Yesterday we recorded an article for Episode 27 of 'Round The Archives' on the Dorset edition of 'Treasure Hunt'.
Filmed during the summer of 1985, it features many locations known to us. They start flying over Old Harry Rocks (close to Swanage, birthplace of original 'Z Cars' producer David E Rose), then on to Brownsea Island where the scouts still go camping to this day.
A fair amount of time is wasted here as Anneka Rice is lead in a circle by arrows placed on the ground, ending up where she started and where the clue has now been placed.
We then go on to the village of Corfe, where Annie has to look for the memorial for Edward the Martyr. She asks many passers-by if they know where it is only to be told no or that they are tourists. As if that excuses them!
When she finally locates the memorial and finds the clue the clock is stopped and we go into the first advert break. Sadly, the copy we watched did not include all the adverts, as these can be equally fascinating to modern eyes.
The next clue takes us to Arne and the Wareham Channel where Anneka has to attempt to read the clue from a moving powerboat which takes a few attempts, as the helicopter overshoots.
We then go on to Bovington Tank Museum, where Graham Berry the camerman nearly injures himself falling off an Armoured Car and Anneka skips paying the entrance fee. Finally finding the tank in question she has to try and climb onto it to find the clue.
The last clue mentions Piddles and Puddles and takes us to Athelhampton House, location for much of the 'Doctor Who' story 'The Seeds of Doom'. The contestants narrowly miss out on winning the complete jackpot but at least manange to grab a fairly respectable £500.
Having enjoyed this edition very much, we followed it up with the Season 3 one from the Isle Of Wight (7th March 1985) and decided to do a video about it as a bonus,
We must admit that we got confused about when exactly Kenneth Kendall moved to the Isle of Wight, as it appears that he didn't actually move there until the late 1980s as far as we can tell.
This edition features Osbourne House, Carisbrooke Castle, Robin Hill Country Park, Shanklin Rock Shop (which has never been so busy) and Blackgang Chine. Faced with the challenge of finding a gnome in a maze at this last location, Anneka first steals a map and then a child to help her.
We finished our 'Treasure Hunt' marathon by watching a special celebrity edition that featured Kenneth Kendall and Anneka Rice as contestants in the studio with Ned Sherrin hosting.
We get celebrity skyrunners in this one, starting off with Gemma Craven who has to go to The Royal Chelsea Hospital, Wayne Sleep who goes to the Wig & Pen club on The Strand (where he is asked who he is and is made to wear a jacket) and finally Kenny Lynch who is terrified of the helicopter as it doesn't have a door and ends up back at the studio in Limehouse winning the prize for Kenneth and Anneka's charities.
We really enjoyed watching all these episodes, particuarly finding Wayne Sleep very amusing, who has a very good line in innuendo.
Our video about 'Treasure Hunt' can be seen here.
(Written by Lisa Parker)
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