The Big Arvo Explained

Alt Name:	The Big Breakfast
Genre:	Children's television
Director:	Brian Forshaw
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	7
Executive Producer:	Julie Hanna
Location:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Runtime:	22 minutes
Channel:	Seven Network

The Big Arvo, originally titled The Big Breakfast, was an Australian television program that was broadcast on the Seven Network from 1999 until 2005.

History

The program began in a morning time slot under the title The Big Breakfast, before moving to the afternoon as The Big Arvo, to make way for AMV: All Music Video and Sunrise. The program was presented by four hosts, who hosted the show in a large model bus. The program included segments such as "cool job" and "dare" to amuse younger viewers and to teach viewers who had outgrown Play School. It appeared in K-Zone magazine to celebrate 500 episodes.

Hosts

Role	Name	First Show	Last Show
1st co-host	Ben Hewett^[1]	2 August 1999	6 May 2005
2nd co-host	Jennifer Hardy	2 August 1999	6 May 2005
3rd co-host	Anna Choy	2 August 1999	May 2004
	James Tobin	October 2004	6 May 2005
4th co-host	Curtis Fernandez	2 August 1999	July 2000
	Luke Jacobz	1 February 2001	March 2005

Notes

• There is a 7-month gap between Curtis Fernandez being replaced by Luke Jacobz as The Big Breakfast went off air during this time before being resurrected as The Big Arvo
• There is a 5-month gap between Anna Choy being replaced by James Tobin as The Big Arvo was off air during this time, replaced by Girl TV
• James Tobin was credited as "Jesse Tobin" for all episodes
• Ben and Jenny were the only two hosts to remain with the show for its entire run

Programmes

Cartoons

Here is a list of cartoons that were shown as part of The Big Breakfast:

• Mummies Alive!
• Pancho and Rancho
• Johnny Bravo
• Tom and Jerry
• The Flintstones
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
• Sonic Underground
• ReBoot
• Ed, Edd n Eddy
• The Bots Master
• Dexter's Laboratory
• The Legend of Prince Valiant
• Life with Louie
• The Powerpuff Girls
• I am Weasel
• Gargoyles
• Sailor Moon (original DIC Dub)
• Cow and Chicken
• The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
• The Mask
• The Jetsons
• Basket Fever
• Richie Rich
• The Pirates of Dark Water
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Live-action

The Big Breakfast has also aired a few live action programmes:

• S Club 7 in Miami

See also

• List of Australian television series

Notes and References

1. News: 2005-05-05 . The Big Arvo . . live . 2021-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210331041043/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-big-arvo-20050505-gdl99d.html . 2021-03-31.