@@joemcconnell2674 Yep, the names we grew up with, oldies but with REAL talent are dwindling with the passing years. Mike Yarwood popped into my mind recently...Remember him?
@@gaggymott9159 yes I remember him well. Ken Dodd. And let's not forget about Tommy Cooper. I still remember seeing him collapsing and unfortunately dying! On stage way back in 1984. The audience laughing thinking it was a part of the act. Until they seen him being trailed behind the curtains.
2 members of the men's team hosted a quiz show for Anglia Television, Nicholas Parsons of course hosted Sale Of The Century & Don Maclean hosted the short lived game show Mouthtrap.
Early editions featured ordinary people on it - members of the public - Una Stubbs and Lionel Blair as captains, two other celebrities and a “member of the public” - invariably a stockbroker or bank manager or chartered accountant or quantity surveyor from somewhere like Surrey or Berkshire - my dad didn’t realise that - so, when Lionel Blair introduced the two celebrities, then introduced the final one - occupation and name - dad - “Never heard of him!”. That prevailed until one contestant tried to mime his own name - the card has the TV show or whatever it is and the name of the contestant who has to mine it on each side of the card - he looked at the wrong side of the card and, instead of trying to mime the show, tried to mime his own name instead - after that, they stopped using ordinary people and just used celebrities! Funnily enough, the members of the public got equal billing with the celebrities in the closing credits!
they pretended to be public but were really actors or members of equity. at least 3 of them were easily recognized as actors in other shows and adverts.
The voiceover for Give Us A Clue, when he says and here`s your host Michael Aspel is of course Philip Elsmore, who used to present for the Thames TV region, in case you want to know.
1:47 Lionel looks as if he is modelling for either Foster Menswear or C&A at the time. I thought he was doing his flies up at first, but he's unzipping his jacket.
Alan Hawkshaw's Chicken Man is always associated with the parody of going back to school because of Grange Hill - the number of adverts on TV and radio in August that advertise school uniforms, equipment and the like, have used that music. The fact that Give us a Clue used it had been forgotten in time - outside YT, that is.
@@Shakyfan1970 I believe the music was a stock track that could be used by anyone paying the royalties. I think the later music for Give Us A Clue was much better. 👍
The person who was commissioned to make the title sequence, I think, hadn't a clue that the programme was about charades, and just put together something based purely on the title of the show.
At the time the tune called Chicken Man was library music so both shows could use the same tune & the final edition of Give Us A Clue to use Chicken Man as it's theme tune was broadcast on the day that Prince Charles (Now King Charles III) & Lady Diana got married.
No, Lionel definitely never hosted it. He was team captain throughout the entire run on ITV. It was Aspel who first presented it, then Michael Parkinson. The show briefly returned for a few weeks on BBC One, in 1997, hosted by a guy called Tim Clark. Lionel Blair wasn't involved in this version. A one-off edition was made for charity a few years ago, Comic relief I think, can't recall who hosted it but Lionel returned as team captain.
what a terrible programme!! give it another ten years and libby morris, michael aspel, anita harris and don maclean will join all the other panel members in heaven or hell!!
R.I.P aunt sally
The announcement of Una Stubbs death brought me here
I only came here as Lionel Blair died but it made me realise what a terrible programme it was.
Rest in Peace, Una. And thank you for the memories ❤
And now also Lionel Blair. 1928 to 2021.
@@joemcconnell2674 Very sad, Joe. Lionel passed away on what would have been his sister Joyce's 82nd Birthday 😔😔😔
@@gaggymott9159 sad to hear that. Unfortunately not many of the national treasures left.
@@joemcconnell2674 Yep, the names we grew up with, oldies but with REAL talent are dwindling with the passing years. Mike Yarwood popped into my mind recently...Remember him?
@@gaggymott9159 yes I remember him well. Ken Dodd. And let's not forget about Tommy Cooper.
I still remember seeing him collapsing and unfortunately dying! On stage way back in 1984.
The audience laughing thinking it was a part of the act. Until they seen him being trailed behind the curtains.
RIP Lionel Blair. Fond memories of watching this.
And Una Stubbs
Bring back those wonderful childhood memories which has gone for ever.
rip lionel.. una and now you.
My childhood memories watching Give us a clue with my family🙏🏼🙏🏼
Love Una Stubbs, such a lovely personality she was, and so beautiful
Nice orange, brown and beige set.
The very definition of cheap and cheerful. RIP Lionel and Una. And most of the cast.
Good memories RIP Lionel d. 4 Nov 2021. Lionel and Una lived long lives and both died 2021 Rest in Peace 💐
2 months later after the announcement of una stubbs death I'm writing here again two months later R.I.P Lionel Blair
Love the Grainge Hill music at the start 🤣
Was later changed probably to avoid confusion
I remember this lol They should bring it back.
If it was revived who do you think will host it & who would be the team captains.
@@AllenJeremy Sadly if it was brought back it would surely feature reality 'people' (I refuse to call them stars) such as Rylan, Gemma Collins etc.
@@AllenJeremy does not need revived, just show the originals
Self isolation brought me here
Grange hill theme tune lol
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE yea that's what I remember from the Grange hill comic strip at the start lol
RIP Una Stubbs
Una. Stubbs RIP 🙏🏼
Childhood memorys lol.
2 members of the men's team hosted a quiz show for Anglia Television, Nicholas Parsons of course hosted Sale Of The Century & Don Maclean hosted the short lived game show Mouthtrap.
Rip
'Two Gentleman of Verona` conspicuous by its absence!!!
I remember watching it on UK Gold on Saturday Mornings back in 1996
"I think actually handling an object is going a little too far, Blair".
The man was insatiable!
a girls' team and a boys' team. the 70s seems a really long time ago. RIP una
I just bought a red leather jacket... I should get Lionels perm & a gold necklace next!
Rip Lionel
rip una 🙏❤️
Early editions featured ordinary people on it - members of the public - Una Stubbs and Lionel Blair as captains, two other celebrities and a “member of the public” - invariably a stockbroker or bank manager or chartered accountant or quantity surveyor from somewhere like Surrey or Berkshire - my dad didn’t realise that - so, when Lionel Blair introduced the two celebrities, then introduced the final one - occupation and name - dad - “Never heard of him!”.
That prevailed until one contestant tried to mime his own name - the card has the TV show or whatever it is and the name of the contestant who has to mine it on each side of the card - he looked at the wrong side of the card and, instead of trying to mime the show, tried to mime his own name instead - after that, they stopped using ordinary people and just used celebrities!
Funnily enough, the members of the public got equal billing with the celebrities in the closing credits!
totally made up, but humourous
That edition is here on CZcams.
they pretended to be public but were really actors or members of equity. at least 3 of them were easily recognized as actors in other shows and adverts.
UK Gold repeat either 1995 or 1996 But I remember watching it in 1996
The voiceover for Give Us A Clue, when he says and here`s your host Michael Aspel is of course Philip Elsmore, who used to present for the Thames TV region, in case you want to know.
1:47 Lionel looks as if he is modelling for either Foster Menswear or C&A at the time. I thought he was doing his flies up at first, but he's unzipping his jacket.
Isn't that theme tune the Grange Hill theme tune
yes it is
Alan Hawkshaw's Chicken Man is always associated with the parody of going back to school because of Grange Hill - the number of adverts on TV and radio in August that advertise school uniforms, equipment and the like, have used that music. The fact that Give us a Clue used it had been forgotten in time - outside YT, that is.
Yes! 😄 👏🏾 Not many ppl remember that it was used here first!
Yes used on Grange Hill first in 1978. Give us a clue started in 1979.
A demo version.
Anita Harris ♥
Grangehill where does your theme tune come from? Why don't you Give Us A CLUE!
Grange Hill first aired 11 months before Give Us A Clue!
@@Shakyfan1970 I believe the music was a stock track that could be used by anyone paying the royalties.
I think the later music for Give Us A Clue was much better. 👍
@@READYTEDDYBEAR - I don't like the theme tune with Parkinson though, it's flaming Awful , & it goes on and on ...
I think after the sad death of dear old Lionel, of all the people here, Aspel is the last person still alive.
RIP UNA AND LIONEL
Sadly not many of the national treasures left.
R.I.P Hillary Pritchard, Hywel Bennett and Arthur English. They don't make shows like this anymore.
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing ;)
@@yampk1 No let's stick to Play Your Cards Right and Family Fortunes, shall we..
And now our una stubbs has gone
@@mattip8528 So sad matt lp. She made that show.
R.I.P Una.
Why can't they bring it back!?
Probably because the ITV can't be trusted to be impartial. It was skewed in favour of the women even back then.
The person who was commissioned to make the title sequence, I think, hadn't a clue that the programme was about charades, and just put together something based purely on the title of the show.
Una Stubbs was 42 in this video. Michael Aspel was 29 years old in this video.
No he wasn't. He was well in his forties
@@paulswords5745 yeah I know.... It was a joke. 👍
@@READYTEDDYBEAR.. what was the joke???
Was that the Grange Hill theme music?
At the end it says Thames Television production 1990s verison
Roland!!!
You could set your watch to Lionel Blair's Barnet.
RIP Lionel Blair
Grange Hill meets Give Us A Clue
Very few people realised that Chicken Man by Alan Hawkshaw was briefly the theme to this show as well as Grange Hill
in 1996 UK Gold showed repeats from Thames Central and Yorkshire but by 2000 they moved to G Plus
GIVE US A CLUE -
I NOTICE THE THEME WAS IT USED FOR GRANGE HILL
Theme tune was like Grange hill
Why they playing the tune from Grange Hill?
Was this an original broadcast or a rebroadcast from the early days of challenge?
Well the logo on the bottom left is UK Gold but yeah Challenge TV did show it in the early days aswell
Grange hill theme
this is just like body language isn't it
🤔💘🤔
Grange Hill theme
Why were they using Grange Hill theme tune?
At the time the tune called Chicken Man was library music so both shows could use the same tune & the final edition of Give Us A Clue to use Chicken Man as it's theme tune was broadcast on the day that Prince Charles (Now King Charles III) & Lady Diana got married.
Oh my God! What did he say at 20:00 about 911? goodness, that was creepy (this said in 1979 right!)
same theme as Grange Hill!
I thought Lionel Blair went onto present this some years later? (I may be wrong)
I know he went on and presented Name That Tune
No, Lionel definitely never hosted it. He was team captain throughout the entire run on ITV. It was Aspel who first presented it, then Michael Parkinson. The show briefly returned for a few weeks on BBC One, in 1997, hosted by a guy called Tim Clark. Lionel Blair wasn't involved in this version. A one-off edition was made for charity a few years ago, Comic relief I think, can't recall who hosted it but Lionel returned as team captain.
He never presented it.
@@97channel David Walliams
Why did the men get 2 points for getting The Dukes if Hazzard. It should have been a single bonus point. The women were shite!
axe - *** - chew - ate
I don't remember the theme tune being the same as the Grange hill one!
They just re arranged the tune for Grange hill from this
The things i would've done to Anita Harris back then, and probably still would.
They were really bad at this game weren't they. Couldn't mine for toffee
My Mum loved this show..... I hated it! Boring farts! 👍
I don't remember it being this frustrating to watch or that many of the contestants were so rubbish!
There's only one thing more boring than Charades , that's watching Charades on TV!
Charades
So is that why you searched for it on CZcams? 🤔
what a terrible programme!! give it another ten years and libby morris, michael aspel, anita harris and don maclean will join all the other panel members in heaven or hell!!