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Surprise! Surprise! | |
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Presented by | Tommy Hanlon Jr. |
Country of origin | Australia |
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Network | Network 10 |
Release | 1972 |
Surprise! Surprise! is an Australian television series which aired in 1972 on the 0-10 Network (later Network Ten). It was a daytime game show hosted by Tommy Hanlon Jr. who was assisted by Ian Turpie.
A review in The Age felt that the show did not properly utilise Tommy Hanlon Jr's talents, and described the show as being similar to his earlier series It Could Be You . [1]
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The 4th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Saturday 31 March 1962 at the Chevron Hotel on St Kilda Road, Melbourne. The awards presentation was telecast live in a half-hour broadcast on ABV-2,, with delayed transmission on ABC stations in other cities over the following days. Gerald Lyons from the ABC was the Master of Ceremonies. Game show host Bob Dyer was on hand to present awards. Winning the Gold Logie was a joint honour that year with entertainer Tommy Hanlon Jr and variety host Lorrae Desmond, winning the coveted award, in doing so, Desmond was the first woman on Australian television to win the Gold.
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