Wiltshire
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Episode 6.8
7 April 1988
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Contestants |
Ann Mitchell, health board domestic services manager, and
friend James Williamson, area agricultural advisor; both from Stornoway,
Isle of Lewis. |
Hint to the Treasure |
The jewel in the crown |
Clue 1 |
Plainly west to a Borders hill, where Annie needs a Scimitar
to capture Milan. |
Leads to |
Berwick Down, Salisbury Plain –
Anneka participates in a Army exercise and retrieves clue from ‘captured’ armoured vehicle |
Clue 2 |
Down a river with a county name, to a house where Old
Rowley hid, and tea with Madam Butterfly. |
Leads to |
Heale House –
with lady in Japanese tea house |
Clue 3 |
In Sarum, step into a Poore man’s dream, and susurrantly
seek out the junior cantor. |
Leads to |
Salisbury Cathedral –
with chorister |
Clue 4 |
By Pembroke’s pile, get weaving Curry-style. The clue
looms above the Number Six creel. |
Leads to |
Wilton Carpet Factory –
on creel number six in weaving shed |
Clue 5 |
Sort this out, O TV-fan: enlist with the posted postmen
to chalk up a victory. |
Leads to |
Fovant Badges –
tiara on regimental badge cut into chalk down |
Result |
The contestants won the treasure with 13 seconds to spare |
Notes |
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While she was at Stonehenge, Anneka said that the programme
was recorded “two days after the [1987] summer solstice”. |
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