It is based on the US show of the same title and was originally hosted by Mike Meade from 1985 and 1990 and "co-hosted" by a robot named "Melvin", who was a Tomy Omnibot toy,[1] and pitted individual children against each other.
The show's narrator, and original operator and voice of Melvin, from 1985 to 1988, was Brisbane-based New Zealand-born radio announcer and voice-over artist Phil Darkins.
From 1991, the show was hosted by Sofie Formica,[2] and ran as a week-long competition between two primary schools.
The first player to guess five words correctly (seven in the 1998 revival) wins the round and a prize package, with the loser being eliminated.
The solo round player needs to find seven words hidden within a large grid inside 60 seconds, with the help of the clues read by the host.