''It Could Be You'' is an Australian daytime television series which aired from 1961 to 1966, with later revivals. The best known version was the first version, which was hosted by

Tommy Hanlon Jr. Tommy Hanlon Jr. (14 August 1923 – 9 October 2003) was an American-born actor, comedian, television host and circus ringmaster, notable for his career in Australia after emigrating there in 1959, where he became a Gold Logie-award-winning me ...

, assisted by Jack Little. Hanlon was among several Americans who had shows on 1960s Australian television, the others included Delo and Daly, Larry K. Nixon, and Don Lane. Broadcast originally on Melbourne station GTV-9, it eventually become a

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

show. While considered a game show, it was not a strict quiz format. The unusual format (often involving reunions with long-lost relatives) was popular with female viewers. The running time of the episodes is not known (Australian prime-time series typically ran 23–25 minutes during the 1960s, but daytime series could sometimes run shorter) The series was still popular when it ended, with Hanlon hosting a new show called ''The Tommy Hanlon Show''. It was revived in 1969 with Tim Evans as host, with an additional revival in the 1980s.

Episode status

During the 1960s game shows were often

wiped Lost television broadcasts are mostly those early television programs which cannot be accounted for in studio archives (or in personal archives) usually because of deliberate destruction or neglect. Common reasons for loss A significant prop ...

, not just in Australia but also in several other countries. Despite this, several episodes of the series (both the original and the Evans-hosted revival) are held by the

National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...

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* {{imdb title , id= 4036496 1961 Australian television series debuts 1966 Australian television series endings 1969 Australian television series debuts 1969 Australian television series endings 1960s Australian game shows 1980s Australian game shows Nine Network original programming Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows