Timeline

1966
July 18th Play School Australia Broadcast For The First Time On The ABC TV

1967
December 4 - Play School transmitted in the afternoons as well as the mornings.

1968
Don Spencer joins Play School.

Henrietta Clark joins the production team.

1969
Benita Collings and Jan Kingsbury join Play School.

1970
John Hamblin joins Play School.

1971
Play School publishes its first book, The Red Book.

The last BBC Play School is transmitted in Australia.

1972
The Late Warren Carr becomes Play School's musical director.

1973
Original Little Ted Disappears

April 13 - Play School records its 300th episode.

1974
Play School experiments with producing its show for colour television.

1975
The Play School team takes on the production of radio program Kindergarten and calls itself "The Early Childhood Unit".

1976
June 28 - the first colour episode of Play School is transmitted in NSW.

The Bananas in Pyjamas song is first used in Play School.

Humpty disappears and a reward of 12 eggs is offered for his return.

1977
Play School wins the "Sammy" award for Best Children's Program.

1978
Noni Hazlehurst joins Play School.

May 24 - The first "Sing-a-long with Play School" concert is held at Baulkham Hills Community Centre.

1979
TBA

1980
Claire Henderson joins the production team.

1981
Philip Quast joins Play School.

1982
Play School receives a Penguin award.

Play School performs at the Royal Canberra Show.

1983
Australian Broadcasting Commission is re-named the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

1984
Play School records its first video, "The All Together Show".

New opening titles are recorded for the show featuring a single storey house.

1985
Play School receives its second Penguin award.

1986
January 27 - Each state receives the same Play School program at the same time thanks to satellite transmission.

George Spartels joins Play School.

1987
Play School records the album "There's a Bear in There".

1988
Simon Burke joins Play School.

"There's a Bear in There" is the first children's album to go platinum.

The BBC Play School program ceases production.

1989
TBA

1990
Monica Trapaga joins Play School.

Aboriginal storyteller Pauline McLeod makes her first appearance.

1991
Play School celebrates its 25th birthday.

Max Lambert becomes Play School's musical director.

Sofya Gollan Joins Play School

June 3rd 1991 All Together Show and At The Zoo/Special and Concert/Hats

September 16th 1991 The Road Show

1992
Colin Buchanan joins Play School.

The Bananas in Pyjamas graduate from Play School destined for international stardom.

July 27th 1992 Meets the Orchestra

1993
Play School wins the Japan Prize for Educational Broadcasting from the Hoso Bunka Foundation.

Meeka replaces Hamble the doll.

August 23rd 1993 Out and About

1994
Frog animation "Der Glumph" is a finalist in The New York Festivals.

Angela Moore joins Play School.

March 21st 1994 Dinosaurs (VHS)

1995
Play School is ranked 7th in the Sydney Morning Herald's listing of all-time best TV shows.

Play School scoops the "Best Children's Program" by the Multicultural Arts Trust of South Australia, for the second time.

1996
Play School celebrates 30 years on ABC TV.

The Play School CD "Oomba Baroomba" goes gold.

June 10th 1996 Everybody Sing! (Video)

1997
March - "The Best of Play School" CD goes gold.

The "Play School in the Car" CD wins the ARIA award for Best Children's Release.

July 14th 1997 On The Move (Video)

1998
Karen Pang joins Play School.

1999
Justine Clarke, Leah Vandenberg and Rhys Muldoon join Play School.

May - "The Best of Play School" CD goes platinum.

2000
Jay Laga'aia and Andrew McFarlane join Play School.

Series (2000)

August 7th 2000 Australian Animal Stories and Songs (Video)

2001
March - Play School concerts start touring Australia with ABC Events.

Series (2001)

September 3rd 2001 Nursery Rhymes (Video)

2002
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David Whitney Joins Play School

Matt Passmore joins Play School.

2003
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Teo Gebert joins Play School.

August - Play School publishes its first DVD, "Play School Nursery Rhymes".

2004
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November 11th 2004 Live In Concert (Video)

2005
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Georgie Parker Joins Play School

2006
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April 30 - The Play School team kick off a series of tours around Australia to celebrate the program's 40th birthday.

May - Play School is inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame.

Alex Papps and Brooke Satchwell join Play School.

2007
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2008
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2009
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Abi Tucker Joins Play School

2010
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Hugh Sheridan & Jolene Anderson Joins Play School

Luke Carroll Joins Play School

2011
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July: Play School Celebrates 45 Years

Emma Palmer Joins Play School

Rachael Coopes & Jonny Pasvolsky Joins Play School

2012
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2013
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Michelle Lim Davidson & Zindzi Okenyo Joins Play School

2014
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2015
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Eddie Perfect Joins Play School

Takaya Honda Joins Play School

2016
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Miranda Tapsell Joins Play School

2017
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Matthew Backer & Nicholas Brown Joins Play School

2018
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Kiruna Stamell Kaeng Chan & Hunter Page Lochard Joins Play School

2019
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