Letter Box (game show)

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Letter Box
Genre Game show
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network HSV-7
Release1962 (1962)
Related
Party Time

Letter Box is an Australian television series which aired in 1962 on HSV-7. It was a game show in which contestants tried to build words using a series of letters supplied by the host. [1]

The series was hosted by Bill Acfield, who was assisted by Myra Roper. It aired in a 30-minute time-slot (running time excluding commercials is not known), in black-and-white.

It was followed-up the following year with Party Time .

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References

  1. "TV Programmes". The Age . 26 July 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 4 September 2014 via Google News.