This is a list of episodes of the British version of the Cluedo TV series.
Series
Series 1 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 titleDateMillion viewers (ITV rank) Details Teams Weapons Solution 1 Countdown25 Jul. 19907.72 (21st). 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 BeerTeam 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. 19907.78 (17th). 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 RobertsTeam 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. 19907.76 (21st). 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. 19909.25 (17th). 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). 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 DeathWednesday, 29 August 1990(28th). 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.
Christmas Special 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. This is the only episode in which the hall is a potential murder location, replacing the billiard room. Both team members were celebrities, one of whom was Leslie Grantham who would go on to portray Colonel Mustard in Series 4.
Episode titleDateMillion viewers (ITV rank) Details Teams Weapons Solution Christmas Past, Christmas Present26 December 1990 It is Christmas at Arlington Grange and a special guest has arrived - Richard Forrest (Sean Pertwee), the son of the famous judge who lived in the Grange before has arrived with gifts for the guests in Arlington Grange, which each gift represented a secret from each of their past from the judge's old diaries. Richard tells Mrs. Peacock that he wants the Grange or the secrets will be exposed but it ends up that it's not Richard that ends up dead but Ken the chauffeur (James Clyde) —or is it him? Team 1: Actor Tony Scannell and actress Fiona SpenceTeam 2: Trudie Goodwin and actor Leslie Grantham knife, rope, spanner, lead piping, candlestick, gun Ms. Scarlett, with the knife, in the library.
Series 2 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 titleDateMillion viewers (ITV rank) Details Motives Teams Weapons Solution 1 A Deadly Deal24 April 1991 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? Mrs. Peacock - She has now put Arlington Grange forward in the new deal but did she kill to save her home? Col. Mustard - Simon knew that he was involved in some insider deals and Simon blackmailed him. Rev Green - He had bet the £20,000 that Mrs. Peacock had given him for the new church window on the deal and Mrs. Peacock is starting to get suspicious and he is angry. Mrs. White - She had invested her entire life savings into the deal and has no second chance to get it back. Prof. Plum - Simon's new deal involves a stolen software which Plum invented, did he want to get revenge? Ms. Scarlett - She lost a lot of money in the deal, did she kill to wipe her debt? Team 1: Actress Sally Whittaker and TV presenter Matthew KellyTeam 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 19918.44 (22nd). 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? Mrs. Peacock - Mr. Biddle may have evidence to show that her husband's death was not accidental and a dodgy life insurance policy could set her back a lot of money. Col. Mustard - He is angered that Mr. Biddle did not come through with his promise to get him on the board of directors. Rev. Green - A fake insurance claim on some candlesticks after a burglary could see him in trouble. Mrs. White - She was very suspicious that Mr. Biddle knew that she was an arsonist at her last place of employment and did not want that revealed. Prof. Plum - After being in possession of some stolen pre-Columbian art, he did not want Mr. Biddle to fiddle with his plans. Ms. Scarlett - Mr. Biddle found out that she pawned the bronze statue for a fake and wanted it kept secret. Team 1: Broadcaster-journalist Pamela Armstrong and actor George LaytonTeam 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 Distraction8 May 19918.94 (16th). 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? Mrs. Peacock - Maisie was Mrs. Peacock's understudy in "King's Destiny" and believed she poisoned her to get her role and rise to fame. Col. Mustard - He lived in the village when George Velares was at the grange and knew the true reason George died but does he want it revealed? Rev. Green - Marieanne wants him to help her make it big or she will publish her life story which entails her affairs with him. Mrs. White - Marieanne is constantly mean to her, did she give Marieanne her comeuppance. Prof. Plum - He is angered that Marieanne stole his script to which he spent a lot of time researching on.