The Pressure Pak Show


The Pressure Pak Show is an Australian television game show. It first aired from 1957 to 1958 on the 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 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. According to records of existing episodes, phrases ranged from simple to unusual/humorous

Episode status

At least 10 episodes are held by National Film and Sound Archive, along with episodes of a radio version. At least one of the surviving television episodes features Jim Russell as one of the panelists