Give Us a Clue 1981 Pertwee Davison

[@kevinbush4300]

Back when people were celebrities because of what they did, instead of who they were screwing or bad-mouthing.

[@mrpositronia]

Worzel and Aunt Sally. Perfect. :)

[@catscan2022]

I didn't get the connection when I watched it but yeah worked and aunt Sally lol

[@Kobra31677]

Looking back makes me appreciate how priviledged I was growing up in the late 70's and 80's.

[@vicflange5175]

R.I.P Lionel Blair, a true gent and legend, we will miss you

[@Problembeing]

I used to love this show as a kid. It feels so cosy like an old pair of slippers. Great to see two great Doctors together.

[@iansmith8263]

good job it dont whiff like an old pair of slippers

[@catscan2022]

Tom Baker was always my favourite. Stopped watching when he left the show

[@angelacooper2661]

Give us a clue, Doctor Who!

[@vincentclark8365]

Doctor Who royalty, 3rd Doctor, (and Worzel Gummidge) Jon Pertwee, 5th Doctor, Peter Davison and his then wife, Sandra Dickinson (Trixi in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Una Stubbs was also Aunt Sally in Worzel Gummidge and Beryl Reid appeared in Davison Dr Who episode, Earthshock. Quite a lot of connections in one episode.

[@ianmax69]

and it looked like Geoffrey had come straight from the set of Rainbow !

[@matthewlopez5486]

How gorgeous and graceful is Una Stubbs. So sadly missed 😞💔

[@bestdisco1979]

I met her a few times. Exactly the same in real life. So gracious.

[@karry299]

Very British, isnt she ? By which i mean horse-faced.

[@the_trooper_72]

I fancied Una when I was younger...

[@johnsymons8246]

Very

[@RosieWoolf]

I've never forgotten Una for breaking Worzels heart!

[@carpii]

i love how jeffrey is still wearing his red dungarees even though its not rainbow

[@biosynthetronic2]

He was probably in the next studio,(themes television!)

[@AllenJeremy]

Both shows were filmed at the Thames studios at Teddington in Middlesex.

[@annoldham3018]

That's funny 😄

[@yellowbelly06]

Does one get the feeling the planned guest didn’t turn up and Geoffrey was available in the next studio?

[@warrenrandall6936]

One week Zippy had to play because the male guest was stuck in a traffic jam.

[@masterdanthrax]

Peter just admiring his wife from behind - mesmerised he was

[@annoldham3018]

Jeffrey wore red dungarees and yellow socks away from rainbow 🌈 too!🥰

[@djpeekay25]

Ah the days when we still watched terrestrial TV. Watched this as a young kid.

[@skylined5534]

In a lot of ways far better times. Rose tinted specs be buggered, things _were_ better in our times gone.

[@catscan2022]

agreed. It was good light hearted fun and nobody took it too seriously whereas now gamd shows seem to be about serious competition and every show about fulfilling diversity quota.. Entertainment now isn't really entertainment anymore. Its a mess

[@michellefalleur960]

Oh how I wish it could come back, scrap all this digital shit and everything that goes with it, those were the days

[@glamdolly30]

Una was so sweet and elegant, a lovely lady and a true star. Wonderful to see the equally missed and gorgeous Beryl Reid beside her.

[@Hey-Its-Retro]

Crivens! I just looked it up and Michael Aspel is 90 years old in 2023!

[@user-hc8sn1vs2k]

Aunt Sally Sarah pigwit and worzel😅😅😅😅how good looking Jon was😉

[@user-dl1is2px6h]

I did I was shocked to makes me realise I'm getting old

[@OfflineSetup]

I remember the twinkle in Lionel Blair's eyes when he was given a hard one.

[@stuunitt2947]

Ooh err, missus! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@carlhaydock1787]

But Una never managed to pull off 12 angry men.

[@7DaysofBant]

Classic hahahaha.

[@Fcutdlady]

John are you a fan of I'm sorry i haven't a clue perchance? 😀

[@OfflineSetup]

@@Fcutdlady Yes. I really should have given credit.

[@territaylor8082]

2 Doctors and Geoffrey from Rainbow. That is my dream fucking team!

[@rajnirvan3336]

Legends

[@duncanparsons]

Slightly change the setting, and this could have been the BEST Two Doctors story ever

[@snarkybuttcrack]

you have strange dreams

[@neilpower60]

I remember this so clearly, particularly the chumminess of it all

[@kathrynhoward9738]

I love rainbow and Doctor who so this was just perfect for me

[@mrsigma5073]

bringing back my childhood memories! simply awesome! thanks alot for sharing!

[@hubertlane-nicholson8954]

Geoffrey Hayes will be sorely missed.

[@iansmith8263]

by everyone except his agent

[@hubertlane-nicholson8954]

@@iansmith8263 His agent 🤔

[@skylined5534]

And now Lionel Blair ☹

[@joanne26]

I was 16 in 1981 OMG 40 years ago !!! I remember watching this wonderful entertaining series with Lionel Blair as Team Captain on the one side and the lovely sadly now departed Una Stubbs as the other Team Captain. Jon Pertwee was my favourite Dr Who back in the 70's and Peter Davison in All Creatures Great and Small and his wife Sandra Dickinson. Beryl Reid and Lesley Judd from Blue Peter and Martin Jarvis Michael Aspel as the host. Back when the BBC and ITv were at the top of their game.

[@AllenJeremy]

Sadly Lionel Blair is now no longer with us, he passed away yesterday aged 92.

[@joanne26]

@@AllenJeremy Sadly died yesterday I gave up mainstream TV around May 2020 there is just nothing to watch Back in the 79’s when I was a kid You stayed in to watch great shows but we are blessed that we have KZbin to watch all these clips now 🥲🥲💓💓👍 👍 ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏😄😄😭😭

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

​@@joanne26this is why I'd rather watch my favourite tv shows on dvd

[@alancorbett1361]

Pertwee and Davison on same show, as Tom Backer said ' I went from being a scarecrow to a bloody vet.'

[@johnlewis9158]

wurzel Gummidge was my absolute favourite. They should do a remake

[@alancorbett1361]

+john lewis yes now that would be interesting , wonder who could take on a modern day scarecrow role.?

[@johnlewis9158]

i was thinking the actor who played Gollum in lord of the rings.Although i cant for the life of me think of is name at the moment

[@antster1983]

Andy Serkis.

[@bouillonjules2]

Alan Corbett And Una Stubbs who acted alongside Jon Pertwee as aunt Sally in "Worzel Gummidge"! Oh, the irony (even though she was practically in every single episode of this!)

[@mashailalanezy]

When people were normal 😓

[@sarahdixon6011]

?

[@davids8449]

@@sarahdixon6011 you must be very young not to understand.........mind you , you are 3 years older now

[@jnuttso1]

Brings back memories such a simple idea for a game show but very entertaining to watch thanks ever so much for sharing...:-)

[@biosynthetronic2]

What a gem! Loved watching this,lol!

[@quoth7330]

Sandra Dickinson, particularly as Trillian was always a favourite of mine. Probably why I still have a soft spot for blondes!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Beryl Reid appeared opposite Peter Davison in the 1982 Doctor Who story "Earthshock" and future Give Us A Clue team captain Liza Goddard appeared opposite Peter Davison in the 1983 Doctor Who story "Terminus".

[@lapelcelery42]

And Sandra Dickinson here was married to him for over a decade, as well as appearing alongside him in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy TV series.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@lapelcelery42 I know who Sandra Dickinson is. I've actually met Peter Davison.

[@lapelcelery42]

@@danielwilliamson6180 You didn't feel like mentioning her though.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@lapelcelery42 No. I didn't mention Sandra Dickinson cos she wasn't in Doctor Who.

[@2006bbbb1]

And this is just a few months before Beryl Reid will record her episode of Doctor Who.

[@simonblossom]

Peter Davidson and Sandra Dickerson were still married (to each other) at the time.Jon Pertwee was always my favourite doctor and loved him in Worzel Gummidge playing along side Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally.Would love to see a remake,think Jons son, Sean, would perfectly fit the role.

[@lydiagreen2161]

si curt I agree with you totally

[@KatMusic2009]

The remake was weird and nowhere near as good. Aunt Sally was Worzels old auntie who was in a museum. The modernised costumes were odd too. Mackenzie Crook played Worzel.

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

That''s quite a barnet on Lionel. Did he and Jon Pertwee have a scrap on a candy floss stall? Great times, and good to see Aspel recovered from being crushed by a giant kitten's paw.

[@ListerDavid]

IThinkYouLookLarvely yes he did but he still suffered from PTKD. ( post traumatic kitten disorder)

[@halfwayloyal]

Most young ones today won't get that reference

[@GeorgeASFTHM]

This was first transmitted on Tuesday 22nd September 1981 (ITV's 26th birthday!) The opening titles look as if they have just got straight into the charades without any introduction! I also assume that the Grange Hill theme confusion was spotted as early as 1981, and it had been changed as early as this. I thought that the theme changed a bit later, around the time Michael Parkinson took over. This theme was used until the end of 1987 when Una Stubbs left and was replaced as the ladies' team captain by Liza Goddard, presumably because she was team captain on the short-lived BBC show Music Match which was very similar. A bit of trivia for you here: If you were a fan of the pre-school children's television programmes that was on ITV at 12.10 pm at the time (just like I was as a three year old back in 1981), you will be amazed to find that apart from Pipkins, every other children's television programme in that 12.10 pm slot at the time had someone on this episode from one of those those programmes. Geoffrey Hayes from Thames' Rainbow of course, Peter Davison from Granada's Once Upon a Time (along with his Mrs - Sandra Dickinson), and Beryl Reid from Yorkshire's Get Up & Go! This is probably the only time ever that all three of them had appeared on the same programme together! It's a pity that no-one from Pipkins (Hartley Hare, perhaps?!) was in this episode to complete the line-up. Also, the inclusion of Jon Pertwee means that both Worzel and Aunt Sally appear, as well as two Doctor Whos as well! And Geoffrey Hayes' dungarees remind me of the Hale and Pace characters Billy and Johnny for some reason. Brilliant episode.

[@antster1983]

+GeorgeASFTHM This theme tune by Denis King of "Black Beauty" fame.

[@Loverboy19691]

+GeorgeASFTHM Thank you so much for the date it was transmitted, I remember watching it.

[@adrianollivierre9311]

+GeorgeASFTHM Your right I was hoping to hear the original theme song. I don't remember this one

[@GeorgeASFTHM]

Actually, Thames shown it on 22nd September 1981, although I think that other regions, ATV in the Midlands for example, has shown it the following day at 5.15 pm, but most regions shown it within that week.

[@robertdallenger96]

Also, Sandra Dickinson and Peter Davison had a daughter who married another one of the Doctors.

[@PaulTaylor1]

Between Lionel Blair and Jon Pertwee it's a real battle of the bouffants! 😄

[@terinasargeant138]

I've met Sandra Dickinson at the Howard Jones live set in Holborn Pizza Express Live in October 2019. Lovely lady and aged so well. Still as pretty.

[@antster1983]

It's not the first time Lionel collapsed with exhaustion as he failed to finish off The Varsity Drag in two minutes... Chairman Humph would be proud :o)

[@Mishima505]

His best performance was when he gave Christopher Biggins Free Willy for two minutes.

[@antster1983]

Mark Atkins Unfortunately he blew it...

[@ListerDavid]

I’ll never forget the time he lent over the desk to receive 12 angry men.

[@davidlewis1787]

Love humph’s Lionel double entendres, some are breathtakingly rude 😂😂 I think he would have found yours hilarious x

[@carlhaydock1787]

@@Mishima505 was there one about neville shoot? on Lionels face?

[@mattjones1154]

I remember during the show’s Italian tour when Lionel got very upset at not being allowed the use of his mouth to finish off Two Gentlemen of Verona.

[@Fcutdlady]

Another fan of I'm sorry i haven't a clue perchance?

[@mattjones1154]

@@Fcutdlady never heard of it

[@antster1983]

*_[Cue two minutes of Sandi Toksvig in helpless laughter]_*

[@michaeladkins6]

@@mattjones1154 Find the KZbin video. I havent laughed so much in years.

[@mistofoles]

Geoffrey should have had George, Bungle and Zippy on his team !

[@iansmith8263]

they had a previous engagement rogering Jane and Freddy

[@halfwayloyal]

Didn't George and Zippy only have one arm each? A bit hard to mime if you've only got the one arm

[@mistofoles]

Interesting to see Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson on opposing teams, they used to be married in real ( remember "BUTTON MOON" ?)

[@anonUK]

In the TV version of Hitchhiker's Guide, I think Peter Davison also played the pig who wanted to be eaten at Milliways.

[@bryemycaz]

Yep and they are the parents of Georgia Tennant ne Moffett (Peter's real surname)

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Liza Goddard guest starred in the 1983 Doctor Who episode "Terminus" opposite Peter Davison which she played the space pirate Kari.

[@mistofoles]

@@danielwilliamson6180 Really ? Sounds interesting, I'll have to check that out - Was she in anything else apart from that stupid show where some kid could supposedly turn into a dog ?

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@mistofoles Woof! was a good kids show and Liza Goddard has been in a lot of things. Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. The Brothers. Minder. Bergerac. Doctors and Casualty. Liza Goddard was married to David Combham whom directed Woof! and former Doctor Who Colin Baker.

[@Loverboy19691]

Excellent, I remember this very episode.

[@Knappa22]

Chunks of my childhood right there- the Doctor, Wurzel, Aunt Sally, Rainbow, even the woman off the Philadelphia cheese ads!

[@megaphoenix2001]

wish "challenge tv" would show give us a clue instead of the same repeats over and over and over

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I've met Jon Perwee and Peter Davison. No joke. It's true.

[@stecurrell5863]

Thoroughly enjoyed this

[@deltaoned1]

God. Great shows. I wonder if they will bring it back on the 'Challenge' channel someday? If not, I will try to get ITV to put them ALL on dvd for Me 😊. The women looked great in their fashions of the day too. Thanks for sharing.

[@AllenJeremy]

Challenge did show the editions of Give Us A Clue with Michael Parkinson in the channel's early years.

[@antster1983]

6 years later, your wish is granted as Network are releasing a 13-disc Give Us a Clue DVD boxset in September, RRP £49.99.

[@deltaoned1]

Wow. Thats good news Anthony. Thanks for letting me know about the network are about to release dvd's. Enjoying some of the the classic show will be a treat. Much appreciated 😁👍 Unless of course. You are 'pulling' my leg..!..? 😄 lol The chances any company would release game shows on dvd is possible I suppose? Cheers

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you!!

[@ListerDavid]

R.I.P Jeffrey 😢

[@nkt1]

And Una, and Lionel.

[@ListerDavid]

@@nkt1 I just read about Lionel passing 😢

[@williamfisher5749]

Most past away RIP

[@Agui007]

Aunty Sally and Worzel Gummidge.

[@adriantownsend2317]

...Having lost first, Una Stubbs and now Lionel Blair, they will be having some quite wonderful heavenly guessing games!

[@danw1374]

The famous Lionel Blair cut.

[@antster1983]

And I believe this episode will be on the _Give Us a Clue_ DVD boxset of the Michael Aspel years out in November 2022. The promo spiel for the boxset says all three Goodies will be on, along with two "Doctors Who".

[@GeorgeASFTHM]

A few years ago, there was a clip of GUAC on here, (probably an off-air from UK Gold in the 1990s) that had the Grange Hill theme tune on it. It was from the time when it started around 1979, and the guests also had a member of the public on Una and Lionel's teams as two of the people taking part. Would love to see this back on here again.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

10:45 Jon as Worzel.

[@antster1983]

Yes, Peter Davison had already been seen as The Fifth Doctor six months before this programme aired (at the end of the final Fourth Doctor story "Logopolis")

[@antster1983]

I wonder how many times someone had destroyed part of the furniture on Thames game shows. We have Peter Davison here, Bill Maynard on "Whose Baby"...

[@ivaneames4354]

Funny how Micheal jokes about Eammon Andrews jumping out at people given that he would later take over as host of This is Your Life from Eammon.

[@mistofoles]

Looks like Geoffrey didn't have time to change after filming "RAINBOW" !

[@iansmith8263]

no one woulda knew who he was otherwise

[@edmund184]

It's not nostalgia. Britain was just a nicer country then.

[@stevebbuk]

Yes it was, but I'm still nostalgic for the country we had and these old television shows.

[@karry299]

Lots more orgies, as well. And Thatcher was the best PM, really kicked the shit out of Britain, just what it deserved.

[@polky50]

Just came back from. New Zealand ,and its like the best of British over there

[@StreathamFilms]

Ah yes, heady days. Mass unemployment, riots, everyone free to be as rascist and homophobic as they liked!

[@riboid]

@@karry299 yeh and we have never looked back....

[@andrewsmart4491]

R.I.P. Beryl Reid, Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs, Geoffrey Hayes and today 04.11.21 Lionel Blair

[@4oclocktimefortea794]

Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally together! ❤

[@angelacooper2661]

The Day of the Doctors! I was eleven at the time and notice Aunt Sally (now deceased) and Worzel Gummidge on opposite sides. Along with Blue Peter and Rainbow! I remember them well.

[@djresource717]

I remember this a kid age 3 RIP Blair

[@GROMIT9]

So 2 Doctors and Geoffrey from Rainbow on the same team!

[@mitchellreynolds8842]

All playing against Aunt Sally

[@iansmith8263]

nothing gets passed you Gromit mate

[@arthurvasey]

@@andymerrett Along with Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) and Aunt Sally (Una Stubbs) - both now deceased!

[@nkt1]

And Michael Aspel mentions Eammon Andrews, who Aspel succeeded as host of This is Your Life.

[@MandaWard71]

Husband & wife...Peter & Sandra ❤❤❤

[@PaulTaylor1]

RIP Una Stubbs 😔

[@lucywillis4535]

"Geoffrey. Your not on rainbow today... Do you own any clothes that aren't dungarees???"

[@MousePotato]

He probably took some time out from Rainbow which was probably in the same studios. I swear I've seen him in Rainbow wearing them :D

[@hopebgood]

Poor ol' Geoffrey seems well out of his depth here. He's used to Zippy, George & Bungle.....

[@gmf121266]

"Una scored maximum points when her Fanny by gaslight was revealed in under 3 minutes" ISIHAC.

[@brogantipping2101]

Use to be the whole family watching

[@rajnirvan3336]

Awesome memories many people forget it Michael Aspel that was the original host then Parkinson from 1985

[@AllenJeremy]

Actually it was in 1984 when Michael Parkinson became the host of Give Us A Clue.

[@wildandbarefoot]

Poor Lionel Blair having to handle the Dirty Dozen. Biggins would be on his back for that.

[@MandaWard71]

This is entertainment 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lucywillis4535]

Lionel couldn't quite get that long one out, but Geoffrey managed to pull it off in the end....

[@antster1983]

Christopher Biggins was unavailable to pull it off...

[@Fcutdlady]

2 connections here beyond give us a clue . Una Stubbs was in Wurzel Gummidge as Aunt Sally with Jon Pertwee and Peter Davison and Sandra Dicknson were at that time married .

[@Rassilon72]

And Beryl Reid had just been in an episode of Worzel Gummidge called 'Muvvers Day' (this episode didn't have Aunt Sally though). Apparently, Pertwee was quite aloof with her and splashed her when he drove through a muddy puddle in his Land Rover. She wasn't at all amused.

[@edwardwright8096]

RIP Lionel x

[@faithmapstone9982]

Worzel & Aunt Sally ❤⭐♥️

[@That_Random_Bloke]

1:23 "Zany". Never a compliment I find...

[@97channel]

If ever there were to be an award for poorest opening title sequence, this is currently the soar away favorite.

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

The one they used later in the decade makes me laugh, where the names of the regulars are sung. It sounds like the composer really struggled to fit "Liza Goddard" into the music.

[@WalterSobchak1000]

Michael Aspel weeing himself laughing at Beryl Reid

[@danwoodhouse9290]

only 3 have snuffed it the rest are on borrowed time

[@AllenJeremy]

R.I.P Lionel Blair

[@eclectic_gamer]

Lionel couldn't wait to get up there

[@londonlady227]

Two Doctors and Peter Davidson's daughter is married to David Tennant.

[@lisawhitehouse4628]

I want a suit like lionels

[@ArmyofLove]

Una stubbs is an excellent actress

[@evani4067]

I must admit i read it as friend aswel 🤣

[@nkenchington6575]

Latvian TV in 2018.

[@Mishima505]

RIP Una. (aka Rita Garnett).

[@humeyboy]

RIP

[@AllenJeremy]

Lesley Judd was the mole in The Adventure Game at the time.

[@antster1983]

Beryl and Sandra had really hard clues.

[@mikehumble1120]

Even worse when you take into account Beryl Reid was dyslexic. Fact!

[@pwmxxx]

RAINBOW

[@LittleMissGrosser]

Jon Pertwee yelling "Boob!"

[@jezz2k]

Does anyone recall the name of that one semi-regular guy that appeared in the show's early years who wore, I think, a brown suit, had white hair, a white mustache and round glasses? He was slender, quite old and often put on a sort of surprised expression when doing his miming. His run was on the show was during the same time as Una Stubbs. I can't see him on the cast list at IMDb so it may have been a similar show.

[@catherinesmith-allaway8958]

RIP Lionel Blair

[@LegoBattletruck]

RIP Una

[@benji84]

Una looks the double of Isabelle Adjani here, RIP Una

[@wretch1]

Why on earth hasn't this been rebooted?

[@lumariadp]

Best part of this video is the picture of Sting @ 11:45

[@classicdartsgolf7107]

🤣🤣

[@sjc14031974]

R.I.P Una Stubbs

[@steveryder1442]

Hi Anthony, do you have anymore episodes from 1981, more specifically one that featured snooker player Alex Higgins from 1981?

[@moonquakeuk]

No, sorry, only this one

[@steveryder1442]

@@moonquakeuk okay, thanks anyway

[@ConstanzeWeber]

What on earth did Three say to Five at 13:40 ?

[@donaldrady8880]

Does anyone know the music used in the opening?

[@jameskid81]

chicken man

[@READYTEDDYBEAR]

@@jameskid81 Not chicken man.

[@thoughtfulprofessor4198]

RIP Una Stubbs

[@CEng-ge6sw]

Are you the same Anthony Keetch who I have recently been watching in First Of The Summer Wine?

[@moonquakeuk]

'Fraid so!