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The making of It's in the bag, 1959

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This Pictorial Parade clip from 1959 shows the making of the highly popular radio quiz show It's in the bag. The film shows show host Selwyn Toogood working on the show's questions with stage manager Sandy Triggs, while radio technicians Ted Thorpe and Brian Petrie prepare a programme for broadcast.

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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 86. National Film Unit, 1959

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Brian Pauling, Radio – The golden age of radio, 1936 to 1960, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/42806/the-making-of-its-in-the-bag-1959 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brian Pauling, i tāngia i te 24 September 2013.