Game of Life (TV programme)

Game of Life (also The Game of Life) was an educational programme for teenagers, commissioned by the ABC and SBS in 1986. The format was a compere (Mic Conway) would teleport seven youths to a disco in the opening credits, one of whom would be chosen as that episode's reporter. Topic included leaving high school, sex and drugs. Mic Conway said, "It got a big response mainly from people who didn't like that it tackled "youth" issues like drugs, sex etc; just as families were settling down to dinner and the ABC news, so it was not taken up again." The eight episodes screened from Thursday 3 April 1986 on ABC, and were repeated twice on both ABC and SBS

Episodes

 * 1) Just Good Friends    (3 April 1986)
 * 2) A Way to Play Peacefully    (10 April 1986)
 * 3) I Feel Like I'm Thirty    (17 April 1986)
 * 4) Education Doesn't Mean Nothin' To Me    (24 April 1986)
 * 5) I Need a Job    (1 May 1986)
 * 6) Hey Mum I'm on TV    (8 May 1986)
 * 7) Youth Rules OK    (15 May 1986)
 * 8) We Live for Love    (22 May 1986)

Credits
Reporters: Mark Wooder Simon Peart Brett Thomson Angela Martinkus Lisbeth Kennelly Lisa Hensley Simon Njoo

Compere: Mic Conway Miss Heroine: Denny Gordon Soap box orator: Ian Nimmo School teacher: Peter Carmody

Directors: Michael Pattinson, Louise Meek, Hugh Piper, James Bradley Producer: Jim George Production research coordinator: Kris Wyld Production research coordinator: Judy Menczel

Production companies: Communique Pty Ltd, Ultrafun Pty Ltd Distribution company: Communique Pty Ltd Working title: Youth in Australia '85