It's Academic (Australian game show)
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| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by |
Local Hosts Dan Webb (HSV-7) Andrew Harwood (ATN-7 & HSV-7) Sandy Roberts Alec McAskill (ADS-7) Jeff Newman (TVW-7) Revived Version Simon Reeve (2005-2016) |
| Starring |
Revived Version Lizzy Lovette (2005-2006) Michelle Lim Davidson (2007-2016) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 20 |
| No. of episodes | 1,235 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Various (1968-1978) Perth, Western Australia (2001-2004) Sydney, New South Wales (2005–2016) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Network Ten (1968-1969) Seven Network (1970-1978, 2001–2004 Perth only, 2005-2012) 7TWO (2013-2016) |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 1968–1978 2001–2004 (Perth Only) 2005 – 2016 |
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| Related shows | It's Academic |
It's Academic is an Australian children's game show currently airing on 7TWO. The show is based on the long-running American version of It's Academic, and pits students from different schools against each other in a test of knowledge covering a number of diverse subjects including English, mathematics, science, geography, sport, music and popular culture.
The show originally aired on Network Ten from 1968 and 1969 being hosted by John Bailey and then on the Seven Network from 1970 to 1978. In the years 2001 to 2004, Seven Perth revived the show, where it was broadcast locally, leading to a national relaunch on 17 October 2005.
The early incarnation of It's Academic was the basis for a series of sketches from The Late Show in which Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner, who all claimed to have gone to the same school, competed on the program with incredible but humorous incompetence. Coincidentally their sometime collaborator, actor/comedian Magda Szubanski had actually captained a team while a Year 10 student at Siena College in Melbourne, in 1976.
Hosts in the 1970s included Danny Webb (HSV-7),Trevor Sutton (Television Host) BTQ-7 Andrew Harwood (ATN-7 and HSV-7), Sandy Roberts (ADS-7), Alec McAskill (ADS-7), Jeff Newman (TVW-7) and John Bailey. In recent years, Jeff Newman once again hosted Perth's version of It's Academic while Simon Reeve fronts the national version.
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