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★ 5.5Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television show that premiered on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since become syndicated in many different countries, and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling pajamas. This aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997 as a half-hour series, then became a 15-minute show paired with a short-lived 15-minute series The Crayon Box, under a 30-minute block produced by Sachs Family Entertainment titled Bananas in Pajamas & The Crayon Box. Additionally, the characters and a scene from the show were featured in the Kids for Character sequel titled Kids for Character: Choices Count. The pilot episode was Pink Mug.
- Aired
- 1992–2001
- Seasons
- 6 · 307 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Helena Harris
- Network
- ABC TV
- Genres
- Kids, Comedy
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Key facts
- Created by
- Helena Harris
- Directed by
- Roger Bayley Sophia Turkiewicz Tony Tilse Di Drew David Caesar Paul Faint Karin Kreicers Ian Munro Michael Ailwood Varcha Sidwell Virginia Lumsden David Evans Richard Walker
- Starring
- Benjamin Baylock Mary-Ann Henshaw Michael James Sandie Lillingston Shane McNamara Nicholas Opolski Taylor Owynns Ken Radley Jeremy Scrivener Duncan Wass
- Narrated by
- Karina Kelly
- Theme music composer
- Carey Blyton
- Opening theme
- Bananas in Pyjamas by Trapaga Vocal Group
- Ending theme
- Bananas in Pyjamas (instrumental)
- Composers
- Chris Harriott (1992–99) Peter Dasent (2001)
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 304 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Claire Henderson (1992–94) Mark Barnard (1995/96) Virginia Lumsden (1999–2001)
- Producers
- Helena Harris (showrunner, 1992–94) Tammy Burnstock (1994–1995) Virginia Lumsden (1995–1999) Mark Barnard (1999) Sophie Emtage (2001)
- Production location
- ABC Studios
- Running time
- 5 minutes
- Production company
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Network
- ABC-TV
- Release
- 20 July 1992 ( 1992-07-20 ) –, 14 December 2001 ( 2001-12-14 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Production company
- Magnolia Pictures
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Duration
- 5
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- title
- Bananas in Pyjamas
- start time
- 1992-07-20
- number of episodes
- 304
- original broadcaster
- NBC
- Commons category
- Bananas in Pyjamas
- number of seasons
- 6
- end time
- 2001-12-14
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Encyclopedic overview
Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television series that first aired on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since been syndicated in many countries and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling pajamas. It aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997 as a half-hour series, then became a 15-minute show paired with a short-lived 15-minute series The Crayon Box, under a 30-minute block produced by Sachs Family Entertainment titled Bananas in Pajamas & The Crayon Box. Additionally, the characters and a scene from the show were featured in the Kids for Character sequel titled Kids for Character: Choices Count. The pilot episode was Pink Mug.
The concept was inspired by the success of the song Bananas in Pyjamas, written by Carey Blyton in 1967, on Play School. This song, which had become a regular item on Play School, became the theme of the new series. The series was revamped in May 2011 as a CGI animated series created by Southern Star Entertainment.
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