Switzerland
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Episode 5.1
12 February 1987
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| Contestants |
Paul Tomlinson, surgical instruments family business employee,
and his sister Hazel Ferneyhough, housewife; both from Warwickshire. |
| Hint to the Treasure |
A case of identity |
| Start Position |
Glacier near Eiger |
| Clue 1 |
Never mind the monk and the Swiss miss: Focus on a more
infamous face. As the White Spider leads you up the wall, bring in the Pfeiler
specialist. |
| Leads to |
North Face of the Eiger – a climber with the clue is winched
up to the helicopter |
| Re-position to |
Lauberhorn |
| Clue 2 |
A waterproof hat is the first clue to a high point where
Mr Lazenby was involved in shots. The next clue comes to light in a revolver
indicating his number’s up. |
| Leads to |
Schilthorn – in mountain-top restaurant used as James
Bond film set |
| Clue 3 |
Halfway to the glacier village, and below the Downhill
Only HQ, rack your brain to stop the loopy green runner – and it’s official! |
| Leads to |
Wengen – with conductor of rack-railway train |
| Clue 4 |
In the place where they tell of an epic apple shoot, aim
fiacre-style for the core where, among the Emmental and Appenzell, they
make traditional Mutschli. |
| Leads to |
Interlaken – among the cheeses in a dairy |
| Re-position to |
Swiss Open Air Museum, Ballenberg |
| Clue 5 |
The Final Problem: to find where a fall was meant to end
what began with A Study in Scarlet. |
| Leads to |
Reichenbach Falls – Anneka is winched down to retrieve
the treasure, a cigarette case |
| Result |
The contestants won the treasure with 1 minute 42 seconds
to spare |
| Notes |
| ● |
As usual, the cameraman was Graham Berry and the video
engineer was Frank Meyburgh, but the helicopter was flown by Roland Muhlemann
Bohag (instead of Keith Thompson). A winchman called Marcus was also present
in the helicopter for Clue 5. |
Information © David Hodges, 2003, with corrections by Martin Underwood, 2010
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2011
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