Give Us a Clue is a British televised game show version of charades which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992. The original host was Michael Aspel from 1979 to 1984, followed by Michael Parkinson from 1984 to 1992. The show featured two teams, one captained by Lionel Blair and the other by Una Stubbs. Later editions of the programme had Liza Goddard as captain of the women's team. Norman Vaughan stood in for Blair for four episodes in the second series and Joyce Blair stood in for Stubbs for the 1981 Royal Wedding special.
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Release | 2 January 1979 (1979-01-02) – 19 December 1997 (1997-12-19) |
Originally, each team consisted of the captain, two fellow celebrities and one non-celebrity, but the non-celebrity participants were soon dropped, another celebrity being added in their place. In the second episode of Series 2 (broadcast on 5 November 1979), the non-celebrity contestant, London fashion designer Leslie Dean, read the wrong side of the card handed to him and as a result started miming his own name rather than the specified film. In his autobiography, Lionel Blair stated that it was this incident that led to the dropping of non-celebrity participants.[1]
A revived version was broadcast by BBC One in 1997 over 30 episodes, hosted by Tim Clark. Teams were captained by Christopher Blake and Julie Peasgood and the show introduced a lateral thinking puzzle (which the host could "give clues to"). Give Us a Clue returned for a special Comic Relief episode in March 2011 with Sara Cox, Christopher Biggins, Lionel Blair, Una Stubbs, Holly Walsh, Jenni Falconer and David Walliams.
The game is 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.
| No. | Title | VTR | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | 19446 | 2 January 1979 (1979-01-02)[2] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Liz Fraser, Judy Geeson, Kenneth Williams, David Wilkie
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| 2 | 2 | 19444 | 9 January 1979 (1979-01-09)[3] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Diana Dors, Liza Goddard, Ed Stewart, Colin Baker
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| 3 | 3 | 19448 | 16 January 1979 (1979-01-16) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Miriam Karlin, Wendy Richard, Norman Vaughan, Nicholas Parsons
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| 4 | 4 | 19449 | 23 January 1979 (1979-01-23)[4] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Judy Carne, Tessa Wyatt, Richard O'Sullivan, Peter Jones
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| 5 | 5 | 19453 | 30 January 1979 (1979-01-30)[5] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Joyce Blair, Karen Dotrice, Roy Dotrice, Norman Rossington
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| 6 | 6 | 19451 | 6 February 1979 (1979-02-06)[6] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Libby Morris, Suzanne Danielle, Don Maclean, Tony Selby
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| 7 | 7 | 19445 | 13 February 1979 (1979-02-13)[7] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Barbara Windsor, Jenny Hanley, Jimmy Young, George Layton
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| 8 | 8 | 19450 | 20 February 1979 (1979-02-20)[8] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Gemma Craven, Linda Thorson, Max Wall, Brendan Price
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| 9 | 9 | 19454 | 27 February 1979 (1979-02-27)[9] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Nina Baden-Semper, Françoise Pascal, Kenny Lynch, Bernie Winters
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| 10 | 10 | 19455 | 6 March 1979 (1979-03-06)[10] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Janet Brown, Lynsey de Paul, Peter Butterworth, Derek Griffiths
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| 11 | 11 | 19452 | 13 March 1979 (1979-03-13)[11] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Aimi Macdonald, Judith Chalmers, Alfie Bass, Robin Askwith
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| 12 | 12 | 19447 | 20 March 1979 (1979-03-20)[12] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Julie Rogers, Cheryl Hall, Dickie Davies, Bill Oddie
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| 13 | 13 | 19443 | 27 March 1979 (1979-03-27)[13] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Amanda Barrie, Maureen Lipman, Melvyn Hayes, David Nixon
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| 14 | 1 | 21880 | 29 October 1979 (1979-10-29) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Julia McKenzie, Lorraine Chase, Roy Kinnear, George Layton
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| 15 | 2 | 21882 | 5 November 1979 (1979-11-05) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Liza Goddard, Jill Gascoine, Robin Nedwell, George Sewell
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| 16 | 3 | 21884 | 12 November 1979 (1979-11-12) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Lulu, Katie Boyle, Bernie Winters, Jim Davidson
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| 17 | 4 | 21881 | 19 November 1979 (1979-11-19)[14] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Barbara Windsor, Anna Dawson, Alfred Marks, Gareth Hunt
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| 18 | 5 | 21883 | 26 November 1979 (1979-11-26)[15] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Anthea Redfren, Patrica Brake, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer
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| 19 | 6 | 21885 | 3 December 1979 (1979-12-03)[16] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Shirley Anne Field, Prunella Gee, David Jason, Bob Todd
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| 20 | 7 | 21886 | 10 December 1979 (1979-12-10)[17] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Yootha Joyce, Elizabeth Estensen, Dave Lee Travis, Richard O'Sullivan
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| 21 | 8 | 21890 | 17 December 1979 (1979-12-17)[18] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Faith Brown, Suzanne Danielle, John Junkin, Norman Rossington
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| 22 | 9 | 21891 | 24 December 1979 (1979-12-24)[19] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Paula Wilcox, Clodagh Rodgers, Kenneth Williams, Spike Milligan, Russ Abbot, Dickie Davies, Beryl Reid, Nyree Dawn Porter
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| 23 | 10 | 21889 | 31 December 1979 (1979-12-31)[20] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Libby Morris, Fenella Fielding, Graham Dene, Roy Hudd
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| 24 | 11 | 21887 | 7 January 1980 (1980-01-07)[21] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Liz Fraser, Juliet Hammond-Hill, Warren Mitchell, Kenny Everett
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| 25 | 12 | 21892 | 14 January 1980 (1980-01-14) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Angela Richards, Linda Bellingham, Nicky Henson, Derek Waring
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| 26 | 13 | 21893 | 21 January 1980 (1980-01-21)[22] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Judy Geeson, Linda Haydn, Jimmy Jewel, Norman Eshley
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| 27 | 14 | 21894 | 28 January 1980 (1980-01-28)[23] | |
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Celebrity Guests: June Whitfield, Georgina Hale, Daniel Abineri, Dick Emery
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| 28 | 15 | 21895 | 4 February 1980 (1980-02-04)[24] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Dinah Sheridan, Stacy Dorning, Christopher Beeny, Patrick Cargill
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| 29 | 16 | 21888 | 11 February 1980 (1980-02-11)[25] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Sheila Steafel, Barbara Murray, Lance Percival, Pete Murray
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| 30 | 1 | 22639 | 25 August 1980 (1980-08-25)[26] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Nerys Hughes, Yootha Joyce, Moira Lister, John Conteh, Wayne Sleep, Bernie Winters
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| 31 | 2 | 22638 | 1 September 1980 (1980-09-01)[27] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Maureen Lipman, Mick McManus, Susan Stranks, Barbara Windsor
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| 32 | 3 | 22648 | 8 September 1980 (1980-09-08)[28] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Jan Hunt, Annie Ross, Josephine Tewson, Jimmy Logan, Kenny Lynch, Pete Murray
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| 33 | 4 | 22641 | 15 September 1980 (1980-09-15)[29] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Bernard Braden, Barbara Kelly, Roy Kinnear, Beryl Reid, Andrew Sachs, Madeline Smith
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| 34 | 5 | 22642 | 22 September 1980 (1980-09-22)[30] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Floella Benjamin, Peter Blake, Shirley Anne Field, Francis Matthews, Tony Selby, Dilys Watling
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| 35 | 6 | 22643 | 29 September 1980 (1980-09-29)[31] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Christopher Biggins, Kenny Everett, Shaw Taylor, Maria Charles, Liz Fraser, Cyd Hayman
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| 36 | 7 | 22644 | 6 October 1980 (1980-10-06)[32] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Dickie Davies, Alvin Stardust, Lynda Baron, Sally James, Jenny Lee-Wright, Jack Douglas
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| 37 | 8 | 22645 | 13 October 1980 (1980-10-13)[33] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Barry Cryer, Gareth Hunt, Bernie Winters, Jenny Hanley, Nyree Dawn Porter, Janet Street-Porter
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| 38 | 9 | 22646 | 20 October 1980 (1980-10-20)[34] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Arthur English, Don Maclean, Nicholas Parsons, Anita Harris, Libby Morris, Hilary Pritchard
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| 39 | 10 | 22647 | 27 October 1980 (1980-10-27)[35] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Jimmy Jewel, Bobby Moore, Robin Nedwell, Joyce Blair, Irene Handl, Karen Kay
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| 40 | 11 | 22650 | 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)[36] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Rodney Bewes, Norman Rossington, Simon Williams, Diana Coupland, Cheryl Kennedy, Sheila Steafel
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| 41 | 12 | 22649 | 10 November 1980 (1980-11-10)[37] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Paddie O'Neil, Roy Kinnear, Alfred Marks, Victor Spinetti, Liza Goddard, Ann Sidney
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| 42 | 13 | 22640 | 17 November 1980 (1980-11-17)[38] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Ray Alan, Billy Dainty, David Hamilton, Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Julia McKenzie, Sheila White
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| 43 | 14 | 22653 | 24 November 1980 (1980-11-24)[39] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Derek Fowlds, Harry Fowler, Bernie Winters, Gabrielle Drake, Jean Rook, Barbara Windsor
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| 44 | 15 | 22652 | 1 December 1980 (1980-12-01)[40] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Yootha Joyce, Tim Barrett, Amanda Barrie, Robert Lindsay, Victor Spinetti, Muriel Odunton
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| 45 | 16 | 22651 | 8 December 1980 (1980-12-08)[41] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Jim Davidson, Derek Griffiths, George Sewell, Sandra Dickinson, Jill Gascoine, June Whitfield
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| 46 | 17 | 22654 | 15 December 1980 (1980-12-15)[42] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Ian Lavender, Patricia Brake, Geoff Love, Anna Dawson, Wayne Sleep, Miriam Karlin
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| 47 | 18 | 23993 | 24 December 1980 (1980-12-24)[43] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Jim Davidson, Kenny Everett, Alfred Marks, Barbara Windsor, Mollie Sugden, Julia Mackenzie
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| 48 | 19 | 22655 | 29 December 1980 (1980-12-29)[44] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Christopher Biggins, Bryan Marshall, Hugh Paddick, Janet Brown, Katie Boyle, Suzanne Danielle
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| 49 | - | TBA | 14 May 1981 (1981-05-14) | |
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Celebrity Guests:
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| 50 | - | 25091 | 29 July 1981 (1981-07-29)[45] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Brian Murphy, Anna Dawson, Derek Griffiths, Roy Kinnear, Ruth Madoc, Sandra Dickinson
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| No. | Title | VTR | Original air date | |
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| 51 | 1 | 24349 | 1 September 1981 (1981-09-01)[46] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Michele Dotrice, Rolf Harris, Glenn Hoddle, Edward Woodward, Lucinda Prior-Palmer, Jill Gascoine
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| 52 | 2 | 24345 | 8 September 1981 (1981-09-08)[47] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Roy Kinnear, Robin Nedwell, Duncan Goodhew, Faith Brown, Rula Lenska, Claire Rayner
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| 53 | 3 | 24348 | 15 September 1981 (1981-09-15)[48] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Geoff Capes, Pam Ayres, Gabrielle Drake, Paul Eddington, Kenny Everett, Donna Hartley
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| 54 | 4 | 24350 | 22 September 1981 (1981-09-22)[49] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, Geoffrey Hayes, Lesley Judd, Jon Pertwee, Beryl Reid
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| 55 | 5 | 24344 | 29 September 1981 (1981-09-29) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Anna Quayle, Susan Penhaligon, Sharron Davies, John Inman, Alex Higgins, Victor Spinetti
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| 56 | 6 | 24347 | 6 October 1981 (1981-10-06)[50] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Maureen Lipman, Maria Charles, Jenny Hanley, Kenneth Williams, Griff Rhys-Jones, Shaw Taylor
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| 57 | 7 | 24346 | 13 October 1981 (1981-10-13)[51] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Lynsey de Paul, Molly Parkin, Andrews Sachs, Christopher Biggins, Anna Dawson, John L. Gardner
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| 58 | 8 | 24351 | 3 November 1981 (1981-11-03) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Jackie Collins, Angela Rippon, Jenny Lee-Wright, Henry Cooper, Windsor Davies, Bernie Winters
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| 59 | 9 | 24352 | 10 November 1981 (1981-11-10)[52] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Sally James, Denis King, Ian Lavender, Henry McGee, Annie Ross, Madeleine Smith
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| 60 | 10 | 24353 | 17 November 1981 (1981-11-17)[53] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Nigel Davenport, David Jacobs, Jenny Lee-Wright, Tom O'Connor, Suzi Quatro, June Whitfield
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| 61 | 11 | 24358 | 24 November 1981 (1981-11-24)[54] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Cheryl Kennedy, Madge Hindle, Victoria Burgoyne, Rodney Bewes, Barry Mason, Brian Marshall
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| 62 | 12 | 24355 | 1 December 1981 (1981-12-01)[55] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Susan Anton, Beryl Reid, Debbie Linden, Dudley Moore, Jimmy Jewel, Simon Williams
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| 63 | 13 | 24359 | 24 December 1981 (1981-12-24)[56] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Pat Coombs, Stacy Dorning, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Terry Scott, Joe Brown, Nicholas Lyndhurst
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| 64 | 14 | 24357 | 31 December 1981 (1981-12-31)[57] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Mollie Sugden, Patricia Brake, Nanette Newman, Kenneth Williams, Gareth Hunt, Lonnie Donegan
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| 65 | 15 | 24354 | 5 January 1982 (1982-01-05)[58] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Katie Boyle, Angela Douglas, Lyn Paul, Dudley Moore, Harry H. Corbett, Brian Cant
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| 66 | 16 | 24360 | 6 April 1982 (1982-04-06)[59] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Suzanne Danielle, Roy Kinnear, Bonnie Langford, Julia McKenzie, Pete Murray, Shaw Taylor
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| 67 | 17 | 24361 | 13 April 1982 (1982-04-13)[60] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Liz Fraser, Victoria Wood, Denise Nolan, Richard O'Sullivan, Wayne Sleep, Lance Percival
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| 68 | 18 | 24356 | 20 April 1982 (1982-04-20)[61] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Judith Chalmers, Leslie Ash, Nicky Henson, Kenny Ball, Justin Fashanu, Nerys Hughes
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| 69 | 1 | 26459 | 4 May 1982 (1982-05-04) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Honor Blackman, Lorraine Chase, Angela Douglas, Michael Barrymore, Danny la Rue, George Sewell
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| 70 | 2 | 26458 | 11 May 1982 (1982-05-11)[62] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Maureen Lipman, Anna Dawson, Debbie Arnold, Kenneth Williams, Bernard Bresslaw, Mike Berry
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| 71 | 3 | 26460 | 18 May 1982 (1982-05-18) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Sylvia Syms, Joanne Whalley, Barbara Windsor, Christopher Biggins, Martin Jarvis, Spike Milligan
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| 72 | 4 | 26462 | 7 September 1982 (1982-09-07)[63] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Julia McKenzie, Patricia Hayes, Suzanne Dando, Edward Woodward, Mike Reid, Robin Cousins
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| 73 | 5 | 26461 | 14 September 1982 (1982-09-14)[64] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Sheila White, Jenny Linden, Su Pollard, Nigel Davenport, Lennie Bennett, Ray Alan
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| 74 | 6 | 26463 | 21 September 1982 (1982-09-21)[65] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Ruth Madoc, Isla Blair, Avril Angers, Rolf Harris, Christopher Timothy, Vince Hill
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| 75 | 7 | 26464 | 28 September 1982 (1982-09-28) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Gemma Craven, Susan Hanson, Bonnie Langford, Kenneth Williams, Frazer Hines, Norman Collier
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| 76 | 8 | 26465 | 5 October 1982 (1982-10-05) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Lorraine Chase, Claire Rayner, Annie Ross, Marty Feldman, Martin Jarvis, Felix Bowness
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| 77 | 9 | 26466 | 12 October 1982 (1982-10-12) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Carol White, Dana, Joyce Blair, Geoffrey Bayldon, Roy Castle, Glyn Houston
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| 78 | 10 | 26467 | 19 October 1982 (1982-10-19) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Shirley Anne Field, Sue Lloyd, Libby Morris, Bernie Winters, Jeffrey Holland, Simon Cadell
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| 79 | 11 | 26468 | 26 October 1982 (1982-10-26) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Patricia Brake, Lorna Dallas, Anna Quayle, Jon Pertwee, Christopher Timothy, David Janson
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| 80 | 12 | 26469 | 2 November 1982 (1982-11-02) | |
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Celebrity Guests: The Bachelors, The Beverley Sisters
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| 81 | 13 | 26471 | 9 November 1982 (1982-11-09) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Anna Dawson, Suzanne Danielle, Derek Griffiths, Roy Kinnear, Jenny Lee-Wright, Freddie Starr
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| 82 | 14 | 26470 | 16 November 1982 (1982-11-16) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Angela Douglas, Barbara Murray, Tracey Ullman, David Jacobs, John Inman, Brian Jacks
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| 83 | 15 | 26472 | 23 November 1982 (1982-11-23) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Susan Penhaligon, Sabina Franklyn, Julia McKenzie, Barry Cryer, William Franklyn, Duggie Brown
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| 84 | 16 | 26473 | 30 November 1982 (1982-11-30) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Leslie Ash, Lucinda Green, Rolf Harris, Tom O'Connor, Shaw Taylor, Dilys Watling
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| 85 | 17 | 26474 | 21 December 1982 (1982-12-21) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Carol Drinkwater, Hazel O'Connor, Victoria Wood, Leslie Crowther, Michael Barrymore, The Great Soprendo
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| 86 | 18 | 26475 | 26 December 1982 (1982-12-26) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Susannah York, Elaine Paige, Suzanne Dando, Freddie Starr, Patrick Mower, Christopher Biggins
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| 87 | 1 | 29114 | 6 September 1983 (1983-09-06) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Cheryl Baker, Anna Quayle, Gillian Raine, Leonard Rossiter, Terry Scott, David Jensen
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| 88 | 2 | 29113 | 13 September 1983 (1983-09-13) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Dawn Addams, Anneka Rice, Paula Wilcox, Ian Ogilvy, Richard Murdoch, Roy Kinnear
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| 89 | 3 | 29110 | 20 September 1983 (1983-09-20) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Leslie Ash, Honor Blackman, Angela Rippon, Wayne Sleep, Hank Marvin, Jeffrey Holland
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| 90 | 4 | 29123 | 27 September 1983 (1983-09-27) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Joyce Blair, Madeline Smith, Anne Diamond, Graeme Garden, Jim Davidson, Bill Beaumont
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| 91 | 5 | 29108 | 4 October 1983 (1983-10-04) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Prunella Gee, Judy Geeson, Gloria Hunniford, Christopher Timothy, Don Maclean, Hubert Gregg
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| 92 | 6 | 29116 | 18 October 1983 (1983-10-18) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Lynda Baron, Ruth Madoc, Deborah Watling, Kenneth Williams, Mark Wynter, Derek Waring
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| 93 | 7 | 29115 | 25 October 1983 (1983-10-25) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Anna Dawson, Stephanie Lawrence, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bernie Winters, Freddie Trueman, Joe Brown
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| 94 | 8 | 29119 | 1 November 1983 (1983-11-01) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Julia McKenzie, Maureen Lipman, Stephanie Beacham, Michael Bentine, Barry Cryer, David Kernan
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| 96 | 9 | 29109 | 8 November 1983 (1983-11-08) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Rosalind Ayres, Isla St Clair, Paula Yates, Martin Jarvis, Billy Dainty, Tommy Boyd
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| 96 | 10 | 29118 | 15 November 1983 (1983-11-15) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Su Pollard, Julie Walters, Tessa Wyatt, Richard O'Sullivan, Alan Minter, Stubby Kaye
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| 97 | 11 | 29112 | 29 November 1983 (1983-11-29) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Pam Ayres, Jenny Lee-Wright, Carol Drinkwater, Lance Percival, Charlie Drake, William Frankyn
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| 98 | 12 | 29117 | 6 December 1983 (1983-12-06) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Bonnie Langford, Sonia Lannaman, June Whitfield, Mike Read, Brian Murphy, Malcolm Macdonald
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| 99 | 13 | 29120 | 13 December 1983 (1983-12-13) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Debbie Arnold, Suzi Quatro, Annie Ross, Derek Griffiths, Michael Craig, Jess Conrad
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| 100 | 14 | 29111 | 20 December 1983 (1983-12-20) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Angela Rippon, Victoria Wood, Sylvia Syms, Gerald Harper, Stu Francis, Leslie Crowther
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| 101 | 15 | 29124 | 26 December 1983 (1983-12-26) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Jane Asher, Tracey Ullman, Jilly Cooper, Bob Geldof, Russell Grant, Tim Brooke-Taylor
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| 102 | 16 | 29125 | 2 January 1984 (1984-01-02) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Elspet Gray, Karen Kay, Iris Williams, Brian Rix, John Junkin, Christopher Biggins
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| 103 | 17 | 29122 | 13 March 1984 (1984-03-13)[66] | |
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Celebrity Guests: Joyce Blair, Frank Carson, Windsor Davies, Patricia Hayes, Judy Loe, Richard Stilgoe
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| 104 | 18 | 29126 | 27 March 1984 (1984-03-27) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Katie Boyle, Michele Dotrice, Diane Solomon, Vidal Sassoon, William Rushton, Aiden J. Harvey
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| 105 | 19 | 29127 | 10 April 1984 (1984-04-10) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Janet Brown, Sheila Ferguson, Fiona Fullerton, Peter Gordeno, Gareth Hunt, Freddie Starr
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| 106 | 20 | 29121 | 17 April 1984 (1984-04-17) | |
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Celebrity Guests: Faith Brown, Angela Douglas, Aimi Macdonald, Henry McGee, Acker Bilk, Lennie Bennett
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| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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| 1 | 2 January 1979 | 27 March 1979 | 13 |
| 2 | 29 October 1979 | 11 February 1980 | 16 |
| 3 | 25 August 1980 | 29 December 1980 | 19 |
| Specials | 14 May 1981 | 29 July 1981 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 September 1981 | 20 April 1982 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 May 1982 | 26 December 1982 | 18 |
| 6 | 6 September 1983 | 17 April 1984 | 20 |
| 7 | 4 September 1984 | 1 January 1985 | 16 |
| 8 | 28 May 1985 | 2 July 1985 | 6 |
| 9 | 12 September 1985 | 26 December 1985 | 15 |
| 10 | 3 July 1986 | 21 August 1986 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 January 1988 | 18 March 1988 | 55 |
| 12 | 1 November 1988 | 2 December 1988 | 20 |
| 13 | 14 February 1989 | 10 March 1989 | 16 |
| 14 | 5 December 1989 | 19 January 1990 | 16 |
| 15 | 15 January 1991 | 8 March 1991 | 32 |
| 16 | 3 September 1991 | 4 May 1992 | 33 |
| 17 | 10 November 1997 | 19 December 1997 | 30 |
The first six series of Give Us a Clue have been released on DVD by Network, but only 98 out of the first 106 episodes were included. The eight episodes that are not in the collection had appearances of three celebrities with sexual abuse offences that were investigated in Operation Yewtree.
| DVD Title | Discs | Year | Episodes | Release date |
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| Give Us a Clue | 13 | 1979-1984 | 98 | 28 November 2022 |
| Country | Local Name | Host | Team captains | Network | Year Aired |
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 Netherlands[67][68]
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Hints | Frank Kramer (1983–97) Anita Witzier (1997–2003) Sofie van den Enk (2010–11) |
- | KRO | 1983–2003 2010–11 |
 New Zealand[69]
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Give Us a Clue | Les Thompson (1980s) Brian Edwards (1993) Marcus Lush (1999) Paula Bennett (2021–22) |
Peter Rowley, Jenny Maxwell (1980s) Gary McCormick, Belinda Todd (1993) Gary McCormick, Alison Wall (1999) Hilary Barry, Tom Sainsbury (2021–22) |
TVNZ (1980s) TV3 (1993) TVNZ (1999; 2021–22) |
1980s 1993 1999 August 11, 2021 – August 17, 2022 |
 Spain[70]
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Dame una pista | Luján Argüelles | - | Cuatro | July 13, 2010 – January 7, 2011 |
 Sweden[71]
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Gäster med gester | Lennart Swahn (1982–99) Rickard Olsson (2011–12) |
- | SVT | September 8, 1982 – January 5, 1999 2011–12 |
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