} ''Snakes and Ladders'' is a short-lived Australian television game show which aired on Melbourne station

HSV-7 HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melb ...

in 1959. Hosted by Pat Hodgins, it was a half-hour "jackpot quiz" based on the board game of the same name. It was preceded on the HSV-7's schedule by '' Strictly for Mothers'' (with Jean Battersby) and followed by '' Home Decorator'' (with Joyce Turner). It is extremely unlikely that any of the episodes exist as kinescope recordings, and as such it is likely

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. A different ''Snakes and Ladders'' aired from 1965 to 1966 on the 0-10 Network (now Network Ten). Hosted by Chuck Faulkner, it is not known if it had any connection with the 1959 series. It is not known if anything remains of the series.

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* * 1950s Australian game shows 1960s Australian game shows 1959 Australian television series debuts 1959 Australian television series endings 1965 Australian television series debuts 1966 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian English-language television shows Lost television shows Seven Network original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub