Give Us a Clue [DVD]

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For some bizarre reason, mainly that the script hardly changed in over 20 years, this programme was constantly referred to by chairman Humphrey Lyttelton in the radio panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

A 1979 episode I watched yesterday featured Liza herself, seated directly next to Una and eyeing up her chair.The more I listen to the lyrics, the more I think they're actually very clever as well as very catchy, and makes a perfect theme as it's unforgettable. The members of the public taking the fourth seats is a bit weird and I’m glad they quickly dropped it.

It was revamped as a daytime version in the late Eighties, then there was a rebooted series in the late Nineties and there was a special as recently as 2011.Region Codes: All DVDs have embedded region codes, these codes are separated and administrated by geographic location don't forget to check our description before purchasing. The show’s loose demeanour leaves things open for all kinds of double entendres and unexpected moments; Actor Tony Selby’s reaction to being asked to mime the Australian TV series Chopper Squad; The unique Kenneth Williams, channelling his Just a Minute energy for all kinds of witty quips; Every time Una Stubbs plays a round; David Jason’s very verbal and physical prescience; Michael Aspel’s quick thinking.

Within seven or eight years she'd be a name on both sides of the Atlantic and would have given us The Simpsons.Give Us a Clue is a British televised game show version of charades which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992. Spanning a massive thirteen discs, the set covers most of the episodes that Michael Aspel hosted between 1979 and 1984. Many episodes are available online and I've fallen into the habit of watching an episode while nibbling my lunch. According to Blair, the idea was ditched after a bloke mimed his own name rather than the title he’d been given! It might just be me, but celebrities of this era mostly look like the average person you’d find on the street.