Romper Room [Discuss]

Romper Room was a pre-school children's programme, based upon the successful American franchise created by Bert and Nancy Claster.

Genre Children's/pre-schooler's
Years of production 1963-
Production companies ATN7 Sydney, SAS10 Adelaide, NBN3 Newcastle
Fremantle International Productions*
R.A. Becker and Co. Pty. Ltd.*
Claster Television*
Preservation status Endangered

There were at least three versions produced in Australia:

  • The ATN7 version, which by 1974 would become the national Seven Network version, commenced production in 1963 and was initially hosted by Miss Colleen, then later by Miss Helena, with Mr. Doo Bee, who would call out children's names through the magic mirror. Miss Helena was later followed by Miss Megan. Seven axed the program in 1988 after it had adopted Fat Cat And Friends following SAS' network affiliation change.

  • SAS10 Adelaide produced a local version that was one of their first local productions starting in 1965. The shows first hostess was Miss Michele (Michele Kenny). The SAS version also screened on TVW7 Perth and ATV0 Melbourne.

  • A local version was also produced for many years by NBN3 Newcastle. It was originally hosted by Miss Anne, followed by Miss Louise, and then finally by Miss Kim along with the station's mascot, Big Dog. Both are still seen on the station today.

* = denotes producers of the NBN-3 version.

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Last updated on 25 August 2006 at 11:01:49 UTC