Now You See It (Australian game show)
| Now You See It | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game Show |
| Presented by |
Mike Meade (1985-1990) Sofie Formica (1991-1993) Scott MacRae (1998-2000) |
| Narrated by |
Gary Clare (1985-1993) Lisa Barry (1998-2000) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 780 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bill Davidson (1998-2000) |
| Producer(s) | Tony Ryan (1998-2000) |
| Location(s) | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
All American Fremantle International (1998-2000) Becker Entertainment (1998-2000) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Seven Network (1985-1993) Nine Network (1998-2000) |
| Picture format | 4:3 PAL |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release |
1985 - 1993 1998 – 2000 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Download (game show) |
Now You See It was an Australian children's game show that aired on the Seven Network from 1985-1993. It was hosted by Mike Meade and "co-hosted" by a robot named "Melvin" who was a Tomy Omnibot toy, and pitted individual children against each other. Melvin's uncle Morton (another Omnibot) had his own segment on the show entitled "Morton's Mouldy Movies", in which Morton would narrate stories in a grandfatherly voice accompanied by footage from silent film shorts.
From 1990, the show was hosted by Sofie Formica, and ran as a week-long competition between two primary schools. The winning students in each episode would win individual prizes, and the overall winning school would win a larger prize, typically valued at around $2,000.
In 1998, Becker Entertainment along with All American Fremantle International revived the show. Broadcast on the Nine Network, it was hosted by Scott MacRae and produced by Tony Ryan, with Bill Davidson as Executive Producer. In 2000 the show was replaced with Download, also hosted by McRae.
Line Games
The host read a clue, and the answer was revealed one letter at a time, sometimes using one or more letters of the previous word. Letters were revealed until someone buzzed in and gave the correct answer and score or if only one letter was left in the word. Each subsequent word uses one or more letters of the previous word until that line is filled. The first player to guess four words correctly (seven in the 1998 revival) won the round and a prize package.
Two line games are played and the winners of the line game play the Big Board round.
Big Board
The host read a question and the first player to buzz in guesses the line number. If correct he/she then gives the position number and the word. Players score based on the line number & position of the first letter. In the 1998 revival, points are doubled for the final 60 seconds of the game. The player with the most points when time runs out wins the game.
Solo Round
The solo round player needs to find seven words with the help of the clues read by the host.
Products
A board game was released by Crown & Andrews in 1993.
(Credited) Best Champion of Champions Andrew Rankin (Milton State School)