Child's Play (Australian game show)

Child's Play
Created byMark Goodson
Presented byJeff Phillips
Voices ofMax Rowley
Music byScore Productions
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes80
Production
Executive producerKen Grass
ProducerRod Kirk
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyFremantle International
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release25 March (1984-03-25) –
3 September 1984 (1984-09-03)

Child's Play is an Australian game show based on the American show of the same name. It aired on the Seven Network and was hosted by Jeff Phillips. The show first premiered on 25 March 1984 and ended on 3 September of that same year.

It was the first Goodson adaptation in Australia made independently by Fremantle International, who was a international licensor of Goodson-Todman shows,[1] in association with R.A. Becker & Co., who was the Australian agent for Fremantle, for Seven Network as most of the previous Goodson adaptations in Australia was handled by Reg Grundy.[2]

The gameplay followed mostly on the American rules, adjusted for the Australian market.

Reception

The show received praise from critics, most notably the Sydney Morning Herald.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Moran, Albert (1998). Copycat Television: Globalisation, Program Formats and Cultural Identity. University of Luton Press. ISBN 9781860205378.
  2. ↑ Shoebridge, Neil (27 July 1990). "AUSSIE FILM MAKER SETTLES DOWN IN L.A." Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Kids come up trumps in Child's Play". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 March 1984. p. 49.
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