{{Short description|British and Australian TV game show (1954–1956, 1957–1958)}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}
'''''Find the Link''''' is a game show format which had versions produced in the U.K. and in Australia. It involved a celebrity panel trying to determine the link between contestants. It was quite common at the time for British formats to have versions done for Australian television, with other examples including ''Picture Page'' and ''Café Continental''.
==British version== ''Find the Link'' was a British television programme which aired from 1954 to 1956. Hosts included Peter Martyn (1954–1955), Leslie Mitchell (1955), and Kenneth Home (1955–1956). It aired on the BBC.
==Australian version== ''Find the Link'' was an Australian television series. It aired from 1957 to 1958 on ABC, and was hosted by Bruce Beeby. Produced and broadcast live in Sydney, the half-hour series also aired in Melbourne via kinescope recordings (also known as telerecordings).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-09-12 |title=Tuesday Television |page=10 |work=The Age|location=Melbourne |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BFIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3808,1572717&dq=sydney+find-the-link&hl=en |access-date=2013-04-27 |via=Google News}}</ref>
==Episode status== An episode of the Australian version is held by National Archives of Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find The Link |url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=13254663&isAv=Y |access-date=2021-09-25 |publisher=National Archives of Australia}}</ref>
No episodes survive of the U.K. version.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Missing or incomplete episodes for Find The Link |url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=7272e77b-d144-4b57-bba6-0bd67b1c9610 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013518/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=7272e77b-d144-4b57-bba6-0bd67b1c9610 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2014-11-22 |website=Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4219092/ British version] at IMDb *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1301815/ Australian version] at IMDb
Category:1957 Australian television series debuts Category:1950s Australian game shows Category:Australian live television series Category:Black-and-white Australian television shows Category:English-language British television shows Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Category:1954 British television series debuts Category:1956 British television series endings Category:Lost BBC television shows Category:Black-and-white British television shows Category:BBC television game shows Category:1950s British game shows Category:Australian panel games Category:British panel games
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