Appearing in the “Play school special” are eight well-loved Play school presenters: Benita Collings, Merridy Eastman, John Hamblin, Noni Hazelhurst, Jennifer Ludlum, Philip Quast, Don Spencer and John Waters. Favourite songs include ‘Old Macdonald’, ‘Baa baa black sheep’, ‘The paper song’, ‘There’s a bear in there’ and many more. Some of the stories are ‘Harry the dirty dog’, ‘There was a princess’ and ‘The hole’. Benita Collings and John Hamblin perform in a Play School concert. The audience joins in with the words and actions of popular Play school songs. Among them are ‘I’m a little teapot’ and ‘Bananas in pyjamas’.
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ACMI Identifier
324983
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Music & Performing Arts → Children's songs
Television → Television series → Television series - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)