Give it a Go
Give it a Go | |
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Genre | Game show |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 38 |
Production | |
Production locations | Sydney, New South Wales |
Original release | |
Network | ATN-7 |
Release | 25 February 11 November 1957 | –
Give It a Go was an Australian television game show which aired in 1957. It was hosted by Jack Davey, who also hosted two other Australian game shows during the late-1950s, The Dulux Show and The Pressure Pak Show, and was produced by Sydney station ATN-7 also airing in Melbourne on station GTV-9. It was sponsored by Persil, a laundry detergent. At least 16 kinescope recordings exist of the series[1] at the National Film and Sound Archive, along with copies of a radio simulcast broadcast over the Macquarie Broadcasting Network.[2] The radio version had been going for many years prior to the simulcast.
All of the programs mentioned above were simulcasts of long-running Jack Davey radio programs, broadcast on the Macquarie Radio Network. The television version aired weekly from 25 February to 11 November 1957, for a total of 38 episodes.
Other radio-TV simulcasts of the year included Bob Dyer's comedy game show It Pays to Be Funny, discussion series Leave it to the Girls, and possibly talent show Swallows Parade.
See also
[edit]- Pick a Box – Popular Australian game show which also debuted on television in 1957
References
[edit]- ^ "GIVE IT A GO". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "GIVE IT A GO". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Give it a Go at IMDb
- 1957 Australian television series debuts
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- Seven Network original programming
- Nine Network original programming
- Australian English-language television shows
- 1950s Australian game shows
- Australian radio game shows
- Television series based on radio series
- Australian television show stubs