Give it a Go

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{{Infobox television

| genre = Game show

| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_episodes = 38

| location = Sydney, New South Wales

| network = ATN-7

| first_aired = {{Start date|1957|2|25|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1957|11|11|df=y}}

}}

Give It a Go was an Australian television game show which aired in 1957. It was hosted by Jack Davey, who also hosted two other Australian game shows during the late-1950s, The Dulux Show and The Pressure Pak Show, and was produced by Sydney station ATN-7 also airing in Melbourne on station GTV-9. It was sponsored by Persil, a laundry detergent. At least 16 kinescope recordings exist of the series{{Cite web |title=GIVE IT A GO |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;page=0;query=%22give%20it%20a%20go%22%20Years%3A1957%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22%20Category%3A%22Game%20show%22;rec=0;resCount=10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712054844/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;page=0;query=%22give%20it%20a%20go%22%20Years:1957%20Media:%22TELEVISION%22%20Category:%22Game%20show%22;rec=0;resCount=10 |archive-date=2022-07-12 |access-date=2022-07-12 |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive}} at the National Film and Sound Archive, along with copies of a radio simulcast broadcast over the Macquarie Broadcasting Network.{{Cite web |title=GIVE IT A GO |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;page=0;query=%22give%20it%20a%20go%22%20Media%3A%22RADIO%22%20Class%3A%22Series%22;rec=1;resCount=10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926002540/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;page=0;query=%22give%20it%20a%20go%22%20Media%3A%22RADIO%22%20Class%3A%22Series%22;rec=1;resCount=10 |archive-date=2021-09-26 |access-date=2022-07-12 |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive}} The radio version had been going for many years prior to the simulcast.

All of the programs mentioned above were simulcasts of long-running Jack Davey radio programs, broadcast on the Macquarie Radio Network. The television version aired weekly from 25 February to 11 November 1957, for a total of 38 episodes.

Other radio-TV simulcasts of the year included Bob Dyer's comedy game show It Pays to Be Funny, discussion series Leave it to the Girls, and possibly talent show Swallows Parade.