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The Wiggles: Series 3 - Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!

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"Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!" (also known as "Network Wiggles") is the Wiggles' third TV series, first aired in late 2002.

Episodes[]

The series existed in two versions.

The pages linked below are of the 22-minute versions, as the DVD set provides us with information on all of these episodes. Due to the fact several 11-minute versions have never been released on DVD, we didn't know the contents of them. For airdates and pages on the 11-minute versions, click the aptly-named tab below.

Note: Episodes titles are official as given on WildBrain YouTube uploads and The Wiggles Channel/Roku listings.

  1. Raining Pink Balloons! - October 14, 2003
  2. Captain's Magic Buttons - October 15, 2003
  3. Swim Like a Fish - October 13, 2003
  4. Where's Jeff? - October 13, 2003
  5. Toot, Toot! - October 16, 2003
  6. Wiggle Bay - October 17, 2003
  7. Balla Bambina - October 13, 2003
  8. Everybody's Dancing - October 20, 2003
  9. Musical Statues - October 13, 2003
  10. Captain Feathersword's Birthday - October 21, 2003
  11. Dorothy Visits the Art Gallery - October 22, 2003
  12. Water Play - October 23, 2003
  13. Anthony's Workshop - October 24, 2003
  14. Zing Zang, Wing Wang Wong! - October 13, 2003
  15. Ring-a-Ring O'Rosy - October 27, 2003
  16. Dance a Cachucha! - October 13, 2003
  17. Bubble Painting - October 28, 2003
  18. Vegetable Soup - October 29, 2003
  19. Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy! - October 13, 2003
  20. Rosy Tea - October 13, 2003
  21. Let's Go to Caveland! - October 13, 2003
  22. Hula Hoops - October 13, 2003
  23. Something Fishy at the Aquarium - February 2, 2004
  24. Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist! - January 5, 2005
  25. Blooming Blossoms - January 26, 2004
  26. C'est Wags! - January 3, 2005

11-minute versions[]

Premiere dates are from ABC1 airings in Australia. Episode titles (where available) come from Sprout airings. [1] Note: Episodes that have surfaced online are marked with an asterisk (*); partially available episodes are marked with a double asterisk (**). All others are currently considered lost media.

  • Episode 1 (By The Beach)[citation needed] (*) - 30th September 2002
  • Episode 2 (Swim Like A Fish)[citation needed] (*) - 1st October 2002
  • Episode 3 (Dressing Up) (*) - 2nd October 2002
  • Episode 4 (Move To The Music) (*) - 3rd October 2002
  • Episode 5 (Farm Animals) (*) - 4th October 2002
  • Episode 6 (Fishing Time) (*) - 7th October 2002
  • Episode 7 (We're Building!) (*) - 8th October 2002
  • Episode 8 (Garden Fun) (*) - 9th October 2002
  • Episode 9 (Rhythms) (*) - 10th October 2002
  • Episode 10 (Dancing Time!) - 11th October 2002
  • Episode 11 (Australian Animals) (*) - 14th October 2002
  • Episode 12 (Cooking Pizza) (*) - 15th October 2002
  • Episode 13 (Dancing Flowers) (*) - 16th October 2002
  • Episode 14 (Maracas) (*) - 17th October 2002
  • Episode 15 (Dancing with Wags) (*) - 18th October 2002
  • Episode 16 (Australian Music) (*) - 21st October 2002
  • Episode 17 (Hats) (*) - 22nd October 2002
  • Episode 18 (Out in the Bush) - 23rd October 2002
  • Episode 19 (Captain Feathersword's Birthday) - 24th October 2002
  • Episode 20 (Games) - 25th October 2002
  • Episode 21 (Dorothy Visits the Art Gallery) (*) - 28th October 2002
  • Episode 22 (Vegetable Soup) (*) - 29th October 2002
  • Episode 23 (Water Play) - 30th October 2002
  • Episode 24 (Let's Build) (*) - 31st October 2002
  • Episode 25 (Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga) (*) - 1st November 2002
  • Episode 26 (By The Sea) (**) - 4th November 2002
  • Episode 27 (Sound Stories) - 5th November 2002
  • Episode 28 (Nursery Rhymes) - 6th November 2002
  • Episode 29 (Dorothy Visits the Museum) - 7th November 2002
  • Episode 30 (Musical Stories) - 8th November 2002
  • Episode 31 (Sound Effects) - 11th November 2002
  • Episode 32 (Dancing & Colouring) - 12th November 2002
  • Episode 33 (High & Low) - 13th November 2002
  • Episode 34 (Bubble Paintings) - 14th November 2002
  • Episode 35 (Gym Time) - 15th November 2002
  • Episode 36 (Where's Jeff?) - 18th November 2002
  • Episode 37 (Reptiles) (*) - 19th November 2002
  • Episode 38 (Fruit Salad) - 20th November 2002
  • Episode 39 (Ducks) (*) - 21st November 2002
  • Episode 40 (Hot Potato) - 22nd November 2002
  • Episode 41 (Nature's Best) - 25th November 2002
  • Episode 42 (Squeak!) (*) - 26th November 2002
  • Episode 43 (Clap Your Hands) (*) - 27th November 2002
  • Episode 44 (Animal Fun) - 28th November 2002
  • Episode 45 (Dorothy Visits The Aquarium) - 29th November 2002
  • Episode 46 (Dinosaurs) - 2nd December 2002
  • Episode 47 (Watching the Waves) (*) - 3rd December 2002
  • Episode 48 (Jobs) - 4th December 2002
  • Episode 49 (Kitchen Instruments) - 5th December 2002
  • Episode 50 (Flowers) - 6th December 2002
  • Episode 51 (Romp Bomp A Stomp) - 9th December 2002
  • Episode 52 (Finger Painting Fun) - 10th December 2002

Format[]

  • Network Wiggles News: Greg hosts a news report with Dorothy as the field reporter and Captain Feathersword as the weatherman.
  • Music with Murray: Murray teaches children about different types of music and the soundwaves of the music.
  • Anthony's Workshop: Anthony shows different crafts to kids.
  • Captain's Magic Buttons: Captain Feathersword shows a Wiggle the many things he can do when the buttons on his magic vest are pushed.
  • Where's Jeff?: A Wiggle gets another Wiggle or Captain Feathersword to guess where Jeff is sleeping in, and they wake him up at the end.
  • Wiggly Community Service Announcement: The Wiggles and their friends are interviewed on what they are doing and given safety tips.

Songs[]

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"Romp Bomp A Stomp", the first song used in the series

The songs used in the series are primarily taken from the videos Wiggle Bay and the not yet released Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!, with each song from both videos appearing in their original 16:9 widescreen presentation. Some songs from the videos replace scenes with Magdalena the Mermaid and The Gremlins with alternative shots. For the first time in a Wiggles series, no concert clips appear within the show. New music videos, which are exclusive to the series, use songs from Wake Up Jeff!, The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack, Toot Toot!, the North American version of Yummy Yummy, Wiggle Time!, It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! and Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party. All of the songs are filmed on the main set, with the alternating purple and gold curtains. The only exception is "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car", which is filmed around the whole studio as the car travels.

Version Differences[]

The original 11-minute versions of episodes, as shown on ABC in Australia, TVO in Canada and Sprout in the United States, usually only features 2 songs. Odd-numbered episodes usually contain Network Wiggles News and Music With Murray segments, while even-numbered ones contain Anthony's Workshop, Captain's Magic Buttons and Where's Jeff? segments. Community Service Announcements appear randomly in any episode.

An extended version that lasts 22 minutes, as aired on Playhouse Disney in Asia, Australia and the United States, Treehouse TV in Canada, Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom, The Wiggles Channel and the FilmRise Kids, FilmRise Family and Xumo Free Kids TV FAST channels in the United States, The Wiggles' FAST channel in Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland, released on the DVD Box Set, and even Streaming services are iTunes in Australia, HappyKids, Xumo Play, The Wiggles (AVOD app) and Amazon Prime Video in the United States, FilmRise worldwide ex. Australia and New Zealand, Pluto TV in Canada, The Roku Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom and Amazon Freevee in the United Kingdom has a Network Wiggles News segment, an Anthony's Workshop segment, a Captain's Magic Buttons segment, a Music With Murray segment and a Where's Jeff? segment, in that order. Songs (usually 4-5), short skits, and Community Service Announcements appear in-between.

Some of the 11-minute episodes contain scenes not included in the 22-minute versions. Below are some known examples:

Home Video Releases[]

22-minute versions[]

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DVD box set for the 22-minute episodes

Lights,Camera,Action,Wiggles!TVSeries-iTunesArtwork

iTunes cover artwork

In Australia & New Zealand, the series received a complete DVD set release in December 2008, containing all 26 episodes from the series, plus the documentary A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (previously featured on Cold Spaghetti Western's DVD release) and two bonus episodes of the Dorothy the Dinosaur TV Series. Outside of this release, an edited version of "Swim Like a Fish" (one that removes the "Rock-A-Bye Your Bear" song and the Where's Jeff? segment) was included as a bonus feature on the Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! DVD, while Ring-a-Ring O'Rosy was included as a bonus feature for Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. The complete series release features all 26 episodes in 576p as opposed to the native 576i resolution the series was shot in. Various bonus episodes of the series on DVDs are either encoded in 480p or 480i.

These individual releases mark the only time (outside of iTunes and other streaming platforms) that the 22-minute versions of the series were made available to purchase/stream internationally.

11-minute versions[]

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DVD cover for Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!

As mentioned in the Episodes tabs above, various 11-minute episodes were included as bonus features for Wiggles DVD's, beginning in 2004 with the Toot Toot! Australian DVD release and ending in 2006 with Splish Splash Big Red Boat's American DVD release.

In 2003, a video containing Episodes 1 and 2 was released in Australia, while a DVD version, released later in 2005, replaced Episodes 1 and 2 with Episodes 13, 14 and 15. The DVD release was made more for promotional purposes, and as such, was packaged with various Wiggles DVDs throughout that year (such as Wiggle Bay and LIVE Hot Potatoes!).

In 2005, an episode compilation containing Episodes 12 and 16, as well as Episodes 15 and 11 of Wiggly TV was released exclusively in North America on VHS and DVD. A rental version titled The Wiggles Show contained these episodes and the video Top of the Tots.

Trivia[]

References[]

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140724010633/http://corporate.comcast.com/images/IPG-SPROUT-Q4-2011.pdf
  2. ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wake-up-aunty-20021001-gdfol8.html
  3. ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/File:LCAWFlyer2.jpg
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waFkwOPuJS8
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_CBIKkiNNI
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