''The Dulux Show'' was an Australian television game show which aired in 1957. It was hosted by

Jack Davey John Andrew Davey (8 February 190714 October 1959), known as Jack Davey, was a New Zealand-born singer and pioneering star of Australian radio as a performer, producer, writer and host from the early 1930s into the late 1950s. Later in his caree ...

, and produced by Sydney station

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, also airing in Melbourne on station

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. Contestants competed for the chance to win a plane trip to a location like London or San Francisco. As the title suggests, it was sponsored by

Dulux Dulux is an internationally available brand of architectural paint originated from the United Kingdom. The brand name Dulux has been used by both Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) and DuPont since 1931 and was one of the first alkyd-based ...

paint. As was also the case with many American series of the era, early Australian television series sometimes featured the name of the sponsor in the title. The program was a

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of a long-running Jack Davey radio programs, broadcast on the

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Episode status

Of the 37+ episodes produced, five are confirmed to survive at the National Film and Sound Archive, along with episodes of a radio version

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* 1957 Australian television series debuts Black-and-white Australian television shows Seven Network original programming Nine Network original programming English-language television shows 1950s Australian game shows Australian radio game shows Television series based on radio series {{Australia-tv-prog-stub

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