What's that, Big Ted? Play School celebrates 60 years
By Liz Hobday
There’s a bear in there and a chair as well, at an exhibition marking 60 years of beloved children’s TV program Play School.
Actor Alex Papps recently clocked up 20 years as a presenter, and after a sneak peek of the show at Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the Moving Image, he predicted things could get noisy.
“I just thought, ‘My goodness, they are going to absolutely love it’. It’s certainly recognisable as a Play School environment,” he said.
The program first went to air in black and white on July 18, 1966, and remains one of Australia’s best-loved children’s shows.