The Playdate House is a long-running British preschool series that was aired on the channel on January 14, 1989 and produced by KidsCo Productions, HIT Communications/HIT Communications PLC/HIT Entertainment PLC/HIT Entertainment, Puppetoon Inc. (The Adventures of Jakey Jakey, Petey, Luli, Xan-Xan, Mimi, Yoyo, Hallie, Stuffy, Dolly and Flip), BBC Children's International (season 4-8), Hasbro Entertainment (season 17-onwards), Brosh Quality Productions (season 19-onwards), Handle & Spout Limited (season 19-23), Top TV Productions/Dot to Dot Productions (season 13-onwards) and The Foundation and Zodiak Kids (season 13-onwards) in association with Ragdoll Productions and DHX Media (season 23-onwards) for KidsCo, Children's BBC/CBBC/CBeebies and Mini KidsCo/Ready, Set Learn!/JuniorCo/Hop!, inspired by Sesame Street, Pinwheel, Play School and other preschool shows that features short-form cartoons, sketches and original live-action and cartoons, it is hosted by various presenters and child presenters and 10 puppet friends named Jakey Jakey, Petey, Luli, Xan-Xan, Mimi, Yoyo, Hallie, Stuffy, Dolly and Flip.
While the show airs on KidsCo and Hop! with various dubs, the show got international adaptations on various preschool blocks and channels around the world.
It is also the first preschool series to be broadcasted on various preschool channels and blocks and only long-length show to be broadcast on BabyTV.
Production[]
In 1982, Anne Wood announced to produce a preschool show that "inspires Sesame Street, Pinwheel and Play School".
In 1984, Wood founded Ragdoll Productions and decided to come up with The Playdate House and this will the first Ragdoll production ever, originally it was going to be pitch for TVS and Yorkshire Television, but it was pitched to KidsCo instead.
Recordings of the show were taped from August-September 1988 and it was successful announced by KidsCo in December 1988.
Presenters[]
Main puppets[]
- Jakey Jakey
- Petey
- Luli
- Xan-Xan
- Mimi
- Yoyo
- Hallie
- Stuffy
- Dolly
- Flip
Other puppets[]
- Maiya
- Johnny Johnny
- Baby Shark
Kid presenters[]
- John
- Naya
- Stacey
- Zizzy
- Henry
- Harry
- Alf
- Milly
- George
- Al
- Ralph
- Lily
- Peter
- Holly
- Eloise
- Noah
- Avi
- Luna
- Ella
- Abby
- Gabby
- Jack
- Jake
- Ashley
- Mary
- Tara
- Kate
- Katie
- Madeline
- Jane
Adult presenters[]
The following adult presenters are also presenters of the channels that air the show.
- Josh Weiner
- Erica Jones
- Marina Glover
- Adam Lee
- Julie Phillips-Smith
- Julia Young
- Kaikuo Kung
- Sun Wung
- Avishai Jacobson
- Mika Lynch
- Jake Baker
- Luna Jackson
- Stephanie Smith
- Michael Richardson
- Lisa Park
- Shannon Jones
- Sapphire Gavin
- May Johnson
- Jackie Jackson
- Ella Johnson
- Janaye Upshaw
- Phil McCordic
- Andy Day
- Cerrie Burnell
- Sidney Sloane
- Rebecca Keatley
- Naomi Wilkinson
- Jen Pringle
- Jassa Ahluwalia
- Sapphire Baker (leaved due to her retirement from being a television presenter and moved to be a singer due to an unknown reason)
- Josh Gavin (leaved due to his cancer treatment, which later he died due to that)
- Mark Speight (former)
- Justin Fletcher
- Pui Fan Lee
Broadcast[]
The Playdate House was broadcasted on KidsCo on January 14, 1989 and still airs as of today.
Between 1990-present, the show got international adaptations for various preschool channels and blocks around the world.
International broadcasts[]
All the dubs have been broadcast on both said channels, while the adaptations air on different channels.
American The Playdate House[]
- AKN
- AKN Jr.
- AKN Baby
Canadian The Playdate House[]
- YTV
- Treehouse TV
- Nickelodeon Canada
- Playhouse Disney Canada
- Disney Junior Canada
- Family Jr.
Singaporean The Playdate House[]
- Kids Central/Okto/Okto Channel
- Channel 5
Australian The Playdate House[]
- ABC for Kids/ABC4 Kids
La maison Playdate (with French, Canadian, Belgian, Swiss and Luxembourgish presenters)[]
- TF1
- France 5
- Piwi/Piwi+
- Tiji
- Gulli
- Nickelodeon Junior
- Playhouse Disney France
- Disney Junior France
- Cartoonito France
- Télémagino
- La Chaîne Disney
- Ici Radio-Canada Télé
- TFO
- Télé-Québec
- Vrak
- Yoopa
- La Première
- Club RTL
- TV5Monde
- Ludikids
- France 3
- France 4
- 2M
- Canal J
- RTBF
- RTL9
- Canal+ Family
- TéléGuyane
- TéléCongo
- RTS 1
- Guyane La Première
- Polynésie La Première
- Guadeloupe La Première
- Martinique La Première
- Mayotte La Première
- Nouvelle-Calédonie La Première
- Réunion La Première
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon La Première
- Wallis and Futuna La Première
- Trééhouse TV
La casa de las citas de juegos (with European and Latin American Spanish presenters)[]
- La 1
- La 2
- Clan TV
- Neox
- Boing
- Cartoonito (until 2013)
- Canal Panda/Enfamilia
- Telemadrid
- Antena 3
- Antena 3 Internacional
- TVE Internacional
- Nick Jr. Spain
- Playhouse Disney Spain
- Disney Junior Spain
- Discovery Kids
- Discovery Kids en Español/Discovery Familia
- Semillitas
- Pakapaka
- Funbox
- Canal Infantil
- Various television channels in Latin America
Dom Playdate[]
- TVP1
- TVP ABC
- Minimax (as part of the MiniKaruzela block)
- MiniMini/MiniMini+
- Puls 2
- Top Kids
- Top Kids Jr.
- CBeebies
- TVP VOD
- Polsat JimJam
- 4fun Kids
La casa dei giochi[]
- Rai Due/Rai 2
- RaiSat 2/RaiSat Ragazzi
- RaiSat YoYo/Rai Yoyo
- Cartoonito Italy
- JimJam Italy (until 2015)
- Frisbee
- Italia 1
- Telebimbi
- DeA Junior
- DeA Kids
- Super!
- Nick Jr. Italy
- Playhouse Disney Italy
- Disney Junior Italy
- Boing Italy
- Boomerang Italy
- RaiPlay
Beit HaPlaydate[]
- Channel 1
- Channel 2
- Channel 6/Arutz HaYeladim
- Israeli Educational Television
- Hop!
- Yoyo
- Logi
- Kan Hinuchit
- Luli TV
- Nick Jr. Israel
- Fox Kids Play Israel
- Jetix Play Israel
- Playhouse Disney Israel
- Disney Junior Israel
- Hop! Retro
- Arutz HaRetro
- Keshet 12
- Reshet 13
- Boomerang Israel
- Discovery Kids Israel
- KIDZ Yoyo
Television specials[]
Appearances at Live Shows/Events[]
VHS and DVD releases[]
Songs[]
Original songs[]
- Welcome All!
- Let's Clean it Up!
- Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives
- The ABC Countries
- From 1 to 100
- Brush Up and Brush Down
- What I Eat?
- We're Going to the Zoo
- I Spy with My Little Eye
- The Months of the Year
Nursery Rhymes[]
- Finger Family
- London Bridge is Falling Down
- A Tisket, A Tashket
- Down by the Bay
- Baby Shark
- Johnny, Johnny! Yes, Papa?
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive
- Little Miss Muffet
- Miss Polly Had a Dolly
- Are You Sleeping? (Frere Jacques)
- The Farmer In The Dell
- Did You Ever See a Lassie?
- Looby Loo
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- The Grand Old Duke of York
- Matry Had a Little Lamb
- Alouette (as Gentle Little Skylark)
- Skidamarink
- Teddy Bears' Picnic
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- Oh My Darling, Clementine
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- Billy Boy
- I'm a Little Teapot
Lullabies[]
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- Hush, Little Baby
Songs from other media[]
- I am the Great Detective
- Magic Show
- Bate, Bate, Chocolate
- Building It
- Don't Give Up, Don't Give In
- Everybody Wants My Goose
- Party in my Tummy
- Gaston the Ladybird Song
- Chickens Ride West
- Rinky Dinky Doo
- Bing Bong Song
- Let's Put on a Play!
- I Need to Rock
- The Milk Song
- Snack Patterns
- Got a Bunch of Bones
- Spooky!
- Got a Bunch of Bones
- Sun, Beautiful SunI Want Somethin' to Love
- Bubblecity!
- Camping Outside
- Mr. Tree
- It's a Beautiful Day
- A Color Just Right
- Super, Super, Supermarket
- When You Wish Upon a Star (Hi-5)
- E-N-E-R-G-Y
- Five Senses
- Playtime
Segments[]
Foreign cartoon short-forms[]
- Musti
- Miffy
- Fifi and the Flowertots
- Roary the Racing Car
- Animal Mechanicals
- Strawberry Shortcake (2003) (10-minutes version)
- Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures (10-minutes version)
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (10-minutes version)
- The Adventures of Chuck & Friends (10-minutes version)
- Will & Dewitt (10-minutes version)
- Emillé (2012)
- Mr. Mix-Up
- ABC Monsters (10-minutes cut)
- Caillou
- The Book of Shapes
- Colorful Rainbow
- Timmy & Tudy
- Looi
- Tractor Tom
- The Book of Colors
- Special Agent Oso (10-minutes version)
- Jungle Junction (10-minutes version)
- Jake and the Never Land Pirates (10-minutes version)
- Clay Play
- Handy Manny (10-minutes version)
- Charley & Mimmo
- Chapi Chapo
- Bubble Guppies (10-minutes cut)
- The Backyardigans (10-minutes cut)
- Wonder Pets! (10-minutes cut)
- Team Umizoomi (10-minutes cut)
- Dora the Explorer (10-minutes cut)
- Go, Diego Go! (10-minutes cut)
- Ni Hao, Kai-Lan! (10-minutes cut)
- Little Eric
- Bo on the Go! (10-minutes cut)
- Super Why! (10-minutes cut)
- The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That (10-minutes cut)
- Blue's Clues (10-minutes cut)
- Little Bill (10-minutes version)
- The Kids' Picture Show
- Storytime
- Alphabet Stories
- YOUniverse
- Peek-a-Boo the Rabbit
- Funky Valley
- Happy Valley (cartoon)
- Peppa Pig
- Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
- Thomas & Friends
- Bob the Builder
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- Fred & Fiona
- Tobi!
- Grandpa's Garden
- Charlie & The Numbers/Alphabet/Shapes
- Shape-A-Majigs
- Ready, Dress, Go!
- Little Einsteins (10-minutes cut)
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (10-minutes cut)
- JoJo's Circus (10-minutes cut)
- Higglytown Heroes (10-minutes cut)
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh (10-minutes cut)
- Everything's Rosie
- The Cow Goes Moo
- Oliver Discovers
- Cuddlies
- Popiz
- Bobby & Robby
- Circus Hocus Pocus
- The Tinys
- The Cartoonitos (10-minute cut)
- Go And.. (only segments and Cartoonito Karaoke)
- Cartoonito Tales
- Poko (only segments)
- Yo Gabba Gabba! (only the Jingle, Mark's Magic Pictures, Funny Faces, Biz's Beat of the Day, Cool Tricks, Numbers, Storytime and Knock Knock Joke segments)
Foreign live-action short-forms[]
- Learn to Dance
- Learn to Make
- Petey's TV shows
- Are We There Yet?: World Adventures
- This is...
- I Dare You
- Roll Play
- Wanna Play?
- Ask Me!
- Benjamin's Farm
- Minichef
- LazyTown (10-minutes cut)
- Mister Maker (10-minutes cut)
- Singing Games (English dub of Shirei Mischak)
- Look, See, Wow!
- Bobby's Balloon House
- Time to Say Bye-Bye! (seen at the end of every episodes)
Original cartoon short-forms[]
- The Adventures of Jakey Jakey, Petey, Luli, Xan-Xan, Mimi, Yoyo, Hallie, Stuffy, Dolly and Flip
- Vehicity
- Toymotion
- 8-bit games (similar to Yo Gabba Gabba!)
Original live-action short-forms[]
- Sing a Song with Me
- Learn Languages with Me (10-minutes cut)
- Learn Something New (retitled as ABC, 123, Shapes, Colors and Much More!)
- Exercise Time
- Have a Playdate
- Let's Dance!
- Let's Play!
- Let's Play Pretend!
- Cook Some Food
- Let's Get Artsy!
- Healthy VS Junk
- It's Playtime
- Stories, Fairytales and Poems
- Meeting Kids From the World
- Mixing Colors, Let's Draw!
- All Kinds of Safety
- Learn About Music Instruments from Around the World
- Playdate House's Theater
- Worldwide Cusinie
- Little Builders
- Yoga Time
- Craft it, Cook it, Bake it, Green it, Recycle it, Draw it and Science it! (segments only except for Bye Bye Time)
- Artcraft: Do-it-Yourself for Kids (10-minutes cut)
- So Many Patterns!
- Word Play
- Relaxing ASMR for Littles
- Funny Sounds
- Feeling Faces
- The Planets of Ours
- Learn About Animals
- Dinosaurs All Around
- Toys (similar to Yo Gabba Gabba!)
- Alphabets (similar to Numbers from Yo Gabba Gabba!)