Whodunit?

When I was a very young boy there was a board game that sat atop the staircase of my Grandparent's farmhouse in rural Nova Scotia in the late 1980's. On it's cover was a cast of characters most menacing and intriguing; I always wanted to know more of the box that said Clue however my Mother always told me that I was too young to play. Well, curiosity eventually killed the cat (in the library, with the lead pipe) and my love affair for what I think is the greatest and campiest board game of all time transformed into an obsession.
My knowledge of Clue, it's history and it's many incarnations is mind-boggling; why would someone want to know so much about a board game?!
Well, because it's fabulous! I've got three different versions from three different decades; a special, over-priced anniversary edition; the rarely seen and since discontinued sequel Clue: The Grest Museum Caper (which is actually light years better than the original game); my beloved Scholastic Clue book series that I lovingly ordered all through elementary school; four different PC games from the 90's; the cult movie with Tim Curry and Christopher Lloyd; plus the fact that I've been in both the play and the musical (yes, there are both!).

But, I had yet to have the good fortune of seeing it's many incarnations as a game show across the UK and Europe. Well, I've managed to find an episode, entitled Cluedo (what the game and all incarnations are called everywhere other than North America) and best of all it stars Joanna Lumley, who played Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.

I've included an epsidoe below; stick with it, at least until you get to part 2 and the actual game show aspect takes over.

I've officially decided I'm reinventing this format and I'm hosting the first Canadian version of this show on CBC. Granted, CBC doesn't know yet, but if they think people want to watch How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? then people will watch this!

Enjoy, if just to see Joanna Lumley play Mrs. Peacock to camp perfection than nothing else.