Play School was an iconic educational programme for preschool children, which screened for over 15 years from 1975. The Play School format included songs, a story, craft, a calendar, a clock and a look outside Play School via the shaped windows. But the toys Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima, Humpty and Manu were the real stars of the show. The title sequence and music were a call to action that several generations of New Zealanders still instantly recognise.
Play School was an educational programme for preschoolers that screened for over 15 years from 1975. Based on a BBC format that is still produced in many countries around the world, Play School had a distinctive title sequence, ...
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Most of the Playschool toys are now living at Te Papa.
Here's Jemima - http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=703734&coltype=history®no=gh015567&term=jemima
Big Ted - http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=669374&coltype=history®no=gh014511&term=ted
Manu - http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=669369&coltype=history®no=gh014509&term=manu
and Humpty -
http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=669372&coltype=history®no=gh014510&term=humpty
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David Smart
Posted at 09.19PM - 27.11.2009
Little Ted is in the Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin.
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/70615/little-ted-found-without-his-head