| The Pressure Pak Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Jack Davey |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | 1957 – 1958 |
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 program was a simulcast of a long-running Jack Davey radio programs, broadcast on the Macquarie Radio Network.
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)
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]
