The Pressure Pak Show

The Pressure Pak Show is an Australian television game show. It first aired from 1957 to 1958 on ATN-7 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne. It was hosted by Jack Davey, who also hosted The Dulux Show and Give it a Go.

The Pressure Pak Show
GenreGame show
Presented byJack Davey
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Release
Original network
Original release1957 (1957) –
1958 (1958)

The program was a simulcast of a long-running Jack Davey radio programs, broadcast on the Macquarie Radio Network.

Gameplay

According to the National Film and Sound Archive website, it was a guessing game in which the panel and contestants had to determine what phrase the host had picked, within a certain amount of time.[1] According to records of existing episodes, phrases ranged from simple (such as A Worm and Rock Around the Clock) to unusual/humorous (such as A Pygmy On Mt Lofty and Australia's 7th Best Dressed Man)

Episode status

At least 20 episodes are held by National Film and Sound Archive, along with episodes of a radio version.[2] At least one of the surviving television episodes features Jim Russell as one of the panelists[3]

References
  1. "THE PRESSURE PAK SHOW. EP 032". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. "PRESSURE PAK SHOW". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. "THE PRESSURE PAK SHOW. EP. 007". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

The Pressure Pak Show at IMDb 


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