Whodunnit? (British game show)

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Whodunnit?
Created by	Jeremy Lloyd; Lance Percival
Written by	Jeremy Lloyd; Lance Percival
Presented by	Shaw Taylor (1972: Pilot); Edward Woodward (1973); Jon Pertwee (1974-8)
Starring	Regular Panellists; Anouska Hempel; Patrick Mower
Theme music composer	Simon Park
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	48 (inc. pilot & 1 special)
Production
Running time	45 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Thames
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	25 June 1973 –; 26 June 1978
Related
	Whodunnit? (US version)

Whodunnit? was a British television game show that originally aired on ITV as a pilot on 15 August 1972 hosted by Shaw Taylor and then as a full series from 25 June 1973 to 26 June 1978 first hosted by Edward Woodward in 1973 and then hosted by Jon Pertwee from 1974 to 1978.

Format

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. At the end the compere would reveal the murderer with the catchphrase "would the real whodunnit please stand up?"

Sets

Whodunnit? originally adopted a conventional panel-game studio layout, but from series 3 onwards utilised the murder scene itself as the set.

DVD releases

The first five series of Whodunnit? have been released on DVD by Network Distributing.

DVD Title	Discs	Year	Episodes	Release date
Complete Series 1	2	1973	6 (+ pilot)	31 January 2011
Complete Series 2	2	1974	6 (+ special)	13 August 2012
Complete Series 3	3	1975	10	4 June 2012
Complete Series 4	2	1976	7	25 March 2013
Complete Series 5	1	1977	7	27 April 2015

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
Pilot	15 August 1972		1
1	25 June 1973	30 July 1973	6
2	24 June 1974	29 July 1974	6
3	14 July 1975	15 September 1975	10
4	28 June 1976	9 August 1976	7
5	13 June 1977	25 July 1977	7
6	3 April 1978	26 June 1978	12

Specials

Date	Entitle
26 December 1974	Christmas Special

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