Give Us A Clue
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Give Us A Clue is a televised version of charades hosted at different times by Michael Aspel and Michael Parkinson, with two teams: one captained by Lionel Blair and the other by Una Stubbs. Later versions of the show had Liza Goddard as captain of the girls' team.
It was produced by Thames Television and was broadcast on the ITV network in the United Kingdom in the 7.00–7.30pm slot from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.
The game was based on charades, a party game where players used mime rather than speaking to demonstrate a name, phrase, book, play, film or TV programme. Each player was given roughly two minutes to act out their given subject in front of his/her team, and if the others were unsuccessful in guessing correctly, the opposing team would have a chance to answer for a bonus point.
The programme has been repeated on satellite TV. It is also often parodied in British comedy, even to this day. It is frequently referred to by Humphrey Lyttelton, chairman of BBC radio's long-running 'antidote to panel games', I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, during a round of Sound Charades — usually with an innuendo-laden gag at the expense of Lionel Blair.
A licensed version of it aired in New Zealand in the 1990s.