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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Poisoning was one of the more common methods of murder used in the show.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Poisoning was one of the more common methods of murder used in the show.show, probably because it allows for the broadest possible suspect pool.
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Each week it featured a short murder-mystery drama enacted in front of a panel of celebrity guests who then had to establish who the murderer was. Anouska Hempel and Patrick Mower became permanent panelists from series 3 onwards, with two guest celebrities each episode. The panel members could interview the remaining characters, with only clue being that only the murderer could lie. Each panelist could also request to see a short replay of one section of the initial drama, which would often include events as they occurred and flashbacks as seen and narrated by individual suspects.
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Each week it featured a short murder-mystery drama enacted in front of a panel of celebrity guests who then had to establish who the murderer was. Anouska Hempel and Patrick Mower became permanent panelists from series 3 onwards, with two guest celebrities each episode. The panel members could interview the remaining characters, with only clue being that only the murderer could lie. Each panelist could also request to see a short replay of one section of the initial drama, which would often include events as they occurred and flashbacks as seen and narrated by individual suspects.
suspects. (The video technology used at the time meant that it usually took a few minutes to set up each replay.)
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* BitterAlmonds: In "Dead Ball", the detective detects the smell of bitter almonds on the lips of the VictimOfTheWeek and declares him a victim of cyanide poisoning.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Poisoning was one of the more common methods of murder used in the show.
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* {{Ruritania}}: "A Deadly Tan" featured the murder of a dictator in a Ruritania called Barania, which one of the characters indicated was located between Moldova and Albania. The security forces seemed to have stepped out of a BananaRepublic, however.
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* HighVoltageDeath: In "A Deadly Tan", a dictator is murdered when the killer electrifies the towel rail in his solarium.
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* CacophonyCoverUp: In "A Bad Habit", the thief uses a chisel to break the sacred sceptre free from its brackets on the wall; timing his blows to coincide with the striking of the abbey clock.
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* NastyParty: In "Final Verdict", the eight surviving members of a jury who sentenced a man to life imprisonment invited to to a dinner party on the 20th anniversary of the day they delivered the verdict. However, one of them is the killer in disguise, and announces )via tape recording) that all of them will die unless they can identify the imposter.
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* NastyParty: In "Final Verdict", the eight surviving members of a jury who sentenced a man to life imprisonment invited to to a dinner party on the 20th anniversary of the day they delivered the verdict. However, one of them is the killer in disguise, and announces )via (via tape recording) that all of them will die unless they can identify the imposter.
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* AnimalAssassin: In "Happy New Year", the VictimOfTheWeek is bittern by a venomous snake the killer placed in his safe.
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* AnimalAssassin: In "Happy New Year", the VictimOfTheWeek is bittern bitten by a venomous snake the killer placed in his safe.
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* CutPhoneLines: The killer does this in "Final Verdict" to isolate his victims in the house.
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* NastyParty: In "Final Verdict", the eight surviving members of a jury who sentenced a man to life imprisonment invited to to a dinner party on the 20th anniversary of the day they delivered the verdict. However, one of them is the killer in disguise, and announces )via tape recording) that all of them will die unless they can identify the imposter.
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* TenLittleMurderVictims: In "Final Verdict", the eight surviving members of a jury who sentenced a killer to life imprisonment 20 years ago are invited to a dinner. Via tape recording, the killer reveals that he is one of the people attending the dinner in disguise, and that they have to find him before they all die.
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* AccidentalMurder:
** In "Teddy Bears Picnic", the VictimOfTheWeek suffers DeathByFallingOver when she hits her head on a dresser while fighting with a thief in a gorilla suit.
** In "Time to Dye", the VictimOfTheWeek is chloroformed with a towel. However, the chemical used to drug her interacts with the alcohol she has already consumed and she asphyxiates.
** In "Teddy Bears Picnic", the VictimOfTheWeek suffers DeathByFallingOver when she hits her head on a dresser while fighting with a thief in a gorilla suit.
** In "Time to Dye", the VictimOfTheWeek is chloroformed with a towel. However, the chemical used to drug her interacts with the alcohol she has already consumed and she asphyxiates.
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* RobotMaid: In "Future Imperfect" (set in the year 2076), the family possesses a robot servant called Mister Seven [[spoiler:who is reprogrammed to murder the head of the family]].
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* WhodunnitToMe: In "Happy New Year", the VictimOfTheWeek is bitten by a venomous snake. Knowing he has 30 minutes to live, he uses the time to question the suspects.
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** In "Happy New Year", the VictimOfTheWeek is bitten by a venomous snake. Knowing he has 30 minutes to live, he uses the time to question the suspects.
** In "Future Imperfect", the VictimOfTheWeek is brought back from the dead by having a robot redirect its 'life force' through him. He solves his own murder but is then killed again by a second attempt before he can announce who done it.
** In "Happy New Year", the VictimOfTheWeek is bitten by a venomous snake. Knowing he has 30 minutes to live, he uses the time to question the suspects.
** In "Future Imperfect", the VictimOfTheWeek is brought back from the dead by having a robot redirect its 'life force' through him. He solves his own murder but is then killed again by a second attempt before he can announce who done it.
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* FoodPills: Used in "Future Imperfect", which was set in the year 2076. The options included duck l'organge and haddock Monte Carlo, although one of the characters passed on the new potato pills because they were slimming.
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* FrightDeathtrap: In "Future Imperfect", the VictimOfTheWeek is murdered when the travel tape he was supposed to experiencing is swapped for a tape of a tiger attacking, triggering a heart attack.
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* NoHonourAmongThieves: In "Dead Grass", the VictimOfTheWeek is a thief done in by a fellow member of his gang while they were divvying up the from a bank job.
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* NoHonourAmongThieves: In "Dead Grass", the VictimOfTheWeek is a thief done in by a fellow member of his gang while they were divvying up the loot from a bank job.
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* NoHonourAmongThieves: In "Dead Grass", the VictimOfTheWeek is a thief done in by a fellow member of his gang while they were divvying up the from a bank job.
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* DeathByFallingOver: In "Teddy Bears Picnic", the VictimOfTheWeek interrupts a thief stealing her jewelery. They struggle and she is pushed over, hitting her head on the dresser and dying.
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* DrillSergeantnasty: Sergeant Morris, the VictimOfTheWeek in "Goodbye Sarge".
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* DrillSergeantnasty: DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant Morris, the VictimOfTheWeek in "Goodbye Sarge".
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* DrillSergeantnasty: Sergeant Morris, the VictimOfTheWeek in "Goodbye Sarge".
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* UnfriendlyFire: In "Goodbye Sarge", the VictimOfTheWeek is a DrillSergeantNasty shot by one of his men who tried to make it look like the work of an enemy sniper.
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* HandOfDeath: Used frequently when showing the murders.
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''Whodunnit?'' was a British television game show that ran from 1972 to 1978. It was hosted by Shaw taylor in the pilot episode, then by Creator/EdwardWoodward in the first season, and Creator/JonPertwee from 1973 to 1978.
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''Whodunnit?'' was a British television game show that ran from 1972 to 1978. It was hosted by Shaw taylor Taylor in the pilot episode, then by Creator/EdwardWoodward in the first season, and Creator/JonPertwee from 1973 to 1978.
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* FairplayWhodunnit: All of the clues necessary to solve the murder were presented to the viewers.
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* ThrillerOnTheExpress: In "It's Quicker By Train", the VictimOfTheWeek is poisoned in the dining car of an intercity train.
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* AnimalAssassin: In "HappyNewYear", the VictimOfTheWeek is bittern by a venomous snake the killer placed in his safe.
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* AnimalAssassin: In "HappyNewYear", "Happy New Year", the VictimOfTheWeek is bittern by a venomous snake the killer placed in his safe.
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* AnimalAssassin: In "HappyNewYear", the VictimOfTheWeek is bittern by a venomous snake the killer placed in his safe.
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''Whodunnit?'' was a British television game show that ran from 1972 to 1978. It was hosted by Shaw taylor in the pilot episode, then by EdwardWoodward in the first season, and JonPertwee from 1973 to 1978.
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''Whodunnit?'' was a British television game show that ran from 1972 to 1978. It was hosted by Shaw taylor in the pilot episode, then by EdwardWoodward Creator/EdwardWoodward in the first season, and JonPertwee Creator/JonPertwee from 1973 to 1978.
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''Whodunnit?'' was a British television game show that ran from 1972 to 1978. It was hosted by Shaw taylor in the pilot episode, then by EdwardWoodward in the first season, and JonPertwee from 1973 to 1978.
Each week it featured a short murder-mystery drama enacted in front of a panel of celebrity guests who then had to establish who the murderer was. Anouska Hempel and Patrick Mower became permanent panelists from series 3 onwards, with two guest celebrities each episode. The panel members could interview the remaining characters, with only clue being that only the murderer could lie. Each panelist could also request to see a short replay of one section of the initial drama, which would often include events as they occurred and flashbacks as seen and narrated by individual suspects.
!!Tropes used in ''Whodunnit?'' include:
* ObfuscatingDisability: used in the reveal in one episode. When the host called on the real murderer to please stand up, one of the policemen dropped his notebook. The man in a wheelchair next to him stood up and handed it back to him.
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Each week it featured a short murder-mystery drama enacted in front of a panel of celebrity guests who then had to establish who the murderer was. Anouska Hempel and Patrick Mower became permanent panelists from series 3 onwards, with two guest celebrities each episode. The panel members could interview the remaining characters, with only clue being that only the murderer could lie. Each panelist could also request to see a short replay of one section of the initial drama, which would often include events as they occurred and flashbacks as seen and narrated by individual suspects.
!!Tropes used in ''Whodunnit?'' include:
* ObfuscatingDisability: used in the reveal in one episode. When the host called on the real murderer to please stand up, one of the policemen dropped his notebook. The man in a wheelchair next to him stood up and handed it back to him.
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