![]() ![]() In this round, the contestant would be asked ten quite difficult questions. ![]() In the television version of the show, the final round was the 'Travel Bag' round in which one of the previously-appearing contestants would be randomly selected to compete. If the contestant chose the money the prize the contestant turned down would be revealed. ![]() If they chose the bag, it would be opened at that point and their prize revealed. The offers would continue until the contestant either accepted the cash or the host chose to stop offering more money. The host of the show would then offer the contestant an increasing amount of cash in exchange for their unopened bag. This bag contained a prize of high value, or several items equally a high value. The prizes ranged in value from moderate to valuable, and also included three ' booby prizes' of negligible value, such as a clothes peg. Each bag contained a prize unknown to both the contestant and the host. The contestant would first be asked to select one of thirty different bags. If all three questions were answered correctly, the contestant had the chance to play for "the money or the bag". The contestants were locals selected from the audience by a pre-show qualifying process.ĭuring the show, each contestant would be called onto the stage and asked three relatively easy questions. Unlike other game shows instead of being filmed in a single studio the show went on the road to a different town each week and the set was assembled into a local community town hall. Other hostesses of the television era included Tineke Stephenson (formerly Tineke Bouchier) and Hilary Timmins. Hostess of the last part of the radio era and first television hostess was Heather Eggleton. The hostess' role was to introduce the contestants and announce and fetch the prizes. The hostesses of the show also became popular celebrities. Toogood's catch phrases from this show included "by hokey!", "what should he/she do, New Zealand?" and "the money or the bag?" The show was discontinued in 1990 but brought back in 1992 under Robin Scholes of independent production house Communicado, with Nick Tansley as host and Suzy Aiken (now Suzy Clarkson) as hostess. After his retirement, John Hawkesby took over hosting duties. In 1973 a television version of the show was developed which was also hosted by Toogood until his retirement in the 1980s. The show began on radio in 1954 and was hosted and directed by Selwyn Toogood. It's in the Bag was a long-running New Zealand radio and, later, television game show, screened on TVNZ. ![]()
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