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Selwyn Toogood

Radio and TV Quizmaster

Selwyn Toogood hit the big time with It's in the Bag, a long running quiz show which he originated on radio and later took to television. His catch cry, "the money or the bag?" has become part of New Zealand folklore. He was also the self-described thorn between four roses, as host of daily panel show Beauty and the Beast.  

What should she do, customers – the money or the bag? By hokey! Selwyn Toogood, on It's in the Bag

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 1 - From One Channel to One Hundred

2010, Subject - Television

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Toogood Tales

1994, Presenter - Television

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Wonderful World - TV One Channel ID

1991, Subject - Television

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This is Your Life - Selwyn Toogood

1985, Subject - Television

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Beauty and the Beast Xmas Special 1982

1982, Presenter - Television

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Telethon - 1981 show

1981, Presenter - Television

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Beauty and the Beast - Episode 1000

1980, Presenter - Television

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Sons and Daughters

1979 - 1979, Subject - Television

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The Ray Woolf Show - Christmas Special

1979, Guest - Television

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The W Three Show

1981 - 1984, Presenter - Television

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Will the Real Mr Claus Please Stand Up

1977, Guest - Television

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Beauty and the Beast

1976 - 1985, Presenter - Television

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Telethon

1975 - 1993, Presenter - Television

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It's in the Bag - Dunedin (1974)

1974, Presenter - Television

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It's in the Bag

1973 - 1992, Presenter - Television

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Pukemanu

1971 - 1972, Jamieson - Television

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Pictorial Parade No. 161 - Exercise Powderhorn

1965, Narrator - Short Film

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These New Zealanders - Motueka

1964, Presenter - Television

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These New Zealanders - Taupō

1964, Presenter - Television

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These New Zealanders - Huntly

1964, Presenter - Television

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These New Zealanders

1964, Presenter - Television

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These New Zealanders - Benmore

1964, Presenter - Television

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These New Zealanders - Gisborne

1964, Presenter - Television

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These New Zealanders - Gore

1964, Presenter - Television

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Holiday for Susan

1962, Narrator - Short Film

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Pictorial Parade No. 99

1960, Narrator - Short Film

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The Lion and the Kiwi

1959, Narrator - Film

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Fighting Fish

1950, Narrator - Short Film

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Weekly Review No. 446

1950, Narrator - British Rugby - Short Film

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Meet New Zealand

1949, Narrator - Short Film

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Centennial City

1949, Narrator - Short Film

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Weekly Review No. 401

1949, Narrator - Short Film

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Weekly Review No. 350 - New Zealanders for the Olympics

1948, Narrator - Short Film

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Weekly Review No. 355 - Railway Worker

1948, Narrator - Short Film

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Weekly Review No. 368

1948, Narrator - Short Film

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Weekly Review No. 374 - The Coaster

1948, Narrator - Short Film

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Weekly Review No. 310 - Mail Run

1947, Narrator - Short Film