Play School was a British children's television series produced by BBC Two (1964-1983) and later on BBC One (1983-1988) which ran from 21 April 1964 until 11 March 1988 (repeats until 14 October 1988). It was created by Joy Whitby. Play School originally appeared on weekdays at 11am on BBC2 and later acquired a mid-afternoon BBC1 repeat. The morning showing was transferred to BBC1 in September 1983 when BBC Schools programming transferred to BBC2. It remained in that slot even after daytime television was launched in October 1986 and continued to be broadcast at that time until it was superseded in October 1988 by Playbus, which soon became Playdays.