build a theme park Max Gold was building so Mrs. Peacock prevented it all from accomplishing |
| 4 | Mrs. White | Antique Spear | Drawing Room | Mrs. White found Jack Peacock's religious sister Concepta and brought her here, unaware about the nun's plans of receiving the house via Jack's will. Mrs. White, pectrified with remorse, stole the diamonds that the nun brought with her, thinking that she'll leave after that. Unfortunately Sister Concepta caught her stealing and got into a struggle that ended with one survivour |
| 5 | Professor Plum | Insecticide | Library | A journalist found out that the Professor's recent experiment had killed some subjects and was blackmailing him so the Prof. killed him to prevent the newspaper article going public to save his own reputation |
| 6 | Miss Scarlett | Sword Stick | Billiard Room | Miss Scarlett owed Clive, her faux fiancee, a great deal of money that can be cleared by a trust fund that Miss Scarlett will receive when she marries him |
Season Four
| Episode | Murderer | Weapon | Room | Motive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professor Plum | Dagger | Billiard Room | The treasure that Jake found would lead to the exposure of Plum's scandal book of the Grange |
| 2 | Colonel Mustard | G String | Kitchen | While Col. Mustard was in military training, he was bullied by Nigel Hussey. So when he came to Arlington Grange, the Col. took his revenge |
| 3 | Reverend Green | Ice Pick | Kitchen | Farrah Fox, real name Candy Costello, found out about the Reverend's book he had been writing was autobiographical. The Reverend wanted this to be kept private |
| 4 | Miss Scarlett | Desktop Lighter | Drawing Room | The second-sighted Marjorie Hunt apparently found out through her psychic power that Miss Scarlett was involved in a hit-and-run accident |
| 5 | Mrs. White | Decanter Stopper | Study | Poor Mrs. White lost all her savings to a con artist, which she soon discovered after she signed the papers |
| 6 | Mrs. Peacock | Microphone | Study | Mrs. Peacock told a journalist so many stories about Princess Catherine until she found out that it would destroy her reputation |
Transmissions
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 July 1990 | 29 August 1990 | 6 |
| Christmas Special |
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1 | |
| 2 | 24 April 1991 | 5 June 1991 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 May 1992 | 8 June 1992 | 6 |
| 4 | 19 April 1993 | 24 May 1993 | 6 |
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