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Give Us a Clue is a televised game show
Game show

A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrity, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes....
 version of charades
Charades

Charades or charade is a word game guessing game. In the form most played today, it is an acting game in which one player acts out a word or phrase, often by pantomime similar-sounding words, and the other players guess the word or phrase....
 that was first broadcast on ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 from 1979 to 1992. It was first hosted by Michael Aspel
Michael Aspel

Michael Terence Aspel, Order of the British Empire is an England journalist and television presenter. He has been a high-profile TV personality in the United Kingdom since the 1960s, presenting programmes such as Crackerjack, Aspel and Company, This is Your Life, Strange But True? and Antiques Roadshow....
 from 1979 to 1983 then Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson

Sir Michael Parkinson, Order of the British Empire is an English people broadcaster and journalist. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson , from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007....
 from 1984 to 1992, with two teams: one captained by Lionel Blair
Lionel Blair

Lionel Blair is a United Kingdom actor, choreographer, tap dancing and television presenter.Lionel Blair is the son of Myer Ogus and Deborah Greenbaum....
 and the other by Una Stubbs
Una Stubbs

Una Stubbs is an England actor and former dancer....
. Later versions of the show had Liza Goddard
Liza Goddard

Liza Goddard is an England actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s, and distinctive plummy voice. In Australia, Goddard is best known for her role as Clancy in the childrens' TV show of the 1960's, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo....
 as captain of the girls' team. Directed and Produced by David Clark
David Clark

David Clark or Dave Clark may refer to:*Dave Clark , baseball player*David Clark , illustrator*David Clark , former English cricketer...
 after the end of series two for nine series. A revived version was attempted by BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
, which ran from 10 November to 19 December 1997 and commissioned 30 episodes, it was hosted by Tim Clark
Tim Clark (comedian)

Tim Clark is a British comedian, writer and presenter on both television and radio. He currently lives in London with wife and two children....
.






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Give Us a Clue is a televised game show
Game show

A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrity, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes....
 version of charades
Charades

Charades or charade is a word game guessing game. In the form most played today, it is an acting game in which one player acts out a word or phrase, often by pantomime similar-sounding words, and the other players guess the word or phrase....
 that was first broadcast on ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 from 1979 to 1992. It was first hosted by Michael Aspel
Michael Aspel

Michael Terence Aspel, Order of the British Empire is an England journalist and television presenter. He has been a high-profile TV personality in the United Kingdom since the 1960s, presenting programmes such as Crackerjack, Aspel and Company, This is Your Life, Strange But True? and Antiques Roadshow....
 from 1979 to 1983 then Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson

Sir Michael Parkinson, Order of the British Empire is an English people broadcaster and journalist. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson , from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007....
 from 1984 to 1992, with two teams: one captained by Lionel Blair
Lionel Blair

Lionel Blair is a United Kingdom actor, choreographer, tap dancing and television presenter.Lionel Blair is the son of Myer Ogus and Deborah Greenbaum....
 and the other by Una Stubbs
Una Stubbs

Una Stubbs is an England actor and former dancer....
. Later versions of the show had Liza Goddard
Liza Goddard

Liza Goddard is an England actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s, and distinctive plummy voice. In Australia, Goddard is best known for her role as Clancy in the childrens' TV show of the 1960's, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo....
 as captain of the girls' team. Directed and Produced by David Clark
David Clark

David Clark or Dave Clark may refer to:*Dave Clark , baseball player*David Clark , illustrator*David Clark , former English cricketer...
 after the end of series two for nine series. A revived version was attempted by BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
, which ran from 10 November to 19 December 1997 and commissioned 30 episodes, it was hosted by Tim Clark
Tim Clark (comedian)

Tim Clark is a British comedian, writer and presenter on both television and radio. He currently lives in London with wife and two children....
. Teams were captained by Christopher Blake
Christopher Blake

Christopher Blake was an England actor who is best remembered for starring in the British sitcom That's My Boy alongside Mollie Sugden....
 and Julie Peasgood
Julie Peasgood

Julie May Peasgood is an England actress. She attended Grimsby's Wintringham School as a student. She is best known for her role as Fran Pearson in the television soap opera Brookside....
 and the show tried to introduce a lateral thinking puzzle (which the host could "give clues to").

Format

The game was based on charades, a party game where players used mime rather than speaking to demonstrate a name, phrase, book, play, film or TV programme. Each player was given roughly two minutes to act out their given subject in front of his/her team, and if the others were unsuccessful in guessing correctly, the opposing team would have a chance to answer for a bonus point.

Broadcasting

In its early days it was famous for occupying an early evening slot, usually around 5:15 pm, each weekday, when ITV didn't have so many shows and relied on repeats as well, it was also a common feature to remain during the Christmas/New Year schedules. The show moved in 1987, to an early morning slot, left vacant by ITV Schools after its demise.

Theme music

The original theme tune was called "Chicken Man", which was also the theme tune of Grange Hill
Grange Hill

Grange Hill is a United Kingdom television drama television series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television....
. However, while Grange Hill used the original recording, Give Us a Clue used a less dynamic custom arrangement more in keeping with the style of light entertainment programming. In 1982 David Clark took over as producer/director and commissioned an entirely new theme tune, then in 1987 a new vocalised theme tune was used up until the show ended in 1992.

Trivia

The programme has been repeated on satellite TV. It is also often parodied in British comedy, even to this day. It was frequently referred to by Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton , also known as Humph, was an England jazz musician and Presenter, and chairman of the BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue....
, chairman of BBC radio's long-running 'antidote to panel games', I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC or simply Clue, is a BBC radio comedy panel game which has run since 11 April 1972....
, during a round of Sound Charades
Sound Charades

Sound Charades is a variant of charades played on BBC Radio 4's "antidote to panel games", I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. As with some other ISIHAC games, such as Celebrity What's My Line?, the game has been created by taking an existing one and removing the central concept....
 — usually with a gay innuendo-laden gag at the expense of Lionel Blair.

Other versions

A licensed version of it aired in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 in the 1990s. SVT
Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners. The Swedish public broadcasting system is in several respects modeled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the British Broad...
 in Sweden broadcast their own version with the title Gaster med gester.

External links

  • at UKGameshows.com
    UKGameshows.com

    UKGameshows.com is a website dedicated to United Kingdom game shows. The site currently provides information on more than 1,500 British game show formats from 1938 to the present day, over 500 mini-biographies of hosts, along with numerous other background articles....