The Wiggles - Series 3 (Australia)

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

Episodes[]

Episodes running 11-minutes aired on ABC1 in Australia, TVO in Canada, Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom and PBS Kids Sprout in the United States, with 52 episodes total. However, some of the episodes run 9 minutes, some such as Episode 17 run 10 minutes, while others such as Episode 12 run 12 minutes. Various episodes from this version were later used as bonus features on Wiggles DVD's released between 2004 & 2006.
Episodes running 22-minutes in length aired on Playhouse Disney in both countries (among others), with 26 episodes total. These are the versions released on the complete series DVD set, as well as iTunes.

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.

2003-10-14 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E01 - Raining Pink Balloons! - Tuesday October 14, 2003
2003-10-15 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E02 - Captain's Magic Buttons - Wednesday October 15, 2003
2003-10-15 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E03 - Swim Like a Fish - Wednesday October 15, 2003
2003-10-15 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E04 - Where's Jeff? - Wednesday October 15, 2003
2003-10-16 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E05 - Toot, Toot! - Thursday October 16, 2003
2003-10-17 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E06 - Wiggle Bay - Friday October 17, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E07 - Balla Bambina - Monday October 13, 2003
2003-10-20 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E08 - Everybody's Dancing - Monday October 20, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E09 - Musical Statues - Monday October 13, 2003
2003-10-21 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E10 - Captain Feathersword's Birthday - Tuesday October 21, 2003
2003-10-22 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E11 - Dorothy Visits the Art Gallery - Wednesday October 22, 2003
2003-10-23 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E12 - Water Play - Thursday October 23, 2003
2003-10-24 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E13 - Anthony's Workshop - Friday October 24, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E14 - Zing Zang, Wing Wang Wong! - Monday October 13, 2003
2003-10-27 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E15 - Ring-a-Ring O'Rosy - Monday October 27, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E16 - Dance a Cachucha! - Monday October 13, 2003
2003-10-28 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E17 - Bubble Painting - Tuesday October 28, 2003
2003-10-29 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E18 - Vegetable Soup - Wednesday October 29, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E19 - Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy! - Monday October 13, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E20 - Rosy Tea - Monday October 13, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E21 - Let's Go to Caveland! - Monday October 13, 2003
2003-10-13 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E22 - Hula Hoops - Monday October 13, 2003
2004-02-02 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E23 - Something Fishy at the Aquarium - Monday February 2, 2004
2005-01-05 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E24 - Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist! - Wednesday January 5, 2005
2004-02-26 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E26 - Blooming Blossoms - Wednesday January 26, 2004
2005-01-03 - The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - S03E26 - C'est Wags! - Monday January 3, 2005

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[]

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.

From It’s Time To Wake Up Jeff[]

Wake Up Jeff
Romp Bomp A Stomp

From Here Comes The Big Red Car[]

Can You Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist

From Wiggle Time Re Recording[]

Get Ready To Wiggle
Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
Quack Quack

From Yummy Yummy Re Recording[]

Hot Potato
The Monkey Dance

From Toot Toot[]

Balla Balla Bambina
We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car

From It's A Wiggly Wiggly World[]

Taba Naba

From Hoop-Dee-Doo It’s A Wiggly Party[]

Move Like An Emu
Captain's Magic Buttons
Play Your Guitar With Murray
Caveland

From Wiggle Bay[]

Wiggle Bay
Dancing In The Sand
Swim Like A Fish
C'est Wags, C'est Bon
Dance A Cachuca
Rolling Down The Sandhills/Running Up The Sandhills
Let's Make Some Rosy Tea
Zing Zang Wing Wang Wong
Watching The Waves
Let's Have A Barbie On The Beach

From Whoo Hoo Wiggly Gremlins[]

Camera One
Gulp Gulp
Testing, One, Two, Three
Bit By Bit We're Building A Set
Vegetable Soup
Hats
Music With Murray
Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
Dressing Up
Where's Jeff
Anthony's Workshop

Version Differences[]

The original 11-minute versions of episodes, as shown on ABC in Australia, TVO in Canada, Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom 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, and released on the DVD Box Set, 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.

Home Video Releases[]

22-minute versions[]

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.

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

11-minute versions[]

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[]

This series marked:
- The first series to be filmed and released in 16:9 widescreen.
  - The 11-minute versions been released in different aspect ratios, such as 4:3 and 14:9.
- The first series not to feature the song "Fruit Salad".
- The first series in which Wigglehouse isn't seen, although it is mentioned in one episode during the Where's Jeff? segment.
- The first series to not have any actual plots.
- The first series not to feature Live in Concert songs. Followed by TV Series 6, 12 and 26.
- The only series where Dorothy is voiced by Jacqueline Field instead of Carolyn Ferrie.
- This is the first series that Officer Beaples doesn't appear. The second will be Wiggle and Learn.
- The only full-length series to not be story-based or songs on stage.
- The first series to use the 2002 era skivvies.
- This is the last series to feature Andrew McCourt as Wags The Dog and Corrine O'Rafferty as Dorothy the Dinosaur and the last time Kristy Talbot as Henry the Octopus and she'll be Wags the Dog in Top of the Tots including Katherine Patrick will be Henry and Caterina Mete as Dorothy.
- This is not Murray's last time without bangs until after Top of the Tots. But this is the first and last series of him without bangs.
- The first series to feature Maton Guitars aside from Fender Guitars and instead of Takamine guitars.
- The first and only TV series to receive a Logie Award nomination for Most Outstanding Children's Program, but lost to Tracey McBean.
- The last regular appearance of the Excelsior S108 until Pop Go The Wiggles!
  - However, Jeff still played it in December 2003 for The Wiggles' live TV performance with The Moguel Family on Channel 9's Today Show.
The exteriors were filmed at ABC TV Studios, 221 Pacific Highway, Gore Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, while the interiors were filmed on Studio 26 at ABC TV Studios, 4/6 Lanceley Place, Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia.
The original 11-minute versions have additional segments of Music with Murray that were not used in the 22-minute versions. Some segments were separated in both 11-minute and 22-minute versions as exclusives.
As mentioned above, songs used in the series are primarily taken from the videos Wiggle Bay and Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! with each of them appearing in their original 16:9 widescreen presentation.
- These videos were shot around the same time as the series, made by the same team and were produced by and aired on ABC as specials for this series.
The song "Taba Naba" appears in the series, with Christine Anu's vocals from the It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! album removed and Greg Page's vocals re-recorded.
Sprout airings had the credits from Episode 12 and the yellow background in all the 11-minute episodes.
Unlike The Wiggles' other TV Series, (not counting the short series) this series didn't have any story based scenes.
A Sydney Morning Herald article mistakenly claims that the series contains 54 11-minute episodes, whereas the flyer correctly states that it has 52 11-minute episodes.
The endboard is either yellow, red, blue or purple.
The theme song would later be used for Latin American version of The Wiggles Show!

Credits[]

The Wiggles: Anthony Field, Greg Page, Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook
Captain Feathersword - Paul Paddick
Dorothy the Dinosaur - Corrine O'Rafferty
Wags the Dog - Andrew McCourt
Henry the Octopus - Kristy Talbot
Wiggly Dancers: Kase Amer, Sharryn Dermody, Ben Murray, Larissa Wright
Junior Stagehands: Dominic Field, Joseph Field
Voice of Dorothy: Jacqueline Field
Voiceovers for CSA's: Chloe Harrison, Ryan Jago
Music Performed by: The Wiggles
Engineered by: Robin Gist at Electric Avenue Studios
With the Help from: John Field, Craig Abercrombie, Steve Blau, Tony Henry, Dominic Lindsay, Chris Lupton, Steve Machamer, Sam Moran, Terry Murray, Simon Pryce

Thanks to[]

NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Roadshow International
Wiggles Office: Clynis Worrell, Tony Rioseco, Kate Tibbertsma, Kim Clelland
Mgr ABC Prog. Services: Tony Stanyer
ABC Productions: Juliette Van Heyst, Patricia Downie

Wiggles Production Team[]

Gen. Mgr Operations: Paul Field
Gen. Mgr Business Affairs: Mike Conway
Writer/Early Childhood Consultant: Kathleen Warren
Additional Material: Nicholas Bufalo
Choreographer: Leeanne Ashley
Prod. Co-ordinator: Jennifer Carmody
Event Manger: Michelle Robinson
Event Co-ordinator: Sarah McCloskey

ABC Production Team[]

Line Producer: Stewart Burchmore
Director of Photography: Ken Pettigrew
Production Designer: Sean Callinan
Art Director: Christopher Batson
Editor: Ted Otton
Production Manager: Ally Henville
1st Asst Director: J.C.
Continuity/DA: Natalie K. Owen
2nd Asst Director: Patrick Kelly
3rd Asst Director: Warren Parsonson
Production Secretary: Cassie Mullen
Camera Operators: Susan Lumsden, Ian Warbruton, Henry Schydle, Lizzie Warning
Camera Assistant: Lauren Howard
Gaffer: Mark Newnham
Location Sound Recordist: Nicholas Wood
Boom Operator: Michael Roberts
Studio Sound Operator: Ron Marton
Boom Swinger: Jack Friedman
Standby Props: Ben Walker, Paul Johannessen
Costume Co-ordinator: Maria Petrozzi
Makeup Artists: Tina Price, Tracey Carner
Assistant Editors: Julie Sommerfieldt, Darmyn Calderon
Technical Producers: Mike Fitzpatrick, Grahame Margraf
Vision Mixer: Peter Hanrahan
Vision Control: Eric Catterall, Greg Black, Wayne Chee
Videotape Operators: Donn Hogan, Graeme Andrews
Playback Operator: Alex Keller
Still Photographer: Martin Webby
Online Editor: Ronnie Oliver
Audio Mixer: Fred Woods
ADR Recordist: Matthew Brand
C.G. Graphics: Judy Golding
Set Construction Mgr: Gerry Seymour, ABC Workshop
Catering: Eat & Shoot Through
Equipment and Facilities: ABC Productions

ABC Enterprises[]

Head of Consumer Publishing: Janine Burdeu
Director of Enterprises: Grahame Grassby
Director: Nicholas Bufalo
Executive Producer: Paul Clarke
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