Would You Believe? (game show)
Would You Believe? | |
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Genre | Game show |
Presented by | Peter Lazar |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Peter Vandrell |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | 1970 1974 | –
Would You Believe? (1970-1974) was an Australian television game show that screened in the 1970s. It was made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The first episode screened on 9 February 1970.[1] Episodes ran for 30 minutes and screened in black and white, on Sunday nights, at 7.30pm.
The host of the program was Peter Lazar. Two teams of three people took turns to tell stories about some person, event or place. The rotating group of panelists included Jacki Weaver, Cyril Pearl, Michael Baume, Noeline Brown, Len Evans and Frank Hardy.[2]
It was described as, a “game of truth and/or lie about Australia’s early days and ways.”[2] The show was enlivened by inventive and witty ad-libbing.
References[]
- ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 540. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 February 1970. p. 16. Retrieved 3 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Would You Believe...?". The Australian Women's Weekly. 5 April 1972. p. 41. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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Categories:
- 1970s Australian game shows
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- English-language television shows
- 1970 Australian television series debuts
- 1974 Australian television series endings
- Australian television show stubs