fbpx
Wikipedia

Couch Potato (TV series)

January 01, 1970

Couch Potato was an Australian children's television show broadcast on ABC TV in Australia and a staple of Classic ABC.

Airing on Sunday mornings, it was a "wrapper" show linking three or four animated or live action shows aimed at older pre-teen and young teenage audiences.

Programmes edit

Presenters edit

Grant Piro was the original host and stayed on the show for six years from 1991 to 1996. During its run, Couch Potato's presenters included Grant Piro, David Erskine aka Gilbert Gusset, Joey Kennedy, Jess Keeley, Jane Nield, Sam Prest, David Heinrich and Abby Coleman.

History edit

  • The show debuted on 17 March 1991 and ended on 24 June 2001.
  • Originally intended to be an educational program for children, Grant Piro was asked to host by an Adelaide producer of the ABC. Ten episodes were initially filmed, based on science experiments in conjunction with the education department at the ABC.
  • According to Grant Piro, "a producer and I decided to hijack the program. We said, 'how about we try and make it a bit more anarchic?’ We decided to break some of the ABC's rules and see how much we could get away with and we ended up breaking a lot of rules over the next six years. Couch Potato stopped being educational and became more about comic sketches and I think that's where the appeal took off[1]”.
  • In February 2005, Couch Potato had a spiritual successor in a similar show called Rollercoaster which aired on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings until 30 January 2010.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "'We broke the rules': Truth about Couch Potato". 26 May 2017.

External links edit

  • Couch Potato (1991) on IMDB.com


 

This article about a television show originating in Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

January 01, 1970
couch, potato, series, couch, potato, australian, children, television, show, broadcast, australia, staple, classic, airing, sunday, mornings, wrapper, show, linking, three, four, animated, live, action, shows, aimed, older, teen, young, teenage, audiences, co. Couch Potato was an Australian children s television show broadcast on ABC TV in Australia and a staple of Classic ABC Airing on Sunday mornings it was a wrapper show linking three or four animated or live action shows aimed at older pre teen and young teenage audiences Contents 1 Programmes 2 Presenters 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksProgrammes editThe Adventures of Sam Alias the Jester Alvin and the Chipmunks The Angry Beavers The Animals of Farthing Wood Animated Classic Showcase Aquila Archibald the Koala The Baby Sitters Club Bananaman Bangers and Mash The Biz Bump in the Night The Cat Came Back Clowning Around Cro Danger Marmalade At Work Danger Mouse The Demon Headmaster Dog Tracer The Dreamstone EC Plays Lift Off Educating Marmalade Escape from Jupiter Finders Keepers The Genie From Down Under Ghostwriter Inspector Gadget Johnson and Friends Kideo Lift Off Minty Mot Odysseus The Greatest Hero of Them All Orson and Olivia Plasmo The Real Story of Return to Jupiter Rocko s Modern Life Roland Rat Roland Rat Goes East Roland Rat s Winter Wonderland Round the Bend Round the Twist Santo Bugito The Secret World of Alex Mack Simon and the Witch SimsalaGrimm Ship to Shore Stickin Around Sun on the Stubble SuperTed Toucan Tecs The Trap Door True Tilda The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Watt on Earth The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends You Can t Do That on TelevisionPresenters editGrant Piro was the original host and stayed on the show for six years from 1991 to 1996 During its run Couch Potato s presenters included Grant Piro David Erskine aka Gilbert Gusset Joey Kennedy Jess Keeley Jane Nield Sam Prest David Heinrich and Abby Coleman History editThe show debuted on 17 March 1991 and ended on 24 June 2001 Originally intended to be an educational program for children Grant Piro was asked to host by an Adelaide producer of the ABC Ten episodes were initially filmed based on science experiments in conjunction with the education department at the ABC According to Grant Piro a producer and I decided to hijack the program We said how about we try and make it a bit more anarchic We decided to break some of the ABC s rules and see how much we could get away with and we ended up breaking a lot of rules over the next six years Couch Potato stopped being educational and became more about comic sketches and I think that s where the appeal took off 1 In February 2005 Couch Potato had a spiritual successor in a similar show called Rollercoaster which aired on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings until 30 January 2010 See also editABC ABC KidsReferences edit We broke the rules Truth about Couch Potato 26 May 2017 External links editCouch Potato 1991 on IMDB com nbsp This article about a television show originating in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Couch Potato TV series amp oldid 1178897738, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.