Play Away

Play Away is a

British television children's programme. A sister programme to the infants' series Play School

, it was aimed at slightly older children.

It ran from 1971 until 1984, and was broadcast on Saturday afternoons on

ABC at 4:30 after the Australian version of Play School. In New Zealand the series aired on TV One

during the 1970s and 1980s.

Presenters during the 13-year run included familiar Play School presenters such as Brian Cant, Toni Arthur, Derek Griffiths, Lionel Morton, Chloe Ashcroft, Floella Benjamin, Johnny Ball, Carol Chell and Julie Stevens, as well as lesser known presenters including Janine Sharp, Matthew Devitt and Kim Goody. Play Away also played host to future stars such as Jeremy Irons, Julie Covington, Anita Dobson, Tony Robinson and Alex Norton.

According to the Kaleidoscope Children's Guide and the Lost Shows website, much of this series is no longer in the archives. Out of 191 editions, 132 no longer exist,^[2] with some episodes having been wiped in the early 1990s.

References

^ ^a ^b Alistair McGown "Play Away (1971–84)", BFI screenonline
^ "Missing or incomplete episodes for programme Play Away, lostshows.com (Kaleidoscope)

External links

Play Away at
bbc.co.uk

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[McGown-1] Alistair McGown "Play Away (1971–84)", BFI screenonline

[2] "Missing or incomplete episodes for programme Play Away, lostshows.com (Kaleidoscope)

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