Colin Buchanan

Colin Buchanan was a regular presenter on ABC's Play School from 1993-1999, when the program was revamped.

Childhood
As a six year old, Colin moved with his family to Melbourne, Australia and then Peakhurst, Sydney, before moving to the outback as a young man for a couple of years. He then moved to Bourke, in the corner country of New South Wales, and Grenfell, NSW.

Career
Colin has won seven Golden Guitar awards and has written songs with Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand and Troy Cassar-Daley. His song "Hat Town", written with Lee Kernaghan, won an APRA Award, while his Christmas album, recorded with Greg Champion, has become an Australian classic, in particular his "Aussie Jingle Bells", now a staple at school end-of-year concerts. He has been nominated for 4 Aria Awards in 1993 for Best Country Album for Hard Times (lost to Lee Kernaghan for The Outback Club), in 1994 for Best Children's Album for I Want My Mummy (lost to Mic Conway for Whoopee), in 1998 for Edge Of The Kimberley (lost to Shanley Del for My Own Sweet Time) and in 2013 for Best Comedy Release for The TGIF Songs of Colin Buchanan (Lost to Tom & Alex for The Bits We're Least Ashamed Of).

Colin was a regular presenter on ABC TV's Play School until 1999, when the program was revamped. More recently he can be seen on Playhouse Disney, a co-production between Australia's Seven Network and Disney Channel. He appears with Monica Trapaga each year representing Seven and Disney on Carols in the Domain. He also regularly hosts on radio Qantas' in-flight country music channel.

Since the mid 1990s Colin has devoted much of his time to producing Christian albums. In particular, his children's albums are popular across Australia, United Kingdom and in parts of the United States. A former school teacher at several schools, his songs can be heard playing in many a primary classroom and Sunday School.

He and his wife, Robyn, have four children.

Albums

 * Galahs in the Gidgee (1991)
 * Hard Times (1992)
 * The Measure of a Man (1994)
 * Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs (1995)
 * Edge of the Kimberley (1998)
 * Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs 2 (1998)
 * Real Hope (2000)
 * Land of the Getaway (2001)
 * God of Wonders (2003)
 * Bourke to Beaconsfield Greatest Hits (2006)
 * The Songwriter Sessions (2012)
 * The TGIF Songs of Colin Buchanan (2013)
 * Calvary Road (2017)

Children's albums

 * I Want My Mummy (1993)
 * Remember the Lord (1996)
 * Practise Being Godly (1997)
 * Follow the Saviour (1998)
 * Live in the Big Tent (2000)
 * Special Edition Volume 1 (2000)
 * 10, 9, 8... God is Great (2002)
 * Baa Baa Doo Baa Baa (2003)
 * Jesus Rocks the World (2004)
 * King of Christmas (2005)
 * Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo (2006)
 * Colin's Favourites (2007)
 * Super Saviour (2008)
 * Boom Chicka Boom (2009)
 * God Rock (2011)
 * King of the Jungle (2013)
 * The Jesus Hokey Pokey (2014)
 * Jingle Jingle Jesus (2015)
 * Boss of the Cross (2016)
 * Colin's Crackers Favourites Vol 2 (2016)
 * Living on the Rock (2016) (with Karen Pang)
 * Colin's New Testament Big Bible Story Songs (2017)
 * Jesus the Game Changer (2017)
 * Fam Bam Bible Jam (2018)
 * Catechismo Kids (2019)
 * Colin Buchanan's Old Testament Sing-a-Long (2020)

Singles

 * "Galahs in the Gidgee/Time For a Yarn" (1991)
 * "Out West of the Mighty Darling" (1994)
 * "Land of the Getaway" (2001)
 * "Missin' Slim" (Lee Kernaghan & Colin Buchanan) (2004) (Tribute to the deceased Slim Dusty)
 * "Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter" (2006) (Tribute to the deceased Steve Irwin)

Videos

 * Remember the Lord (1996)
 * Practise Being Godly (1997)
 * 10, 9, 8... God is Great (2002)
 * Jesus Rocks the World (2004)
 * King of Christmas (2006)
 * Colin's Favourites plus Live in Sydney 2000 (2007)
 * The Good News Parcel Company (2009)
 * The Colin Concert (2010)
 * The Songwriter Sessions (2012)
 * God Rock (2012)
 * Out and About (2015)

Books

 * Colin's Big Music Book (2010)
 * Catechismo Kids The Script (2019)