''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 ''

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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

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, 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).

Episode status

An episode of the Australian version is held by

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. No episodes survive of the U.K. version.

References

External links

British version
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Australian version
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