History Series / TheAdventureGame

The celebrity contestants were mostly TV actors and presenters whom young audiences were likely to recognise, such as ''Series/TheLiverBirds'' actress Elizabeth Estensen; ''Series/BlakesSeven'' actor Creator/PaulDarrow; ''Series/TheGoodies''[='=] Graeme Garden; ''Series/DoctorWho'' actresses Creator/JanetFielding and Creator/BonnieLangford;[[note]] Albeit, in Langford's case, before being cast in the series.[[/note]] ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' actress Sue Nicholls; ''Series/HiDeHi'' actress Creator/RuthMadoc; ''Tomorrow's World'' presenters Michael Rodd and James Burke; ''Play School'' and/or ''Play Away'' presenters Fred Harris, Carol Chell, Derek Griffiths, Nerys Hughes, Sheelagh Gilbey, and Johnny Ball; ''Series/BluePeter'' presenters Lesley Judd and Sarah Greene; ''The Computer Programme'' presenters Chris Serle and Ian [=McNaught=]-Davis; ''Nationwide'' presenters Sue Cook and Richard Stilgoe; and ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' presenters Maggie Philbin, John Craven, Noel Edmonds, and Keith Chegwin. But they also featured academics, such as mathematician David Singmaster, engineer Prof. Heinz Wolff, and astronomers Garry Hunt and Heather Couper; and athletes, such as swimmer Duncan Goodhew and judo champion Neil Adams.

* RedHerring: Not all of the items and clues in a given room were relevant to solving the puzzles, and sometimes they would be deliberately calculated to mislead (in Series 2, Lesley Judd would waylay the teams by drawing their attention to the red herrings instead of the more useful clues).

* TheUnintelligible: When Ian Messiter proved unavailable to reprise his role as the Rangdo for Series 2, the Argond monarch was written as preferring instead to turn into an aspidistra (Series 2-3) or teapot (Series 4) for the contestants' visits; since neither aspidistras nor teapots have vocal chords, his speech in these series was rendered instead as incomprehensible babbling (as was the Argonds' speech before transforming into humans), which [[TranslatorBuddy Gandor]] would interpret for the benefit of the visitors (and the home audience).

The celebrity contestants were mostly TV actors and presenters whom young audiences were likely to recognise, such as ''Series/TheLiverBirds'' actress Elizabeth Estensen; ''Series/BlakesSeven'' actor Creator/PaulDarrow; ''Series/TheGoodies''[='=] Graeme Garden; ''Series/DoctorWho'' actresses Creator/JanetFielding and Creator/BonnieLangford;[[note]] Albeit, in Langford's case, before being cast in the series.[[/note]] ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' actress Sue Nicholls; ''Series/HiDeHi'' actress Ruth Madoc; ''Tomorrow's World'' presenters Michael Rodd and James Burke; ''Play School'' and/or ''Play Away'' presenters Fred Harris, Carol Chell, Derek Griffiths, Nerys Hughes, Sheelagh Gilbey, and Johnny Ball; ''Series/BluePeter'' presenters Lesley Judd and Sarah Greene; ''The Computer Programme'' presenters Chris Serle and Ian [=McNaught=]-Davis; ''Nationwide'' presenters Sue Cook and Richard Stilgoe; and ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' presenters Maggie Philbin, John Craven, Noel Edmonds, and Keith Chegwin. But they also featured academics, such as mathematician David Singmaster, engineer Prof. Heinz Wolff, and astronomers Garry Hunt and Heather Couper; and athletes, such as swimmer Duncan Goodhew and judo champion Neil Adams.

* ActorAllusion: The puzzles in the episodes frequently referenced the celebrities' careers; for example, when Prof. Heinz Wolff and Ruth Madoc appeared together in Series 4, many of the puzzles had a scientific solution that played to Prof. Wolff's strengths, while one puzzle featured a xylophone identical to the one Madoc played as Gladys Pugh on ''Series/HiDeHi'' to herald brodcasts on Radio Maplin; inevitably, she played her signature three-note jingle and said "Hello campers!" in the exaggerated Welsh accent she used on ''Hi-de-Hi!'' upon discovering the instrument (she also affected Gladys' accent and vocal inflections to recite the password after she, Prof. Wolff, and their civilian partner Deborah Leigh Hall succeeded in navigating the password maze).

The celebrity contestants were mostly TV actors and presenters whom young audiences were likely to recognise, such as ''Series/TheLiverBirds'' actress Elizabeth Estensen; ''Series/BlakesSeven'' actor Paul Darrow; ''Series/TheGoodies''[='=] Graeme Garden; ''Series/DoctorWho'' actresses Creator/JanetFielding and Creator/BonnieLangford;[[note]] Albeit, in Langford's case, before being cast in the series.[[/note]] ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' actress Sue Nicholls; ''Series/HiDeHi'' actress Ruth Madoc; ''Tomorrow's World'' presenters Michael Rodd and James Burke; ''Play School'' and/or ''Play Away'' presenters Fred Harris, Carol Chell, Derek Griffiths, Nerys Hughes, Sheelagh Gilbey, and Johnny Ball; ''Series/BluePeter'' presenters Lesley Judd and Sarah Greene; ''The Computer Programme'' presenters Chris Serle and Ian [=McNaught=]-Davis; ''Nationwide'' presenters Sue Cook and Richard Stilgoe; and ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' presenters Maggie Philbin, John Craven, Noel Edmonds, and Keith Chegwin. But they also featured academics, such as mathematician David Singmaster, engineer Prof. Heinz Wolff, and astronomers Garry Hunt and Heather Couper; and athletes, such as swimmer Duncan Goodhew and judo champion Neil Adams.

* CanNotTellALie: In Series 2, Gnoard would have to answer all the contestants' questions honestly, though she generally tried to do so in a way that left some information unsaid and forced the contestants to fill in the blanks themselves.

The celebrity contestants were mostly TV actors and presenters whom young audiences were likely to recognise, such as ''Series/TheLiverBirds'' actress Elizabeth Estensen; ''Series/BlakesSeven'' actor Paul Darrow; ''Series/TheGoodies''[='=] Graeme Garden; ''Series/DoctorWho'' actresses Creator/JanetFielding and Bonnie Langford;[[note]] Albeit, in Langford's case, before being cast in the series.[[/note]] ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' actress Sue Nicholls; ''Series/HiDeHi'' actress Ruth Madoc; ''Tomorrow's World'' presenters Michael Rodd and James Burke; ''Play School'' and/or ''Play Away'' presenters Fred Harris, Carol Chell, Derek Griffiths, Nerys Hughes, Sheelagh Gilbey, and Johnny Ball; ''Series/BluePeter'' presenters Lesley Judd and Sarah Greene; ''The Computer Programme'' presenters Chris Serle and Ian [=McNaught=]-Davis; ''Nationwide'' presenters Sue Cook and Richard Stilgoe; and ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' presenters Maggie Philbin, John Craven, Noel Edmonds, and Keith Chegwin. But they also featured academics, such as mathematician David Singmaster, engineer Prof. Heinz Wolff, and astronomers Garry Hunt and Heather Couper; and athletes, such as swimmer Duncan Goodhew and judo champion Neil Adams.

The celebrity contestants were mostly TV actors and presenters whom young audiences were likely to recognise, such as ''Series/TheLiverBirds'' actress Elizabeth Estensen; ''Series/BlakesSeven'' actor Paul Darrow; ''Series/TheGoodies''[='=] Graeme Garden; ''Series/DoctorWho'' actresses Janet Fielding and Bonnie Langford;[[note]] Albeit, in Langford's case, before being cast in the series.[[/note]] ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' actress Sue Nicholls; ''Series/HiDeHi'' actress Ruth Madoc; ''Tomorrow's World'' presenters Michael Rodd and James Burke; ''Play School'' and/or ''Play Away'' presenters Fred Harris, Carol Chell, Derek Griffiths, Nerys Hughes, Sheelagh Gilbey, and Johnny Ball; ''Series/BluePeter'' presenters Lesley Judd and Sarah Greene; ''The Computer Programme'' presenters Chris Serle and Ian [=McNaught=]-Davis; ''Nationwide'' presenters Sue Cook and Richard Stilgoe; and ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' presenters Maggie Philbin, John Craven, Noel Edmonds, and Keith Chegwin. But they also featured academics, such as mathematician David Singmaster, engineer Prof. Heinz Wolff, and astronomers Garry Hunt and Heather Couper; and athletes, such as swimmer Duncan Goodhew and judo champion Neil Adams.

** The second series featured a different theme tune and sweatshirt design to the other three series,[[note]] The theme tune for Series 1, 3, and 4 was the Duo in G major, Op.34 No.2 for two guitars by Fernando Carulli; in Series 2, this was replaced by a brass band rendition of Edvard Grieg's Norwegian Dance No.2 in A major, Op.35 No.2.[[/note]] Patrick Dowling appeared on screen to introduce the contestants, and the controllers of the Vortex were Gnoard and Lesley Judd instead of the Rangdo directing Gandor; indeed, the Rangdo is almost superfluous to proceedings in most episodes, and the familiar "Gronda, gronda, Your Highness" greeting didn't appear until Series 3.

* GoldenSnitch: It doesn't matter how well the contestants did at the puzzles in the main part of the episode; if they got evaporated by the Vortex during the final game, they still "lost" the overall game and had to walk home instead of taking their spaceship. This could be particularly frustrating for viewers when it happened to especially capable puzzle solvers, such as ''Play School'' and ''Think of a Number'' presenter Johnny Ball.

** The episodes of Series 2 would feature anagrams of one of the contestants' names as a password or other significant phrase. For example, the episode with a team including Rubik's Cube champion Nicolas Hammond, ''Play School'' presenter Carol Chell, and ''Series/TheGoodies''[='=] Graeme Garden included a postcard addressed to "Alison C. Mahon, MD, Loch Llarec, Edam Green, Arg", while the episode featuring ''The Chinese Detective'' star David Yip, the explorers were given a letter addressed to "Ivy P. Daid" (Yip almost immediately deduced that he was the real intended recipient), and in the episode featuring marketing executive Philip Sheppard as the non-celebrity contestant, the password to get past the first door was "Elphrida Phipps".

* LockAndKeyPuzzle: One of the most commonly used puzzle genres in the series. Almost every episode required the contestants to get the key to unlock a box, safe, or door out of a long tube or from behind a door that only opened if they were all standing on pressure sensitive pads on the other side of the room or otherwise seemingly unreachable without solving a few other puzzles first.

** The episodes of Series 2 would feature anagrams of one of the contestants' names as a password or other significant phrase. For example, the episode with a team including Rubik's Cube champion Nicolas Hammond, ''Play School'' presenter Carol Chell, and ''Series/TheGoodies''[='=] Graeme Garden included a postcard addressed to "Alison C. Mahon, MD, Loch Llarec, Edam Green, Arg", while the episode featuring ''The Chinese Detective'' star David Yip, the explorers were given a letter addressed to "Ivy P. Daid" (Yip almost immediately deduced that he was the real intended recipient), while in an episode featuring marketing executive Philip Sheppard as the non-celebrity contestant, the password to get past the first door was "Elphrida Phipps".