Thursday, May 13, 2010

Sale of the Century


$ale of the Century was an Australian game show that aired on the Nine Network from 14 July 1980 – December 2001. Tony Barber hosted an early version of Sale of the Century under the title of Temptation from 1970–1976, and was also the initial host of Sale, replaced by Glenn Ridge in 1991. Hostesses over the years have included Victoria Nicholls, Delvene Delaney, Alyce Platt, Jo Bailey, Nicky Buckley and Karina Brown. Pete Smith was Sale's announcer for the majority of its run.Ron Neate was announcer for only the first ten episodes in 1980 before Smith took over.