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Playdays
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The stops
The show would begin with an animated title sequence of the Playbus driving along until it reached the bus stop. The bus stopped at a different place each day.Monday â The Why Bird Stop
Why Bird lived at the Lost Property Office, where things that were left on the Playbus were filed until someone claimed them. She interacted with the human bus driver â there were several throughout the series. She had a special computer called the Why-Tech, which had a variety of uses: it could provide music for songs, pictures for stories, instructions for making something in keeping with the programme's theme, or to help sing a song (e.g. paper sugar buns for Five Currant Buns). In a later series, the office became more like a warehouse, called "Why's Workshop".Tuesday â The Playground Stop
A variety of different things were involved. The programme always opened with the presenter (several, including Dave Benson Phillips and Elizabeth Fost), saying, "Girls and boys, come out to play...", followed by the programme's theme, (e.g. we're playing racing games today). The show featured a group of children doing activities, such as pretending to be cooks and making paper meals.Wednesday â The Dot Stop (1988â1992) / The Roundabout Stop (1992â1997)
The non-speaking Dot, played by Rebecca Higgins, had fun with music or numbers and counting. Later there were three Dots: 'The Dot who plays the violin' (Eithne Hannigan), 'The Dot who plays the drums' (Liz Kitchen) and 'The Dot you can count on' (Dyanne White). Sometimes, a puppet called Dash would appear and squirm its way through holes in the set. It had a song: "Not number one, not number two, not number three or four, not number five, not number six, only one Dash can do tricks!" Another pair of puppet friends were Professor Mopp and his blue dog Morgan. The Violinist and Counting Dots had a sidekick called Mr Domino (Peter Gunn, Stephen Cannon). The Dot who plays the drums was accompanied by Domino the Musical Monkey.Thursday â The Patch Stop
Featuring Sam Patch, a small scarecrow doll and later replaced by Peggy Patch, a small rag doll who were both very kind natured. Sam and later Peggy would often travel places. From 1994 onwards Peggy would leave clues for children to find her and she would also be joined by Parsnip (a brown rabbit) who first appeared about 1991â92, Poppy and/or Why Bird later in the episode. She was originally non-speaking, but gained a voice (Sally Preisig) in 1994. Presenters included Ian Henderson, Vanessa Amberleigh, Sarah Davison, Teresa Gallagher, Neil Bett and Peter Quilter.Friday â The Tent Stop (1988â1995) / The Poppy Stop (1995â1997)
A group of actors, including Trish Cooke, Ricky Diamond, Robert Hopkins, Will Brenton, Sue Monroe & Sarah Davison, would dress up, and with the help of some children, perform a play or show. Humphrey, a unicyclist puppet, and Wobble, a roly-poly clown also took part in the stories and they sometimes accompanied Lizzie for her songs (see The Playground Stop above).Live shows
Playdays went on various tours around the UK during its run. The shows often saw all of the puppet characters coming together. Unlike the show, Peggy Patch was played by a person. Many of the characters were also portrayed by different actors when compared to the television series.VHS releases{| class"wikitable"
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- Playdays at Classic Kids TV
- {{IMDb title|0236920|Playdays}}
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