Various (ITV Telethon)
Various (ITV Telethon) |
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Episode 6.15
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| Contestants | Toyah Willcox and Jason Connery |
| Start Position | Cramond, near Edinburgh |
| Clue 1 | Where tattoos make their mark, pinpoint a tribute to Queen Margaret, and strike a low note among the feather bonnets. |
| Leads to | Edinburgh Castle – on bass drum in pipe band |
| Contestants | Kate Hardie and (her father) Bill Oddie |
| Start Position | Castle Howard, North Yorkshire |
| Clue 2 | North-east the Costa beck-ons to Alice’s croquet-mallet land, where Charlie Chimp’s cruising with the Duchess. |
| Leads to | Flamingo Land near Kirby Misperton – with person dressed as a chimp on pleasure boat ‘Duchess’ |
| Contestants | Angharad Rees and (her husband) Christopher Cazenove |
| Start Position | Kingsbury Water Park, near Tamworth |
| Clue 3 | TON-UP KARTS spell a wide-open space where Catterick’s White Helmets score a signal triumph.1 |
| Leads to | Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield – with member of White Helmets motorcycle display team |
| Contestants | Tessa Wyatt and Rolf Harris |
| Start Position | Clayton Windmills, north of Brighton |
| Clue 4 | Upfront by the occidental pier you go. For knockabout fun with Judy & Co. A Brownie point you’ve got to win. By spotting the Gnome with an impish twin. |
| Leads to | Brighton – with brownie at Punch and Judy show |
| Contestants | Jane Asher and Bernard Cribbins |
| Start Position | Chelsea Bridge Helipad, London |
| Clue 5 | Where Henry met his Flanders mare, royal costers are fair game. Dodge ’em to buttonhole her local majesty. |
| Leads to | Blackheath Fair – with Pearly Queen of Blackheath on dodgems 2 |
| Result | The treasure was won with 1 minute 14 seconds to spare |
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| ● | This was a special programme for the ITV Telethon fund-raising event. The hunt was screened live over a 27-hour period on 29 May 1988 (Clue 1) and 30 May 1988 (Clues 2–5). 50 minutes (rather than the usual 45 minutes) were allowed to solve the five clues, and there was a different pair of celebrity contestants for each clue. With the solving of each clue, British Telecom (now BT) donated a sum of money to charity, and viewers were asked to pledge their donations by phoning 01-831-3000. When the first clue was solved, BT donated £30,000 (41:18 left on clock); the second clue netted a further £40,000 (30:52 left); the third £50,000 (20:14 remaining); the fourth £60,000 (10:33); and the fifth and final clue £70,000 (with 01:14 to spare!) The total BT donation to the telethon appeal was £250,000. |
| ● | Helicopter G-HELY was used instead of the normal G-BHXU. |
| 1 | TON-UP KARTS is an anagram of SUTTON PARK. |
| 2 | The final clue was solved at about 20:10 on 30 May 1988. This was Anneka’s last ever job as Treasure Hunt skyrunner. |
Information © David Hodges, 2003, with corrections by Martin Underwood, 2010
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