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The NFSA is celebrating TV game shows – from the popular and long-running family favourites to the cult classics.
Game shows and quiz shows have been an integral part of Australian television since...
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For World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2021, the NFSA is sharing a publicly unseen 1953 game show pilot hosted by radio star Jack Davey.
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Presenting 12 fascinating facts about TV game shows – from Pick a Box to Perfect Match to the Price is Right.
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An Ancient History professor explored her own past when she watched an episode of a quiz show she'd participated in as a child.
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Jack Grimsley composed this theme music for Sale of the Century.
He wrote a range of incidental music for the show, including: 'Hostess Walk-On', 'Contestant Walk-On', 'Bonus Board Sound Effects', '$...
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Jack Grimsley composed this opening theme for The Better Sex game show. He also wrote a range of other incidental music for the program, including 'Contestant Walk-On', 'Winner Fanfare' and 'Spare...
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Jack Grimsley composed this ‘Opening sequence’ theme music for Personality Squares, along with a range of incidental music for the show, including: 'Match Win', 'Mystery Square Fanfare' and 'Prize...
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'In the distance you can hear, the sound of a cheer, and the laugh and roar of a crowd. And you can feel the expectation, and the wild jubilation as the shouting the winners make are loud...' Surely...
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Ford Superquiz (1981–82) was based on Bob Dyer's Pick a Box (1957–71).
Not only was the format of the show the same, but both programs were presented by husband-and-wife teams: Bert and Patti Newton...
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This is a complete and publicly unseen 1953 game show pilot episode hosted by Jack Davey, Australia’s biggest radio star of the era, with strong claims to being Australia’s very first television game...