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1980 · Australia

Sale of the Century

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Runtime
~60 min/episode
Length
21 seasons · 4801 episodes
Status
Ended · complete
Language
English
Country
Australia

The story

$ale of the Century was an Australian game show that aired on the Nine Network from 14 July 1980 – 29 November 2001. Tony Barber hosted a game show with essentially the same format under the title Temptation from 1970 to 1976, and was also the initial host of Sale for over a decade before being replaced by Glenn Ridge in 1991. Hostesses over the years have included Victoria Nicholls, Delvene Delaney, Alyce Platt, Jo Bailey, Nicky Buckley and Karina Brown. Pete Smith was Sale's announcer for the majority of its run. Ron Neate was announcer for only the first ten episodes in 1980 before Smith took over. From 30 May 2005 – 23 January 2009, the series was revived under its original Australian title, Temptation. The Sale of the Century format has been used internationally.

  • game show

The bill

Directed
Paul Alter

Production

Rating
4.5 / 10 · 4 ratings
Network & studio
Nine Network, Nine Network Australia, Grundy Television Productions, Avalon Studios

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