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)

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