Give Us a Clue: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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 versions of the programme had Liza Goddard as captain of the women's team.

A revived version was attempted by BBC One, which ran from 10 November to 19 December 1997 and commissioned 30 episodes, it was hosted by Tim Clark. Teams were captained by Christopher Blake and Julie Peasgood and the show tried to introduce a lateral thinking puzzle (which the host could "give clues to"). Give us a Clue returned for a special Comic Relief episode on 5 March 2011 with Sara Cox, Christopher Biggins, Lionel Blair, Una Stubbs, Holly Walsh, Jenni Falconer and David Walliams.

Series details

• Title: Give Us a Clue
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1979-01-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1982-12-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7126
• IMDb ID: tt0202735

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Aspel — Host
• Una Stubbs — Team Captain
• Lionel Blair — Team Captain
• Liza Goddard — Team Captain
• Michael Parkinson — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-01-02; final listed air date 1979-03-27; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1979-10-29; final listed air date 1980-02-11.
• Season 3: premiered 1980-08-25; final listed air date 1980-12-29.
• Season 4: premiered 1981-09-01; final listed air date 1982-01-05.
• Season 5: premiered 1982-04-06; final listed air date 1982-05-11.
• Season 6: premiered 1982-09-07; final listed air date 1982-12-28.

Source and licence

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