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Lady for a Day

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Australia
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How it feels

This is a 1960s Australian game show where women competed for prizes. It aired every weekday on Channel 7 in Melbourne.

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What happens

Lady for a Day was an Australian television game show which aired from 1960 to 1962 on Melbourne station HSV-7. Hosted by American Larry K. Nixon, the first episode aired 8 August 1960 while the final episode aired 8 August 1962. It was based on controversial US series Queen for a Day. Each episode was 60 minutes, and the series aired 5 days a week. The National Film and Sound Archive holds a copy of the opening and closing sequences of the program, and also a compilation of Australian programs with American hosts, in which the program is featured. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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