Candid Camera

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Candid Camera is an American hidden-camera reality television series created by Allen Funt. It originated as the radio programme The Candid Microphone in 1947 and premiered on television on August 10, 1948, on ABC under the same title. The programme was renamed Candid Camera when it moved to NBC in 1949. The programme features practical jokes played on unsuspecting members of the public, whose reactions are recorded using concealed cameras. It became a regular CBS series in 1960 and subsequently returned in syndicated versions and television revivals, including runs in 1974–1979, 1991–1992, 1998–2004 and 2014.

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