Take a Chance was a Canadian quiz show by Roy Ward Dickson adapted from radio.
The program was produced in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough at CFTO-TV studios and was broadcast Mondays at 9:30 PM (EST).
[2] Sheila Billing, the Miss Toronto pageant winner of 1955, was a co-host of the program.
[3] On its premiere, Toronto Star television critic Jeremy Brown deemed the show to be "painful to watch" and "dreary", complaining that the programme lacked structure, suspense and substantial prize monies.
[1] At one point, 438,000 viewers participated in the contests by submitting chewing gum wrappers as Chiclets was the programme's key sponsor.