Would You Believe? (game show)

Would You Believe? (1970-1974) was an Australian television game show that screened in the 1970s. It was made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The first episode screened on 9 February 1970.[1] Episodes ran for 30 minutes and screened in black and white, on Sunday nights, at 7.30pm.

Would You Believe?
GenreGame show
Presented byPeter Lazar
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerPeter Vandrell
Release
Original networkABC
Original release1970 –
1974

The host of the program was Peter Lazar. Two teams of three people took turns to tell stories about some person, event or place. The rotating group of panelists included Jacki Weaver, Cyril Pearl, Michael Baume, Noeline Brown, Len Evans and Frank Hardy.

It was described as, a “game of truth and/or lie about Australia’s early days and ways.”[2] The show was enlivened by inventive and witty ad-libbing.

Sources

References
  1. Canberra Times, 9 February 1970, p.16
  2. “Would You Believe?”, The Australian Women’s Weekly, 3 April 1972, p.41.


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