series Specials Critical reception Understanding the Global TV Format likened the show to Voce Decide, describing them both as "a hybrid, an amalgamation of a gameshow with a fictional situation and story". Similarly, The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television deemed the Australian version a "hybrid gameshow/whodunnit". One magazine said the show "promise[s] to keep us guessing till the very end". One magazine noted the difficulties involved in giving life to a one-dimensional character "when the only source material they have to work on comes out of a small cardboard box". One magazine noted the "high level of talent the show can attract", putting it down to Cluedo being a game that most households (including those of celebrities) grew up with. Cluedo fansite Cluedofan deemed it "an absolutely brilliant TV gameshow". On his stint as host, Chris Tarrant was later quoted as saying, "I absolutely hated hosting Cluedo; it's the worst thing I've ever done. It took forever to make the thing. We used to have to turn the studio audience over just to make sure they didn't get any bed sores." Controversy In the second episode of the fourth season, Col. Mike Mustard murdered former comrade and property developer Sir Nigel Hussey (Ian McNeice) with a G-string in the kitchen. A short time after the episode aired, the producers received a letter that was written by the family of one Felix Reese, who himself was a taxi driver who was shot in the head by Leslie Grantham (the actor playing Col. Mustard) while the future star of EastEnders was a soldier stationed in Germany. The Reeses found it distasteful that someone who performed an illegal killing as a soldier would be cast as someone who performed an illegal killing as a soldier. Matthew Wright from The Sun asked Grantham about the "irony" of this turn at a press conference, which angered the actor. International versions Australia Germany France Italy Portugal The Portuguese version lasted for one season in 1995 consisting of 13 episodes. The show was hosted by Rogério Samora. It premiered on March 26, 1995. It was produced by Cinemate, D&D Audiovisuais, and Televisão Independente (TVI). The show is reported an "very interesting novelty, despite having gone unnoticed." It has been deemed an "innovative contest". Sweden References External links Cluedo at BFI Press clippings for the German Cluedo Das Mörderspiel TV series Review of German series