Time Masters (game show)

Time Masters
Genre	Game Show
Created by	Michael Boughen Wayne Cameron
Directed by	Robert Burton
Creative director	Michael Boughen
Presented by	Tony Johnston
Narrated by	Mark Malone
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	195
Production
Executive producers	Wayne Cameron Michael Boughen
Producer	Bob Gillow
Production locations	Brisbane, Queensland (1996) Perth, Western Australia (1997-1998)
Running time	26 minutes
Production company	Southern Star Group
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	1 April 1996 – 1998

Time Masters is an Australian children's game show hosted by Tony Johnston from 1996-1998 on the Seven Network, in 3 seasons at the beginning Tony would meet the two teams of two schoolkids. In 1998, the show ended and was replaced with Wipeout a year later also hosted by Johnston.

Season One

Brain Strain

Each team were asked questions and then had to negotiate an obstacle course of "The Wobbly Planks" then round a corner and go into "The Groove Tube" to get to a board at the top of the course and hit one of the six possible answers and had 120 seconds to get as many as possible. Then repeated with the other team.

Round Two

This round consisted of a Concentration style puzzle clue which spelled out the answer needed and one player from each team would run from one end of the studio to the other collecting plastic balls with letters printed on them, while the other would arrange them in the correct order. In a race to the finish.

Round Three

Was usually an Arcade Drving Game the closest placed to first won. The game was called Cyber Cycles by Namco.

Season Two and Three

Slam Dunk

Instead of Brain Strain was Slam Dunk. One player would sit out that round. Again with 6 answers to choose from the player was now charged with throwing the basketball through the corresponding hoop number to get the question right. A member from the rival school (but not one of the players) would be bought on and sit in the SLAM DUNK chair and if the player managed to get all 6 answers correct they would be dunked into a vat of water.

Scramble

A prototype Go Go Stop board. The player who sat out the first game is bought in to play this one. It was 5 squares across by 9 high with the task being get to the top as quick as possible by answering a series of questions each time you hit a blocking square.

Round Three

It was usually an Arcade Driving Game, one in particular Manx TT, wherein the closest placed to first won.

Trivia

• The show was repeated in 1998-2001 showing on the Seven Network.
• This show was the second and final spin off kids game show for A*mazing.