This is a list of episodes of the British version of the Cluedo TV series.
This first series, hosted by James Bellini, set had a blue and white theme with the suspects having to walk down ramp and steps to arrive at their seats with the teams sitting in a high rise area with white triangular desks. In this series, each team is made up of one celebrity and an expert in a field linked to the murder in some way. As well as the Christmas special, there are 300 members of the studio audience to which some are seen in the background risers behind the teams and the suspects and vote halfway during the show to see whom they think the killer was. This is the only series where Rev. Green was the only suspect not to be the killer in any of the episodes while Mrs. Peacock was the killer twice. But this is also the only series where the poison is used as the murder weapon twice and a choice of the murder weapons in all of the episodes. This is also the only series where the dining room is the murder room in some of the episodes. In episodes, suspects' reasons for murder are not present or relevant.
This is the only series where Mrs. White's husband, Mr. White is seen. From the next series onwards, Mrs. White is a widow. Mr. White was never a suspect and he lived with Mrs. White in an annex building next to where Mrs. White worked. He is also only seen with Mrs. White. In such scenes, they called each other "Mr. White" and "Mrs. White", respectively. As a result, Mr. White's first name is never revealed.
| Episode | Episode title | Date | Million viewers (ITV rank) | Details | Teams | Weapons | Solution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Countdown | 25 Jul. 1990 | 7.72 (21st).[1] | It's the annual fun run in the village of Arlington with the start line at Arlington Grange but for its residents, all is not fun as Mrs. Peacock is newly engaged to the French Count Henri de Beauchamp (Oliver Tobias) and no one is happy including Ms. Scarlett is fearful of losing her inheritance and Rev. Green was not getting any money for the "Save the Mole" campaign but Mrs. White has her suspicions that the count is a fake but who killed the count? Was everyone in the run competing? | Team 1: Actor Edward Hardwicke and Special Constable Karen Beer Team 2: Author Nanette Newman and pathologist Dr. Mike Hammer | candlestick, poison, pistol, knife, rope, paperweight | Mrs. Peacock, in the dining room, with the poison. | |
| 2 | Deadly Disco | 1 Aug. 1990 | 7.78 (17th).[2] | The "Stop the disco action group" is meeting at Arlington Grange to convince property developer Mr. Hall (Nicholas Ball) to not build a discothèque on the village pond but Col. Mustard is delayed with a flat tire. With Ms. Scarlett having a possible affair, Prof. Plum feeling guilty over selling Hall the land, Rev. Green and Mrs. White angry to lose the wildlife and Mrs. Peacock protective over her community, who killed Mr. Hall? | Team 1: TV presenter John Stalker and Professional Corpse Judy Roberts Team 2: Actress Anna Carteret and neural scientist Dr. David Weeks | spanner, shotgun, poison, knife, curtain tie-back, statuette | Col. Mustard, in the dining room, with the statuette. | |
| 3 | A Bridge Too Far | 8 Aug. 1990 | 7.76 (21st).[3] | After winning the annual bridge competition for the third year in a row, Professor Plum is over with Ms. Scarlett and Mrs. Peacock's winning streak so he hires some hustlers, Mr & Mrs. Hope (Paul Darrow and Joanna van Gyseghem), to beat them at their own game but when the hustlers take things too far, Mrs. Hope ends up dead. Did Professor Plum want to stop what he started? Did Ms. Scarlett and Mrs. Peacock not want to pay their debts? Or Did Mrs. White wants to save her job? | Team 1: Theatre and TV presenter Ned Sherrin and Private Detective Zena Scott-Archer Team 2: Actress Thelma Barlow and Financial Investigator Clive Fisk | bridge trophy, shotgun, poison, steak knife, billiard cue, curtain tie-back | Ms. Scarlett, in the study, with her bridge trophy. | |
| 4 | Going, Going, Goner | 15 Aug. 1990 | 9.25 (17th).[4] | Mrs. Peacock invites TV and Art critic Peregrine Talbot-Wheeler (Nickolas Grace) to Arlington Grange so he could evaluate some valuable artifacts, but what he finds, is making enemies with the guests at the grange as blackmail is on foot but who killed the critic? | Team 1: Actor Andrew Sachs and Legal Executive Dee Williamson Team 2: Actor Keith Barron and Welsh Cluedo champion Harriet Cozen | billiard cue, antique pistol, poison, antique sword, bowtie, paperweight | Mrs. Peacock, in the study, with the antique sword. | |
| 5 | Politician's Funeral | 22 Aug. 1990 | (26th).[5] | Mrs. Peacock holds a reception after the funeral of a local MP at Arlington Grange. Col. Mustard and Prof. Plum's boss, Dave Chapman (Simon Williams) want to run for this vacant spot and Mr. Chapman starts to blackmail the guests for votes and even threatens to deport Prof. Plum but who killed Mr. Chapman? | Team 1: Actor Edward Fox and P.I. Bob Kettle. Team 2: Actress Joanna David and P.I. Eileen Kettle | statuette, card sharp's gun, poison, knife, black tie, crook lock | Prof. Plum, in the billiard room, with the black tie. | |
| 6 | A Fête Worse Than Death | Wednesday, 29 August 1990[6] | (28th).[7] | It is time for the annual summer fête in the village of Arlington and is held at Arlington Grange. While the guest of honour, TV's Bernard Kirkbride (Art Malik) causes anger amongst the guests, it isn't him who is killed but the local policeman PC Jones (Chris Wright), but who did it and why? | Team 1: Actor and Comedian Tony Slattery and Criminologist Coretta Phillips. Team 2: Actor David Yip and policeman Andrew Lovelady | statuette, rifle, poison, cake knife, tail from dragon's costume, hatpin | Mrs. White, with the poison, in the drawing room. |
This special was an extended edition to 45 minutes with extra evidence. The set was painted from blue to red and the teams' white desks changed to cream and there was a new cream perimeter around the suspects' seating area plus the six weapons used are the actual ones traditionally used in Cluedo. As well, the usual billiard room is replaced with the hall. Both team members were celebrities, one of whom was Leslie Grantham who would go on to portray Colonel Mustard in Series 4.
This series brought a new host in Chris Tarrant and a new smaller set with a new brown and orange theme with each weapon on an individual plinth at the front of the set and a map of the grange in the background. This is the first series that all guests are killers in one season. Lewis Collins, who would play Colonel Mustard in Series 3, makes an appearance in episode 6 as the murder victim (and Mrs. Peacock's supposedly dead husband) Jack Peacock. In the same episode Richard Madeley is a guest panelist who would later be host of seasons 3 and 4
| Episode | Episode title | Date | Million viewers (ITV rank) | Details | Motives | Teams | Weapons | Solution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Deadly Deal | 24 April 1991[10] | Investment broker Simon Charles (Malcolm Stoddard) had convinced many of the guests to delve into a deal with later fell through and all lost a lot of money apart from Simon who pulled out last minute and tells the guests that the only way they can get their money back is to invest more but who makes it more to a killing? |
| Team 1: Actress Sally Whittaker and TV presenter Matthew Kelly Team 2: TV presenter Michaela Strachan and actor John McArdle | steak hammer, ebony ruler, sharpening steel, rat poison, scarf, gun | Mrs. White, in the kitchen, with the sharpening steel. | ||
| 2 | The Best Insurance | 1 May 1991 | 8.44 (22nd).[11] | Mrs. Peacock wants to re-insure some of the valuables at the grange after recent neighborhood burglaries but the arrival of insurance assessor George Biddle (Mark Eden) (an old friend of Col. Mustard's) brings enemies from more than one of the guests but who killed Mr. Biddle? |
| Team 1: Broadcaster-journalist Pamela Armstrong and actor George Layton Team 2: TV presenter Gaby Roslin and TV presenter Frank Bough | kettle flex, candlestick, gun, antique knife, bronze statue, poker | Rev. Green, in the kitchen, with the kettle flex. | |
| 3 | Fatal Distraction | 8 May 1991[12] | 8.94 (16th).[13] | Top TV soap star Marianne Kray (Sharon Maughan) arrives at Arlington Grange to film a life story about George Velares, who used to live at the grange but her real name Maisie sees the guests angered from past experiences but what did Maisie do to lead to her death? |
| palette knife, cheese wire cutter, poison, golf club, rope, scissors | Col. Mustard, with the rope, in the kitchen. | ||
| 4 | Charity Begins At Home | 15 May 1991[14] | 7.2 (26th).[15] | Arlington grange is host to a charity auction to raise money for the new church roof but Ben the window cleaner (Nick Berry) is listening to guest's conversations who has been hired by Mrs. Peacock, to find out who has been stealing items from around the house but Ben delves a bit too far into the guest's business but who took it to Ben's death? |
| Team 1: Actress Carmen Silvera and Author/Journalist Sir Clement Freud Team 2: TV Presenter Nina Myskow and TV Presenter Chris Packham | spanner, lead piping, African spear, revolver, candlestick, kitchen knife | Mrs. Peacock, with the lead piping, in the billiard room. | |
| 5 | A Traveller's Tale | 29 May 1991[16] | 7.76 (21st).[17] | A swarm of caravan traveling hippies have arrived in Arlington and have taken over Col. Mustard's land. Ms. Scarlett is very intimate with one hippie, Dave (Christopher Guard), but when he comes for dinner at Arlington Grange, is he all that he appears to be as he ends up dead. |
| Team 1: Actress Amanda Barrie and TV Presenter Jim Bowen Team 2: Actress Michelle Collins and Radio DJ Mike Read. | spanner, knife, poison, candlestick, shotgun, telephone flex | Ms. Scarlett, with the knife, in the study. | |
| 6 | The Bolivian Connection | 5 June 1991[18] | 9.00 (21st).[19] | It is the day of Col. Mustard and Mrs. Peacock's wedding but it ends in ruins with the arrival of Mrs. Peacock's supposedly dead husband Jack Peacock (Lewis Collins) who supposedly died on an expedition with Prof. Plum, searching for a "wonder drug" in Bolivia but what does his return mean for the guests and who made it more into a killing? |
| funeral urn, scarf, glass of champagne, revolver, paperweight, cake knife | Prof. Plum, with the funeral urn, in the drawing room. |
Richard Madeley takes over as host for this and the next series, and with him came a new set which had a silver and blue theme. Not much change was seen but mainly made for fake marble. There were no weapons presented in front of the teams for the first time and at the end of each episode, viewers got a chance to answer a question about that episode's murder to win a murder mystery weekend.
Notably, one of the guests in episode 3 is Nicholas Parsons who would go on to portray Rev. Green in the next series.
| Episode | Episode title | Date | Million viewers (ITV rank) | Details | Motives | Teams | Weapons | Solution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Hunting We Will Go | 4 May 1992[20] [21] | 9.53 (21st).[22] | It's the day of the Arlington hunt but hunt saboteurs cause trouble for the hunters and one saboteur Gordon Ferrar (Neil Morrissey) who was attacked by Col. Mustard is cleaned up at the grange and causes an enemy of everyone but who had the full drive the kill? |
| Team 1: TV Presenter Valerie Singleton and TV Presenter Johnny Ball Team 2: Former MP Edwina Currie and TV Presenter Richard O'Brien | scissors, candlestick, telephone flex, poker, syringe, billiard cue | Rev. Green, in the kitchen, with the scissors. | |
| 2 | Scared to Death | 11 May 1992 | 8.96 (18th).[23] | Mrs. White believes that she is seeing ghosts so psychic negotiator Miss Terri (Ruth Madoc) arrives on the advice of Prof. Plum but what she gets from the spirits turns the guests against her but who killed the psychic in the lighting on the night? |
| candlestick, gun, dagger, statuette, cross and chain, decanter | Col. Mustard, with the dagger, in the billiard room. | ||
| 3 | Murder In Merrie England | 18 May 1992 | 19.01 (15th).[24] | European multi-millionaire Max Gold (Mike Sarne) has plans for Arlington Grange and has made Mrs. Peacock an offer she can't refuse but when he reveals he wants to turn the grange into a new water park but who had the bigger motive to kill? |
| Team 1: TV presenter Lynn Faulds Wood and actor Nicholas Parsons Team 2: Actress Sarah Kennedy and actor Jonathon Morris | croquet mallet, stocking, bow with arrows, fossil, meat cleaver, poker | Mrs. Peacock, in the study, with the croquet mallet. | |
| 4 | And Then There Were Nuns | 25 May 1992 | 7.06 (29th).[25] | After receiving a letter, Mrs. Peacock's late husband Jack's sister, Sister Concepta (Jean Boht) arrives at the grange for what was a nice family reunion but the Sister has other plans and has everybody at the cards as she plans to build her convent but who would most want to ruin her attempts and kill her? |
| Team 1: TV Presenter Carol Vorderman and Charles Kennedy Team 2: Kathy Tayler and Newscaster Richard Bath | spear, shotgun, cake knife, parasol, corkscrew, paperweight | Mrs. White, with the spear, in the drawing room. | |
| 5 | Blackmail And The Fourth Estate | 1 Jun. 1992 | 11.03 (15th).[26] | Mrs. Peacock is playing host to a journalist, David Stringer (Dudley Sutton) who has promised to write an article that will make Arlington Grange extremely famous. Although he is promising this, his nose turns up in places where it is not wanted, and he ends up murdered. |
| Team 1: Newsreader Lisa Aziz and actor Kevin Lloyd Team 2: TV presenter Jenny Powell and society columnist Nigel Dempster | knife, billiard cue, curtain cord, insecticide, carving fork, gun | Prof. Plum, in the library, with the insecticide. | |
| 6 | Deadly Dowry | 8 Jun. 1992 | 9.62 (14th).[27] | Ms. Scarlett brings a guest Clive Moxton (Simon Shepherd) to the grange for dinner and the guests are shocked when they reveal they are engaged which sends them into a spin but what secret transactions led to Clive being killed? |
| billiard cue, poker, candlestick, swordstick, meat pounder, gun | Ms. Scarlett, in the billiard room, with the swordstick. |
Richard Madeley introduced each episode from Arlington Grange, showing the possible weapons to the viewers. Once in the studio, viewers were given the option to see the murder solution before the questioning began, or to look away while the solution was shown so they could play along at home.
| Episode | Episode title | Date | Million viewers (ITV rank) | Details | Motives | Teams | Weapons | Solution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finders, Keepers | 19 April 1993[28] | 9.2 (27th).[29] | Local farmer Jake Swithin (Ray Lonnen) digs up some lost gold treasures while plowing his field, but not everyone is happy about his lucky discovery. |
| walking stick, dagger, scarf, meat pounder, champagne bottle, sword | Professor Plum, with the dagger, in the billiard room. | ||
| 2 | Seven Deadly Sinners | 26 April 1993 | 8.77 (28th).[30] | Cabinet minister Sir Nigel Hussey (Ian McNeice) is to approve plans for the Sin City pleasure park to be built next to Arlington Grange, but the plans are not popular with the locals. |
| Team 1: Carol Thatcher and Bob Holness Team 2: Dermot Murnaghan and Liz Kershaw | flamethrower, G-string, golf club, venomous snake, crossbow, pistol | Colonel Mustard, in the kitchen, with G-String. | |
| 3 | The Word, The Flesh & The Devil | 3 May 1993 | Crime writer Candice Costello (Caroline Langrishe) visits Arlington Grange to research and gather material, but finds enough dark secrets to match her own. |
| poker, battery recharger, kitchen scissors, ice pick, meat cleaver, poison pen | Reverend Green, in the kitchen, with the ice pick. | |||
| 4 | The Hanged Man | 10 May 1993 | Tarot reader Marjory Hunt (Jean Alexander) visits her old friend Mrs. White, but the omens in her deck do not look good. |
| Team 1: Tessa Sanderson and Jason Riddington Team 2: Nula Conwell and John Virgo | rat poison, brooch, desktop lighter, billiard cue, letter opener, toilet chain | Ms. Scarlett, with the desktop lighter, in the drawing room. | ||
| 5 | Where There's A Will | 17 May 1993 | Mrs. White has inherited a large amount of money, but financial adviser Terry Radcliffe (Matthew Marsh) plans to divert her funds elsewhere. |
| Team 1: Matthew Collins and Jenny Agutter Team 2: John Barnes and Judi Spiers | garden hoe, corkscrew, shotgun, sculpture, carving knife, decanter stopper | Mrs. White, in the study, with the decanter stopper. | ||
| 6 | Publish & Be Damned | 24 May 1993 | Mrs. Peacock invites Journalist Roger Morgan (Daniel Peacock) to Arlington Grange but he is in search of royal scandal and the residents do not wish to divulge all their secrets. |
| Team 1: John Stapleton and Nichola McAuliffe Team 2: Russell Grant and Anne Gregg Note: Both teams come to the solution at the same time. | dagger, cheese-wire, billiard triangle, broken glass, kitchen knife, microphone | Mrs. Peacock, in the study, with the microphone. |