| Director: | Paul Field |
| Opentheme: | "Wiggle and Learn" |
| Endtheme: | "Goodbye from the Wiggles" |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Executive Producer: | The Wiggles |
| Producer: | Paul Field |
| Location: | Hot Potato Studios |
| Channel: | ABC1 (Australia) |
Wiggle and Learn is an Australian TV show that aired on the ABC. It ran from 12 May 2007 to 10 February 2010. It is The Wiggles 6th TV series. It was the first TV series to not feature Greg Page, who had to depart the group in 2006 due to poor health, and the only one to feature Sam Moran as the Yellow Wiggle, as well as the last Wiggles show until Ready, Steady, Wiggle! in 2013. It was also the final series with Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt as the Red Wiggle and Purple Wiggle, respectively.
Unlike the Wiggles' five previous TV series, Wiggle and Learn uses Nursery Rhymes in addition to self-written songs.
The Wiggles first pitched the idea in early 2006 and wanted to have Greg Page in it. Page helped write all the songs for a related video and album called Getting Strong!. However, one of the songs, the series' theme song, was originally written for one of the idents that promoted ABC Kids, with Page as the lead singer and the chorus lyrics "ABC Kids" in place of the actual "Wiggle and Learn", as well as a different backing track where additional instruments and back-up voices were added.[1] After filming three episodes, Page was diagnosed with Dysautonomia and was unable to participate and the episodes were eventually re-shot with Sam Moran. In 2015, Anthony Field, Murray Cook, and Jeff Fatt found the original footage while lurking around on the computer.[2] The original footage of the sets was also used for their very first documentary 15 Years of Wiggly Fun.
The original draft consists of three plots:
The Australian version aired from 2007 to 2008 on ABC and Playhouse Disney. Then the Canadian version premiered April 2008 on Treehouse TV and the US version aired December 2008 at 7/6c am on Playhouse Disney. It also re-ran on that block in January 2009 running at 11am weekdays, 7am weekends, and would continue to do so up until May of that year.
It is also the first Wiggles TV show to be completely dubbed in another language (In other countries such as Italy, earlier Wiggles TV shows had the dialogue dubbed but the songs remained in English). It aired in Spanish as "Wiggle y Aprende" on Playhouse Disney in Latin America and later Disney Junior, and on Disney Junior in Brazil as "Wiggle e Aprenda".
The show remained in reruns in some countries, most notably Australia and Latin America, until 2013 or 2014, despite Moran being fired from the Wiggles in 2012 due to Page's return, and Cook and Fatt leaving the group in 2013.
| DVD Title | Region 1 | Discs | Episodes | Extras | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiggle and Learn: Vol 1 | August 22, 2007 | 2 | 1-12 | Behind the scenes; Special Extras; Pilot & 2nd episode of The Wiggles Show | |
| Wiggle and Learn: Vol 2 | September 1, 2011 | 1 | 13-19 | Bonus Episode; Photo gallery |