Series synopsis
The Wiggles is an Australian kids family television series that premiered on Treehouse TV on July 31, 1998. It was created by Anthony Field, Greg Page, Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook. It stars Anthony Field, Leeanne Ashley, Charmaine Martin and Emma Watkins.
A show geared for babies up to older toddlers. This show is full of music, teaching kids songs and easy dances.
Premise
A show geared for babies up to older toddlers. This show is full of music, teaching kids songs and easy dances.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Anthony Field as Anthony Wiggle
- Leeanne Ashley as Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Charmaine Martin as Henry the Octopus
- Emma Watkins as Emma Wiggle
- Edward Rooke as Wags the Dog
- Lachlan Gillespie as Lachy Wiggle
- Reem Hanwell as Henry the Octopus
- Simon Pryce as Simon Wiggle
Supporting cast
- Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword
- Sam Moran as Sam Wiggle
- Carolyn Ferrie as Dorothy the Dinosaur (voice)
- Tsehay Hawkins as Tsehay Wiggle
- John Pearce as John Wiggle
- Lucia Field as Lucia Wiggle
- Evie Ferris as Evie Wiggle
- Caterina Mete as Caterina Wiggle
- Murray Cook as Murray Wiggle
- Jeff Fatt as Jeff Wiggle
- Greg Page as Greg Wiggle
Guest cast
- Murray Cook as Murray Wiggle
- Jeff Fatt as Jeff Wiggle
- Greg Page as Greg Wiggle
Episodes
This series spans 14 seasons with 404 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 66 | September 20, 1993 | June 3, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 13 | July 31, 1998 | October 30, 1998 |
| Season 2 | 26 | January 2, 1999 | June 7, 1999 |
| Season 3 | 26 | September 30, 2002 | December 9, 2002 |
| Season 4 | 26 | April 18, 2005 | September 2, 2005 |
| Season 5 | 26 | June 19, 2006 | August 29, 2006 |
| Season 6 | 26 | April 21, 2008 | May 26, 2008 |
| Season 7 | 52 | August 19, 2013 | October 9, 2013 |
| Season 8 | 52 | September 15, 2014 | November 5, 2014 |
| Season 9 | 26 | September 23, 2017 | November 13, 2017 |
| Season 10 | 26 | March 17, 2020 | May 3, 2020 |
| Season 11 | 13 | June 2, 2021 | June 14, 2021 |
| Season 12 | 26 | March 13, 2023 | April 11, 2023 |
| Season 13 | 0 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wiggle Time! Kids just love to wiggle, that's for sure! The Wiggles have won their way into the hearts of kids and parents alike. Now you can see The Wiggles any time you want! There are thirteen tracks on this video including all your favourites and some new songs too. Have fun with The Wiggles singing, dancing and playing ... meet new friends Captain Feathersword and Henry the Octopus ... make a fruit salad, do some dropper paintings and go to Dorothy's Birthday Party! Songs included on this video are Get Ready to Wiggle, Here Comes a Bear, Captain Feathersword, Uncle Noah's Ark, I Love it When it Rains, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Sing a Song of Polly, Whenever I Hear This Music, Henry the Octopus, Rock-a-bye Your Bear, Fruit Salad, Marching Along, Dorothy's Birthday Party. It's wiggle time everybody! |
September 20, 1993 |
| 2 |
Yummy Yummy Get set for a deliciously good time with The Wiggles! Now firmly established as absolute favourites with the kids, The Wiggles host a feast of fun and games in their second video. Captain Feathersword, Henry the Octopus, Vanessa the Dancer, and of course, Dorothy the Dinosaur join in to make a truly yummy video treat. |
October 24, 1994 |
| 3 |
Big Red Car And now for the third Wiggles video! Big Red Car will have you rocking along in your very own lounge room. There are fifteen tracks on this video starring The Wiggles and your favourite characters Dorothy The Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, Captain Feathersword, and introducing Wags the Dog |
October 9, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Anthony's Friend Sing and dance along with Dorothy the Dinosaur at her 5th Birthday Party! Help Greg, Murray and Jeff solve the puzzle of Anthony's mysterious new friend, or learn to ride the unicycle with Captain Feathersword and Wags the Dog! |
July 31, 1998 |
| 2 |
Foodman Greg, Anthony, Murray and Jeff are getting ready to eat some Mashed Banana, Cold Spaghetti and Hot Potato! Foodman, the Hungry Hero comes by to make sure the food The Wiggles eat is healthy. Learn about the Moon and the stars with Henry the Octopus and the sea creatures. Help Captain Feathersword and Wags the Dog batten down the hatches aboard the Good Ship Feathersword before a howling windstorm hits port! |
August 7, 1998 |
| 3 |
Murray's Shirt Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus, Captain Feathersword and all of The Wiggles' friends are on their way to Wigglehouse for a barbecue party, but Murray doesn't have his red Wiggle shirt! Do The Monkey with Greg, Murray, Anthony, Jeff and all the Wiggly dancers, and help Henry the Octopus pack food, cups and a blanket for a picnic in the Underwater Mountain with his friends. |
August 14, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wiggle Food The Wiggles have fun with food and magic tricks. Then with the help of Officer Beaples find out where the scary growl is coming from! |
January 2, 1999 |
| 2 |
Numbers and Counting Join The Wiggles for an adventure with number counting, while Wags and Captain Feathersword search for buried treasure. |
January 8, 1999 |
| 3 |
Dancing Oh no, Anthony has lost his Wiggle! Watch as Murray, Jeff and Greg enlist the help of Captain Feathersword and Wags to get Anthony back Wiggling! |
January 16, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raining Pink Balloons Welcome to Network Wiggles! Sing and dance along with Dorothy and The Wiggles. Watch as Dorothy plays basketball, and The Wiggles have all sorts of fun in front and behind the camera. |
September 30, 2002 |
| 2 | Captain's Magic Buttons | October 2, 2002 |
| 3 | Swim Like a Fish | October 4, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dorothy’s Ballet Join The Wiggles at a Wiggly Party and travel to Italy with Captain Feathersword and Professor Singalotta Songa. Join The Wiggles for The Wiggles Music Quiz and practice your ballet with Dorothy the Dinosaur. |
April 18, 2005 |
| 2 |
Making Pies Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga in the Big Red Car and make pies in the Wiggly Wow-inator with The Little Wiggles. Join The Wiggles and their friends to Rock A Bye Your Bear and come along to a live concert...Hoop Dee Doo! |
April 20, 2005 |
| 3 |
Friendly Feathersword Crew Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist with The Wiggles and visit Athens with Captain Feathersword and his friendly crew. See how Jeff paints Wigglehouse and go to a Wiggly Concert to Play Your Guitar With Murray. |
April 22, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fruity Fun It's been raining outside and so Jeff suggests that The Wiggles and their friends paint pictures. Greg will join the pictures together and make a story to match the paintings. |
June 19, 2006 |
| 2 |
Let’s Have a Dance! We join Anthony Wiggle and Captain Feathersword as the Captain introduces all his pirate friends and then shows us how to do the pirate dance! You'll also see I Can Do So Many Things, I'm A Cow animation and our Irish dancing dinosaur in Di Dicki Do Dum. |
June 22, 2006 |
| 3 |
The Wiggle Way Murray remembers when everyone helped to make Wiggle House become Home Sweet Home. As Murray says, 'Helping each other is the Wiggle Way'. Anthony introduces us to the letter C and Captain Feathersword does The Captain Dance. Jeff shows us a kangaroo. We go to a Wiggly concert and dance with Wags the Dog, see Wiggly animation with A Frog Went A Walking, hear the soothing lullaby Georgia's Song as well as dancing to Get Ready To Wiggle. |
June 23, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Move and Groove Pop singing legend Leo Sayer has re-recorded with The Wiggles his smash hit 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing' which opens this episode. In this song The Wiggles dress in costumes inspired by the 1960s and 70s and their dances match their costumes! Of course there is lots more music - we do the hornpipe in 'A Sailor Went To Sea', we march up and down with the 'Grand Old Duke Of York' and meet some ducks, chickens and birds in 'Over In The Meadow'. The Wiggles meet their friends Captain Feathersword and Wags the Dog who re-enact an exciting fire fighting adventure. Murray and Jeff create a seaside musical landscape using a guitar, piano and animated images. Finally, Captain Feathersword plays a trick on Anthony and pretends to be a Mariachi singer! |
April 21, 2008 |
| 2 |
Musical Landscape Country Music star, Troy Cassar-Daley joins The Wiggles for the folk song Old Dan Tucker. The fab four of fun then don 1960s suits and do The Shimmie Shake! The Wiggles go to Captain Feathersword's dock and join Wags the Dog playing pin the feathersword on a drawing of the Captain. Anthony plays 'Who Am I?', when he dresses as a farmer in a game designed to develop skills of deduction. Sam sings the traditional nursery rhyme Pop Goes The Weasel and we see ten ballet dancing fairies in The Fairy Dance. |
April 22, 2008 |
| 3 |
Wiggle Dance Let's make the rhythm of the feet, hands, legs and arms as we sing and dance along with Dr Knickerbocker! Murray and Jeff Wiggle create a rural musical landscape using a guitar, piano and animated images. The Wiggles take us to Jamaica and sing and dance to The Banana Boat Song. Captain Feathersword, Anthony and Jeff Wiggle are hungry little kittens waiting to eat pie in Three Little Kittens. Murray goes to the letterbox and works out who has sent him a letter in a segment designed to develop skills of deduction. Children will love joining in with One Finger, One Thumb, which encourages fine and gross motor skills development. |
April 23, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Miss Polly Had a Dolly Emma's dolly has taken ill and so The Wiggles call for the doctor to come quick! Singing this story makes everyone feel so much better. Add some fun with 'Simon Says' and travelling in the Big Red Car and we're all ready, steady, wiggling! |
August 19, 2013 |
| 2 |
Wake Up Lachy Dance and follow the actions with 'Follow the Leader', then point your fingers, do the twist and call out 'Wake Up, Lachy'. Finally, join in with the beautiful singing of 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'. |
August 20, 2013 |
| 3 |
Lachy Shrunk the Wiggles Lachy's inventions always result in lots of fun and this time he's shrunk Emma and Anthony! Luckily, Lachy has a solution, with even funnier results! Join The Wiggles in the world's catchiest song. |
August 21, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Captain's Lost Hornpipe It's National Hornpipe Day and Captain Feathersword is so excited to teach The Wiggles his famous hornpipe! Sadly, Captain's hornpipe is broken! The Wiggles call Hilary Hornpipe for help. |
September 15, 2014 |
| 2 |
Emma's Ballet Emma dresses up as a ballerina for a Wiggly guessing game. Will The Wiggles guess what she is dressed up as or is it "tutu" hard? We do some "bow-tiful" ballet with 'Emma's Bow Minuet'. |
September 16, 2014 |
| 3 |
Apples and Bananas Dorothy the Dinosaur has a chat to her friends and asks them all about pets and we get to play with some puppy dogs! We sing and dance along to 'Apples & Bananas', and even join The Wiggles live on stage to sing 'Hot Potato'. |
September 17, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hello, Everyone! Hello, everyone! Let's say 'g'day' to The Wiggles & learn a little bit about them. Come with us on a trip to Wiggle Park to dance with Henry the Octopus, play piano with Lachy & travel back in time to meet the Little Wiggles! |
September 23, 2017 |
| 2 |
Bow Mobile to the Rescue! The Wiggles love to go driving in the Big Red Car and today Captain Feathersword wants to join them. There are only four seats and five people that need to fit! What will The Wiggles do? |
September 24, 2017 |
| 3 |
Wiggly Radio Who listens to the radio? The Wiggles do! The Wiggles discover that different types of music can make you feel different things while listening to the radio over breakfast. It can relax you or inspire you to dance! |
September 30, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Five Fingered Family What's happening in The Wiggles World today? It's rainy outside today, what could The Wiggles do? Then it's off to Curly Town, Lachy has been invited to a tea party. |
March 17, 2020 |
| 2 |
Avo, Avo, Avocado! James and Paul the dancing waiter serve up Smashed Avocado, Emma's favourite. Can you do the smashed avocado dance? Wags the dog plays a trick on Paul and he ends up with custard pie cream all over his face. Oh Wags! |
March 18, 2020 |
| 3 |
We've Got Our Glasses On It's time to look inside Emmas Weather Bag, she finds a hat and sunglasses. It's going to be a sunny day today. Join the Wiggles as they sing and dance to the Canadian Alphabet, celebrating everything Canadian. |
March 19, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Transportation Parade Everyone in town is getting ready to drive in the Annual Transportation Parade, and Captain Feathersword has treasures to give each of the Wiggles. |
June 2, 2021 |
| 2 |
Exercising with Our Friends Bok and Anthony get a special lesson from a fitness instructor before the Wiggles and their friends practice their favorite exercise moves together. |
June 3, 2021 |
| 3 |
Teamwork in Wiggle Town Bok practices juggling with Jeff. The Wiggles are busy preparing for a pirate ship picnic aboard the SS Feathersword and a visit to Wiggle Bay. |
June 4, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Old McDonald Had a Farm It's a special day in Wiggle Town, and everyone's dressing up as their favorite animal. Tsehay and John search for the owner of a cow hat they find. |
March 13, 2023 |
| 2 |
A Sailor Went to Sea While looking for snacks to bring to the beach, Simon and Caterina find a pretty seashell. Who could it belong to? |
March 14, 2023 |
| 3 |
Pufferbillies Captain Feathersword and Lachy find a train ticket and wonder how to use it. "Pufferbillies" is the song of the day. |
March 15, 2023 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Treehouse TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 31, 1998 |
| Last aired | April 11, 2023 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday |