France – Burgundy Region: Episode 2.1, 1984

France – Burgundy Region

Episode 2.1
5 January 1984

Contestants

Walter Greenway and Richard Pailthorpe of Chichester, both working at the Wealden Down Open Air Museum at Singleton

Description of the Treasure

Brooch of a cat

Start Position

Romanee Conti Vineyard at Vosne-Romanée

Clue 1	Between St George and St Denis, in the close with a château owned by people of taste, find where an actor who starred in ‘Death on the Nile’ made his mark beside an ancient member of a pressure group. 1
Leads to	Château du Clos de Vougeot – in a visitors’ book lying on a wine press

Clue 2	Follow the sleepers south, but before you reach the sunshine route find Manon’s music man (a tiny type). Then among staves and chimes Annie must do a solo drum roll.
Leads to	Serrigny – in a barrel at a coopers

Clue 3	At an orthopaedic-sounding hospital, make a bid for the bed with the candlewick.
Leads to	Beaune – on a bed in Hotel-Dieu

Clue 4	Where the third of the glorious days is held (you’ve already sampled two), taste one among the 300,000 and the label’s just for you. 2
Leads to	Meursault – on one of the labels awaiting attachment to the wine bottles in the cellar of Meursault Château

Clue 5	Pot-holing of a sort in Philippe’s castle on the rock... Well, that just about winds it up.
Leads to	Le Château de la Rochepot – in a bucket lowered in the well in the courtyard

Result

The contestants ran out of time on the final clue

Notes
●	As usual, the cameraman was Graham Berry, but the video engineer was Serge Beaupere (instead of Frank Meyburgh) and the local helicopter was flown by Gerard de Preville (instead of Keith Thompson).
1	The actor was Peter Ustinov who had signed the visitors book.
2	In the London studio a bottle of wine was produced to help the contestants (not to drink but to show the label!).

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