The Main Event was a weekly hour-long Australian game show that aired on the Seven Network from 1991[1] to 1992.
[2] The show was hosted by Larry Emdur, with Don Blake and Niel Chantler as announcers.
The series was created by former football player Craig Johnston,[3][4] who was also listed as "Creative Director" in the ending credits.
Two teams (one red and one yellow), each consisting of three celebrities in the studio and up to four family members at home, compete against each other to earn points.
A film clip is played featuring progressively larger descriptive clues given to the title of a movie.
Then, the celebrities were given 30 seconds to remember five of the responses mentioned in the video and try to match them to the questions asked.
The home players were then shown a video containing the celebrity from part one giving a statement about themselves that may or may not be true.
The home teams are shown electronically pixilated faces of well known celebrities along with a vocal description.
Sometimes all questions are asked by a special guest celebrity appearing in studio or on video that is related to the film clip.
The team with the highest score at the end of this round wins a special luxury prize.
Anywhere from free groceries for a year to a $5,000(AUS) Citibank Cash Management Account, theirs to keep no matter what happens in the game.
The team with the highest score at the end of the round was declared the winner of the game and won a brand new car.
The in-studio set was designed by set designers Diaann Wajion and Phil McLaren as a theatre in the round in the shape of a two-level football stadium complete with cheerleaders and a jumbotron-style video screen.
Additionally, the new car is shown pulling up into each family's driveway by a special celebrity driver during the course of the show.
The theme music is an instrumental version of the international hit song Walking on Sunshine, originally composed by Kimberley Rew for the UK band Katrina and the Waves.
This version arranged by series music composer Jamie Rigg featured female vocalists repeatedly singing The Main Event as its only lyric.
In the United Kingdom, Grundy Television produced a version of The Main Event that was broadcast on BBC One from 1 May – 24 July 1993.