Find the Link
Find the Link is a game show format which had versions produced in the U.K. and in Australia. It involved a celebrity panel trying to determine the link between contestants. It was quite common at the time for British formats to have versions done for Australian television, with other examples including Picture Page and Café Continental.
British version
Find the Link was a British television programme which aired from 1954 to 1956. Hosts included Peter Martyn (1954-1955), Leslie Mitchell (1955), and Kenneth Home (1955-1956). It aired on the BBC.
Australian version
Find the Link was an Australian television series. It aired from 1957 to 1958 on ABC, and was hosted by Bruce Beeby. Produced and broadcast live in Sydney, the half-hour series also aired in Melbourne via kinescope recordings (also known as telerecordings).[1]
Episode status
An episode of the Australian version may be held by National Archives of Australia (per a search of their website).
No episodes survive of the U.K. version.[2]
References
External links
- 1957 Australian television series debuts
- Australian game shows
- Live television programs
- Black-and-white Australian television programs
- 1950s Australian television series
- English-language television programming
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation shows
- Panel games
- 1954 British television programme debuts
- 1956 British television programme endings
- Lost BBC episodes
- BBC Television programmes
- Black-and-white British television programmes
- BBC television game shows
- Australian television show stubs