Playdays
| Playdays | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Playbus |
| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Cynthia Felgate |
| Developed by | Felgate Productions |
| Written by | Simon Davies |
| Directed by | Clare Bradley Brian Jameson Iain Lauchlan Will Brenton Helen Sheppard Stephen Cannon Adrian Hedley Robin Carr Leslie Pitt Trevor Hill Mark Pickett Jamie Langton Michelle Jones Philip Hawthorn |
| Presented by | Brian Jameson Simon Davies Zoe Ball Vanessa Amberleigh Nick Baker Elizabeth Fost Floella Benjamin Colin Kerrigan Dave Benson Phillips Liz Kitchen Dyanne White Philip Hawthorn Stephen Cannon Chris Jarvis Andrew Lynford Stuart Bradley Liz Watts Will Brenton Iain Lauchlan Sue Monroe Sarah Davison Robin Fritz Clive Duncan Andy Hockley Nick Mercer (presenter Michele Durler Jonny Griffiths Sonali Shah Teresa Gallagher Peter Quilter Neil Bett Paul Hawkyard Royce Hounsell Trish Cooke Karl Woolley Alex Lovell |
| Voices of | Fiona Benyon Brown Ellie Darvill Sue Monroe Sally Preisig |
| Theme music composer | Richard Brown |
| Composers | Jonathan Cohen Kim Goody Liz Kitchen Graham Pike Alex Matthias Andrew Dodge |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 1174 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Cynthia Felgate Andrew Thomas |
| Producers | Clare Bradley Penny Lloyd Barbara Roddam Anne Reay Michael Cole Ann Gobey Kate Marlow Will Brenton |
| Production location | Capital Group Studios |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production company | Felgate Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One and BBC Two |
| Release | 17 October 1988 – 28 March 1997 |
| Related | |
| Play School | |
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Playdays (known as Playbus until December 1989) is a British pre-school television programme which ran from 17 October 1988 to 28 March 1997 on Children's BBC. The show was the successor to Play School and, like its predecessor, was designed as an educational programme.
The show's name was changed after the BBC received a complaint from the National Playbus Association.
In 2002, reruns were moved to the new CBeebies channel until late August 2004.