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Cluedo

TV Series · 1990

Cluedo

30 min · Crime, Drama, Mystery · Ended

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3.8

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6.5 / 10

169 votes

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6.8 / 10

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Synopsis

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 and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.

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Seasons & episodes

Series 1 (6 ep)
  • 1. Countdown

    Jul 25, 1990 · 30 min

    While a fun run for charity is taking place at the Grange, Mrs Peacock's new fiancé is the centre of attention - and this is even more so when it transpires that the Count was not quite who he claimed to be. But who killed him?

  • 2. Deadly Disco

    Aug 1, 1990 · 30 min

    A local landowner has a scheme for filling in the Arlington village pond to build a night club. The ""Stop the Disco!"" action group is to see him at the Grange to confront him with its objections, but there is a fatal turn of events...

  • 3. A Bridge Too Far

    Aug 8, 1990 · 30 min

    For three years in a row, Elizabeth Peacock and Vivienne Scarlet have triumphed in the Arlington Bridge Trophy Competition. With the aim of dethroning the champions, Professor Plum brings in his acquaintances the Hopes, a pair of card-sharps. However, the Hopes become too hopeful of immediate hard cash, and one of them goes suddenly to an early reward in the great beyond.

  • 4. Going, Going, Goner

    Aug 15, 1990 · 30 min

    Elizabeth Peacock has invited Peregrine Talbot-Wheeler (an expert on art and the presenter of a television programme about antiques) to value some of her possessions. In his last few seconds on earth, did Peregrine get a brief chance to conduct his final assessment on a Billiard Cue, an Antique Pistol, a Sword, a Bow Tie, or a curious Paperweight?

  • 5. Politician's Funeral

    Aug 22, 1990 · 30 min

    The local Member of Parliament has died, and Mrs Peacock hosts a wake at Arlington Grange. Michael Mustard and Peter Plum's employer, Chapman, are among those bidding to be selected for the vacant parliamentary seat. Chapman quickly begins to indulge himself in a little blackmail in pursuit of victory, and his demise is surely no great mystery...

  • 6. A Fête Worse Than Death

    Aug 29, 1990 · 30 min

    At a Fete at the Grange, an unidentified visitor in a dragon-suit is found to be Kirkbride, Elizabeth Peacock's private detective - but what was he doing there and why did sudden death arrive under his very nose?

Series 2 (6 ep)
  • 1. A Deadly Deal

    Apr 24, 1991 · 30 min

    Simon Charles, a financial advisor, persuaded those at the Grange to put money into a deal that has gone spectacularly wrong. Fortunately, Simon didn't lose money himself. His advice now is that he can offer a way for his friends to recoup their losses - but, of course, they will need to invest more money first... Scarlet's virtue (or what's left of it, anyway) may be at stake, as a result of her losses. Green has secretly lost £20,000 which Mrs Peacock gave him for a church restoration project. Mrs White risked her life savings on the first deal and now has nothing left for the second. Plum, meanwhile, discovers that Simon's deal is connected with computer software stolen from him. Which of these, then, is the motive for Simon's murder?

  • 2. The Best Insurance

    May 1, 1991 · 30 min

    After a string of thefts from the Grange, George Biddle comes to call, in connection with Mrs Peacock's insurance claim. Who is the thief? And, indeed, was anything really stolen? A number of other issues come to the surface. There are obscurities about an insurance claim on the late Mr Peacock's death. Biddle, an old friend of Colonel Mustard's, had promised him a directorship but had not delivered. It seems that Green had made a suspicious claim for some supposedly missing candlesticks, while Biddle also knew that Scarlet had sold a valuable bronze and put a modern copy in its place. And did Mrs White really set fire to the last house she worked in?The real mystery is surely that Biddle managed to survive for more than five minutes at Arlington Grange.

  • 3. Fatal Distraction

    May 8, 1991 · 30 min

    Actress Marieanne Kray and producer Toby Taylor are at Arlington Grange to make a film about its former owner, George Velares. Several residents know Toby or Marieanne (under her real name, Maisie Medford). Scarlet has been deceived into a ""casting couch"" affair with Toby, believing she had been offered the role in the Velares film which he in fact gave to Marieanne... Mustard knew Velares and now understands how he died. Marieanne and Elizabeth Peacock were once in a theatre company together, and Elizabeth believes Marieanne poisoned her to get a leading role from her... while Peter Plum thinks Marieanne stole his film script on the story of Velares. Marieanne, meanwhile, is thinking of writing her memoirs, in which she plans to tell all about an old affair with Jonathan Green. Who is the murderer, and why?

  • 4. Charity Begins at Home

    May 22, 1991 · 30 min

    Before a charity auction at the Grange, a window cleaner is found eavesdropping. Ben is in fact a private eye brought in by Elizabeth Peacock to detect a sneak thief. Ben is soon dead. Who killed him?Scarlet knew Ben had searched her bedroom - but what did he find in her drawers? ... Mrs White was the petty thief at the Grange, and Ben had found her hoard... Elizabeth Peacock and Michael Mustard were overheard by the detective talking about a lost masterpiece they had found among the charity auction lots and hoped to buy for next to nothing, and Ben had wanted a piece of the action... He had previously investigated the disappearance of £5,000 from the local church, in which Jonathan Green may have been implicated... Peter Plum had reason to believe Ben had fathomed the mystery of the missing Old People's Holiday Fund...

  • 5. A Traveller's Tale

    May 29, 1991 · 30 min

    Hippy travellers have camped in Michael Mustard's field next to Arlington's parish church, putting banners on the church roof and causing a swift collapse in local property values. Meanwhile, Vivienne Scarlet has fallen heavily for Dave, the travellers' leader, bringing him up to the Grange, where he finds both love and peace - the latter of a decidedly permanent nature. But is Dave (or, rather, was he) who he claimed to be?

  • 6. A Bolivian Connection

    Jun 5, 1991 · 30 min

    The long-lost Jack Peacock turns up unexpectedly from Bolivia, but not for long.

Series 3 (6 ep)
  • 1. A-Hunting We Will Go

    May 4, 1992 · 30 min

    A stranger, Gordon Ferrar, arrives at Arlington Grange with an injury, but very soon is suffering no more.

  • 2. Scared To Death

    May 11, 1992 · 30 min

    A psychic medium, Miss Terry, is summoned to Arlington Grange to rid it of evil spirits. She is perhaps not quite the real thing, and one of the regulars quickly sends her on a permanent visit to the Other Side.

  • 3. Murder In Merry England

    May 18, 1992 · 30 min

    Who killed Max Gold? And was it with a mallet, a stocking, an arrow, a fossil, a meat cleaver, or a poker?

  • 4. And Then There Were Nuns

    May 25, 1992 · 30 min

    Sister Concepta, a nun visiting the Grange, goes to meet her maker. Not surprisingly, there is no shortage of motives on hand for killing the sister in god - with a spear, a shotgun, a cake knife, a parasol, a paperweight, or, just conceivably, a corkscrew.

  • 5. Blackmail And The Fourth Estate

    Jun 1, 1992 · 30 min

    This week's murder victim is David Stringer, a visiting author who was a little too interested in Arlington Grange and its inhabitants.

  • 6. Deadly Dowry

    Jun 8, 1992 · 30 min

    Despite arriving on his cue, Clive Moxton becomes the late Clive Moxton.

Series 4 (1 ep)
  • 6. Publish and Be Damned

    May 24, 1993 · 30 min

    Journalist Daniel Peacock arrives at the Grange to write a book about a former royal resident, and several people still around feel threatened and are determined to stop him... so Daniel's death comes as no surprise. But who killed him, and was it with a dagger, a cheese-wire, a snooker triangle, a broken glass, a kitchen knife or a microphone?

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