Treasure Hunt

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Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show, based on the format of the French show La Chasse au trésor, which appeared on Channel 4 between 1983 and 1989 and was revived by BBC Two in 2002 and 2003.

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Gameplay

A team of two studio contestants had to use maps and reference materials in a studio to solve up to five clues, and communicating instructions via a radio link to a skyrunner who had the use of a helicopter. The contestants were given the first clue for free, the solving of which would lead to the location of the second clue and so on until a trinket or other significant object was found at the end of the route. The contestants won a higher cash prize each time they solved a clue correctly.

In the original version, the presenter was former BBC newsreader Kenneth Kendall and the skyrunners were broadcaster Anneka Rice (who regularly guest-presented on UK breakfast franchise TV-am in the 1980s) (1983-8) and tennis player Annabel Croft (1989). From the second series onwards, another studio based person (in series 2, Annette Lynton ("Nettie"), series 3 onwards, Wincey Willis) acted as adjudicator and provided additional information about the locations visited. In the 2002-3 edition, newsreader Dermot Murnaghan presented and the skyrunner was Suzi Perry. There was no adjudicator. Keith Thompson of Castle Air Charters was the usual helicopter pilot in both versions, though for overseas editions a local pilot was often used. The 1983 - 9 series were later rerun on Challenge.

For all the UK series, the programme was a Chatsworth Television independent production.

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An eponymous board game based on the show was published in the UK. It involved moving about a map of England and Wales.

There was also a game show produced by former ITV franchise, Westward Television, called Treasure Hunt, which ran for most of the 1960s and 1970s. It was originally hosted by Kenneth Horne and later by Keith Fordyce. It was only ever shown in Westward's franchise area of south-west England.

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