Would You Believe? (game show)

Would You Believe? was an Australian television game show that ran from 1970 to 1974. It was made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the first episode screened on 5 February 1970. Each episode ran for 30 minutes and screened in black and white, on Sunday nights, at 7.30pm.

It was described as, a “game of truth and/or lie about Australia’s early days and ways.” It featured two teams of three panelists telling each historical stories where two of the stories were fake. The cast are required to ad-lib based on photos and facts they are supplied before the show.

The Chair of the program was Peter Lazar. Two teams of three people took turns to tell stories about some person, event or place. Panel members for the first season were Len Evans, Carmen Duncan, Frank Hardy, Michael Baume, Jacki Weaver and Cyril Pearl with Noeline Brown replacing Duncan from the second season.